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Contents Articles Commercial Philately in Australia : Rod Perry ..........................6 Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ................................... 14 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 22 Cinderella Corner : Vito Milana ................................................... 28 Introducing the APF : Stephanie Bromser .................................. 50 Market Matters : Glen Stephens ................................................. 56 U.S. Duck Stamps : Christer Brunström........................................ 66

Information Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......70 Products & Services Directory............................................... ......72 Subscriptions .............................................................................. ......76 List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............78

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Richard Juzwin Stamp Dealers have recently acquired the Rodney Perry “Gold Medal” exhibition collection :

COMMERCIAL PHILATELY IN AUSTRALIA : 1860s TO WWI Part 4 Stamp News has kindly been given permission to publish the entire collection over the coming months.

vii. Pioneer leading contemporary Philatelic Traders (contd) William Ackland (1872-1953) In the early 1900s, Ackland relocated from 162 to 267 Collins St, Melbourne. Examples of such prerequisites as stamp packet, pocket stockbook, and glassine packets in use at new location:

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vii. Pioneer leading contemporary Philatelic Traders (contd) New South Wales The Austral Stamp & Coin Co

Jun 21 1894 use of NSW Registered Envelope Sydney to Philatelic Traders Hilckes, Kirkpatrick & Co, London.

Note inscription: “THE AUSTRAL STAMP & COIN CO.” (Proprietor unknown)

Daniel Collins Listed in contemporary directories as “Pawnbroker”. Advertisement within 1896 Samuel Chas. Eyre Letter Card

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COMMERCIAL PHILATELY IN AUS vii. Pioneer leading contemporary Philatelic Traders (contd.) A. Fenton Established 1889. Despite the bold “Agents throughout Australia” claim, this is the only item attributed to this individual by the exhibitor. He was listed as “Haberdasher” in 1890s directories, suggesting part time Philatelic activity only.

Lowenthal & CO Contemporary directories list Mrs M. Lowenthal, 33 Erskine St, Sydney, as “Pawnbroker”. Judging from this cover, and Daniel Collins advertisement on previous page, some Pawnbrokers were drawn to buying stamps. Apr 27 1896 use NSW Postal card to Germany (Obverse shown 70%)

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AUSTRALIA : 1860s TO WWI Part 4 vii. Pioneer leading contemporary Philatelic Traders (contd.) The Geisha Stamp Co The proprietor is not known; a candidate may be the Japanese, Jonaski Takuma, who was charged with stamp forgery in 1890s. Takuma’s most famous was the postal forgery of the NSW Centennial 2d. A “J” appears in the monogramlike signature of the 1904 card below.

1900 and 1904 uses of NSW Postal cards requesting sample copies of The New York Philatelist, the earlier enquiring as to cost of a one inch advertisement for one year.

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COMMERCIAL PHILATELY IN AUS vii. Pioneer leading contemporary Philatelic Traders (contd.) Walter A. Hull Walter A. Hull was the brother of Philatelic Publisher, A.F. Basset-Hull [refer page 110]. He appears to have commenced trading from 2 Imperial Arcade, 170 Pitt St, Sydney, in 1903, when he took over the business of J.C. Thomson-Black.

Jan 5 1905 use W.A. Postal card to Hull at 10 Strand Arcade, George St, Sydney, requesting catalogue (Reverse shown 70%)

Sep 25 1911 use NSW ld Pictorial Postal card to S.O. Smith*, featuring Hull’s simulated razor-blade details handstamp, now located 88 King St, Sydney (Reverse shown 70%) 10 - Stamp News

(* Stan Orlo-Smith (1880 - 1946) was to become a leading Philatelic Trader in years beyond the time span of this exhibit. He founded The Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue in 1926.)

AUSTRALIA : 1860s TO WWI Part 4 vii. Pioneer leading contemporary Philatelic Traders (contd.) Imperial Stamp & Coin Co Ltd A MacKnight was proprietor, initially trading from 24 Imperial Arcade, 170 Pitt St, Sydney. Directories of 1910 have him under his name; in 1911 as Imperial Stamp & Coin Co Ltd, at 24-25 Imperial Arcade. By 1924, the firm is at “No. 24” only, where it remains until 1930. Given the long tenure of this Philatelic Trader, material is surprisingly elusive. The following is the only item attributed seen by the exhibitor:

Oct 23 1913 use NSW ld Letter card to S. Orlo-Smith, signed A. MacKnight

24-25 Imperial Arcade hashas 24-25 Imperial Arcade an interesting relationship an interesting relationship to Philately, over more to Philately, over more thanthan three decades. Jonaski three decades. Jonaski Takuma, the Philatelic forger, Takuma, the Philatelic forger, variously occupied both variously occupied both shops between 1895 and 1910. shops between 1895 and 1910. F.W.F.W. Reid [see[see under N.S.W. Reid under N.S.W. thisthis section] waswas at “No.24” section] at “No.24” in 1899, co-occupant withwith in 1899, co-occupant Takuma. Takuma.

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ACSC 70A: KGV Single wmk smooth paper 1d CARMINE-RED (G1). SINGLE LINE PERF Drury Certificate. Mint unhinged. .................... $602 SG 21a/ACSC 70(1)g: KGV Single wmk SINGLE LINE PERF 1d CARMINE-RED die 2. RPSV Certificate. Well centred and fault free. Used. ..............................................................................................................$2,600 SG 21a/ACSC 70A(1)f: KGV Single wmk SINGLE LINE PERF 14¼, 1d CARMINE-RED DIE 2. A very scarce combination. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Fine used. ..........................................................................$3,750 SG 21ci: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d carmine-red WHITE FLAW UNDER NECK variety. Mint unhinged...................................... $125 .SG 21cj: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d carmine-red, “RA” joined variety. Mint unhinged. ............................................................................ $125 ACSC 71G(4)p: KGV single wmk smooth paper. 1d Scarlet Red with CNE variety. A late state of this progressive variety. DRURY Certificate. Good used. ............................................................................$1,250 ACSC 71(4)o: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d carmine-red. Variety: NY JOINED. SCARCE. Very fine and mint unhinged. ...... $695 SG 21dc: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d PALE RED, die 2. Very fresh, mint very lightly hinged. ............................................................ $700 ACSC 71F: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d REDDISH PINK (G15). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint lightly hinged. ........................................ $120 ACSC 71E: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d DULL RED (G16). DRURY CETIFICATE. Mint unhinged..................................................... $125 ACSC 71G: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d SCARLET RED (G17). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Extra fine, mint unhinged. ...............................$90 ACSC 71J: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d DEEP SCARLET Aniline, thin paper (G19). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint unhinged. .............. $350 ACSC 71K: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d ROSE (G21). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint unhinged. ...................................................................$75 ACSC 71N.bb.ca: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d CRIMSN (G23) OS. DRY INK variety. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint lightly hinged..$500 .ACSC 71N.bb.ca: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d CRIMSON (G23) OS. DRY INK variety. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint lightly hinged....$50 .ACSC 71Nbb.ca: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d CRIMSON (G 23) OS, DRY INK variety. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Fine used. ..................... $250 ACSC 71P: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d orange-red (G24½). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint unhinged. ................................................ $575 ACSC 71S: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d SALMON EOSIN (G27). West Maitland duplex cancellation. Fine used. DRURY CERTIFICATE. ..........$1,750 ACSC 71S (G27): KGV 1 DEEP SALMON EOSIN, fine used, as per DRURY CERTIFICATE. With variety: bulge in frame opposite right value tablet. A rare combination. .......................................................$2,250 ACSC 71SA: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d RED SALMON EOSIN (G27A). Brisbane duplex cancellation. DRURY CERTIFICATE. A scarce subshade. Fine used. ................................................................................$2,250 ACSC 71SA(4)h: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d RED SALMON EOSIN (G27A) with NECK FLAW variety. A VERY RARE combination. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Fine used. ...........................................................$3,750 ACSC 71T: KGV single wmk smooth paper. 1d PINK (G28). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Extra fine mint unhinged. ............................................ $595

23. ACSC 71T: KGV Single wmk smooth paper. 1d PINK (G28). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint lightly hinged......................................................... $250 24. ACSC 72C(4)h: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d CARMINE (G62) with NECK FLAW variey. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint unhinged... $185 25. SG 47b.k/ACSC 72C.ab: Single wmk rough paper. 1d carmine. A very fine mint lightly hinged example of the RARE NO WATERMARK variety. DRURY CERTIFICATE. ................................................................$7,500 26. .ACSC 72D: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d ROSE RED (G63) DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint unhinged.................................................................. $100 27. ACSC 72E: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d PALE ROSE-RED (G64). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Very fine, mint unhinged.............................$1,100 28. ACSC 72G: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d PINK (G66). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint unhinged. A very scarce shade .....................$1,950 29. ACSC 72G: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d PINK (G66). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Very fine, mint lightly hinged. A difficult shade to locate. DUNKERLEY CERTIFICATE..........................................................$1,100 30. ACSC 72H: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d ROSE PINK (G67). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Very fine, mint lightly hinged...................$1,250 31. ACSC 72Hbb: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d ROSE PINK (G67) OS. A superb example of this scarce shade. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint unhinged.....................................................................................................$1,250 32. SG O54c/ACSC 72l.bb: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d ROSINE (G69) OS, die 1. DRURY CERTIFICATE Well centred examples are scarce. Very fresh, mint lightly hinged................................................ $225 33. SG O54f/ACSC 72l(1)ib: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d ROSINE, DIE 2, OS, DRURY CERTIFICATE.Well centred examples of this shade are scarce. Very fine, mint unhinged.................................................$1,500 34. SG 47c /ACSC 72J: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d DEEP ROSINE (G70) die 1. DRURY CERTIFICATE Well centred, mint lightly hinged .......$875 35. ACSC 72K: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d DAMSON (G70½). A SCARCE shade, very fine and mint unhinged. DRURY CERTIFICATE.............$1,500 35..ACSC 72L: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d PLUM (G71). A VERY SCARCE shade. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Mint lightly hinged........$1,500 36. ACSC 72L.bb: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d PLUM (G71) OS. A scarce shade. DRURY CERTIFICATE Mint lightly hinged......... $1,100 37. ACSC 72R: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d MAROON (G77). DRURY CERTIFICATE. Fresh, mint lightly hinged.........................................$1,100 38. ACSC 72S.bb: KGV Single wmk rough paper 1d ORANGE BROWN (G78), OS (only issued as ‘OS’). A superb used example of this RARE shade. DRURY CERTIFICATE. ..................................................................$5,500 39. SG 53a(var)/ACSC 75Am,n: KGV Single wmk 1d carmine-red, die 3. Varieties WHITE FLAW ON ‘S’ and WHITE FLAW ON TIP OF BEARD. Very scarce as a multiple. CHOICE mint unhinged ......................... $825 40. ACSC 75D: KGV Single wmk rough paper. 1d BROWNISH RED, die 3 (G112). A very appealing mint lightly hinged example of this VERY RARE and often misidentified shade. This being the FIRST mint example we have had to offer in over 25 years, very underrated in mint condition. DRURY CERTIFICATE..................................................$7,500 41. ACSC 75D: KGV Single wmk rough paper die 3, 1d BROWNISH RED (G112). DRURY CERTIFICATE M . issing perf in upper right corner, price reduced, used................................................................................................. $875

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Stamps in the News - Globally! Heroes hailed in Australia

Reported at https://canberraweekly. com.au

One year since the pandemic began, Australia Post has released a set of stamps featuring essential workers to honour their ongoing contributions and the challenges they face. The Frontline Heroes stamps celebrate teachers, healthcare workers, Australian Defence Force members, police, postal workers, supermarket staff and food delivery workers. An Australia Post spokesman said the stamp designs represented everyday heroes who continue to keep the country moving, providing important services to the community. “Healthcare workers have tested millions, Australian Defence Force and the police services have helped monitor our borders and quarantine arrangements, and educators have been quick to adapt to online learning. “Our posties, delivery drivers and supermarket staff have kept businesses running and provided access to essential products and services, and we thank them together with all Australians for their continued efforts.”

Lennon lauded in Brazil

Reported at http://blog. correios.com.br/filatelia/

A new stamp from Brazil reproduces a famous blackand-white photograph of John Lennon. Taken by rock photographer Bob Gruen in 1974, it shows Lennon wearing a New York City 14 - Stamp News

T-Shirt. Gruen says on his website, “After taking portrait photos of John Lennon’s face on the roof of Lennon’s New York apartment, I asked him to wear a NYC T-shirt I’d given him a year earlier. With the skyline all around I thought this would be the perfect place to wear it.” Brazil issued its nondenominated John Lennon stamp in conjunction with an exhibition of Gruen’s photographs from his 2005 book John Lennon: The New York Years at the Museu da Imagem e do Som (Museum of Image and Sound) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian issue joins the list of 195 international postage stamps focussing

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on John Lennon. The last stamp in honour of the singer is from 2018, released by the USA and also reproduces a photo of Bob Gruen.

Expat extolled in Åland

Reported at https://www.linns.com An upcoming stamp from Åland commemorates a weather satellite named after an American of Åland descent, Verner E. Suomi (1915-95). Åland Post has said that Suomi, known as “the father of satellite meteorology,” contributed to laying the foundations for today’s weather satellites, essential for providing weather forecasts. Born in Minnesota to parents who had emigrated from Åland, Suomi was an educator, inventor and scientist. One of his major inventions was the spin-scan camera, developed in 1964. Mounted on satellites, spin-scan cameras transmit images back to earth from 25,000 miles above the Equator. In 2012 NASA renamed the NPP (National Polarorbiting Partnership) Earth-monitoring satellite after him, Suomi NPP. Åland’s stamp shows Peter Bergstrom’s illustration of the satellite in orbit over Earth. Inscribed in two lines in the lower right of the

design are “Verner E. Suomi” and “Suomi NPP.” In the upper right is “Varlden,” the Swedish word for “world.” This indicates that the stamp pays the international rate, currently €2.20.

Expat extolled in Taiwan

Reported at https://www.taipeitimes.com A stamp featuring James Laidlaw Maxwell, the first Presbyterian missionary to visit Taiwan, has been issued to commemorate the centennial of his death by Chunghwa Post. “Maxwell, who was known as the father of medical missionaries in Taiwan, dedicated his life to assisting patients, and training missionaries and doctors. To commemorate his contributions to Taiwan, we are publishing this memorial stamp, featuring a portrait of Maxwell and the Tai-Peng-Keng Maxwell Memorial Church,” a spokesman said.

A whiter shade of pale in Canada Reported at https://www.newswire.ca

A new Canadian stamp issue showcases five native mammals that share the remarkable characteristic of changing colour with the seasons.

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Canada is home to more species of mammals that moult from shades of brown or grey to white – and back again in spring – than any other country in the world. The five featured on these stamps represent the hunters and the hunted. The ermine and the Arctic fox are predators that blend into the snowy background to sneak up on their next meal. The snowshoe hare, Peary caribou and northern collared lemming are prey that rely on their camouflage to avoid detection. Internationally recognized wildlife photographer Dennis Fast took the picture of an Arctic fox, that is part of the set. Fast said he’s known the photo was being considered for the stamp for close to two years, but until last week, was not able to mention the honour. “It was top secret,” he said. “It’s an honour and I’m really humbled by it.” Fast recalls taking part in a boat trip in northern Manitoba to York Factory. “While we were on that last leg we saw a polar bear gamboling through the willows - he would roll through the bushes and that just so inspired me, I said I’ve got to chase polar bears some day.” That’s exactly what he was doing when he 16 - Stamp News

captured that image of the Arctic fox in 2013, while working as a polar bear guide for Churchill Wild.

‘Second Class Citizen’ Stamps Send A Message in the UK Reported at https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

“Second class” are words people in the UK use when buying stamps at the post office, but they shouldn’t apply to human beings. This is the point behind a new set of Cinderella postage stamps that might not be legal tender– but still have a powerful message to send. Featuring the face of TV comedian Rosie Jones and five other public figures who all have cerebral palsy, the mock ‘2nd Class Citizen’ stamps are part of a campaign asking the government to “stamp out” the gap in healthcare those with cerebral palsy encounter as they turn 18. “Adults with CP are treated like second class citizens when it comes to healthcare,” says a Adult Cerebral Palsy Hub spokesman. This charity commissioned the stamps and fed into care guidelines for those with cerebral palsy - guidelines yet to be adopted across the NHS.

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“We do not get joined-up healthcare like other adults with life-long conditions and there are no clear care pathways. At the age of 18, we are basically just told to ‘get on with it’.” The petition’s key demand, “Care Parity for CP”, is simple enough to fit on the back of a stamp, says Livingstone (literally so – flip the celebrity faces over to see it).

Postal stall in Nepal

Reported at https://kathmandupost.com

that no letters or packages came in or went out from the country. While they started coming in when international flights resumed in September, outbound posts are still not happening. “Our agreement was with Thai Airways so when everything came to a halt we were unable to continue our outbound service,” said a Nepal Post spokesman. “Establishing another agreement for the outbound postal service is not as easy as one assumes. Our rules don’t allow us to work with different airlines.” Nepal’s postal service does not use cargo flights but depends on passenger flights to keep the service affordable to citizens. Despite its importance, a reflection of the authorities’ attitude to providing postal services is the fact that services to India restarted only in March even though air services resumed in December. As for the rest of the world, the contractual

Recently Harka Tamang went to the GPO at Kathmandu to send a package to a friend in Germany. However, he was told that the post office was not taking outbound letters and parcels except to India. “I was surprised that such an important service was not functioning,” said the tour guide. “Their reason was their carrier, Thai Airways, was not doing international flights.” The suspension of international flights into the country in March last year meant Stamp News - 17

Stamps in the News - Globally! situation with Thai Airways is an obstacle. “We have a two-year contract with Thai Airways, and we didn’t want to scrap the agreement right away,” said the PO director general. “We were waiting to hear from them given the terms of the relationship.” The department is yet to hear from the bankrupt airline. The lack of urgency on the part of the government reflects the lack of interest shown in the service by the government, according to postal officials. “In India, the postal services are looked at with more respect and authorities there are proactive,” said a postal official who wished to remain anonymous. Government inaction has definitely benefitted other courier and parcel businesses but at the same time made things more difficult for the people as DHL and other services are expensive.” “The connection postal services have within Nepal is really established well and the government could have used this channel to operate their various services, even in the pandemic they could have used this connection to distribute relief.”

