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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 Introducing the APF : Russell Boylan........................................ 40 Kangaroos: A Guide : Kevin Morgan ......................................... 44 Beginners, please! : Michael Dodd................................................ 48 Isle of Man Local Issues Catalogue : Christer Brunström ........50
Information Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......54 Events .................................................................................................. 55 Products & Services Directory............................................... ......56 Subscriptions .............................................................................. ......58 List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............62 Front cover: As we prepared to go to press with this issue we learned of the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Our front cover shows two stamps from the 2016 Royal Mail QEII 90th Birthday miniature sheet which featured a family group of The Prince of Wales (now King Charles III), Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George, and Prince William (now the Prince of Wales).
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COMMERCIAL PHILATELY IN AUSTRALIA : 1860s TO WWI Part 19 Stamp News has kindly been given permission to publish the entire collection over the coming months.
ix. Philatelic Publishers & Publications Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly Vindin’s third attempt at a Philatelic publication, Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly, appeared August 1887. Initially, local contributions had been very few, and the journal had depended upon reprinting of articles from a number of American journals. The American dealer, L. Durbin, had visited Australia in 1888, and his The Philatelic Monthly became a major source for Vindin. Durbin’s The Philatelic Monthly was a source of articles for Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly. That was all about to change, however, in 1891, with the absorption of The Federal Australian Philatelist [refer page 115].
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ix. Philatelic Publishers & Publications Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly
Oct 16 1893 Vindin’ s Philatelic Monthly inscribed wrapper to U.S. at Magazines & Periodicals 1d per 2ozs. rate
Jul 23 1891 use NSW 1d Postal card inscribed to advise expiry of subscription to Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly
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COMMERCIAL PHILATELY IN AUS ix. Philatelic Publishers & Publications Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly
Aug 22 1892 use NSW Postal card inscribed to advise imminent expiry of subscription to Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly
Jan 12 1894 use NSW Postal card as receipt for annual subscription to Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly Completed in hand of Fred Hagen who by this time was proprietor of the journal.
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AUSTRALIA : 1860s TO WWI Part 19 ix. Philatelic Publishers & Publications Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly The October 1893 number of Vindin’s Philately Monthly, the final edition with Vindin’s involvement:
Dawson A Vindin departed for U.K. in October 1893. Stamp News - 9
COMMERCIAL PHILATELY IN AUS ix. Philatelic Publishers & Publications The Federal Australian Philatelist Arthur Francis Basset-Hull (1862-1945) of Hobart established the journal in January 1890. Philatelists at that time did not appear to appreciate the somewhat advanced quality subject matter, and it ceased publication at the conclusion of the second volume, October 1891.
The journal was absorbed in October 1891 by Vindin’s Philatelic Monthly, and Basset-Hull subsequently relocated to Sydney in late 1891, where he subsequently assumed editorial control of the successor journal. Jan 19 1891 sending to Austria of inscribed stampedto-order ld Wrapper which would have contained current issue of The Federal Australian Philatelist
Following the demise of his journal, Basset-Hull guillotined remainder stock of his inscribed stamped-to-order ld Wrapper for alternative use
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AUSTRALIA : 1860s TO WWI Part 19 ix. Philatelic Publishers & Publications The Federal Australian Philatelist
Dec 20 1890 use of stampedto-order ld Envelope to Germany, for Foreign printed matter rate, Basset-Hull handstamp on reverse.
Dec 1 1905 larger format “executive” edition of the Sydney Philatelic Club Jubilee of the Five Pence stamp of N.S.W. souvenir card. Basset-Hull was President, and his signature, together with that of Hon Secretary, J.H. Smyth appear lower left
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Kapa Haka debacle replayed in New Zealand? Reported at https://collectables.nzpost.co.nz
Sixteen years after New Zealand Post withdrew the controversial Kapa Haka issue, intended to highlight Māori Performing Arts, a new drama has emerged with NZ Post issuing a withdrawal notice for the forthcoming Māori Language Petition issue. The withdrawal notice states: The stamp issue titled ‘Māori Language Petition’ was not issued on 3 August 2022 as previously announced. This decision was made following additional feedback from key stakeholders that was received after products were printed. While extensive consultation took place in the development of the designs, some expectations were not met and as a result the stamps could not be issued as they were or on the planned date. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience or disappointment caused by this decision. The 50th anniversary of the presentation of the Māori Language Petition is an important commemoration for New Zealand, and we hope to acknowledge it at a future date. If you pre-ordered or have a standing order for any products in this issue, you will not be charged
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and no further action is required. An image from a July 10 New Zealand Post email to philatelic customers that shows the four Māori Language Petition 50th Anniversary stamps, a souvenir sheet and first-day covers of both. In announcing the stamp issue in July, New Zealand post explained the subject: “For most of the 20th century, New Zealand’s governments discouraged and banned people from speaking openly in the Māori language (te reo Māori). Then 50 years ago, te reo champions calling for it to be taught in schools presented a Māori language petition to Parliament.” This is the second Māori stamp issue in the past 20 years that New Zealand has removed from sale before issuance. In June 2006, a Traditional Maori Performing Arts set of five stamps was prepared but not issued. Examples of those stamps did get into collector hands, though there is no solid evidence that they were sold over post office counters. At the time, Chief Executive of NZ Post stated the issue was being withdrawn because: “(we) have now concluded that the stamps would cause offence to some people and we have therefore decided not to issue them. Our intention is that our postage stamps carry images that celebrate aspects of New Zealand life and culture, and that can be proudly sent around the world”.
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Comic stamps Chinese-style Reported at https://www.shine.cn
A special set of stamps with the design based on the famous Chinese cartoon “Mr. Black” was released this month to celebrate the 70th anniversary of East China University of Political Science and Law. The stamps also pay tribute to police and judicial personnel. The collection of 5 stamps was launched by the University, China Post and the Shanghai Public Security Bureau. “Mr Black” is China’s first animated television series for science education and was produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio in 1984. Telling detective stories while promoting science knowledge, it has influenced generations of Chinese children in upholding the law. The pictures on the stamps are titled “Subduing the Robbers,” “Capturing the Eagle,” “Protecting Home,” “Fighting Shoulder by Shoulder” and “An Outright Victory.” They are representative scenes in the animations that depict the wise and resolute detective in the image of a black cat.
Comic stamps US-style Reported at https://www.upi.com
The U.S. Postal Service will release 10 stamps that feature “Peanuts” characters to commemorate the centennial of creator Charles M. Schulz’s birth. The USPS will issue a pane of 20 stamps with Charlie Brown, Lucy, Franklin, Sally, Pigpen, Linus, Snoopy and Woodstock, Schroeder, Peppermint Patty and Marcie in an event on Sept. 30 at the Charles M. Schulz Museum in California. “The centennial of the birth of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz brings new stamps celebrating his wit and wisdom through his unforgettable Peanuts characters,” the USPS said in a statement. “The ground-breaking comic became history’s most popular and successful strip.” Schulz addressed social issues indirectly and in matter-of-fact ways, integrating gender equality and pushing boundaries with Franklin, one of the earliest non-stereotypical African-American characters to appear in newspaper Stamp News - 13
Stamps in the News - Globally! comic strips Three months after Martin Luther King was murdered, Franklin made his debut. Schulz did receive push back, especially from Southern newspaper editors and even from some of his own editors at United Feature Syndicate. His response? “Either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit. How’s that?” Schulz died in Feb. 12, 2000. He was born on Nov. 26, 1922, and would have turned 100 years old this year. The Peanuts comic strip debuted in 1950 and garnered hundreds of millions of readers worldwide and in the 1960s spawned television specials, books and a Broadway show. Schulz drew, inked and lettered all of the nearly 18,000 Peanuts comic strips, with the last one published the day he died, earning various awards that included a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal.
Winning hearts and minds in Ukraine Reported at https://www.news.com.au
Ukraine’s postal authority, Ukrposhta, issued a set of postage stamps featuring Patron the demining dog last week. Patron, a Jack Russell terrier, became famous shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for his demining abilities. The stamps are sold both inside Ukraine and abroad, and the proceeds will go towards purchasing demining equipment and aiding animal shelters. Meanwhile, national postal agencies from at least 30 countries have stepped forward to assist embattled Ukraine as that war-torn country attempts to maintain and restore its postal services. Two funds operated through the Universal Postal Union are providing additional financial support. 14 - Stamp News
International support has included financial contributions, aid for Ukrainian refugees, the issuance of commemorative stamps, and the waiving of postal fees, especially for humanitarian shipments into the country. About 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory was cut off from postal services as of the spring, with about 500 post offices ruined or damaged and 450 facilities inaccessible because of occupation by Russian forces. In addition, 20 percent of Ukrposhta’s employees are working in occupied territory with transportation of mail impeded by damaged roads, bridges and railroads. Since the beginning of the conflict in late February, Ukrposhta has opened 372 mobile post offices and 14 fixed post offices, along with temporary locations in schools and government buildings. Thus far, the postal agencies in Austria, Canada, Croatia, Estonia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Spain and others have issued either commemorative stamps or semipostal stamps to raise funds in support of Ukraine.
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In the postal trenches…
Reported at https://www.aljazeera.com Igor Smelyansky, the CEO of Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s postal service, sat in his office overlooking Kyiv’s Independence Square. The company’s headquarters is situated in a sprawling, grand Stalinist-era building. Today it lies empty. Employees first left to work from home when the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded. Then, just as staff prepared to return, the Russian invasion began on February 24, forcing 20 percent of Ukrposhta employees to move. Some fled Ukraine, others relocated to the relatively safer western areas of the country as Russian forces approached – hoping to seize the capital. But Smelyansky has remained at his desk nonetheless. Despite the unpredictable, ever-changing logistics of war, the Ukrainian postal service has remained operational. The state agency even serviced occupied territories until the beginning of August, when Ukrposhta ended transactions in Russian-controlled regions citing the increased risks to employees. With at least 15 staff having already been killed, Ukrposhta has not been spared tragedy. Roughly 500 post offices have also been destroyed or damaged by Russia’s operation, but the service has established mobile offices to meet customer needs while branches are rebuilt. “We’re still conducting operations in areas with active hostilities. We speak with the military to determine damaged or blocked routes and what roads are too dangerous because [for example] Russian forces are nearby.” Ukrposhta’s functional success stems largely from improvising and adapting maintaining an essential lifeline during the crisis, delivering mail and humanitarian aid. Where banks have closed, post offices serve as the only financial service provider, and roughly three million Ukrainians rely on Ukrposhta to deliver their pensions. The agency partnered with Ukrzaliznytsia, the
Ukrainian Railway, to transport post across the country while leaning on European partners for support with mail deliveries abroad. Ukrposhta had not used Ukraine’s railway in 21 years for post deliveries but ingenuity kicked in as a shortage of trucks, impassable roads, and a nationwide curfew became the norm. The renewed bond also established a system for refugees to receive emergency funding. “It’s like a military operation. Once passengers get aboard, usually in Luhansk or the Donetsk region, a Ukrainian railway steward collects names, phone numbers and then transfers the information to us in real-time. We prepare the emergency funds, ensuring financial support awaits when people disembark,” said Smelyansky. So far, more than 700 million Ukrainian hryvnia ($19m) of financial aid has been distributed to more than 74,000 internally displaced people. Fuel shortages are a major problem as is the difficulty of maintaining up-to-date customer information since entire cities and villages have been destroyed and abandoned. Ukrposhta has also increasingly faced cyber-attacks after releasing a series of now famous war stamps, commemorating the sinking of a Russian warship. Proceeds from the limited-edition stamps have raised funds for infrastructure restoration projects, humanitarian aid deliveries, and education. “The postal service doesn’t stop, and war is no excuse. If anything, it’s an opportunity to be better and to adjust. My job will be easy once we win the war.” Stamp News - 15
Stamps in the News - Globally! Shoring up the Pacific
Reported at https://www.trailermag.com.au Australia has initiated a Pacific Postal Development Partnership intended to strengthen postal services in the Pacific which involves a joint declaration with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and Asian-Pacific Postal Union (APPU). The partnership is expected to improve the efficiency and security of postal services between Australia and Pacific island countries, benefiting consumers and businesses, including the estimated 200,000 people living in Australia with Pacific Island heritage. The signing of this landmark joint declaration brings Australia closer together with key multilateral institutions in the postal sector. The declaration will enable a coordinated approach to regional postal development, supporting Pacific island countries to continue to modernise their postal services, capture emerging opportunities and new markets, and showcase the value of the region’s postal sector globally. Postal services in the Pacific are some of the most under-developed as measured by the UPU’s Postal Development Index. This impacts businesses and consumers through slower average delivery times, disruption and delays. The Government and Australia Post will work with Pacific postal operators and governments to identify specific activities to be delivered to meet their individual needs. The first activities are expected to commence by the end of 2022. This partnership builds on Australia Post’s annual contribution of over $1.3 million to the Universal Postal Union. “Australia is committed to multilateral cooperation to uphold the international rules based order and address global challenges – and the postal sector is no exception,” a government spokesperson said. 16 - Stamp News
Art in Ireland
Reported at https://www.meathchronicle.ie The works of prominent Irish street artists which adorn walls in Dublin, New Ross and Waterford are captured on four new ‘Urban Art’ themed stamps. The four striking ‘N’ (national rate) stamps are in booklet format (€5) and cover standard postage anywhere in Ireland. An Post Stamps manager said: “Visual art creations in public locations are growing in popularity in Irish cities and towns. People are more aware of their immediate neighbourhoods these days and they appreciate urban space as a canvas for powerful artistic work.” The subject matter addressed by the artists featured on the four stamps is varied, and on a very large scale – often two to four storeys high. For instance, Joe Caslin’s ‘Therapy’ creation at Dublin’s Montague Lane, aims to normalise therapy for young men. Featuring a therapist and a young male, it was commissioned by the Irish Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (IACP). One of Ireland’s favourite heroes, the late Jack Charlton, national football coach, is honoured in a Waterford mural created by Caoilfhionn Hanton and Niall O’Lochlainn. A significant era in medieval Irish history is captured by artist Holly Pereira in a large-scale mural in South Street, New Ross. Her creation, The Norman
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Airforce in Belgium
Reported at https://www.brusselstimes.com
Way, depicting the way of life in the south-east following the 12th-century Norman invasion. The fourth stamp features the work of artist Aches, entitled Cormac, produced for the Waterford
Belgian postal service Bpost has issued a series of commemorative stamps paying homage to the Belgian Air Force. The stamps are a collaboration between the Air Component of the Belgian military and Belgian military aviation enthusiasts “Mirage BD 09 team.” The stamps pay tribute to Belgian military aircraft used during humanitarian missions. Each sheet of the commemorative stamps is made up of five stamps, each representing an Air Force plane or helicopter which played a role in the humanitarian missions. One of the stamps is dedicated to the
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Stamps in the News - Globally! C-130, which made round trips between Pakistan and the Afghan capital to evacuate Belgian residents and allied nations’ citizens during Operation Red Kite last year.
