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MUH Decimal Coll in FIVE Seven Seas Albums/Slipcases. Retail $6,000 for $2,500 or $US1,550! Australia’s first Decimal set in Feb 1966 to the end 2012 MUH, in 5 x green Seven Seas Stamps albums and matching slipcases total face value alone $2,406. Retail is easily double face = $5,000, plus $1,000 for the Hingeless pages, and the matching albums and slipcases = $A6,000 retail. All face values lightly pencil noted on each page in erasable 4B pencil, for your easy checking. Near FIFTY YEARS of Decimals - One Man’s impressive collection, and a superb MUH basis to add to. Nothing removed by me - you get the WORKS! HEAPS more pix here - tinyurl.com/5x7Seas - For just $A2,500 or $US1,650 the lot - a large carton full! The RETAIL of the early stuff is often 20 or 30 times face of course. And all the very modern is well over double or treble face retail. Just $A2,500 - Stock 321RK
KGV 1926 1d Green S/Multi perf 14, ‘Saddle On Emu’ Cat $2,000 for $500!: Clean FU, with dated Adelaide South Australia cds, and shows this rare variety clearly.
Super RARE in this perf, as it occurred one last few sheets printed. In the perf 12½ x 13½ version that followed this, the cat is just $50! Clean and flat and fresh and attractive, good perfs and centering, cds cancel, and totally free of the usual hinges, and typical thins and gook and gunk and ageing etc, near always seen on these, after 96 years. The variety shows clearly as can be seen, free of cancel ink. $US335 or $A500 - Stock 713EJ
Thailand/Siam 1886 rare part cover to USA - to “Isaac T Smith/Consul General for Siam/Union League Club/New York/USA” with 1 Sio Vermilion, and 1 Att Rosine - both well tied by ‘BANGKOK/ P /PAID/6 12/86’ cds. Small faults as expected after 136 years, but extremely rare and clearly commercial official useage, ex the fabulous Siam collection of Len Colgan at Auction over 10 years back, estimate $500. Near all the very few covers one sees of this era are purely philatelic. Purchased for £605 = $A1,200 at a London auction in 1994 - near 30 years back. Any commercial useage to the Americas from 136 years back is near unrecorded from Siam. An Exhibit grade piece of this super scarce area. Pay *under HALF* what this cost near 30 years back, at Public Auction! About $US330 at $A500 - Stock 376JQ
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Front cover: Produced in partnership with the Royal Mint, this new UK £5 marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by British archaeologist Howard Carter. Comes with the eight main Tutankhamun Special Stamps, featuring some of the preserved objects found in the tomb. With words and images from Egyptology experts at The Griffith Institute, the pack offers captivating insight into the moments when Carter and his team uncovered Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus and fascinating details behind the burial of the King.
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Richard Juzwin Stamp Dealers have recently acquired the Rodney Perry “Gold Medal” exhibition collection :
COMMERCIAL PHILATELY IN AUSTRALIA : 1860s TO WWI Part 21 Stamp News has kindly been given permission to publish the entire collection over the coming months.
x. Facilitators in Commercial Philately Reaching an international clientele was a major challenge for those Philatelic Traders without a House Organ. Leading Traders with their own publication were generally not accepting of external advertising. In the 1880s, overseas journals, such as New York’s The Empire State Philatelist, provided a potential medium for exposure to the American market . By the 1890s, greater sophistication available to Colonial Philatelic Traders offered the more enterprising the opportunity to place advertising with professional specialists
Mar 20 1901 cover Charters Towers to U.S. inscribed “H.G.DRIVER/ ADVERTISING EXPERT”. Aside from his Queenton Advertise Driver was able to offer exposure to a broader advertising market.
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x. Facilitators in Commercial Philately The Philatelic Importers and Exporters, particularly in Colonial era, often required the services of professional Customs, Shipping and Forwarding Agents. In Sydney, Wall & Molesworth were a popular choice for sourcing such skilled services.
Mar 3 1892 use NSW stamped-to-order ld Envelope for Wall & Molesworth addressed to Fred Hagen, Sydney [refer pages 16-21]
May 10 1893 use NSW stampedto-order ld Envelope for Wall & Molesworth uprated to Germany
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reviews SG Australia with Australian States & Dependencies 2022 catalogue Paperback, 426 pages, 12th edition It’s always at least a little bit exciting when a new SG Australia catalogue arrives, and we’ve been waiting for the 12th edition a little longer than usual. Over recent years, the Australia catalogue has been one of the most regularly published volumes by SG with the previous three editions appearing at approximately 18 month intervals. This time, at least partially due to the pandemic, it’s been well over 4 years. It’s worth noting that the 11th edition did appear with two different covers, with the now standard blue cover replacing the older cover a couple of years ago. The contents however were unchanged. Another thing to note is that due to the four year gap between editions, at least four editions of SG’s Commonwealth & British Empire stamps (the ‘Part 1’) catalogue have been published as the annual production of this SG ‘Flagship’ volume was not interrupted by Covid and appeared towards the end of each year as usual. This is important as SG’s Australia catalogue listings, notes and any price changes etc up to 1970 are taken directly from the most recent edition of the ‘Part 1’ which in the case of the new Australia catalogue is the 2023 edition. Because of this the editor tells us ‘there are more changes than usual in this edition’ So what is new for the 2022 edition? Well new issues are covered right up to the Centenary of the Men’s National Football team issue on the 19th of July, AAT to the March 2022 Penguins set, Christmas Is. To the Jan 2022 Year of the Tiger, Cocos (Keeling) Is to the May 2022 Historical Jukongs set & Norfolk Is to the June 2022 Morepork issue. The order of listing in the Postage Due section has been revised a little to bring it line with the NSW listings, although I don’t believe this has 8 - Stamp News
resulted in any changed numbers. The back cover advises ‘Prices have been extensively revised with many substantial increases to the States issues as well as to some more modern errors. There are dozens of newly listed errors and varieties, numerous additional notes to aid identification and new illustrations of previously listed varieties’ The Telegraph stamps of the States are now also included. As has become the ‘norm’ with these catalogues, this one also includes an interesting, in depth article about the Surface-printed Queensland 1d 1878-1912 by Andrew Mortlock. Taking all of the above into account, the publication of the 12th edition presents an excellent opportunity to grab this ‘must have’ catalogue. Grab one asap as I suspect they’ll sell out very quickly, and there may well be a price increase before new stock arrives. SG Portugal and Colonies 2022 catalogue Paperback, 277 pages, 1st edition RRP A $84.95 This is the first edition of the Portugal catalogue after the split with the Spain catalogue, the first edition of which was published back in mid 2019. Portugal was expected to follow soon after but once again, thanks to Covid, this volume was delayed until now. New issues covered here include Portugal up to October 2021, and Azores & Madeira up until mid 2021. But this catalogue is much more than just that, it includes extensive listings including Angola (up to independence), Portuguese Congo, Azores (including Angra, Horta, Ponta Delgada), British PO on San Miguel, Cape Verde Islands & Macao (both up to independence), British PO’s in Macao & Madeira, Mozambique (including
Inhambane, onga, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique Company, Nyassa Company, Quelimane, Tete, Zambezia), Portuguese Colonies and Overseas Territories, Portuguese Guinea, Portuguese India, St Thomas and Prince Islands (up to independence), Timor & East Timor. So plenty to keep even the most enthusiastic collector busy! There are many new illustrations in colour, mainly in the early colonial issues, notes and illustrations on the Ceres ‘Stars’ issues have now been included, and the Portuguese booklet listing has been checked & revised. Machine labels are now listed & illustrated up to 2017, but remain unpriced. And talking of pricing, as it has now been more than 10 years since the previous edition, as you would expect, there has been some variations in values, both up & down. For the early issues up to around 1910 prices are generally up for Mint but pretty much unchanged for used. However, for later issues up to the post WW2 period the reverse seems to be the case with some Mint set prices dropping but used prices edging up. An interesting 4 page article entitled ‘Portuguese Indian ‘Natives’: The first issues’ by Luis & Eduardo Barreiros rounds out this excellent catalogue, which is a must for anyone with even a passing interest in this area The Postage Stamps of Aden 1937-1968 Paperback, 115 pages, 2nd edition published 2022 by Peter James Bond, Published by the author RRP A $29.90 Although this is the second edition, I have to admit that this catalogue/handbook is completely new to me, and despite Aden not being an area that holds any particular philatelic interest for me, I have to say that I’m impressed! Before you get to the actual stamp listings, there is quite a bit of interesting reading under the headings of: Collecting Aden, A Brief History of Aden, and An introduction to the Postal History of Aden, with the latter including several postmark illustrations etc. There is also an introduction covering changes from the first edition, the scope of the catalogue & the values quoted and a Bibliography can be found on the last page of the catalogue. The listings themselves are quite extensive and cover: Colony of Aden, State of Aden, Federation of
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South Arabia, Kathiri State of Seiyun, Kathiri State of Hadhramaut, Mahra State of Qishn & Socotra, Qu’aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla, Qu’aiti State of Hadhramaut & State of Upper Yafa. Several of the stamps, mini sheets etc listed here aren’t included in the mainstream catalogues such as Stanley Gibbons or Scott, or at best have been relegated to the Appendix section of the catalogues. All stamps are illustrated in full colour, and while the illustrations aren’t the highest quality I’ve ever seen, they are certainly clear and it seems to me that the colours are quite accurate. Values are for MUH and Used/CTO, and are given in £’s Sterling & US $’s, resulting in four pricing columns. The information is clear and should not cause any confusion, just be aware of the arrangement as four columns of prices is a little unusual. In regards to the prices given, the author states in the introduction ‘The values quoted here are mostly typical selling prices., which you would expect o pay a seller, usually online. Some scarcer items are either not afforded a value or one that has been inferred by similar material. As always, condition is a great leveller and particularly with the 1937 Dhow issue.’ This is the type of publication that could tempt me to start collecting a new area, so if you are easily seduced by fresh philatelic fields, then be warned! It is an excellent addition to any collectors library, but if anything relating to Aden is of interest to you already then it’s a must have. And it seems a steal at around A$30! The catalogue can be ordered through a number of online book sellers including: amazon.com, angusrobertson.com.au, barnesandnoble.com, bookdepository. com & booktopia.com.au See you soon with more catalogue & handbook reviews, and have a wonderful 2023! Stamp News - 9
Stamps in the News - Globally! Going green in Austria Reported at www.linns.com
What’s old becomes new again on a stamp issued in October by Austrian Post. In the spirit of sustainability, the postal agency has recycled old postal uniform shirts to make the paper used to print the stamps. Austrian Post said this rag paper was made according to a centuries-old tradition at the last paper mill of its kind in the country. the old uniform shirts were shredded, mixed with water and ground into pulp. Then the pulp was scooped with sieves and laid on felt, resulting in rag paper once the water was pressed out. The rag paper retains some of the blue fibres from the shirts on the new stamp. The design shows a blue outline of a shirt with laundry symbols that commonly appear on clothing tags imposed over it. The “Ein Postlerhemd” inscription on the stamp translates to “a postal shirt.” Text below the laundry symbols instructs readers not to wash, iron or bleach the stamp. This new issue continues Austrian Post’s recent trend of printing certain stamps on fabric. The postal agency issued a Wool Mitten stamp printed on a blend of cotton and polyester in 2021, followed by a Wool Hat stamp made from flocked paper in early 2022. In September 2021, Austrian Post issued an embroidered stamp made to look like a protective face
mask widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other embroidered stamps include a Styrian Hat stamp issued in 2018 and a Gentian Flower stamp in 2008.