Post news regime in Hungary Reported at https://www.dw.com

Hungary’s postal service is due to stop daily newspaper delivery in July. The official line is that it is no longer profitable but critics regard the step as another move to squeeze the country’s independent media. Hungarian newspapers, TV stations and media platforms have been under pressure from President Viktor Orban’s government for many years now. Advertising revenues from state and private sources have practically dried up. In recent years, press and media platforms have been bought up by business people with close ties to the government and have either been closed down or co-opted. Now the government appears to have found another way of taking aim at the country’s 18 - Stamp News

independent media. Magyar Posta, Hungary’s state postal service, made the shock announcement last week, tersely stating that nationwide delivery services for daily newspapers would be terminated on 1 July. The options for small independent publishers are limited as they lack the distribution networks to sell via kiosks and food outlets. It is not the first time that the Hungarian postal service has sought to restrict newspaper deliveries. It has previously blocked some specific areas and delayed weekend paper delivery. Subscribers to independent Hungarian newspapers have reported repeated delivery problems.

Shetland postal services gone to the dogs Reported at https://www.shetnews.co.uk

Coronavirus travel restrictions are forcing drug dealers to become inventive. Drugs dogs are involved in checking post coming to Shetland “almost on a daily basis” as restrictions on travel to and from the isles remain in place. Shetland area commander said the “use of the postal system has been more frequent” for dealers. This trend has been replicated in other island communities around Scotland. He told a meeting of Shetland’s community safety board on Thursday that Dogs and Against Drugs is

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Moissy-Cramayel parcel reception area – part of €120 facilities upgrade. heavily involved in screening packages. He said the local police force has a “very good working relationship” with postal services. The chief inspector said the police continues to charge people both on the mainland and in Shetland when packages are intercepted. In the period between April and December last year there were 110 charges of drugs related offences, which was an increase of 30 on the same period the previous year.

given the persistence of the health crisis, fraught with macroeconomic impacts and contrasting effects on its activities. In this context, it states it will continue the work started with its savings plan implemented in 2020, in order to limit the impact of disruptions on its future results. La Poste also hopes to continue enhancement of its parcels and express delivery businesses by building on the growth of e-commerce and hopes to further develop its local valueadded services. The Group anticipates operating revenue growth for the fiscal year 2021.

Romania looks forward

Reported at https://www.parcelandpostaltechnologyin ternational.com Romanian postal operator Posta Romana has launched a €49m investment program, its largest in 40 years in a bid to increase the quality of postal, parcels and related services in Romania. The investment program comprises introducing an automated sorting line at the post’s main sorting

France looks forward

Reported at https://www.parcel andpostaltechnologyinternation al.com French postal operator Le Groupe La Poste has presented a comprehensive 10-year strategy, ‘La Poste 2030, committed to you’, to its board of directors, which focuses on profitable growth, public service and international expansion. The group notes that 2021 will be a year of uncertainties, Stamp News - 19

Stamps in the News - Globally! centre, upgrades of the sorting centre in the northern part of Bucharest to increase productivity and the speed of processing postal items and the digital transformation of Posta Romana, covering an integrated computer system to centralize operations, a new management information system and new IT hardware and software. Posta Romana is also developing five major policies for structural and sectoral reform.

The European Investment Bank and JSC Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal service provider, have signed a €30 million loan to continue the modernisation and digitalisation of the country’s postal services. The loan will allow Ukrposhta to start modernising its logistics network with three new sorting hubs, 20 postal depots and IT infrastructure.

The US looks backward ? The Ukraine looks forward

Reported at https://www.kyivpost.com Print Ukrainians have invested heavily in postal and delivery services in 2020, which were in demand as more people stayed home and ordered food, clothes and electronics online during the pandemic. Capital investment in these services reached $17 million last year, showing a 635% increase compared to 2019, according to the State Statistics Service.

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Reported at https://www.nbcnews.com U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is set to implement a new strategic plan that includes higher postage rates and the elimination of first-class tier of mail, two sources familiar with the move have reported. The plan to eliminate first-class mail, which includes letters, magazines and catalogues would slow down mail that typically arrives within two days and make it more costly to deliver for both consumers and businesses. The Washington Post reported that all first-class mail would be lumped into the same three- to five-day window as non-local mail. This comes as the postal service under DeJoy, a top donor for former President Donald Trump, has already seen serious delays in mail delivery over the past several months. “Now is not the time to aggressively increase prices when so many businesses are struggling and hanging on by a thread,” the president of the American Catalog Mailers Association said, warning “this will force more mail out of the system and contribute to a postal system death spiral.” In an emailed statement, DeJoy noted the plan is not yet final, but declined to provide additional details.

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Luxembourg 1956 **RARE** Europa set 3, Hoard - Superb MUH:

SG Cat £700=$A1,400, for well under 9% of SG! Bought a few sets very attractively this week in an Estate of an old French gentleman, who had bought them off leading dealer BEHR in Paris, as an Investment, some years back. This is the KEY set to the entire EUROPA Omnibus series, and has always been highly sought. Mint Unhinged, with guaranteed fresh original gum. This set is 65 years old now of course. One of the scarcest mint sets from post-war Europe, and the absolute KEY to any “EUROPA” Omnibus collection. Bright, well centred, with good perfs, and guaranteed original gum mint unhinged, and will look brilliant in any album, at under 10% of SG. THREE sets of 3 for the “bottom drawer” - SG cat $A4,200, for just $A350 = just $US260 as I type. (Stock 568UR) One set 3, SG 607/609, cat £700=$A1,400 - $A135 (Stock 568UQ)

GB 1854 6d Purple Embossed, Cat £1,000 = $A2,000 - just $A300!:

The GB Embossed stamps were carelessly hand impressed/crimped, one at a time, onto very thick sheets of stout ivory paper. So the units often touched or even overlapped badly, as we see readily on the few multiples that survive. So 4 margins are almost never seen on these. Clean and fresh, no thins or foxing or creases, or tears, and very good sharp embossing. SG #60, at £1,000 = $A2,000. Incredibly light cancel for these as you can see. MANY that exist were cut-toshape octagonally shape by bored postal clerks in advance, and sold and affixed to mail in that mutilated form. Many you see on cover are cut-to-shape thus, proving that, and they are worth 5% of cut squares like this. LOTS of those have had corner added over the last 167 years - often very skilfully - this is GUARANTEED by me to be without faults or repairs of ANY kind. An above average fault free example, at just - $A300 (Stock 482LQ)

Roo 1913 3d First Watermark, superbly fresh MVLH/ MUH Block 4: Unusually clean and fresh. Very Light hinge touches, or totally flat MUH clean original gum. Most readers know my views on BLOCKS of 1913 Kangaroos, and the huge future they have. In WWI folks were not spending 1/- on Mint blocks of current issues! Nice colour, GREAT perfs of any 1913 multiple, and for not much more in price than the current PO Year Album - tinyurl.com/APyear - Insane. ACSC 12, Cat $1,350 as 4 singles - a pretty mint block is RARE. Other dealers charge you this much for a MUH SINGLE! $A525 (Stock 482KL)

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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for April 2021. This month’s column includes new issues from Australia, United States priority and express postal stationery envelopes and Canada STO postal stationery Envelopes for Reader’s Digest. Centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force Prepaid Postcards On 9 February 2021 Australia Post issued four prepaid postcards to mark the centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) which was formed in March 1921 although its history traces back to the Australian Flying Corps which was established in September 1912 and served in the First World War. All four postcards had the RAAF Centenary logo on the front of the postcard (Figure 1). Two of the postcards were in the smaller (14.6 x 10.4 cm) size and were sold with a cancelled adhesive stamp on the reverse. They had no barcode and were sold as a set of two for $5.90. The other two cards were in the larger (16 x 11.8 cm) format, have a barcode on the front and were sold singly for $2.40 each. The pictures on the reverse of the postcards were an A2-32 SE5A bi-plane taking off (illustration by Jamie and Leanne Tufrey, no barcode, Figure 2), A2-32 SE5A bi-plane and hangar (photo from the Australian Department of Defence), F-35A Lightning II (plane horizontal in flight, photo from the Australian Department of Defence, no barcode) and F-35A Lightning II (plane diagonal in flight, photo from the Australian Department of Defence, Figure 3). Figure 1 Front of a Prepaid Postcard for the Centenary of the RAAF Figure 2 SE5A Bi-plane Pre-paid Postcard Figure 3 F-35A Lightning Pre-paid Postcard 22 - Stamp News

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igure 4 Moreton Bay Wetlands Prepaid Postcard Figure 5 Blue Lake Wetlands Prepaid Postcard Figure 6 Healthcare Workers Prepaid Postcard

Ramsar Wetland Prepaid Postcards On 22 February 2021 Australia Post issued eight prepaid postcards to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance that was signed on 2 February 1971. This international convention recognises important wetlands around the globe and was the first modern intergovernmental treaty aimed at conserving natural resources. Four of the postcards were in the smaller (14.6 x 10.4 cm) size and were sold with a cancelled adhesive stamp on the reverse. They had no barcode and were sold as a set of four for $12.80. The other four cards were in the larger (16 x 11.8 cm) format, have a barcode on the front and were sold singly for $2.40 each. The reverse of the postcards illustrate four of the wetlands (which are repeated in the two postcard sizes): the Cobourg Peninsula wetland in

the Northern Territory, the Riverland Wetlands in South Australia, Moreton Bay Wetlands in Queensland (Figure 4) and the Blue Lake Wetlands in New South Wales (Figure 5). Frontline Prepaid Postcards On 16 February 2021, Australia Post issued five prepaid postcards to pay tribute to the workers in the frontline of the pandemic in Australia. The postcards were in the smaller 14.6 x 10.4 cm size and were sold with a cancelled adhesive stamp on the reverse. They had no barcode and were sold as a set of four for $9.25. The designs on the reverse of the postcards were by Robert Elliot: Healthcare workers (Figure 6), Paramedic and aged care worker, Australian Defence Force and police services, Postal and delivery services (Figure 7) and Teacher and supermarket worker. United States Priority and Express Postal Stamp News - 23

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Figure 7 Post Office and Delivery Workers Prepaid Postcard Figure 8 Address side of Air Force One US Priority Mail Envelope Figure 9 Reverse of ‘Joshua Tree’ US Priority Mail Envelope Stationery Envelopes In Australia we are used to using prepaid Express Post envelopes which have no traditional imprinted stamp but still prepay express post service throughout Australia. The USA has, however, retained a traditional denominated impressed stamp on their priority mail envelopes (or ‘mailers’) issued since 2003. As the postage rate has increased this has led to some relatively high value impressed stamps. The Prepaid Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelopes (31.8 x 24 cm) were issued to prepay a three-to-four-day delivery service anywhere within the USA of any material that would fit in the envelope. When sealing a Flat Rate Envelope, the envelope flaps must be able to close within the normal folds. All of the envelopes were made of card and have the general format 24 - Stamp News

shown in Figure 8-9 with the stamp on the flap folding towards the back. The first of the priority post envelopes was the $3.85 Jefferson Memorial envelope issued on 29 December 2003. Due to an increase in postage rates in 2006 a $4.05 envelope was issued in January 2006. Since then, a new envelope has been issued each year due to an annual postal rate increase. The designs of the issues featured national monuments, landmarks, national parks and aircraft: • $3.85 Jefferson Memorial Priority Mail envelope (29 December 2003) • $4.05 X-plane Priority Mail envelope (January 5, 2006)

Ian McMahon Figure 10 $4.90 Mackinac Bridge Impressed Figure 11 $5.75 Glade Creek Grist Mill Impressed Stamp Figure 12 $16.25 Marine One Impressed Stamp

• $4.60 Air Force One Priority Mail envelope (6 May 2007) • $4.80 Mt. Rushmore Priority Mail envelope (12 May 2008) • $4.95 Redwood Fore s t Priority Mail envelope (16 January 2009) • $4.90 Mackinac B ridge Priority Mail envelope (4 January 2010) • $4.95 New Rive r Gorge Bridge Priority Mail envelope (3 January 2011) • $5.15 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Priority Mail envelope (23 January 2012 • $5.60 Arlington Green B ridge Priority Mail (27 January 2013) • $5.60 Verrazano-Narrows B ridge Priority Mail (4 March 2014) • $5.75 Glade Cree k Gris t Mill Priority Mail envelope (12 January 2015) • $6.45 La Cueva Del Indio Priority Mail (17 January 2016) • $6.65 Liliuokalani Gardens (22 January 2017) • $6.70 Byodo-In Temple Priority Mail envelope (21 January 2018) • $7.35 Joshua Tree Priority Mail envelope (27 January 2019)

• $7.75 Big Bend Priority Mail envelope (18 January 2020) • $7.95 Castillo de San Marcos (24 January 2021) The USA issued three prepaid express mail flat rate envelopes (31.8 x 24 cm) on 6 May 2007 for a one-to-two-day express service a with money-back guarantee throughout the USA. The price included tracking and insurance up to $100. The stamp design was a $16.25 impressed stamp depicting Marine One (Figure 12). Three envelopes were issued each with a different Star Wars character on the reverse: ObiWan Kenobi (Figure 13), Yoda (Figure 14) and Darth Vader (Figure 15). Toowoomba 2021 National One-Frame Stamp Exhibition Postal Stationery exhibitors should plan to enter their one-frame exhibits in Toowoomba 2021, a National One Frame Exhibition organised by the Toowoomba Stamp Club Inc to be held on 9-10 October 2021 at Toowoomba Indoor Bowls Hall 10 Annand St, Toowoomba Queensland. Entries close on 5 July 2021. For further information email qpcstamps@ gmail.com. Stamp News - 25

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Figure 13 Obi-Wan Kenobi Express Mail Envelope Figure 14 Yoda Express Mail Envelope Figure 15 Darth Vader Express Mail Envelope South African Virtual Philatelic Exhibition (SAVPEX 2021 They should also consider entering the South African Virtual Philatelic Exhibition (SAVPEX 2021). This is a South African National virtual exhibition with entries to be received by 16th May 2021 and scans of the exhibits to be sent for judging by the 20 June 2021. Judging will take place and be completed during July. All exhibits will be on digital display at the National Exhibition to be held in Bloemfontein, South Africa on the 22 July 2021. For further information including the entry form visit www. stampssapa.africa. Postal Stationery Collector February 2021 and FIP Postal Stationery Commission Newsletter January 2021 The February 2021 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector included articles on: Australia 1980 Aerogramme Essays and a Misprinted 30c Aerogramme; Queensland Post Cards: A New Find (with artist drawings on the reverse), Small 18-Cent Embossed PSE – Albino Print, Australia 26 - Stamp News

10c Embossed STO Stationery, Help Needed with Dies Used on Australian 18 Cent Stamped-ToOrder Envelopes and Postcards, De La Rue Stereo Dies for New Zealand King Edward VIII Postal Stationery, Collecting Austrian Postal Stationery, Scarce Destinations of Post Office Postal Stationery Wrappers, Marshall Islands Advertising Postcards, Re-purposed Victoria CTO stationery, and Australian Commonwealth Postal Stationery Catalogue – Some Steps on The Journey’. Also now available is the January 2021 newsletter of the FIP Postal Stationery Commission which can be found on the FIP Postal Stationery Facebook page.

Ian McMahon Figure 16 Canada Plain Reader’s Digest STO Envelope Figure 17 Canada White Reader’s Digest Sweepstakes STO Envelope Figure 18 Canada Fawn Reader’s Digest Sweepstakes STO Envelope meetings see the PSSA website, Postalstationeryaustralia.com or the Society’s Facebook pages.

Postal Stationery Society of Australia On-Line Meetings The Postal Stationery Society of Australia (PSSA)’s February 2021 on-line meeting was a presentation by Bernard Beston on Queensland STO envelopes. For information on past (including copies of presentations or videos) and future

Canada STO Postal Stationery Envelopes For Reader’s Digest Reader’s Digest has over the years been known for offering big sweepstakes with very enticing prizes and for being ‘innovative’ in marketing the sweepstakes through the mail including. In Canada over the period 1992 to 1995, Reader’s Digest marketed their sweepstakes by using stampedto-order (STO) postal stationery envelope specially designed for the company. The envelopes bear a stamp featuring the ‘Canadian Flag over the Prairies’, in a similar design to that used for adhesive stamps of the same period. The stamps were nondenominated being inscribed Postage Paid in English and French, have simulated perforations and re pre-cancelled using a Montreal precancel in a style similar to a Montreal postmark. While some of the envelopes were plain such as the window envelope in Figure 16 with only the Readers Digest return address on the reverse, others had the more usual flamboyant advertising promoting their sweepstakes as shown in figure 17-19. Similar envelopes were produced for the Publishers Clearing House which conducted similar mail order campaigns. Stamp News - 27

Cinderella Corner Melbourne Centenary (Non-Building)

Welcome to April’s Cinderella Corner. As an extension to January and February’s articles covering a vast array of issued Melbourne Centenary building labels, this piece explores others Melbourne Centenary cinderellas, produced in similar designs and formats, which do not illustrate buildings. This 1934 to 1935 period was of particular philatelic importance as many different cinderellas were issued to commemorate this centenary, not only in Melbourne, but Australia-wide.