Albert in Monaco
Reported at https://www.monaco-tribune.com The centenary of Prince Albert I’s death is commemorated in a new series of stamps. These vignettes take us on a journey to Portugal, following the Prince’s maritime expeditions. “Albert I and the Azores” transports us to the Portuguese archipelago through a painting by Louis Tinayre. The second stamp evokes the island of Madeira and in particular the “Descents in Carros de Cesto [wicker sleds]”. The third shows the Prince Explorer and his friend King Dom Carlos of Portugal. The last stamp celebrates the 120th anniversary of the Monaco Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology founded by the Prince Explorer, following the discoveries made in the Grimaldi cave.
Pots in Algeria
Reported at https://www.poste. dz Algeria Post has issued a new stamp celebrating the traditional Algerian art of pottery making with the following press release: The pottery trade has been associated with the being of man since ancient times. The homes of Algerians feature pottery which is a symbol of authenticity and history, where it is considered one of the traditional industries. We don’t find a region in Algeria that does not make pottery or purchase it in its homes for use and decoration. 18 - Stamp News
NFT in Bhutan
Reported at https://www.thenewsmarket.com In August 2022, after several months of negotiations, the national postal operator of the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Bhutan Post, signed a multi-year exclusive cooperation agreement with an EU-based Estonian NFT company Stampsdaq Estonia. In the second half of September 2022, Bhutan Post will issue its 1st NFT Stamp Limited Edition collection featuring the famous 2014 historic stamps set “The 12 Deeds of Lord Buddha”. Each stamp of the set will have 5 NFT design variations ranging from Common to Unique. More details will be announced closer to the release date. Bhutan Post targets to tokenize into NFT its entire historic philatelic collection of postage stamps as well as to release new NFT Stamps in the years to come. “For many years, Bhutan Post has recognized philately for its core values and principles of communicating our county’s cultural, social and general human values to the world,” said the CEO of Bhutan Post.
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“At the same time, our stamps have a proven historic record of innovations, starting from the “World First 3D stamps to the famous Talking Stamps Issue”. Now, in the era of disruptive technological innovations, Bhutan Post is also recognizing the potential and benefits of the blockchain technology.
lecting medication. According to the Post Office, queues at its outlets have vastly reduced since the collection point for SRD grants was moved to supermarkets. Medication can now be collected very quickly and stressfree. Patients of government clinics who would like to collect their medication from their local post office, should arrange it with their clinic. The Department of Health sends the patient an SMS when the medication is ready for collection and patients have 14 days to collect it before the medication is returned to the Department of Health.
Meds in South Africa
Reported at https://www.gov.za Patients of government clinics can now choose to receive their chronic medication at a convenient Post Office instead of collecting it from their clinic. The service is aimed at patients who live or work closer to one of these post offices than a Government clinic. Post Offices are open until 17:00 on weekdays and Saturday mornings, allowing much longer hours for colStamp News - 19
Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for October 2022. This month’s column looks at QANTAS stamped-to-order (STO) express post envelopes, an unusual New Zealand postal card, new literature on postal stationery and South African postal cards issued to support the Cape Town 2022 international stamp exhibition.
QANTAS STO EXPRESS POST ENVELOPES
Back in the days when you needed a paper ticket to travel by air, QANTAS found the express post service a useful means of distributing flight tickets. So useful that they ordered STO envelopes, 23.1 x 12.1 cm in size (slightly larger than DL). These envelopes were first documented in the Postal Stationery Collector (PSC) in 1996 and over the years a number of different printings have been reported. All of the envelopes have a printed address for QANTAS Express Ticket Centre Locked Bag B767 Mascot NSW 2020. With the advent of etickets the envelopes became unnecessary. Some of the known printings of these envelopes are illustrated below. The first printings had the Australia Post logo in one-line on the front and reverse. They have a self-adhesive labeled with ‘QA’ and seven numbers (Figures 1 and 2). The lowest number I have seen is QA0145263. These envelopes do not have a barcode, presumably because they were not intended to be sold over the post office counter. There was also a printing with the same Australia Post logo but with the addition of a logo indicating Australia Post’s support of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The envelope shown in Figures 3 and 4 is numbered DLQ025636 and is postmarked 29 July 1996. This envelope has a barcode numbered 9312650905057. The next printings have an Australia Post logo with ‘Australia Post’ in two lines on both the front and reverse of the envelopes (Figures 5 and 6). The barcode is numbered 9312650905064. A fourth group of envelopes has a boxed Australia Post logo on the front and the two-line logo on the reverse (Figures 7 and 8). The barcode is again numbered 9312650905064. The colour of the envelopes vary from yellow to dark yellow with the red 20 - Stamp News
Figure 1 QANTAS STO Express Post Envelope with Australia Post logo in one-line Figure 2 Reverse of QANTAS STO Express Post Envelope with No Barcode on Reverse Figure 3 Envelope with 1996 Atlanta Olympics Logo Figure 4 Reverse of Envelope with 1996 Atlanta Olympics Logo
Ian McMahon printing varying from orange-red to dark red. The barcode is numbered 9312650905064. A fifth group is similar to the fourth group but with self-adhesive labels with smaller numbers (Figures 9 and 10). The lowest number I have seen on these envelopes is QA0587982 while the highest number in Group 3 is QA0506795. I have recently seen an unusual envelope (Figures 11, 12 and 13). The front is similar to a group four envelope with a boxed Australia Post logo but with the logo to the right of the envelope rather than below it. The label is numbered QA0535218. The reverse is also similar but has the message about the express post guarantee highlighted with an asterisk and in red under the heading ‘THE GUARANTEE’. Unusually it has a barcode numbered 9312650905057 which has been obliterated and a barcode numbered 9312650905064 to the right. I haven’t seen an example of this envelope with the barcode unobliterated. Generally speaking, express post envelopes are not postmarked so that the date they were used is often unknown. DL express post envelopes first appeared in July 1994. DL envelopes with two-line Australia Post logos in mid-1997 and the boxed Australia Post logo DL envelopes in late 1997. The envelopes in this article are therefore also likely to have come from the same period. No doubt there will be other variations of these envelopes and I would be very interested in hearing about any you may have or have recorded. Two other users of STO express post envelopes were BHP and Westpac. While these have been reported in PSC, other variations of these envelopes must exist. In addition, we would expect that there would be other users of STO express post envelopes.
New Zealand 1d Universal Auckland Exhibition Postcard with UPU Receiving Authority Specimen Figure 5 Envelope with two line Australia Post Logo Figure 6 Reverse of Envelope with two line Australia Post Logo Figure 7 Envelope with boxed Australia Post Logo on the Front Figure 8 Reverse of Envelope with boxed Australia Post Logo on the Front
Buried in a recent auction lot with a range of New Zealand penny universal adhesive stamps variously overprinted for the Auckland Exhibition, Samoa, Niue etc was this Auckland Exhibition 1d postcard doubly overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ (Figure 14). The description of the item indicated that the overprint was a Bechuanaland Receiving Authority HandStamp News - 21
Postal Stationery stamp and that the view on the reverse was Victoria Street Looking West in Sepia. New Zealand when supplying postal stationery to the UPU for distribution to its members supplied mint postal stationery so that items sent to the UPU can only be identified by the presence of receiving authority handstamps or index numbers identifying that it has come from the UPU archive.
New Books on Postal Stationery
Michel Ganzsachen Deutschland 2021/2022 (Figure 15) Hardcover – 5 November 2021: this new edition contains the official postal stationery (envelopes, wrappers, letters, postcards, etc, including service post and official issues from all German areas. Available for about $180 from Book Depository. Guide to the Postal Stationery of Iraq, second edition, published 2022 by The Royal Philatelic Society London, edited by Clayton Rubec and Akthem Al-Manaseer. Softcover, 148 pages, color illustrations Available from RPSL for £25.00 plus postage at www.rpsl.org.uk/home/publications. This new edition has added 38 pages to the original, and includes many improvements and new items as well as a table of contents. Ceylon Postal Stationery Another Look at King George V Postal Stationery Envelopes (Figure 16) by Graham Winters FRPSL: Published 2022 by The Royal Philatelic Society London. Available from RPSL for £23.00 plus postage at www.rpsl.org.uk/ home/publications. The author states that “Since embarking on this study in 2011, I have been asked a number of questions about what I’m doing and why. Put simply, the King George V postal envelopes have been a little-known area for Ceylon Postal Stationery collectors. The Registered Envelopes, printed by De La Rue, are recorded in the De La Rue Archives, but the postal envelopes, all printed in Ceylon, are recorded nowhere. In 2012, Kurt Kimmel and I carried out some philatelic research in Colombo, amongst other things, looking for any surviving details about the printing of this stationery. There are no surviving records, therefore dates of issue, numbers issued, numbers of proofs and colour trials etc, are simply unknown. Regarding varieties, I have gathered together as much information as 22 - Stamp News
Figure 9 Envelope with boxed Australia Post Logo on the Front and Narrow Lettering on the Adhesive Label Figure 10 Reverse of Envelope with boxed Australia Post Logo on the Front and Narrow Lettering on the Adhesive Label Figure 11 Envelope with Changed Barcode on Reverse Figure 12 Reverse of Envelope with Changed Barcode on Reverse
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Above: Figure 13 Changed Barcode on the Reverse Figure 14 1d New Zealand Auckland Exhibition Postal Card UPU Specimen with Receiving Office ‘SPECIMEN’ Overprint. Right: Figure 15 Michel Ganzsachen Deutschland 2021/2022 Figure 16 Ceylon Postal Stationery: Another Look at King George V Postal Stationery Envelopes
possible, but as will be seen, this is very limited. A further reason for concentrating on the postal envelopes in more recent times, is that Chandra Rodrigo never completed his ‘Postal Stationery Envelopes’ catalogue… part three of his series*. Other King George V postal stationery from Ceylon is included in Chandra’s part two catalogue… “Postal Cards; Letter Cards; Letter Sheets & Wrappers”, and further study of Ceylon Wrappers has been published by Jan Kosniowski in his world-wide compendium. This monograph therefore perhaps fills something of a ‘void’. I will be interested to see if anyone can add to the story.” The Table of Contents include Foreword, Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Proofs and Printing 1911–19, Chapter 2 The First and Second Issues 1912 and 1915, Chapter 3 Third Issue; Post-War Colour Changes and First “Provisionals” 1918–19, Chapter 4 The Fourth Issue 1921, Chapter 5 The First Surcharged Provisional
Issues 1922–24, Chapter 6 The Fifth Issue 1923–25, Chapter 7 Rate-Reduction Surcharges 1926–29, Chapter 8 Three Languages Die II Value Tablets and the Purple Colours 1927–29, Chapter 9 The Dark Carmine-Rose Colour 1929–35, and Appendices. The 1840 Embossed Wyon -Whiting Essays Their Genesis and Subsequent Influence on British Postal Stamp News - 23
Postal Stationery Stationery (Figure 17) by Alan Huggins RDP Hon. FRPSL & Anthony Wicks: Published 2021 by The Royal Philatelic Society London. Available from RPSL for £45.00 plus postage at www.rpsl.org.uk/home/ publications. The Publisher’s publicity states “The stimulus for undertaking the production of this book was a shared enthusiastic interest in, the various aspects of the Postal Reforms which were campaigned and planned for in the 1830s, and resulted in very significant changes in the operation of the British Post Office following the Figure 17 The 1840 Embossed Wyon - Whiting Essays Their Genesis and Subsequent Influence on British Postal Stationery introduction of Uniform Penny Postage on 10th January 1840. Although design proposals involving embossing, used as part these ‘Wyon-Whiting embossed Essays’ have been of the Mercantile Committee campaign for Postal known to philatelists for some 150 years, the earliReform or submitted in the 1839 Treasury Comest detailed account being published by Philbrick & petition. Chapter six re-examines the chronology Westoby in 1881 15, relatively little had been writand classification of the Whiting and Wyon-Whiting ten since then. Our primary objective in preparing Essays in some detail and attempts to record, with this book has been to set the context of the 1840 the provenance where possible, the known examWyon- Whiting Essays within the aims of the reples. The decision to abort the introduction of the forms being introduced in 1840 for the prepayment stamping of paper supplied by the public, only for of postage, and their ultimate destiny to retrieve the stamps designed for this to be further developed the unsatisfactory reception given to the Mulready for the 1841 embossed envelopes, is described in postal stationery in May 1840. The 1841 embossed Chapter seven. Chapter eight, which is an addition envelopes were a world first, and provided a deto the original concept, provides a summary of the sign concept which served the British Post Office subsequent uses of the Wyon Queen’s head die for for over 130 years, and was also adopted by many the 1847-54 embossed adhesive stamps, the delayed other countries. At the same time, we have taken the introduction in 1855 of the stamping to order seropportunity to put on record the range of products vice, and the continued usage of the Wyon-Whiting manufactured by Whiting and his associates which design concept for postal stationery throughout the involved combining embossing with engine-turning Victorian era. Four Appendices, a Bibliography and and other printing techniques Thus, the first three an Index complete the content.” Chapters are concerned with Whiting and bring together a number of items some of which at various Cape Town International Stamp Exhibition times have been attributed, not always correctly, to 8-12 November 2022 having connections to the 1839 Treasury CompetiIn order to raise funds for the planned 2022 Cape tion. Chapters four and five are concerned with the Town International Exhibition, a set of five post24 - Stamp News
Ian McMahon Figure 18 South Africa Postal Card Depicting the African Pygmy Kingfisher Figure 19 Reverse of South Africa Postal Card Showing Mangrove Kingfisher
cards depicting original artworks by Mr Andre Olwage has been produced for sale to collectors. These same paintings were those used for the 2016 stamp issue. Each card is prepaid with the same kingfisher design as an indicium. These official Postal Stationery cards (Figure 18 and 19) issued by the Post Office, the fifth in the series, will be sold in a packet of 5 designs, depicting indigenous Kingfishers. The selling price will be US$10 plus Postage and Packaging of US$8. Previous official Postal Stationery cards (in sets of 10) showing indigenous birds of South Africa, taken from paintings by the late Mrs. Julia Birkhead, are still available at US$20 plus Postage and Packaging of US$8. All sets will be on sale at Cape Town 2022 International Exhibition in November. Orders may be placed with Emil Minnaar by Email: Emil@Minnaar.org The original paintings by Andre Olwage will be auctioned in November during the exhibition at a date and time to be announced. As an indication of the estimate price per painting we can inform you that a starting bid of R6,000 (approx. US$385) per painting has already been received. The paintings are framed and their size is 36cm x 54cm. Emil Minnaar Commissioner General Cape Town 2022 International Exhibition.
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unhinged Blocks and Minisheets including many complete sets. Huge variety and great value at around 25c per stamp. 500 stamps, every block or pair will be different. (No Australia unless requested) Price $129 (CS8) 9. Switzerland collector’s duplicates in 3 small stockbooks. Early to modern including much better mainly postally used, some mint unhinged. Also a small amount of San Marino. There is duplication, heavyish in places. Noticed some nice Semi-Postals. A good lot of around 1400 – 1600 stamps, very clean overall. Priced cheaply at around 10c per stamp. $159 (CS9) 10. Australia 1984 Ausipex, brand new album with 40 complete mint unhinged issues, inc. 29 minisheets from around the World. Plus $35 season ticket. Still a very sought after collecting area. Price $169 (CJE2) 11. AUSTRALIA, KGV Heads 1916-21 group of covers with University of Melbourne printed covers with perf. ‘OS’ issues comprising 1d Red (4), 1½d Brown (3), 1½d Red (2) & 2d Orange; also Dept of Labour front with perf. ‘OS’ 1½d Red & 1919 use of “THREE/HALFPENCE” on 1d Postal Card to USA uprated with ½d Green with two-line “RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK/DAMAGED” handstamp in red; generally fine. Scarce assembly. 11 items. Price $459 (CJE3) 12. AUSTRALIA: KGV Heads. 1924-33 group of 1d Green covers, predominantly single frankings, noting three double-rate covers, also 1925 redirected OHMS cover with Large Mult perf ‘OS’ and three covers with SMW P13x12½ perf ‘OS’. Varieties noted, condition variable. Includes 3 advertising covers for Canada Cycle and Motor Company, Latrobe St. Melbourne, 1 x Dept of Health CSL, Royal Park Melb., and 1 x British Medical Association. East Melb. 19 items. Price $795 (CJE4) 13. Take both lots of covers as above for $1195 (save $59) (CJE4a) 14. 1977 QEII Silver Jubilee mint unhinged collection of Commonwealth issues in lovely quality Thick Schaubek Burgundy Padded Springback Album. Appears complete Antigua to Turks & Caicos Is. with sets, minisheet s& sheetlets. Huge original cost. Price $329 (CJE39) 15. GREAT BRITAIN: Between 1990-2007 Royal Mail ‘Special Stamps’ presentation books comprising volumes 7, 9-15, 18-20, 21 & 24, also Royal Mail Millennium Stamps issues for ‘1999’ & ‘2000’; many albums un-opened with original shrink wrapping intact. (15 books) Retail approx. $1100. Price $825 (CJE41) 16. World Wildlife Fund, 1977-80 Official Collection of FDC’s in Green & Silver padded cover album. 105 full colour cacheted un-addressed FDC’s in superb as issued condition each with separate informative card. Originally sold at $6.95 each! So a cost of $730 plus the album. Our price under 25%, $179 (CJE45a) 17. The History of Transportation, mint unhinged collection on display cards in impressive blue & silver leather look display box. Comprises all types of transportation from Canoe to Concorde and beyond into Outer Space! 117 issues in fine mint unhinged condition. A very few cards showing some minor aging. Also 16 USA First Day covers from the Los Angeles Olympics. Original cost around $925! Very cheap at under 20% of that $155 (CJE48) 18. A similar box with FDC’s from the Madrid 1982 World Cup Soccer. Contains 48 FDC’s, sadly most with some aging. Original cost over $33! Very, very cheap at 105 of that, $35 the lot. (CJE48a) 19. Take both lots as above for $170, save a further $20 (CJE48b) 20. Australia, 1944-45. Three amazing covers from Avoca Beach NSW to Oberlin, Ohio. All addressed to Mrs. Alice Wright Bryson – Wilbur, a former director at the Carnegie Library. A) Long registered Censored cover bearing full set of 1937 NSW Sesqui-Centenary plus 3d Cable, 6d Brown Airmail & ½d Orange Kangaroo & 4d Koala, total of 2/3½d. All cancelled by cds’s of Avoca Beach on 11th Sept 1944, A Powerfully Symbolic Day – On September 11, 1944, The First US Troops Cross The Border Into Nazi Germany. B) A 7-person patrol led by Sgt. Warner W. Holzinger of the 2nd Platoon, Troop B,
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DISCOUNT SALE OCTOBER 2022 85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 5th Armored Division, crossed the river Our at Stolzembourg, Luxembourg and reached Keppeshausen. They studied the pillbox area, and returned safely to Stolzembourg at 18:50 having encountered no German military personnel. This was also the first advance through enemy lines in Germany. Price $275 C) A small Airmail Registered cover bearing a full set of the 1934 Victoria Centenary perf. 11½ plus 1d & 2d final printings of the Tasmanian Pictorials and a 1½d 1927 Canberra, All cancelled by cds’s of Avoca Beach on 8th December 1944. The perf. 11½ set is very rare on any sort of cover. Total of 1/9½d. Price $225 A long registered cover bearing 1925 Anzac pair, 1930 Sturt Pair, 1936 Cable Pair plus 1945 Gloucester set, all cancelled 30th April 1945 Avoca Beach cd’s. A total of 2/11d. THE DAY OF ADOLF HITLER’S SUICIDE! On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich. Price $395 All three covers as above for $795, save $100. (CJE53) 21. Australia mainly KGV Heads mint & used in 3 near new small stockbooks. Unchecked by us for watermarks, shades, varieties and postmarks. Noted all values to 1/4d x 19, should be able to make up a lot of ½d – 1/4d sets. Also inverted wmks., imprint blocks and pairs, all up 646 stamps inc. 13 Imprint Pairs & 2 Imprint Blocks, values to 5d. Counted 638 stamps. Has to be worth $2 per stamp. Price $1275. (CM2) 22. Great Britain 1940’s to late 1990’s complete fine used Commem. sets. 25 different for $49, 50 for $110, 100 diff. for $239 (better sets in the larger lots) (CM4) 23. Our own incoming mail, mostly form the last 6 months plus other bits & pieces from here & there. Lots of nice frankings including very recent, registered mails etc. Australia only. 1kg for $95 (CM8) 24. China mint unhinged complete sets, very recent from around 2012 up to 2016. This is a new lot just received. And will differ slightly from the last consignment we received. About 25 sets in each lot, around $2.75 per set. Many nice thematics. 5 lots only $69 each. (CM9) 25. San Marino mint unhinged collection 1988 – 1993 complete on as new Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Pages cost $100 alone! Stamps retail $260 plus. Total retail $360, price $239 (CM12) 26. French Polynesia, complete Mint Unhinged Collection on as new Lighthouse Hingeless Pages in Burgundy Leather grain Binder & Slipcase. This is a superb collection 1954 – 2000, only a very few stamps from 1954 – 1958 are once lightly hinged. Album alone cost $695! Stamps retail at approx. $3425. Total replacement value of approx. $4120. This quality of collections are rarely seen. $2750 (CM13) 27. New Caledonia mint unhinged collection 1989 – 1999 complete on as new Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Pages cost $200 alone! Stamps retail $645 plus. Total retail $845, price $565 (CM14) 28. Australia Collector’s Duplicates, 1937 – 2005 in 2 Binders of Hagner pages plus near new Blue 32 page Lion Brand Stockbook. These alone would cost $125 plus to replace. Many complete sets & High Values. Mostly used, a few mint. Must be around 4000 stamps. $259 the lot. (CM17) 29. British Empire Queen Victoria on quality Lighthouse style pages, mostly fine postally used. Comprises Bechuanland, Br. Honduras, Ceylon, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Labuan, St. Lucia, Sierra Leone & Trinidad. Catalogue some years ago at £2545. Checked a few, most have gone up in price by around 10% or more, the odd one has gone down, and a few SG numbers have changed. A very clean lot. Stand out items are Ceylon SG 18 £180, sg 193, £160, Cyprus SG 16 £500, Gibraltar SG 5 & 6 £325, SG 25 £100, SG 33 5 Pesetas, top value £120, etc, etc. Well above the condition usually seen. 104 stamps, price under 40% $1795 (CMN4) 30. Europa, wonderful lot of unaddressed FDC’s dating from 1958 – 1964. A very clean
lot of illustrated covers, which sell at $5 to $15 each. All countries appear present. Could well be some complete year sets, no time to check, some minor duplication, but usually different cachets. Around 200 here, cheap at around $2 each, price $395. (CMY3) 31. Vietnam collection mint & used on stock pages, earlies to 1988 said to cat. £300. Looks to be about 300 different. Also, a page of Sri Lanka, not counted in value. Good clean lot, price $269 (CMY5) 32. Norfolk Island, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY10) 33. Papua New Guinea, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY15) 34. Nauru, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY16) 35. Samoa, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY19) 36. Wholesale parcels of Australia pre-decimals, made up to order at approx. half current retail. 1913 – 1965. These lots will contain some duplication. State whether you require mint unhinged, mint hinged or used or a mixture of all three. Lots from $50 to $5000 (CMY21) 37. Australia or Worldwide, your choice. Mishmash of stamps, covers, post office packs, recent incoming mail from overseas etc, booklets, complete mint unhinged sets, minisheets etc. You name it, it may well be here! 1kg lot for $95, 2kg for $179, 5kg for $425, 10kg for $795. Massive 20kg lot for $1495 (CMF10) 38. Australia Collection in Green Binder on Seven Seas Pages, contains lovely used collection, with many cto from Official folder. Noted, simplified Kangaroos to 5/-, 3d & 6d Kookaburras cto, KGV 4.5d Die II cto, Kingsford Smith pair ovpt. OS and nearly all KGV Commem period cto (No 5/- Bridge) Robes sets both thick and thin paper, Navigators set of 8 inc. white papers, then virtually complete to end 1975, all cto or very fine used. A great lot. Price $1425 (MF18) 39. British Commonwealth Collection/Accumulation Queen Victoria to about 1970 in Red 64 black page $80 Lighthouse stockbook and in red padded 4 ring binder on 20 Hagner pages. Value is in the dozen or so early QEII Definitive sets which cat. around $1700 alone. Most mint lightly hinged, some unhinged. Plus, good ranges QV – KGVI mint & used. Also, many 1937 & 1953 Coronations mint, many unhinged. Also Hong Kong used to $10, better KGVI inc. Canada War Effort perfin. To $1 mint perfin. OHMS and some useful mint unhinged South Africa Definitives in plate blocks of 6. 4000 plus stamps here mostly all different, many excellent pickings with huge catalogue/retail value for $2175 (CMN3) 40. Shipping covers and postcards, all from Europe inc. GB & Ireland. Would make a nice display Naval / Nautical / Ship Mail / Paquebot, etc. Many Germany plus Poland, UK, France, Netherlands and Scandinavia, most with Special cachets & Postmarks. Very attractive lot from the mid. 1980’s. Cheap at under $2 an item, price $269 (CMN4) 41. North Borneo/Labuan/Straits Settlements collection/accumulation early to 1963 on around 50 Hagners in near new black padded 4 ring binder. Noted useful Labuan incl MLH/unused Straits Settlements ovpts to $1 but best is North Borneo with occupies c40 Hagners. Noted 1897 8c MLH, 1899 “4 cents” ovpts to $10 MLH (gum varies but Cat. £450), 1901 Protectorate ovpts used/CTO to $10, 1904 “4 cents” ovpts on 25c to $10 (excl $5) MLH, 1909 Pictorials (excl 18c) MLH, 1911 25c to $2 MLH& 1916 carmine cross on 24c MLH (Cat. £120) plus 1918 Red Cross ovpts MLH (TWO CENTS) vals to 50c, FOUR CENTS to 50c with latter x 2. Also 1922 Exhibition ovpts to 50c MLH, 1931 to 25c MLH, 1939 to 50c MLH, $1 used, 1945 & 1947 ovpts to $5 used with extras incl MLH, cypher MUH/MLH blocks of 4 to $5 used, $10 fiscal cds.
