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Contents Articles Commercial Philately in Australia : Rod Perry ..........................6 Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ................................... 12 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 20 Cinderella Corner : Vito Milana ................................................... 40 Introducing the APF : Russell Boylan........................................ 44 Beginners, please! : Michael Dodd................................................ 48 Radio in Australia : Christer Brunström...................................... 50

Information News........................................................................................................8 Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......54 Products & Services Directory............................................... ......56 Subscriptions .............................................................................. ......60 List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............62 Front Cover Australia Post : ANZAC Day 2022 more information on page 9

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COMMERCIAL PHILATELY IN AUSTRALIA : 1860s TO WWI Part 15 Stamp News has kindly been given permission to publish the entire collection over the coming months.

viii. Other Philatelic Traders by State Hosher Foreign Stamp Co/The Review Stamp Co Frederick C Hosher is believed to have been proprietor of both businesses.

Sep 10 1900 use of Queensland Postal card to Hosher Foreign Stamp Co, 27 Armadale St, Armadale

Apr 6 1903 use W.A. Postal card to The Review Stamp Co, Queen’s St, Melbourne, redirected to aforementioned 27 Armadale Rd [sic], Armadale

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viii. Other Philatelic Traders by State Indian & Australasian Stamp Agency A. Walbancke of Beechworth was proprietor, possibly operating only in 1901. The earlier cover of the two below suggests a broader range of commercial interests may have been simultaneously undertaken.

May241901 advertising cover to Omaha Stamp & Coin Coy, Nebraska, with oval handstamp reverse

Aug 51901 uprated use Victoria ld Envelope to London

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philatelic news AIRMAIL – AN AUSTRALIAN AIRMAIL HISTORY – BOOK 2 Book 2 continues the Australian airmail story during the exciting years 1934 to 1939. This was a period of rapid development when airmail services finally reached Australia and the Empire flying boats were introduced which revolutionised the carrying of airmail between the two countries.

The period is also of interest because it was during this period that P.G. Taylor flew the flying boat ‘Guba’ across the Indian Ocean to prove a reserve route between Australia and England could be established should war occur. A flight not without some excitement when they could not find the Cocos Islands and had to fly to Batavia.

In New Guinea the first flights from Australia occurred during the volcanic eruption in Rabaul when Australian Top : FIGURE 4 : KNILM Electras and crew which flew from Batavia to Sydney in May 1939.

Above ; FIGURE 2: ‘Guba’ returned, after the flight across the Indian Ocean, to New York across Africa and the Atlantic. A philatelic cover which began the journey in Port Moresby.

Left : FIGURE 3 : ‘Guba’ unloading supplies at Lake Habbema. ‘Guba’ flew supplies into various camps in New Guinea.

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ANZAC Day 2022 Australia Post

FIGURE 1: Crew of the second Proving Flight from Australia to New Guinea in 1938 headed by Captain R.O. Mant, Pilot in charge of Carpenter’s aviation division.

journalists travelled there. An eventful journey where they found it necessary to overnight in a New Guinea village. When they landed they were uncertain whether the occupants were cannibals or not – but they were lost and had to land. In 1937 the first commercial air service began between Australia and New Guinea.

It was during this period that KLM, after trying for many years, finally was allowed to fly into Australia using the subsidiary KNILM. In addition to these stories, which are told in detail, Book 2 includes reproductions of the P.M.G. Department Airmail Schedules of that period which are often, today, difficult to locate.

To mark this year’s Anzac Day Australia Post has released three new stamps featuring vintage postcards created to send to Australians serving overseas during World War I (1914-1918).

The postcards were hugely popular at the time of the first World War, and through this humble means loved ones were able to send their messages of support to the tens of thousands of Australians serving overseas.

The three base-rate domestic $1.10 stamps feature postcards of the iconic Laughing Kookaburra, and represent the naval, infantry and air forces through the birds’ hats.

Australia Post’s Group Manager Philatelic Michael Zsolt said postcards during World War I not only provided news from home, but also formed a valuable wartime record of the voices of those serving their country.

“For those fighting or caring for the wounded, postcards were an important way of connecting with a home half a world away, enabling them to reflect on daily life and share the emotions of the frontline,” he said.

“The stamp images also beautifully capture that larrikin nature of Australians which has long been embraced as part of the Anzac spirit.”

The stamps were designed by Jo Muré of the Australia Post Design Studio. Held in the collection of State Library Victoria, the postcards shown in the designs were produced by Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. in Australia to send to loved ones serving aboard.

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Stamps in the News - Globally!

Ukrainian stamp with a message Reported at https://www.theguardian.com

Ukraine has chosen the image for a new postage stamp called “Russian warship, go f*** yourself!” as the besieged country continues to try to keep morale high and win the PR battle against invading Russian forces.

The Government announced the stamp commemorating the Snake Island incident, in which 13 border guards stationed on a 16-hectare rocky island about 300km west of Crimea reportedly replied, when asked to surrender: “Russian warship, go f*** yourself.” They were then attacked and thought killed.

The phrase has become a rallying cry for Ukraine’s defenders. Volodymyr Zelensky, announced he would posthumously award all the soldiers the Hero of Ukraine award, though it was later reported that they may in fact still be alive.

The illustration by the artist Boris Groh received the most votes in a competition held by the Ukrainian postal service.

Ukraine’s postal service on the defensive Reported at www.businessinsider.com

The normal operations of Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal service, came to an abrupt halt in the early hours of Feb. 24 when the first Russian bombs

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and missiles struck Ukraine.

Igor Smelyansky, its CEO, was told he was on Putin’s kill list of key Ukrainian leaders. That first morning he “went to the office, got my computer, and destroyed sensitive data.” Since then, he’s been on the move from one undisclosed location to another, running Ukrposhta’s operations via a phone and a laptop.

If it seems surprising that a postmaster might be designated a high-priority target for an invading enemy, consider that Ukrposhta has over 3,000 vehicles and several airplanes, 60,000 workers including 4,000 who are armed, and over 10,000 post offices.

Some of Ukrposhta’s trucks have been used to carry food and medicine in a humanitarian bridge from Slovakia, Poland, Romania, and Poland.

Smelyansky’s focus has been keeping up deliveries of cash pensions to 3.5 million elderly retirees every month. Ten days into the Russian invasion, over a million senior citizens hadn’t gotten their expected payments or medications.

Nearly a third of

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The two joint issues withdrawn by Ukrposhta Ukraine’s 44 million people – 13 million Ukrainians – live in some 27,000 rural villages. There are few banks in these areas. The pension money is delivered by mail and since the pandemic began, Ukrposhta has also been delivering prescriptions from pharmacies. Because there aren’t many stores either, Ukrposhta also sells and delivers food at prices subsidised by the state.

Beyond that, Ukrposhta holds up a considerable slice of Ukraine’s economy. Since Ukrposhta launched e-commerce classes on how to sell on digital platforms, that business has grown to half a billion dollars a year for Ukraine.

Smelyansky knew that Ukrposhta had to act fast to catch up after the invasion began.

With so many people displaced by the fighting, “we created a hotline for them to call and let us know where they are, and we’ll bring the money to them.” They restarted the essential disbursements on March 5.

A few days ago, a rumour started circulating that a reserve officer mobilized from his civilian job at Ukrposhta – had shot down a Russian fighter jet with a 30-year-old shoulder launched anti-aircraft missile.

The online memes and jokes sprang up: “Ukrainian postmen always deliver on time.”

There isn’t yet a count of how many postal workers have been killed and wounded by Russian attacks while on the job. In cities under direct artillery and rocket fire.

“We’re working in Kyiv and Kharkiv, but not all branches. Kharkiv only works within the city as

there are no safe routes in and out. Kyiv works day by day as per situation, but we are even accepting international parcels in Kyiv and shipping them through Poland.”

“It’s important for our people to receive a note or a package from their relatives abroad. The Postal Service gives the feeling that you can still have a normal life,” Smelyansky said.

To that end, Smelyansky asked post offices around the world not to stop sending their mail to Ukraine. “We will deliver it,” he assured them.

Ukraine’s postal service on the offensive Reported at www.linns.com

Ukraine’s post office, Ukrposhta, has said it has withdrawn from sale and destroyed two joint issues between Ukraine, Russia and Belarus: a 1994 joint issue marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Soviet areas during World War II and a 2013 joint issue honouring the 1,025th anniversary of the Christianisation of Russia.

Ukrposhta, has also asked the Universal Postal Union and its members to impose philatelic sanctions against Russia related to joint issues.

In the letter to the UPU, Ukrposhta asked the UPU “to apply sanctions to the Russian Post in order to limit propaganda through philately” and requested the removal of the two aforementioned joint issues from the worldwide numbering system for postage Stamp News - 13

Stamps in the News - Globally! stamps created by the UPU and the World Association for the Development of Philately.

As of March 23, the souvenir sheets of the 2013 joint issue were still listed in the WADP database. As the database only lists stamps from 2002 onward, the 1994 joint issue was not included.

At the end of the press release, Ukrposhta called for other UPU members “to be in solidarity with Ukraine and not to produce any joint stamp issues with Russian Post.”

It also invited “all UPU member countries to dedicate one its issues to Ukraine and its heroic struggle for its country,” as well as to participate in future joint issues with Ukraine “as a part of the big Europe, which defends peace and European values by its struggle.”

Canada to provide relief?

Reported at https://globalnews.ca

A Vancouver man has launched a petition calling on Canada Post to launch an emergency charity stamp to fundraise for Ukrainian refugee relief.

Brian Grant Duff of Vancouver’s All Nations Stamp and Coin, said the sale of what’s known as “semi-postal” stamps has been used in the United States to raise millions of dollars for breast cancer research, and Canada Post could quickly retool to produce one to support Ukraine.

“We know that they can make a quick stamp, even though it normally takes two years, because during COVID, they made a Thank You-Merci stamp for their own employees.”

Grant Duff said Canada and Ukraine have deep historic ties, and Canada Post has previously produced stamps celebrating the Ukrainian community’s contributions in Canada.

Grant Duff said he took the idea to the Canadian Stamp Dealers’ Association, who pitched it to Canada Post, but were told the Crown Corporation needs two years to launch a new stamp.

“Canada Post is in the process of determining how the National Stamp Program can help to recognize this devastating situation while potentially raising much-needed funds,” the Crown corporation said.

“Under normal circumstances, creating, producing and distributing a new stamp is a lengthy process.

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Stamp series 1991 Arrival of Ukrainian immigrants in Canada.

However, we are looking at ways to fast track our process given the urgency of the situation.”

Greek postal service held to ransom Reported at www.bankinfosecurity.com

The Greek postal service Hellenic Post - or ELTA has disclosed information on a ransomware incident that forced the organization to pull the majority of its operations offline.

While the suspension was temporary the impact appears to be ongoing, based on the organisation’s recent statement, which shows that it continues to work toward restoring services.

On Monday 21st March, ELTA disclosed that its information systems had been affected by a malware attack on Sunday 20th. Its IT team had limited the

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attack and law enforcement authorities had been informed of the incident.

As an immediate precautionary measure, ELTA took its data centre offline and isolated it, which resulted in a temporary suspension of all commercial information systems of all post offices throughout the country.

The next day ELTA issued a fresh statement saying that the incident had not been a simple malware attack as initially thought, but a targeted ransomware attack “aimed at encrypting the critical systems” used in its daily operations.

A zero-day vulnerability, the statement said, had been exploited by the undisclosed threat actor(s) to penetrate and deploy malware in ELTA’s network. The initial infection started from a workstation and used the https reverse shell technique to connect to the attacker’s computer system.

Since the initial infection started the company is examining more than 2,500 computer systems and installing fresh programs while services at ELTA stores are suspended.

Ransomware attacks in February increased 53% month-on-month, according to cybersecurity experts.

North America (42.16%), Europe (42.16%) and Asia (10.27%) were the most targeted regions.

“It’s interesting to see a regional trend emerging in Europe and North America, with both regions seeing the same number of victims of double-extortion ransomware attacks. By continuing to closely monitor if this pattern persists, we will be able to determine what this means for the wider European threat landscape.”

British public held to ransom Reported at www.express.co.uk

Millions of Britons could face losing out on the value of old stamps as Royal Mail makes the transition into the digital age.

Royal Mail has launched new barcoded stamps which connect letters to the digital world by allowing senders to share picture and video messages with recipients.

However, the advent of the new digital stamps means that old-style definitive stamps will become

unusable as of 31st January 2023.

Royal Mail is launching a “swap-out” scheme so that people can trade in their old stamps for digital ones.

However, there appears to be a lot of confusion about many aspects of the transition.