John Batman

One branch of these labels, namely those that capture the John Batman and Melbourne city motif, were covered, in detail, in the August 2019 Cinderella Corner. Figures 1 to 10 highlight some of these known Australian cinderellas with designs based on the 1934 centenary of Victoria stamp. Each of the labels measure approximately 43mm x 34mm and is perforated 11. Various advertising texts are offered on the labels: Figure 3 and Figure 4: H. J. LANGDON & CO. PTY. LTD. / ESTABLISHED 82 YEARS Figure 5: H. J. LANGDON PTY. LTD / ESTABLISHED 82 YEARS Figure 6 to 8: TROEDEL & COOPER PTY. LTD. / ESTABLISHED 70 YEARS Figure 9: LYELL-OWEN PTY. LTD. / PROCESS ENGRAVERS Figure 10: COMMERCIAL PUBLICATIONS PTY. LTD. MELBOURNE

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Bell’s Super Half Hose

The half hose are men’s socks reaching halfway to the knees. The label illustrated in Figure 11 measures 51mm x 42mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. Coloured brown and cream, it features the text: Bell’s SUPER HALF HOUSE / MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 – 35. The Bell’s range sold, in the 1930s, across several locations nationwide with a variety of designs offered. In Melbourne, it was a key product in the Myer’s men’s department.

City Motor Service

City Motor Service operated at Collins Place for over 50 years, with a peak period from 1914 to 1940. It was founded by Alphonso Reed Tewksbury (19869 – 1953) in 1910. It boasted the finest fleet of hire cars and is reported as having revolutionalised motor passenger transport. The label illustrated in

Vito Milana

L-R : Figures 7, 8 & 9 Figure 12 measures 38mm x 28mm and is perforated 11 on three sides. Coloured pale blue and cream, it features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY YEAR / FOR PRIVATE HIRE / CITY MOTOR SERVICE PTY/ LTD. / OUR REPUTATION IS WORLD WIDE. City Motor Service delisted, because of liquidation, in June 1961.

Fowlers Vacola

Joseph Fowler started producing home-bottling and preserving kits in Australia at the turn of the 20th Century, learning the techniques from his uncle, George, in the UK. He then formed Fowlers Vacola, over 100 years ago in 1915, and the company continues and thrives to this day. The label illustrated in Figure 13 measures 55mm x 42mm and is perforated 10½ on all four sides. Coloured green and cream, it features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 – 35 / Mrs B. Thrifty says – “Prepare for Centenary Guests” / Fowlers VACOLA / FRUIT BOTTLING OUTFIT.

George Kent

George Kent Ltd. was a London-based firm that supplied flow measurement devices for water supply and

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sewerage applications, as well as other meters. While based in Luton, UK, branches were established across Australia, including Sydney in 1883, and at 84 William Street, Melbourne, in 1912. The label illustrated in Figure 14 measures 26mm x 44mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. Coloured blue and cream, it features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 1935 / GEORGE KENT LTD. / TEMPLE COURT / METERS FOR ALL PURPOSES. Melbourne Centenary labels featuring Temple Court were discussed in February’s Cinderella Corner.

Girl Guides’ Association

At the first Boy Scout Rally held in London in 1909, Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, was surprised by the number of girls who insisted they wanted to be Girl Scouts. He agreed that something was needed for the girls and in 1910 the Girl Guides Association was formed. From as early as 1909 girls in Australia were forming guiding groups and by 1920 Girl Guide Associations had been formed in six states. In 1926 the State Associations federated and formed a national organisation. The label illustrated in Figure 15 measures 28mm x 38mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. Coloured pale green and cream, it features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 – 1945 / CHIEF GUIDE LADY BADEN-POWELL / GIRL GUIDES’ ASSOCIATION.

Grand United Order Of Oddfellows

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L-R : Figures 12, 13 & 14 fellows (GUOOF) was established in England in the final years of the 18th century when a range of independent English lodges amalgamated into this larger organisation. It grew, prolifically and quickly, to accommodate thousands of members worldwide. The GUOOF was established in Australia in 1848, and a few years later, in 1854, the Port Phillip District of Grand United separated from the NSW branch to establish Grand United in Victoria. The label illustrated in Figure 16 is coloured red and cream. It features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 1935 / THE PROGRESSIVE FRIENDLY SOCIETY / GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS. Many thanks to Jim Walker for providing the scan of this scarce cinderella.

the automobile industry. It was recorded as delisted in the middle of 1980. The label illustrated in Figure 17 measures 28mm x 38mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. Coloured red, black and cream, it features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 1935 / SPARTAN SUPERFINE PRODUCTS / PAINTS LACQUERS ENAMELS VARNISHES / HARDIE TRADING PTY LTD. The use of the word Spartan was registered as trademarked by Hardie, in Australia, in 1926.

I. Sher

I. Sher was a Melbourne-based leather goods manufacturer who operated across at least two different Melbourne-based Hardie Trading Pty. Ltd. operated locations. for several decades, with a peak in the 1950s, when it The label illustrated in Figure 18 measures 38mm branched into x 28mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. Coloured brown and cream, it features the text: MELBOURNE Left Figure 15 CENTENARY 1934 – 5 / THE HOLSMOR EXPANDING SUITBelow Figure 16 CASE / I. SHER. / LEATHER GOODS MANUFACTURER / BOUVERIE STREET. CARLTON. VIC. The British-made Holsmor Expanding Suitcase illustrated on the label was advertised, in the 1930s, as beautifully crafted from leather-grained fibre, with reinforced corners and heavy nickel fittings.

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J. E. Stone & Co.

J.E. Stone & Co. was established in Melbourne in the late 1800s and, at the time, was promoted as the only sponge house in Australasia. By the time the cinderella was issued in 1934, the company was the only sponge house in Australia and offered services worldwide, too. The label illustrated in Figure 19 measures 38mm x 28mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. Coloured blue and cream, it features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 – 35 / DEEP SEA SPONGE FISHING / J. E. STONE & Co., MELBOURNE / ONLY SPONGE HOUSE IN AUSTRALIA.

Samuel Jones & Co.

Samuel Jones & Co. Ltd. was a London-based printer and publisher who supplied various materials and services nationally and abroad. The label illustrated in Figure 20 measures 28mm x 38mm and is perforated Left Figure 20 Below Figure 21

11 on all four sides. Coloured dark and light blue, it features the text: SAMUEL JONES & CO. LTD. TRADEMARK / NON-CURLING GUMMED PAPER / MELBOURNE CENTENARY. The central butterfly is a reproduction of a poster produced by Samuel Jones & Co. advertising their non-curling gummed paper product, and dates to the early 20th Century.

The Silverton Tramway Co.

The Silverton Tramway Company was formed over a century ago in 1886. The company was established, in part, to build and operate the Silverton Tramway, a 58-kilometre gauge railway, headquartered in Melbourne. The Silverton Tramway Co. operated the Silverton Railway until 1970. The two labels illustrated in Figure 21 each measure 38mm x 28mm and are perforated 11 on all four sides. Coloured blue and cream (with the left label notably paler than the right), each features the text: MELBOURNE CENTENARY 1934 – 35 / THE SILVERTON TRAMWAY CO. LTD. The label on the right also features a Melbourne 1 August 1934 red cancel.

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GB 1840 “Penny Black” attractive used - $A250:

“The World’s First Stamp” Even 2 or 3 margin, common plate number real roughies these days, can cost $100s, as many 1000’s are sold to China each year by Gibbons and others, in a large consumer marketing drive, and prices are up. This one is Lettered “J.G.” with a lightly struck, crisp Vermillion Red Maltese Cross cancel, as you will agree - so much nicer than a usual heavy BLACK MX as most 1d Backs have! Every collector wants a “Penny Black” on the frontispiece page of their album, no matter what country they collect. If your initials are “J.G.” - even better! SG #1G, with Red MX - “From £425” = $A850. Clean and fresh and flat, and totally free of hinges and gook and gunk and repairs - and now over 180 years old. (Noted a shallow thin, mentioned for accuracy.) GREAT eye-appeal, as you can see for $600 less than Gibbons. Indeed way less than the price of the current PO Year Album - tinyurl.com/ APyear Insane. (I always have several lower priced 1d Blacks - please enquire!) Only $US190 as I type: $A250 (Stock 473JQ)

Australia 1916 2/- Brown Kangaroo INVERTED WATERMARK $1,000 under Cat!:

ACSC lists the Inverted Watermark stamp as 37a, at $1,500, normal or Perf “OS” in average used - and they often are in terrible shape, from heavy parcel use in WWI. As an example, the only used copy in the huge Arthur Gray Gold Medal sale had short perfs, and a missing corner! ACSC 37a, $1,700. This is a 100+ year old stamp, clean and flat and fresh, very attractive used, free of hinges and gook and gunk etc, so that the watermark shows superbly. Most of this watermark 2/- has really “fluffy” perfs - this one is truly excellent as you can see. Quite decent cds cancel for a parcel usage 2/- … many have ugly smeared boxed grids, or machine rollers etc. Better Kangaroos have gone totally GANG-BUSTERS in recent years. A very pleasing looking stamp, superb perfs and centering- the nicest copy I have seen on this for ages, yet just $1,000 less than the ACSC price - $A700 (Stock 539LQ)

Japan 8¥ Postal Week, Flying Geese, UPU 1949, MUH **SHEETLET of 5**!

The key Japanese post-war issue. A huge stamp. A key global “Bird” issue. Now 72 years old. Never had the full sheetlet before in 45 years of dealing - even SINGLES are scarce! Fresh mint perfect centred, and totally **MUH** - these often have bad foxing due to the local made, cheap, coarse and highly acidic wood pulp paper used right after WW2. Japan was rebuilding the decimated country and economy, and quality control was out the window. They often have “splinters” of the coarse wood fibres in the paper, marring the reverse or the front. This is far better than most, and has FRESH MUH original gum - an oily fingermark on left stamp, that will likely remove with care. SG 556, £140 x 5 = £700, or $A1,400 as HINGED! Sakura cat 25,000¥ each, so 5 x MUH singles = $A1,625, and the sheetlet commands a large premium on top of course, as few now exist, ESPECIALLY being totally MUH. Saw one get $A1000 in an overseas Auction. A KEY post War BIRD/UPU item globally, in the full MUH sheetlet - a whopping $900 UNDER the SG price for 5 x hinged copies! $A500 (Stock 892LW) 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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DISCOUNT SALE APRIL 2021 Visit us at our premises by appointment, Opposite Upper Ferntree Gully Station. 9.30 – 4.30 Monday – Friday and weekends by appt. to view any of the lots in this sale, plus a whole lot more! Suite 1, 1174 Burwood Highway Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. 3156 Orders up to $100 are strictly net. $101-$250 deduct 10%, $251-$500 deduct 15%, $501-1000 deduct 20% Orders over $1000 deduct 25% Orders over $2500 deduct 30% Layby welcome for orders above $500 however we do not offer discounts on layby sales. 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 9.30am – 4.30pm Mon – Fri, but we will often answer the phone after hours. All of our items carry our 14 day satisfaction guarantee. EXCEPTING Collections, packets and mixtures. Collections & Lots 1. Magnificent mostly fine used collection/Accumulation of mainly 1930’s to quite modern housed in nice quality Red 48 page European made double linen hinged stockbook. Many, many complete sets, with values to £10! Comprises Australia Framas, Christmas Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., French Polynesia, Gilbert & Ellice Is., Guernsey, Iceland, Jersey with £4 x 2,£5 x 2, £10 x 2., New Caledonia, New Hebrides Norfolk Is., Trinidad & Tobago plus other bits & pieces. Roughly 1500 with only minor duplication. Very clean lot, has to be worth 20c per stamp. Price $295 (CM1) 2. Iceland fantastic mint unhinged collection of 300 different in brand new $50 Red Prinz 32 Black page stockbook. Difficult to repeat. Price $139 (CM2)  3. Greenland. 200 different mint unhinged, in brand new $50 Black Prinz 32 Black page stockbook. Price $179 (CM4) 4. New Zealand 1994 The Emerging Years Collection Hardback Book + Stamp Packs and 4 limited edition prints. New Zealand Post, Wellington, 1994. Hard cover in slipcase, both in near new condition. Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. Price $85 (CM5) 5. Great Britain 1980 – 1992 fine used commemorative sets on cover or parcel piece to Australia, mostly central cds on each set. Includes registered mail. 91 complete sets plus extra values. Appears all different. Cheap at under $1 per set, price $89 (CM6) 6. Australia KGV 1d Reds, about 350 in a near new $75 Black Padded KaBe leather bound 32 black page stockbook. Unchecked by us for shades, varieties, postmarks, perfs. or watermarks. Suspect most if not all will be single watermark. A very good clean lot, price $419 (CM7) 7. Australia 1996 – 2000 Australia Post Prestige Stamp Album. 2000 Olympic Games Limited Edition. Brand new with stamps, FDC’s & Maximum Cards with items from the handover at Atlanta 1996 to the Sydney 2000 Games, and with the Athens 2004 handover issues. Superbly produced, also with the 2012 London Gold Medal Winners PNC limited edition of 1000 collection in its own ring binder. 7 FDC’s, 7 PNC’s 17 Maximum cards and 17 stamps. Price

$295 (CM8) 8. As above, but the 2012 London Gold Medal Winners PNC collection only, limited edition of 1000. 7 PNC’s Price $165 (6 available) (CM8a) 9. Great Britain Commemoratives 1953 – 65 appears complete mint lightly hinged. (3d Nature week is fine used) Price $49 (FE34) 10. Our own incoming mail from about the past 6 months, plus maybe a bit addressed to others. Good lot of Australia & World. About 500g, $49 (CMD2) 11. Australia “Junk” Box. Stamps, albums, stockbooks, Hagner pages, Covers, loose stamps on & off paper. You name it, it may well be included! Must be at least 15 - 20,000 stamps in a 20kg box for $495. Half size 10kg for $249. A great sorting lot. (CMS1) 12. Australia Decimal Official Un-addressed FDC’s 1980 - 1988 just 50c each! Way, way below face value. 100 different for $49 (CMS3) 13. United Nations New York Office 1960’s – 1980’s Unaddressed First Day covers, mainly Official or Artcraft cachets. 100 different, less than 50c each, $49 (CMS5) 14. Netherlands 1970’s – 80’s Official NVPH Unaddressed First Day covers. 62 different. Under $1 each, price $59 (CMS6) 15. Netherlands Antilles 1962 – 1965 mostly Official Unaddressed First Day Covers. Hard to find, 15 different. Minor aging here and there. Price $29 (CMS7) 16. Stack of Album leaves, mainly British Commonwealth, strength in Africa. Nothing after about 1974. Noted Nigeria KGV to 6d mint, Singapore KGVI to $2, Rhodesia Independence Overprinted mint to 2/6d, Seychelles QEII Coronation plate block mint unhinged, Sierra Leone 1960/61 Self Adhesive Map and Mexico Olympics sets, several pages of South West Africa mostly mint. South Africa 1954 Animals compete to 10/- mint unhinged, Samoa KGV to 1/- & 1920 Victory complete mint unhinged, Sarawak 1949 UPU mint unhinged, Seychelles 1935 Jubilee mint, 1949 UPU Mint Unhinged, several more UPU sets, Gold Coast KGVI to 10/- mint unhinged, Nyasaland KGVI Tablets to 10/- Mint, 1945 to 20/- same, St. Vincent 1938 & 1948 £1 values mint and much, much more. Weighs 700 grams. 65 to 70 sheets, must be close to 1,000 stamps, mostly different. Odd bit of toning here and there, but mostly a very clean lot. High retail/catalogue value. Price $395 (CMS9) 17. Australia decimal 1st Day covers 1967 - 1991. Massive new issue dealer’s stock of official mainly unaddressed covers in 4 giant brown padded ring binders on approx. 200 Hagner or similar stockpages, some double sided. Binders and pages alone would have cost around $450 - $500 new. Estimate 750 - 1000 covers, from 1 - 10 of each. Much better spotted like Living Together sets, booklet panes, ATM triangulars x4, $10 Gardens x 4, Minisheets, Setenant strips and blocks, some AAT plus just a few Aerogrammes, Maxi-cards and PSE’s. Great value for a hoarder or re-sellers at $625 the lot. (CMS10) 18. Great Britain carton lot of FDC’s 1963 - 2002 approx. Mostly Post Office covers, typewritten addresses to Australia. Also a few packs and PHQ Cards, roughly 300 to 350 items, weighs nearly 4kg. Great to soak off for fine used sets or just collect as is. A little duplication noted. Got to be worth 75c each, price $239. One lot only, be quick! (CMS11) 19. Australia Carton Lot Decimal FDC’s 1974 - 2007 approx. Mostly Official Post Office unaddressed covers. Huge variety, some duplication but very wide variety. Great to soak off for fine used sets or just collect as is. Got to be worth 60c each. Weighs nearly 3kg. Approx 500 for $295, half lot for $150. 3 lots available. (CMS12)