Going green in New Zealand Reported at www.nzpost.co.nz
New Zealand Post is a partner in an ambitious national scheme to keep soft plastic bags and packaging out of landfill. The Soft Plastic Recycling Programme is about informing New Zealanders about how to recycle bags and packaging via collection of pre-paid $7 courier bags filled with household soft plastics, like bread and produce 10 - Stamp News
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Going green in North Korea
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bags, bubble wrap and frozen food packaging. The plastics must be washed and dried then the courier bags can be filled and sealed. People can then book a free courier pickup or drop off at their local NZ Post store. The soft plastics will be transformed into longlife products, in particular, fenceposts, planter boxes etc. The Soft Plastic Recycle Courier bags are available for purchase online, from various supermarkets
North Korea has reportedly issued a new stamp featuring the construction and completion of a greenhouse farm in Hamju, South Hamgyong Province. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has attended the opening ceremony of a new massive greenhouse farm built on a former air base where the country had test-fired missiles until last year. The launch of the Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm was to mark the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party, a major holiday in North Korea. The party have touted the project as a “highly automated farm” and a model for rural civilisation, calling it a “top priority task” to help achieve its goal of improving people’s lives. The same day North Korea unveiled designs for a new stamp commemorating last month’s launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that flew over Japan for the first time in five years.
Going robotic in Norway
Reported at https://roboticsandautomationnews. com Posten Norge, is testing the future of the logistics delivery in Oslo with Ottobots, produced by a comStamp News - 11
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pany called Ottonomy. This partnership is oriented towards testing how autonomous robots can improve intra logistics, especially in city centres. Ottobots will be used for first-mile pick-ups, receiving and delivering goods for the digital marketplace from the busy Aker Brygge metropolitan area in Oslo. First mile delivery involves moving products from the manufacturer or retailer’s warehouse to a central holding centre. From this location, a carrier, shipping company, or logistics partners picks up the products and takes it to the next leg in the destination. The logistics with delivery vans at Aker Brygge is currently problematic in terms of parking and time consuming. A post office spokesman said “We want to evaluate how robots can become part of Posten’s future logistics solutions. This project, which utilizes both humans and robots, offers many new opportuni12 - Stamp News
ties for increasing efficiency and productivity for our organization.” “We will continue to utilize our existing pool of human couriers for delivering goods to the customers – while the robot takes care of the intra-logistics part of the supply chain.”
Going Crytpo in France Reported at https://xtz.news
La Poste, The French Postal Service, will Launch NFT Postal Stamps on the Tezos Blockchain in 2023 La Poste has announced that 100,000 copies of NFT-linked physical postal stamps will be launched
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on February 7th 2023. The stamp is expected to be a collector’s item with NFT technology as an authentication guarantee. The NFT itself will also include edition info, which will specify for example, if the edition is a “first-day” edition (purchased at the day of the collection launch). The idea is to associate a physical stamp with its duplicate recorded in a blockchain for its NFT authentication. In such a way that a numbering makes each stamp unique. The stamp will bear the image of Nelson Mandela. The prototype was presented recently to Tebogo Seokolo, South African Ambassador to France.
Wanted dead or alive in Canada Reported at https://lfpress.com
The case against a fraudster known as Stamp Guy took a bizarre twist recently after the Crown prosecuting the case said there’s a chance they may not be able to get conclusive evidence the convicted man is dead. Allan Fischer, 59, was supposed to be sentenced last week after he was found guilty in June of defrauding Canada Post of $235,000 between 2013 and 2016 through an elaborate stamps-on-credit scheme. But the sentencing hearing had to be postponed after the court was told Fischer had died after receiving a medically assisted death.
Though the postponement was intended to give the Crown time to confirm Fischer’s death but apparently no conclusive evidence had been found. Among those indicating they were involved in Fischer’s MAiD procedure are a clergyperson and a physician, who Campbell said identified Fischer by looking at a driver’s licence. But the ultimate proof that could have helped solve the mystery, Fischer’s fingerprints, was never collected by the coroner’s office. Fischer was facing a potential prison sentence for the scheme that took advantage of a loophole in Canada Post’s direct mail contracts where it allowed business clients to acquire $7,500 in stamps and products without a credit check. Fischer set up 48 fictitious business accounts with fake emails, phone numbers and addresses all over Canada. He re-sold the stamps online at a 30 per cent discount. Fischer never paid Canada Post for the stamps. He ran the scheme so often, post office investigators referred to him as “the Stamp Guy.” The presiding judge has indicated that he will probably proceed to sentencing Fischer in his absence.
Dead but not forgotten in Egypt Reported at https://egyptindependent.com
The Egypt Post issued a set of commemorative stamps for the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun, one of the most important Pharaonic archaeological discoveries in the history of ancient Egypt. An Egypt Post spokesman said, “the tomb of King Tutankhamun is the most prominent archaeological discovery during the twentieth century, as it contains the most stunning treasures of anywhere in Stamp News - 13
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The road to democracy in Africa
Reported at https://news.thevoicebw. com BotswanaPost participated at the recent International Philatelic Exhibition (IPEX) hosted by South Africa in collaboration with the Federation Internationale de Philatelie (FIP), Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU). The exhibition that was held in Capetown, South Africa, under the theme ‘The Road to Democracy’. The event attracted more than 10000 participants, including exhibitors, dealers and postal administrations. BotswanaPost, contributed to this year’s exhibition theme with the release of the Mandela in Botswana Stamp titled; Mandela in Botswana – Road to Democracy stamp issue. The release highlighted the significance of the time the late former President of South Africa-Nel14 - Stamp News
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son Mandela, spent in the town of Lobatse under the patronage of Rre Fish Keitseng during the apartheid regime in his country. A BotswanaPost spokesman said “Stamps transcend borders, telling the history of who we are as a people. Hence the importance of incorporating stamp education in the Educational system.” The South African Post Office also announced a new limited edition stamp issue entitled “The Road to Democracy” at IPEX. The stamp depicts a peace dove combined with words from the preamble of the South African constitution.
Cultural heritage protected in India Reported at www.thehindu.com
Philatelic exhibits such as stamps, stamp papers and envelopes of more than a century old are antiquities, the Delhi High Court said in a judgment delivered recently. The court’s observation came while rejecting a petition by a philatelist Ajay Kumar Mital who argued that philatelic material around 100 years and older is not an antiquity under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act (AATA), 1972.
Mr. Mital, in his petition, had sought to ease the procedure involved in the export of philatelic exhibits outside the country. He submitted that if carriage of philatelic exhibits abroad is to be subjected to the rigour of a 1999 Department of Culture’s guidelines, participation in exhibitions abroad would become almost impossible. “The very fact that international exhibitions are held for such specialists, indicates clearly that philatelic exhibits are of great value. A postage stamp from 1900 may have increased its value a thousand-fold a hundred years later,” Justice C. Hari Shankar said. The court also rejected Mr. Mital’s petition to simplify the procedure to get a No Objection Certificate and Temporary Export Permit for exporting philatelic exhibits by resorting to a “one window procedure”. Stamp News - 15
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Postal war effort remembered in the US Reported at www.warhistoryonline.com
The US Senate recently passed a bill to officially recognize the efforts of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The unit, solely staffed by African-American women, solved the mail crisis in World War II, but received little recognition for their efforts – that is, until the bill passed a House vote and was signed by US President Joe Biden. Toward the final years of World War II, there was an increasing backlog of mail in Europe. As many postal clerks had volunteered to join the war effort, there were millions of parcels and letters that hadn’t been delivered to their proper recipients on the front. The solution was the African-American members of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). Black women had recently been allowed to join the WAC due to the advocacy of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Eight hundred and fifty-five women formed the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, affectionately known as the “Six Triple Eight - the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe during 16 - Stamp News
the conflict. The 6888th Central Postal Battalion boarded the Île de France in February 1945 and began their journey to the United Kingdom. Along the way, the vessel dodged German U-boats, and members had to run for cover after the ship was targeted by a German V-1 rocket while docked in Glasgow. After boarding a train, the women arrived in Birmingham. Their work area was less than ideal - rat-infested, unheated airplane hangars. Their lodgings weren’t much better, as mess halls, housing and recreational facilities were segregated by race and gender. The unit had to sort and send mail that was sometimes over two years old. They worked in three shifts, seven days a week, sorting through 65,000 pieces of mail during each shift. To accomplish this, they created a system using locator cards with service members’ names and unit numbers. They sometimes had to resort to other methods when a parcel or letter had a common name or a soldier’s nickname. In total, the 6888th sorted through 17 million pieces of mail. It had been estimated it would take six months to complete their task, but they managed to do so in just three. To motivate themselves, they
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Keeping watch on the Titanic Reported at www.bbc.com
created a motto: “no mail, low morale.” After their work was done in the UK, the 6888th Central Postal Battalion crossed the English Channel to Le Havre. They were sent to Rouen and tasked with sorting mail that was up to three years old. They began in May 1945, and by October had fully sorted the parcels and letters. They were then sent to Paris. As the war had ended, the battalion was reduced by 300 members. Another 200 women were discharged a few months later, in January 1946. The unit received scant acknowledgement of their work, as was similar to the treatment of other African-American units, who were never afforded the same attention as White servicemen. Recognition began in the early 2000s culminating in the recent bipartisan legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to members of the
Time and tide wait for none; however, time stood still when Oscar Woody, a postal clerk aboard the RMS Titanic, perished along with 1,520 others on the ill-fated ship Titanic in 1912. One hundred ten years later, the gilded pocket watch found on the crew member’s body has sold for $116,000. Woody travelled to Europe aboard Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, arriving in Plymouth and was instructed to join Titanic on her maiden voyage. He joined Titanic on 10 April 1912 as part of the postal group and whilst aboard was due to celebrate his 41st birthday on 15 April. The last time the timepiece ticked was on the fateful morning of April 15, 1912, when the Titanic struck an iceberg during its maiden voyage from the UK to New York City. According to BBC, the vintage timepiece was recovered from the ocean and returned to his wife, Leila, the following month. On the night of the sinking, Woody and his fellow postal clerks, assisted by several other crewmen, struggled to bring some 200 sacks of mail up to a higher deck from the flooding mail rooms. Mr Woody died in the sinking. His body was recovered and buried at sea. A spokesman for the auctioneer Henry Aldridge & Son, said: “This is probably one of the most iconic and important items of Titanic memorabilia Stamp News - 17
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offered for auction in recent years. It is a microcosm of time. When the watch died, so did the ship. It has signified the end of a life ever since.”
Winds of change in Malta Reported at https://lovinmalta.com
In December MaltaPost released a set of Christmas stamps and for the first time ever in Malta’s history, they feature a non-religious Christmas theme.
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MaltaPost has issued Christmas stamps annually since 1964 and, with an innovative set to increase the appeal to the younger generation, they depict Santa and his elves at work. ”They are very colourful and show Santa with his elves as they stitch a doll and paint a train. It’s really exciting to be giving a glimpse into Santa’s workshop for the first time!” said Mary Grace Simpson, Head of Philately. A second set of Christmas stamps have also been issued with a more traditional design, including the nativity scene. While on the topic of Christmas stamps, Stampboards has held its annual readers poll of Christmas stamps for 2022. Here is a taste of this year’s contenders pictured on the next page. To see all of the nominated stamps and find out which were voted most popular by Stampboarders see - tinyurl. com/XmasStamp And finally
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There was a serious case of mistaken identity in 2008 when Papua Philatelic Bureau released a stamp set on endangered birds of New Guinea featuring a South American ring-in. Field biologist, Leo Legra, says Post PNG is using a South American Harpy Eagle on its 85t stamp rather than the endangered New Guinea Harpy Eagle. Dr Legra said “The stamps were released to mark protected birds in Papua New Guinea, which I think is a really good tool for creating awareness and helping species protection.”