A campaigner for the aged said “A lot of older people have been advised to stock up with stamps to protect themselves against inflation in a way because obviously, if you’ve got a first-class stamp, then, we were told that you could use that first-class stamp anytime even if prices have gone up significantly.

“So there are some older people who have large stocks of first-class stamps.

“Now the question is, those stamps are not going to be able to be used after next year, so what happens to all those stocks of stamps? Will the replacement be to the same value? Which old stamps will be invalid and which can still be used after the cut off date? How can older people exchange the stamps?”

Another concern is what happens if old definitives are used after the cut off. Post sent with non-barcoded stamps on after 31 January 2023 will be treated the same was as if there is insufficient postage on an item and may incur a surcharge. The surcharge will be the same as it is for any other post sent without the correct postage – it will be the equivalent of having no postage. It isn’t clear exactly how much you will be charged but according to the Royal Mail Stamp News - 15

Stamps in the News - Globally! website, a letter or large letter will incur a fee of £2 where no postage has been paid at all.

To swap out the stamps customers will have to complete a standard Swap Out form for stamps worth up to the value of £200 or a Bulk Stamp Swap Out form for stamps with a value of more than £200.

The form can be printed from the website, requested via the website or by phone or collected in person from delivery centres (but not Post Offices).

Once you’ve completed your Swap Out form, it’s free to post your stamps to Royal Mail You can’t take stamps to the Post Office to be swapped.

Brazilian nuts about Poland Reported at www.thefirstnews.com

Bursting with vibrant colour and personality, a Brazilian artist has reimagined some of the classic stamps of Poland using his own unique style and vision.

Simply titled the Postal Stamps Collection, Rodrigo Nardotto based his works on classic Polish stamps and comes at the end of his artists residency at the Vistula University.

Nardotto said: “It’s been a wonderful time here, and aside from providing me with a huge studio and great support from the directors, the university allowed me 200% artistic freedom.”

For Nardotto, this liberty allowed him to explore his fascination with the stamps of Poland.

“I’ve got a very close friend who showed me the stamps belonging to his grandmother,” he says. “I was so intrigued by them that my friend suggested I paint them in my own way – it’s amazing how bril16 - Stamp News

liant things can come from such simple suggestions.”

In total, 25 were painted, with Nardotto placing a strong individual twist on each. “If I’d simply painted copies it wouldn’t have felt natural,” he says, “so instead I chose to reinterpret them in a way that was 70% faithful to the originals and then 30% in my style.”

Born in his country’s capital, Brasilia, Nardotto’s Polish adventure has been more than just a fleeting foray however, rather the product of a complex, long-term relationship with the nation.

“We have a huge Polish community in Brazil, in fact it’s reputedly the biggest colony of Poles to be found outside of Poland itself,” he says.

Having met Poland’s then-serving ambassador to Brazil at an art fair in 2014, the pair forged a friendship that saw Nardotto often visiting the embassy to discuss art over sips of vodka. This relationship resulted in an invitation to do the artist’s residency this year.

Secret women’s business

Reported at www.tribuneindia.com Misha Aggarwal, 36, of Amritsar, India celebrates womanhood by collecting Indian stamps relating to women-only and she is the only woman to do so in the holy city.

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Her repertoire of stamps on women included almost all postal pieces released after Indian Independence. The number is close to 500 and she has the entire collection. She says: “I have methodically maintained them under different heads like singers, female protagonists, social workers, politicians, freedom fighters and others.”

Displaying the postal stamp of Mira Bai, she says it was first stamp released on a woman in Independent India in 1952. The stamp cost was two anna.

A commerce graduate, she enthusiastically showed a set of four stamps celebrating the contribution of women in the Army and others highlighting women in the Hindi film industry.

Narrating an interesting incident associated with the stamp on Begum Akhtar, she said it was released in 1994 at a cost of Rs 2 per piece. However, after realising the mistake of having used water soluble ink in their production, the department soon withdrew these. A drop of water on the stamp is enough to erase the ink. To collecctors, the worth of stamp is much more. They are ready to shell out Rs 500 for a piece. Among women politicians, commemorative postal stamps were released on late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Kasturba Gandhi, Vijay Raje Scindia and Sarojini Naidu. She has all three postal stamps released on Mother Teresa in 1980, 1997 and 2016.

She has a special liking for stamps which celebrate different aspects of life for women, for example, changing fashion trends among women where older stamps capture women wearing ethnic costume and recent ones contemporary fashion trends.

For instance, a set of four stamps released in 1980 brought out brides in ethnic wears of the Kashmir valley, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. Another set of four stamps released in 1997 commemorated the rural women in ethnic wears from Arunachal

Pradesh, Gujarat, Ladakh and Kerala. This year, the department released a miniature sheet of stamps in which fashion trends were highlighted.

India’s first post office cafe

Reported at https://indianexpress.com To make the general public more enthusiastic about parcel booking, the Indian Postal Department has taken initiative to open a cafe at GPO in Kolkata.

Siuli, the parcel cafe, housed in the spectacular General Post Office of Kolkata, doesn’t need much to charm its patrons. It’s a success simply because it exists. Outside, the cobbled streets of Kolkata’s made-for-instagram-reels Dalhousie Square is buzzing with activity. This was once the white town of British Calcutta, where Indians had restricted access.

“It is important for us that people come to the post office. Which is why we thought a place dedicated to parcel-booking, packaging, gift–packing, booking for same–day delivery in selected locations and also have a café there, so that the younger generation feels like coming to the post office,” says a spokesman.

Indeed, the cafe, has a well-appointed parcel counter that customers can make use of. It also houses a gift and curio shop. “We have everything from Stamp News - 17

Stamps in the News - Globally! stamp albums to silver trinkets. We also sell packaged Ganga water from Gangotri here. They sell like hot cakes.”

Interestingly, all the furniture used in the cafe have been repurposed. So, an old sorting table with attached shelves from the 1850s finds a pride-place in the cafe. It is paired with a high chair where the sorter would sit while dividing the letters into zones.

Old spears used by runners are mounted on the walls. During the British era, runners would deliver letters. The runners would literally run from town to town, village-to-village carrying bags full of letters and parcels. “Since they also carried coin bags with them and valuables, they would often be targeted by thugs and robbers. That’s why they would carry these spears to protect themselves.”

According to the India Post official website, India has the largest postal network in the world with 154,965 Post Offices of which 139,067 are in the rural areas. On an average, a post office serves an area of 21.56 Sq. Km and population of 7753 people.

Your snake is in the mail

Reported at www.bangkokpost.com The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is seeking charges to be pressed against a person who had a four-metre king cobra sent in a package via a courier company in Muang district of Thailand.

A staff member at a branch of the courier company in Muang Kao, said that on Tuesday she noticed one of the packages which had arrived three days earlier was moving.

It was in the process of being sorted and sent to its destination. The package was labelled as “food concentrate” to be kept out of the sun.

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When the package was left in the sun, it began to move, prompting her to alert rescuers who arrived and opened the package to find the king cobra inside, much to the surprise of the staff.

The company contacted the intended recipient who later arrived to claim the package. However, the receiver did not have an ID card with him and was unable to collect it.

The snake was placed in the care of the national parks department. It was taken to a king cobra village in Nam Phong district. The snake, the receiver said, was a rare female king cobra.

The snake owner has been summonsed to face charges of possessing wild animals or protected species in violation of the Protected Wildlife Animals Act. The offence is punishable by a jail term of up to five years, a maximum fine of 500,000 baht, or both.

The parks department was meeting the police to formally ask it to file the charges.

Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for May 2022. This month’s column looks at Australia Post new issue, the results of the postal stationery competitions at London 2022 and Canberra Stampshow 2022 and New South Wales Government Railways Pictorial Postal Cards.

January-March 2022 Prepaid Postcards A single prepaid postcard was issued on 23 January 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Buckle Up! Campaign (Figure 1). On 8 February 2022, five prepaid postcards were issued with the theme ‘Times to Cherish’ (Figure 2). The five postcards were entitled: Noughts & Crosses, Bouquet, Happy Birthday, Rubber Duck and Wedding Rings. Four prepaid postcards were issued on 22 February 2022 on the theme ‘Our Beautiful Continent’ (Figure 3).

The four cards featured the Blue Mountains, the Flinders Ranges, Ningaloo Coast and the Gondwana Rainforests of New south Wales.

Three prepaid postcards were issued on 8 March 2022 to mark the 150 years of Sheepdog Trials in Australia (Figure 4). Sheepdog trials have been conducted in Australia for approximately 150 years. By the 1880s, sheepdog trials were becoming a popular sport at many agricultural shows across the nation. In the events of this competitive sport, one or two dogs 20 - Stamp News

Figure 1 Buckle Up 50 Years Prepaid Postcard Figure 2 ‘Bouquet’ Prepaid Postcard Figure 3 Ningaloo Coast Prepaid Postcard

move three to six sheep around a paddock, fences, gates, yards or enclosures according to a handler’s instructions. The dogs are judged on obedience and speed and the competitor is penalised if the sheep

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Figure 4 Brown-and-white Border Collie Prepaid Postcard Figure 5 George Miller Prepaid Postcard Figure 6 Adelie Penguins Prepaid Postcard

deviate from the prescribed course.

Sheepdog trials are held in most states and territories and since 1943 the National Sheep Dog Trial Championships have been held annually in Canberra, with competitors and dogs from across the country competing for the coveted Duke of Gloucester Sash. The sheepdogs featured on the prepaid postcards were Brown and White Border Collie, Australian Kelpie and Black and White Border Collie.

On 15 March five prepaid postcards were issued depicting ‘Australian Legends of Filmmaking’ (Figure 5). The directors featured were Gillian Armstrong, Baz Luhrmann, George Miller, Warwick Thornton and Peter Weir. Australia issued four prepaid postcards on 22 March 2022 featuring Antarctic Penguins (Figure 6). One card depicted the emperor penguin and another emperor penguins with chicks.

The other two cards depicted an Adelie Penguin and a group of Adelie penguins. Both of these penguins breed on the Antarctic continent.

Localised Prepaid Postcards Australia Post continues to issue localised postcards.

For example, the post office at Pentland, a small town near Charters Towers and 242 km south west of Townsville, has had four personalised postcards produced. Two of these were in a cartoon format (Figure 7 and 8) while the other two featured the post office and the Railway Station. (Please note that these prepaid postcards are only available from the Post Office of issue and are not available from the Philatelic Bureau).

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Postal Stationery ing, or learning more about the Australia Post LGBTI+ community. The front of the PostPride postcard shown in Figure 9 and 10 is inscribed ‘No stamp required. Australia Post supported mail’.

New South Wales Government Railways Pictorial Postal Cards A handbook chapter and illustrated catalogue of these very intriguing postal cards is a recent addition to the Postal Stationary of New South Wales Handbook by Dingle Smith, Peter Kowald and Michael Blinman on the Postal Stationery Society of Australia’s Society’s website https:// postalstationeryaustralia.com/ postal-stationery-of-newsouth-wales-handbook/.

A series of official pictorial postal cards (Figures 11-12) were used by the New South Wales (NSW) Government Railways Department from 1905 to 1912 to provide acknowledgement of action underway or receipt. They are the only official postal cards of NSW to use photographic images.

There is no available information on printing numbers of these cards, timing of Figure 7 Pentland General Store (View 1) Prepaid Postcard printings or reasons for design Figure 8 Pentland Prepaid General Store (View 2) Postcard changes over the eight-year period of their use. Indeed, little is known about the cards Stieg, C.L. (1985), ‘Unlisted New South Wales Offiother than what can be observed on the small number cial Postcards’ in Postal Stationery, May-June 1985.] of available cards. They are mentioned in some early Classification of the Railway Cards is complex as catalogues and were reported by Carl Stieg [Stieg, there are 23 different pictorial views, five different C.L. (1984), ‘Unlisted New South Wales Official styles of dividing line on the address side, two differPostcards’ in Postal Stationery, May-June 1984 and ent positions for the impressed stamp and one series 22 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon The Catalogue is arranged primarily according to the twenty-three pictorial images used with subdivisions and values according to the dividing line used on the card address side. This is a collecting area where new discoveries of pictorial images and dividing line combinations can still be made.

A section on Telegraph Forms has also been uploaded to the Handbook’s website.

Figure 9 PostPride Postcard Figure 10 Reverse of PostPride Postcard

without an impressed stamp.

The Handbook seeks to provide a comprehensive description of the known cards with an approach to how they can be classified. Observations are also made on how the cards evolved over the eight-year period of their use.

Postal Stationery at London 2022 World Stamp Exhibition The postal stationery competition at London 2022 had 33 exhibits with the Best-in-Class Award going to Behruz Nassre-Esfahani (USA) with his exhibit Persia, Qajar Postal Stationery 1876-1925 (Large Gold). Juhani Pietilä (Finland) received a Large Gold medal for his exhibit, Finland Postal Stationery Envelopes 1845-1884 as did Hans van Dooremalen (USA) for USA Postal Cards 1873-1913.