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DISCOUNT SALE APRIL 2021 20. Great Britain Yearbooks, with slipcases for 1985, 89 & 90. Retail for the stamps only is $230 plus, price $195 (CJL2) 21. Australian Territories and Pacifics fine used collection in Blue Padded Ancol Album, 1940 - 1990. Includes Fiji, Norfolk Is, Pitcairn Is, Nauru & Papua New Guinea. Most are fine used light corner cds, with almost a complete collection from decimals onwards. Must be 350 - 400 complete sets inc. all of the long definitive series. Very cheap at $749 the lot. (CJL5) 22. Australia KGV Period (No heads) 1927 Canberra – 1936 South Australia, mint lightly hinged on leaves. Complete without perf. & wmk. varieties, ex. 5/- Harbour Bridge & Kingsford Smith OS Ovpts. Noted 1/- Large Lyrebird in both shades plus ovpt. OS, Kingsford Smith complete inc. 6d Brown Air, both normal and ovpt. OS, 2d & 3d Bridge ovpt. OS, MacArthur set of 4 inc. 2d Dark Hills, Hermes no watermark, etc, etc. All beautifully written up in “Copper Plate” Fountain Pen. Lovely clean lot, great for those who do not have a Mint Unhinged fetish! Cheap at $179. (CJL6) 23. 1981 Royal Wedding. Charles & Diana MUH collection in Green Springback Album. Organised A – Z. Includes both Commonwealth & Foreign issues with Sets, Minisheets & Gutter Pairs. Also a few FDC’s. Still very popular, and these always sell quickly. Counted 137 complete issues. Price under $1.25 each $169 (CJL8) 24. 1973 Royal Wedding (Anne & Mark) plus The Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday Omnibus in Maroon Springback. Crown Agents issues MUH plus a few extras with Sets and Minisheets plus a few gutter pairs. Around 80 complete issues here for $79 (CJL9) 25. Hong Kong 1862 – 1926 on album page & Optima stocksheets, mostly fine used. QV to 30c, KEVII to 30c & KGV to $2. Generally clean lot with some private perfins. Cat. £690 plus. 73 stamps. Price under $6 per stamp, $425 (CMAP4) 26. Great Britain 1850’s – 1936. Highlight is 7 x QV 2/6d, 3 x 5/- (1 is a private perfin) plus KEVII 2/6d & 5/-. Others include 10d 1887 Jubilee private perfin, 1929 2½d UPU private perfin, various surface printed to 8d etc. Huge catalogue/retail. Even a facsimile 1d Black! 120 stamps, mainly good to fine used. Around $3.25 per stamp. Price $395 (CMAP5) 27. United Nations New York UNO Flags Maximum Cards, each with large coloured flag of the country and relevant stamp with FDI cancel. 16 different comprising Barbados, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorus, Canada, China, Great Britain, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Peru, Senegal, Somalia & Sweden. Price $96 (3 available) (CMAP9) 28. United Nations New York UNO Flags series, 40 different FDC’s inc. some blocks of 4. all official unaddressed. Priced under $1.50 each, $59 (3 available) (CMAP10) 29. Stack of 33 diff. 1960’s/70’s Bulgaria Illustrated unaddressed FDC’s. Don’t see these around much these days. Some good themes inc. Paintings, Madonna & Child, Wrestling, Circus, Knights in Armour, Olympics, 1966 World Cup Soccer, Christmas, Javelin, Running, Ski-ing, Ice Hockey, Ice Skating, Swimming etc. Priced under 90c each, $29 (CMAP13) Packets and Mixtures 30. Great Britain off paper mixture, early to modern, mostly KGV to QEII but maybe a few earlier. A very good mix, with a fair number of high values.100 grams, about 1500 stamps for around 3c a stamp. Price $45 250 grams for $99, 500grams for $189, 1kg for $359 (PM112)

Stop the press! No further discount on this item: 31. Spectacular ERROR. The 2020 APO Stamp Yearbooks all have a very spectacular printing error inside - the entire word AUSTRALIA was MISSING , as well as year of issue on one $1.10 stamp. A huge error in this modern era of computer controlled error checking. NORMALLY the APO would simply swap them over for the corrected version, before placing them on sale - but this year, for the first time ever, all the 2020 annual books did not have stamps as usual in a cello. bag or Hagner, that you then had to placed inside yourself. There are now for each set, a complete a page of gummed paper, with design all around them, and perforated within that sheet. Each page is like a huge A4 size mini sheetlet essentially! So to correct this. The APO, would need to destroy all of the books!, and print up new ones, WEEKS of work! As the error was not noticed until almost the on sale date, it was too late for all that, as books are bought heavily each year as annual gifts, and in recent years, sell out very fast. They are never re-printed. The CORRECT stamp wording was on course on stamps in all the PO packs, on FDC, and in usual mint form etc. This error block is on front cover of best-selling Magazine “Stamp News” Such a “Country Name Missing” printing error will get into catalogues globally (such things in the past are many $100s, or even $1000s each) as many with this error were sold before Year Books ran out of stock. Where the price will finally settle on these albums, we have absolutely no idea - they are advertised at $450 already elsewhere, but when our stock is gone it is gone forever! MASSES of books will be broken up just to secure this error stamp block, the ONLY way to source it, and the rest used up for postage etc. making complete books scarcer than ever. Only 6,500 hand numbered copies were ever printed of the Executive Album. Every 2020 book, we sell has included extra, the CORRECT MUH version of this stamp added in for free. The complete 2020 Year Album, with $123 face of MUH stamps, including this error block 4, and all kinds of new formats of stamps inside, is just $375. We were only allowed to buy a few before stocks were virtually sold out! Price $375, one per customer please. LAST FEW, NOW $295! (APO2020) Revenues and Cinderellas New Zealand Duck Stamps 32. New Zealand 1994 Official Fish & Game Council block of 4 Imperf. $10 stamps, ovpt. Hong Kong ‘94 Stamp Exhibition, mint unhinged. Under 25% face! Price $14.95 (NZD1) Hutt River Province Great new mint unhinged lot just arrived: 33. 1974 Hutt River 4th Anniv. of Cessation Prince Leonard minisheet Imperf., $4 (HR1) 34. 1977 Hutt River Birds set of 4, $6 (HR2) 35. As above, blocks of 4, $24 (HR2a) 36. Hutt River 1979 Wildflowers, set of 6, $7.50 (HR3) 37. As above, blocks of 4, $30 (HR3a) 38. Hutt River 1982 Reef Fish se-tenant set of 6, $7.50 (HR4) 39. Hutt River 1982 Christmas set of 4, $6 (HR5) 40. As above, gutter strip of 8 (2 sets), $12 (HR5a) 41. Hutt River 1983 Native Wildlife set of 4, Red Kangaroo Emu, Brushtail

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DISCOUNT SALE APRIL 2021 Possum & Echidna, $6 (HR6) 42. As above, blocks of 4, $24 (HR6a) 43. 27c Emu, Imperf between vertical pair error, $50 (HR6b) 44. 45c Kangaroo, Imperf between vertical pair error, $50 (HR6c) 45. Hutt River 1984 Auspipex/AFL Football Minisheet $11 (HR7) 46. Hutt River 1984 Winter Olympics se-tenant set of 5, $4.50 (HR8) 47. As above, gutter strips of 10, $9.50 (HR8a) 48. As above Sheetlet of 4 sets with central gutter $15 (HR8b) 49. Hutt River 1986 Easter se-tenant set of 5, $4.00 (HR9) 50. As above, gutter strips of 10, $8.50 (HR9a) 51. As above Sheetlet of 4 sets with central gutter, $15 (HR9b) Lord Howe Island Courier Post We believe that we have the only remaining stocks of these popular items. 52. Provisional Stamp – 31/12/98. Complete sheet 36 stamps. $495.00 (LH1) 53. As above 1st Day Cover – 31/12/98. Specimen Ovpt. $24.00 (LH3) 54. Emergency Booklet – 10/6/99 withdrawn 10/6/01. $21.50 (LH4) 55. Emergency Stamp First Day Cover, unaddressed $16.50 (LH4a) 56. Marine Series – 1/10/99 Fish, C toplus ballinae. $4.75 (LH5) 57. Marine Series – 1/10/99 Fish, A Maccullochi. $4.75 (LH6) 58. Marine Series – 1/10/99 Fish, C bulbifrons. $4.75 (LH7) 59. Marine Series – 1/10/99 Seabird, Sula dactylatra. $4.75 (LH8) 60. Marine Series – all above. Se-tenant block of 4. $15 (LH9) 61. Marine Series – full sheet of 40. $175 (LH10) 62. Marine Series – Stamp booklet se-tenant block of 4. $16.50 (LH11) 63. Marine Series – 11/10/99 Cacheted First Day Cover 4 values se-tenant block. $15 (LH12) 64. Museum Overprint Issue 31/5/00 Marine Park Issue. $21.50 (LH12a) 65. $12 Museum Commemorative booklet BUFF COVER with block of 6 overprinted stamps – stapled RHS. $16.50 (LH13) 66. As above, RED COVER (rare) $46.50 (LH13A) 67. $12 Commemorative booklet BUFF COVER with block of 6 overprinted stamps – stapled LHS. $16.50 (LH14) 68. As above, RED COVER (rare) $46.50 (LH14A) 69. Museum Overprint First Day Cover. $11.50 (LH17) 70. Millennial First Day Cover (Block of 4 Marine Park stamps cancelled on 1/1/00. . Cover signed by artist and postmaster). $100 (LH18) 71. LHI Postmaster Prov. O/P 70 years. Anniversary Marine Park Issue 6/10/00. $21.50 (LH18a) 72. First Day Cover. O/P 70 years. Anniversary Marine Park Issue 6/10/00. $21.50 (LH18b) 73. First Day Cover Millennium Pilot Signed. O/P 70 years Anniversary Marine Park. Issue 6/10/00. $100 (LH18c) 74. Marine Park Commemorative Booklet with block of 6 stamps. Stapled RHS. $100 (LH19) 75. Marine Park Commemorative Booklet with block of 6 stamps. Stapled LHS. $100 (LH20) 76. Marine Park Proof Booklet with block of 6 stamps. Stapled RHS. Slight cover damage. $125 (LH20a)

77. Marine Park Specimens Mini sheet. $30 (LH23) 78. As above Full sheet of 40 stamps. $325 (LH24) 79. Special Cover with block of 4 Museum Overprint Marine Park Stamps and special. . ………Horned Turtle design and canceller, for dedication and official opening of the Lord Howe Island Museum and visitor Centre – 17/2/01. Limited Issue (1000) signed by . artist Margaret Murray. All numbered. $125 (LH32) 80. Palms sheetlet of 4 sets MUH $69 (LH32) 81. As above block of 4, $15 (LH33A) 82. First Day Cover $8 Palms Block 4. $21.50 (LH34) 83. Palms Block 4 Booklet. $21.50 (LH35) 84. HMS. Nottingham departure under tow postmark on cover with Palms block 4 dated AUG 6’02, one only $495 (Exceedingly rare!) (LH36) 85. Palms block of 4 on uncancelled cover addressed to Secretary L.H.I. Philatelic Study Group $7.50 (LH37) Rainbow Creek 86. Independent State of Rainbow Creek 1979 Secession. Thomas Barnes minisheet MUH, $17.50 (MCR25) Big Australia Packets We just took delivery of some very large Australia packets and can supply as follows: 87. 1400 Different, $249 (BAP1) 88. 1500 Different, $275 (BAP2) 89. 1600 Different, $325 (BAP3) 90. 1650 Different, $249 (BAP4) 91. 1700 Different, $375 (BAP5) 92. 1750 Different, $399 (BAP6) 93. 1800 Different, $439 (BAP7) 94. 2000 Different, $549 (BAP8) Stamps supplied are all different by Stanley Gibbons Catalogue. May contain watermark & perforation differences, plus sheet and selfadhesive formats of the same design. Australian States New South Wales 95. NSW 1854-59 Diadem watermark double lined numeral imperf 1/- Rosy vermilion variety ‘Watermark 8’ SG 99a, four margins fine used, Cat £180, Price $239 (NSW163) 96. NSW 1854-59 Diadem watermark double lined numeral imperf 1/- Brownishred SG 101,four large margins, fine used, Cat £80, Price $119 (NSW165) 97. NSW 1854-59 Diadem watermark double lined numeral imperf 1/Brownish-red (paler shade) SG 101, four margins, close at lower left, fine used, Cat £80, Price $109 (NSW166) 98. NSW 1856-60 Diadems watermark double lined numeral imperf 1d Orange-vermilion, 2d Blue & 3d Yellow green, SG 107, 112 & 115, margins large to touching, fine used, Cat £148, Price $149 (NSW169) 99. NSW 1856-60 Diadem watermark double lined numeral imperf 3d Yellow green SG 115, margins close to touching, large at right, fine used, Cat £110,

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DISCOUNT SALE APRIL 2021 Price $99 (NSW171) 100. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 3d Bluegreen SG 140, central light cds cancel, fine used, Cat £48, Price $59 (NSW174) 101. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 5d Dull green SG 141, good perfs, central light cancel, fine used, above average example for this issue, Cat £120, Price $149 (NSW175) 102. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 6d Grey-brown, 6d Olive-brown, 6d Greenish-grey & 6d Fawn SG 143-146, the four SG listed ‘brown’ shades, fine used, attractive group, Cat £285, Price $349 (NSW176) 103. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 6d Olive-brown (deeper shade) SG 144, good perfs, centred to upper right, fine used, Cat £75, Price $89 (NSW177) 104. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 6d Olive-brown (lighter shade) SG 144, fine used, Cat £75, Price $89 (NSW178) 105. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 1/Brownish-red & 1/- Rose-carmine, the two SG listed shades SG 152 & 153, fine used, Cat £150, Price $159 (NSW179) 106. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 1/Brownish-red (deeper shade) SG 152, fine used, Cat £75, Price $89 (NSW180) 107. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 1/Brownish-red (paler shade) SG 152, fine used, Cat £75, Price $89 (NSW181) 108. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 1/- Rosecarmine SG 153, nibbled perf at top, fine used, Cat £75, Price $69 (NSW182) 109. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 13, 8d Yellow-orange SG 167b, very faint cancel fine used, centred low, Cat £45, Price $49 (NSW188) 110. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 13, 8d Bright yellow SG 167c, fine used, Cat £45, Price $59 (NSW186) 111. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 3d Blue-green SG 140, untidy but intact perfs, Cat £48, Price $59 (NSW191) 112. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 3d Yellow-green SG 139 horizontal pair, fine used, attractive multiple, Cat £120 as singles, Price $149 (NSW192) 113. NSW 1860-72 Diadem watermark double lined numeral perf 12 6d Grey-brown SG 143, fine used, Cat £65, Price $79 (NSW194) 114. NSW 1860-72 Diadems watermark double lined numeral perf 12 6d Violet & 1/- Brownish-red, minor perf faults, fine used, Cat £94, Price $69 (NSW195) 115. NSW 1860-72 Diadems watermark double lined numeral perf 13 3d Green, the three SG listed shades, the 3d Yellow-green being variety watermark ‘6’, SG 156, 157a & 158, fine used, Cat £37, Price $49 (NSW196) 116. NSW 1882-97 3d Diadem, 1892-1910 ½d Green, 1d Red (2) 2d Blue & 2½d Blue, all punctured ‘OS NSW’, also 4d Cook & 1892-1910 2d Blue punctured ‘OS’, fine used, Price $49 (NSW200) 117. NSW 1888-1910 Centenary 1d Mauve & 2d Blue x 3 each overprinted ‘OS’, the overprints showing a number of unlisted varieties including ‘Leaning or slanting O’, ‘S with serifs’ etc, odd perf fault, fine used, interesting & unusual group, Price $89 (NSW201) 118. NSW 1888-1910 Centenary 4d Cook (3), 6d Orange (2), 8d Lyrebird & 1/- Kangaroo all punctured ‘OS NSW’ unchecked for printings, perfs or perfin

types etc, some heavier cancels, mostly fine used, Price $109 (NSW199) 119. NSW 1888 Centenary 1d Mauve perf 11 x 12 overprinted ‘OS’ SG O39b block of 4 MUH, Price $39 (NSW150) 120. NSW 1888 Centenary 1d Mauve perf 11 x 12 overprinted ‘OS’ SG O39b block of 4 MUH, Price $39 (NSW151) 121. NSW 1888 Centenary 4d Purple-brown perf 11 x 12 overprinted ‘OS’ SG O41 block of 4, very light gum bend affecting the two left hand units MUH, Price $79 (NSW154) 122. NSW 1888 Centenary 4d Purple-brown perf 11 x 12 overprinted ‘OS’ SG O41 block of 4 MUH, Price $99 (NSW155) 123. NSW 1888 Centenary 8d Lilac-rose perf 11 x 12 SG 257, MUH, Price $49 (NSW158) 124. NSW 1888 Centenary 8d Lilac-rose perf 11 x 12 overprinted ‘OS’ SG O43 block of 4 MUH, Cat £104 for hinged singles, Price $149 (NSW157) 125. NSW 1891 Centenary 2½d Ultramarine overprinted ‘OS’ SG O54 block of 4, vertical perfs slightly skipped resulting in the r/h pair being slightly higher than the l/h pair, MUH, Price $89 (NSW153) 126. New South Wales 1891 Surcharges 7½d on 6d Brown overprinted ‘OS’, CTO with concentric circles, no gum, Price $75 (NSW206) 127. New South Wales 1891 Surcharges 12½d on 1/- Red overprinted ‘OS’, CTO with concentric circles, no gum, Price $89 (NSW207) 128. New South Wales 1891 Surcharges 7½d on 6d Brown overprinted ‘OS’, from 1895 special printing overprinted ‘Specimen’ in black, Mint, Price $75 (NSW212) 129. New South Wales 1891 Surcharges 12½d on 1/- Red overprinted ‘OS’, from 1895 special printing overprinted ‘Specimen’ in black, Mint, Price $75 (NSW213) 130. New South Wales 3d Green Diadem overprinted ‘OS’ from 1895 special printing overprinted ‘Specimen’ in black, MUH, Price $89 (NSW208) 131. New South Wales 5d Blue-green Diadem overprinted ‘OS’ from 1895 special printing overprinted ‘Specimen’ in black, Mint, Price $75 (NSW210) 132. New South Wales 8d Yellow Diadem overprinted ‘OS’ from 1895 special printing overprinted ‘Specimen’ in black, MNG, Price $75 (NSW211) South Australia 133. South Australia 1868-1904 2d Orange plate proof marginal horizontal imperf pair on unwatermarked gummed paper, MUH, Price $79 (SA161) 134. South Australia 1902-04 Long type thin ‘POSTAGE’ 3d Olive-green SG 268, Fresh MUH, Price $29 (SA164) 135. South Australia 1902-04 Long type thin ‘POSTAGE’ 4d Red-orange SG 269, Fresh MUH, Price $59 (SA165) 136. South Australia 1902-04 Long type thin ‘POSTAGE’ 9d Rosy-lake SG 273, Fresh MUH, Price $29 (SA168) 137. South Australia 1904-11 Long type thick ‘POSTAGE’ 1/- Brown SG 288, Fresh MUH, Price $49 (SA172) 138. South Australia small simplified selection with 1868-1911 1d Green, 1d Red & 2d Violet, 1883-99 ½d Brown, 3d Green (2 shades), 4d Violet & 6d Blue, 1891 2½d & 5d surcharges, 1894-1911 2½d both colours & 5d, all Mint with hinge remains, odd minor fault, advertised retail $270+, Price $199 (SA173) 139. South Australia 1858-1902 first designs perf issues: 1d Green, 6d Blue (3) & 1/- Brown (6), 1860-1902 4d Violet (3), 9d Purple (2) & 2/- Carmine, attractive range of shades, printings etc, mainly Fine used, advertised retail