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DISCOUNT SALE OCTOBER 2022 Also, a range of PD’s (no 1939). A Hagner of Labuan & Jap Occ ovpts to 25c on North Borneo & to 20s on Japanese defins MLH. Many blocks of 4, & plate blocks both mint & used. Duplication in most areas with some 1886/91 CTO also. North Borneo $10 1948 Silver Wedding mint unhinged, cat. £35 & 1954 Defins. Set mlh, cat. £80. Counted 1680 stamps. Condition varies but inspection will show that this is very good value at around $2.25 per stamp. Price $3825 (CMN5) 42. Burgundy Australia Post Padded Binder with Africa &Omnibus issues on Hagners & Vario sheets. Noted Katanga ovpts on Belgian Congo MUH Some adhered to page. (29), Silver Jubilee used sets (6 plus odds), 1937 Coronation used (c50 sets MLH/ used) & 1949 UPU (c24 sets MLH/used) plus odd later Omnibus to 1981. Zanzibar 1957 set of 15 MLH, useful Ethiopia, Basutoland surcharges to 1R (2 different), Somaliland KGVI surcharges to 5/- & QEII to 10/- MLH, S. Nigeria KEVII to 2/6d MLH & Northern Rhodesia KGVI 3/- used plus Rhodesia 1905 2/6d Falls used plus others in mixed cond. (many 100s) Some very good pickings in this lot. Price $1495 (CMN6) 43. Blue Padded Hagner Binder with Asia Range on 70 plus Hagners/Vario sheets and album pages. Apart from a few Thailand & Tuva, only British Commonwealth countries are represented. Noted Malaysian States butterflies Omnibus, Sabah ovpts to $10 MUH (lightly aged), Sarawak 1950 pictorials to $5 used, Pahang 1934/35 to $1 MLH plus extras, Straits KGV Red Cross surcharges MUH with others in mixed condition incl. India & States, Ceylon & Pakistan, the latter incls 3 Hagners of 20022011 MUH. Also, Burma vals to 10R, Tangier 1957 Centenary to 10/- MLH plus odd Gibraltar, Aden, Mauritius & Seychelles. Counted 1876 stamps. Priced well around 60c a stamp. A very good lot. Price $1149 (CMN7) 44. Worldwide Forgeries & Facsimiles plus a few Cinderellas, exhibition labels etc. and a page of Stamps on Stamps (some forgeries may be genuine) Mainly 19th Century, in red 32 black page stockbook and on album pages etc. Plus, forgeries catalogue of 237 pages by Dorn of Haymarket London. Strength in German States, but also good ranges of British Guiana (inc. The World’s rarest stamp) British West Indies, Cape Triangulars, Newfoundland (inc. Bisect on cover), Mauritius, Italian & Papal States, Tibet and much, much more. Counted 950 plus items. Many of these sells between $10 - $25 each or more. Great reference lot! Around $3.75 each, price $3600 (CMN8) 45. Great Britain, mini collection of 25 different mint unhinged complete sets. Nice mixture of Decimal and Pre-decimal sets. Price $49 (CMAU4) 46. As above but all decimal, price $59 (CMAU5) 47. San Marino lovely mini collection of 25 different complete mint unhinged sets, some great thematics here. Price $49 (CMAU6) 48. Italy, mini collection of 25 complete mint unhinged sets, price $49 (CMAU7) 49. Vatican, mini collection of 25 complete mint unhinged sets, price $49 (CMAU8) 50. San Marino, Italy & Vatican, 75 complete mint unhinged sets, great selection. Price $139 (CMAU8a) 51. British Commonwealth, 50 different mint unhinged minisheets, fine lot. Price $98 (CMAU9) 52. World weird lot in 4 ring binder on stack of about 80 as new 5 to 7 strip Hagner pages, new price $1.75 each = $140. Good ranges of United Nations mint unhinged sets & Sheetlets, Mint unhinged sets of Sharjah, Solomon Is. Decimal Overprints to $2 mint unhinged, useful used Hong Kong about 100 different postally used QEII, France used with some nice Art stamps plus various other odds and ends. Probably 1500 or so, mostly all different. $365 the lot. (CMAU18) 53. British Commonwealth minisheets 1974 - 2000. A very nice collection of 50 different mint unhinged from around the Commonwealth. Very colourful thematic lot with emphasis on Pacifics. Noted Christmas Is., Norfolk Is., Pitcairn Is., Samoa, Solomon Is., Falkland Is. etc. (2 lots available) Price $98 (CJE8) 54. Australian States, starter collection of 50 all face different, includes Imperfs, Perf OS, State Perfins, OS Overprints etc. May include shade varieties, but unchecked for perforations or watermarks. Very good lot with no heavy cancels, thins tears or
creases. Under $2 each, price $98 (CJE11) 55. Australian States, large starter collection of 100 all different, includes Imperfs, Perf OS, State Perfins, OS Overprints etc. May include shade varieties, but unchecked for perforations or watermarks. Very good lot with no heavy cancels, thins tears or creases. Under $2 each, price $195 (CJE12) 56. Worldwide carton lot, with Albums, Covers, Post Office Packs etc. Literally could be anything here, weighs 16kg. Contains 100s of Worldwide covers, commercial & first day, old fast bound Illustrated albums, Seven Seas Albums etc. etc plus some loose stamps. A REAL SORTERS PARADISE! Price $749 (CMM1) 57. Iceland 1876 - 1957. Very nice collection on 20 Hagner pages in near new Red Padded Hagner Binder. Most postally used with some mint. High degree of completion with a catalogue price of £3270 in SG Simplified Stamps of the World. However, there are many shades and perf. variations here that would bring that up to around £4000. Vary good value at around 30% cat. $2225 (CMM16) 58. Massive Worldwide Postcards Collection 19th Century to quite recent, apparently all different (approx. 1200 items), many postally Used to Australia, may include inc. Cook Islands, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, Turkey, Vatican & Vietnam. Wide range of views & scenes inc. many Tourist Attractions. Mixed Unused /Used. Good overall condition. (1200+ available) Suit collector, hoarder, re-seller or Ebayer! Just see what this stuff sells for online! Under $1 each! 100 for $89, 250 for $210, 500 for $399, 1000 for $759, the lot of 1200 for $869 (NO59) 59. Christmas Island First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1970 – 2000. 50 different for $89 (CMN4) 60. Papua New Guinea First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1967 – 2000. 50 different for $89 (CMN8) 61. Cocos (Keeling) Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1981 – 1988, Inc. Coconut Minisheet. Great value and huge retail value. Price $99 (CNO18) 62. Christmas Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1996 – 2010, Inc. Chinese New Year issues & minisheets. Great value and huge retail value. Price $125 (CNO20) 63. Christmas Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1983 – 2006, Inc. Chinese New Year issues & minisheets. Great value and huge retail value. Price $119 (CNO21) 64. France. 1946 – 1960 Complete fresh mint unhinged. On as new Safe Dual pages. (Excludes the 1960 “back of book item” Council of Europe set). Cat. £3000 plus. Pages cost $250. Priced very cheaply at under 40% cat. $2195 (CNO41) 65. Old Spirax sketchbook with Colln. Australia pre-decimal mint & used. Commences Kangaroos ½d – 2/- Brown inc. some perf OS, noted 4d & 5d Large OS, 3rd wmk 6d Chestnut perf OS mint light hinge, 3rd wmk 2/- Maroon perf OS, etc. (32) KGV Heads x 135 inc. 3 x 1/4d, 6d Engraved Kooka average. Used, 1/- Anzac x 3 used inc. horiz. Pair, plus MLH. & lots more. Around 500 stamps, price $775 (CMS3b) 66. GREAT BRITAIN: 1968-2015 COLLECTION NEATLY PRESENTED in 16 mostly 16-to-64page Lighthouse or Ka-Be Black page STOCKBOOKS WITH DECIMALS LARGELY COMPLETE FOR THE PERIOD MUH INCLUDING M/Sheets & SOME BOOKLETS, PLUS REGIONALS, IN ADDITION MANY SETS ARE DUPLICATED in very fine used to 2003 TOTAL Retail Value well exceeds $6,000 (1000’s) Amazing lot for the avid collector or re-seller. Price $3995 (CMS24) 67. San Marino 1967 – 1989. 103 x large Registered airmail covers to Melbourne from the San Marino Philatelic Bureau bearing multiple frankings of nice complete sets. Similar covers have been seen on eBay for as much as $60 each! Commences 1967 Flowers to 1989 Architecture block of 4. Lovely lot! Price just $15 each, $1545 (MJL8) 68. Luscious leftovers! Stuff we do not know what to do with. May contain any or all of the following: Small collections not large enough to offer individually, packets and loose both on and off paper, complete sets and minisheets mint unhinged, covers both philatelic and commercial, some from our own incoming mail, Post Office Packs, stockbooks of stamps early to modern. Ask for Australia only or all World. 5kg for $139, 10kg for $259, 20kg for $495 (MJL11)
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DISCOUNT SALE OCTOBER 2022 Great Britain 69. Great Britain 1835 small entire to Brighton, ‘SOUTHAMPTON’ cds on reverse & scarce ‘A’ Receiving House mark in black beside the cds, Price $99 (GB859) 70. Great Britain 1841-51 white lines added 2d Blue SG 14, four good even margins, neat indistinct duplex cancel, attractive stamp, Cat £90, Price $69 (GB853) 71. Great Britain 1847 entire to London with 1841 1d Red-brown imperf four margins tied by ‘177’ numeral obliterator of Cheltenham, Cheltenham back stamp, Cat £45, Price $29 (GB858) 72. Great Britain 1848 entire to Hawick with 1841 1d Red-brown imperf uneven margins tied by indistinct numeral obliterator, with partial ‘HOWARD St.’ Receiving House straight line marking in black, Liverpool, Carlisle & Hawick cds all on reverse, Price $39 (GB855) 73. Great Britain 1848 entire to Hawick with 1841 1d Red-brown imperf four margins (part of adjoining stamp at left) tied by indistinct numeral obliterator, with Oxford, Hereford & two other indistinct cds marks on reverse, all in red, Price $29 (GB987) 74. Great Britain 1858-76 2d Blue SG 45 plate 8, light crisp Scottish duplex cancel, Cat £45, Price $29 (GB997) 75. Great Britain 1865-67 Large uncoloured corner letters watermark Emblems 6d Deep lilac (with hyphen) plate 5 SG 96, light crisp Scottish duplex cancel, Cat £200, Price $129 (GB1020A) 76. Great Britain 1867-80 Large uncoloured corner letters watermark Spray of rose 3d Rose SG 103 plate 7, bold ‘383’ duplex cancel of Hull, attractive strong colour, Cat £70, Price $39 (GB1019) 77. Great Britain 1867-80 Large uncoloured corner letters watermark Spray of rose 3d Rose SG 103 plate 9, neat 159 duplex cancel of Edinburgh, attractive strong colour, Cat £70, Price $39 (GB1018) 78. Great Britain 1867-80 Large uncoloured corner letters watermark Spray of rose 6d Lilac (with hyphen) SG 104 plate 6, neat, light duplex cancel, Cat £185, Price $109 (GB1016) 79. Great Britain 1867-80 Large uncoloured corner letters watermark Spray of rose 6d Mauve (without hyphen) SG 109 plate 9, wing margin example (SH) crisp, light centrally struck ‘DERBY’ cds, Very fine used, Cat £90, Price $69 (GB1015) 80. Great Britain 1867-81 1d Purple ‘Inland Revenue’ SG F19-F23 range x 14, all postally used, several on small piece, unchecked for dies or watermarks, range of shades Good – fine used, minimum Cat £70, Price $59 (GB2027) 81. Great Britain 1867-83 watermark Maltese cross 5/- Pale rose SG 127 plate 2, with sideways ‘RB’ private perfin, some discolouration, neat duplex cancel, Cat £1500 as normal, Price $399 (GB1030) 82. GB 1871 1/- Green SG 117 plate 5, corner wing margin example with top margin showing part marginal inscription “POSTA” of Postage. Cancelled but near complete cds of Liverpool Exchange dated 22 MY 72. Very attractive item, cat. £45, must be worth full cat. Price $90 (GB662) 83. Great Britain – GB used in Ireland 1872-73 Large uncoloured corner letters watermark Spray of rose 6d Pale chestnut SG 122b plate 11, small portion of diamond duplex ‘186’ of Dublin, Cat £65, Price $49 (GB1017) 84. GB 1873 3d Rose SG 143 wmk spray plate 15 lettered HB on small mourning envelope cancelled by London Duplex No. 1 of 26 SP 74 to Paris, with arrival cds of Calais 27 SEPT 74 and Paris on the same day. Neat and clean, cat 75 pounds on cover = $150, price $49 (JL35) 85. Great Britain 1881 QV 1d Lilac 16 dots SG 172-74 x 12, nice range of shades Mint, odd fault, minimum Cat £33, Price $29.99 (GB2028) 86. Great Britain 1883 10/- Ultramarine on Blued Paper, lettered H – I, I - HSG 177 average used. Good centring. One nibbed perf at right. Cat. £8250. Cheap at $1775 (GB105) 87. Great Britain 1883 Large coloured corner letters 6d on 6d Lilac surcharge SG 162 x 8, some shades, most with bold duplex cancels, Good-nice used, Cat £1200, Price $399 (GB2026)
88. Great Britain 1887 10d Jubilee Dull Purple & Carmine SG 210. Top marginal example, mint unhinged, post office fresh. Well centred and full perfs. Magnificent example. Price $169 (BD323) 89. Great Britain 1887-92 Jubilee 2½d Purple/blue SG 201, light hinge remains Mint, Cat £25, Price $19.95 (GB1013) 90. Great Britain 1887-92 Jubilee 2½d Pale purple/blue SG 201 (SG Specialised K31(1), light hinge remains Mint, Cat £25, Price $19.95 (GB1014) 91. Great Britain 1887-92 Jubilee 4d Green & deep brown SG 205a, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £40, Price $29 (GB1012) 92. Great Britain 1887-92 Jubilee 6d Deep purple/rose-red SG 208a, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £40, Price $29 (GB1008) 93. Great Britain 1887-92 Jubilee 6d Deep purple/rose-red SG 208a (SG Specialised K37(3), hinge remains Mint, Cat £45, Price $35 (GB1008) 94. GB 1951 rare cover and letter on Buckingham Palace stationery, bearing 4d 1951 Festival of Britain stamped and cancelled with Balmoral Castle cds of 8 SP 51, surface mail to Germany. Letter reads “Dear Sir, Princess Margaret desires me to thank you for your kind message of congratulations. It gives her Royal Highness great happiness to know that the thoughts and good wishes of so many people are with her on the occasion of her 21st birthday. Yours truly Olivia Mulholland, Lady in Waiting.” Price $159 (NO21) 95. Great Britain undated entire to Liverpool with scarce ‘CHUMLEIGH’ circular ‘mileage erased’ handstamp in black on front, Price $99 (GB856) Australia Kangaroos Sets 96. Australia 1913 – 48 Kangaroos perf. OS NSW. Mixed set of 1st & 3rd wmks. 13 stamps, ½d – 2/- inc. both colours of 6d & 2/-. Selected examples from our stock, mostly circular cancels, scarce assembly. Price $459 (K565) 97. Australia 1913 1st wmk Kangaroos set to 1/- nice fine used all circular cancels and several dated examples, inc. 3d Die II. Melbourne retail $440 +, 11 stamps, price $310 (K490) 98. Another as above without Die II, price $135 (K493) 99. Australia 1913 1st wmk Kangaroos set ½d to 2/- punctured large ‘OS’ (ex 2½d), all with cds cancels, mixed centring, odd perf fault, Cat $1100, Price $699 (K1088) 100. =Australia 1915 2nd wmk. Kangaroos, complete set 2d – 5/- all perf OS, good to fine used. Advertised retail for fine used $1000 plus. Well priced at $495 (K570) 101. Australia 1932-36 10/-, £1 (two units very lightly mounted) & £2 blocks of 4 with Type D ‘SPECIMEN’ Overprint ACSC #50xf 54xa & 58xa, mint unhinged, very minor toning to centre perfs of the 10/- block. The £2 is VERY RARE UNHINGED. Extrapolated cat. value $9785. Price $5400 (K1097) 1st Watermark 102. Australia 1913 ½d Green Kangaroo First watermark BW 1 vertical strip of 3, usual ‘fluffy’ perfs, quite well centred MUH, Cat $90 as singles, Price $69 (K3044) 103. Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo Die 2. Dry Ink, perf small OS. Not listed in ACSC. Cancelled by Bundaberg, Qld. Cds of 18JE14. Centred a little to the right, one nibbed perf. Top right and minor toning to perfs. lower left. Nevertheless, an attractive example of an unlisted variety. Price $249 (K1053) 104. Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo Die II, Prominent KISSPRINT. Fine used perf OS with light machine cancel. Supplied with normal for comparison for. The Double print (Kissprint) is only listed as Die IIA at $6500 for used in ACSC. Price $2950 (K248) 105. Australia 1913 1d red Kangaroo Die I with the Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing to Right as Viewed from the Face) ACSC 2aa (SG 2a), unused, Cat $2250 (£1600) for mint. RPSV Certificate (1983). Scarce and attractive item. Price $895 (K3060)
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DISCOUNT SALE OCTOBER 2022 106. Australia 1913 2d 1st wmk grey Kangaroo used on Thursday Island. Marginal example from centre of sheet showing part gutter at left. Well centred stamp cancelled by full cds of Thursday Is. 1913, full date unclear. Also 1932 9d C of A wmk, similarly cancelled dated 6 JE 38. Price for the 2, $200 (K425) 107. Australia 1913 2d Grey 1st wmk Kangaroo Fresh Mint Unhinged, Centred to right, good perfs. Cat. $300, price. $119 (K86) 108. Australia 1913 2½d Indigo Kangaroo First watermark BW 9, couple of nibbled perfs at right, centred a little to the left, MUH, Cat $375, Price $269 (K3045) 109. Australia 1913 First watermark 3d pale olive green die I, CTO with gum, indistinct corner CDS centred top right, one slightly nibbed perf at top. ACSC 12E, Cat. Min. $50, price $29 (ML533) 110. Australia 1913 4d Analine Orange Kangaroo, mint very fresh light hinge, almost imperceptible. Centred to top right with good perfs. ACSC 15B, cat $2000 excellent price $595 (K88) 111. Australia 1913 4d Orange Yellow Kangaroo, fine used. Cancelled by Hobart cds of 21 NOV 13. Centred to upper right and with good perfs. Minor toning to 1 perf. ACSC 15E cat. $250, price $165 (K1041) 112. Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, “Kissprint”. Nice well centred example with full perfs, fresh mint very lightly hinged. Coastline appears doubled almost all around. Cat $250 as normal. Price $495 (LM12) 113. Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo First watermark BW 16, centred to the left, very lightly hinged Mint, Cat $250, Price $199 (K3047) 114. Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo First watermark BW 16, well centred, hinge remains Mint, Cat $250, Price $199 (K3049) 115. Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo First watermark BW 16, pulled perf at top, centred a little low, hinge remains Mint, Cat $250, Price $149 (K3048) 116. Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo First watermark BW 16, pulled perf at right, centred to lower right, hinge remains Mint, Cat $250, Price $129 (K3046) 117. Australia 1913 6d Ultramarine Kangaroo first watermark punctured small ‘OS’ BW 17bc, few nibbled/lightly toned perfs, light gum bend, centred to upper right MUH, Cat $850, Price $449 (K1573) 118. Australia 1913 9d Pale Violet Kangaroo 1st Wmk. PERF SMALL OS. Superb fault free MINT UNHINGED example well centred and good perfs., with doubling of perfin on one hole between 1 & 2 o’clock on the O of OS. ACSC 24Bbb, Cat. $1500 as the cheaper Violet shade, price $1250 (K320) 119. Australia 1913 2/- Dark Brown 1st wmk Kangaroo. Attractive postally used example with good perfs. Centred to top left. Better shade, ACSC 35B cat. $300. Price $129 (K356) 120. Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st wmk. Kangaroo superb postally used, with centrally struck “Socked on nose” Perth cds, 5 FEB 15, well cantered and with full perfs, a premium stamp. Cat. $300, price $249 (SE29) 121. Australia 1913 1st wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, perf small OS postally used with 28 MY 15 cds of Melbourne. Well centred and with good perfs. Cat $400. Price $345 (MY43) 122. Australia 1913 1st wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, perf. Large OS postally used with Melbourne cds. Centred upper right with reasonable perfs. Cat $500. Price $199 (K1051) 2nd Watermark 123. Australia 1915 9d Violet 2nd watermark Kangaroo ACSC 25A, good to fine used. Cancelled by rubber cds, well centred. Couple of short perfs lower left. Cat. $90, price $45 (K1050) 124. Australia 1915 9d Violet 2nd watermark Kangaroo ACSC 25A, good to fine used. Cancelled by 2 partial cds’s rubber cds, centred a little low with one short perf at base. Cat. $90, price $36 (K1043) 125. Australia 1915 2/- Brown 2nd wmk Kangaroo. A lovely well centred full perf. example,
with slightly heavy partial Sale, Victoria cds. Cat $350, my price under a half…$169 (NO8) 126. Australia 1915 5/- Deep Grey & Yellow Kangaroo 2nd wmk perf OS. Very fine well centred light cds used. Very well centred and full perfs, try to find better! ACSC 43Ab, cat. $700, price $495 (K172) 127. Australia 1916 2/- Brown Kangaroo, 2nd wmk, lovely used example with Registered 8 DE 15 cds. Good perfs, centred a little right. Cat. $400, price under a half at $195 (MD36) 128. Australia 1916 2nd wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, good – fine used with 2 partial cds cancels, well centred and with good perfs. Cat $350, price $195 (MMY28) 3rd Watermark 129. Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo 3rd wmk, Die II. Fine postally used with cds of Moonee Ponds, Vic. July 1918. Cat $200, price $119 (DB686) 130. Australia, absolutely magnificent, best I have ever seen! 1915 3rd wmk 3d Olive Die II Kangaroo, with perfect centring and perfs. With light cds cancel. Cat $200. Price $149 (MMY45) 131. Australia 1915 6d Ultramarine Kangaroo Third watermark punctured ‘OS’ BW 19ba, couple of nibbled perfs at right, light crease at base, quite well centred, light hinge remains Mint, Cat $175, Price $109 (K3051) 132. Australia PUNCTURED ‘OS’ 6d dull grey-blue Harrison Printing 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. ACSC 19Eba (SG O46 shade) well centred, lightly hinged remainder, Cat $575, for the unpunctured stamp. Very fresh appearance. Price $269 (K3059) 133. Australia 1915 2/- Brown 3rd wmk Kangaroo, with “S” Flaw, very scarce stamp, lightish parcel used, cat $450. Price $335 (M11) 134. Australia 1915 5/- perf T 3rd wmk. Grey & Yellow Kangaroo. Rare on high values. Cancelled by Hobart cds of Sept. 1922. Price $595 (K1098) 135. Australia 1916 2/- Brown Kangaroo third watermark BW 37, some gum ageing & tiny, barely visible gum adhesion at upper right, centred slightly low, MUH, Cat $2500, Price $1299 (K1572) 136. Australia 1917 5/- Grey & Deep Yellow 3rd wmk. Variety Kangaroo. Cancelled by central Collins St. Melbourne cds of 10 JY 18. Has the variety “Spencer’s Gulf Short” ACSC 44Ddj. Position R27 Cat. $375. Centred left, with minor wrinkle bottom right. Kangaroo slightly misplaced to base. Price $225 (K1385) 137. Australia 1917 Grey & Pale Yellow 3rd wmk. Variety Kangaroo., perf. OS with gum, cto Melbourne. Well centred with good perfs, has the variety “Broken tail on Kangaroo” ACSC 44D(V)e. Cat. $325, price $245 (K1390) 138. Australia 1918 3d Yellow Olive 3rd wmk Kangaroo Die II, Mint Unhinged. Centred left with full perfs, has light overall gum toning. Cat. $1000, bargain at $225 (K93) 139. Australia 1918 3rd wmk 9d violet Die IIB ACSC 27A (SG 38d) Kangaroos block of 4, fresh mint unhinged, Cat $1500+ for unmounted singles (£320++ for mounted singles) As is usual in multiples, centring varies. Price $1125 (K1569) 140. Australia 1918 3rd wmk 1/- Emerald Kangaroo, very fine postally full perf example Part cds, Watermark Inverted. Cat $200. Price $110 (D29) 141. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & pale yellow Kangaroo third watermark variety ‘Broken tail on kangaroo’ BW 44(V)e, nibbled perf at top right, centred a little high, slightly untidy parcel cancel, Cat $325, Price $199 (K1581) 142. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & pale yellow Kangaroo third watermark variety ‘Broken tail on kangaroo’ BW 44(V)e, few nibbled perfs, centred low, light cds cancels, Cat $325, Price $229 (K1588) 143. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & pale yellow Kangaroo third watermark BW 44, few nibbled perfs, centred high, slightly untidy indistinct cds cancel, Cat $250, Price $149 (K1580) 144. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & pale yellow Kangaroo third watermark, appears to be variety ‘Kangaroo’s foot broken & pointed tail’ BW 44(V)o, however while the tail is distinctly pointed the foot is not broken, perhaps an early state of the correction of the flaw, couple of nibbled perfs at top, fairly light ‘GPO MELBOURNE’ cds, variety Cat $425, Price $199 (K1579) 145. Australia 1918 5/- Grey-black & chrome Kangaroo third watermark variety
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DISCOUNT SALE OCTOBER 2022 ‘Spencer’s gulf short & thick’ BW 44(D)i, few nibbled perfs at top, centred a little to the left, very faint cancel, Cat $450, Price $299 (K1590) 146. Australia 1918 5/- Grey-black & chrome Kangaroo third watermark BW 44, with much of the coastline appearing rather thick, probably as a result of over inking, few nibbled perfs at top, centred high, bold slightly smudged cds cancel, Cat $250, Price $169 (K1593) 147. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & pale yellow Kangaroo third watermark BW 44, the kangaroo appears to be under inked resulting in a ‘broken ear’ and a ‘pointed tail’ few nibbled perfs, centred slightly low, light cds cancels Cat $250, Price $169 (K1594) 148. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & deep yellow Kangaroo third watermark BW 44, unlisted Vignette variety ‘Uneven top of kangaroo’s tail’, well centred, light cds cancels Cat $250, Price $199 (K1592) 149. Australia 1918 5/- Grey-black & chrome Kangaroo third watermark BW 44, unlisted Vignette variety ‘notch in kangaroo’s tail near grass’, centred a bit low, ‘fluffy perfs’, light cds cancel Cat $250, Price $149 (K1595) 150. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & pale yellow Kangaroo third watermark punctured ‘OS’ CTO with gum BW 44wa, slightly nibbled corner perf, centred to upper right, unlisted Vignette variety ‘White patch at top of kangaroo’s right leg’, Cat $200, Price $129 (K1597) 151. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & deep yellow Kangaroo third watermark punctured ‘OS’ BW 44b, nibbled perf at upper right, centred high, light parcel cancel, Cat $200, Price $129 (K1575) 152. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & deep yellow Kangaroo third watermark punctured ‘OS’ BW 44b, one nibbled perf at right, well centred, light parcel cancel, Cat $200, Price $149 (K1598) 153. Australia 1918 10/- Grey & Analine Pink Kangaroo, INVERTED WMK. IN addition has large white void at top of Kangaroo’s leg (not a thin) and a pink spot to left ear (both unrecorded varieties) Cancelled by Hobart cds. Has a blunt top left corner. Well centred stamp cat. $3500 without the varieties. Price $1495 (K1100) 154. Australia 1919 2½d Deep Indigo 3rd wmk. Kangaroo ACSC 11D fine used. Well centred good perf. Example cancelled by central strike of Sydney cds of 13NO19. Also unlisted varieties “Extra Islands” Cat. $275, price $210 (K1049) 155. Australia 1919 9d Violet Kangaroo third watermark Die IIB punctured ‘OS’ CTO BW 17wa, centred a little to upper right, with full unhinged gum, Cat $75, Price $69 (K1282) 156. Australia 1919 £2 Purple Black & Rose 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, ACSC 56C(D)h. Attractive used example with no faults. Cancelled by Port Pirie S.A. cds of 7OC31. Centred to top with full perfs. Has variety “Broken Coast in Bight” Cat. $5500, price $3600 (K424) 157. Australia 1924 2/- Maroon Kangaroo third watermark punctured ‘OS’ CTO with gum BW 38wc, couple of nibbled perfs at top, centred a little to the upper left, Cat $100, Price $49 (K1578) 158. Australia 1924 2/- Maroon 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, perf OS, cto with unhinged gum. Nicely centred and with good perfs. Lovely looking stamp, cat. $100, price $75 (K1362) 159. Australia 1924 2/- Maroon Kangaroo third watermark punctured ‘OS’ CTO BW 38wc centred to lower left, Cat $100, Price $69 (K1288) 160. Australia 1924 £1 Grey 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Ovpt. Specimen type C. Fresh mint unhinged example with full perfs, centred a little to lower right. Cat. $850, price $650 (K157) 161. Australia 1924 £1 Grey 3rd wmk. Kangaroo ovpt. Specimen type D. Fresh mint unhinged, centred right. Price $595 (K536) Small Multiple Watermark 162. Australia 1926 1/- Blue-green Die IIB, punctured ‘OS’ ACSC 33Aba, one nibbled perf. at base, centred low, MUH, Cat $375, Price $179 (K751) 163. Australia 1929 9d Violet Chestnut Kangaroo small multiple watermark CTO BW 28w, short perf at lower left, well centred, Cat $75, Price $49 (K1284) 164. Australia 1929 2/- Maroon Kangaroo SM watermark BW 39, part Ash imprint block of 4, commercially used with multiple indistinct untidy cds cancels, the L/H
units with a small area of wrinkling, red pencil annotations on reverse, still a scarce & attractive multiple, Cat $200 as singles, Price $149 (K1605) 165. Australia 1929 2/- Maroon Kangaroo SM watermark punctured ‘OS’ BW 39b, couple of nibbled perfs, centred to lower left, bold ‘LATE (FEE)’ cds cancel, Cat $100, Price $59 (K1604) 166. Australia 1929 5/- Grey & yellow-orange Kangaroo SM watermark BW 45, quite well centred, slightly smudged centrally struck cds cancel, Nice used, Cat $250. Price $179 (K1600) 167. Australia 1929 5/- Grey & yellow-orange Kangaroo SM watermark punctured ‘OS’ CTO with gum BW 45wb, centred a little to the right, Cat $250, Price $199 (K1601) 168. Australia 1929 5/- Grey & yellow-orange Kangaroo SM watermark punctured ‘OS’ CTO BW 45wb, centred high, Cat $250, Price $189 (K1603) 169. Australia 1929 5/- Grey & yellow-orange Kangaroo SM watermark punctured ‘OS’ CTO BW 45wb, couple of nibbled perfs at upper left, centred high, Cat $250, Price $169 (K1602) 170. Australia 1929 5/- Grey & yellow-orange Kangaroo SM watermark punctured ‘OS’ BW 45ba, slight wrinkle at base, centred high, slightly smudged cds cancel, Cat $250, Price $169 (K1599) 171. Australia 1929 5/- grey and yellow Kangaroo, perf OS, postally used. Normal price $160, we have four grades to offer: a) Fine used circular date stamp, with clear usage date $129, b) As above but date not clear. $99, c) Light parcel cancel $79, d) Slight seconds with heavier cancels/and or perf faults $39 (MN50) 172. Australia 1929 1/- Blue-green Kangaroo SM watermark CTO BW 34w, centred a little to the right, Cat $75, Price $49 (K1291) 173. Australia 1929 2/- Maroon Kangaroo SM watermark CTO BW 39w with full unhinged gum, light corner bend, centred to the right, Cat $125, Price $69 (K1286) 174. Australia 1929 2/- Maroon Kangaroo SM watermark punctured ‘OS’ CTO BW 39wc, nibbled perf at base, unusually well centred Cat $100, Price $59 (K1287) 175. Australia 1929 Grey & Orange Yellow 5/- small multi wmk. Kangaroo, cto & perf. OS. No Gum. Attractive well centred full perf. example. Price $149 (J16) 176. Australia 1932 5/- Grey & yellow-orange Kangaroo SM watermark variety ‘Spencer’s gulf elongated & curved’ BW 45(D)h, also unlisted Vignette variety ‘White flaw on kangaroo’s back’, few nibbled perfs, centred to left, neat ‘BUNBURY WA’ cds, Cat $400, Price $299 (K1589) C of A Watermark 177. Australia 1932 C of A Watermark 10/- grey & analine pink Kangaroo, John Ash Imprint pair ACSC 50Dzb, left hand unit very lightly hinged, right hand is superb fresh unhinged. Cat $3750 for both stamps hinged as an imprint pair, BUT as individual stamps extrapolated cat. would be $8150, the hinged price being $1750 plus 2.5 x premium for unhinged which is unpriced. Price $4800 (K3058) 178. Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Rose Crimson C of A wmk Kangaroo, ACSC 50B. Fine used with registered cds of 9 AP 39. Centred right with full perfs. Cat. $275, price $185 (K1048) 179. Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Analine Pink C of A wmk Kangaroo. Lovely shade, ACSC 50D, cat. $750. Centred low, with good perfs, cancelled by slightly smudgy cds. Hard shade to find. Price. $395 (K332) 180. Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink C of A wmk. Variety Kangaroo. Nice commercially used example cancelled by slightly heavy Ship Mail Room 3 Melbourne cds of 14.AP.39. Perfectly centred with good perfs. Hard to find thus. Cat $300, Price $199 (K1403) 181. Australia 1935 2/- Maroon Kangaroo C of A watermark original die right marginal block of 6, with varieties ‘Flaw in top of N of SHILLINGS’ & ‘Break in left frame opposite base of A of AUSTRALIA’ BW 40(2)l & m, one non variety unit with rounded corner, quite well centred, three units MUH including the latter variety, fresh positional block, Cat $148 with both varieties as hinged, Price $139 (K1609) 182. Australia 1945 2/- Maroon Kangaroo C of A watermark redrawn die, corner Authority imprint block of 4 BW 41z, heavy hinge remains, Cat $100 as MUH, Price $49 (K1611)
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Roo 1915 SECOND Watermark 2½d fresh Interpanneau Block 4 - 2 x MUH: The rather uncommon Bluish Indigo shade, on this Emergency WWI Printing on the KGV heads watermark paper. MVLH on top two stamps, and lower 2 are superb flat, super fresh *MUH*. ACSC 10b cat. $1,800 as 4 singles. Blocks of this Watermark are RARE. Nicely centred, with full perfs, and most attractive as you can see. Interpanneau pieces are highly sought and VERY scarce. Bought very well, so UNDER half Cat for 4 singles, at just $US620 as I type, at $A899 (Stock 782KQ)
1913 9d Violet First Watermark Roo with BRISBANE QUEENSLAND CTO cancel AND Plate Variety: Only 1 sheet 120 of these was ever cancelled, and was used to make up some VIP sets etc in Melbourne, and not all sets were distributed. The distinctive “BRISBANE QUEENSLAND” CTO cancel is rare, and as ACSC shows us on page 34, it confirms only 1 sheet of each value was thus cancelled, and of those sheets, PO Archives still have many examples still on file of most values. This one has the sheet watermark line horizontally along base, which proves it is from lowest row of sheet. Plate Variety 24(2)r only occurs from that lower row of course. Arthur Gray’s NO variety 9d was invoiced for $845 on estimate $300 when ACSC values were much lower. Mine essentially, has the tell-tale start of ‘3.15 PM time date slug that all these BRISBANE stamps have if genuine. Specialists seek that. Also this one has the ACSC variety ‘Break In Coast Of Gulf Of Carpentaria’ - ACSC 24(2)r. That is ACSC cat 5 times a normal stamp, so on BRISBANE CTO will be $3,000, and of course is 100% UNIQUE, as only one sheet of each was done. Public auction results for these BRISBANE CTO’s are gobsmacking recently. Phoenix invoiced a worse centred, lesser perfed example of this in August 2022 for $870 with NO plate variety! A very ugly, and humble 1913 ½d green Roo, no variety, ACSC #1wd, was invoiced way above estimate at $3,125 in the Phoenix Melbourne, August 18, 2022 Auction. An equally humble 1d Red single, with no date on the cds, was invoiced for $A7,500 in the same sale. Prices on this cancel have soared in recent years, now it is finally listed in ACSC. These prices are FIFTEEN times full cat, as Editor now has insanely low figures on them all. Whoever buys this gains from that slackness! Clean and flat and bright and fresh, no hinge remains, aging or faults, ACSC 24wd, $600 for any condition BRISBANE cto. With the constant plate variety ACSC 24(2)r, it is Cat $3,000. Much more discussion on these here – tinyurl.com/CTOBris - Bought well, so out it goes for LESS than the NON variety Gray example fetched. Just over $US580 as I type - $A835. (Stock 681JE )
PITCAIRN Complete Coll from SG#1 in 1940: On Seven Seas Hingeless pages, Retail $1,550, for just $A600. The set of hingeless pages and binder retails $275 EMPTY!! The stamps are retail $1,237 so total retail here is $1,506. Clean and very fresh quality lot. Near all MUH few earlies MVLH. Collection is 100% complete from SG #1 to mid 1990s, at retail of those is $1,237.10 all neatly erasable 4B pen tallied on each page for your very easy checking. LOTS more pages shown here - www.tinyurl.com/ PitColn - Very clean Estate superb bargain, to clear fast at $900 under retail! In 1980 I ran 2 facing page ads here as ‘The Pitcairn King.’ This tiny country, with tiny print numbers was RED hot. The 1948 Silver Wedding sold for $750 a set, and 10 sets for $7,000 - and they sold well at that. The 1949 UPU was $400 a set etc. This entire book costs way less than a Silver Wedding readily sold for $A600 (Stock 665WP) Order via: www.tinyurl.com/GlenOrder All Cards accepted with ZERO fee - even Amex! Bank Deposit fine, or Money Orders. PayPal is accepted in ANY major currency, saving you fees - contact me first. LayBys/Layaways always OK with me!
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation This month we present a list of helpful Collector brochures accessible on the APF web site and one “How can I identify and value my stamps” is reproduced in this article to assist new and novice collectors. Also included is an update of forthcoming exhibitions noting that we have a bit of breathing space following the number of recent National and International exhibitions. There are two National shows scheduled during 2023, firstly May in Hobart for the National One Frame exhibition and a full National in Perth for November. More details on these two will appear in the News and Views in the coming months. The following brochures can be accessed through the APF website www.apf.org.au and clicking on the “COLLECTING” tab where you will also find various helpful articles on collecting. 1 Why Collect Stamps? 2 Why join a Stamp Club 3 I have just inherited a stamp collection Where do I go from here? 4 I have just rediscovered my old stamp collection – 5 Where do I get stamps for my collection? 6 Beyond Australia! 7 How can I identify and value my stamps? 8a An introduction to exhibiting – Part 1 8b An introduction to exhibiting – Part 2 9 Thumbnail Descriptions of the Exhibition Classes 10 An introduction to stamp collecting 11 Using the Internet to Widen Your Research Boundaries How can I identify and value my stamps? “Information is the key – making use of stamp catalogues” Do you want to find out more about the stamps 40 - Stamp News
in your collection? Do you want to start a new collection? Do you want help to better organise your collection? Do you want to find out what stamps are missing from your collection? To find the answer to all of these questions, you need access to a stamp catalogue. Stamp catalogues are an essential and valuable reference for beginning and specialist collectors alike. Whole world stamp catalogues come in many formats. The best known catalogues are produced by Stanley Gibbons® in the U.K., and Scott® in the U.S.A. These are used by collectors all over the globe and are updated with new editions regularly, mostly annually. Other firms producing well known catalogues are Yvert et Tellier® in France and Michel ® in Germany. Naturally these are in French and German. A number of these, including the Scott® catalogues, are also available in CD format. There are also many single country or regional catalogues. In Australia there are small and medium catalogues, which are often stocked in newsagents and stamp shops. These are in colour and list the basic issues, usually with prices for mint and used condition. More comprehensive catalogues include Stamps of Australia and Comprehensive Colour Catalogue of Australian Stamps. The multi-volume The Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue is one of the most outstanding catalogues available for a single country and provides much detailed information on all aspects of Australian stamps. There are numerous one country catalogues available for the serious collector. Stanley Gibbons® publish at least 40 different one country catalogues. In addition to the Gibbons cata-
Russell Boylan
Philatelic Development Officer, APF logues many countries have a local publisher which prints a catalogue of that country. These include popular countries such as China, Japan, New Zealand, Korea, Canada, Israel, and most European nations. Many collectors are interested in thematic collecting, and there are a surprising number of thematic catalogues available including the very popular topics such as birds and ships. While these tend not to be updated each year most include comprehensive listings and useful notes that will help you put together a collection on your area of interest. Stanley Gibbons® publish catalogues on Birds, Chess, Railways, ships, and Motor Vehicles for instance. The American Topical Association® has an extensive list of 70 titles covering some surprising topics. Other philatelic and collecting interests are catered for by a wide range of specialist catalogues. These include airmail catalogues such as the Australian Air Mail Catalogue which covers the airmail flights of Australia. Some people concentrate on certain eras, such as the stamps of Queen Victoria, King George V or George VI periods. Another popular starting point for a collection are the stamps of the Australian decimal period, in part because the stamps are easily obtained and not overly expensive. There are handbooks for each of these and many more. There is growing interest in revenue stamps and, yes, there are catalogues of these as well although you generally need to
seek out such catalogues from specialist dealers or stamp dealers who carry a wide range of literature. Other collecting interests catered for include space mail, telegraph stamps, Zeppelin flights, Framas, prisoner-of-war mail, different cancellations, first day covers, postal history, postage dues, postal censorship, railway parcel stamps, and so on and so on... There are catalogues for all of these! Where can I get these catalogues? At little or no cost you can access or borrow basic catalogues from your: • Local Library • Local Stamp Club • On-line
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Commercially available from: • Stamp shops run by Australasian Philatelic Traders Association (APTA) members are located in all capital cities • Stamp dealers at Stamp Fairs • Local Stamp Shops • On-Line through Catalogue companies • Specialist philatelic literature dealers such as Vera Trinder in the UK (www. vtrinder.co.uk) How do I use a catalogue to identify stamps? The excerpt on the previous page is from the world stamp catalogue The illustration shows the stamp design of the stamps listed below it. The numbers in the left hand column are the numbers of the stamps listed in the same firm’s specialised catalogue For each stamp listed there is a value given, its colour, and the prices of the stamp in Mint Lightly Hinged (MLH) condition and in Fine Used (FU) condition. Note that these prices are in Sterling and not Australian currency. You need to match the illustration in the catalogue with the stamp that you have, then check its given value and colour. In specialist catalogues you will need to identify your stamp’s watermark, its perforations, and overprints (if any). That way you can accurately identify it. It is not always easy to iden42 - Stamp News
tify a rare variety of a stamp and this is why it is advisable to seek assistance – your local stamp club is a good starting point. Stamp Dealer Price Lists The excerpt pictured right is from a local stamp dealer’s price list and has three price columns: the left side shows the mint unhinged (MUH) price, the middle shows the mint lightly hinged (MLH) price, and the right column shows the price of Fine Used (FU).These are the costs to you if (Pic 2 here) you wished to purchase those stamps from that firm. It is important to note that these prices are for stamps in good condition. Stamps in lesser condition should cost you less. It is most important to realise that the prices shown in both of these excerpts may not be those currently prevailing
Russell Boylan
Philatelic Development Officer, APF and should not be used as any indication of current values without further investigation. How can I use a catalogue to value my stamps? What value would you put on your stamps? If a catalogue says a stamp is worth a $100 will I get a $100 for it? The simple answer is no. Most catalogues and all dealer price lists are simply offers to sell you a stamp at that price. Most stamps only sell for a percentage of the catalogue price. Remember a dealer who buys off you must make a profit when they sell a stamp otherwise they won’t stay in business. Thus the value of your stamps is always less than what the catalogue says, except in rare
cases. If you wanted to sell them, for rare or scarce stamps you could expect a high percentage of the catalogue price. For common material you could expect to receive a small fraction of catalogue value, provided that you can find a buyer! The best value lies in having complete sets or collections, and remember, having one $100 stamp is better than having a 100 $1 stamps. The latter may be very hard to sell. To maintain their value stamps must be collected and kept in optimum condition. Always use the best quality stockbooks and albums for your collection. For advice on maintaining the condition of your collection ask your local stamp club or dealer.
Exhibition Timetable
Australian Philatelic Federation Web: www.apf.org.au
13-16 October 2022 LIBEREC 2022/PRAGUE
FIAP/FEPA
8-12 November 2022 Capetown 2022
FIP
11-13 November 2022 WPS100/Wellington NZ
National
4-7 May 2023 NZ 2023 Auckland
FIAP
19-21 May 2023 Hobart One-Frame
Postal Address: The Secretary PO Box 891 Jamison Centre ACT 2614. Email: Ian.mcmahon4@bigpond.com State Council Addresses ACT: ACT Philatelic Council, GPO Box 1840 CANBERRA ACT 2601 NSW: Philatelic Development Council - NSW, PO Box 220 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 QLD: Queensland Philatelic Council, PO Box 9471 Wynnum Plaza PO Wynnum Plaza QLD 4178
25-28 May 2023 Ibra/Essen Germany
FIP
15-19 August 2023 Taipei/Taiwan
FIAP
2-5 November 2024 Perth
National
8-11 September 2024 MELBOURNE 2024
FIAP
SA/NT: South Australian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 10159 Adelaide Business Hub Adelaide SA 5000 TAS: Tasmanian Stamp Council, 59 Derwentwater Ave, Sandy Bay Hobart TAS 7005 VIC: Victorian Philatelic Council, PO Box 1, Carnegie Vic 3163 WA: Western Australian Philatelic Council, PO Bos 886, Subiaco WA 6904 Stamp News - 43
Kangaroos: a guide to these iconic issues Part One Kevin Morgan
History
In 1911 a Stamp Design Competition was held for a new stamp issue for the Commonwealth of Australia. Since 1901 at Federation previously issued stamps of all the Colonies, now known as States became valid for use Australia wide, and new issues after January 1st 1901 became equally valid. A large number of entries were received, many bearing the images of King Edward VII or King George V. King Edward had died in the previous year, coincidentally on May 6th, the 70th anniversary of the 1st postage stamps! Some of the essays for those issued had most likely been prepared some time prior to the competition being announced. Other essays included Australian animals, including the Wombat, Cockatoo, Lyrebird, Emu & Eagle, even sheep got a look in. Surprisingly few seem to have featured the Kangaroo. The eventual winning entry for the competition was rejected for reasons unknown by a new incoming Postmaster General. The PMG’s department was
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a part of the federal government until 1975, though both Josiah Thomas and Charles Frazer were members of the Fisher Labor government. Frazer died in office from pneumonia in June 1913, but not before overseeing the issue of the 1st Commonwealth stamps, for which he commissioned Blamire Young of Victoria to design the Kangaroo issues. His designs however were not accepted exactly as he had drawn them, and the release of the proposed stamps in April 1912 carried the following statement: “The approved design is a combination of ideas, and is not the work of any one person in particular.” A range of these essays can be seen in the Kangaroos volume of The Australian Commonwealth Specialists catalogue, and a few are shown here at fig. 1. And so the iconic Kangaroo stamps of Australia were born. The first issues went on sale in early January, with the high values of 5/- to £2 not being issued until March. These were issued in the denominations ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 2/-, 5/-, 10/-, £1 &
£2. A full range of the values and colours employed is shown at fig. 2 The lower values ½d to 2/- were in monocolour whilst the high values were bi-coloured, requiring at that time for the central Kangaroo vignette to be printed separately from the outer frame. A few colour changes took place over time, as did changes of watermark. The 1st watermark paper used in 1913 was a large flat looking crown with a wide A at the base. This paper is rather soft, and not easy to separate the stamps without causing some short or missing perforations. Missing corners too are commonplace. The lay of the paper (unless re-gummed) will cause the stamp to curl vertically, even when used, if warmth is applied e.g. by lying in the palm of a hand. This is a tell tale sign of the 1st wmk. Stamps. All of the later wmk. Stamps curl horizontally. The 2nd Watermark. At the end of 1914 because of a paper shortage, caused by the onset of The Great War it was necessary to employ the single Crown over A watermark paper used for the King George V issues. Because these stamps were in a larger format than the Kangaroos it is usual for the watermark to
appear off centre to the left or right, sometimes even with a half watermark on either side of the stamp. Complete central marks are quite scarce. Use of this wmk. was restricted to a few values, 2d, 2½d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 2/- & 5/-. The other lower values, ½d, 1d, 4d & 5d were not issued with this watermark, since the fresh King George V stamps filled this void. The remaining stocks of the 10/-, £1 and £2 being sufficient to fulfil the requirements for quite some time. This wmk. Is narrower than the 1st, and has peaks at the top left and right of the crown, making it quite distinctive and easy to recognise. It’s use was quite short lived, with new paper supplies and with a new watermark appearing in late 1915. The 3rd Watermark. This is a narrow crown without the peaks of the previous issue, and in a smaller format. Stamps with this watermark started to appear late in 1915 as stocks of the 1st & 2nd wmk. began to run out, they had quite a long run and were not replaced by the Small Multiple Wmk. until 1929, and the £1 not until 1935 with the C of A Wmk. Denominations employed were 2d, 2½d, 3d, 6d Blue, 6d Brown from 1923, 9d, 1/-, 2/- Brown, 2/- Maroon from 1924, 5/-, 10/-, £1 Brown & Blue, £1 Grey from 1924 and £2. The Small Multiple Watermark. Stamps with this wmk. were issued in 1929. This paper had been employed for the King George V series since 1926 and did not have the same issue of the wmk. not fitting the stamp as in the case of the 2nd wmk. So from 1929 both the KGV and the Kangaroo issues shared
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Kangaroos: a guide to these iconic issues Part One Kevin Morgan
the same watermark. Values issued were again a short series of 6d, 9d, 1/-, 2/-, 5/-, 10/- & £2. The stocks of £1 grey 3rd wmk. lasted through to 1935 when replaced with the C of A Watermarked paper. The C of A Watermark. The Commonwealth of Australia Watermark started life in 1931 with the KGV series, first appearing towards the end of 1932 on the Kangaroos. Issued values were 6d, 9d, 1/-, 2/-, 5/-, 10/-, £1 & £2. The Kangaroo series lasted to 1949. The final printing of the 2/- was replaced by the Aboriginal Art 2/- Crocodile in 1948, and the £2 in the following year with the Arms issue. The
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Hello and welcome to Part Ten 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. I looked at Johore and Kedah in my last piece so now a few more from the Malaya States starting with Kelantan. Kelantan was part of Thailand - historically known as Siam - with Siam stamps used with various Kelantan/ Kalantan cancels during the 1880s through to 1909. This first stamp (Fig 1) is from a 1905 issue of Siam and has the Kalantan cancel. From 1909 the stamps of the Federated Malay States were used. In 1911, stamps were first issued for Kelantan featuring the coat of arms of the Sultanate and by 1937
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the stamps featured the Sultan Ismail, as shown in Fig 2. In 1922, stamps were overprinted to commemorate the Malaya Borneo Exhibition (Fig 3) and since 1948 issues have been similar to those of other Malay states. I thought I would show two more from Kelantan. Do you recognize this first one? Yes, we saw it in the Johore issue. Here it is again, from the 1961 Kelantan issue, this time with the portrait of the Sultan Yahya Petra. A lovely design, as I may have said before, and I think it makes for an interesting collection to get one from each State. This next Kelantan stamp you will also find various copies of. This is the orchid issue of 1965 (Fig 5). There are just seven in the issue but two others were issued in 1970 with the watermark sideways. This is a set that I have been guilty of getting the watermark wrong so do look carefully. The watermark upright, that is the 1965 issue, has a 2021 SG cat value of 25p for a good quality used copy. The 1970 issue of the stamp with watermark sideways is £10. Not the sort of error one wants to make too often. Let’s look at just one more State, this time Malacca.
by Michael Dodd
Fig 5 Malacca was one of the Straits Settlements that joined the Federation of Malay in 1948. The capital is Malacca City and it is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The history of the State makes for interesting reading I think. Enjoy it if you have the time. This is one place on my bucket list of places to visit one day. It’s conveniently situated between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. This first stamp issued was in 1949 and is the Straits Settlement design of George VI inscribed Malacca instead of Straits Settlements (Fig 6) and like others in the issue with colour changes to the Straits issue. This next stamp is the same again as the Straits Settlement stamp, issued in 1955 and as you can see with the portrait of QEII (Fig 7). Notice how she is looking to the left whereas GVI was shown looking to the right. This does not happen by accident, and is in fact based on a tradition associated with the way the monarchs profile faces on coins. Since the time of Great Britain’s King Charles II, tradition has dictated that the monarch’s profile on coins alternates with each new monarch. This has been carried forward with the issue of stamps. So with GVI facing right it means, as tradition was followed, the portrait of QEII would be to the left, as generally it is. I should note there are a few exceptions on more modern GB stamps.
This next stamp (Fig 8) was issued in 1957, and is perhaps just what you expected given the general consistency on the State’s design. Yes, the same design we have seen before, and with the portrait of QEII now in place of a Sultan. Fig 6 There are more States of the Federated Malay States including Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor and Trengganu, but I think those I have shown in the past few issues have given a taste for what to expect if you collect this region. I do not want to repeat too many images that only have the State name changed or the Sultan image changed. So my next piece will look at Malta. I hope you will join me and enjoy the history our stamps can show us and the stories they can tell, and also for 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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Isle of Man Local Issues Catalogue Located just off the south-western coast of the Isle of Man, the Calf of Man is a tiny island of just some 2.6 km². It can be reached by boat from either Port Erin or Port St. Mary. During the summer period this bird sanctuary is popular with day visitors who cross the Calf Sound to spend a few hours on this tiny speck of land. There is also very limited hotel accommodations available. From early spring until late autumn two wardens reside on the Calf of Man. The island was sold to the National Trust in 1939 and it is currently administered by the Manx Wildlife Trust. The island’s rather curious name is actually of Norse origin. When the Vikings travelled in the area they used the word “kalfr” to indicate a small island lying next to a larger one. This writer has collected the local stamps of the Calf of Man for a great many years. To keep track of my collection I have used a small eight-page booklet listing all the stamps issued from 1962 until 1973 in a
simplified way. The local post was mainly used by day visitors and bird watchers who wanted to send picture postcards to friends and relatives back home from their stay on the island. The cards and letters were handled by one of the boatmen who handed them in at the nearest GPO office in Port Erin or Port St Mary. Such mail items needed both a local postage stamp (for the carriage across the Calf Cound) and a UK postage stamp. The local post was operated with permission from the Manx Museum which ran the island at the time. Jon Aitchison, an English philatelist and dealer, has specialised in the stamps and postal history of the many smaller islands in the British Isles. In 2019 he compiled and published a monumental catalogue featuring the stamps of Lundy Island. He has also catalogued the local stamps of Herm, Jethou and a number of other small islands in the Channel Islands. Generally speaking his catalogues can best be described as handbooks.
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Christer Brunström Exactly the same description can be used about his latest catalogue Isle of Man Local Issues – An illustrated, specialised, priced catalogue and handbook which was published late last year. It is an impressive spiral bound volume of some 500 pages with illustrations in colour. The book is divided into five sections: 1. The Isle of Man before postal independence. Steps on route to a postal entity, 2. Transport, 3. Calf of Man local post issues, 4. Strike posts and 5. Revenues. By far the largest section is devoted to the local issues of the Calf of Man. Aitchison was well prepared when he embarked on the project of producing the definitive work on the various Cinderella issues of the Isle of Man. After the local post had been closed in 1973, the large remainders of Calf of Man local stamps were stored in a cellar. Unfortunately this cellar was quite damp which ruined many of the stamps. Aitchison acquired the lot which has served as the basis for his study of the stamps.
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Additionally he has been able to acquire the archives relating to the local post which has given him first-hand insight into most everything relating to the running of this very genuine local post. He discusses the contracts between the Manx Museum and the people who hoped to make some money printing stamps for this local post. They include some of the most infamous names in modern British philatelic history; people who excelled in producing enormous numbers of stamps for uninhabited islands like Staffa in the Hebrides. When the Calf of Man local post ended on 31 March 1973 no less than 284 stamps and souvenir sheets had been printed. It all started in 1962 with essays being produced for the planned local post. They have values in Athols (Fig. 1), a reference to an early family with a long association with the Isle of Man. When the first stamps were issued on 27 September 1962, the currency unit had been changed to the Murrey
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Isle of man local issues catalogue (Fig. 2). This was a tribute to John Murrey who minted the first coins in the Isle of Man in 1668. The Murrey was the same as ½ penny. The first definitive set featuring local birds was released on 24 May 1963. The six values had denominations ranging from 1 Murray to 12 Murrays. Shown nearby (Fig. 3) is the 1 Murray stamp depicting a pair of puffins. Most postcards mailed on the island were actually franked with stamps from this first issue of definitive stamps. In 1962 the EUROPA topic was the craze in Europe. Most British island local posts also released EUROPA stamps to take advantage in the strong interest from collectors for this new theme. The Calf of Man’s first set of four EUROPA stamps was issued in October 1962. However, I have chosen to depict a stamp from the 1964 EUROPA set as it depicts a map of Europe (Fig. 4). Looking carefully at the design, the Isle of Man can be seen in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. In 1969 two stamps featured flowers (Fig. 5). Shown here is the 84 M value which has been described as
a Burnet Rose. The Calf of Man stamps were mostly issued both perforated and imperforate and as a small souvenir sheet. The Isle of Man is famous for its tailless cats and in 1970 the Calf of Man issued two stamps and a souvenir sheet (Fig. 6) featuring Manx cats. Picture postcards franked with stamps of the local posts of Herm or Lundy are easily located when searching through the cover boxes at British stamp fairs. I am of course referring to genuine cards having been mailed by visitors to the islands and not to philatelically inspired cards or covers which are very plentiful. When it comes to the Calf of Man it is more difficult but they do exist and they are usually priced at between AU$30 and AU$50 each. In this review I have almost exclusively mentioned the local stamps of the Calf of Man but there is so much more in Jon Aitchison’s new catalogue and handbook. Readers taking an interest in Cinderella stamps will find everything covered in this new book. In the UK it retails for £35 (+ postage). For more information readers should contact Jon Aitchison (britishlocals@aol.com).
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Kennedy Stamps P/L Suite 706a, 250 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: + 61 2 92646168 Fax: + 61 2 92645969 stamps@kennedystamps.com. www.kennedystamps.com.au
Kevin Morgan Stamps & Coins PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Ph:0425 795 693 kevinmorgan2@live.com www.kevinmorgan.com.au
Maree Nieuwenhuizen
PO Box 16, Northcote, VIC 3020 Ph: 03 9480 2193
PO BOX 457, Bayswater, VIC 3153 Ph: 03 9762 1848 maree@mpnstamps.com
John Cornelius
Mike Lee
PO Box 23, Magill, SA, 5072 joda99@bigpond.net.au
7 Colbury Rd, Bayswater Nth, VIC 3153 Ph: 03 9729 5855 mlphilatelics@bigpond.com
Ken Cowden
P & D Nicholls PO Box 172, Glenbrook, NSW 2773
PO Box 108, Bateman’s Bay, NSW 2536 Ph: 02 4472 5231 Kenbetty@bordernet.com.au
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Edenzac Stamps: Tim Papadopoulos
Pacific Coast Philatelics
Ph: 0410 538 039 or 03 8774 6161 edenzac@optusnet.com.au www.edenzac-stamps-coins.square.site
Owen Pennells, PO Box 3343, Bundaberg, QLD, 4670 Ph: 0427 551 207
Edlins of Canberra
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Chris Snelling Stamps PO Box 121, Kotara Fair, NSW 2289 Ph: 02 4952 8205 orcstamp@bigpond.net.au www.orchidstamps.com
Glen Stephens 4 The Tor Walk, Castlecrag, NSW 2068 PH: 24 hours, 7days : 0409 399 888 glen@glenstephens.com www.glenstephens.com/rarity.html
Sydney Philatelics Graeme Fudge PO Box 122, Milton, NSW 2538 Ph: 02 4455 4011 info@sydphil.com www.stampsaustralia.com.au
Lyndsay Tooley PO Box 441, Norfolk Is. NSW 2899 Ph: 06 7232 3778 stamps@ninet.nf
Con Vayanos 64/3030 The Boulevard, Emerald Lakes, Carrara, QLD, 4211 Ph: 07 5578 1744 convayanos@hotmail.com
ACTS
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philatelic clubs & societies south australia
Information about clubs in SA can be obtained from the SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Adelaide, SA 5001. Daytime Ph: 08 8212 3557 or 8223 4435
Australian Airmail Society: 1st Wed. 7.45pm 22 Gray Court, Adelaide. PO Box 395, Edwardstown 5039. Ph: 08 8276 3969 Barossa SC: Mtg 1st Tue 7.30 Greenock Luth Church Hall, Bevan St, Greenock; 19 Evans Street Ancaston 5353; email: ptomely1939@gmail.com; Ph: (08) 8562 8386 Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: teepee@teegee.com.au Bordertown & Districts PS: Mtg: 3rd Thurs. Bordertown PS Contact: K. Grey Tel: 08 8752 0446 or email cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894 City of Noarlunga PS: Mtg alternate thurs,-- Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, Contact 08 85566371 or PO Box 272, Port Noarlunga 5167 Eastern Districts PS: 2nd Thurs (ex. Jan), 7.30pm Senior citizens Hall, 47 Reid Ave. Hectorville; PO Box 240, Magill, 5072; Ph: 0400 156 796 Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608 Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; aydepe@bigpond.com; Ph: 08 8555 3311 SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074. Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st & 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. c/- 9 Moore St., Tranmere, SA 5073 08 8398 2475 Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; The Lions Den, Murray Bridge. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 lmphilsocsec@gmail.com Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan)
victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Bulleen PS Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan) 7.30 pm Veneto Club Upstairs 191 Bulleen Rd Bulleen (PO Box 166, Niddrie VIC 3042)Contact Secretary: Frank 0438830645 Treasurer: Joe 0408560601 Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong 03 5996 9501 Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. c/24 Carrington Street Sydenham 3037. PH. 0438 901 144. email: footscraystamps@gmail Frankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford. Ph: 5996 3745 Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st Sat 7.00pm, 3rd Mon 1pm (ex Jan) Sat - Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. Mon - Belmont Library, High St, Belmont Ph: 0438578591 (Sec); PO Box 342, Belmont 3216
tasmania Derwent Valley PS: Mtg 4th Mon Devonport Junior SC: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon Devonport SC: 4th Fri, except Dec. 3rd Fri. 7.30pm, Oldaker Christian Centre, Oldaker St, Devonport, 03 6424 3449 devstampclub.org Devonport Stamp Group: Mtg 4th Fri, Public Library Mtg Rms, 7.30pm Ph. 03 6424 3449 Glenorchy SC: Mtg 1st Tues
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1.30pm - 4pm. PO Box 2261,Mt Gambier.Ph: 08 8724 9474 Para Hills PS: Mtg 1st Sun; Community Hall Wilkinson Rd, Para Hills. PO Box 64, Para Hills; Ph: 08 8522 4345 Phillumeny SC: U3/26-28 Crozier Av, Modbury 5092. Ph: 08 8337 6533 Email: www.users.or.net/ figg/amccs Port Pirie PS: Mtg 4th Mon; PO Box532, Pt Pirie 5540; Ph: 08 8632 1105 Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Mtg last Tues, Julia Farr Cent. Canteen, Ground Floor, Fisher St. Ph: 08 8265 7395; PO Box 657, Enfield Plaza 5085 PS of South Australia:1st & 3rdTues; 22 Gray Ct. GPO Box 9800, Adelaide 5001; Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Aust. (Aus. Com. Spect.Grp.): Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm;22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Study Group):Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm; 22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8522 4345 Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Mtg 2nd Tues; SAPHIL House, 22 Gray Ct, Adelaide. email: psandph@arcom.com.au; Ph: 08 8260 3352 Riverland PS: Mtg 3rd Fri, 10am ;Whitmore Hall, Barmera Village; Ph: 08 8595 3023 SA Junior Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Sun 1pm - 3pm;Anyone over 5years, parents welcome. 22 Grey St, Adelaide. 08 8250 0484 Salisbury PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon; The Dutch Club, 21 Greenfields Dr.,Greenfields 5107, PO Box 336 Salisbury 5108; Ph: 08 8252 2392 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Fri 7.45pm, Old Railway Station (now Community Services Bldng.); Ph: 08 8370 2680 Strathalbyn PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 8pm; Rosa Hoare Room, Lutheran Church Complex Corner, Commercial Rd/North Pde; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 0429 693 747 Ukrainian Collectibles Club: Mtg Wed as per syllabus; PO Box 466, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8345 4033 Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Senior Citizens Club. Taylor St, Kardina. Mtg 3rd Wed ex. Jan; PO Box 178, Bute 5560; Ph: 08 8821 2906 Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd Monday 7.30 pm ex. Jan. Guide Hall, Foster St. 0407 659664 Hungarian PS: Mtg 2nd Wed Latrobe Valley PS: Mtg Last Wed ex Dec 7.30pm, St Lukes Uniting Church Hall, Princes Way, Morwell; Chris Zarb, Sec. ph. 03 5174 3394 Maryborough Stamp Club:Mtg mthly ex Jan 2nd Tues of month 8pm, St Augustine’s Hall, Maryborough. PO Box 295, Maryborough, 3465; Ph: 03 5464 2400. maryboroughsc@eudoramail.com. maryboroughsc.web1000.com Mildura PS: Mtg Last Thurs (ex Dec)Carnegie Building 74 Deakin Ave Ph: 03 5023 8789 Mooroolbark PS: Mtg 1st Tues; Ph: 03 9723 3304 Oakleigh PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan) Oakleigh Public Library, Drummond St, Oakleigh Ocean Grove SC: Mtg 4th Wed. 10am. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Clubrooms Melways: 234 A. Ph. 03 5255 1372 Peninsula SC: Mtg 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, Murray Anderson Rd, Rosebud. Ph: 03 5975 0574 Polish PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Prahran PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) Ringwood PS: Gen Mtg 1st Thurs; Daytime 3rd Mon Ph: 03 9725 0514 email hanszomer@bigpond.com Royal PS of Victoria:Mtg 3rd & 5th Thurs; Daytime 1st Tues Sale SC: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan) Shepparton PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Ph. 0417 955 546 Sherbrooke PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs ex Jan Upwey Fire Brigade Hall, 8pm; Bob Cook Ph: 03 9758 3465 Upper Yarra SC: Mtg 3rd Tues St Arnaud SC: Mtg 3rd Mon (excl. Jan & Dec) 03 54951371 Warragul PS: Mtg 2nd Fri Warrnambool PS: Mtg 3rd Wed 7.45pm St Joseph’s Primary School, Botanic Road;Ph: 03 5561 1470 Waverley PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs 7.30pm, Mt Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Cres, Mt Waverley; Daytime mtg the following Friday, 9.30am, Uniting Church Hall, 482 High St, Mt Waverley. Ph. 03 9898 4102 Obtain Tasmanian clubs information from: Tasmanian Stamp Council, GPO Box 9800, Hobart, TAS, 7001. Ph: 03 6278 7084 Hobart Junior Group: Mtg 1st Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Kingston Junior Group: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Launceston PS: 1st Thurs. & 3rd Sat. ex. Jan. 6.30 pm, Max Fry Hall,TrevallynLauncestonTel: 03 6331 2580 (A/H) Mersey-Leven PS: Contact: 03 6425 3603 Rosny Junior Group: Mtg Last Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Tasmanian PS: Mtg Last Monday (ex. Dec); www.tps.org.au, Legacy House, 159 Macquarie St Hobart
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Oct 1 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754. Oct 1 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW. Oct 1 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am - 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. Ph. 0417 802 754 Oct 1 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Oct 16 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm, Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. Ph : 4971 3483 Oct 23 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Community Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm. Free Entry, 6 Dealers, Buy/Sell.
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