Australian exhibitors did well at the exhibition with Michael Blinman receiving a Large Gold for New South Wales Postal Stationery, Nancy Grey a Gold for Australian Commonwealth Kangaroo Stationery, Malcolm Groom Large Gold for Tasmanian Embossed Stationery 1883 to 1912, Frank Pauer Gold for Australian Air Letters & Aerogrammes 1944-1965 and Dingle Smith Gold for The Postal Stamp News - 23

Postal Stationery Stationery of Jamaica.

There was also a good range of postal stationery literature entered into the literature section of the Exhibition.

These included John Courtis’s Analysis of Worldwide Postal Wrappers: Attributes of Postal Stationery, Postal History and Social Philately (Gold), and Postal Stationery Newspaper Wrapper Catalogue by Jan Kosniowski (Large Vermeil) as well as books on Icelandic postal stationery, a second edition of the Guide to the Postal Stationery of Iraq, British postal stationery post cards, Slovakian postal stationery 1939-1945 and the 16th edition of the INTERITALIA specialised catalogue of the postal stationery of Italy.

The Exhibition also hosted a FIP Postal Stationery Commission seminar on exhibiting and judging postal stationery.

Postal Stationery at Canberra Stampshow 2022 There were eight postal stationery exhibits at Canberra Stampshow 2022 which was held from 18-20 March 2022 at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra. The Postal Stationery Society of Australia prize for the best postal stationery exhibit was won by John Dibiase (Figure 13) for his exhibit of Western Australia which also received a Gold medal. The other exhibits were Indo-China Postal Stationery (Paul Barsdell, Large Vermeil), Jordan - The Postal Stationery (Bernie Beston, Vermeil), Victoria Envelopes Embossed with the 2d De La Rue die 1869 to 1885 (Mark DiseFigure 11 ‘Botanical Gardens, Sydney’ Railways postal card Figure 12 Reverse of the ‘Botanical Gardens, Sydney’ Railways postal card Figure 13 John Dibiase, Winner of the PSSA Prize at Canberra Stampshow 2022

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Ian McMahon rio, Gold), Joan Orr Australia Queen Elizabeth II Stamped to Order Postal Stationery (Joan Orr Large Vermeil), A Study of the Small 18 Cent Australian Embossed Pre-Stamped Envelope (Peter Tozer, Large Silver), Fiji - Air Mail Lettercards and Aerogrammes (Paul Xavier, Vermeil) and Bahrain KGVI Postal Stationery (Mohamed Hassan Almarzooqi, Siler Bronze).

Postal Stationery Society of Australia News The Postal Stationery Society of Australia held its first faceto-face meeting for two years at Canberra Stampshow 2022 which was attended by 10 people (Figure 14). The display was New Zealand postal stationery by Ian McMahon.

The next face-to-face meeting of the Society will be held at the Newcastle Stamps and Coin Show on 29 May at the Newcastle showground.

The March issue of the Postal Stationery Collector included articles on the use of postal stationery cut outs (Cut It Out!), Constant Die Flaws and Variations in The Australian 18-Cent Embossed PreStamped Envelope, and two articles on Jonathan Bear and Victoria’s Victorian Advertising Envelope (Figure 15-16).

Figure 14 PSSA Meeting at Canberra Stampshow 2022 Figure 15 Victoria Advertising Envelope Figure 16 Contents of Victoria Advertising Envelope

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Rare GB 1953 Coronation Proof Sheet P.O.R.

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DISCOUNT SALE MAY 2022 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.

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Collections & Lots 1. British Antarctic Territory. Mint Unhinged Collection on as new Lighthouse pages 1971 – 1997. Contains issues from QEII 1972 Silver Wedding to 1996 Whales. Not complete, but a good basis for expansion. Includes 10 commem. sets, 2 definitive sets and 1 Minisheet. Pages alone cost $100, plus stamps retail at $220 plus. Price $175 (CMM1) 2. Australian States, huge mixed lot off paper. Most appear damaged such as heavy postmarks, missing corners, creases etc. Still good as spacefiller, maybe postmarks, shades etc. Values to 1/-Cheap at around 15c per stamp.

Approx. 500 for $75 (CMM3) 3. Channel Islands Guernsey, Jersey & and maybe a few Isle of Man, great selection of 25 different unhinged complete sets. Price $49. 50 different sets for $125, 100 different sets for $295. (The 50 and 100 different sets will include better, and minisheets) (CMM5) 4. Green padded stockbook, contains approx. 600 different birds on stamps. (well maybe not 600 different birds, but just for accuracy, 600 stamps depicting birds) Plus about another 250 different Worldwide. Very nice lot. Price $95 (CMM6) 5. USA 1984 Los Angeles Olympics FDC collection in impressive Red Padded Album with gold embossing. Superb clean lot with unaddressed coloured cacheted covers. All cancelled Los Angeles. Also Yugoslavia similar for Sarajevo Winter Olympics. Lovely lot of covers, 72 in all. Includes many with multiples, se-tenant blocks of 4, minisheet etc. Under $1.25 each and the album is free! Price $89 (CMM7) 6. Australia Territories & Pacifics mint in mainly complete sets, mostly unhinged. 1940’s to about 1985 in near new Lighthouse Red 64 page stockbook, $80 replacement cost. About 350 Papua New Guinea, 150 Norfolk Is., 50 Nauru, plus about another 200 from NZ & territories such as Pitcairn, Cook Is. etc. About 750 stamps in all. Some duplication and a few faults, but overall good value at $375 (CMM8) 7. Great Britain 1990 – 1999 virtually complete in Gibbons Luxury Padded Hingeless Album & Slipcase, cost $350 alone! Includes Commem. sets. Machins,

booklet panes, minisheets etc. Noted values to £10. Some slight aging on page edges, but stamps all appear fine. SG Cat. price near £1160 = about $2100 on today’s exchange rate. Cheap at $795, and the very nice album is free! (CMM9) 8. Malta 1981 – 1996 in Ka-Be Maroon Hingeless Album & slipcase, as new.

Cost $250. Stamps retail at around $340 so a total replacement cost of $590.

Great value at 50%, $295 (CMM12) 9. Faroe Is. 1975 – 1993 complete mint unhinged on Ka-Be Hingeless pages, as new. Pages alone cost around $100 and the stamps retail at close to $450.

Well priced at a half of replacement cost. $275 (CMM13) 10. Great Britain used in Brown Cumberland Padded Binder on sparsely populated Gibbons Hingeless pages 1840 – 1990. Did notice1939 and 1951 High Values to £1. Also Lighthouse Black Leather Bound 32 page stockbook, cost $75 decades ago, containing Decimal used collection 1971 – 1980.

Good for expansion. Also old peg fitting album with used collection Queen Victoria Jubilee issues to early 2000’s. Around 2000 stamps all up. Cheap at 10c a stamp. $198 (CMM14) 11. Terrific World mainly postally used collection in Red, Green Gold Rapkin “Triumph” album with 10 full page maps. Many thousands of mostly all different stamps here from early imperfs to about the mid. 1960’s. Little, if anything removed, a few may have fallen out and are loose between pages. Very good Austria, Belgium, Canada with some nice mint imprints and blocks, Czechoslovakia, France & Colonies, Germany, Great Britain with Seahorses to 5/-, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia Airs & red Cross, Romania with 1931 Scouts set mint lightly hinged, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Tuva & USA. 350 plus pages. Must be 3000 to 3500 stamps at a guess. Still, plenty of spaces to fill. Good value at around 35c a stamp. $1175 (CMD8) 12. Santa Tin, very colourful! Contains Worldwide booklets, with emphasis on Switzerland Charity issues. Also, Finland, Denmark, USA, Germany, Gibraltar, IOM etc. 67 booklets from about 1960’s to 1996. Good value lot with some high denominations. Great as a starter lot for World booklets. Price $449 (CMD9) 13. Australia Territories & Pacific Aerogrammes, by the Kilogram! Wide range of mint and FDC used decimal, some higher face values here. Great value at about 25c each. Some duplication. Start a new collection at bargain basement prices. Roughly 250 in 1kg for $62.50. (CSE7) 14. Worldwide complete sheets, mostly good thematics. By the Kilogram.

Wide range of mint unhinged and cto used. Some in complete sets. Sheet sizes from 15 to 50 of a stamp. Mostly 1970’s – 1990’s. All large and colourful. No Arab States. Paper the Den or spare room! Under 5c a stamp. Good value at $249 per kg. (CSE8) 15. Australian Territories and Pacifics, 100 different postally used. May include AAT, Christmas Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Norfolk Is., Nauru, Samoa, Pitcairn, Cook Is., Fiji. Very hard to find postally used. Price $49 (CSE9) 16. Pitcairn Is. 1940 KGVI Definitives – 1996 Supply Ships fresh mint unhinged (4 KGVI stamps have a little gum toning, and so the set is counted as hinged) Virtually complete in as new $495 Black Padded Ka-Be Hingeless Album. Very few stamps missing, and most of these are shade variations and inverted watermarks. Sydney retail for the stamps is $1215, plus the very nice album = a total value of over $1700. Priced well under a half at $795 the lot. (CSE11) 17. Channel is. & Isle of Man 1958 – 1978 in Gibbons Red Padded Illustrated

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DISCOUNT SALE MAY 2022 Album. Appears near complete Mint Unhinged for the period, plus some booklets and postage dues. Small amount of duplication here and there.

A very few earlies are lightly hinged. Some Wally decided to put prices in ball point on the pages, so we have not put any value on the album at all.

Sydney retail around $495. Priced very well at $295 (CSE12) 18. Norfolk Is. Commercial mail. All small envelopes mostly Airmail to Sydney, 1970’s and ‘80s. Includes a range of better values. Hard to source. Some a bit aged. Mostly to Doubleday Book club, plus councils, insurance companies and individuals. 28 pieces in total, cheap at under $3 each. $75. (CSE15) 19. Australia Pre-stamped envelopes, mint. Wide range of issues with values to 45c. Cheap lot, 100 different for $39 (CSE18) 20. Australia Pre-Decimal mint unhinged collection in Seven Seas Green Padded Album & Slipcase as new. Commences 1914 6d Kookaburra and is NEAR complete (less Kangaroos & KGV Heads & perf OS issues) to 1965 ICY. Missing only 3d KGVI Die 1a & KGVI £1 Robes thin paper. 3 stamps have faults, the 6d Kookaburra and 3d Kookaburra Minisheet are creased. The Kookaburra minisheet is hinged in the margin and the 5/- Harbour Bridge is lightly hinged, with some light gum toning. The Kingsford Smith OS Overprints are cto. Other than that, here we have a very nice clean collection. The as new binder & slipcase retail at $50 and the Sydney Retail for the Stamps is $3925. So a total retail value here excluding the Album Leaves, which are little aged in places is $3975, Price $2625 (CJU16) 21. Norfolk Is. Decimals 1966-2002 compete mint unhinged, housed in as new Seven Seas Hingeless Album, with pages 1947 – 2002. Album new cost approx. $425. Stamps retail at $1695. Total value $2120. Price $1275 (CJU17) 22. Philatelic Literature, old reference books, magazines, catalogues & auction catalogues. 4.5kg lot for $45 (CAP10) 23. Papua New Guinea, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets just $49 (CMAP2) 24. Nauru, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP4) 25. Norfolk Is. 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP5) 26. 125 different complete mint unhinged sets as above only $225, save $20 (CMAP6) 27. 250 different complete mint unhinged sets from the countries above, also including some Pitcairn Island. Normally $99, now save $50, Price $449 (CMAP7) 28. Commercial Mails from all over the World. Most if not all Airmailed Covers. All Very nice range of covers 1980’s to recent that sell for up to $3 each.

Price per lot of 100 all different covers $98 (CMAP17) 29. Worldwide First Day Covers, all in nice clean condition. Many of these sells for up to $4 each. Price for lot of 100 all different $98 (CMAP18) 30. Amazing carton lot of mainly Australia Slogans on piece, 1929-1967, plus some Meter marks. Frankings range from 1d Green KGV – 5c Blue QEII. Also, some USA and a few GB Metermarks/Slogans. Must be 4000 – 5000 total with a huge variety of slogans and postmarks. Has to be worth 10c and item. Price $449 (COCT1) 31. United States Forces in New Guinea, 1943 – 45. 15 covers & 1 front, most bear Australia 3d Brown KGVI postmarked Townsville Qld, but emanating from New Guinea. Most have boxed US Army Examiner censor marking, and with name & number of servicemen. Included are 2 x American Red Cross covers. Deployments include Milne Bay, Port Moresby, Admiralty Is., Goodenough Is., Finschhafen, Nadzab, Oro Bay, Dreyer Harbour & Dobodura.