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DISCOUNT SALE APRIL 2021 $280, Price $179 (SA182) 140. South Australia 1891-93 2½d on 4d surcharge perf 15 SG 233, Mint with some hinge remains, Cat £60, Price $69 (SA177) 141. South Australia 1899-1901 wide setting ‘OS’ overprints, SG type O3 on ½d Green, 1d Rosine, 2d Violet, 2½d Indigo, 4d Violet & 6d Blue, SG O80-85, Nice-fine used, Cat £41+, Price $55 (SA188) Queensland 142. Queensland 1871-72 Postal Fiscals watermark large crown over Q, 1d Mauve SG F16, nearly full original gum, light ink smudge near top, possibly a postmark, Price $39 (Q59) 143. Queensland 1871-72 Postal Fiscals watermark large crown over Q, 6d Red-brown SG F17, light cds, appears to be postal, Price $59 (Q60) Tasmania 144. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘69’ of Port Arthur, rated R, light 80% strike on 1857-67 4d Pale blue imperf Chalon, three close margins, just touching at right, Price $69 (T148) 145. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘89’ of Three Hut Point, rated RR, light partial (50% of 8 and all of 9 visible) strike on 1865-71 4d Blue perf 12 Chalon, Price $89 (T155) Victoria 146. Victoria Postal stationery: Reply Paid card 1882 1d + 1d ‘Naish’ Reply paid card, fresh unused, Price $59 (VPS25) 147. Victoria Postal stationery: Reply Paid card 1891 1½d on 1d + 1½d on 1d ‘Overseas’ Reply paid card, unfolded, original printing with fraction bar 2.25mm long, fresh unused, Price $79 (12 available) (VPS9) 148. Victoria Postal stationery: Lettercard 1895 Two Pence on 1d ‘Reading’ lettercard, sealed, Unused, Price $39 (VPS13) 149. Victoria 1895 Halfpenny Orange Wrapper to Mechanics Institute Ballarat, cancelled by Port Fairy Duplex No. 6 dated MY 14 95. Tidy. Price $59 (V290) 150. Victoria 1895 Halfpenny Orange Wrapper to Mechanics Institute Ballarat, cancelled by clean strike Portland Duplex No. 8 dated AU- 14 95. Tidy. Price $59 (V291) 151. Victoria 1895 Halfpenny Orange Wrapper to Mechanics Institute Ballarat, cancelled by clean strike Omeo Duplex No. 177 dated AU 16 95. Tidy. Price $59 (V292) 152. Victoria 1895 Halfpenny Orange Wrapper to Mechanics Institute Ballarat, cancelled by clean strike Warrnambool B frameless cds of AU 19 95 Tidy. Price $59 (V289) 153. Victoria Postal stationery: Reply Paid card 1899 1½d + 1½d ‘Overseas’ Reply paid card, 2nd printing rough perf 6, CTO, Price $79 (VPS8) 154. Victoria Postal stationery: Lettercard 1900 1d ‘Postage’ lettercard, sealed, ‘MELBOURNE AUG 6/01’ CTO, Price $39 (VPS14) 155. Victoria 1905 buff advertising cover Melbourne to New York with 190110 ½d Green & 2d Violet, illustrated ‘THE UNION MANUFACTURING AGENCY CO/359-361 COLLINS ST/MELBOURNE’‘Corner card’ in red, also with matching ‘UMA Co’ monogram on back flap, small tear at right doesn’t detract from this most attractive & scarce cover, Price $79 (V329)

Western Australia 156. Western Australia 1893 Postal Fiscals watermark CA over Crown 1d to 1/- SG F11-F15, all with postal cancels, the 1/- with creases, a scarce group, Cat £146, Price $169 (WA302)  157. Western Australia 1893 Postal Fiscals watermark CA over Crown 3d & 6d SG F13 & F14, both with postal cancels, Nice used, Cat £27, Price $39 (WA304)    158. Western Australia 1897 Postal Fiscals watermark W Crown A, 1d, 3d & 6d SG F19-F21, all with postal cancels, Good used, Cat £29, Price $39 (WA305) 159. Western Australia 1897 Postal Fiscals watermark W Crown A, 1d, 3d & 6d SG F19-F21, all with postal cancels, each Fine used with light cds, Cat £29, Price $45 (WA306) 160. Western Australia Officials 1898-1907 watermark W Crown A 6d Bright violet & 1/- Olive-green, punctured ‘OS’, Fine used, Price $39 (WA318) 161. Western Australia Officials 1902-11 watermark V over Crown perf 12½ or 12 x 12½, 5d Bistre punctured ‘OS’ BW W39b, Brusden Whyte (2004 edition) states: ‘The printing must have been small since this is a very scarce stamp’ Fine used, Cat (2004) $300, Price $299 (WA319) 162. Western Australia Officials 1903-05 simplified selection of 8 different values to 2/-, all punctured ‘WA’, 1d values with both wide & narrow puncture settings, Good-fine used, Price $69 (WA321) 163. Western Australia 1905-12 watermark Crown over double lined A perf 12½ or 12½ x 12 SG 138-146 selection on pages with ½d (3), 1d (10, including a block of 4), 2d & 3d (5 ea), 4d (14, including all the SG listed shades), 5d (5, including Pale greenish-yellow SG 143b, Cat £110), 9d (12, including wmk upright & upright inverted) & 10d (2), lovely array of shades and a great basis for expansion, mostly Fine used, Cat £575+, Price $699 (WA292) 164. Western Australia 1905-12 watermark Crown over double lined A perf 11 3d Brown & 5d Pale olive-bistre SG 153 & 155 (3 ea) shades, Fine used, Cat £84, Price $99 (WA296) 165. Western Australia Officials 1905-12 watermark Crown over double lined A perf 12½ or 12½ x 12 ½d, 3d, 4d, 5d & 9d, all punctured ‘OS’ Fine used, Price $59 (WA315)  166. Western Australia 1879 Telegraph stamps 1d Bistre, both perf 14 & perf 12½ SG T1 & T1a, both with postal cancels, Nice-fine used, Cat £46, Price $59 (WA307) 167. Western Australia 1893 Postal Fiscals watermark CA over Crown 1d F11 (5, including a pair) all with postal cancels, shades, Nice-fine used, Cat £35, Price $59 (WA303)  168. Western Australia 1893 Postal Fiscal IR overprint in Green, 1 bar on 2d Yellow, Crown CA wmk, appears to have light postal cancel, Elsmore on line cat $80 for fiscal usage, advertised retail $375 for postal cancel, Price $149 (WA309) 169. Western Australia 1898-1907 watermark W Crown A 2d Bright yellow SG 113, block of 4, Fresh MUH, Cat £140 as hinged singles, Price $209 (WA156)    170. Western Australia Officials 1902 ‘Medical’ handstamp boldly struck diagonally in violet on 1898-1907 wmk W Crown A 2d Bright yellow, Nice used. These handstamps were used by the Health Department from early July 1902 until mid-1904 (refer Juhl page 62), and are scarce, Price $199 (WA311)   171. Western Australia Officials 1902 ‘Medical’ handstamp lightly struck diagonally in violet on 1898-1907 wmk W Crown A 2d Bright yellow, Nice

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DISCOUNT SALE APRIL 2021 used. These handstamps were used by the Health Department from early July 1902 until mid-1904 (refer Juhl page 62), and are scarce, Price $199 (WA312) 172. Western Australia Officials 1902 ‘Medical’ handstamp lightly struck diagonally in violet on 1902-11 wmk V over Crown 2d Yellow, Good used. These handstamps were used by the Health Department from early July 1902 until mid-1904 (refer Juhl page 62), and are scarce, Price $229 (WA313) 173. Western Australia 1912 1d on 2d Yellow surcharge perf 12½ x 12 wmk sideways x two shades, also wmk upright & upright inverted SG 172 & 172a, Fine used, Cat £41, Price $49 (WA300)   174. Western Australia 1912 1d on 2d Yellow surcharge perf 12½ x 12 wmk upright & upright inverted SG 172 & 172a, Fine used, Cat £34, Price $39 (WA301)  175. Western Australia 1885-93 2½d Deep blue SG 97, fresh MUH, Price $39 (WA153) 176. Western Australia 1893 Postal Fiscal IR overprints in black 2d on 3d lilac (3) & 3d on 3d Lilac (2) shades, all with postal cancels, advertised retail $160, Price $149  (WA310) 177. Western Australia 1893 ‘ONE PENNY’ on 3d Light brown, SG 107, Fresh MUH, Price $29 (WA155) 178. Western Australia Officials 1905-12 watermark Crown over double lined A perf 12½ or 12½ x 12 3d Brown punctured ‘OS’ block of 8 with Parcel cancels, a scarce & attractive multiple, Price $129 (WA314) 179. Western Australia Officials 1905-12 watermark Crown over double lined A perf 11 3d Brown punctured ‘OS’ Fine used, scarce, Price $49 (WA316) 180. Western Australia Officials 1905-12 watermark Crown over double lined A perf 11 3d Brown punctured ‘OS’ Nice used, scarce, Price $49 (WA322)  181. Western Australia 1905-12 watermark Crown over double lined A perf 11 3d Brown SG 153 horizontal pair Fine used, Cat £34, Price $45 (WA295) 182. Western Australia 1905-12 watermark Crown over double lined A perf 12½ or 12½ x 12 5d Pale greenish-yellow SG 143b, Fine used, Cat £110, Price $129 (WA293) 183. Western Australia 1905-12 5d Pale greenish-yellow SG 143b, Fresh MUH, Cat £60, Price $89 (WA159) 184. Western Australia 1912 watermark Crown over single lined A perf 11½ x 12 6d Bright violet & 1/- Sage-green SG 168 & 169, Fine used, Cat £78, Price $89 (WA298) 185. Western Australia 1912 watermark Crown over single lined A perf 11½ x 12 6d Bright violet SG 168, two shades, Fine used, Cat £60, Price $75 (WA297) 186. Western Australia 1905-12 watermark Crown over double lined A perf 12½ or 12½ x 12 9d Orange wmk upright & upright inverted SG 145b, Fine used, Cat £64, Price $79 (WA294)   187. Western Australia 1912 watermark Crown over single lined A perf 11½ x 12 1/- Sage-green SG 169, two shades, minor perf faults Nice used, Cat £96, Price $69  (WA299) 188. Western Australia 1902-11 watermark V over Crown perf 12 x 12½, 2/- the three SG listed shades/colours, SG 124, 124a & 124b, 124 being wmk upright inverted, Nice-FU, Cat £83, Price $99 (WA289) 189. Western Australia 1902-11 watermark V over Crown perf 12 x 12½, 2/6d Deep blue/rose SG 125, two shades Fine used, Cat £44, Price $59 (WA290)   190. Western Australia Officials 1902-11 watermark V over Crown perf 12 x 12½ 2/6d Deep blue/rose, punctured ‘OS’, Nice used, Price $39 (WA320)

Kangaroos 191. Australia 1913 4d Orange (Analine) Kangaroo, superb used. Great colour, well centred with good perfs with small part cds at lower left corner. ACSC 15B cat. $275, price $210 (K1090) 192. Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st wmk. Kangaroo BW 35A, nicely centred, lightly struck Perth parcel cancel, nibbled perf at lower right, Cat $250, Price $129 (K759) 193. Australia 1913 9d Violet Kangaroo first watermark BW 24, well centred Mint with some hinge remains, slightly nibbled corner perf, Cat $200, Price $129 (K897) 194. Australia 1915 2/- Pale Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo, superb used. Dated example with clear central cds of Kilmore Vic. 23SE16. Well centred with full perfs. A superior stamp in every way, ACSC 36A Cat. $350, price $295 (K1056) 195. Australia 1915 2/- Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo punctured ‘OS’ BW 36ba, light corner bend at lower right, usual fluffy perfs, above average centring, Fine used, Cat $400, Price $279 (K998) 196. Australia 1916 9d Violet Kangaroo third watermark die II BW 26, centred a little to upper right, light bends & some hinge remains Mint, Cat $125, Price $69 (K982) 197. Australia 1916 9d Pale violet Kangaroo third watermark die II BW 26B, centred high, some hinge remains Mint, Cat $125, Price $79 (K983) 198. Australia 1916 9d Violet Kangaroo second watermark BW 25, centred a little to the right, light cds cancels, Cat $90, Price $69 (K1021) 199. Australia 1916 9d Violet Kangaroo third watermark die II BW 26 centred to upper right, fresh MUH, Cat $375, Price $299 (K798) 200. Australia 1916 9d Violet Kangaroo second watermark BW 25, centred to right, with partial strike ‘MILITARY CA(MP)/13SE16’, small thin/fault at base, scarce postmark, Price $59 (K1019) 201. Australia 1918 9d Violet Kangaroo third watermark die IIb BW 27, centred to right, light vertical bend, barest hinge touch, Mint, Cat $125, Price $69 (K713) 202. Australia 1918 9d Violet Kangaroo third watermark die IIb Mullett imprint pair BW 27(3)ze, hinge remains, good perfs mixed centring Mint, Cat $500, Price $349 (K723) 203. Australia 1918 2/- Brown 3rd wmk. Kangaroo punctured ‘OS’ BW 37ba horizontal strip of 3 nicely centred with light Melbourne cds, couple of slightly nibbled perfs on r/h unit, attractive and scarce multiple, Cat $375 as singles, Price $279 (K973) 204. Australia 1923 6d Chestnut Kangaroo 3rd watermark BW 21, top marginal example, centred to lower right, fresh MUH, Cat $100, Price $59 (K887) 205. Australia 1923 6d Chestnut Kangaroo third watermark variety ‘Broken leg on kangaroo’ BW 21(3)d, centred to lower left as usual for this variety, Mint, Cat $250, Price $149 (3 available) (K956) 206. Australia 1924 2/- Maroon 3rd wmk. Kangaroo BW 38A, excellent centring , fresh lightly hinged Mint, Cat $300, Price $249 (K966) 207. Australia 1924 2/- Deep maroon 3rd wmk. Kangaroo BW 38B, centred to right, Townsville cds, nibbled perf at lower right, scarce shade with normal for comparison, Cat $300, Price $149 (K915) 208. Australia 1924 2/- Maroon 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Plate 1 Harrison 2 line imprint pair BW 38(1)za, some separation, left unit with vertical crease, couple of nibbled perfs, well centred & attractive Mint, Cat $2000, Price $975 (K730)

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DISCOUNT SALE APRIL 2021 209. Australia 1929 2/- Maroon SM wmk. Kangaroo BW 39, marginal example centred to the left, fresh MUH, Cat $750, Price $579 (K821) 210. Australia 1929 2/- Maroon SM wmk. Kangaroo BW 39, centred a little high, very lightly hinged Mint, Cat $300, Price $249 (K821A) 211. Australia 1929 6d Chestnut Kangaroo Small multiple watermark BW 22, centred a little to the upper left, fresh MUH, Cat $100, Price $79 (K877) 212. Australia 1932 6d Chestnut Kangaroo C of A watermark BW 23, centred to right, fresh MUH, Cat $80, Price $59 (K875) 213. Australia 1935 2/- Maroon C of A wmk. Kangaroo Die I vertical pair lower unit variety ‘Flaw on S of AUSTRALIA’ BW 40(2)j, variety is MUH but one nibbled perf, Cat $100 for hinged, Price $89 (K640) 214. Australia 1945 2/- Maroon C of A wmk. Kangaroo Die II, Authority corner imprint block of 4, BW 41z, centred to top MUH, Cat $100 for hinged, Price $109 (K1015) 215. Australia 1945 2/- Maroon C of A wmk. Kangaroo Die II, Authority corner imprint block of 4, BW 41z, one toned perf on upper right unit, MUH, Cat $100 for hinged, Price $89 (K756) 216. Australia 1917 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo perf OS with variety. Cto Melbourne cds top right, with gum, centred to upper right. ACSC 44Dwa variety (D) o Spencer’s Gulf elongated. Cat. $300 (extrapolated) Price $225 (K1057) 217. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & pale yellow 3rd wmk. Kangaroo punctured ‘OS’ CTO BW 44wa, centred to the right, Cat $200, Price $149 (K1059) 218. Australia 1929 5/- Grey & yellow SM wmk. Kangaroo BW 45, two slightly untidy strikes of Brisbane cds, nibbled perf at base, well centred used, Cat $250, Price $149 (K1010) 219. Australia 1916 10/- Grey & Intense Aniline Pink 3rd wmk Kangaroo, fresh mint unhinged. Brilliant looking stamp with very bright colour, full perfs. centred to lower left. ACSC48D, cat. $3500. Good buying at half catalogue, $1750 (K1062) KGV Heads 220. Australia 1914 KGV 1d Carmine-red single wmk smooth paper die II, couple of nibbled perfs at top, centred to upper left, hinge remains Mint, Cat $750, Price $449 (G441) 221. Australia 1918 KGV 5d Bright chestnut single wmk, rough paper single line perf, punctured ‘OS’ BW 134, usual below average centring, indistinct cds, Cat $250, Price $169 (G322) 222. Australia 1923 KGV Single wmk 1½d Green BW 88, a most unusual ‘Jumbo’ stamp with large margins at top & base, definitely a skipped row of perfs at the top and possibly also at base, light machine cancel, striking! Price $149 (G658) 223. Australia 1924 KGV 2d Red-brown single wmk BW 97, left marginal (almost separated) block of 8, centred to the left, r/h column of 4 with light gum ‘suntanning’ MUH, Cat $600, Price $349 (G590) 224. Australia 1924 KGV Single wmk Mullett plates 3d Blue type A & B pair BW 105c, some very faint toning, MUH, Cat $325, Price $249 (G659) 225. Australia 1926 KGV 3d Violet-blue single wmk Harrison imprint pair from plate 1 BW 104z (pair), usual mixed centring, hinge remains Mint, Price $199 (G587) 226. Australia 1926 KGV 3d Blue single wmk Mullett imprint block of 4 with variety ‘White flaw over IA of AUSTRALIA’ BW 105z, mixed centring one unit