“However, as a field biologist who has worked extensively on the New Guinea Harpy Eagle, I was shocked to see the 85 toea stamps having the images of the Harpy Eagle (Harpypia harpyja) of South America but labelled as New Guinea Harpy Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae).” “It is sad to see that the Government is advocating the protection of birds in Papua New but don’t even know what the bird looks like.”
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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for January 2023. This month’s column looks at the introduction of lettersheets by Australia in 1961, a survey of the types of the non-denominated small international registered envelopes and Australia Post new issues. Introduction of Postal Stationery Lettersheets 1961 The Canberra Times reported on 9 November 1960 on a press release from the Postmaster General on the forthcoming issue of postal stationery lettersheets (Figure 1) by the Post Office. The Report read: A new item of stamped postal stationery, a “letter sheet,” will be issued at all post offices on January 18, 1961, the Postmaster-General, Mr. Davidson, said Below :Figure 1 1961 5d Lettersheet Figure 2 1967 5c Lettersheet Right : Figure 3 5d Lettersheet Used by the Postmaster General’s Department Figure 4 1996 Issue of DL International Registered Envelope Figure 5 Reverse of 1996 Issue of DL International Registered Envelope Showing One-line Australia Post Logo
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yesterday. The lettersheet would be the same size and format as the current aerogramme and would bear the imprint of a 5d stamp. Writing area would be three times greater than that of the present lettercard and would be sold for 6d.
Ian McMahon
Figure 6 DL International Registered Envelope with One-line Australia Logo and Tracking Barcode with RR, Nine Numbers and AU Figure 7 Registered Envelope with 2-line Australia Post Logo Figure 8 Reverse of the Envelope in Figure 6 Showing 2-line Australia Post Logo With ‘Straight Gum’ Figure 9 Reverse of Envelope Similar to Figure 6 with ‘Spotted Gum’ Figure 10 Registered Envelope with Missing Self-Adhesive Label with Text on Envelope “For Letters and Documents Only Max Weight 500g” in two lines
Mr. Davidson said the lettersheet would be transmitted by airmail within Australia without additional payment. If the weight limitation of one ounce was exceeded by the insertion of additional sheets, additional postage would have to be added. Additional postage also would be needed when a lettersheet was
posted as surface mail to overseas countries to which the charge of 5d for one ounce did not apply. The lettersheet could not be used as a substitute for an aerogramme. Mr. Davidson said after the lettersheet had been in use long enough to become known. to the public, it should be practicable to discard the lettercard as a postal stationery item. Interestingly, Mr Davidson’s forecast that the lettersheets would replace the lettercard turned out to be unfounded. Only three lettersheets were issued in denominations of 5d, 4c and 5c (Figure 2). While over 2.2 million of the 5d lettersheets were distributed and over 500,000 of the 4c lettersheets, there were only 46,100 of the 5c lettersheet distributed. Lettersheets were withdrawn from sale late in 1968 due to declining demand. Many of the 5d lettersheets were used by the Post Office itself to advise senders of mail with insufficient postage (Figure 3). The lettercards, however, continued to be issued until 1985 with, for example, over 4.8 million of the 5c lettercard being distributed. Stamp News - 21
Postal Stationery Small International Non-Denominated Registered Envelopes In the August 2021 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector, I provided a brief survey of the small domestic registered envelopes. Besides the domestic registered envelopes issued on 1 October 1996, two international registered envelopes were issued in two sizes 130 x 240 mm (sold for $8) and 240 x 353 mm ($14). This survey looks at the major different design types of the small international envelopes. Itis unlikely to be complete as the number of envelopes available to me has been quite small as most used envelopes, as would be expected are sent overseas. The first issue which was issued on 1 October 1996 is illustrated in Figures 4 and 5. The envelope has a postage paid Australia indicium and prepaid registered postage worldwide for letters and documents only up to 500g. The envelopes had a self-adhesive label with a barcode and were numbered RR and 7 numbers. The lowest number in my sample was RR0003303. The envelopes included a detachable receipt which was intended to be postmarked by the post office at which the envelopes were posted. In 1997, the envelopes were issued with barcode numbers comprised of RR, nine numbers and AU to confirm with international standards (Figure 6). The lowest number recorded in the sample was RR005027019AU. In late 1997, envelopes were issued with a new Australia Post logo on the reverse with ‘Australia Post’ in two lines as shown in Figures 7 and 8. The gum on the reverse is in one straight line. The lowest number recorded is RR112503042AU. By 2005, envelopes were issued with the gum placed in ‘spots’ rather than as a single strip. This gum shows clearly through the flap (Figure 22 - Stamp News
Figure 11 Registered Envelope with Text on Envelope “Max Weight 500g Thickness 5 mm” in one line. Figure 12 Registered Envelope with missing Self-Adhesive Tracking Label and Text on Envelope “Max - Weight 500g Thickness 5 mm” in one line. Figure 13 Issue with Boxed Australia Post logo on Reverse and Two line Australia Post Logo on the front
Ian McMahon 9). The lowest number recorded was RR308321993AU. Figure 10 shows an envelope with 2-line logo, spotted gum, no self-adhesive logo and text printed on envelope ‘For letters and documents only Max weight 500g’ in two lines. In 2006, the design was modified so that the text ‘Max – Weight 500g Thickness 5 mm’ is printed on the bottom lefthand corner and the text on the self-adhesive label now reads ‘For letters and documents only’. Envelope still has spotted gum and two-line Australian Post logo on reverse. Number recorded was RR318527572AU. Figure 11 shows an example used to the USA and a mint example without the self-adhesive label (Figure 12). By 2010, the design was changed to have a boxed Australia Post logo on the reverse and a two-line Australia Post logo on the front (Figures 13 and 14). Lowest barcode number recorded was RR329730790AU. Occurs with both spotted gum and straight gum (recorded from 2015). In about 2017, a new design (Figure 15) was issued with a new Australia Post logo on the front (only), the barcode placed on the right and details of the service restrictions in the indicium area in the upper right.
Figure 14 Reverse of Envelope in Figure 13 Showing Boxed Australia Post Logo. Figure 15 2017 Issue with New design Figure 16 Canada Post Community Foundation Postal Card
Canada Post Community Foundation Postal Card Canada issued a community postal card (Figure 16). The card was available for free at post offices if a donation was made to the Canada Post Community Foundation by purchasing charity stamps for the Foundation. The indicium on the card depicts treehouses and is similar to the design of the charity adhesive stamp issued on 19 September 2022 for the Foundation which included a 10c charity surcharge. The card was printed by Lowe-Martin. Stamp News - 23
Postal Stationery Help Required for 2d Roo Stationery Die Research Rod Buchko writes that Recently, my collection of the 2d Roo stationery die (Figure 17) reached a critical mass stage. Originally formed to acquire a representative sampling of the various users, it has become an ambitious research project. It now contains sufficient covers, pieces and cut-outs to begin an analysis of the dies used by the printer. The limited sampling of 17 examples produced at least 4 distinct types. I now have a database of 50 examples ranging in scan resolution from 72 dpi to 2400 dpi. The recent ‘OS’ examples represent the 5th type. Unfortunately, 4 other scans present problems. They either represent a 6th type, which is seemingly impossible, or they are precursors to one of the previous types. The variable resolution of the scans I have is not helping to resolve this conundrum of types. Do any society members have examples in their collections that could enlarge my database potentially enabling improved identification of the types of dies employed? The minimum
scan resolution I require is 600 dpi at 100%. 1200 dpi is better but 2400 dpi is preferred since some of the flaws, such as shading line & frame line breaks, can be easily identified and confirmed at the higher resolutions. Examples in any condition are acceptable. Please email me on ian. mcmahon4@bigpond.com if you are able to help Rod and I will forward your email to him. 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete Prestamped Envelope The 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete postage-paid envelope (Figure 18) was issued on 11 November 2022 to mark the anniversary of the 1941 Battle of Crete. Price $1.35. Features the Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand in the indicium. Designed by Jo Muré, Australia Post Design Studio. Cover images: Superstock (Australians land at Crete, 1941), Antiqua Print Gallery (map, May 1941) – both Alamy Stock Photo; courtesy Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand (stamp area).
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Ian McMahon Figure 19 Brisbane City Postal Card Figure 20 Western Rosella Postal Card
featuring city views and Animals. The pictures on the reverse are contained in a distinctive frame and included Kangaroos in grasslands, Western Rosella (Figure 19), Common wombat, Echidna, Dingoes, Koala and Joey, Central Melbourne over the Yarra River, Central Sydney, Adelaide City across the Torrens River and Brisbane city (Figure 20). Postal Stationery Exhibiting Results Cape Town 2022 was a FIP exhibition held 8 – 12 November 2022 in Cape Town South Africa. Frank Pauer displayed Australian Airletters and Aerogrammes -The Note Printing Branch (Large Vermeil). The Postal Stationery Collector received a Large Vermeil. WPS 100 was a New Zealand national exhibition which included the Australasian Challenge and was held 11-13 November in Wellington, New Zealand. The Postal Stationery exhibits and their results included The Postal Stationery of Jamaica (Dingle Smith, Large Gold), Argentina Post Office Wrappers: 1878 – 1935 (John Courtis, Gold), New South Wales Postal Stationery (Michael Blinman, Large Gold, runner-up to the Grand Prix), Tasmanian Embossed Stationery 1883 to 1912 (Malcolm Groom, Large Gold) and Postal Stationery of Western Australia (John Dibiase, Gold).
Animal and City Views Postal Cards, November 2022 Ten postal cards were issued in November 2022
Perth 2023 National Stamp Exhibition The next national postal stationery competition will be held at Perth 2023, a national philatelic exhibition which will be held 2-5 November 2023 at Gloucester Park Racecourse in Perth. The exhibition will include an international postal stationery challenge. Further details can be found at https://www.perth2023stampshow.com/. Stamp News - 25
Discount Sale No. 27 January 2023
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stamps. Great starter lot for under 20c a stamp $110. (CMO12) 7. HM Queen Elizabeth II 60th Birthday 1986 Commonwealth Omnibus mint unhinged in Red & Silver padded special illustrated album. Commences with the 1953 Coronation set of GB, and the 60th Birthday set of 2 se-tenant pairs. Then sets and minisheet of the participating countries. Altogether 62 complete issues and 26 minisheets. The last few pages were adhered to each other at the top right corner and have been neatly separated. This does not affect the stamps, and is hardly noticeable. Very, very cheap at under $2.50 per set/minisheet. The lovely album comes free. Price $219 (CMO13) 8. Blue & Gold Wessex Padded Illustrated Album for the 1981 wedding of the now HM King Charles III and Lady Diana Spencer. Contains the omnibus issues for the Commonwealth plus extras, also the Royal Yacht sheetlets, Diana’s 21st Birthday, the Queen’s 60th Birthday and the Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday plus some other Royal events. All fresh Mint Unhinged apart from a few cto sets mainly issued by foreign countries. 145 plus sets and 29 minisheets/sheetlets. Very cheap price of under $2.50 a set, the beautiful album comes free. Price $425 (CMO14) 9. New Zealand Healths mint collection 1929 – 1977, appears complete including the rare 1931 Smiling Boys for the sets, plus a few minisheets and some issues in plate or imprint blocks. Many are mint unhinged. A few extras used not counted in the price. Nice clean lot in Green 32 page Lighthouse black page stockbook. Very high retail/catalogue value. Price $319 (CMO15) 10. USA mostly used plus a few United Nations mostly used 1870 – 1996. Housed in as new superb heavy duty Importa Black leather look post fitting album with slipcase. With spaces for every stamp issued this collection is just ripe for expansion. Noted amongst many others, 1882 4c Red, 1890 4c Brown, 3c, 6c & 10c, 1894 15c Bllue, 1898 10c Trans Mississippi, 1901 Pan American 10c Ship mint, cat. £160 and much, much more. Also coil stamps, private perfimns inc. $5 Coolidge. 1936 – 1986 would be 80% complete. Very clean lot. Must be near 2000 or more, all different. Great buying at around 20c a stamp with a superb album which would cost $200 plus to replace. Price $425 (CMO17) 11. Omnibus issues in as new Burgundy padded binder on Hagner pages x about 40. Commences 1965 ICY, then 1965 ITU & 1966 UNESCO, all fresh mint unhinged, inc. minisheets. These are complete Crown Agents issues with many extras too, just excluding UNESCO Maldives. Priced to sell by leading Sydney dealer at $670, also Princess Diana memorial minisheets the 27 Crown Agents minisheets, value $135, plus the Hagners and binder worth another $95 new, $900 replacement value all for $695. (CMO19) 12. Crown Agents 1997 omnibus minisheets fresh mint unhinged for Hong Kong hand back to China in Blue Padded Hagner binder and on 9 Hagner pages all as new (Worth $40 plus) 26 minisheets in all including 1997 Exhibition issues. Total value around $170, for just $110 (CMO20) 13. Australia 1978 Parcel Tags with good range stamps and rates on tags incl 80c Pioneer solo use x2. Plus 5d blue QEII on 1962 tag. (17) $195 (CMJL1) 14. Australia KGV Heads 2d Brown Perf ‘OS/NSW’ group used on Hagners. All appear smw perf. 13½ x 12½ cat. $75 each for normal OS! Great research material. (190) Price $239 (CMJL2) 15. Australia KGV Heads 3d Blue Perf ‘OS/NSW’ group used n Hagners. All appear smw perf. 14 cat. $30 each for normal OS! Great research material. (62) Price $159 (CMJL3) 16. New Zealand Revenues Queen Victoria Long Types, mix of postally used and
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DISCOUNT SALE JANUARY 2023 pen cancels. Group on Hagners mainly 1920s use with 2/- blue x 33, 10/- x22 & £1 x 54. (109) Great for research or good re-seller lot. Price $325 (CMJL4) 17. Indo-China 1933-39 small group of covers from Saigon to Devakottai, airmail x3, surface x1, registered x1 & registered airmail x1, 2 covers have anti-TB labels sealing them, condition is mixed. Unusual. (6) Price $195 (CMJL5) 18. Great Britain - 1d Penny Reds - 1858 - 1879 - Plate71 to 225 - CV £ 1,972.50 =- Approx $3450. Fine used complete set on album pages, neatly set out. Way better quality than usually encountered. Price $1950 (CMJL6) 19. South Africa and Homelands, 1988 – 1993 Mint Unhinged collection on Lighthouse Hingeless leaves. Lovely lot with a retail in excess of $830. Leaves are as new and cost approx. $480, so more than $1300 replacement value here. About 250 – 3000 sets, great thematic content. Price $749 (CMA1) 20. USA 1976/77 Superb Blue & Silver Leather Bound Padded Album containing Cacheted covers bearing stamps honouring the 1st 39 Presidents of the USA from George Washington to Jimmy Carter, each with illustrated text and facsimile signatures for each President. Plus a 2nd matching album for all of the 1st Ladies. Magnificently presented, and as new. Original cost close to $750. Price just 25% of that $187.50 (CMA2) 21. The Official Millennium Postal Cover Collection in Silver & Blue Binder, near new. Contains 24 Worldwide covers from 24 time-zones fully illustrated with Gold cachets and each dated 1st January 2000 with special pictorial cancels. Cost $400 when issued. Seen on eBay at $210, our price $169 (CMA4) 22. Carton lot of World, in stockbooks, albums, Hagner pages, plus bag of about 3000 World off aper. Some covers. Nice stack of old dealers approval sheets, Early to modern, mostly used. Little if any Australia. Some in mixed condition but mostly fine. Wonderful sorting lot, better than the average junk lot. Weight near 20kg. Price $749. (CMA5) 23. As above but a smaller lot of about 10kg, price $379 (CMA6) 24. Monaco 1989 – 1994 Complete fresh mint unhinged on near new Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Retail for the stamps is $880 plus, price for pages is $245, so a replacement cost of $1125. Price $545 (CM13) 25. Austria 1949 - 56 Balloon Mail cover collection in Olive Padded 22 ring album. Very clean & well written up. 14 covers priced to sell at $495 plus. Price $375 (COCT4) 26. Australia Official Unaddressed FDC’s by weight! Period covered 1974 – 2000. We have about 20kg of these, unsorted for postmarks. May be a few AAT, Framas, Counter printed stamps etc, may also include some minisheets 500 grams or about 85 covers for $75. Two lots for $139, 5 lots for $329. (CMJ1) 27. Australia Pre-Decimal Postally used blocks of 4, values to 2/- or 2/3d. 50 different. Blocks are becoming popular, and may be listed in the ACSC in coming editions. Price under $3 each, $149. Two lots for $289, Half lot of 25 for $79 (CMJ3) 28. Tonga, commercial airmail covers and postcards mainly to Australia 1930’ – 87. Nice lot of mainly self-adhesives. 22 items, condition a bit mixed, but scarce! Checked eBay and most priced at $15 - $50 each. Includes 3 x Tin Can Mail covers. Nice little lot, cheap at $329 (CMJ7) 29. Sudan, useful range of covers 1950’s – 1980’s Commercial & FDC. 11 items, inc. 4 registered., used stamps cat. £75 plus. Condition on 3 a bit below par with tone spots. Some addressed locally to Khartoum also Australia, UK & Switzerland. eBay price seems to be $30 to $60 each. Some unable to be found on eBay. Good value at $225. (CMJ8)
30. Worldwide mint & used (cto) in complete sets, large & small blocks and complete sheets. Mostly highly thematic. Selling by weight. 1kg (About 5000 stamps) great value at about 5c per stamp, for just $249 (CMJ15) 31. Tasmania Pictorials perf. T in black padded Australia Post Ring Binder, sorted by printings. Includes some mint & blocks. Also 2 x 2½d om OHMS piece. Even singles are rare! Also a few Australia both pre and decimal at back. About 700 stamps, values to 5d. Very clean lot. Price $2,650 (CMM13) 32. Tasmania, Hobart. Collection of Official T punctures on leaves, organised by type, number of holes etc. and date. Very clean lot nearly 2300 stamps! Price $8,650 (CMM14) 33. Great Britain KGV era commercial covers 1916 – 1933, bearing nice range of frankings, inc. Downey Heads. Some military, and with original correspondence. Destinations include “School of Musketry, Liverpool”, Germany, Switzerland, France, Norway, Emmanuel College Cambridge, etc. Values to 2½d. Fascinating lot, condition a bit mixed. 29 covers, price around $6 each, $179 (CMM18) 34. Shipping, a magnificent carton lot of 137 Covers and cards, mostly Europe. Predominantly Germany but also with Belgium, France, GB, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, UN & USA. Wide range of frankings, mostly commemorative and pictorial postmarks and cachets, plus a few other markings like Paquebot & Express mail. In addition, there are several sheets of trial cachets. All in all, this could easily become the start of a display. Priced under $1.50 per item, $195 (CMM20) 35. Great Britain 1965 ITU Presentation Album for the Montreux conference. Red & Gold Embossed Hardbound Album presented to the delegates. Contains current GB issues mint fresh lightly hinged inc. Wildings & Castles to £1, Regionals and Commemorative sets issued complete 1960 GLO - 1965 Arts festival. A little aging to the tops of a few pages but largely fresh, and as issued. Tiny amount of spine damage at base. A very rare book. Price $450 (GB771) Australian Territories 36. Nauru 1916-23 Seahorse overprints DLR 5/- Bright carmine SG 22, centred a little to the right, fresh MUH, Cat £110 as hinged, Price $229 (N16A) 37. Nauru 1916-23 Seahorse overprints DLR 10/- Pale blue SG 23, centred a little to the right, fresh MUH, Cat £250 as hinged, Price $499 (N16B) 38. Nauru 1924-34 Ships rough paper set of 14 SG 26A-39A, ½d to 9d MLH, 1/- to 10/- MUH, lovely set, Cat £225 as hinged, Price $399 (N17) 39. Nauru 1937-48 Ships shiny paper set of 14 SG 26B-39B, lower values MLH, the 5/- & 10/- MUH with some usual gum tropicalisation, Cat £200, Price $299 (N18) 40. Papua 1911-15 monocolour Lakatois 4d Pale olive-green SG 88, lower right corner JBC monogram block of 4, small section of monogram margin cut away, couple of minor gum bends Mint, Price $39 (PNG1128) 41. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark horizontal 1d Black & carmine SG 2, some hinge remains Mint, Cat £22, Price $29 (PNG1381) 42. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark horizontal 2d Black & violet SG 3, Mint with some hinge remains, Cat £29, Price $39 (PNG1402) 43. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark horizontal 2d Black & violet SG 3, light indistinct cds cancel, Fine used Cat £10, Price $14.99 (PNG1374) 44. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark horizontal 4d Black
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DISCOUNT SALE JANUARY 2023 & sepia SG 5, Mint with heavy hinge remains, Cat £65, Price $79 (PNG1400) 45. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark vertical ½d Black & yellow-green SG 9, couple of tiny gum tone spots Mint, Cat £25, Price $19.99 (PNG1378) 46. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark vertical 1d Black & carmine SG 10, light hinge remains Mint, Cat £17, Price $24.99 (PNG1385) 47. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark vertical 2½d Black & ultramarine SG 12, light hinge remains Mint, Cat £48, Price $69 (PNG1383) 48. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark vertical 2½d Black & ultramarine SG 12, centred low, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £48, Price $65 (PNG1382) 49. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark vertical 4d Black & sepia SG 13, Mint with some hinge remains, Cat £50, Price $69 (PNG1372) 50. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark vertical 6d Black & myrtle-green SG 14, Mint with some hinge remains, Cat £65, Price $89 (PNG1386) 51. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark vertical 6d Black & myrtle-green SG 14, light ‘PORT MORESBY’ cds cancel, Fine used Cat £90, Price $129 (PNG1373) 52. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark horizontal 1d Black & carmine SG 2, small hinge remains Mint, Cat £22, Price $29 (PNG1404) 53. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark vertical ½d Black & yellow-green thin paper (comb perf) SG 9a, very faint hinge touch, Cat £30, Price $45 (PNG1436) 54. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark horizontal 6d Black & myrtle-green SG 6, few tiny black ink specks on gum, hinge remains Mint, Cat £70, Price $79 (PNG1405) 55. Papua 1901-05 Lakatois British New Guinea watermark horizontal 1/Black & orange SG 7, hinge remains Mint, Cat £80, Price $109 (PNG1406) 56. Papua 1906 Lakatois large Papua overprint watermark vertical 2½d Black & ultramarine SG 24, light horizontal gum bend, very lightly hinged Mint, Cat £14, Price $19.99 (PNG1387) 57. Papua 1906 Lakatois large Papua overprint watermark horizontal 6d Black & myrtle-green SG 18, light central indistinct cds cancel, Cat £48, Price $69 (PNG1375) 58. Papua 1906 Lakatois large Papua overprint watermark vertical ½d Black & yellow-green SG 21, light hinge remains Mint, Cat £13, Price $19.99 (PNG1425) 59. Papua 1906 Lakatois large Papua overprint watermark vertical 1d Black & carmine SG 22, light hinge remains Mint, Cat £21, Price $29 (PNG1424) 60. Papua 1906 Lakatois large Papua overprint watermark vertical 2d Black & violet SG 23, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £21, Price $29 (PNG1423) 61. Papua 1907 Lakatois small Papua overprint watermark horizontal 2/6d Black & brown SG 37, MUH, Cat £50 as hinged, Price $99 (PNG1420) 62. Papua 1907 Lakatois small Papua overprint watermark vertical 6d Black & myrtle-green SG 43, hinge remains Mint, Cat £50, Price $65 (PNG1427) 63. Papua 1907 Lakatois small Papua overprint watermark vertical 1/- Black & orange SG 44, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £80, Price $129 (PNG1376) 64. Papua 1907-10 Lakatois small Papua watermark Crown over double lined A sideways perf 11 2/6d Black & brown SG 48, hinge remains Mint, Cat £80, Price $109 (PNG1430) 65. Papua 1907-10 Lakatois small Papua watermark Crown over double lined A upright perf 11 1/- Black & orange SG 54, hinge remains Mint, Cat £55, Price $69 (PNG1431)
66. Papua 1907-10 Lakatois small Papua watermark Crown over double lined A sideways perf 12½ 1d Black & carmine SG 67, cds cancel Fine used, Cat £12, Price $19.99 (PNG1429) 67. Papua 1910-11 Lakatois large Papua watermark Crown over double lined A 1/Black & myrtle-green SG 80, hinge remains Mint, Cat £10, Price $14.99 (PNG1417) 68. Papua 1910-11 Lakatois large Papua watermark Crown over double lined A 2/6d Black & brown type B SG 82, nibbled perf at left, light central cds cancel, Fine used, Cat £65, Price $79 (PNG1416) 69. Papua 1916-31 Bi-coloured Lakatois ½d Myrtle & apple green SG 93, Harrison imprint strip of 3 fresh MLH, Price $29 (PNG969) 70. Papua 1916-31 Bi-coloured Lakatois 1½d Pale grey-blue & brown variety ‘POSTACE’ SG 95d, Fine used with light corner cds, Price $69 (PNG986) 71. Papua 1916-31 Bi-coloured Lakatois 2d Brown purple & lake watermark Crown to right of A, SG 96aw, Ash imprint strip of 3, light gum bend on right hand unit, some hinge remains Mint, Price $229 (PNG991) 72. Papua 1916-31 Bi-coloured Lakatois 1½d Bright blue & bright brown top left corner pair, upper left unit variety ‘POSTACE’ SG 95cd, nice positional piece, stamps MUH, Price $89 (PNG1004) 73. Papua 1916-31 Bi-coloured Lakatois 2d Deep brown purple & lake, watermark Crown to right of A SG 96aw, marginal block of 4, fresh MUH, Price $299 (PNG1008) 74. Papua 1916-31 Bi-coloured Lakatois 2d Deep brown purple & lake, watermark Crown to right of A SG 96aw, corner block of 4, fresh Mint, Price $249 (PNG1010) 75. Papua 1916-31 Lakatois ½d Myrtle & apple-green variety ‘Wmk Crown to right of A’ SG 93w, Harrison imprint block of 6, stated to be from the fourth printing, 4 units MUH, one unit with small paper adhesion Mint, Cat £192 as hinged singles, Price $299 (PNG1113) 76. Papua 1916-31 Lakatois 1½d Pale grey-blue & brown variety ‘Wmk Crown to right of A’ SG 95aw, Harrison imprint strip of 3, two units very lightly hinged Mint, centre unit MUH, Cat £105 as hinged singles, Price $179 (PNG1114) 77. Papua 1916-31 Lakatois 3d Black & bright blue-green SG 98, Harrison imprint strip of 3, lightly hinged Mint, Price $49 (PNG1119) 78. Papua 1916-31 Lakatois 3d Black & blue-green SG 98c, Harrison imprint strip of 3, the right hand unit variety ‘Deformed top of right 3’ (position 39), tone spot in margin, stamps MUH, Price $59 (PNG1118) 79. Papua 1929-30 Lakatois 3d Black & blue-green Ash printing overprinted ‘AIR MAIL’ SG 114, very light cds cancel Fine used, Cat £14.50, Price $19.99 (PNG1407) 80. Papua 1930 Lakatois 6d Dull & pale purple Harrison printing Air overprint SG 116, very light cds cancel Fine used, Cat £14.50, Price $19.99 (PNG1414) 81. Papua 1930 Lakatois 1/- Brown & yellow-olive Ash printing Air overprint SG 120, very light cds cancel Fine used, Cat £16, Price $19.99 (PNG1411) 82. Papua 1931 Lakatois surch 9d on 2/6d Maroon & pale pink SG 124, Harrison imprint strip of 3, CTO, tone spot in margin, Cat £90 as used singles, Price $149 (PNG1124) 83. Papua 1931-32 Lakatois overprinted ‘OS’ 1d Intense black & red SG O56, MUH, Cat £10 as hinged, Price $19.99 (PNG1392) 84. Papua 1931-32 Bi-coloured Lakatois 2d Brown purple & claret overprinted ‘OS’ SG O58 Ash imprint strip of 3, fresh MLH, Price $79 (PNG994)
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DISCOUNT SALE JANUARY 2023 85. Papua 1931-32 Lakatois overprinted ‘OS’ 1d Intense black & red SG O56, MUH, Cat £10 as hinged, Price $19.99 (PNG1415) 86. Papua 1931-32 Lakatois overprinted ‘OS’ 1d Intense black & red SG O56, marginal lightly hinged Mint, Cat £10, Price $14.99 (PNG1391) 87. Papua 1931-32 Lakatois overprinted ‘OS’ 1d Intense black & red SG O56, central indistinct cds cancel Fine used, Cat £20, price $29 (PNG1394) 88. Papua 1931-32 Lakatois overprinted ‘OS’ 1½d bright blue & bright brown SG O57, with two narrow strips of selvedge on gum at base of stamp indicating official sheet repair, Mint, unusual, Price $19.99 (PNG1395) 89. Papua 1931-32 Lakatois overprinted ‘OS’ 1½d bright blue & bright brown SG O57, bold ‘SAMARAI’ cds at right, appears to be CTO with gum, Cat £12, Price $19.99 (PNG1396) 90. Papua 1931-32 Lakatois overprinted ‘OS’ 2d Brown-purple & claretG O58, MUH, Cat £9.50 as hinged, Price $19.99 (PNG1396) 91. Papua 1931-32 Lakatois overprinted ‘OS’ 2d Brown-purple & claretG O58, Mint Cat £9.50, Price $14.99 (PNG1398) 92. Papua 1932 Pictorials short set ½d to 1/3d SG 130-140, Mint with some hinge remains, Cat £110+, Price $149 (PNG1371) 93. New Guinea 1932-34 Undated Birds overprinted ‘OS’ 2d to 6d ex 2½d & 3½d, 1/- & 2/- all Fine used with cds cancels, also 1931 Dated Birds 1d Green Mint SG O31, O44, O46, O48-50, O52-53, Cat £288+, Price $399 (PNG1366) 94. Papua 1934 Declaration set SG 146-49, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £18, Price $24.99 (PNG1370) 95. New Guinea NWPI overprints 1921 small registered cover Rabaul to Melbourne with ten different overprints from the 1918-23 issue comprising KGV & kangaroos simplified set ½d KGV to 1/- Kangaroo, ex the 2d Grey ‘roo but including the 1921-22 KGV 2d Orange, tied by 5 light strikes of the Rabaul cds, a spectacular and unusually clean multi-colour franking cover, Cat approx £320 on cover, Price $449 (PNG999) British Commonwealth 96. Aden 1951 Overprints set, fine used cto without gum, all dated 27 DEC 51. Cat. £40. Price $49 (BC1311) 97. Aden 1953 definitives complete set of 25, fresh mint unhinged. SG 48/72, Cat. £170 (BC1312) 98. Bahrain 1940 Overprint on India KGVI 1 Rupee SG 32. Fresh mint unhinged block of 4, cat. £40, price $49 (BC1081) 99. Brunei 1924 5c Orange – Yellow RETOUCHED VALUE TABLET. SG 66a, fresh mint hinged cat. £325. Price $399 (BC1021) 100. Burma 1938 KGVI 1r & 2R SG 30/31, fresh mint lightly hinged. 2R has a blunt lower left corner. Cat. £32, price $20 (BC1069) 101. Canada - New Brunswick 1860/63 1c Brown Purple SG 7, mint hinged. Small amount of paper adherence to reverse. Cat. £70, price $69 (BC1228) 102. Canada 1922 1c Chrome Yellow Coil stamp in block of 4, SG 256a x 2. Imperf between the vertical pairs. Block has been folded through the central margin. Mint lightly hinged, the left pair is nice, the upper right stamp is thinned. Cat. £360 as two pairs. Price $269 (BC1065) 103. Canada 1927 Historical set, SG 271/3 mint hinged. 12c has a little paper adherance from album page. Cat. £32, price $59 (BC1066)
104. Ceylon 1866 10d Vermilion Chalon Head SG 58. Nicely used but thinned at left. Cat. £72, price $18 (BC1024) 105. Falkland Is. 1891 Queen Victoria 6d Orange-Yellow SG 33. Mint hinged, tiny pen mark in blue top right. cat. £325 price $135 (BC1027) 106. France 1853-61 imperf Napoleon III 80c Deep rose SG 71a, three good margins, touching at base, Fine used, Cat £95, Price $69 (BD362) 107. France 1863-70 Napoleon III perf 14 x 13½ 4c Lilac-grey SG 108, central thin, light cancel, Cat £120, Price $69 (BD357) 108. France 1863-70 Napoleon III perf 14 x 13½ 4c Grey SG 109, some light creasing, Nice used, Cat £85, Price $59 (BD367) 109. France 1863-70 Napoleon III perf 14 x 13½ 4c Yellowish grey SG 110, Good used, Cat £85, Price $89 (BD368) 110. France 1863-70 Napoleon III perf 14 x 13½ 4c Yellowish grey SG 110, couple of nibbled perfs Nice used, Cat £85, Price $69 (BD369) 111. France 1870-71 imperf Ceres 10c Bistre SG 160, some light creasing, two large margins, touching at left & base, light cancel, Cat £95, Price $49 (BD366) 112. France 1870-71 imperf Ceres 40c Orange SG 177, thinned, three ample margins, just cut into at left, nice used, Cat £160, Price $79 (BD364) 113. Gibraltar 1960/62 Definitive set SG 160/73, fresh mint unhinged. Cat. £80, price $98 (BC1251) 114. Hong Kong 1940 Centenary set fine postally used cds cancels. SG 163/68 Cat. £30, price $37.50 (HK584) 115. India 1865 Queen Victoria 4a Green SG 64. Nice fine used with light barred cancel. Cat. £40, price $49 (BC1028) 116. Iraq 1920 Officials 12a on 5pi SG 028. Nice used example. Cat. £28, price $35 (BC1031) 117. Jamaica 1901 1d Slate-Black & red, watermark reversed SG32x. Fine used with a blue 1903 cds. Cat. £90. Supplied with a normal for comparison. Price $110 (BC1166) 118. KUT 1938 KGVI 10/- Perf. 13¼ SG 149, cat. £150. Fresh mint lightly hinged. Price $95 (BC1075) 119. Malaya, Straits Settlements 1902 $1 Dull Green & Black Tablet KEVII SG 119. Fine used with small part cds in violet at lower right corner. Good colour for this, often seen with the green washed out. Cat. £80, price $98 (BC1034) 120. Malaysia Penang $3 Orchids booklet. Front cover doubled! Price $250 (AUC10479) 121. New Zealand 1898-1907 Pictorials, simplified set of 14 to 5/- includes both 2½d types, few gum bends Mint, a scarce & attractive set, minimum Cat approx. £1100, Price $1399 (NZ131) 122. New Zealand 1898-1907 Pictorials, simplified set of 15 to 5/- includes both ½d colours & 2½d types, all postally used with cds cancels, odd minor perf fault, minimum Cat approx.£550, Price $649 (NZ132) 123. New Zealand 1909-16 Edw VII simplified set of 9 to 1/- SG 387-399 group, Mint, Cat approx. £200, Price $279 (NZ125) 124. New Zealand 1909-16 Edw VII simplified set of 9 to 1/- SG 387-399 group, most with cds cancels, Nice-fine used, minimum Cat £60+, Price $75 (NZ123) 125. New Zealand 1913 Auckland Exhibition set SG 412-15, some hinge remainders Mint, Cat £400, Price $579 (NZ126) 126. New Zealand 1920 Victory set SG 453-58 Mint, Cat £70, Price $109 (NZ129)
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DISCOUNT SALE JANUARY 2023 127. New Zealand 1920 Victory 6d Violet SG 457, central ‘KARIOI’ cds, Fine used, Cat £21, Price $29 (NZ103) 128. New Zealand 1920 Victory 6d Violet SG 457, 5 examples all with cds cancels, some shade variation, Nice-fine used, Cat £105, Price $119 (NZ109) 129. New Zealand 1920 Victory set to 1/- SG 453-59, includes 1d shades (3), & 2d on ½d surcharge, the 1½d Mint part gum, others Fine used, mostly (including the 3d, 6d & 1/-) with light cds cancels, Cat £75+, Price $89 (NZ108) 130. New Zealand 1931-35 Airmail set Mint & 5d on 3d Green Airmail surcharge Fine used, SG 548-51, Cat £67, Price $99 (NZ130) 131. New Zealand 1934 7d Trans-Tasman Airmail SG 554, MUH, Cat £35 as hinged, Price $69 (NZ121) 132. New Zealand 1935 6d Jubilee SG 575, MUH, Cat £20 as hinged, Price $39 (NZ119) 133. New Zealand 1935 Jubilee set SG 573-75, all with light cds cancels, very fine used, Cat £32, Price $39 (NZ120) 134. New Zealand 1935-42 Pictorials simplified set of 14 to 3/- SG 577-90c, mostly lightly hinged Mint, minimum Cat £130, Price $129 (NZ111) 135. New Zealand 1938-44 KGVI set of 7 to 3d SG 603-09, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £32, Price $29 (NZ114) 136. New Zealand 1940 Centenary set of 13 to 1/-, the 8d with tiny gum tone spot, MUH, Cat £75, Price $89 (NZ110) 137. New Zealand 1940 Centenary overprinted ‘Official’, set of 11 SG O141-51 most values including the 4d, 8d & 9d MUH, others lightly hinged Mint, Cat £225 as MUH set, Price $229 (NZ112) 138. New Zealand 1940 Centenary overprinted ‘Official’, short set of 9 ex 6d & 1/- SG O141-47, 49 & 50, Mint, Cat £127 as MUH, Price $129 (NZ113) 139. New Zealand 1947-52 KGVI set of 10 to 3/- SG 680-89, MUH, Cat £20, Price $29 (NZ116) 140. Nigeria 1938/51 2/6d & 5/- SG 58/59 Good to fine used, cat. £49, price $45 (BC1077) 141. North Borneo 1931 6c Black & Orange Orangutan, SG 296. Fresh mint lightly hinged. Cat. £20, price $25 (BC1037) 142. North Borneo – Labuan 1894/6 12c Orange – Vermilion & Black Estuarine Crocodile SG 70. Mint hinged example with tiny thin at top. Cat. £23, price $10 (BC1042) 143. North Borneo-Labuan 1894 40c Orange-Buff SG 57 fresh mint hinged. Cat. £60, price $75 (DB452) 144. North Borneo-Labuan 1894 40c Orange-Buff SG 57part original gum, and small gum thin where hinge has been removed. Cat. £60, price $29 (DB451) 145. North Borneo – Labuan 1896 25c Green Coat of Arms SG 80. Attractive mint hinged example, a few perf faults. Cat. £45, price $27 (BC1043) 146. North Borneo – Labuan 1896 Jubilee SG 83/88 fresh mint lightly hinged set minus the 5c. (8c has no gum) Cat. £180, price $175 (BC1058) 147. North Borneo – Labuan 1899 4c on 24c Coat of Arms SG 107. Mint hinged example with tiny gum thin. Cat. £45, price $32.50 (BC1048) 148. North Borneo – Labuan 1899 4c Surcharges perf. 14 SG 108/10. Fresh mint lightly hinged, cat. £23, price $29 (BC1057) 149. Palestine 1920 3m Chestnut perf. 14, SG 28. Lovely fine used cds example, well centred with full perfs. Cat. £65, price $79 (BC1049) 150. Pitcairn Is. 1963 Freedom From Hunger 2/6d, Sydney retail $34,
price $25 (4 available) (BC1231) 151. Pitcairn Is. 1966 World Cup set 4d & 2/6d, fresh mint unhinged left marginal blocks of 4. Sydney retail $50, price $37.50 (BC1231) 152. Rhodesia 1922 £1 KGV Admiral perf. 14 Black & Magenta SG311, perfin. BSAC (British South Africa Co., and with oval fiscal cancel in Violet of 1-DEC. 192?. Attractive stamp, cat. £900 as postally used. Price $265 (BC1170) 153. Samoa 1964 12/- Booklet, SG12a, stamps cto APIA 6 JA 1966. Cat. £110 as mint, this is almost certainly scarcer. Very light blue ink mark to front. Price $98 (BC1256) 154. South Africa 1933/47 6d Orange Tree horiz. Pair, SG 61. Mint unhinged, very minor gum toning. Cat. £70, price $59 (BC1074) 155. St. Helena 1912-16 ½d – 2½d MLH. SG 72/76 cat. $32.50, price $39 (BC1169) 156. St. Vincent 1893/4 5d on 6d Queen Victoria SG 60/60a, mint hinged. Two nice shades, cat. £21.50. Price $26.50 (BC1167) 157. Tonga 1923 2d on 10d King George II black & lake, SG 66. Fine cds postally used, well centred & full perfs. Cat. £70, price $87.50 (BC1052) Cape of Good Hope Triangulars We have a collection of these, both genuine & forgeries. The forgeries collection believed to be ex. Robson Lowe or Henry Harmer. The entire consists of around 450 stamps. The collection is available as a whole for $16,750. Time payment available. Here is a group of forgeries in Sheets or Blocks. 158. Cape of Good Hope Forgery of the 1d Red Woodblock in a complete sheet of 30 mounted on album page with forged Barred Cancels. Aged brownish paper. Edges of the sheet a bit fragile. Price $1100 (COGH43) 159. Cape of Good Hope Forgery of the 1d Red on pale green paper in complete sheet of 30 mounted on album page with forged Barred Cancels. Price $1100 (COGH44) 160. Cape of Good Hope Forgery of the 4d Blue Woodblock in a complete sheet of 30 with forged Barred Cancels. Aged brownish paper. Edges of the sheet a bit fragile. Price $1100 (COGH38) 161. Cape of Good Hope Forgery of the 4d Blue on pale green paper in complete sheet of 30 mounted on album page with forged Barred Cancels. Price $1100 (COGH46) 162. Cape of Good Hope Spiro Lithographed Forgery of the 4d Blue setting II on white paper in complete sheet of 30 mounted on album page with forged Barred Cancels. Includes varieties. Price $1200 (COGH41) 163. Cape of Good Hope Spiro Lithographed Forgery of the 6d Greyish Slate, printing II early state, on white paper in complete sheet of 30 mounted on album page with forged Barred Cancels. Price $1200 (COGH39) 164. Cape of Good Hope Spiro Lithographed Forgery of the 6d Grey-Lilac, from the later plate II, on white paper in complete sheet of 30 mounted on album page with forged Barred Cancels. Price $1200 (COGH40) 165. Cape of Good Hope Forgery of the 6d Lilac, on white paper in part sheet of 22 mounted on album page with forged Barred Cancels. Price $659 (COGH42)
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DISCOUNT SALE JANUARY 2023 166. Cape of Good Hope Forgery of the 6d Lilac, on white paper in block of 12 with forged Barred Cancels. Price $359 (COGH37) 167. Cape of Good Hope Forgery of the 1/- Green on pale green paper in complete sheet of 30 mounted on album page with forged Barred Cancels. Price $1100 (COGH45) Rest of the World 168. Finland 1963, Airmail 3.00, blue, top marginal example, SG 679, MLH. Price $45 (FIN120) 169. Iceland 1937, M/S, 25th Anniversary of Christian X reign, MH with diagonal crease RH corner & some gum toning. Price $49 (ICE055) 170. Iceland 1954, set of 3, Hannes Hafstein’s Commemorative set, MUH. Price $62 (ICE065) 171. Italy 1910 set of 2, Giuseppe Garibaldi, MUH aged gum, red (15¢) & green (5¢) Price $75 (ITL046) 172. Italy 1925, 25th Year of the Reign of Victor Emmanuel III, set of 3 MLH aged gum. Price $117 (ITL053) 173. Italy 1930, set of 9, 2000th Anniversary birth of Virgil, MLH aged gum. Price $122 (ITL060) 174. Italy 1936, set of 8, 2000th Anniversary birth of Horace, MLH. Price $99 (ITL069) 175. Italy 1945 set of 23, Democracy, MLH. Price $1250.00 (ITL075) 176. Italy 1948, set of 6, 100th Anniversary of the 1848 Uprisings, MLH. Price $560 (ITL076) 177. Italy 1948, 35L purple, Express Stamp 100th Anniversary of the 1848 Uprisings MUH. Price $145 (ITL079) 178. Italy 1949, 100th Anniversary of the Roman Republic, brown L.100, fine used cds. Price $147 (ITL004) 179. Italy 1949, set of 2, 5 & 15 Lire, dark green & violet, ERP - Help, fine used cds. Price $29.50 (ITL005) 180. Italy 1949, 20L blue, 2nd World Health Congress - Rome, MLH. Price $70 (ITL088) 181. Italy 1949, set of 3, European Reconstruction Programme, MLH. Price $219 (ITL084) 182. Italy 1950, set of 7, Italy Working 40L – 200L, MUH. Price $128 (ITL105) 183. Italy 1950, set of 12, Italy Working 1L – 50L, MUH. Price $47 (ITL104) 184. Italy 1950, green, 900th Anniversary death of Arezzo, MLH. Price $35 (ITL100) 185. Italy 1950, set of 2. International Shortwave Radio Conference Florence, MLH. Price $378 (ITL097) 186. Italy set of 3, 1961 Visit of President Gronchi to South America, fine used cds. Price $31 (ITL037) 187. JAPAN 1919 Trial AIRMAIL FLIGHT 1½ + 3sen SG 196/7, cat. £1050 ( Sk# C22-23, Sc C1-C2) mint lightly hinged. RARE! Price $1450 (JP306) 188. JAPAN 1921 50th Anniversary of POSTAL SERVICE set SG 202/5 Scott # 163-166 mint hinged, cat. £360. Some minor toning. Price $329 (JP304)
189. Japan 1939 National Parks set, SG 340/3, Fresh Mint Unhinged Blocks of 12. Cat. £240, minor faults affecting only a few, price $399 (JP291) 190. Japan 1939 National Parks set, SG 350/3, Mint Lightly Hinged. Cat. £60, price $59 (JP294) 191. Japan 1950 5th National Athletic Meeting complete sheet of 5 sets, SG 589/92 hinged at bottom selvedge only. Minor toning affects a few stamps, and some perf separation at base. Scarce! Cat. £640 as single sets. Price $1100 (JP299) 192. Japan 1951 Post office Anniv. Minisheet SG 610. Fresh Mint Unhinged, cat £25, price $29 (9 available) (JP298) 193. Japan 1951 6th National Athletic Meeting complete sheet of 10 sets, SG 645/6 hinged at selvedge only. Minor gum wrinkles. Scarce! Cat. £90 as single sets. Price $125 (4 available) (JP300) 194. Japan 1952 Tokyo University SG 687. Complete sheet of 20 Mint Unhinged. Hinged in selvedge only. Minor gum wrinkles. Cat. £420 as singles. Price $615 (JP301) 195. USA 1897-1903 with triangles colour changes 4c Rose brown, 5c Dark blue & 6c Lake Scott 280-82, mixed centreing, Mint with some hinge remains, Scott Cat US $107.50, Price $69 (US99) 196. USA 1897-1903 with triangles colour changes 10c Orange-brown Scott 283, nicely centred, very lightly hinged Mint, Scott Cat US $150, Price $139 (US100) 197. USA 1897-1903 with triangles colour changes 15c Olive-green Scott 284, centred a little to the right, lightly hinged Mint, Scott Cat US $150, Price $129 (US101) Coins and Banknotes Halfpennies 198. Australia 1919 Halfpenny, Choice Uncirculated with beautiful original lustre. Cat. $700 Price $525 (CB3302) 199. Australia 1923 Halfpenny fine condition, nice light chocolate colour. Reverse diagonal die crack through H of Halfpenny. Price $1300 (CB2865) 200. Australia 1923 Halfpenny, damaged with 3mm diamond shape punch hole through left of crown. Cat. $1150 for VG. Good for a date set. Price $250 (CB2815) 201. Australia 1927 Halfpenny Good VF, 6 pearls & centre diamond, 7th & 8th nearly there. Lovely chocolate toned coin, price $30 (CB2867) 202. Australia 1929 Halfpenny, aUnc. Cat. $250 Price $187.50 (CB3303) 203. CB3306) Australia 1930 Halfpenny, EF. Cat $100 Price $75 204. Australia 1931 Halfpenny, gVF. Price $56 (CB3301) 205. Australia 1938 Halfpenny, Unc. Cat $120 Price $90 (2 available) (CB3305) Pennies 206. Australia 1918 Penny, gF. Price $28 (CB3308) 207. Australia 1920 NO DOTS 1d F. Price: $95 (CB2447) 208. Australia 1920 NO DOTS 1d GF. Price: $225 (CB2448) 209. Australia 1920 NO DOTS 1d F. Price: $95 (CB2450) 210. Australia 1927 Penny, EF. Cat $70 Price $52.50 (CB3310)
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22 Years Aust Post Annual Books at *$600 UNDER RETAIL*! Complete set of 1984 to 2005 inclusive (22 books) with discount retail of $1,970 as you can see here - tinyurl.com/Year-Bk - Bought well from an Estate today for $1,175, so out they go for a fast sale at just $1,370 - 30% under normal retail, or a $600 discount! Can be mailed globally in one carton to save post costs. All in the hard matching slipcases of issue, all stamps are in here - have double-checked them all - books all neat and clean from an older person, so no peanut butter or jam covered finger marks all over them as one OFTEN gets when books have been in a home with young children pawing them, or taking them to schoolyard ‘shown and tell’ events etc! Has all the SPECIAL Mini sheets of Gold Medallists etc, that were only found in these books - not buyable otherwise. A HEAP of extra pix here - tinyurl.com/Books84-05 - HUGE face value of course, as lots of $10 and $20 stamps - you are buying CASH basically, as you can see, they literally cost $1,370 to buy at the Post Office. You are getting them 40 years later, at what it cost you to buy year by year! All of them still 100% valid to use on mail if you wished. $A1,370 - Stock 985RR
Australia 1913 10/- First Wmk Roo fresh bright *MUH* Cat $7,500 for $A2,000! - Fresh MUH, superb deep colours that the scan does no justice to actually. Centred low as many of these 1913
isues are. ACSC 47, Cat $7,500. Last bought by a Doctor in 1985, and now dispersing his fine collection that I bought well, saving us both the massive auction house commissions at both ends. Like Arthur Gray, he bought in that same era - while all the other geniuses of the time were buying 1971 Xmas blocks 25, and MUH Nauru Decimal Collections etc! THOSE were the days to buy Bi-Colour Kangaroos. These go up in value each year. He has an attractive *MUH* 1913 £1 Brown & Blue etc, and the most SUPERB Used looking £1 Brown & Blue THIRD watermark you’ll ever see etc, and a CTO £1 Grey Third etc. Let me know what you are after! $A2,000 - Stock 392LG
Aust FDC 1987-2019 in 15 Books. Ret $8,000 - just $A1,995! Lovely hoard of “Liquid Gold” 2007-2019 Australasian First Day Covers! ANYTHING after 2000 in Australian FDC, is near impossible to source. Masses of collectors and dealers drew a line in the sand at this time, at that BIG round year figure, and said “that’s it”. Of course years on, they all regret not buying them, and nearly all want and need those issues, so sourcing them is near impossible - at any price. All clean PO unaddressed. Even as FINE USED these are worth easily DOUBLE my asking price! Collector appears to have had a “standing order” at Australia Post, and got one of every issue direct from then. Too busy to check for a day, but it looks that way. NOTHING removed by me. COST ex PO of these from PO was $A3,433.12 - detailed notes on each volume for your easy checking. Retail would be EASILY $7,000 if you could find a dealer with stock. All the issue formats are here - Mini Sheets, se-tenant blocks, se-tenant pairs and strips, and even the super popular “International” Stamps etc. ALL the topical/thematic goodies are in here and the issues from Australia. TOTALLY unpicked by me. Even as Fine Used, these are all valued WAY over face. Mostly several times. These Cost $3,433.12 to buy ex the PO. Retail is EASILY $7,000+. The 15 clean and deluxe Maroon albums and pages - all except 3 have matching maroon slipcases, (readily buyable) are retail another $1,000, so we have about $8,000 retail here. FIFTY more pix are here - tinyurl.com/ LiquidGolds - 1,033 different covers here. You are paying UNDER $A2 apiece .. even for the $20 high values! $A1,995 - Stock 713LG 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 Last month we advised of Australia having two National Exhibitions during 2023, with one in Hobart, Tasmania and the second in Perth, Western Australia. As a collector you may be contemplating whether you want to attempt exhibiting at either of these exhibitions for the first time. With this in view it is timely to look at how to exhibit. This month we publish the first part of a two-part series to assist first time exhibitors. The two brochures are also available through the APF web site. An Introduction to Exhibiting Part 1 “The ultimate in stamp collecting” Making the Initial Decision There are many people who collect by themselves without knowing other collectors, or without being members of clubs. In general, they tend to just try to collect all stamps according to some list usually from a catalogue. By being a regular member of a club you have probably already advanced past this stage. You see what other people collect, and you are able to get feedback about what are more desirable items to add to your collection. This is important. As we all have limited amounts of money to spend in expanding our collection, it is essential we direct that money to providing the greatest pleasure from our pastime. When you first started collecting there were no restrictions upon what or how you collected, nor were there any restrictions on the way that you stored your material. Whether you wrote up your collection or simply left it without comment, was again your decision. If you were invited to give a display of your material at the club, again there were no restrictions on how you presented the material. Generally, you were thanked for this display and the members showed their appreciation by acclamation. In other words, up to this stage, there are no 40 - Stamp News
rules governing what you have done, nor is anyone looking over your shoulder. Many collectors are happy with this scenario and have no desire to go any further with their enjoyment. Exhibiting is regarded as the ultimate in philately as you are embarking on a whole new experience, in that you are having your work and material assessed by an independent source. Exhibiting introduces rules that govern and guide what you display and how it should be done. These rules are necessary to ensure that all exhibitors are on the same playing field, and to guide the judges so that all similar exhibits are judged equally. These rules govern the types of material which may be included, how it is to be presented, how it is to be judged, and the conduct of the judges in the judging process. Exhibiting is competitive, but it is not a case of selecting first, second and third. Each exhibit is judged on its own merits and the person you are competing against is yourself. There are additional benefits arising from exhibiting • It is always pleasing to receive compliments and constructive criticism about your exhibit from other knowledgeable collectors. • You can meet other exhibitors with similar collecting interests to yourself and exchange ideas. • Your material is now known by a much wider group, any one of whom may advise the location of an item to enhance your collection. • You may have already done some writing up for your own album pages, or for club displays, thus requiring you to do some research. From this research many people have discovered that some of their own items are better than they originally thought. • Thus the appreciation and knowledge of your own material increases, and thereby
Russell Boylan
Philatelic Development Officer, APF you derive more enjoyment not only from the exhibit, but your overall collection • This research also assists in identifying weaknesses in the exhibit where additional or replacement material is needed. • Assistance with research is available from the Australian Philatelic Federation (website www.apf.org.au/research.htm) or the various State Councils listed at the end of this article As a precursor to exhibiting it is beneficial to have studied existing exhibits, specifically the layout or presentation of the material and the Title Page, the first page of each exhibit. The presentation shows how the available space can be best utilized as well as illustrating the types of material available. The Title Page will be addressed in more detail in Part 2. This study is not always easy to do as major exhibitions only occur every two to four years in each state. However, many Clubs have regular displays from established exhibitors. Take the opportunity to visit other Clubs and examine these displays from a wider point of view, rather than just admiring the material. Details of Club programs are available for some states through the APF website. At the time of publication, full details are available for New South Wales and Western Australia, and some clubs programs are included for South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. Keep monitoring the APF website for expansion of the included information. To further assist in studying existing exhibits, there is a Virtual International Philatelic Exhibition on the web always worth looking at. The website is called Exponet, whose address is www. japhila.cz. This site has in excess of 770 exhibits from 50 countries. About Exhibiting Once you become committed to exhibiting you must be prepared to continually improve your exhibit, as an exhibit will change many times
before it nears the ultimate peak of perfection. These changes will generally occur over a period of quite a few years. You must also be prepared to be disappointed and criticized. When you prepare an exhibit your expectations are generally high. You sincerely believe that you have magnificent material and it is superbly presented. It is somewhat deflating when a judge identifies weaknesses in your exhibit, and then proceeds to point out many ways in which it can be improved. To be successful these circumstances must be accepted and used as stepping stones in the development of your exhibit. The Exhibition Classes In exhibiting there are a number of exhibition classes. A class is a description of the type of material or the method of presentation of that material. Some of these classes are very specific, such as Traditional Philately which relates purely to stamps, or restrictive such as Aerophilately which limits the type of material which may be included. There are also classes which allow for a wide range of material such as Thematics, as well as classes which permit the inclusion of non-philatelic material, such as the Open and Polar classes. Most of the classes are recognised on a worldwide basis, but there are some classes which have been developed specifically for Australian collectors to widen the scope of exhibiting, and thus allow more collectors to enjoy the associated experience. These latter classes have also been picked up by New Zealand. The classes currently used within Australia are : World-wide Classes • Traditional Philately • Postal History has three sub-classes: • Postal History • Marcophily • Historical, Social & Special Studies • Postal Stationery Stamp News - 41
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation • • • • • • • •
APF website www.apf.org.au/classes.htm. These classes cover a broad range of material, including, in some cases, non-philatelic material which can be included to supports your story. The Rules and Guidelines for Judging for all of the above classes are also available through the APF website, as are contacts ready to provide more information about these classes. To access the Rules click on the Exhibition Class in which you are interested. For more details on any of these classes, continue scrolling down the page to the Additional Assistance section. Clicking on the name will produce an email. Also shown on this webpage are the Commissions for the world-wide classes, Further information re these classes is available by clicking on the class name.
Thematic Philately Aerophilately Astrophilately Youth Philately Revenues Open Philately Maximaphily Literature
Australian Classes • Cinderellas • Polar Philately • First Day Covers • First Day Covers • Souvenir Covers & Postmarks • Thematic or Topical Exhibit • Picture Postcards • Frugal Philately.
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There are specific rules associated with each of these classes. Descriptions of the above classes and their respective rules can be viewed on the
Exhibition Timetable 4-7 May 2023 NZ 2023 Auckland
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19-21 May 2023 Hobart One-Frame 25-28 May 2023 Ibra/Essen Germany
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15-19 August 2023 Taipei/Taiwan
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Web: www.apf.org.au 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 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
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Malta - Part II
Hello and welcome to Part Twelve 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
relating to some of the Malta George V issues. I had intended to also write on George VI and early QEII as well in this Part II but once I started writing on George VI realised I would be leaving out what I think is some interesting material on the George V issues if I tried to include both GVI and QEII. So future pieces will cover GVI and QEII. Something most people do not realise is that the Malta stamps with the portrait of King George V did not appear until almost four years into his reign. An unusually long period I think. There were ten stamps in the first issue released between 1914 and 1921 and these make for an interesting collecting area in their own right because of the various watermark positions (upright, inverted and reversed) various colour shades, paper and even a few flaw varieties. They were issued with watermark Multiple Crown CA with values from ¼d to 5 shillings. Fig 1 shows the three value designs. Between 1915 and 1919 the Valletta Harbour pictorial design of 1901 which I showed in Part I was re-issued as a 4d value. The 1899 Emblem Figure of Malta was also reissued in 1919 and the shipwreck of St Paul, which we also saw in the previous article, was re-issued, also with the Multiple Crown CA watermark. Fig 2 shows these. Some of these stamp values were again reissued between 1921 and 1922 with the Multiple Script CA watermark. One reason for mentioning this is Top left : Figure 1 Left : Figure 2
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by Michael Dodd
Figure 3 the catalogue prices can be considerably different, and just to give one example; the 1914 ¼d stamp in very good used condition is catalogued at 10 pence (GBP) whereas the 1922 issue with Multiple Script CA watermark is catalogued Used at £40. Not the sort of mistake one wants to make if selling, or when buying the latter only to find out it is the Multiple Crown CA watermark. See Fig 3 The next George VI issue I would like to mention is particularly interesting. It is often referred to as the
Melita issue. It is a series of dual purpose postage and revenue stamps issued by the Crown Colony of Malta between 1922 and 1926. There are 15 values with three stamps issued with two different colours/ shades (the 1d, the 3d and the £1 values). Fig 4 shows the two 1d and 3d values). The £1 values are black and carmine, red and black and bright carmine I do not have copies to show of the £1 although I wish I did as they command a pleasant catalogue value. The issue is known as the Melita issue because it shows the Melita which is the national personification of Malta. The name originated from the Punic-Roman town of Melita, the ancient capital of Malta which eventually developed into the city of Medina. It is the symbolic depiction of a country as a woman. And makes for, in my view, a stunning design on the stamps. This issue was a commemorative issue as they celebrated the island’s new status as a self-governing colony following a new constitution in 1921. They were also seen as a definitive issue intended for regular use over an extended period of time
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Figure 5 The stamps were designed by two leading Maltese artists, Edward Caruana Dingli and Gianni Vella. Dingli’s designs were used on the pence and pound values and Vella’s design on the shilling values shown in Fig 5. The designs were poorly received when they were issued, and Dingli himself criticized the execution
of the design. In subsequent years, however, Dingli’s design came to be regarded as one of the most iconic Malta stamps. There is one more George V issue I would like to briefly mention because it has some stunning designs. This is the 1926–27 issue. The lower value stamps are rather plain but the 1 shilling to 10 shilling values are very attractive and depict some interesting topics, including Medina (described as Mdina using the traditional spelling) a Gozo fishing boat and the neolithic temple Mnajdra SG 168,169 and 171 respectively and as shown in Fig 6 There’s plenty more from Malta to enjoy and I hope you will join me in next month’s issue when I will show and talk about some GVI issues - some really beautifully designed stamps. See you then. Michael can be contacted on cddstamps@gmail. com or visit him at his online store - cddstamps - on the Hipstamp Marketplace
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Norway Post Christmas 2022 Gingerbread is most often made at Christmas. The world’s largest “gingerbread town” is built every December in the Norwegian city of Bergen. And in 2016, Holmestrand proudly presented the world’s longest gingerbread train in connection with the official opening of its new railway station inside the mountain. In December 2021, Norway Post and the TV 2 breakfast show God Morgen Norge jointly launched a contest on Facebook and Instagram asking people to send in photos of their own gingerbread creations. The four winning entries would be the motifs for the 2022 Christmas stamps. The entries included gingerbread houses, gingerbread men and other shapes, and decorations. Two winners were selected by an expert panel of judges consisting of Wenche Andersen from God Morgen Norge, stamp designer Camilla Kvien Jensen and Stamp Director Halvor Fasting. The other two winners were voted by God Morgen Norge viewers.
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Festive greetings from Switzerland
There are countless traditions and rituals around Christmas. These stamp designs draw our attention to the many preparations for the big day and surprise us with delicate tongue-in-cheek humour. The wintry forest is a hive of activity – the hare has got a wonderful Christmas tree and is speeding out of the forest on a sledge, the proud deer have got tangled up in the warmly glowing fairy lights and the little mouse is trying to carry Christmas mail home intact. The designs were produced as part of a competition, and Swiss Post employees had the opportunity to vote for their favourites. For many people, the numerous habitual and cherished preparations for the festive season include writing personal Christmas greetings – and of course sending presents. With these three designs with face values of 90, 110 and 180 centimes, there is now an especially pretty way to do so.
Swedish TV show 50th Anniversary
The pink elephant from the Swedish children’s program “Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter” (Five ants are more than four elephants) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The popularity of the friendly pink elephant seems to pass on from generation to generation. Now you can send a greeting with the expressive/ iconic elephant placed in the top right corner of your card or letter Stamp News - 49
GREENLANDIC STAMPS FOR NOTAPHILISTS Stamp collectors are frequently referred to as philatelists while coin collectors are known as numismatists. The term for the collecting of banknotes and paper money is notaphily and I am sure that many banknote collectors read Stamp News each month without realising that they are notaphilists. There are many similarities between postage stamps and banknotes. They have frequently been produced by the same companies using advanced printing techniques to make the stamps or banknotes difficult to forge. In many instances the same designs have been used for both banknotes and postage stamps. I know of no banknotes specifically depicting postage stamps but there are numerous stamps featuring banknotes. On 15 May 2017 Greenland issued
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a set of two stamps and two souvenir sheets illustrating two 1911 banknotes. Greenland is the world’s largest island but its population is tiny. Norsemen settled on Greenland more than 1000 years ago sharing the land with the Inuits. Ever since then Greenland has been a Danish colony but today the island enjoys a considerable degree of independence. For centuries the colony was run by the Royal Greenlandic Trading Company with headquarters in Copenhagen. The Company maintained coastal trading posts and handled all exports and imports. Thus it had complete control of the island’s economy. The local population survived on hunting and fishing. In the local communities barter trade solved most business transactions and there was little need
Christer Brunström for coins or banknotes. Also company officials believed that the Inuits found it difficult to handle currency in the form of paper money. It seems they preferred coins. However, the first notes were introduced in 1803. They were a kind of token that could be used to make purchases in the Company’s stores. In fact, this remained the main purpose of Greenland’s paper currency until the late 1960s. Today Danish coins and banknotes are used in Greenland but there is talk about an independent Greenlandic currency. During the 19th century there were several issues of Greenlandic banknotes or paper tokens. The new set of stamps features two of the four banknotes introduced in 1911. The 25-øre note shows an eider duck, the 50 øre a seal, the 1 krone
a reindeer and the 5 kroner a polar bear. The central designs of the 25- and 50-øre banknotes are depicted on the 20:- and 39:- (Fig. 1) stamps respectively. Thus we have two stamps of special interest to collectors of wildlife on stamps. There were also two souvenir sheets showing the entire banknotes along with tabs to the right which can be removed. The text on the tabs explains that the designs are old Greenlandic banknotes. The original 1911 banknotes also had a tab that could be removed. The stamp set was created by Bertil Skov Jørgensen, a Danish artist who has already designed a few stamps for Greenland. In 1872, Danish National Bank Director Moritz Levy was asked to look into the monetary system in
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GREENLANDIC STAMPS FOR NOTAPHILISTS Greenland. He discovered that most Greenlanders kept their banknotes in their boots until they were transformed into a sticky mess at which point they were thrown away. This anecdote indicates that the Greenlanders had little faith in paper money. The total face value of the two stamps and the two souvenir sheets is DKK 118 which equals about AU$25 (and very possibly a lot more from your favourite stamp dealer). However, this is a small price to pay as the original 1911 banknotes are very scarce and especially so in nice condition. The Greenlandic Postal Service frequently releases long series of stamps with one or two new issues over a period of many years. The old Greenlandic banknotes was one such series. In 2018 there were two new issues – the DKK 38 value features a reindeer (Fig. 2) and a polar bear is shown on the second DDK 40 sheet/stamp
There were two more stamps and souvenir sheets in 2019. The DKK 26 value shows a polar bear (Fig. 3) and the DKK 56 stamp features a whale. There was only one stamp with the accompanying souvenir sheet in 2020. The DKK 26.50 value features a sailing ship (Fig. 4). It seems the series ended with a 1953 banknote showing a portrait of Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933). He was the founder of the colony of Thule which I have discussed in a previous column here in Stamp News. The denomination is DKK 47 and the design is a lot more professional than the earlier examples of old Greenlandic banknotes (Fig. 5). The Greenlandic Post Office obviously wanted to make the most of these issues as there were both stamps and souvenir sheets. I suppose most notaphilists will be satisfied with the souvenir sheet version.
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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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Some items in our Feb 2023 Auction
Featuring Tim Morgan’s stunning Canada 1928-29 Scrolls Collection
‘Man in the Mast’ Imperf pair - 2 recorded Imperf Between vertically - 5 sheets printed
Plate Proof - Horizontal ribbed paper
Imperf Booklet Plate 5 sheets printed
Plate Number Block on FDC Imperf between horizontally 5 sheets printed Phoenix Auctions Pty Ltd · Auction Rooms: 274A Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria. Australia. Postal Address: PO Box 458 Canterbury, Victoria. 3126. Australia. · ABN: 92 132 987 663 P: +61 3 8682 9876 · F: +61 3 8677 2858 · E: phoenix@phoenixauctions.com.au