The Battle of Finschhafen was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign during

World War II and was fought between Australian and Japanese forces. The fighting took place between 22 September and 24 October 1943 following the landing at Scarlet Beach, which was followed by a two-pronged advance on Finschhafen as the Australian 20th Infantry Brigade advanced on the town from the north, while the 22nd Infantry Battalion drove from the south, having advanced from the landing beaches east of Lae. After the capture of Finschhafen, the Japanese forces in the area withdrew towards Sattelberg where they sought to hold the Australians before launching a counteroffensive, which subsequently threatened the landing beach. This attack was repelled by American and Australian forces, with heavy casualties being inflicted on the Japanese. In the aftermath, the Australians went on the offensive, capturing Sattelberg, and then advancing towards the Wareo plateau. Dreger Harbour was used by Allied forces after the capture of Finschhafen in October 1943. Very good lot at $479 (COCT4) 32. Norfolk Is. 1953 – 2002 90% plus complete in near new $65 Lighthouse green padded 64 black page stockbook. Around $1200 retail for the stamps alone. Odd earlier stamp is a little aged, otherwise Post Office Fresh. Norfolk Is. In in great demand right now. Great price, $695 the lot. (COCT10) 33. Europa 1981 – 1986 complete mint unhinged collection on Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Includes sheetlets. Cat. £1735 plus = $3050 at time of writing. Very cheap at less than 25%. $749 (CJ8) 34. Vast lot of World and Australia! From Deceased Estates and other sources such as charities and auctions, also private purchases. We have 12 big shipping cartons which we are breaking down into smaller lots of 10 kg. Each will contain 15 – 20,000 stamps unchecked off paper plus albums, stocksheets, stockbooks, covers, minisheets etc. Virtually all is postally used with some mint, early to modern. There really is no telling what you might find in these lots.

Price per 10kg lot, inc. Post and Insurance Australia Wide, around 3c per stamp $695. Supersized double lot for $1295 (post-paid) Half lot for $375 (post extra) Remember to choose World or Australia, or a mixture of both. (CMA1) 35. Papua New Guinea 1990 - 1998 50 different Official First Day Covers, all clean unaddressed. Very cheap at $99 (CJL5) 36. As above, but 1990 – 2001, price $110 (CJL6) 37. Papua New Guinea. 36 different mint unhinged minisheets. modern PNG mini sheets? Issued 2002-2008 beautiful modern designs, huge face value and many popular thematics. Sydney retail is $10-$15 each, totally $385.

Could be a perfect lot to break up for retail sales or online etc., or just keep for your collection! Themes include FIFA Centenary, Royalty, Orchids, Marilyn Monroe, Rotary, Aircraft. Christmas, Marine Life, Gold Mining, Olympics, Mushrooms, St. John Ambulance, Art, WWF etc. Price under 40% of retail, $149 the lot. (2 lots for $275) (CMMY9) 38. Australia 1975 – 95 Australia Post un-addressed First Day covers, massive clearance. 100 different for $89, 250 mixed for $169, 500 mixed for $325, 1000 mixed for $595. Massive lot of 2000 mixed for $1100. (Duplication will be kept to a minimum in the mixed lots, depending upon stocks) (CMMY10) 39. British Commonwealth, 1953 Coronation Covers, many with additional stamps & markings. Amazing lot of 65 small seamail covers virtually all to Melbourne. Wide variety of usages and cancels inc. Interbank mail, Official Mail, Registered Mail, Postage Dues, Taxed Covers, Meter Frankings, Perfins, etc.

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DISCOUNT SALE MAY 2022 Mainly not FDCs, with a variety of cancels through 1953/54. Many better countries represented inc. Singapore, Hong Kong, North Borneo, Sarawak, Falkland Is., Gibraltar, Cayman Is., St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Ascension, Cyprus etc.

Most are neat typed address. A superb addition to any Royalty or British Commonwealth Collection. Priced well under $6 a cover, $375 the lot. (CMMY11) 40. A similar lot to the above, these all on Artcraft Cacheted covers, mostly light penciled address to Brooklyn, USA. Included GB Set of 4, plus the sets of 4 for Kuwait, Bahrein, Muscat and Tangier. Includes re-addressed and registered items. 36 covers in all again at less than $6 per cover, price $198 (CMMY12) 41. New Zealand 2001 – 2014 Collection in $60 64 Page as New Red Lighthouse Stockbook. Mostly one of each Mint Unhinged and very fine used with Circular cancel, appears complete for period. About 250 complete sets with a retail of around $3500. Priced very reasonably at 40% retail, price $1395 (CMMY13) Great Britain 42. Great Britain 1841 Horizontal pair of 2d blues with No. 4 in Maltese Cross.

Cat. £1400 as singles. Nice 4 margin pair showing Ivory heads. Lettered AC AD. Price $1100 (GB797) 43. Great Britain 1855 4d Small Garter, white paper, SG62b Fine Used. Rare stamp, and under-catalogued at £1100. Bargain Price $445 (BD222) 44. GB 1862-64 QV small uncoloured corner letters 6d Lilac (with hairlines) SG 85, wing margin at right, few slightly nibbled perfs, neat Scottish duplex cancel, Cat £250, Price $99 (GB833) 45. GB 1862-64 QV small uncoloured corner letters 1/- Green SG 90, wing margin at right, good perfs, neat duplex cancel, Cat £300, Price $179 (GB834) 46. GB 1864-79 1d Rose-red SG 43 plate 154 Mint, Cat £70, Price $49 (GB832) 47. GB 1865-67 QV large uncoloured corner letters 3d Rose thick paper SG 92b, with incomplete ‘Used abroad’ C3?? Duplex, Cat £325 for GB usage, thick paper variety unlisted in Used abroad listings, Price $149 (GB835) 48. GB 1865-67 QV large uncoloured corner letters 6d Lilac (with hyphen) SG 97, plate 6, wing margin at right, good perfs, light Scottish duplex cancel, Cat £140, Price $79 (GB836) 49. GB 1864-79 1d Lake-red plate 141 variety ‘Watermark inverted’ SG 44Wi, couple of nibbled perfs at left, extrapolated Cat for this plate with inv. watermark £130+, Price $69 (GB841) 50. GB 1873-80 QV large coloured corner letters 3d Pale rose SG 144 plate 11, Nice used with crisp duplex cancel, Cat £80, Price $49 (GB821) 51. GB QV 1878 SG128 10/- grey-green heavy duplex cancel, good sound stamp, apart from odd perf fault. Expertised on reverse. Lettered F-F. Cat £3200. Cheap at $795 (GB663) 52. GB 1880-83 QV large coloured corner letters 1/- Orange-brown SG 163 plate 13, fairly light duplex cancel, Cat £170. Price $89 (GB840) 53. Great Britain 1883 2/6d Lilac on Blued Paper, SG 175. Lovely well centred, full perf example lettered C – F, F – C. with double ring cds, date unclear. Much nicer than most of these that you see, no creases, thins, rubbing or crayon marks! Cat. £1500, plus 50% premium for well centred, lightly used. Price $775 (GB112) 54. Great Britain 1883 2/6d Lilac on Blued Paper, SG 175. Lovely well centred, full perf example lettered D – E, E – D. with Liverpool Exchange

cds of Nov. 25, year unclear. Much nicer than most of these that you see, no creases, thins, rubbing or crayon marks! Cat. £1500, plus 50% premium for well centred, lightly used. Price $775 (GB292) 55. Great Britain 1883 10/- Ultramarine on Blued paper, SG 177. Lovely well centred example lettered G – G., perfs slightly ragged at top and trimmed at lower left. Cancelled by neat corner Frampton squared circle of SP 25 87.

96. Much nicer than most of these that you see, no creases, thins, rubbing or crayon marks. Cat. £8250, plus 50% premium for well centred, lightly used.

A great price, only 5% cat. Price: $745 (GB113) 56. As above, this one centred high, lettered G – H, H – G. Cancelled by barred cancel “L.S. 6”. Perfs slightly trimmed at base. Cheap at only 7.5% cat. $1100 (GB114) 57. Great Britain 1883 9d Dull Green, SG 195 Vertical Pair Used in Ireland! Cancelled by Duplex of Armagh dated AU 19 84. A stunning and rare piece, never seen by us before. Multiples of this stamp are rare, used in Ireland are impossible! Full perfs, good colour, minor stain & wrinkle to top left in no way detracts.

Cat. £480 for a single stamp, £2250 for a block of 4. Price $1725 (GB109) 58. Great Britain 1883/84 1/- Dull Green SG 196 very fine used with central Edinburgh SP 9 84 cds, correct unwashed colour. Cat. £325, price $149 (MAP25) 59. Great Britain 1939 10/- KGVI Dark Blue SG 478 in a used block of 12! (6 x 2) Scarce used multiple, cancelled by steel cds’s (date and town unclear due to colour of the stamps) Well centred block without faults. Very light, blue registered crayon marks do not detract. Cat. £22 each as singles = $475. Price $239 (GB669) 60. Great Britain 1951 Festival of Britain PTS FDC. Neat hand addressed cover with London SW1 3rd May 1951 machine cancel. Scarce and attractive, price $82.50 (GB164) 61. Great Britain 1953 Coronation set lightly hinged onto Harrison & Sons (Printers) Presentation Card. Very scarce. Price $325 (GB665) 62. GB 1959 2nd DLR £1 Windsor Castle, mint lightly hinged. Well centred and full perfs. Cat. £120 for unhinged. Price $59 (FE10) 63. Great Britain 1957 Scouts set lightly hinged onto Harrison & Sons (Printers) Presentation Card. Exceedingly scarce. Price $475 (GB664) 64. Special, 3 Harrison presentation Cards as above, save $50. $799 the three. (GB666A) 65. GB FC1A 14 Jul 76 65p Booklet Blue & Buff, selvedge left. Price $34 (GBB343) 66. GB FD2A 8 Feb 78 70p Booklet Horse Shoeing, selvedge left, price $75 (GBB347) 67.Great Britain 1978 70p folder booklet Dry Stone Walling CYLINDER NUMBER 11 BOOKLET. SG FD4A. selvedge left. Cat. £165, Price $295 (GB667) 68. GB FD6A 10 Jan 79 70p Booklet Wattle Fence Making selvedge left, price $42 (GBB353) 69. GB FG2A 8 Feb 78 90p Booklet Grand Union Canal selvedge left, cylinder 25. Price $49 (GBB368) 70. GB FG4A 9 Aug 78 90p Booklet Kennet & Avon Canal selvedge left, Cylinder 25. Price $30 (GBB371) 71. GB FG6A 10 Jan 79 90p Booklet Regents Canal selvedge left. Price $38 (GBB375) 72. GB FB24B 5 Apr 83 50p Booklet Gloucester Old Spot Pig (Apr ‘82) corrected rate, price $30 (GBB288) 73. GB 1996 Christmas 43p, Missing Gold used on piece. Found in Kiloware, with normal for comparison. Entirely genuine, with no tampering or evidence that the gold was ever there. Previously unrecorded. Magnificent error. Price $1665 (DB684) 74. Jersey 2010 Mail Ships Prestige Booklet MUH, Price $25.50 (MGB336)

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DISCOUNT SALE MAY 2022 Australian States New South Wales 75. NSW 1875 small re-addressed cover to Aldershot Camp. Bears 6d QV Bright Mauve, SG 216 Endorsed “via. San Francisco” in Manuscript and tied

by Sydney Duplex of JA 15 75, and with arrival cds on face of Farnborough (Hants) Station MR 8 75. Also reverse cds of Aldershot Camp of the same date, and of Chatham Kent the following day. Addressed to Colonel Jfy. Kent of 77th Reg’d at Aldershot Camp and re-addressed to Exeter Devon. The 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot was a line regiment of the British Army, raised in 1787. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 57th Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Cambridge’s Own in 1881. Nice scarce military item. Price $179 (NSW4) 76. NSW 1885/6 NSW £1, rare clear DOUBLE SPECIMEN overprint! SG 240a, perf 12 with BLACK POSTAGE overprint. SG does not even list a Specimen overprint for this stamp, and the normal non-specimen is cat. £10,000. Mint lightly hinged, with minor gum aging. Price $10,000 (NSW42) 77. New South Wales 1888-89 Centennial of New South Wales imperforate 5/- colour trial in Dull Violet on ungummed unwatermarked paper. Price: $200 (NSW50a) 78. 1888-89 Centennial of New South Wales all-different imperforate colour trials on ungummed unwatermarked paper comprising 1d x4, 2d x6, 4d x6, 6d x10, 8d x8, 1/- x6, 5/- x 3 & 20/- x11, all but one 2d with full margins, a couple of minor blemishes. Largely complete & colourful array. Most of these are Ex John Bell (NSW). [65 different proofs have been recorded, with between 6 and 12 of each extant, some of which remain in blocks of 4] (Qty 54) Price $11,250 (NSW50) 79. New South Wales 1905 20/- Cobalt-blue perf 11 SG 350, centred a little to the right, fresh Mint Cat £375, Price $399 (NSW58) South Australia 80. South Australia 1856-58 imperf 1/- Orange SG 12, close to almost touching margins, light cancel, Cat £475, Price $599 (SA343) 81. South Australia 1894-1906 watermark Crown over SA perf 13 2½d Violet-blue SG 236, block of 4, some faint gum bends, lightly hinged on upper units only Mint, Cat £140, Price $159 (SA355) 82. South Australia 1891-95 perf 10 2½d on 4d Deep green & 5d on 6d Deep brown surcharges overprinted ‘OS’ SG O71 & O72, Nice used, Cat £48, Price $59 (SA364) 83. South Australia 1904 1d Scarlet SG 179a, wrong perf! Fresh mint unhinged example, perf 12 all around instead of 12 x 11.5. This perf. not recorded by SG. Price $149 (SA5) 84. South Australia 1905-12 QV watermark Crown over SA 2½d Indigo & 5d Dull purple CTO with Adelaide GPO cds, full hinged gum, BW (2004) S10x & S12x, Cat $40, Price $39 (SA350) 85. South Australia 1911 long OHMS envelope from Surveyor’s dept. Bears 1d Red QV Sideface 1d Rosine perf. SA, cancelled by Adelaide double ring cds of DEC 21 1911 and with oval Surveyor General’s Dept. h/stamp in blue of the same date. Neat handwritten cover in fine condition, just a small tear top left. Price $36 (SA19)

Tasmania 86. Tasmania simplified used range starting with a set of 9 different 1855-64 imperf Chalons including three each 1d & 6d colours, mostly with 2 to 3 margins, 1870-1913 Sideface set ½d to 5/- (ex 4d Blue), few perfs faults but the 5/- is fine with a light barred cancel, 1899-1912 Pictorials set ½d to 6d, an attractive group and a great start to a collection of this popular Colony, huge catalogue value, Price $799 (T309) 87. Tasmania 1855 - 64 Imperforate, 1d Dull Vermilion Chalon. Mint without Gum 3 margins, SG 28 - ASC 3a. Price: $225 (T40) 88. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘10’ of Brighton, good 80% strike on 1857-67 1d Dull vermilion imperf Chalon, four close margins, Price $69 (T111) 89. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘10’ of Brighton, faint almost full strike on 1857-67 4d Pale blue imperf Chalon, three close margins, just touching at right, Price $39 (T112) 90. Tasmania 1857-67 Chalon imperf wmk double lined numeral 2d Yellow-green SG 32, three close margins, touching at left, few small marginal nicks, light barred cancel, Cat £120, Price $139 (T301) 91. Tasmania 1857-67 Chalon imperf wmk double lined numeral 2d Slategreen SG 34, three close to large margins with large part of adjoining stamp at right, close to touching at left, bold barred cancel, attractive, Cat £100, Price $129 (T299) 92. Tasmania 1858 Chalon imperf wmk double lined numeral 1/- Vermilion SG 41, three ample margins, touching at top, tied to small piece by light barred cancel, Cat £80, Price $119 (T297) 93. Tasmania 1860-67 Chalon imperf wmk double lined numeral 6d Slate violet SG 48, close margins at top & base, touching at sides, barred cancel, Cat £75, Price $79 (T295) 94. Tasmania 1863-71 Chalon perf 12 6d Reddish-mauve SG 76, an unusually ‘short’ stamp due to the perfs cutting through the design at the top & base, Hobart cds cancel, Cat £42, Price $55 (T298) 95. Tasmania 1863-71 Chalon 6d selection with perf 10 6d Grey-violet, perf 12 6d Slate violet & 6d Reddish-mauve & 1871-91 perf 12½ 6d Bright violet SG 64, 75, 76 & 138, all with barred cancels, Cat £134, Price $169 (T308) 96. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘29’ of Emu Bay, faint almost full strike on 1865-71 6d Slate-violet perf 12 Chalon, Price $69 (T125) 97. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘34’ of Fingal, superb full strike centrally placed on horizontal pair of 1857-67 2d Green imperf Chalons, r/h unit with large margins, l/h with close to touching margins at top and upper left, a lovely multiple, Price $279 (T126) 98. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘34’ of Fingal, crisp almost full strike on 1865-71 6d Slate-violet perf 12 Chalon, few nibbled perfs, Price $49 (T127) 99. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘36’ of Forth, light 70% strike on 1865-71 6d Slate-violet perf 12 Chalon, uneven perfs, Price $49 ((T128) 100. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘45’ of Jericho, good almost full strike on 1857-67 6d Dull slate-grey imperf Chalon, three good margins with portion of adjoining stamp at base, close at top, Price $139 (T134) 101. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘51’ of Latrobe, good almost full strike on 1857-67 4d Blue imperf Chalon, good to close margins on three

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Very cheap at $495 (T282) 103. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘76’ of Richmond, crisp 60% strike on 1865-71 6d Slate-violet perf 12 Chalon, uneven perfs, Price $49 (T150) 104. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘77’ of Ross, light almost full strike on 1865-71 6d Slate-violet perf 12 Chalon, short perf at top, Price $69 (T151) 105. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘81’ of Sorell light 70% strike on 1857-67 4d Blue imperf Chalon, good to close margins on three sides, just touching at left, Price $39 (T152) 106. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘95’ of Westbury, faint 80% strike on 1865-71 6d Dull cobalt perf 10 Chalon, scarcer shade, Price $139 (T161) 107. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘95’ of Westbury, good almost full strike on 1865-71 6d Slate-violet perf 12 Chalon, Price $99 (T162) 108. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘97’ of Upper Bagdad, lovely full strike centrally placed on horizontal pair of 1857-67 2d Green imperf Chalons, large margins at base & left, close to just touching margin at top and right, a lovely multiple, Price $279 (T163) 109. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘(1)00’ of Corners, light partial strike on 1864-68 1d Dull vermilion perf 12½ Chalon, Price $69 (T166) 110. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘25’ of Deloraine, good 80% strike on 1865-71 1d Carmine perf 12 Chalon, couple of nibbled perfs, Price $29 (T123) 111. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘43’ of Huon, good almost full strike on 1857-67 2d Green imperf Chalon, touching to just cut into on three sides, small margin at base, Price $69 (T130) 112. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘64’ of Oatlands, good 70% strike on 1865-71 4d Blue perf 12 Chalon, Price $49 (T145) 113. Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘91’ of Torquay, light almost full strike on 1863-71 4d Blue perf 10 Chalon, Price $69 (T157) 114. Tasmania 1880 Postmasters Letter Bill from Campbell Town with ‘CAMPBELL TOWN JN 9/80’ cds rated ‘R’, and partial Brighton cds rated ‘RR’ some damage from opening, scarce and attractive. Price $179 (T53) Victoria 115. Victoria bulk mixed, unchecked lot with values to 1/-. Could be postmark, perforation, shade or other variations. Mainly lower values as you would expect. Condition mixed. 500 for $275, 1000 for $525 (V469) 116. Victoria barred numerals, starter collection of 50 different. Values to 6d.

All clear strikes. Price $149 (V470) 117. 1850 QV Half-length Ham printing 3d Blue SG 4a, close margins at top and base, touching at sides, small repaired thin at left and small repaired tear at lower right, indistinct Butterfly cancel, Cat £450, Price $249 (V163) 118. 1850 QV Half-length Ham printing 1d red-brown SG 5, margins close to touching all around, repaired lower left corner, very faint indistinct cancel, Cat £450, Price $149 (V164) 119. 1850 QV Half-length Ham printing 1d red-brown SG 5, uneven margins close to cut into, indistinct Barred oval cancel, Cat £450, Price $299 (V165) 120. 1850 QV Half-length Ham printing 1d Dull orange vermillion SG 8, 3

good margins with part of the adjoining stamps at left and at base, cut into at top and missing lower right corner, Cat £650, Price $299 (V169) 121. 1850 QV Half-length Ham printing 1d Brownish red SG 9a, margins close to touching all around, Barred oval 1 cancel of Melbourne, Cat £180, Price $149 (V171) 122. 1850 QV Half-length Ham printing 1d Dull rose SG 9b, close to touching margins all around, lower right corner fault & a small nick at top, indistinct cancel, Cat £180, Price $129 (V172) 123. 1850 QV Half-length Ham printing 3d Pale greenish blue SG 11b, margins close to touching on 3 sides, uneven margin at right with a small nick, indistinct Barred oval cancel, Cat £170, Price $129 (V175) 124. 1850 QV Half-length Ham printing 1d Reddish brown ‘White veils’ SG 12, 3 large to just touching margins, cut into at base, Barred oval 1 cancel of Melbourne, Cat £170, Price $129 (V176) 125. 1850 QV Half-length Ham printing 2d Drab SG 13, margins close to touching, small nick at base and small central thin, indistinct Barred oval cancel, possibly ‘54’ – the ‘5’ is clear but not the other numeral, which is rated RRRR, Cat £190, Price $99 (V178) 126. Victoria 1879-1900 25/- Pink Stamp Duty, fiscally used. With pinholes as usual. The item you receive may not be identical to the image, as we have several of these in stock. Price $89 (V335) 127. Victoria 1879-1900 45/- Violet Stamp Duty, fiscally used. With pinholes as usual. The item you receive may not be identical to the image, as we have several of these in stock. Price $89 (2 available) (V333) 128. Victoria 1879-1900 £5 Red Queen Victoria Stamp Duty, fiscally used. With pinholes as usual. The item you receive may not be identical to the image, as we have several of these in stock. Cat. £150 Price $115 (9 available) (V334) 129. Victoria 1879-1900 £10 Violet Queen Victoria Stamp Duty, fiscally used. With pinholes as usual. The item you receive may not be identical to the image, as we have several of these in stock. Cat. £150, Price $89 (38 available) (V336) 130. Victoria 1884-96 10/- Brown/rose wmk V over Crown perf 12½, Stamp Duty, SG 240b. Nice postally used with Ballarat duplex, centred to top right, unpriced in Gibbons. Price $249 (V124) 131. Victoria 1885 ‘STAMP DUTY’ overprints 1/- Ultramarine/green SG 306, Mint no gum, Cat £130 as Mint, Price $99 (V412) 132. Victoria 1886-96 watermark V over Crown 1d Yellow with light indistinct barred numeral cancel, a very scarce shade with all price lists showing ‘POR’, with 5 Chestnut/brown/orange shade stamps for comparison, a lovely example of a scarce stamp, Price $499 (V406) 133. Victoria 1886-96 watermark V over Crown 1/6d Red-orange SG 323a, CTO, Cat £13 for postally used, Price $35 (V443) 134. Victoria 1886-99 Stamp Duty issues ½d Lilac, ½d Pink, ½d Green, 1d Green, 2d Lilac, 4d Red, 6d Blue, 1/- Dull purple-brown, 1/- Carmine-lake, 1/6d Pale blue & 1/6d Orange, all Mint, some gum wrinkling/creasing & other odd fault noted, the 1/6d Blue has a heavy hinge remain and small thin at top, an attractive group, high Cat, Price $399 (V458) 135. Victoria 1886 -1900 £5 Blue & Maroon Queen Victoria Stamp Duty, fiscally used. With pinholes as usual. The item you receive may not be identical to the

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DISCOUNT SALE MAY 2022 image, as we have several of these in stock. Price $89 (25 available) (V338) 136. Victoria 1886 -1900 £6 Blue & Yellow Queen Victoria Stamp Duty, fiscally used. With pinholes as usual. The item you receive may not be identical to the image, as we have several of these in stock. Price $115 (5 available) (V339) 137. Victoria 1888 1/6d Pale blue SG 322, nibbled perf at left, Mint no gum, Cat £180 as Mint, Price $99 (V447) 138. Victoria 1893 small cover to House of Commons, London. Bears 2 x 1d QV SG 332a, cancelled by Melbourne duplexes of JE 13 93, and with arrival cds on reverse of London S.W. JY 17 93. Addressed to James Hogan MP. James Francis Hogan MP (29 December 1855 – 9 November 1924) was an Irish history professor at University College Cork, author and Member of Parliament for Mid Tipperary 1893–1900. Born in County Tipperary in 1855, to Rody and Mary Hogan, he had one sister, Margaret. The family emigrated to Melbourne in 1856, when he was at the age of 1, and lived in Geelong, attending St. Mary’s Catholic School there, before a year at St Patrick’s College, Melbourne. He graduated and began to teach in 1872. He began writing in local newspapers on Catholic topics, before later editing the Victorian Review. Joining the Victorian Catholic Young Men’s Society in 1884 he admired the legacy of Daniel O’Connell and campaigned to erect a memorial to him.

He published works on the Irish colonisation of Australia, including “The Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History and The Irish in Australia” in the late 1880s. He then returned to England, and in 1893 was elected unopposed to the House of Commons as MP for Mid Tipperary. He served as secretary of the Colonial Party under Sir Charles Dilke. Following retirement as an MP in 1900, he moved to Ireland to teach at the University College, Cork. There, he became associated with the Blueshirt movement, advocating a Christian democracy which clashed with the more right-wing aims of their leader Eoin O’Duffy. He remained unmarried at his death, and was survived by his sister. Great historical piece, $249 (V21) 139. Victoria 1897 Jubilee Hospital Charity set SG 353-54, Mint, the 2½d (2/6d) being unusually fresh, Cat £155, Price $229 (V416) 140. Victoria 1898 small cover to USA. Bearing: Orange on Yellow 2.5d. Cancelled by 14 A CDS of Melbourne, VIC, FE 11 98, hand addressed cover. Price: $40 (V78) 141. Victoria 1901 watermark V over Crown Postage removed 1/- Yellow SG 381, light cds cancel, Cat £48, Price $59 (V450) 142. Victoria 1901-10 ½d Blue-green ‘Postage’ watermark V over Crown (upright) perf 12 x 12½ Die state III SG 384c, upper left corner block of 16 with what appears to be 3 plate dots in the top marginal line above the corner stamp, MUH, Cat £384 as hinged singles, Price $499 (V260) 143. Victoria 1901-10 ½d Blue-green ‘Postage’ watermark V over Crown (upright) perf 12 x 12½ Die state III SG 384c, upper right corner block of 28, some perf separation at left, MUH, Cat £672 as hinged singles, Price $799 (V261) 144. Victoria 1901-10 watermark V over Crown 4d Bistre-yellow SG 390, CTO BW V86x, BW (2004) Cat $15, Price $19.99 (V403) 145. Victoria 1901-13 Postage range of 17, ½d Green to 1/- Orange & One Penny on 2d surch, with shades of the 1d, 1½d 3d & 4d, unchecked for watermark or perfs, most with cds cancels, attractive group, Price $139 (V454) 146. Victoria 1905 postcard of Fire Brigade Station, Melbourne to South Africa. Bearing: 2.5d Blue SG 388a. Cancelled by CDS No. 14 of Melbourne,

16 6 05. Price: $120 (V80) 147. Victoria 1905-13 watermark Crown over A perf 12½ ½d Blue-green watermark upright SG 416a block of 10, the 2 left hand units re-enforced, with multiple ‘PP/MELBOURNE’ cds cancels, scarce multiple, Cat £80 as singles, Price $99 (V446) Victoria Postal Stationery 148. Victoria Postal Stationery 1881 1d Mauve ‘Bell’ Post card with corrected spelling of ‘Droit’ in Coat of Arms, fresh Unused, Price $39 (VPS27) 149. Victoria Postal Stationery 1881 1d Mauve ‘Bell’ Post card with corrected spelling of ‘Droit’ in Coat of Arms, fresh addressed & with message on reverse, but uncancelled Price $25 (VPS26) 150. Victoria Postal Stationery 1885 1d Rose Stamp Duty ‘Naish’ Post card, fresh Unused, Price $29 (VPS18) 151. Victoria Postal Stationery 1885 1d Rose Stamp Duty ‘Naish’ Post card with privately printed ‘Notice of removal’ advice by James Wallis on reverse, interesting card, Unused, Price $39 (VPS18) 152. VICTORIA POSTAL STATIONERY 1885 STAMPED ENVELOPES STAMP DUTY ‘NAISH’ 2D VIOLET SIZE 220MM X 95MM, SIZE UNLISTED IN ‘THE STAMPS OF VICTORIA’ SO ASSUMED TO BE PTPO, FLAP STUCK DOWN, FRESH UNUSED, PRICE $49 (VPS44) 153. Victoria Postal Stationery 1885 Stamped envelopes Stamp Duty ‘Naish’ 2d Pale mauve (possibly the 1886 colour change) size 220mm x 95mm, size unlisted in ‘The Stamps of Victoria’ so assumed to be PTPO, light soiling, flap stuck down, Unused, Price $39 (VPS45) 154. Victoria Postal Stationery 1886 1d Violet-brown ‘Astley’ Post card with original text, Unused, Price $29 (VPS33) 155. Victoria Postal Stationery 1886 Stamped envelopes Stamp Duty embossed 2d Pale violet (no flap embossing) size ‘b’ (132mm x 72mm), flap partially stuck down, fresh Unused, Price $29 (VPS36) 156. Victoria Postal Stationery 1886 Stamped envelopes Stamp Duty embossed 1d Red-brown (paler shade - no flap embossing) size 145mm x 90mm, size unlisted in ‘The Stamps of Victoria’ so assumed to be PTPO, flap stuck down, fresh Unused, Price $39 (VPS39) 157. Victoria Postal Stationery 1886 Stamped envelopes Stamp Duty embossed 1d Red-brown (darker shade - no flap embossing) size 145mm x 90mm, size unlisted in ‘The Stamps of Victoria’ so assumed to be PTPO, flap stuck down, some edge soiling, mainly on reverse, Unused, Price $29 (VPS35) 158. Victoria Postal Stationery 1886 Stamped envelopes Stamp Duty embossed 2d Violet (no flap embossing) size 145mm x 90mm, size unlisted in ‘The Stamps of Victoria’ so assumed to be PTPO, flap stuck down, fresh Unused, Price $39 (VPS38) 159. Victoria Postal Stationery 1886 Stamped envelopes Stamp Duty embossed 1d Red-brown (no flap embossing) size 220mm x 95mm, size unlisted in ‘The Stamps of Victoria’ so assumed to be PTPO, some vertical bends, flap unstuck Unused, Price $25 (VPS43) 160. Victoria Postal Stationery 1886 1d Violet-brown ‘Astley’ Post card with original text, Unused, Price $29 (VPS33)

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GB 1977 Silver Jubilee 8½d *TOTALLY IMPERF* - Cat £1,200 for just $A600!:

Fresh and superb example of this very rare fully imperforate error, of which owner note stated only one part sheet was ever discovered. Blue and metallic silver - a gorgeous looking pair visually - scans never show metallic ink well. Fresh flat MUH, with good margins. SG 1033a, £1,200=$A2,400. One of the key QE2 era imperfs, and bought very well, so out it goes at about a QUARTER SG at - $A600 (Stock 657BJ)

NZ 1898 Pictorials 5/- Mount Cook, SUPERB with corner diagonal line CTO Specimen cancel copy:

This was a VIP Presentation example. This and various other stamps in the series etc, were thus cancelled, and made into presentation sets. These were then given away to dignitaries and VIPs etc. I understand that these + SPECIMEN handstamps applied by the NZ PO are listed in the latest CP supplements, so presumably they are priced as well. No Watermark, perf 14.5, absolutely SUPERB USED with the corner diagonal CTO bar cancel. Perfect perfs and centering and colour and freshness of the recess plate, printed by Waterlow & Sons in London. Free of hinges, and gook and gunk and aging etc! My old CP has this at CPE 21e, as $1,500 as VFU, and CTO copies will be higher of course. More discussion of this issue here - tinyurl.com/5shMtCook $A550 (Stock 542AX)

Luxembourg 1956 **RARE** Europa set 3 - Superb MUH $A115!: SG Cat £700=$A1,400, for well under 7% of SG! Bought a few sets very attractively in the 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 WAY under 10% of SG. THREE sets of 3 for the “bottom drawer” - SG cat $A4,200, for just $A275 (Stock 568UR) One set 3 as shown, SG 607/609, cat £700=$A1,400 - $A115 (Stock 568UQ)

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Cinderella Corner Welcome readers to the May edition of Cinderella Corner for 2021.

This article explores four different, and uncommon, Sydney Harbour Bridge commemorative cinderellas. It then considers an early 20th century chemist label.

Finally, some discussion on a well-known Australia WWII-era Red Cross cinderella is explored. As usual, any feedback and further information about the items illustrated in this article is greatly appreciated.

Sydney Harbour Bridge: 85th Anniversary

Since its opening 85 years ago in 1932, the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge has provided many philatelic and wider ephemera enthusiasts with a wealth of collecting, albeit occasionally expensive, opportunities.

From the famed green 5/- postage stamp to illustrated telegrams and souvenir postcards issued on the day of its inaugural ceremony, the bridge has certainly been (and continues to be) a source of much historical and contemporary fascination and importance.

In the world of cinderellas, perhaps the most elusive of the labels issued in the early period of the Sydney Harbour Bridge’s construction are the four foil ones most likely all produced in 1932. These items are rather scarce and are often found affixed to the front of various covers (some with box SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE postmarks). As illustrated 40 - Stamp News

Figures 1 & 2 collectively in Figures 1, they were issued in four distinct colour schemes: gold, black and gold, dark blue and gold, and green and gold, respectively.

They are wafter thin and delicate, and, given their foil consistency, are often found in different stages of poor health. With an elongated octagon shape measuring 55mm in length and 28mm in height, they each present the text 1923 – 1932 SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE. A small plane also features above the centre part of the completed bridge. The 1923 signifies when the construction stage of the bridge

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Figures 3 & 4 commenced, officially documented 97 years ago, on 28 July 1923; the 1932 represents the year it was officially opened, nearly 9 years later, on 19 March 1932.

These four foil cinderella labels are, perhaps, the earliest of those few different ones issued to commemorate the construction and/or opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. They certainly predate by a few years the famed Western and Southern Provincial Airlines LTD (WASP) labels issued in minisheets, which were offered free of charge and found affixed on envelopes carried on flights by the company

(1935 onwards). However, unlike the WASP labels, which are documented in Frommer’s Australian Air Mail Labels and Vignettes and mentioned in Bill Hornadge’s Cinderella Stamps of Australasia: An Illustrated and Priced Catalogue of Locals, Phantoms, Labels, Unauthorised Issues and Related Items of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, these labels do not bear a mention in either catalogue nor, it appears, any others. The release schedule for these elusive labels is therefore somewhat of a mystery. One theory has emerged that they were released on different days, yet this seems unlikely.

At least two of the different labels have featured on covers postmarked the same date. Figure 2 illustrates the dark blue and gold one, postmarked 14 March 1932, and the gold label, affixed to the cover illustrated in Figure 3, also bears the same postmarked date. Of the latter, another similar cover signed by Kingsford Smith amongst others was also post-

marked 14 March 1932.

Given that these dates predate the official opening of the bridge by one week, it is likely that their production and release was to prepare (and promote) forthcoming celebrations associated with the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and to recognise the nearly decade long construction of it. I have yet to cite examples of the other two labels (black and gold; green and gold) with a postmarked date of 14 March (earliest and most commonly cited) to 19 March Stamp News - 41

Cinderella Corner (opening of the bridge), yet the green and gold label has appeared on a cover dated 21 March and, as evident in Figure 4, the black and gold one has been used on a cover dating 1941, along with a Lady Gowrie Red Cross cinderella! This final example is thankfully tied, towards the top, which suggests that the owner either kept the label for nearly a decade after its release and then applied it decoratively to the cover, or that the black and gold cinderella was issued some time after the other three.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge has provided some significant pre-decimal and decimal avenues for cinderella collectors. I welcome some further insight into these foil-issued labels and when and how they were released.

Francis Longmore Chemist Label

The ‘guarantee stamp’ illustrated in Figure 5 is a wonderfully rare item and one of only a handful of pre-WWI Australian chemist advert labels, from the turn of the 20th Century, that have been discovered.

Across the label bears the handwritten initials ‘JBR’ and the year ‘1902’. Both are likely the maker’s marks and the label itself would have been affixed to a product sold by the chemist.

This small orange and cream label measures 20mm x 27mm, is perforated 10 on all four sides, and bears the following text: FRANCIS LONGMORE – CHEMIST & c – MELBOURNE. – GUARANTEE STAMP. The owner of store, Francis Longmore, was a chemist operating at 185 – 187 Bourke

Figure 5 Street, Melbourne. He was a New South Wales native who settled in Melbourne in the late 1800s.

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Figure 7 ents a bearded man with a digging tool slung over his shoulder: he stands in a wide-open field with an enormous rising (or setting) sun.

‘Support…The Lady Gowrie Red Cross Appeal For £250,000’ – Unlisted Discoveries More than a century after its formation in Australia, the Red Cross continues to reminds us of the generosity and unwavering compassion of many ordinary Australians who, since 1914, helped positively shape the lives of many vulnerable individuals.

One of the more popular collecting topics for the budding cinderella enthusiast is the Australian Red Cross labels and envelope cutouts, many which are documented in a section of Mosbaugh’s original 1984 catalogue. This document, while brief across its 3 pages, offers black and white images and brief descriptions for over 120 different Australian labels.

The most common of these is undoubtedly the 1941 issued ‘Nurse and Red Cross on Map’, a blue, white and red rectangular item that regularly graces internet searches. Aside from this, another cinderella that ever so often enters the philatelic market is the smaller ‘Support…The Lady Gowrie Red Cross Appeal for £250,000’ one. This label, coloured red, white and black, illustrates a prominent red cross next to a nurse crouching in the corner. Lady Gowrie, whose title appears on this and a few other Red Cross labels, was Zara Eileen Hore-Ruthven (20 January 1879 – 19 July 1965), Countess of Gowrie.

She was president of the South Australian branch of the Australian Red Cross Society and also worked

closely with the Victorian League.

In Mosbaugh’s catalogue, the label is listed as number 9, with the dimensions 25 ½mm x 29mm, and the stamp rouletted 7. No further information is provided regarding the sheet size or the organisation of these labels. A scarce complete booklet pane of the label is illustrated in Figure 6 (as pictured).

This 2 by 5 pane is rouletted 7 and presents a variety in the third label of the second row: a clear white dot and an additional sequence of four white dots.

Another pane from a complete booklet containing 100 of these labels (across 10 sheets) adorned within a rather unattractive plain front and rear cover of light brown colour, is illustrated in Figure 7. Interestingly, these labels were perforated 14½ (unlisted in Mosbaugh) and the same variety of extra white dots, again on the third label of the second row, was identified on every pane. These sheets appear to have been perforated in groups of five, with the first five panes, and then the second five panes, aligning perfectly, but not as a complete booklet.

The perforated variety of this label is much scarcer than the rouletted one.

Complete booklets of any World War II-era (or earlier) Australian cinderellas (where they existed) are extremely rare as hardly any survived these eras.

These discoveries of the ‘Support…The Lady Gowrie Red Cross Appeal for £250,000’ informs that even in the more assumedly common cinderellas, a wealth of undiscovered and unlisted information can exist.

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation This month we present the first part of a three-part article from Darryl Fuller on the myriad of sources from where to obtain material for your collection.

Where Do I Get Material for My Collection (Part 1) (“The fun is in the Chase”) This article is subtitled “The fun is in the chase” and there is no doubt the joy that finding an elusive item brings. The item need not be expensive, as many philatelic items are rare but not necessarily valuable. I remember one very well-known philatelist from the Philatelic Society of Canberra who collected China, at a time when it was much less popular than now. He said he had been searching for a copy of one particular Chinese stamp for 30 years and couldn’t find one. Its catalogue value at the time was five pence!

The Internet has had a huge influence on stamp collecting, mostly positive but not in every way. The positives include making it easier to buy and sell material; easier to find unusual or obscure material such as my own interest in Israeli revenues; easier to be in touch with fellow collectors; and made research easier. The negatives include pushing the prices of (relatively) common stamps down; many more (badly executed) forgeries; outright scams; and in some ways made it harder for traditional stamp dealers.

The original brochure had twenty ways to find material, but I will expand aspects of some of these a little in this article.

Not all will be relevant to you, but it is always worth thinking outside the box. Sometimes, after making that effort you will be pleasantly surprised.

Postal Administrations (Post Offices) Once upon a time, philatelic bureaus were the main sources of new issues. If you collected a country, you sent an annual deposit and it would send you each new issue. You topped up your account when necessary. If you collected a number of countries, you may have used a new issue stamp dealer. You paid them a fee on top of face value to do the hard work in sourcing the stamps. Both worked well and there are still Philatelic Bureaus and new issue dealers to source modern stamps. There are still a few new issue dealers in Australia, including Max Stern. & Co., and we can only hope that they stay active as some philatelic bureaus are disappearing or are hard to contact.

For example, in 2019 the Iceland Post, Stamp & Philatelic Dept. (Postphil) was largely abolished as Iceland Post had financial issues. Stamps issues in future will be available from private contractors apparently, although I note that you can still buy stamps from Iceland Post online. Outsourcing may very well become a trend, particularly for smaller countries.

(There is an interesting story attached to the Iceland stamp shown in Figure 1. It is one of a set of four issued by Iceland Post for the 15th World Scout Moot (for rover scouts). My daughter was at the Moot and managed to buy me three of the four stamps in the set plus send me postcards from the Moot with two of the stamps. Obviously, I asked why only three of the four and she said that the persons running the post office at

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Figure 1: 2017 Iceland Scout Moot stamp the Moot (possibly scouts) had sold all of one design, instead of mixing up the usage! Very frustrating but what is even more interesting is that a search of eBay worldwide does not bring up a single copy of one of these stamps, and even more interestingly the Iceland 2017 Year Pack does NOT contain these stamps, nor are they listed for sale. They appear to be modern rarities.)

We can only hope that such bureaus remain active but as my anecdote about the Iceland scout stamps show, even with a subscription you may not receive every stamp issued in that year. This can be most frustrating. It is happening more often as a postal administration may bring out an emergency issue, such as overprinted stamps that never make it near the philatelic bureau. This may be a good reason to use a new issue dealer, who may have contacts beyond the philatelic bureau. (Ed: My ever vigilant proof-reader has told me of a site WOPA+ (wopa-plus. com) where you can buy new issues at face value plus postage from a wide range of countries. Check it out.)

Another issue with a standing order at a philatelic bureau is – Do you want everything they issue? This can be extremely expensive with some countries, so it may be an idea to see if you can get just the basic stamps as issued, depending on your wants. Again, this may be easier through a new issue dealer.

Overall postal administrations will remain a useful way to source new stamp issues, but it will be very important to stay abreast of the news, in case an emergency issue is produced that does not make it to the philatelic bureau. There is also at least one stamp dealer, Steve Zirinsky (www.zirinskystamps. com) that searches out these provisional issues particularly for smaller countries and islands.

Stamp Dealers A dealer I have known for more than 40 years once told me that stamp dealing many years ago was simple. A collector would buy stamps and when they wanted to sell their collection a dealer would value it at X and they would offer about 2/3rds of

Russell Boylan

Philatelic Development Officer, APF

Figure 2: Shields Stamps & Coins in Heidelberg, Victoria.

lower. Once you have found a dealer that has material you are interested in buying it is important to cultivate that dealer. I have a few dealers with which I have had very long associations. This is important because once a dealer gets to know you, they start to search for material in your area of interest. Given they often travel widely to exhibitions and fairs they are more likely to come across material than you, even at auctions. Figure 3 is a good example of this. It is a Leeward Island postcard reply half correctly used back from another country. They can be quite hard to find for most small countries and this is only the second copy I have heard about. It was in a lot of postal stationery grouped at the end of an auction of a Leeward Island collection. Too many large auction houses do this, but I was lucky that a dealer I had known for 40 plus years saw the lot, knew what was in it and bought it. He sold the card to me at an excellent profit to him, which I didn’t mind because I had been hunting for such an item for almost as long as I had known him. We were both happy, but it is not something that would have happened had I not maintained a lifelong relationship.

How do you go about trusting dealers you have not met or know? An easy way is to ask fellow collectors or start with a small order and work your way up. There are also online forums that discuss stamp issues where you can get views from collectors across the world.

Another important aspect of trusting dealers is to look at

X to buy it (there are of course many assumptions within this generalisation). They could then on sell it for X making a 50% profit on the way, which was the way they made their living.

The way stamps were rising many years ago the collector could make a (nominal) profit and be happy with the transaction. After all they had an enjoyable hobby for many years. This largely worked because stamp collectors only had two ready options to sell – auctions and stamp dealers. This is no longer the case and stamp dealing has changed considerably.

When I was young there were numerous stamp shops in Australia, perhaps not as many as in the first half of the century, but a good number. Now they are a rarity such as Shields Stamps & Coins in Heidelberg in Victoria (Figure 2). If you come across such a store, they are always worth dropping in and asking whether they have anything in your area of interest. After all, few dealers have all their stock described or online. Serendipity can be a wonderful thing.

Many dealers these days don’t have a physical store but trade from home or at stamp exhibitions and fairs. However, due to websites like eBay, Hip Stamps and Delcampe they are now competing with amateur dealers, individual collectors and a vast number of other dealers who are online. This is one reason that has pushed the price of many stamps Figure 3: Leeward Island reply half correctly used from Martinique to Dominica

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation

Figure 4: A full house for a PHILAS auction (pre-Covid). ones who are members of dealer organisations as that gives you some level of protection (see next page).

and can save you considerable money at those auction houses where you seem to always pay your high bid or at best one step below. Auction agents will also do viewing of lots in many cases, which can be very important in checking condition for valuable items.

My pet peeve with some auction houses is poor lotting. They get lazy and split a collection in half a dozen expensive lots which are most likely to be bought by dealers and not collectors.

Collections of Israel revenues rarely come onto the market so when a collection came up recently, I looked forward to bidding. There was only a dozen or so lots, including three lots of proof items, one set in blocks of four and the rest as large mixed lots with modest descriptions and random scans. It was a hopeless position to be in as I had no idea what to bid because I didn’t know what was in the lots. It was also during Covid which further complicated matters in relation to auction agent viewing. In the end I managed to purchase the proofs, as I knew what to bid, but missed every other lot I bid on, as did a fellow US collector I liaise with. The auction house may have simplified their process but in the end the vendor possibly missed out on (potentially) thousands of dollars if lotted well. It pays to support auction houses that lot well.

When bidding in auctions it is also very important to remember the added costs to the hammer price. These can vary from 10-25% plus postage and handling and VAT or GST in some cases. Always allow for this when bidding.

One final point is that not all auctions are commercial. Some clubs and other bodies have auctions worth attending. The largest in Australia are the PHILAS auctions (Figure 4) in NSW, run by the Philatelic Association of NSW Inc, with all funds

Auctions Buying at auctions has come a long way since I wrote the original brochure. In this section I will discuss auction houses, not online sites such as eBay which need a separate section.

I attended many local auctions when I was a young collector, indeed I think I probably broke the law bidding in auctions when I was under 18. A good auction can be fun to attend but if you are new to bidding at auction, I recommend that you attend an auction or two just to watch. This will give you an idea of the auction house, the auctioneer and most importantly prices.

It can be too easy to get carried away at an auction. Although I would note that there is a big difference between paying a high price for a single rare item you need compared with a high price for a mixed lot that may disappoint.

The Internet has massively changed auctions over the last decade. You now get far fewer hard copy catalogues, but you can view virtually all auction catalogues online. There are also aggregation websites for stamp auctions mentioned in APF News previously such as Stamp Auction Network. The other big changes are that you can easily bid in such auctions online (although most have a registration process to weed out spoof bids) or even bid live. Live bidding is not for everyone, but many auction houses are improving this process, as software improves, but it can still slow down auctions considerably in some cases. If considering live bidding take some time to become very familiar with the process before the auction. You can also do telephone bidding which is very viable for a single lot or group of lots. One final method of bidding is to use an auction agent who will bid on your behalf at the auction. They generally charge from 2-5% of the hammer price and if you are making large purchases, some have an upper limit on the fees paid. They give you great flexibility Figure 5: Israel gun license.

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Russell Boylan

Philatelic Development Officer, APF Delcampe (delcampe.net) – The Delcampe site is very much like eBay in that it offers both auctions and buy it now. It has nine categories of collectibles including over 25 million stamps and 57 million postcards for sale. The CEO is Sébastien Delcampe and the site is based in Belgium. It is nice is to see Sébastien at exhibitions around the world promoting the site. The French economics magazine Capital gave the e-commerce website prize to delcampe.net in 2018. You can use various ways to pay for items on the site depending on what the vendor accepts including Figure 6: Cover from APO 849 (Virgin Islands) to APO 845 (Puerto Rico). credit cards and PayPal. What I particularly like about the site is that it being retained to assist with the running of PHILAS House. does its best to remove scammers and forgers quickly when notified. Another plus to the site is that being Europe-based it has Online Auctions a different range of material to HipStamps and eBay. I found Online auctions such as those run by eBay, Delcampe and it useful to find European colony covers from the Caribbean.

Hip Stamps are a huge topic which I will try to give a good I have heard others say that it is very useful for finding single overview of, as they remain an important source of material. stamps from sets to fill annoying gaps.

There is no doubt that online auctions have been a boon in The site is multilingual which is both good and bad, in finding unusual material. For example, I collect Israel revenues that it can make searching the site a problem for English-only and without eBay there is no way I would have the collection I speakers.

However, you can usually find a work around to this. do. Figure 5 illustrates an Israel gun license with three differThe one major negative I feel is that some vendors don’t list up ent types of revenue stamps, used over several years to pay one copy of a stamp - they list often 10 of the same. This and the license fee. It is possibly unique with this combination of the fact that items appear to be automatically relisted means service fee stamps, license stamps and regular tax stamps. A that searching can be tiresome at times. Despite these issues lucky eBay purchase which would have been very difficult to this is a site you should use to find stamps for your collection. find by any other means. However, as we also know there is a dark side to online auctions with forgers and scammers. There eBay – The site(s) that is both a godsend to some and a nightis also a negative to being a seller on eBay as everything on mare to others. As I have already stated for low value highly the site is in favour of the buyer – so seller beware. I will go specialised material it has changed philately. For most stamps it through the three sites I have mentioned discussing their pros has lowered their prices as anyone can sell on the site. The first and cons. rule of eBay is that if it looks too good to be true then it probably isn’t. Fakes, forgeries and blatantly misdescribed stamps are HipStamp (hipstamps.com) – This website is part of Hip always there, but there are also very honest sellers and bargains eCommerce which has three collectibles websites focused to be had. As with all auctions, if you are new to eBay open on stamps, postcards and comics. The stamp site is largely a an account but view for a while before jumping in and bidding marketplace for sellers who list material for sale. Many are (more tips to come). As auctions are usually only 7-10 days it known dealers (some 1,150 stores) who use the site as an is easy to start to get a feel for the site. There are tricks to be additional selling site. Prices are not bargains but rather normal learnt in using eBay which I will expand upon as I have been dealer prices. While there is a definite US focus on this site it a member since 1998 (to be continued in the next issue of APF does have material from around the world with good British News with a discussion on how to get the most from eBay and Commonwealth material including specialist material. Their the many other ways to find material for your collection.) auctions appear to be items from its sellers that are offered at a starting price of often 50% of retail. They will also offer specials of all of a particular item (say plate blocks) at 30 per Stop Press - Melbourne 2022 Postponed To 2024 cent off. For sellers the starting fee is 11.95% but I am sure Advice has been received from the Chairman of the Melbourne this drops for larger sellers. I have only used this site once to 2022 Organising Committee as follows: “the Melbourne 38th buy some US Army Postal Service covers sent airmail from FIAP exhibition that was planned for this September has been one Caribbean Island to another during WWII (Figure 6). With postponed to March/April 2024, with the exact date to be adover 5 million stamps listed this site is worth visiting. vised in due course.

Beginners please!

Hello and welcome to Part V of my tour of British Commonwealth stamps.

I hope you enjoy looking at this month’s stamps, along with some interesting philatelic details and trivia.

This month we travel to the Gold Coast which has been called Ghana since becoming a republic in 1960.

The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. The country has Portuguese, Dutch, and other European colonial history.

It was a British Crown Colony from 1821 until its independence in 1957.

Many stamps are similar in design style to other British Commonwealth issues from Queen Victoria through to the early QEII issues, before independence.

The first one, Fig 1, is from the 1907 – 1913 Edward VII issue. This design is used on a few values and makes for a very nice era to collect.

The next stamp, Fig 2, is from the 1918 GV issue.

This interesting set of stamps has values from the ½d through to the 20/- value. There’s plenty to look out for in Figure 1 48 - Stamp News

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this set and it is important to have a good catalogue to help you.

One thing to know is the Die types of the Key Type design. SG will explain this well but one very clear distinction is the angled or vertical cut of the line on each side of the crown above the Kings head - as in the notation in Fig 3 A useful rule of thumb, although there are a few exceptions, is that the multiple crown issue watermarks are Die I and multiple crown script watermarks are Die II. It is always worth checking very carefully as the catalogue prices for Die II issues are generally much higher than Die I type.

One more, this time from the George VI 1938

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by Michael Dodd

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issue, Fig 4. A lovely stamp in my view, showing a castle with some interesting history.

It is actually Osu Castle, also know as Christiansborg Castle and is found in Accra, Ghana. You can read more on the internet if you are interested but in summary it is on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea and is a substantial fort built by Denmark and Norway in the 1660s. It changed hands a few times with Portuguese then British ownership before Ghana took control after independence.

The history has some philatelic references as the castle became the head of the English administration in 1877 when the colonial government moved here from the Cape Coast Castle, one of the other remarkable castles on the coast. This is where the first postal service was established in 1853.

After the George VI issue there was a set of 12 QEII definitive issues between 1952 and 1954, based on the same designs as the George VI issues (Fig 5 GVI and Fig 6 QEII), with another view of Christiansborg Castle. The 1953 Coronation (omnibus) issue was the final QEII issue.

The Gold Coast Colony as it was known became a dominion of the British Commonwealth in March 1957 and issued its first stamps (Fig 7, one of the set

of 4) showing Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana. It finally gained independence as the Republic of Ghana in 1960.

Enjoy your stamps, for the history they show and the differences which are not always so obviously seen but which can be extremely important.

Michael can be contacted on cddstamps@gmail. com or visit him at his online store - cddstamps - on the Hipstamp Marketplace

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CANADIAN REVENUE STAMPS Very few revenue or fiscal stamps were printed with the collector in mind. This probably explains why the designs are often rather simple and monotonous. The sole purpose of these stamps was to indicate that a fee or tax required by the government or a local administration agency had been paid on a legal document or a product.

But there are notable exceptions when it comes to the choice of designs for revenue stamps and Canada is perhaps one of the more prominent countries in this respect. I have collected Canadian revenues for a great many years and been impressed by the variety of both attractive designs and high-quality printing techniques used in producing both state and provincial revenue stamps. In fact, Canada and its provinces have issued some of the most beautiful stamps in the world of fiscal philately.

Fortunately there is an excellent catalogue compiled

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by Canadian stamp dealer Erling van Dam. When a new edition was released in 2022 I immediately realised that it was time to replace my old catalogue dated 2009. I was of course eager to find out what had happened to the valuations and if there were any new stamps listed.

The use of adhesive revenue stamps ceased many years ago except for the stamps issued to be used on hunting and fishing licences.

The Quebec 1870 REGISTRATION set featuring a busy beaver is undoubtedly my favourite one when it comes to Canadian provincial revenues. The stamps were issued to be used on deeds. The set comprises 12 values ranging from 2 cents to $5. Usually the lowest values of a set are the inexpensive ones but in this case it is quite the opposite. The difficult value is the lowly 2c stamp (Fig. 1). In mint condition it was valued at C$275 in 2009; today the value has increased to

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Christer Brunström C$375. The premium for unmounted mint is 200 % which really indicates that it is a scarce stamp. The value of a used stamp has increased from C$225 to C$275.

Quebec is a bilingual province with a large segment of the population being French-speakers. Despite this fact, the wording on the 1870 Registration stamps is in English only much to the dismay of the Quebecois French-speaking population. It was only in 1912 that a new set of Registration stamps had wording in both French and English.

Savings stamps were issued and used in the Quebec school system. These tiny stamps are eagerly collected and especially the two stamps featuring a portrait of Jacques Cartier. These stamps are inscribed La Caisse Populaire in French only. The 1c value (Fig. 2) is listed at C$350 in the new catalogue and it had exactly the same valuation way back in 2009. The new cata-

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logue has added a new set of four values inscribed The Credit Union.

In 1860 Canada released its third set of general revenue stamps. The design features a portrait of a widowed Queen Victoria. The top values were printed in two colours and they all show modest increases. The $3 value (Fig. 3) has increased in value from C$60 to C$75 in mint condition. The premium for unmounted mint is 100 %.

In 1915 a new design was introduced for the excise tax stamps used on banking documents, customs fees, cigarettes, matches, etc. The central numeral is surrounded by two maple leaves on each side. In 1934 the design was modified and the number of maple leaves was increased to six. It is a very long series of stamps with numerous varieties such at coil stamps (Fig. 4), imperforates and various surcharges or cancellations.

When I checked the pricing in the new catalogue it is

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CANADIAN REVENUE STAMPS basically unchanged from the 2009 edition.

In all its simplicity, I find this design incredibly attractive. The stamps were printed in a selection of strong colours and they look very good on an album page. In used condition they are frequently thinned or creased as they were often affixed to cigarette packs or other products.

A considerable part of the catalogue is devoted to hunting and fishing licence stamps which have been used in the many provinces. Some have very simple designs while others are extremely colourful featuring birds, animals or fish. British Columbia issued its first duck stamp in 1946. Today it is somewhat of a rarity.

However, the 1947 issue (Fig. 5) is of similar design and affordable as it is listed at just C$35 in the new catalogue and unchanged from 2009.

Many telegraph and telephone companies in North America used frank stamps. The new catalogue has extensive listings of these frank stamps. I particularly like the franks used by the Canadian Pacific Railways featuring a map of North America (Fig. 6). They were produced in small sheetlets of four stamps which were

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made available in booklets containing eight panes.

There was an almost yearly frank stamp from 1887 until 1936. The map design was used until 1928; later issues depicted a telegraph pole. In mint condition, most of these franks are valued at prices ranging from as little as C$17.50 to as much as C$150 for the scarcer years. The 2022 pricing doesn’t show any major changes from the 2009 catalogue.

The Canadian Revenue Stamp Catalogue 2022 is a 220-page spiral-bound book with all illustrations in full colour. It is compiled by Erling van Dam who has been researching and dealing in Canadian revenue stamps for more than 50 years.

Each new edition of the catalogue has some added sections of recent discoveries. I expect the next edition will have a lot more detailed information on proof material which is only mentioned very briefly in the 2022 catalogue.

Stamp News Australasia readers interested in acquiring a copy of the new catalogue will find all the necessary information at canadarevenuestamps.com.

In Canada it retails for C$29.95.

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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 Corrimal Library, 15 Short St, Corrimal. 7.00 pm. Ph 0417 234 366 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, 2pm, and 3rd Weds 2pm (social) Pasterfield Centre, Horizon Drive, Cameron Park. www.newcastlephilatelicsociety.org.au

act Canberra, Philatelic Society of: 1st Thursday: General Meeting,3rd Thursday: Afternoon Meeting (IF REQUIRED),3rd Thursday: (Evening) Exchange Night, 2nd Tuesday: Postcard Group, 4th Monday: Machin Collectors Group. All meetings 7:45pm, Griffin Centre, Genge Street, Canberra City Postal Address:PO Box 1840,Canberra ACT 2601,Email:psc@netspeed.com.au www.canberrastamps.org

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

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

NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Naremburn off Slade St Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, J3A Bldg. Castlereash St. New PO Box: 252 Kingswood 2750. Ph: 02 4733 3062 Piallaway PS: PO Box 12, Werris Creek PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec) PS of NSW: Mtg 4th Sat (Philas House), 3rd Tues (Chatswood); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Richmond River (Lismore) PS: Mtg 4th Thursday Royal Sydney Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd Tues. (ex Jan); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Sapphire Coast Stamp & Coin Club: Mtg Enq 02 6495 7308. Mail to PO Box 285, Pambula, NSW 2549 St. George PS: Mtg 1st Mon Shoalhaven PS: Mtg 2nd Monday (Ex Jan) PO Box 4047, East Nowra 2541.

Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd Mon Society for Polar Philately: 2012 meetings: 2nd Wednesday of February, March, May, July, Sept and November held at Ryde Ex-Services Club 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW Tel: 9807 3344 (in Mackinnon room) starting at 8pm.Enq 0407 277 223 or email penviews@ hotmail.com Sussex Inlet and District: Mtg 3rd Mon Sutherland Shire PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. , 7:30pm, Sutherland Uniting Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Sydney Anglican 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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May 7 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754.

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

May 7 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW.

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May 7 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba.

Ph. 0417 802 754

May 29 - (last Sun ex Dec) Ringwood East Stamp Fair Senior Citizens Hall, 2-8 Laurence Grove, (behind the shops, off Railway Ave.) Ringwood East. 9am-1pm. Ph. 0408 148 710

May 7 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea.

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A few items in our May/June 2022 Auction.

Major Auctions are held every 2 months

1st Wmk £1 Perf large ‘OS’

CofA Wmk £2 Specimen block of 4

6d Broken Leg variety in ‘OS’ gutter pair

£1 Grey Double Perfs

1913 Complete Booklet with variety on 1d Roo

Wmk Crown/V Line Perf 12½

Lake Lefroy WA Local Stamp

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