with some hinge remains, Cat $575, Price $449 (G589) 227. Australia 1926 KGV Small multiple wmk perf 14 3d Blue type A & B lower right corner pair, the type A unit with variety ‘White flaw in front of emu’s foot’ BW 106c/106(3)j. Mint no gum, pair Cat $375, variety $120 as Mint, Price $199 (G660) 228. Australia 1933 KGV C of A wmk 3d Blue overprinted ‘OS’ BW 109(OS) gutter margin top corner block of 13, some perf separation, all stamps fresh MUH, Cat $390, Price $299 (G661) 229. Australia 1924 KGV 4½d Violet single wmk Harrison imprint pair with variety ‘Deformed left bottom frame etc – second state with break in left frame’ BW 118zb, some perf re-enforcement, centred low, Mint, Price $299 (G585) 230. Australia 1924 KGV 4½d Violet single wmk Mullett imprint pair with variety ‘Deformed left bottom frame etc – second state with break in left frame’ BW 118zd, centred low, MNG, Price $179 (G584) 231. Australia 1924 KGV 1d Green no wmk punctured ‘OS’ BW 79ba, centred a little to the right but still well above average centring for this issue, very faint gum bend at upper left, fresh MUH, a superior example of this scarce stamp, Price $169 (G446) 232. Australia 1924 KGV 1½d Red no wmk punctured ‘OS’ BW 90ba, centred to the right, usual uneven perfs, rich colour, MLH, Cat $225, Price $159 (G445) 233. Australia 1926 KGV 1d Green SM wmk perf 14 variety ‘Dry ink’ BW 80c, centred to lower left, Sydney cds, Cat $125, Price $79 (G439) Australian Pre Decimal 234. Australia 1913 6d Claret Kookaburra Fresh Mint hinged. Centred to left with full perfs. Cat. $100, price $60 (APD674) 235. Australia 1927 1½d Canberra, upper left corner block of 4, with most of the Plate Number “6” visible in the top margin. Very fine and fresh MUH. BW:132ze Cat.$1750 as a Mint block (but unpriced for MUH). Only 15 examples of Plate No.6 stated to have been recorded. Rare, Price $1499 (APD520) 236. Australia 1930 Sturt 1½d top left corner Pate No. blocks of 4, Nos. 1 – 8, less No.6, plus Imprint Block. All nice mint unhinged except Imprint and No. 1 hinged in selvedge only. Scarce assembly, cat. $210, price $149. (APD645) 237. Australia 1930 Sturt 3d top left corner Pate No. blocks of 4, Nos. 1 & 2 plus Imprint Block. All mint hinged, minor toning. Cat. $120, cheap price $59. (APD646) 238. Australia 1931 2d Kingsford Smith set of Matched top left Plate No. Blocks 1 – 8. Either fresh mint, hinged in selvedge only. Plate 8 thinned in top selvedge where hinge has been removed. Cat.$160, price $110 (APD644) 239. Australia 1931 6d Airmail in Imprint block of 6, mint unhinged. Cat. $375, price $279 (APD661) 240. Australia 1931 6d Airmail Ovpt. OS in Imprint block of 6, mint unhinged. Selvedge has pre-printing paper crease. The lower selvedge is reinforced.Cat. $475, price $295 (APD662) 241. Australia 1932 6d Typo. Kookaburra, Ash imprint plate 2 gutter block of 4. Mint lightly hinged on top two. Cat. $125, price $95 (APD656) 242. Australia 1932 1/- Yellow Green Lyrebird, ovpt. OS. Mint lightly hinged example, full perfs. with toned gum. ACSC 145(OS)B. Cat. $125, price $62.50 (APD675) 243. Australia 1935 Jubilee 2d plate 6, the 4 corner blocks. Lower left is unhinged others light hinge. Cat. $100, price $75 (APD671)

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DISCOUNT SALE APRIL 2021 244. Australia 1935 Jubilee 2d & 3d Ovpt. OS, fresh mint unhinged, full perfs. 3d centred to lower right. Cat. $55, price $35 (APD672) 245. Australia 1935 Anzac 2d. Set of plate blocks 1,2 & 3 from all four corners of the sheets. Mint lightly hinged, 12 blocks Cat. $240, price $179 (APD667) 246. Australia 1936 Cable 2d plates 2, 3 & 4 in all 4 corner blocks mint lightly hinged. Plate 4 lower left with the variety “Weak entry to top right corner” ACSC 169f. This block has a light vertical crease not affecting the variety stamp. Cat. $300, price $175 (APD670) 247. Australia 1937 6d Kookaburra Perf. 13½ x 14 No Imprint Gutter Block of 8. Includes the variety “Flaw on S of Australia” Top 4 stamps are hinged, lower 4 unhinged. Some gum toning, but looks fine from front. ACSC 202e and 202ZE. Cat $600 plus. Price $359 (APD657) 248. Australia 1937 Platypus Perf. 14 x 13½ Ash Imprint Block of 4. Fresh mint lightly hinged. Cat. $50, price $37.50 (APD664) 249. Australia 1940 3d Blue KGVI Die III, Left corner Imprint Block of 4, mint unhinged. Minor perf faults at right, otherwise fine and fresh. ACSC 195z, cat. $325, price $195 (APD649) 250. Australia 1941 KGVI 2d Mauve positional upper right corner block of 8with variety “Medallion flaw” ACSC 189e. Hinged in top selvedge only. A little minor aging. Cat. $64 as single stamps. Price $49 (APD666) 251. Australia 1942 6d Kookaburra Perf. 14¾ x 14 No Imprint Block of 4 from right pane, gutter margin at left. Perf. pip at base. Includes the variety “Weak entry between Australia and right frame” Top 4 stamps only are hinge. ACSC 203f and 203zo. Cat $225. Nice fresh block, price $165 (APD636) 252. Australia 1942 6d Kookaburra Perf. 14¾ x 14 block of 4 form miscut sheet, with part imprint at top. Well centred with full perfs. MNG. Scarce block, price $69 (APD642)    253. Australia 1943 9d Platypus perf. 14 x 14¾, Corner No Imprint Block of 4. Hinged only in selvedge, but some minor paper adherance to left 2 stamps, and some perf separation. One toned perf. at top left. Attractive looking piece. ACSC 206zg, cat $175, price $99 (APD663)    254. Australia 1949 1/6d Grey-Black Hermes, both thick & thin papers. Fresh MUH Imprint Blocks. ACSC 261 & 261a. Cat. $645, price $475 (APD676) 255. Australia 1949 2/6d Aborigine, both thick & thin papers. Fresh MUH Imprint Blocks. (The thin paper lightly hinged in left selvedge) ACSC 265zc. The thin paper not listed. Price $495 (APD678)   256. Australia 1949 5/- Arms imprint blocks of 4, both papers thick and thin. Thick paper is MUH with minor crease in selvedge, thin paper is hinged on top two stamps, and with diagonal creasing to left two stamps. Extrapolated Cat. = $660, Well priced at $495 (APD607) 257. Australia 1949 Arms 5/- Thin Paper, commercially used block of 4 with central Melbourne cds. Date unclear. ACSC 268a, unpriced as used. MUH is $250 for a single stamp. Price $495 (APD680) 258. Australia 1949 Arms 10/- MUH imprint block of 4. Some minor toning not visible from front. ACSC269z Cat. $175, price $87.50 (APD681)   259. Australia 1949 Arms £1 MUH imprint block of 4. ACSC 270z, cat. $400. Price $329 (APD682)   260. Australia 1949 Arms £2 MUH NO imprint lower left corner block of 4. ACSC 271zd, very minor gum toning. Cat. $1750. Price $1445 (APD683)

261. Australia 1956 1/- Lyrebird, no wmk. Lower marginal gutter block of 4, hinged only in selvedge at top. Fresh mint unhinged. Centred high. Price $30 (APD677)    262. Australia 1962 QEII 2d Pale brown ACSC 348B, block of 6 with light, all over ink stripping resulting in a strikingly pale shade, unlisted in ACSC, with normal block for comparison, upper right hand stamp is VLH, others MUH, scarce, similar cat $150 - $275 each! Price $495 (APD523) Australian Decimal 263. Australia / AAT 19 different SPECIMEN Blocks of 4 MUH. Price: $85 (AD214)   Australia Postal History 264. Australia 1913 small typewritten cover to American Library Assn. Chicago, from The Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia. Bears ½d and horiz. pr. 1d Die 2 Kangaroos cancelled by machine canceller of Adelaide 15DEC13. Clean attractive cover, unusual franking. 2½d Roo. Solo use is much more common. Price $185. (APH1628) 265. Australia small surface mail cover Geelong, Vic. To Nairobi, Kenya. Bears solo use of 1½d Swan cancelled by Geelong Slogan of 11OCT29 “INCLUDE POSTAL DISTRICT/NUMBER IN MELBOURNE/SUBURBAN ADDRESSES” See below for info. on addressee. Scarce destination, price $49 (APH1686) 266. Australia 1930 long registered surface mail cover Melbourne to Uplands Kenya. Bears 5d Pale Chestnut KGV SMW Perf 14 Solo use of cancelled by Melbourne GPO cds 14 NO 30. Reverse bears transit cds of Dha-Nushkodi India of 4 DEC30 With arrival cds Mombasa Registered 26 DE 30 and oval Registered cancel of Nairobi the following day. Scarce destination. Uplands industry consisted a Railway Station, a Bacon Factory and a Sawmills at that time. See below for further info. A little aged consistent with being well travelled. Price $149 (APH1679)   267. Australia 1936 long registered surface mail cover Preston Vic. to Kenya. Bears 2d & 3 x 3d (pair & single) S. Aust. Centenary cancelled by cds’s of Preston 18 NO 36. Arrival cds of Uplands, Kenya on front 20 DE 36. Reverse bears Nairobi transit cds of 18 DE 36 and oval Registered cancel of 19 DE 36. Scarce destination. Uplands industry consisted a Railway Station, a Bacon Factory and a Sawmills at that time. See below for further info. Some creasing and a tiny tear at base, consistent with being well travelled. Price $149 (APH1682) The addressee of the above three covers, William Tunstall was the son of W.G. Tunstall, Lance Corporal 4067, East African Supply Corps., East African Forces who died on Saturday, 22nd April 1916. Age 58. Son of Jeremiah Yates Tunstall and Mary Tunstall; husband of Henrietta Tunstall of Uplands, Kenya. Born at Darlington, England, and arriving from Wiltshire with his wife and family he became Manager of Uplands Bacon Factory and at some stage was a Sawmiller with the Morson Sawmills. Nairobi South Cemetery, Grave Ref: IV C 5 Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Dagoretti - W. Tunstall Barnes - Nairobi South Cemetery - Henrietta Tunstall, died 4 Dec 1940 aged 79 and William George Tunstall , husband of Henrietta Tunstall, of Uplands, Kenya. Children: William, Bryan Blatchford d.1959 , Edward, Alfred (c.1902-1976), Lucy Elinor (Macdonald), Muriel b. 5.2.1898 (Morgan), Mary Catherine.

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SG 165a 3d Red-brown Block of 4. Imperf Between Vertically. Very Rare Unique Block with Current No. 47. $5,000.00 SG 272a ACSC S26c 8d Ultramarine Plate Number Block of 4. Variety “EIGNT PENCE” on lower left stamp. 2002 Ceremuga Cert. $4,500.00

SG 287a ACSC S53b 10d Dull Yellow. Thick Postage. Imperf Between Horizontal Pair. $4,500.00

SG 275b ACSC S30bb 1/- Brown Thin Postage. Vertical Pair Imperf Between Stamps and Lower Margin. Vertical Crease. $2,500.00

SG 284a 6d Blue-green. Thick Postage. Gutter Pair Imperf Between. Light Vertical Crease. Not Recorded by ACSC. $4,000.00

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Easter 2021 occurs on Sunday, April 4, close to the issue date of this magazine. In 325AD, the first major church council, the Council of Nicaea, determined that Easter should fall on the Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox. It is celebrated on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, typically on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the spring equinox. Easter is, therefore, one of the “movable feasts” that fall on a different date each year. Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans. The holiday concludes the “Passion of Christ,” a series of events and holidays that begins with Lent, 40 days of fasting, prayer and sacrifice, and ends with Holy Week, which includes Holy Thursday (the celebration of Jesus’ Last Supper with his 12 Apostles, also known as “Maundy Thursday”), Good Friday (on which Jesus’ crucifixion is observed) and Easter Sunday. There are many examples of religious stamps commemorating this week. Figure 1 is an example from the Cook Islands. Although a holiday of high religious significance in the Christian faith, many traditions associated with Easter date back to pre-Christian, pagan times. Easter is also associated with the Jewish holiday

Figure 1: Cook Island issued 1978 taken from a painting Pietá by Rogier van der Weyden of Passover, as well as the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, as described in the Old Testament. These links are seen in the Last Supper, which occurred the night before Jesus’ arrest and the sufferings Jesus endured following his arrest. The Last Supper was essentially a Passover feast. The food and wine are shown on the 2020 Israel personalised sheetlet shown in figure 2. The New Testament describes it as being given new significance by Jesus. He identified the matzah (or bread) he shared with his 12 apostles as his “body” and the cup of wine they drank as his “blood.” As Jesus’ arrest and execution were said to have occurred during the Jewish observance of Passover, the Easter holiday is often close to the former celebration on the Judeo-Christian calendar.

Figure 2: 2020 Israel personalised sheetlet with beach non-denominated value shows the Passover meal. 50 - Stamp News

Why Is Easter Called ‘Easter’? In most countries in Europe, the name Easter is derived from the Jewish festival of Passover. In Greek the feast is called Pascha, in Italian Pasqua, in Danish it is Paaske and in French it is Paques. In English-speaking countries, Easter takes its name from a pagan goddess from Anglo-Saxon England Eostre who was a goddess of spring or renewal and that’s why her feast is attached to the vernal equinox. In Germany, the festival is called Ostern, and the goddess is called Ostara.

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parts of the hot cross bun have a certain meaning, including the cross representing the crucifixion of Jesus, and the spices inside signifying the spices used to embalm him at his burial Lights, candles and bonfires in some countries mark Easter celebrations. On Easter Eve they make a new light called a Paschal or Easter Candle Eggs that represent a new life (spring) that returns to nature about Easter. Early Christians of Mesopotamia were the first to use coloured eggs to represent the resurrection. Examples of non-religious Easter Figure 3: A novelty cover showing 2020 illustrations on a 2015 traditions include Easter eggs and relatFDC ed games such as egg rolling and egg decorating. It’s believed that eggs represented fertility and birth in certain pagan Easter Traditions Traditional religious Easter food is lamb. The symbol traditions that pre-date Christianity. The custom of exchanging eggs goes back to the Egyptians and Perof the lamb comes from the Jewish paschal lamb for sians often dyed their eggs in the prime colours and the Jewish Passover. The lamb is seen as a forecast gave them to friends. They believed that the Earth of Christ’s sacrifices on the cross, as in “Jesus as the hatched from a giant egg. Today, chocolate eggs and Lamb of God”. Some cultures traditionally serve hot cross buns. A egg hunts are a popular part of Easter celebrations hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun usually made with around the world. Traditions grow with time. The fruit, marked with a cross on the top, and traditionally cover in figure 3, while not good philately, suggests a new way of celebrating Easter in the time of Covid eaten on Good Friday in the Commonwealth counand made me laugh. tries. The bun marks the end of Lent and different In some households, a character known as the Easter Bunny delivers candy and chocolate eggs to chil-

Figure 4: 1949 Austria welfare stamp showing easter bunny with a basket of eggs

Figure 5: 1983 British booklet pane showing details of the Maundy money given out by the Queen on Easter Thursday. Stamp News - 51

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Figure 6: 1999 special cancel from Washington DC for the traditional egg roll. dren on Easter Sunday morning (see figure 4). These candies often arrive in an Easter basket. The exact origins of the Easter Bunny tradition are unknown, although some historians believe it arrived in America with German immigrants in the 1700s. Rabbits are, in many cultures, known as enthusiastic procreators, so the arrival of baby bunnies in springtime meadows became associated with birth and renewal. The legend relating to rabbits may have started in Germany. A poor woman dyed some eggs during a famine and hid them in a nest as an Easter gift for her children. Just as the children discovered the nest a large rabbit leapt away. The story spread that the rabbit brought the eggs. Ancient Egyptians believed that the rabbit symbolized birth and new life. Some ancients believed it as a symbol of the moon. As in later times, it may have become an Easter symbol because the moon determined Easter’s date. Because it fell on the first Sunday after the full moon after March 21st. Easter Around the World Every country in the world that celebrates Easter has its own take on how it is done. In the UK, Easter is celebrated with egg-rolling competitions, eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, decorating Easter eggs, eating chocolate Easter eggs on Easter Sunday, organising Easter egg hunts for children, and the Royal Maundy Service where the queen prepares a gift of special coins to as many elderly people as there are in her age in an official ceremony every Maundy Thursday. Details of this event are shown in the 1983 British Booklet pane shown in figure 5. (The latest gifts are not as scarce as they once were.) Many people—mostly children—also participate in Easter egg “hunts,” in which decorated eggs are 52 - Stamp News

Figure 7: 1970 Brazil showing the Rio Carnaval that is held every year at the beginning of lent. hidden. Perhaps the most famous Easter tradition for children is the annual White House Easter Egg Roll when children roll Easter eggs down Capitol Hill (see figure 6). Brazilians celebrate Easter differently. They celebrate Easter with major carnivals such as the Rio Carnival, people singing, dancing and marching in bright clothes on the streets until there is a party, eating no

Figure 8: German postcard showing an Easter money tree

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The branches are consecrated on Palm Sunday and kept by the believers under the eaves in their home to protect the house from lightning and was also cure certain Left Figure 9: 2018 Hungarian non-denom- illnesses. The egg itself, one of inational definitive peel and stick stamp the oldest types shows some Easter traditions of food traditionAbove Figure 10: 2019 Poland stamp ally eaten at Easshowing decorated easter eggs ter, is an archaic symbol of rebirth and life. An old folk custom connected with Easter Monday is dousing girls with water (today spraying with perfume) and in return giving painted eggs as a gift. The basis of this is the belief in water’s power of purification and to bring fertility. The egg together with the bird that hatches from it symbolises the rebirth of Christ. The Easter lamb is the prefiguration of the sacrifice of the Redeemer. The Israelites of the Old Testament were instructed by God to sacrifice a one-year-old lamb and wipe its blood on the doorpost meat and preparing ‘paçoca’, a Brazilian candy. This to avoid the wrath of God. The Easter lamb, as a is shown in figure 7. symbol, can both be connected to the fact that lambs Germany has many Easter traditions. Easter Suncome into the world in spring as well as to the reliday is known as ‘Family Day’. Lots of sweet treats gious tenet that Jesus Christ died on the cross to save are eaten, including a cake shaped like a lamb, and humanity as a sacrificed lamb. For this reason, he is eggs and cookies are hidden in the garden. Many called the Lamb of God to this day. Germans also have an ‘Easter Fire’ where they burn Norway celebrates Easter in a very unusual their Christmas tree to show that winter is over and way: by reading and watching stories about crime spring is coming. It is also popular in Germany to (påskekrims). This “Easter crime” tradition is unique have an egg tree as stylised on the postcard in figure to Norwegians, as no other country around the world 8. Real eggs are painted and then hung from branches celebrates the sacred holiday by obsessing over mysof a tree or in a vase inside the house. Some people teries, murders, and violence. Perhaps it’s because the go to huge efforts to cover an entire tree in their garholiday days off make the perfect excuse to sit down den with these delicate egg ornaments. with a good book while the snowy winter continues The Hungarian 2018 definitive stamp shown in outside, but regardless of the reason, you’ll see more figure 9 has symbols associated with the celebration crime novels displayed in bookshop windows than of Easter, such as a branch of pussy willow, a chick, chocolate bunnies and Easter scenes if you visit Noreggs and brushes used for egg painting. The willow way around Easter time. branch represents the palm branches waved by the During the Middle Ages, people began decoratcrowd welcoming Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem. ing eggs and eating them as a treat following mass Stamp News - 53

Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Figure 11: 1995 Russia stamp showing the Moscow Kremlin Faberge Easter egg that was made for the Tsar in 1906 Figure 12: 2005 Finland shows a child dressing as a witch for Easter

on Easter Sunday after fasting through Lent. This is something that still happens, especially in eastern European countries like Poland. Some feature very intricate and minute design, and for a stunning effect, many natural dyes are still being used. Polish Post issued commemorative stamps between 2014-2019, before Easter each year. The design of the stamps is provided by the artist Agnieszka Sancewicz. Most of the stamps are decorated eggs. The two stamps shown in figure 10 are from the most recent issue of 2019 represent two varieties of Easter eggs. The first one is an oklejanka from Łowicz, while the second one is a kraszanka from Kaszuby region. During the nineteenth century, Russia took Easter egg decorating to a whole new level of extravagance. Born in 1846, Peter Carl Fabergé worked as a jeweller and goldsmith for the Russian Imperial Court, creating jewelled masterpieces for Russia’s royalty and nobility. Tsar Alexander III had Fabergé create an Imperial Easter Egg as a gift for the Empress each Easter. The example shown in figure 11 is the Moscow Kremlin egg made in 1906. Each egg took a year to create as they were highly decorated and made of precious stones and metals such as gold, silver, pearls, rubies and diamonds. Each egg held a surprise, some opened to reveal a beautiful pendant, a portrait or a golden hen inside. Easter in Greece is a deeply religious time, church54 - Stamp News

es are decorated and religious processions are held. Eggs are painted red to represent the blood of Christ. Traditionally, when people meet, they knock their eggs together and say ‘Christos anesti!’ meaning ‘Christ is risen!’ Many people also view the cracking of the eggs to be symbolic of Jesus breaking out of his tomb. Children in Finland dress up as witches and go begging for chocolate eggs in the streets with madeup faces and scarves around their heads, carrying bunches of willow twigs decorated with feathers (see figure 12). In some parts of Western Finland, people burn bonfires on Easter Sunday, a Nordic tradition stemming from the belief that the flames ward off witches who fly around on brooms between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Easter in Australia today Although autumn is in full swing and winter is com-

Figure 13: Australia 2019 greater bilby international post peel and stick stamp

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Figure 14: Sydney Showgrounds, 17th March 1989, special cancellation from the Easter Show,

Show (see figure 14). The Stawell Gift has been held in all but five years since 1878 and is one of the world’s most famous and prestigious foot races. Every Easter thousands of runners and athletics fans from all over Australia and all points of the globe make the annual pilgrimage to Central Park, the professional running mecca, in the tiny historic gold-mining town of Stawell. Runners from far and wide have come to Stawell with a glint in their eye, all trying their luck at capturing the glory and some coin. Bookmakers have played an integral part of the rich and colourful history, the attraction of the punt adding to the magic and intrigue. For well over a century, it was a male-only competition, but the carnival now encompasses events for both men and women of all ages and abilities, across distances from 70m to 3200m. The colour, festivity and tradition of this event provide entertainment value across the entire Easter weekend but it’s the 12 seconds of the Stawell Gift 120m final which captures the attention and excitement of the nation. The first Stawell Gift was held on a sandy gravel surface at the nearby western Botanical Reserve in 1878, not moving to its current location at Central Park until 1898. The inaugural winner, farmer William Jackson Millard won by inches and collected the first prize of 20 pounds. The 100th running of the race was commemorated by Australia Post with a pre-paid stamped envelope and special cancellation as shown in figure 15.

ing in the Southern Hemisphere, rabbits and eggs as symbols of spring remain part of Australian festivities. Some Australians will attend church services while the majority enjoy the four-day weekend feasting and relaxing with family and friends. On Easter Sunday, the Easter bunny will deliver chocolate eggs to children and there will be egg hunts in backyards and parks across Australia. In Australia, Easter means pancakes, hot cross buns, and chocolate Easter eggs. On Shrove Tuesday, many Australian communities celebrate Easter by preparing and selling pancakes and donating the proceeds to charity. Easter also means hot cross buns, which is a popular sweet, spiced bun with a white cross indentation on the top that is sold at almost every bakery in the weeks leading up to the Easter weekend. However, while it may seem similar to the UK style of celebrating Easter, a unique Australian aspect of Easter is the Easter bilby (see figure 13). It is our Australian alternative to the Easter bunny and supports the Australian bilby Figure 15: 1981 Australian pre-paid stamped envelope and conservation movement. Events and festivals are common during special cancellation of 18th April commemorating the Stawell this period such as the Sydney Royal Easter gift that is run every Easter.

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Market Matters World’s priciest stamp AND coin for sale!

The legendary British Guiana 1856 1¢ Black on Magenta cut to shape imperforate stamp classic, is to be auctioned on June 8, 2021, by Sotheby’s in Manhattan, New York. It last sold for a $US9.48 million invoice price, also by Sotheby’s - near exactly 7 years ago, on June 17, 2014. The seller is American women’s shoe designer Stuart Weitzman, based in New York. In the same sale, Weitzman will also offer the unique multi-million dollar Plate A $10+ million plus stamp perhaps? Block of 4 of the USA 1918 “Inverted Jenny” 24¢ stamp, $6.6 million, plus a 15% Buyer’s Premium, and an and also apparently the world’s rarest coin, the also additional $20 needed to “monetise” the face value unique in private hands 1933 $20 “Saint Gaudens” of the coin so it would become legal currency - in a double eagle. bizarre deal the Feds struck with the seller. On July 30, 2002, the USA 1933 $20 coin was This brought the final invoice price to sold at a Sotheby’s auction held in New York for $US7,590,020 - at the time a record price for a world coin I understand. Half the bid price was to be delivered to the United States Treasury, plus the $20 to “monetize” the coin, while the vendor was entitled to the other half. It has not been offered for 19 years, and Sothebys state they expect the $20 gold coin to fetch $US1015 million hammer price, and even if it gets somewhat less than that, will make it the world’s most valuable coin item after the 20% or whatever Buyer Fees are added.

Offering together a very smart idea.

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It might be a very smart move offering the two together. Some Arab sheik, or Texas oilman etc, might decide it is cool to buy both the world’s priciest coins and stamps in one hit, and an invoice price for the 2 items of about $A25 million would not surprise me at all. Interest and Bond rate returns globally are near

Glen Stephens it wil still sell for millions despite this COVID cloud we are all living under.

World’s most valuable object by weight.

Value over $US350 BILLION per kilo. (or below!) zero, stockmarkets are pretty jittery, and in that kind of climate there are many wellheeled folks looking for something with kudos and provenance to park some funds in, AND have at the same time own a couple of unique and famous items as well. This is why Picassos always sell well! Stampboards.com was literally the first outlet on earth to publish the price of the 2014 Guiana sale, and had several members in the saleroom with smartphones and videos, and they added a posted first hand live commentary, and video of the sale taking place - tinyurl.com/1856BG1c The stamp weight has been estimated to be nearly the same as the Sweden 3sk “Tre Skilling Yellow” which we know weighs exactly 0.02675 grams (0.0009 ounces). This gave the British Guiana stamp the staggering value of over $US350 Billion per kilogram - $US354,392,523,364.49 to be exact! The most valuable object in the world by weight or volume - no contest. The stamp is defective, cut-to-shape, very heavily faded, has been “painted in”, over past surface scuffing, and now has been signature vandalised with a sharp pen/pencil by owner Weitzman, but

The last sale really spoke volumes about the health of the stamp hobby globally. The 2014 auction yielded superb and positive global publicity for stamps, and that is always most welcome. “The world’s most valuable object by weight” etc. Weitzman purchased it from the estate of John E. du Pont, an heir to the du Pont chemicals fortune, who had acquired it in 1980, before he died in prison for the murder of the Olympic wrestler and coach Dave Schultz. The killing served as the basis for the 2014 film “Foxcatcher.” The 2014 price was about TEN times what du Pont purchased it for in 1980. Many at that time in 1980 speculated the price paid was quite absurd, and the buyer would certainly lose money on it when re-sold. In fact, du Pont paid 3 or 4 times what Weinberg paid only 10 years earlier. And Weinburg paid 5 or 6 times what Australian Gallipoli war hero Frederick Small paid. Which in turn was more than Arthur Hind paid etc! Stampboards.com had a maths whizz compute that since John du Pont purchased the stamp in 1980, it had appreciated at 6.25% p.a. - pretty amazing in a USA economy, where annual real interest rates had been negligible in that same period. Mainstream and POSITIVE media for stamps is very scarce these days. I had many media calls, and this long interview was on National primetime ABC radio here - tinyurl.com/GlenBG The record price actually paid, after the cheeky 20% auction house “Buyer Fee” was added, was $US9.48 million. As I said in that interview it is the ONE major Commonwealth stamp rarity the Royal Collection does not possess. KGV was underbidder to Arthur Hind, and who knows, there may still be some interest in it going there. It was strongly thought by Stamp News - 57

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Money cannot buy wisdom.

One of the more fascinating aspects of the famed British Guiana 1856 1¢ Black on Magenta stamp is the reverse side, which shows the personal owner marks of several of its famous (and infamous) owners over the past Century. Few stamps exhibit so many owner marks. No stamp in history has ever COST this much of course! The new owner of the mega million British Guiana stamp Just SO subtle, Mr. Weitzman. decided recently to flamboyantly add his even a metallic ink ball pen. See photo of it nearby. initials to the reverse of it. Nothing really unusual Watching him clumsily sign it on the video was about that, as many past owners have done that just that - see photo nearby and index of those markings. disturbing. He seemed there to have zero clue about the history of the stamp. Stampboards has videos of this pen vandalism The final leg of the “W” he has used such taking place - tinyurl.com/1cVandal pressure the stamp paper looks to have nearly been Stuart Weitzman does not really collect stamps. punctured. I have grave fears the next time this He designed expensive women’s shoes. So his stamp is scanned, this heavy graffiti will show brainstorm was not just to initial the back of the through on the face, on this very thin paper. Very stamp at far left with “SW”, but to also add a large clever behaviour. Hopefully will have cost him a stylised woman’s Stiletto shoe under and beside million dollars deducted from bids. his SW initials. Brilliant stuff. Both he and his We are all but temporary custodians of any off-siders in the videos, handled this unique stamp stamp or cover or coin we own, and this kind of without tweezers or cotton gloves. dopey stuff is infuriating - to me anyway. Sure, he Having apparently far more money than sense, can slice it all into little pieces if he really wishes, Weitzman appears to have executed this vandalism as it is right NOW his plaything, but such an overusing heavy pressure, with a sharp HB pencil or 58 - Stamp News

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Looks better in Mono than Colour! the-top defacement was excessive to most who commented. Thank Goodness for philately that Donald Trump did not choose to buy it - he’d likely have used a black Sharpie marker pen - on the FRONT! If these guys bought one of the 17 existing copies of the Magna Carta would they also go scrawling stiletto heel graffiti all over that too? Anyway, what is done is done, and hopefully now that Weitzman has already tired of it, someone with a bit more common sense will own it, and not repeat the same wanton ego madness. The different markings you see on reverse are outlined in this list - most of them are very discreet 1. Two strikes of Count Philipp von Ferrary’s famous “trefoil” owner’s mark. One impression

is very faint, at lower left. It sold for then $US32,500 in 1922. 2. A large faint “H” of new owner, American Billionaire Arthur Hind at top - said to have burnt a second copy sold to him. “It is now STILL unique”. 3. A small “FK” of Finbar Kenny, the manager at Macy’s Stamp Department, who brokered the sale by Hind’s widow to Fred Small for $US45,000 in 1940. 4. Large, ornate 17 pointed star of Anna Hind, placed OVER her 30 year older husband’s “AH” cloverleaf, who had largely cut her out of his will. 5. A small discreet shooting star lower right, added by Australian born WWI Gallipoli hero, Frederick Small, who owned it under total secrecy from 1940-1970. 6. A pencilled “IW” by Irwin Weinberg, head of a group of investors who bought it 1970 for $US280,000 at Siegels, and later sold it to du Pont via Siegel Auctions. 7. A large soft pencilled “J E d P”, initials of the late John E. Du Pont who bought it for $US935,000 in 1980, and died in prison. His heirs sold it in 2014. 8. Vandal scrawl added 2019 of “SW” and a vertical stiletto squiggle in heavy pencil or metallic ink pen, by NY shoe designer, Stuart Weitzman who paid $US9.48m. This poor old stamp, damaged and repaired, Stamp News - 59

Market Matters has been exposed to so much light over its long history, it is now faded beyond recognition. A blurry pinkish little smudged rectangle basically when I saw it in recent years. I took the nearby photo of Margo standing next to it. The black and white photo nearby is what it looked like in a 1952 “PIX” magazine article here, which revealed an Australian WWI Gallipoli Hero has quietly owned it for 30 years, and even his wife did not know! It is one of the few mega rare stamps to look FAR better in mono than colour!

Sweden Tre Skilling Banco also on Eight days exposed to bright light. display.

I inspected this British Guiana stamp in 2016 at the New York Expo where it was in a clear Perspex case with bright lighting beaming down on it. (The multimillion $ Sweden Tre Skilling Banco was also on show in a collector exhibit there.) Weitzman is selling the pieces as he is 79, and says his family are not interested in stamps or coins. It is stated the monies raised - as much as $US37 million, based on Sotheby’s presale estimates, will go to charitable ventures, including The Weitzman Family Foundation. I am no expert on US tax law, but I understand over there one receives a full tax write off for such donations, if the sum donated is verifiable and confirmable etc, as in this case? Seems to happen a 60 - Stamp News

lot there, and Americans are far more philanthropic than citizens of most nations, Billionaire stamp collector and Large Gold medal winner Bill Gross (who of course also owned the “Inverted Jenny” Plate block 4) has donated mega millions to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington DC.

Bill Gross a very generous donor to Philately.

The initial donation by Gross was $US8 million alone, to create a new 12,000 square foot gallery that was named in his honour. Gross also loaned some of his star USA stamp pieces to be exhibited there to

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Will Jenny keep flying high? visitors. It has been a great success - I have visited it, like millions of others, and a top effort. Bill Gross has sold off many of his superb stamp collections via Charles Shreve, and Siegel Auctions, and donated about another $US30 million to charities etc from those. A very generous man, and great for our hobby. Also for sale on the same day as the British Guiana stamp and $20 coin, is the unique Plate Block of 4 of the USA 1918 “Inverted Jenny” 24¢ stamp. The block is hinged which means a big hit on Jenny prices, but being the plate block, will likely still fetch several millions - likely not as many as Sothebys estimate of $US5-7 million, before commission. In 2005, it sold at auction by Siegel Auction

Galleries in New York, where it sold to bond tycoon Bill Gross for $US2,970,000. Mr. Gross’s ownership was shortlived, as he swapped it within a week to Donald Sundman of Mystic Stamp Company, for the USA 1¢ blue Franklin “Z” Grill rarity. After the completion of this bizarre trade, Gross became the only person alive to own a complete collection of United States postage stamps, by Scott numbers. He might have overpaid however, just to secure it for the “swap”. Heaps of background to the Jenny inverts are here tinyurl.com/Glen0519 Mystic Stamp Company retained the 24¢ plate block and used it for advertising and promotion purposes and razzmatazz etc until 2014, when it was purchased by Stuart Weitzman of shoe fame, the current vendor. The price paid is unknown. Gross has owned LOTS of “Inverted Jennies” - they are not really scarce at all (just pricey!) as the full sheet of 100 copies are all basically still floating about the global stamp market. I have things in stock priced at $1000s, not millions, that far less than 100 exist of!

“Please keep them for the grandchildren.”

He gave his 3 children a handful of these Inverted Jenny Airmail stamps, an American classic issue he clearly is very fond of, and requested they all be put aside for the future - “to be kept as an inheritance for his grandchildren.” Youngest son, 31 year old Nick Gross, a little known rock musician, sold his gifted “Centre Line” block of 4, and a single 24¢ invert at Spink

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Market Matters New York in September 2019, despite his father attempting to stop the sale,. According to a ”New York Post” report, around the time of the sale, Nick Gross suggested that if his father would like to have the Inverted Jenny stamps back, “he is welcome to buy them at the auction.” The block 4 got a surprisingly poor figure for these - $US1,450,000 hammer price, and I suspect young Nick’s position in Dad’s Will was adjusted out by many, MANY times that figure, for his crass ingratitude and petulance! The “wisdom” of greedy youth.

$20 coin nearly destroyed HUGE mistake to sell this block Nick. in 9/11 attacks. In 1933 in the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt stopped the issuing of any gold coins, and indeed made it illegal to own the metal at all although coin collectors could retain their existing pieces. With one exception, no 1933 double eagles were ever legally released, although some were stolen from the government, and over the decades, all but one were recovered. The one being auctioned here. The 445,500 x 1933 date $20 coins that were minted, were supposed to have all been melted down to preserve US Gold Reserves etc. However, 20 coins, including Weitzman’s, were stolen from the US Mint. The Feds over many decades have clawed back 19 of these 20 stolen 1933 gold coins from public hands, and they wanted this one shown nearby too. Many court battles ensued over it. The UK owner Fenton was arrested in a “sting” at The Waldorf62 - Stamp News

Astoria Hotel in New York. First he claimed he bought it over the counter. Then he claimed it was ex King Farouk of Egypt. Who “sort of” had legal permission to own one. Which complicated the issue, as after all, unlike 20 x Penny Black stamps etc, 20 x uncirculated Gold Coins of the same date and Mint all look more or less identical. The coin very nearly melted or vaporised, as whilst these Court proceedings took place, the coin was secured in the Twin Towers in a USA Federal storage facility there. Only 2 months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the coin was very fortuitously moved to Fort Knox. The US Feds have chased down all the other coins vigorously that were stolen from them, and even in recent times had 10 of them turned over to them, despite all kinds of court appeals and processes, that went on to as recently as 2016.

Glen Stephens USA Export Licence for $20 coin granted.

The single eagle, “double eagle” coin!

Why is it known as a “double eagle” coin, when they is only ONE eagle on the reverse was my first thought? Why - because it was double the face value of the $10 coin! I kid you not. Anyway that nickname has stuck, although many collectors more logically call this $20 long series of coins issued from 1907-1933 “The Saints”. The original missing $20 “Augustus SaintGaudens” designed double eagle was acquired by King Farouk of Egypt, who was a voracious collector of many things, including imperial Fabergé eggs, gold antiquities, precious objects, postage stamps - and coins, of which he had a nice collection.

In 1944 King Farouk purchased a 1933 $20 coin, and in strict adherence with the law, his Ministers applied to the United States Treasury Department for an export license for the coin. Mistakenly, just days before the Mint theft was discovered, the license was granted. The US Treasury Department attempted to work through diplomatic channels to request the return of the $20 coin from Egypt, but World War II delayed their efforts for several years. It was not a major priority of course in the post-war era. In 1952, King Farouk was deposed in a coup d’etat, and went into exile in France, and most of his possessions were sold by public auction - including the $20 USA coin. The massive stamp collection section alone took a WEEK to auction by Harmers in 1954. This monochrome British Pathé Newsreel footage of the Auction is quite something to view - tinyurl.com/Farouks Many scarcer stamps had the “Royal Cartouche” marking added on gum, which is basically a small black square with Arabic inscription inside. Backstamped by the curators of the collection, on what they considered more important issues. King Farouk was an AVID stamp collector. He instructed his stamp printers to “create” all kinds of misperfs and imperfs and oveprint errors etc. This Stamp News - 63

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The King Farouk Sale official cartouche. material sold for a “song” in 1954 but has slowly gained in popularity in the ensuing decades. The United States government requested the return of the $20 coin, and the Egyptian government stated that it would comply with the request. However, the coin then “disappeared”, and was not seen again in Egypt.

Owner arrested in “sting” raid in New York.

In 1996, this $20 coin surfaced after over 42 years of obscurity, when British coin dealer Stephen Fenton was arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents during a “sting” operation at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Although he initially told investigators he bought 64 - Stamp News

the coin over the counter at his shop, Fenton later changed his story. Under sworn testimony, he now insisted the $20 had come from the collection of King Farouk, although this could not be verified. This caused a very obvious problem for the Feds. They could not prove it was NOT the Farouk coin, for which a US Export License had been issued! Criminal charges against Fenton were subsequently dropped, and he defended his ownership of the coin in court. The case was settled in 2001 when it was agreed that ownership of the coin would revert to the United States government, and the coin could then legally be sold at auction. The United States Treasury issued a document to “issue and monetize” the $20, thereby making it a legal-tender gold coin in the USA.

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Estimate $15 seems about right to me anyway!

Boring looking lettercard sells $3,000!

Some very odd things occur in Stamp Auctions. Often it is obvious why - silly low estimates, or under described material, or an obvious flaw or postmark not noticed by the busy describers etc, etc. Do look at the NSW Lettercard shown nearby.

It is the bog basic NSW issue, in pretty average condition, and addressed to St Mary’s - now an outer suburb of Sydney, and from Canberra, not very far away. The Canberra numeral cancel “371” is not very scarce, nor are the Canberra, or St, Marys or Queanbeyan cds cancel strikes. All pretty run of the mill cancels. The lettercard appears to be very normal issue. The Phoenix Auctions March 7 description simply said Canberra (1): framed ‘CANBERRA/SP12/1899/ N.S.W’ tied with rays ‘371’ (A2) on 1½d Letter Card, unframed ‘ST MARY’S/SP13/1899/ N.S.W’ arrival backstamp. PO 1/1/1863; renamed Ainslie PO 2/6/1913. Estimate. $15 Estimate $15, it was invoiced at $A3,000! David Wood the owner of Phoenix Auctions replied on stampboards when it was raised, and posted this - “I can tell you we are just as mystified as everyone else.” tinyurl.com/NSW1899 is the discussion on this lettercard, and no-one there can offer any suggestions as to why a Lettercard that David Benson, Phoenix and myself all agree was truly worth only $10-$20, was invoiced for $3,000. Does any reader have input on this? Stamp News - 65

U.S. Duck STAMPS The ambition of most collectors is to assemble a complete collection of their preferred areas but what does one do when this has been accomplished? One of the major driving forces in our hobby is the constant hunt for new stamps and covers. Some solve this problem by selling off their complete collections in order to have funds available for a new speciality. Thus the hunt for interesting stamps or postal history items can continue unabated. When surveyed about their favourite themes, many collectors indicate birds on stamps. There is much to suggest that this is one of the most popular topics worldwide. I am sure that many readers of this magazine enjoy watching birds. Many ornithologists “collect” sightings of as many different bird species as possible. Although in no way an ornithologist, several years ago I began taking an interest in the Hunting Permit Stamps introduced by the United States government in 1934. The decision to require hunters

to pay an annual fee of $1 was passed by the US congress on 16 March 1934. The money from the tax was intended to improve the conditions of birdlife in the country’s wetlands. The official name of these tax stamps is “Hunting Permit Stamps” but in view of the birds depicted on the stamps, they are almost always referred to as Duck Stamps. The stamps pay the hunting permit fee from July st 1 until the end of June the following the year. This is clearly stated on the stamps. On the first Duck Stamp issued in 1934 we not only see two mallards alighting but also the wording “Void after June 39, 1935”. Shown in Fig. 1 is the very first US Duck Stamp. The Bureau of Engraving & Printing was commissioned to design and print the hunting permit stamps. The result was very pleasing. This state owned operation printed all Duck Stamps until 2001. They were produced in large size and until 1958 the engraved stamps were printed in one colour only.

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Christer Brunström The change came in 1959 when multicolour printing was introduced. The first multicolour stamp depicted a Labrador retriever (Fig. 2), a most suitable design as dogs are almost always used by bird hunters. In the first year it was rather unclear if the stamps should be cancelled or not. When the second issue went on sale in 1935, hunters were required to write their name on the stamp when it had been affixed to a licence. Used stamps thus always exhibit a signature. This is exactly the reason why I prefer to only include mint stamps in my collection. Shown nearby is a 1964 Duck Stamp signed by the hunter (Fig.3). During the first 12 years all the stamps were issued in sheets of 32 of which 10 stamps lacked perforations on one or two sides. Despite the fact that these straight-edge copies are scarcer than stamps with perforations on all four sides they are worth less. In fact, some 25% should be deducted from the stated catalogue value for a stamp with one or two

straight edges. In Fig. 4 I show a 1937 stamp with one straight edge. Many collectors and bird friends appreciated these magniﬁcent stamps and as time went by they became immensely popular which resulted in everincreasing prices of the early issues. Today many collectors in the USA only want stamps with perfect centering and unblemished pristine gum. They are often willing to pay ridiculous sums for this kind of quality. Hinged stamps and stamps without gum usually sell for substantial discounts from catalogue value. Starting in 1946, the hunting permit stamps had a text printed on the back (Fig. 5) telling hunters that it was illegal to hunt waterfowl without signing the stamps with their name in ink. The licence fee was $1 until 1948 when it increased to $2. In 1959 the fee was increased once again to $3. The next increase to $5 came in 1972. In 1979 the fee was raised to $7.50. From 1987 the

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U.S. DUCK STAMPS licence fee was $10 but only for two years. During the period 1989-1990 the fee was $12.50. It was increased to $15 in 1991. Since 2015 the fee is $25. Starting in 1998, there are two versions of each new stamp: one water-activated and one self-adhesive. Collecting the new issues is not particularly cheap. In Fig. 6 I show the 1992 $15 Duck Stamp. As there is a new duck stamp each year this is still a very active area and as far as I know the hunting permit stamps are the only US federally issued revenue stamps today. The success of the attractive Duck Stamps encouraged the majority of the 50 US states to also release local hunting permit stamps in addition to the national ones. In the long run this certainly turned out to be too much for most collectors and in recent years interest in these issues has diminished resulting in lower price levels (which has made it possible for collectors to obtain back issues at more favourable prices). Quite early on I decided to limit my Duck Stamp

collection and I decided to stop adding new stamps when the Bureau of Engraving & Printing was no longer in charge of their production. At the time I also considered ending my collection at the point where recess printing was replaced by offset. Just a few months ago I was able to add the only missing stamp. Strangely enough it was a rather inexpensive $3 stamp. The early Duck Stamps are quite expensive but even on a limited budget it should be possible to build a comprehensive collection of these impressive stamps. In used condition, most can be acquired for a few dollars each. Dealers frequently offer heavy discounts on mounted mint stamps or on stamps lacking gum. To answer the question at the beginning of this story I have absolutely no intention of getting rid of my collection now that I own all the basic issues. In the future I might try to add a few complete licences with both federal and state Duck Stamps. Thus the hunt goes on!

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philatelic clubs & societies new south wales Armidale Circle RSPC: Mtg 2nd Wed Australian Cmwlth Collectors Club of NSW: Mtg 3rd Mon 7.45pm, 1st flr. Philas House, 17 Brisbane St, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2001. Ph 02 9264 8301 Australian Numismatic Society, NSW Branch: Mtg 3rd Monday, Philas House Australian States Study Circle: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Bathurst Stamp Coin and Collectables Club: Mtg 1st Mon 7.30pm, Old Eglinton fire shed, Park St, Elington Blue Mountains Stamp Club: Mtg 4th Friday (ex Dec) 8.00pm Katoomba Public School; PO Box 76, Blackheath Boambee East PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan) 6pm Boambee East Comm. Centre, Bruce King Dr. Ph: 02 66581385 Burwood District SC: Mtg 4th Wed Campbelltown District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7pm; @ Catholic Hall Acacia St, Ruse. Inquiries: davidminer@westnet.com.au; PO Box 478, Campbelltown 2560 Castle Hill SC Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, Hills District Bowling Club, Jenner Street, Baulkham Hills; PO Box 151 Castle Hill NSW 1765 China Study Group of PSNSW: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Cinderella SC: Produces “Cinderellas Australia” and monographs; PO Box 889, Chatswood, NSW 2057 Club WIlloughby Philatelic Section : Mtg 4th Thursday Earlwood and District SC: Mtg 1st Wed Eastwood-Epping PS: Mtg 1st Tuesday Grafton Stampers & Everything Philatelic: Mtg 1st Sun 2pm (ex School Hols). Grafton Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Queen & Oliver Sts. Ph 02 6642 1363. email gbchurch@bigpond.com. Great Lakes SC: Mtg1st Sat 9.30am , Workshop & Market 1st Sat 9-12, Tuncurry Enq: Ph 02 6555 5664 Gosford PS: Afternoon Mtg 1st Mon Hawkesbury Valley PS (Richmond Stamp Club): Mtg 2nd Thurs (ex Jan) PO Box 28 Richmond 2753 Illawarra PS: Mtg 3rd Wednesday, Room 2, Illawarra Master Builders Club, 61 Church St, Wollongong 7.00 pm. Lord Howe Island Postal History Society: Mtg by arrangement. Contact Pres: Dr William Mayo, 02 9918 6825 Maitland SC: Mtg 2nd Mon ex Jan. ‘Show & Tell’ every mtg E. Maitland Bowling Club, Bank St. Pres. Mark Saxby; Sec. David Carratt; Ph: 02 4932 4045 Email: carrotspatch@tpg.com.au Manly-Warringah Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Tues, cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Milton-Ulladulla SC: Meeting 1pm on 4th Monday of each month (ex Dec.) Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club, St. Vincent Street, Ulladulla Sec. POBox 670, Ulladulla, NSW 2539 Tel. Barbara Smith 0244555214 Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Mudgee Coin Note & Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph 02 63735324 Newcastle PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs, 7.30pm Mayfield Ex-Services Club; 10am 3rd Wed, 48 Mackie Ave, New Lambton, Juniors 11am 3rd Sun, Wallsend Pioneers Hall

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western australia The Airmail Circle of WA: Mtg 5th Monday “Wellington Fair” Unit 18, 40 Lord St. East Perth Tel: 08 9294 3356 Armadale-Kelmscott PS: Mtg 4th Tues; Ph: 08 9397 6525 email: fit.kanga@bigpond.com Bridgetown-Manjimup SC: Mtg 1st Thurs 4.30pm Bridgetown Library Ph 08 9761 4638 or 08 9761 2005 Busselton SC: Mtg 1st Mon, 5pm 7th Day Adv. Church, Alpha St; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.au Canning SC: Mtg 4th Monday Wilson Community Hall, Braibrise Rd Wilson. Ph: 08 9457 7565 Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576 Denmark SC: Mtg 1st Weds Lions Lair Rivermouth Inlet Drive, Denmark. Tel: 08 9848 3325 email: fishneil@westnet.com.au Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, St. Peter’s Church Hall, 4 Hammad St., Palmyra. Circuit books 7pm, meeting 8pm Ph: 08 9284 7125 Have a go SC: Mtg Last Thurs. 137 Edward St, East Perth. Tel: 08 9305 2073 email: nigan@iinet.net.au Kalamunda SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9291 8484

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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301

NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Naremburn off Slade St Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, J3A Bldg. Castlereash St. New PO Box: 252 Kingswood 2750. Ph: 02 4733 3062 Piallaway PS: PO Box 12, Werris Creek PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec) PS of NSW: Mtg 4th Sat (Philas House), 3rd Tues (Chatswood); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Richmond River (Lismore) PS: Mtg 4th Thursday Royal Sydney Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd Tues. (ex Jan); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Sapphire Coast Stamp & Coin Club: Mtg Enq 02 6495 7308. Mail to PO Box 285, Pambula, NSW 2549 St. George PS: Mtg 1st Mon Shoalhaven PS: Mtg 2nd Monday (Ex Jan) PO Box 4047, East Nowra 2541. Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd Mon Society for Polar Philately: 2012 meetings: 2nd Wednesday of February, March, May, July, Sept and November held at Ryde Ex-Services Club 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW Tel: 9807 3344 (in Mackinnon room) starting at 8pm.Enq 0407 277 223 or email penviews@ hotmail.com Sussex Inlet and District: Mtg 3rd Mon Sutherland Shire PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. , 7:30pm, Sutherland Uniting Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Sydney Anglican SS: 2nd Sat. even months 9.30-2.30 St Paul’s Anglican Church, Cnr Moseley St and Vickery Ave CARLINGFORD www.sass.asn.au Tamworth PS: Mtg 1st Mon ex. Jan. Tamworth Bridge Club, 7 Hilton St, Tamworth Sec. Graeme Mitchell. PO Box 678, Tamworth NSW 2340 Ph. 02 67664853 Taree RSL Club Ltd SC: Mtg 3rd Mon Toronto SC: Mtg 1st Wed Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm. Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Masonic Centre, 8 Boyd St, Tweed Heads, 07 5535 3168 Wagga SC: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) ARCC Building, Tarcutta St, 7.30pm. Secretary: Peter Simpfendorfer Ph:02 6922 3393 Wyong PS: Mtgs: 3rd Tues 7.30pm, daytime meetings 1st Weds, KGV Heads group 4th Weds. Jim Spence Sec. 02 4392 3610 email: dandasonter6@bigpond.com

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

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April 4 - (1st Sun) Western Suburbs Stamp, Coin & Banknote Fair, Strathmore Bowling Club, 40 Loeman St, Strathmore. Enq: 0408 148 710.

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Articles inside

Introducing the APF : Stephanie Bromser

Commercial Philately in Australia : Rod Perry

Market Matters : Glen Stephens

Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon

Clubs & Societies

Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell