Stamp News Australasia - March 2023

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5 classy albums GB FDCs 1982 to 2006 x 323: $3,200 under retail! $A750 or $US500:

SG cat of the FDC as can be seen is £1,774.50 = $A3,500, and then all housed in 5 x clean and fresh special Royal Mail Deluxe special FDC albums, retail $100 each out here - $A4,000 retail the lot. HEAPS more pix shown here - tinyurl.com/GB-FDCs - 323 covers in the carton! With neat typed addresses as Royal Mail insisted on, in this era for Official FDC. Each FDC cat price noted on peelable stickers for your easy checking. So $4,000 retail - lovely clean lot, bought very well so out it goes for just 20% of retail or $A800. A large carton full - an instant collection.

323 different covers to the mega high value £10 Britannia, and all the different £5 values and £5 Machins, and scarce booklet panes and strips 5, and even scarcer Mini sheets yet you are paying about $A2 apiece for all of these GEMS - and all the Deluxe albums are free! Save $3,200 off retail. Only about $US500 as I type this. $A750 - Stock 983DR

1929 5/- Kangaroo clearly ‘Misplaced Roo’ $A499 -

The 1929 5/- Gold and Grey Small Multiple Watermark - itself a very scarce stamp, the exact SAME 240,000 number sold of these, as the 1913 £1 and £2 Roos - cat $10,000, yet this is only cat $250 even with no error! Clean and fresh, totally free of hinges and gook and gunk, very well centred off a heavy Registered parcel, and with ‘REGISTERED - QUEENSLAND’ cds. The ACSC catalogues upwards ‘Misplaced Kangaroo’ at 3mm outside map , at $7,500, as ACSC #45c. ‘Show Me Another’ - Bought very well, so out it goes for just $A499! - Stock 275KX

France nice M+U early collection 1849-1922 SG $6,600 for $A995!

France early collection 1849 to 1922 on original old 100 year old ‘MAURY - PARIS’ album pages, Mint and used. Many of the mint are fine **MUH** original gum - even the high cat items. MANY pics here - tinyurl.com/France-Coll - France retail for those, are the same premiums as early Roos MUH - 300%-400% higher than hinged. SG cat £3,325 = $A6,600.

To which a decent sum needs to be added for the MUH ones. A genuine and untouched collection formed in France, and not seen for near 100 years - never been on the market before - from the family Estate. Collector seemed to attempt to get one of each, in as good condition as he could afford. Some small faults here and there - yes of course from this era, but many are superb - indeed MUH - above average type condition across the range. Only 15% of SG at $995 or $US695 - and a large premium extra is necessary, for the MUH 19th Century. $A995 - Stock 826LY

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Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ......................................6 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 20 Introducing the APF : Russell Boylan........................................ 40 Beginners, please! Michael Dodd .............................................. 44 Post-war Albania : Christer Brunström..........................................50

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Front cover: In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy written and illustrated by Dame Lynley Dodd, this stamp issue showcases the original canine characters and story from the beloved book series.

Date of issue: 1 March 2023

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We are not amused

Reported at www.mylondon.news The King doesn’t appear to share his ancestors love of the hobby of stamp collecting.

Philately has proved to be a therapeutic hobby for many royals across the years.

While the late Queen and many of her predecessors stretching back to Queen Victoria’s reign all shared an interest in the hobby, the same cannot be said for King Charles who prefers to spend any of his free time gardening or painting.

The late Queen was the fifth royal to add to the world famous Royal Philatelic Collection, following on from its inauguration by Queen Victoria’s son, Prince Alfred in 1864. The prince sold his collection to his brother, the future King Edward VII, who in turn gave it to his son, King George V and it subsequently passed down to King George VI and then to the Queen.

Stamps first came into circulation on May 6, 1840 during the early reign of Queen Victoria. Of all the

royal custodians, King George V was very dedicated to maintaining and growing the collection.

When he was still the Duke of York, the Prince was made the honorary Vice President of what would become the Royal Philatelic Society of London in 1893. He also received a book containing 1,500 stamps on the occasion of his wedding day to Princess Mary of Teck from his fellow society members.

King George V’s dedication to his hobby knew no bounds, and he even set the record for the highest price ever paid for a stamp. In 1904, a courtier asked the Prince if he had seen “that some damned fool had paid as much as £1,450 for a single stamp”. George replied: “Yes, I am that damned fool.”

The enjoyment of stamp collecting passed from grandfather to granddaughter. Queen Elizabeth inherited his 328 albums of stamps.

A palace insider said: “The Queen loved showing her stamp collection to visitors who stayed at Buckingham Palace. It was one of her pride and joys, not only because she owned some of the world’s most valuable stamps, but also because she had built on a family treasure.”

While the late Queen added several impressive additions to the collection, the passion has not been shared by King Charles who famously prefers to spend his free time gardening or painting.

At the start of 2022, King Charles saw 79 of his watercolours exhibited in Chelsea. The-then Prince of Wales spoke of his hobby and said that painting “refreshes the soul”.

“In fact, in my case, I find it transports me into another dimension which, quite literally, refreshes parts of the soul which other activities can’t reach. “

Charles makes his mark

Reported at https://www.bbc.com The first set of Manx stamps featuring His Majesty King Charles III’s royal cypher has been issued.

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Margo Campbell of the Isle of Man Post Office Since gaining postal independence in 1973, every single stamp issued by the Isle of Man Post Office was approved by Queen Elizabeth.

Charles fails to make his mark Reported at www.abc.net.au

the three legs of man symbol, the triskelion, which appears on the Manx flag and in the island’s coat of arms.

The cypher is the Sovereign’s monogram, with his title, initials and a representation of the Crown.

An Isle of Man Post Office spokesman said: “Nothing represents the Isle of Man more than its symbol.

“How befitting therefore that His Majesty King Charles III, Lord of Mann, should grant his approval to issue the triskelion collection as our first set of Isle of Man stamps to feature his cypher.”

The British monarch is also the Isle of Man’s head of state, a role held

by Queen Elizabeth II for 70 years before her death in September.

The release coincides with the 50th anniversary year

King Charles will not feature on Australia’s $5 banknote following a decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia, prompting outrage from the opposition.

The portrait of Queen Elizabeth II first appeared on the $5 polymer note in July 1992 when the Queen celebrated the 40th anniversary of her accession.

Following the Queen’s death, the RBA reviewed the design and on Thursday announced via a statement that the note would change, following consultation with the federal government.

“The Reserve Bank has decided to update the $5 banknote to feature a new design that honours the culture and history of the First Australians,” the statement said.

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“This new design will replace the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. “The other side of the $5 banknote will continue to feature the Australian Parliament.”

The RBA said it would consult with First Australians on the new design.

“The new banknote will take a number of years to be designed and printed,” the statement said.

“In the meantime, the current $5 banknote will continue to be issued.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has labelled the move as “another attack on our systems, our society and institutions.”

Treasurer Jim Chalmers welcomed the decision … “to ensure that the new $5 note recognises and celebrates the culture and history and heritage of Indigenous Australians.”

“It is an opportunity to strike a good balance here.

The monarch will still be on the coins but the $5 note will say more about our history and our heritage and our country.”

The Queen was previously on the $1 paper banknote that was first issued in 1966 and the 1 pound banknote that was first released in 1953.

There have been Indigenous designs on different notes throughout the decades, including the first $1 banknote in 1966.

Ukraine Post leads the charge Part 1 Reported at www.wsj.com

Standing behind her post office counter with bricks of cash, a calculator and a flashlight, Lyudmila Gulovskaya distributes Ukrainian state pensions to a line of eager onlookers in this front-line village near Kherson.

For these pensioners, it is the first money they have received from Kyiv in six months, after their villages in surrounding areas were occupied by Russian soldiers.

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For Ms. Gulovskaya, it is the most tangible proof yet that their government has returned.

“We’re back in business,” she said, with the sound of artillery in the distance. “People are poor here; they wouldn’t survive here without the post office.”

After Kyiv’s forces take back a front-line village or town and continue onward, the job of reintegrating it back into the map of Ukraine begins.

In a country where the post office is responsible for distributing pensions to the elderly and letters haven’t been entirely replaced by email, that delicate task largely falls to Ukraine’s postal service, or Ukrposhta.

“When Ukraine takes back territory, first the military goes in, then the de-miners go in, then we go in,” said the chief executive of the postal service.

“We’re the first symbols of Ukraine they see.”

Not only is Ukrposhta responsible for the first injection of cash meant to jumpstart the local economy after months of erratic price rises on products brought in from Russia, Ukrposhta has also distributed food supplies, generators and communication systems to branch offices around the country to turn them into shelters, offering heat, electricity and internet in areas where fighting has crushed critical infrastructure.

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everything,” he said.

For years, Russia has dismissed the strength of Ukraine’s state institutions but in the face of Moscow’s invasion, employees at all levels in Ukraine’s state companies have kept the economy running and become the engines of reintegrating Ukraine’s once-occupied lands.

When Russian troops first arrived in the Kherson region their first task was to convince residents that Ukraine had abandoned them and that Russia was there to stay. They took down Ukrainian state symbols and flags and put up billboards celebrating Russian culture.

For Ukrainians, the post office is an essential and familiar part of life, and Russians’ attempt to take it over laid the groundwork to legitimize Moscow’s own claim to the region.

The Russians let the post office continue to run, distributing cash to keep residents happy until midsummer, when they tried to replace Ukraine currency with the Russian ruble.

But by June, it had become too hard, and Ukrposhta said it was stopping operations in the Kherson region. When postal employees gathered on June 30 in the top regional office to hear about the future of Ukrposhta there, Russian soldiers burst in and local collaborators said they were taking over the offices.

Employees who refused to work with the Russian authorities sent through resignation notifications,

though some stayed behind.

Meanwhile Russia was slowly trying to integrate the small postal offices into its federal system.

While Ukraine has had a Ministry of Reintegration since Russian-backed forces set up statelets in the country’s east in 2014, its offices have been more focused on distributing humanitarian aid.

That has left the process of reconciliation between those who supported the opposing sides of Moscow and Kyiv to people on the ground.

The reopening of Ukrposhta branches in some of Ukraine’s farthest-flung regions that were under Russian occupation has presented the problem of finding new employees who can be trusted.

Those who worked under Russian authorities have been banned. New hires have a monthlong probation period, during which Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency investigates their history during the occupation.

In the centre of Kyiv, the Ukrainian postal service’s cavernous warehouse holds the bulk of packages waiting to be delivered to Ukraine under Russian occupation. Every time Kyiv’s forces take back a new village or city, a few more dozen packages are shipped out and delivered.

Still, around 300 packages are waiting to be delivered to occupied areas of Ukraine, including Mariupol. About $300 million is also waiting to be dispensed to pensioners in those areas.

Earlier this month, Yelena Ryabchenko, 63, was standing in line in the central Kherson post office to dispatch the first package she has been able to send to her son in central Ukraine since the occupation began. She said it contained bread and fruit, but not a letter. Letters aren’t allowed, she said.

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In the village of Daryivka, inside the makeshift postal offices, Olha Yaroshchenko, 65, stepped aside from the counter where she had just received 16,800 hryvnia from Ms. Gulovskaya.

“All I need to buy right now is firewood and coal,” she said. “It’s been six months without my pension and it’s cold outside.”

Ukraine Post leads the charge Part 2 Reported at https://edition.cnn.com

Every few minutes the ground shakes as blasts echo through the battered streets of Siversk, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

An elderly woman shuffles up the street. Another explosion rings out. She flinches, her eyes open wide, but she doesn’t miss a step. She joins a crowd of several dozen, mostly elderly residents bundled up against the cold.

The roads are covered with mud and rubble thrown up by countless incoming rounds. The few vehicles must swerve around water-filled craters where bombs fell. The upper floors of some apartment blocks have been reduced to rubble and barely a window on the street is intact. Telephone

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and electrical wires snake along the ground, long dead.

On the edge of the crowd, standing alone, is 72-year-old Lubov Bilenko.

“Of course, we were very scared before,” she says in a low voice. “Now we’re used to it,” she says of the shelling. “We don’t even pay attention anymore.”

Bilenko tells CNN she has ventured out of her apartment to the main road to collect her monthly pension, brought to town by a mobile unit of Ukrposhta, the Ukrainian Postal Service. Bilenko’s pension is just short of $80 a month. It’s just enough to buy a bit of food from one of the few shops still open.

The little yellow-and-white Ukrposhta van comes to Siversk once a month.

Anna Fesenko heads the mobile unit. She and her colleagues check documents against a list of recipients and hand out cash.

Fesenko says she has been with Ukrposhta for 15 years. Those years of predictable, methodical postal work didn’t prepare her for what she does now.

“I could never have imagined such a nightmare.”

She understands her job is not just to hand out pensions: It’s to remind the people in Siversk they haven’t been forgotten. “I think we’re the only one connection between them and the rest of the world,”

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she says.

Overseeing the operation is the head of the Siversk military administration. He’s nervous that so many people have gathered out in the open.

Russian forces are just across a wide valley about 10 kilometres to the north.

He urges people to move back, to spread out “for your own safety.” They ignore him.

“We are trying to choose the right time and place,” he says of the pension handout. That means every time the mobile unit comes, it’s a different place and time to avoid being targeted by the Russians.

We left Siversk around noon. The distribution was only halfway done.

An hour later a Russian artillery round slammed into the ground just a block away, Fesenko, the postal official, told us by phone.

No one was injured, she said, but she and her colleagues dispensed with formalities. They quickly handed out the cash they could to those still waiting, she said, and left.

Not a happy bunny

Reported at www.scmp.com A heated discussion over the relative aesthetic merits of Lunar New Year postage stamps issued by mainland China and the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions has erupted.

A Weibo blogger posted a photo comparison of

three designs from the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau which has attracted hundreds of comments and reposts.

Hong Kong’s creation has been described as “decent and cute”.

Macau’s – described as “elegant and beautiful” is in the style of a traditional Chinese ink painting.

The overwhelming view of online observers was summed up by one who said of the Hong Kong and Macau philatelic creations: “These stamps are all better looking than the ones on the Mainland.”

However, it is a different story for mainland China’s blue rabbit – which has been described by online posters as “horrific”, “evil”, “very odd” and “scary” due to its prominent teeth and red semicircular eyes outlined with black and stark whiskers.

“This blue rabbit is designed to be horrific, like a demon possessed,” said one poster.“It’s not cute at all. It’s even a bit scary.”

Two stamps have been issued by China Post, one of them is a blue bunny denoting “wisdom” and good wishes for the new year.

They were designed by famous Chinese painter and designer, Huang Yongyu. Born in 1924, Huang was a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the pioneer of Chinese zodiac stamps.

In 2017, a 1980 Year of the Monkey stamp created by Huang was sold at auction for a record price of 2.01 million yuan (almost US$300,000).

According to mainland media reports, this Year of the Rabbit stamp will be the 99-year-old artist’s last.

Despite the controversy, the stamp became an instant hit as soon as it went on sale, selling out online and in some cases, fetching three times its face value.

Vietnam gives peace a chance Reported at https:// en.vietnamplus.vn

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Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) is set to be released on January 27, fifty years after the document was signed.

The stamp features the image of the four parties involved around a giant table as part of their roundtable discussion at the Kléber international convention centre in France. Designed by artist Nguyen Du from Vietnam Post, the image has the brown-yellow-black tone, instead of its original black and white colour, to reflect the tense atmosphere of the event.

The Paris Peace Accords was signed on January 27, 1973 by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam, and the US, after 201 open sessions, 45 high-level private talks, 24 secret meetings, 500 press conferences, 1,000 interviews and hundreds of get-togethers in support of Vietnam.

The agreement put an end to the longest and most difficult struggle in the history of Vietnam’s diplomacy.

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India celebrates its diaspora

Reported at www.thenationalnews.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released a commemorative postal stamp to honour the hordes of Indian migrant workers around the world.

The postal stamp “Surkakshit Jaayen, Prashikshit Jaayen” means “go safely, go trained.”

The stamp underlines the importance of safe, legal, orderly and skilled migration, the Prime Minister’s office said.

“Pravasi Bhartiyas (non-resident Indians) echo the voice of a powerful and capable India,” Mr Modi said.

“It is India’s commitment today that wherever you are, the country is for your interests and expectations.”

Indians comprise the world’s largest overseas diaspora.

There are 32 million non-resident Indians and people with overseas citizenship, according to government figures.

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Belgium goes Nouveau

Reported at www.brusselstimes.com To celebrate that one of the first important art nouveau buildings, Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, was inaugurated 130 years ago, bpost is issuing a stamp sheetlet with five stamps dedicated to this artistic movement.

Two years ago, the Brussels Government decided to celebrate 2023 as “the year of Art Nouveau,” as the capital is home to almost 1,000 art nouveau buildings,

and 250 of them are protected built heritage.

“This Art Nouveau issue turns the spotlight on less well-known decorative and jewellery art,” Belgium’s postal company bpost said.

The Art Nouveau movement of architecture and

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design originated in Brussels in the early 1890s, and quickly spread to France and to the rest of Europe. It began as a reaction against the formal vocabulary of European academic art, eclecticism and historicism of the 19th century, and was based upon an innovative use of new materials, such as iron and glass, to open larger interior spaces and provide maximum light; curving lines such as the whiplash line; and other designs inspired by plants and other natural forms.

The early Art Nouveau designers in Brussels created not only art and architecture but also furniture, glassware, carpets, and even clothing and other decoration to match.

New Zealand cashes in

Reported at www.designswan.com NZ Post has unveiled exclusive collectable stamps and coins designed by New Zealand artist Chris Jones to honour the release of the new film, Avatar: The Way of Water.

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the story of the Sully family and the tragedies they endure. Shot in Aotearoa New Zealand, the new film combines industry-leading technology with pristine locations.

NZ Post spokesman said, “Ultimately for us this is about celebrating the fact that the films were shot and produced here—making the most of the expertise and quality of our New Zealand film industry. Film production has become a major component of our national identity and economy.”

Canadian posties to check in ?

Reported at www.cbc.ca

Many people count on postal workers to arrive on time and deliver the mail. Now doctors are saying they might be able to do much more, by making scheduled stops to check in on senior citizens along their routes.

A new report by the National Institute of Ageing, titled Special Delivery, points to similar programs that have found success in Japan, France, and the Isle of Jersey.

“They’re very popular with a lot of older people,

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including the children of older people who are worried about their parents” said the paper’s author Dr. Samir Sinha.

He added that such a service could become an additional source of revenue for Canada Post.

Postal workers who take part in Jersey’s Call & Check program have a short conversation with people who have been signed up for the service, asking them a list of five questions as part of their mail delivery routes.

Or, the postal workers might ask their elderly clients if they have any concerns they might want to pass onto the local community leaders or family members.

Jersey’s Ministry of Health subsidizes two visits per week for anyone signed up for the program, but participants can pay for additional visits that cost $11.10 each.

Other programs, such as those in France and Japan, are paid subscription services.

“It’s ... not necessarily keeping tabs on your parents, but certainly making sure that they

are getting service, help that they need, and supplementing their support that they would be giving or receiving from other sources in the community,” he said.

“Eventually, it becomes something that they are looking forward to in the week. It’s another ... social interaction for people who may be lacking social interaction.”

Some versions of the service already exist in parts of Canada. Postal workers in Prince Edward County, Ont., may take part in the Letter Carrier Alert program, checking in on seniors and other vulnerable populations. The program, which has been around since the 1980s, is an unpaid volunteer service.

In a statement, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) was supportive of the National Institute of Ageing’s proposal.

According to Statistics Canada, Canada’s population aged 85 and older has doubled since 2001, and may reach 2.7 million people by 2050.

Canada Post, however, has yet to comment on the proposal.

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reviews SG Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840-1970 2023 edition Hardback, 704 A4 pages, 125th edition RRP A $159.95 This catalogue, together with the six volume Stamps of the World, are widely regarded as SG’s ‘Flagship’ volumes. This catalogue has been very familiar to me for the past 50 or so years, ever since I started work describing stamps at the auction house of P.J.Downie in my teens. As such, it’s hard for me to imagine anyone being unfamiliar with it. But of course there are sure to be at least some collectors who don’t know it, so allow me to give you a quick run down. Over those 50 years it has changed it’s name, size, scope & even it’s colour! Lets take a moment to consider some of the names it has: apart from naming it in full, the most common names are ‘The red book’ (hardly used anymore, and probably confusing since it’s no longer red!), ‘SG Commonwealth’ and probably the most familiar, the ‘Part one’.

So what’s in it? Well, in it’s current iteration it includes all stamps issued by the British Commonwealth/Empire from 1840 to 1970 with listings of different watermarks, perforations, shades, papers, many errors & plate varieties.

The recent addition (over a number of years) of Official Telegraph stamps used for Postal purposes adds another dimension for British Commonwealth collectors to ponder, and, of course, collect! Other features include information about forgeries (and forged postmarks) and guides for valuing stamps on commercial covers up to 1945, and much more.

So now to the 2023 edition. Every year a page or so is taken up advising readers of a wide range of topics such as price changes (up & down), new listings and changes to existing ones, the general, and sometimes more specific state of the market and much more. Some of this year’s updates include revisions to the Great 16 - Stamp News

Britain used abroad listings with a number of new additions. The early issues of Ceylon have been reviewed following the publication of Ceylon, The Pence Issues by the Royal Philatelic Society London. There is a new listing of India and Pakistan stamps used in Dubai, and a little closer to home we have new notes on counter coil pairs in New Zealand. Speaking of ‘notes’, these are prolific throughout the catalogue, and a must to read. Other new notes this year include Burma, New Guinea and Cook Islands.

Pricing is always of interest, and for the 2023 edition the publishers tell us ‘Prices have once again been revised from cover to cover. The market for fine Commonwealth stamps remains strong, with increases in most sections, some of them quite substantial. Areas of particular strength are to be found in Great Britain used abroad, India and states, Malaya and South Af-

rica, while in New Zealand there are significant increases, right through from the Chalon Heads to the Second Pictorials’ One caveat about the catalogue prices shown is condition. This is critical when it comes to understanding the catalogue values shown, and there is a six page article included to underscore this fact! So yes, you guessed it, Read it!

The introduction is another must to read, particularly if this is your first ‘Part One’ or you haven’t had a new one for a while. Included here for the first time are illustrated notes on line and comb perforators which I’m sure many readers will find useful.

There is much, much more in this catalogue than I could write about here, and as they say, ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’. On a personal note, this is the only catalogue that I

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buy every year, and I see it as being indispensable! It’s not the cheapest catalogue at A$160, but for what you get it is fantastic value. If you collect British Commonwealth, this catalogue is essential.

SG Collect British Stamps 2023 Edition Paperback, 337 pages, 74th edition RRP A $ TBA Apart from another 12 months of new issues, not a lot has changed since the 2022 edition. The new issues are very up to date with the Tutankhamun issue, released on Nov 24 last year being the most recent listing, and as usual, the publishers tell us that ‘Prices have been carefully reviewed throughout’.

The publishers describe this as a ‘simplified’ catalogue, and for a simplified catalogue it goes into quite a bit of detail. For example, it lists most watermark & perf changes, and most visible plate numbers on the QV line engraved & surface printed issues, the two main variations of the KGV ‘Seahorse’ issues and the QE II Wilding design graphite line & phosphor changes are also there. While it doesn’t go into the level of detail that the ‘Comprehensive’ catalogue does, calling it simplified is probably selling it a bit short!

There is much more here too, including Regionals (or Country Stamps as they are now known), Officials, Postage Dues, Royal Mail Postage Labels and Post & Go stamps, and simplified listings of Prestige & Sponsored booklets and PNC’s/Philatelic/Medallic covers. There is much useful information in the preface such as a list of date changes for the effective face value of 1st & 2nd ‘NVI’ stamps from 1988 to 2022, and a similar list for the ‘Large’ 1st & 2nd Class stamps introduced in 2006. Oddly, in what is obviously a minor boo boo that has slipped through, the preface is headed ‘The 2022 ediStamp News - 17

reviews tion’! Two more interesting articles are found after the preface entitled ‘Collecting Stamps – The Basics’, and ‘Stanley Gibbons Numbers’, these are followed by the ‘Great Britain Stamp Collector’s Glossary’. I find that even though I’ve been involved with stamps for 50+ years, these introductory articles are still usually well worth reading.

This is a great catalogue, and quite suitable for most collectors of GB, at least until your collection advances to the point where the yearly SG Comprehensive, or even the SG Specialised catalogues are needed!

SG Germany 2022 Edition Paperback, 429 pages, 13th edition RRP A $79.95 The 13th edition of this catalogue brings us up to date with Germany’s new issues – well up to May 2022 anyway. The SG Germany catalogue really does include pretty much all aspects of German stamp collecting, from the earliest German States issues, through the Empire & 3rd Reich period, then East Germany, West Berlin and so much more along the way. And all in English, and all in one volume!

Some of that ‘much more’ includes: German Occupation Issues, 1914-1918, Allenstein, Danzig, Marienwerder, Memel, Saar, Schleswig, Upper Silesia, German Occupation Issues, 1939-1945, German Occupation of the Channel Islands & Allied Occupation of Germany & all of the German Colonies. Booklets etc are also included.

As usual, there have been a number of changes, and one of the more interesting from recent times is the updating of the popular 2005-2020 Flower definitive listing (for this issue, SG has a ‘Y’ prefix to the catalogue numbers which as of this edition run from SG Y3306 to SG Y3374c).

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and another interesting aspect of this catalogue is that contact details are provided for two societies with an interest in Germany on page vii, and on the same page can be found short lists of ‘Numbers added’ and ‘Numbers altered’ Finally (although it’s actually located on page xxiv at the front of the catalogue!) we have an informative six page article entitled ‘Berlin Airlift 1948-1949’ where the author, John Roe covers various philatelic aspects of the Airlift, including illustrations of many contemporary & commemorative Airlift related covers which I found most interesting.

Another great catalogue, and a must for any collector of any aspect of German stamps.

All three of the catalogues reviewed here are available as Digital versions, check the SG website under ‘Stamp catalogues’ for full details.

philatelic news Royal Mail : Marvel’s X-Men Royal Mail released a wonderful collection of philatelic items featuring Marvel’s X-Men on February 16, 2023 Some of the available items are shown below. Items can be purchased at https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/x-men

The Jean Grey Fan Sheet features a vintage cover from edition #101 of The X-Men comic book series first published in 1963.She’s pictured rising from the water above four Jean Grey First Class mint stamps perforated into the sheet.

The Wolverine Fan Sheet features a vintage cover from edition #133 of The X-Men comic book series first published in 1963.It includes four Wolverine First Class mint stamps perforated into the sheet.

This set of 12 First Class stamps is presented in a souvenir pack with protective strips. It includes original illustrations of Wolverine, Jean Grey, Iceman, Storm, Beast and Rogue created exclusively for Royal Mail by British comic book artist Mike McKone.

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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for March 2023. This month’s column looks at the postal stationery of the Netherlands New Guinea for the brief period when it was a separate stamp issuing authority as well as Australia Post new issues and postal stationery news.

Netherlands New Guinea Postal Stationery Netherlands New Guinea (Dutch New Guinea) was the western half of the island of New Guinea. It was administered as a part of the Dutch East Indies until 1949 but was established as an overseas territory of the Netherlands from 1949 to 1962.

Before 1949, it used the postal stationery of the Dutch East Indies.

During its brief period as Netherlands New Guinea, it issued its own postal stationery including postal cards, aerogrammes and a change of address postal card.

The first postal card was issued in 1950. The card (Figure 1) was a 5c card with the indicium being a numeral design inscribed ‘NIEUW GUINEA’. The card headings and instructions were in both Dutch and Indonesian. A 7c postal card with the indicium depicting Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was issued in 1954. A card used from Sorong Doom in 1955 is shown in Figure 2.

In 1951 a 3c numeral postal card (Figure 3) was issued to be used to advise correspondents of a change of their address. The reverse of the card Figure 1 1950 5c Netherland New Guinea Postal Card Figure 2 1954 7c Queen Juliana Postal Card Figure 3 1951 3c Change of Address Postal Card 20 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon (Figure 4) is printed with a form with space for the sender’s old and new addresses. Instructions were in both Dutch and Indonesian. The issue of change-of-address postal cards was common in the Netherlands and Belgium. (Some countries including Australia, New Zealand and Canada have provided post free cards for this purpose.)

An airmail lettersheet (Figure 5) was issued in 1950 for domestic airmail use with a 10c indicium in a numeral design.

A 15c Queen Juliana aerogramme (Figure 6) was issued in 1954. The aerogramme was inscribed on the front in Dutch and French with the instructions on the back also in Dutch and French. The aerogramme was reissued with minor variations in 1957 and with Dutch only inscriptions in 1962, indicating that the form was intended for internal use.

A 35c Queen Juliana aerogramme (Figure 7) which covered the aerogramme rate to the Netherlands was also issued in 1955.

A United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) was established in 1962 in Netherlands New Guinea with the territory becoming part of Indonesia in May 1963 as the province of Irian Jaya, now the Papua region of Indonesia including the provinces of Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, and West Papua.

Netherland New Guinea postal stationery was overprinted ‘UNTEA’ Figure 4 Reverse of 1951 3c Change of Address Postal Card Figure 5 1951 10c Airmail Lettersheet Figure 6 1954 15c Aerogramme

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Postal Stationery for use during this period. The 15c and 35c aerogrammes as well as the 7c postal cards (Figure 8) were overprinted. The length of the overprint on the aerogrammes varies from 14 to 19 mm.

From 1963, Indonesian postal stationery has been used.

Canada Private Formular Aerogramme Unlike Australia, private formular aerogrammes were not commonly used in Canada. The form has been authorised for mailing in Canada with the inscription on the reverse reading: Authorized by the Post Office for Mailing in Canada/ Dépot ou Canada authorizé par les postes Canadienes. The aerogramme was used in 1974 with postage of 20c added.

Prepaid Postcards Four prepaid postcards were issued on 19 December 2022 depicting native animals: Platypus, Eastern Quoll (Figure 9), Quokka, Mountain Pygmy Possum. They were in the small format and sold as a set for $11.40. They were followed by an issue of ten postcards designed for special occasions on 3 January 2023: Teddy, Floral Heart, Paper Bouquet, Happy Birthday, Let’s Celebrate, Champagne Flutes, Waratah, Australia, Rings, and Tulips. They were in the small format and sold as a set for $11.40.

Occasionally in the past, some Australia Post outlets, usually LPOs, Figure 7 1954 35c Aerogramme Figure 8 1962 7c Postal Card overprinted ‘UNTEA’ Figure 9 Eastern Quoll Prepaid Postcard 22 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon I was surprised on a recent visit to GPO Brisbane to find on sale a wide variety of prepaid postcards originally sold in packs being sold individually.

The postcards were from issues going back to about 2021.

The price of prepaid postcards (other than those sold as ’maximum cards’) increased to $2.55 on 3 January 2023.

Stamped envelope prices were also increased to: $1.45 (DL), $3.05 (C5), $5.20 (C4), and $3.40 (B4).

International DL Registered Envelopes A new style international DL registered envelope (Figure 11) has been reported. The new envelope has no product barcode on reverse but does have the ‘acknowledgement of land logo’. The counter clerk at the post office concerned refused to sell me the envelope due to the lack of a product barcode although the product code is printed on the reverse of the envelope: ‘International Post Registered 250g DL Envelope 44640’. This code is the same as for the envelope that Figure 10 Postal Card showing Label with Product Code it replaces. The counter clerk Figure 11 2022 International DL Registered Envelope at another post office happiFigure 12 Canada Floral Prestamped Envelope ly sold me the envelope. The instructions for the use of the have broken up postcard booklets, booklets of adenvelope have changed considhesive stamps which also contained postcards and erably from the previous envelope. ‘To send your packs of postcards to sell the individual postcards item overseas, simply place it in a red street posting separately. Presumably this has been because the box or you can lodge it at any post Office’ is replaced original items have not sold well or perhaps because, by ‘To send your item overseas: Take this item to the with increases in the price of prepaid postcards, sellcounter at any Post Office and pay for the postage’. ing the individual cards separately would generate Under the instructions for ‘the limitation of liability’, more revenue. As these cards do not have product the text states ‘If your parcel is lost or damaged, …’. barcodes, a label with a generic product number Is this a move to a situation where all mail is regard(Figure 10) is often attached to the front of the card. ed as parcels (regardless of size or contents) and Stamp News - 23

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Figure 13 Year of the Rabbit Domestic Stamped Envelope Figure 14 Year of the Rabbit Prepaid Postcard Figure 15 1945 New Zealand Formular Aerogramme Proof

letter mail effectively ceases?

Canada: Flower Stamped Envelopes In late 2022, Canada issued a revised set of stamped envelopes (Figure 12) depicting flowers: Calla (red), Calla (white), Hydrangea (red), Hydrangea (white), Gardenia (green background), Gardenia (pink background), Dahlia (green background), Dahlia (red background). Printed by Lowe-Martin. Sold in a pack as a set of ten.

2023 Lunar New Year: Year of the Rabbit Australia issued a prepaid postcard ($2.55, Figure 13), a domestic rate stamped envelope ($1.45, Figure 14) and an international rate stamped envelope ($3.80) on 17 January 2023 to mark the Lunar New Year: Year of the Rabbit. The stamp designs are 24 - Stamp News

inspired by cartoon characters popular in Asian cultures and are bold, modern and bright, with the subjects representing three lucky Rabbit characters based on three Chinese gods, Shouxing, Luxing and Fuxing (longevity, prosperity and happiness).

The Illustrations on the postcard and the envelopes were by Chrissy Lau (https://www.chrissylau.com), while the envelopes were designed by Sonia Young (Australia Post).

New Zealand 1945 Greetings Airmail Lettercard Proof Figure 15 shows an essay of the New Zealand 1945 Greetings Airmail Lettercard with Mitre Peak & Southern Alps designs on side flaps, issued in 1945 & withdrawn on 31 May 1946. The form also incorporates the Tiki design in the background. The essay designed by N S Smith, was printed in blue & grey, was discovered in England with the issued brown flaps glued to the sides to show the contrast.

Ian McMahon Figure 16 NSW Postal Card with View of Weeping Rock, Wentworth Falls Figure 17 NSW Postal Card with View of Technological Museum & College Figure 18 Bush Hut Illustration on Reverse of Australian Lettercard February 2023 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector The February issue of the Postal Stationery Collector, the Journal of the Postal Stationery Society of Australia, includes the continuation of a series of articles on the Australian 18c Queen Elizabeth II stamped envelopes, a new Australian Scenic View Lettercard, the first part of an article on the New South Wales Scenic View Lettercards (Figures 16 and 17) and an article on the origin of the illustration Bush Hut (Figure 18) on the reverse of the Australian Scenic Letter Cards. The issue also includes the usual news, and information on new issues.

British India – Queen Victoria Postal Stationery by Sandeep Jaiswal.

This book is of an outstanding exhibit of Indian Queen Victoria Postal Stationery formed by the US collector, Sandeep Jaiswal. It was published as an EDITION D’OR by the Corinphila Group. The book has 248 pages, hardbound with dust jacket, in English and German. The cost is CHF 99 (Swiss Francs) plus postage. The book can be ordered from Corinphila Auctions: https://corinphila.ch/en/_ptshop/?action=show_item&id=1780.

Exhibitions 2023 and 2024 There are a range of opportunities in 2023 and early 2024 to exhibit your postal stationery as well as to enjoy the postal stationery exhibits of other collectors: • 4 - 7 May 2023 NZ 2023 FIAP https://nz2023. nz/.

• 19 - 21 May 2023 Hobart 2023 National One-Frame – open for entries – hobartstampshow2023.com Email: hesperus@netspace.net. au.

• 25 - 28 May 2023 IBRA 2023 FIP (Full World) – entries closed https://ibra2023.de/.

• 11 -15 August 2023 Taipei 2023 FIAP. – entries open – contact the Commissioner, Darryl Fuller djbsfuller@iinet.net.au, website https:// taipei2023.post.gov.tw/post/taipei2020/en/ • 2 - 5 November 2023 Perth 2023 Full Australian National – entries open see https://www.perth2023stampshow.com/.

• 23-28 November 2023 Thailand 2023 FIP (Full World). Contact Commissioner for details. Peter Allan email: hesperus@netspace.net.au • 18 - 21 April 2024 Melbourne 2024. FIAP exhibition. Details to be announced.

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 Visit us at our premises by appointment, Opposite Upper Ferntree Gully Station. 9.30 – 4.30 Monday – Friday and weekends by appt. to view any of the lots in this sale, plus a whole lot more! Suite 1, 1174 Burwood Highway Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. 3156 Orders up to $100 are strictly net. $101-$250 deduct 10%, $251-$500 deduct 15%, $501-1000 deduct 20% Orders over $1000 deduct 25% Orders over $2500 deduct 30% Layby welcome for orders above $500 however we do not offer discounts on layby sales. Scans or colour photocopies of individual items are available on request.

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Collections & Lots 1. Old Tyme World Collection 1840s-1960s in very thick vintage “Century Postage Album” with in strength in British Colonial material (particularly British Africa) and European 19th century issues. Some of the better items sighted includes GB with 1d Black (almost 4 margins), later QV to 10/-, KEVII to 10/-, BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA with COGH Hope surcharges & KEVII to 5/-, Griqualand, Natal 3d Rose (SG.4) tied to piece (Cat.£500), Pietersburg 1901 1/- (4), Transvaal with few early Arms types, QV sideface 3d, 4d & 6d, later Arms to 2/6d, QV Revenues to 10/-, German States with better Imperfs from Hamburg, Prussia & Saxony. German Colonies with PO’s in China 189845c ovpt. 25pfg, cat. £100, & wmk. Lozenges ½d on 1m, also cat. £100. Other better selections from Austria, Barbados, Bechuanaland, Belgium, Br. Central Africa to £1 fiscally used, France & Colonies, Greece, India & States, Italy inc.

Roman States Imperfs. Holland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, etc, etc. Also some covers and stationery. Condition as usual for these lots is mixed but many rewards here for the astute purchaser. Appears unpicked apart form Australia. Many, many hundreds. Price $5495 (CMY15) 2. World Pre-1900 collection in antique illustrated hardbound “Senf” maroon, Gold & Black album in good cond. for its age (spine needs a repair) Nothing has been removed (incl the few hideously damaged!) & Careful inspection will reveal more, good, highly catalogued items than may appear at a quick glance. GB incls. A spacefiller 1d black, letter D E, useful officials incl “I.R.” 6d grey, 1½d, 6d, 9d & 1/- “Govt Parcels”, other surface printed incl 1883/84 “Lilac & greens” with true colour 9d pair! 6d single & all other vals in better than average cond. Also 5/- plate 2 & 1891 £1 green sound with pen cancel, Netherlands 1852 imperfs, 1864 10c & 15c, 1870 5c & 10c Postage Due, Norway 1856 2sk & 3sk King Oscar, 1872-75 1sk, 3sk, 4sk & 6sk post horns. Also, Sweden 1858 9? violet, Japan 1871 set of 4 imperfs 4 margins sold “as is” but look right, 1872/75 birds & “cherry blossom” (20) forgeries. Incls Chile 1853 1c yellow, NZ 1864/71 4d yellow, Portugal 1898 da Gama set MLH (Cat. £250), the 10r with pulled perf & CGH 1896 5/-. USA with Columbus to 30c, etc, etc. Also Stationery cut-outs from various coun-

tries as popular at the time this album was printed. Despite the mixed cond, this lot has much to recommend it. (Many 100s) Price $3600 (CMN2) 3. Europe in $85 64 Black Page Lion Brand Black stockbook as new. Contains very nice clean collection of Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary & Poland, most used postally or cto. Good range of thematics, all appear different and most are large pictorials. 1000 to 1100 all up. Price $269 (CF1) 4. NZ plus some AAT, Cocos & Christmas Is. Queen Victoria to 2008 in Red 32 black page Lindner stockbook. Most used a few mint or cto. Very good collection in nice clean condition, ordered by date. Many are complete sets and with values to $5. Probably about 1000 stamps, all different. Price $149 (CF2) 5. Bulk lot of Australia in stockbooks, cover albums, loose, in packets etc. Starts with a few KGV Heads, then plenty of pre-decimal and decimal used, with many better values through to fairly recent. Many thousands of stamps, FDC’s etc to sort through, unchecked by us and ex deceased estate. Really could be anything, mostly used, a few mint. Weighs 10.5kg. Good value at $495 (CF5) 6. Australia 1928 – 1936 KGV Commems. Bulk lot as received recently in packets. Quantities are approximate, comprises 3d Kookaburra x 100, 3d Kingsford Smith x 25, 3d Victoria Centenary x 100, 3d Jubilee x 200, 3d Cable x 350, 3d Sth. Aust. x 200, 1/- Sth. Aust. X 100. Min. SG Cat. £5485, approx. AUD$9650 at time of listing. Unchecked by us for shades, varieties, postmarks, perforations or watermarks. About 1075 stamps for around 80c each. Price $849 (CF6) 7. Worldwide and Australia Clearance Lots. We now have 3 standards for these, Standard, Superior and Super. As with anything you get what you pay for. You can expect complete or part collections, Hagner pages, covers, stamps on or off paper, packets, individual stock cards containing single or part sets, literature including magazines or catalogues. Each lot tailor made. Ask for Australia or World, or a mixture of both. The all World lots will necessarily contain a small % of Australia in most cases. (CF7) 8. Standard 20kg $595, 10kg $315, 5kg $165 (CF7a) 9. Superior 20kg $895, 10kg $475, 5kg $245 (CF7b) 10. Super 20kg $1395, 10kg $729, 5kg $385 (CF7c) 11. Superb “Oxford” Blue padded FDC album, as new, cost $50. Contains 39 Unaddressed British Commonwealth First Day Covers with descriptive text for 1981 & 1982. No Australia, but most are better countries like Falkland Is, Ascension, Gibraltar, St. Helena, Singapore etc. Just $89 the lot! (CF8) 12. Royal Commonwealth Society 1977 Queen’s Jubilee FDC collection in superb padded Silver & Red album. Contains 50 + Commonwealth unaddressed FDC’s with descriptive text. Better condition than we usually see these. 45 years old now, doesn’t time fly! Cheap at $98! (CF9) 13. Worldwide amazing array of items on piece, 1880’s – 1940’s in $75 32 page luxury Lighthouse Padded Red Block Album, near new. Many with 3 – 6 stamps on each piece, inc. blocks. Many better countries, inc. Australia with Kangaroos, dues & KGV to 1/-, Sweden inc. coils, Germany, India, GB with Seahorses to 5/-, USA inc. Bullseye cancels etc., Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, Malaya Tigers, Netherlands Indies, Thailand, NZ, etc. 320 pieces with at least 1000 stamps.

If these had been left on cover they would be worth several 1000’s of dollars today. Has to be worth 50c a stamp average, price $495 (CF12) 14. Australia 1970 Captain Cook themed collection in blue album with

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 Australian Coat of Arms inc. Post Office small FDC with 30c stamp cancelled Ballarat (Rare!) Then 3 other small plain FDCs cancelled Chadstone Vic, & Bedgerebong NSW. Plus 4 different Royal FDC’s with full sets or minisheets asl 2 x Sigma FDC’s. Various sets and minisheets mint & used, inc. Anpex x 5 some with special cancels, 1 x Rouletted, 3 x Melbourne Airport Ovpt., 2 x Royal Visit Ovpt., Eucharistic Conference Ovpt., Holey Dollar Ovpt. Set of 12 commemorative covers with different dates and towns around Australia and the same on Minisheets used with gum inc. Thursday Island etc. 60 items, plus a number of sets mint & used and 2 PO Packs not included in this count.

Would be almost impossible to assemble today! Priced around $15 per item plus the nice album comers free. $895 the lot. (CF13) 15. Australia 1984 Ausipex collection, inc. Green Padded Album, Official Catalogue, Die Proofs of the unissued 1914 KGV 2d & 1/- Swan stamps, A $35 Season Ticket plus the 3 overprinted Ausipex Minisheets inc. the very rare FIP, the set of 4 overprinted 1982 Commonwealth Games minisheets, the overprinted Americas Cup PSE’s, the Official Auspex PSE & Airlettter, the mint minisheet x 4, the Benham Silk minisheet First Day Cover, plus many others. 43 items in all. Priced at under $11.50 each, a very scarcer assembly $495. (CF14) 16. New Zealand & Ross Dependency FDC collection 1990 – 1997 in near new Blue 4 Ring Binder on quality pages. Commences 1990 Heritage Ships – 1997 Cattle, plus Ross Dep. 1990 & 1992 sets all on Official Unaddressed covers.

Noted many booklet panes of 10 different, plus $20 definitive. All in all 29 covers which retail at anything up to $40 each! Fabulous lot, not many seen from this period. Retail easily $450 if sold individually. Price $249 (CF15) 17. World Miscellany early to modern, mainly postally used in 100 quality 4 strip dealer display cards with removable clear heavy duty cover. (Cost $95 alone to replace) Roughly 500 stamps with some duplication. Nice clean lot and very cheap at under the replacement cost of the cards…the stamps come free! Price $82.50 (CF16) 18. Worldwide Minisheets by weight! A long time since we had any of these. A mix of mint unhinged and cto used from a wide range of countries, spanning several decades. 75 to 100 sheets per 100g. Expect duplication in the larger lots above 250g, the 100g will be all different. Vrtually all good thematics. 100g for $69, 250g for $159, 500g $295, 1kg for $575 (CF17) 19. 1972 Munich Olympics, plus 1 for 1964 Tokyo. Wide range of First Day & Event Covers plus a few Maximum cards mostly from Germany but also Austria, Greece, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Romania, Turkey & Yugoslavia. All clean unaddressed Illustrated Covers. Most of these sell between $5 - $12.50 each, so priced very cheaply at $189 (CF18) 20. Air NZ 1965 set of 10 Official First Flight Covers for the DC8 service, inc.

Sydney/Christchurch and return, plus American Samoa (8) with flights from Fiji, USA & NZ. All official with printed addresses. Many have pictorial cancels. Scarce assembly, cheap lot for $98 (CF19) 21. Winter Olympics 1924 – 1972 on Borek Hingeless pages with complete mint unhinged stamp & minisheet issues commemorating each year from the host countries etc. Just missing 1 low value stamp from Turkey. 29 issues & minisheets. Highly attractive & clean lot. Cheap at $92.50 (CF20) 22. Australia, massive collection in 2 near new large ring binders. Comprising a modest used collection 1980 to fairly recent on near new Hagners and Cover

pages, plus FDC’s and PSE’s pretty much complete for the period 1980 – 1988 and a few more recent and includes some AAT. Weighs in at a hefty 4.3kg. The binders and pages alone would cost close to $200 to replace. Price $179 (CMJA1) 23. Australia PW Burgundy Padded FDC Album as new with slipcase Vol. 2, 1977 – 1984 with 50 pages, spaces for nearly 100 covers, new price $169 plus there are 29 un-addressed Post Office covers already in place for free!

Under half price of the album alone at just $79 (CMJA2) 24. Three 32 page Lighthouse Stockbooks with huge lot of Papua New Guinea inc. earlier with Birds of Paradise to 2/- mint, 1963 £1 QEII, 2 different 10K values etc, going up to about 2013, maybe a few later. Counted 300 plus sets mainly mint unhinged. There are some condition issues here such as gum toning and there but most are salvageable. Very, very cheap at under $1.50 per set, no huge amounts of duplication. Great value at $439 (CMJA5) 25. World letters A-B in black padded Australia Post Binder on 44 Hagners all as new, cost $90 alone. Wide range of mint & used, early to modern. Noted decent ranges of Algeria, Armenia mint imperfs., Ascension KGV mint to 8d, Austria, Azerbaijan mint imperfs., Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi & more. 800 – 1000 stamps, all different, odd condition issue as is usual in this type of lot, but much better than is usually seen. Price $215 (CMJA6) 26. World letter C in black padded Australia Post Binder on 38 Hagners all as new, cost $80 alone. Wide range of mainly postally used, early to modern.

Noted very good ranges of Canada, plus decent Czechoslovakia, Chile, Cyprus etc. 750 - 850 stamps, all different, odd condition issue as is usual in this type of lot, but much better than is usually seen. Price $189 (CMJA7) 27. World letters M - O in black padded Australia Post Binder on 59 Hagners all as new, cost around $110 alone. Wide range of mint & postally used, early to modern. Plenty of pre-independence French Colonies here, plus decent Malaysia, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia (SWA), Netherlands, New Caledonia and more. 1450 - 1600 stamps, appear all different, some condition issues as is usual in this type of lot, but much better than is usually seen. Price $269 (CMJA10) 28. New Zealand 1898 – 1996 in 2 black padded Australia Post Binders on 82 Hagners all nearly new, cost around $165 alone. Wide range of mint & postally used, early to modern. Noted 1898 Defins. to 5/- Mt. Cook, cat. $550, missing lower right corner. 1906 Christchurch Exhibition 3d mint, KEVII to 1/- mostly mint cat. circa £200, 1920 Victory set used, cat. £75, in black padded Australia Post Binder on 59 Hagners all as new, cost around $110 alone. Wide range of mint & postally used, early to modern. 2/- & 3/Admirals cat. $230, in black padded Australia Post Binder on 59 Hagners all as new, cost around $110 alone. Wide range of mint & postally used, early to modern. Complete mostly mint, then near complete pre-decimals mixture of mint and used, inc. Healths (ex. Smiling Boys) with some minisheets, some Lighthouses and Ross Dependency. Decimals appear mostly complete also with many mint unhinged sets. A very good lot! Stated to be 1440 plus stamps all different. Price $659 (CMJA11) 29. World U – Z in black padded Australia Post Binder on 50 Hagners all as new, cost around $110 alone. Wide range of mint & postally used, early to modern. Noted very good ranges of USA, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Vietnam

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 and others plus Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1954 QEII set to £1 nicely used, cat. £60. Approx. 1250 - 1350 all different. Price $225 (CMJA13) 30. World in 2 Lighthouse black leather bound 32 black page padded stockbooks, near new, cost $75 each. These contain a wide range of mainly used, plus collector’s duplicated ranges of Netherlands, France, Austria, Denmark etc. Must be close to 2500 stamps here. Very cheap, considering the $150 worth of stockbooks, just $195! (CMJA15) 31. Br. Commonwealth mostly postally used collection Queen Victoria to modern set out in catalogue order in 64 black page Lighthouse leather grain black padded stockbook, near new. Cost $90. Very good ranges of Canada, India, Malaysia, Malta, South Africa etc. 1200 – 1300 stamps, all different.

Very clean lot, price $225 (CMJA16) 32. Asia, mostly postally used and mainly large size collection early to modern set out in catalogue order in 64 black page Lighthouse leather grain red padded stockbook, near new. Cost $90. Decent ranges of China, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam etc. 1250 – 1350 stamps, all different. Very clean lot, price $235 (CMJA17) 33. Americas, mostly USA in near new black Lighthouse $80 64 black page stockbook, 1800’s to Modern , pretty well all postally used. Well set out chronologically and appears all different. Also includes Argentina, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay and smatterings of others. 1350 – 1450 here for $229 (CMJA18) 34. Europe letters F – P mostly postally used collection early to modern set out in date order in 64 black Lighthouse black page leather grain padded stockbook, near new. Cost $90. Decent ranges of Finland, Greece, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway etc. Very clean lot of about 950 -1000 all different, price $259 (CMJA20) 35. Very useful World array in older Brown 32 page stockbook, some mint, mainly postally used early to modern. Strength in GB, Touva (Nice!), South Africa, Australia, Spain and lots more. Nice clean lot, not a lot of duplication.

2250 – 2500 all up. Has to be worth 10c a stamp. $239 (CMO2) 36. Mostly Australian Territories & Pacifics mainly mint unhinged sets in Red Stockbook KGV - QEII, Red Papua New Guinea Seven Seas Hingeless Album 1952 – 1984 (As new, replacement cost $200 plus) and in Brown as new padded Hagner binder on stack of 22 Hagner pages, replacement cost $60.

Noted very good Christmas Is., Fiji, New Hebrides Papua New Guinea, Samoa plus some Nauru, Fiji & Gilbert & Ellice Is. About 150 complete sets including blocks of 4, minisheets & sheetlets etc. A few condition issues in the Christmas Is., but overall a very good lot. Price $359 (CMO8) 37. New Zealand Queen Victoria – 1991 used collection in near new 32 page green Importa stockbook. Very good starter lot with 550 – 600 different stamps. Great starter lot for under 20c a stamp $110. (CMO12) 38. 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)

39. 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) 40. 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) 41. 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) 42. 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) 43. 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) 44. 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 (CMJL1) 45. 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) 46. New Zealand Revenues Queen Victoria Long Types, mix of postally used and 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) 47. 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) 48. 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) 49. 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

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 here. About 250 – 3000 sets, great thematic content. Price $749 (CMA1) 50. 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) 51. 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) 52. 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) 53. As above but a smaller lot of about 10kg, price $379 (CMA6) 54. 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) 55. 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) 56. 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) 57. 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) 58. 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) 59. 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) 60. 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) 61. 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) 62. 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) 63. 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) 64. 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) 65. Great Britain mostly used in large green stockbook, 1850’s – 1970’s.

Commences with a few Queen Victoria – KGV. Main value is in KGVI High Values 1939 – 1951 with large quantities of all values to £1. 2/6d Greens x 34, 5/- Reds x 25, 10/- Blues x 99, £1 Browns x 21. Also 10 x 1971 £1 Machin redrawn. Some lower value KGV - QEII to 1/- make up the balance. A good lot, counting just the high values at $1 each, the rest is free. Price $189 (CJA4) 66. New Zealand pre-decimal mint & used collection 1880 – 1965 in Green Lighthouse 32 black page stockbook. Noted Queen Victoria to 1/- 2nd sideface, range of 1898 pictorials inc. the following Mint Unhinged 1d, 2½d vertical pair & 4d these alone cat. £57 as hinged. 1900 Boer War 1½d mint with perf toning, cat. £75, 1913 ½d Auckland Exh. Mint cat £25, 1935 Jubilee set Mint Unhinged, cat. £20 hinged and much more. 400 – 450 mostly all different. Nice clean lot for just $295 (CJA6) 67. Norway 1856 – 1979 Magnificent postally used collection in as new Lighthouse Black Classic Illustrated Album with Slipcase, retail alone around $400.

Must be 75% – 80% complete with many earlier top values inc. 1867/68 8sk Rose, 1872 – 74 defins complete ex. 25ore, then near complete to 1975. Also a good range of Officials & Postage Dues. Retail of the stamps approaching $2500 plus the very nice $400 album comes free. Many, many 100s. Price $950 (CJA8) 68. Australia mainly used collection 1913 – 1976 in Older Brown Padded Seven Seas Album. Commences a few Kangaroos to 2/-, then KGV x 43 to 1/4d, then 1927 – 1965 would be 75% complete with values to £1.

Decimals near complete plus extra Hingeless pages to 1983. A few Territories and States at back. Album alone would cost nearly $300 if new today. Very good value at $169 (CJA13) 69. Great Britain, 150 full sets on piece 1963 – mid. 1990’s. Appear all different. Noted 1963 Red Cross, Block of 10 se-tenant 1994 Greetings set, 1978 1st minisheet etc., values to £5. most with First Day cancels. Very cheap at under $1 per set, retail would have to be 3 times this! Price $145 (CJA14) 70. New Zealand mint collection 1873 – 1974, 100 years of stamps on printed pages in blue binder. Noted 1873 ½d newspaper stamp wmk. NZ mint, cat. £180, same wmk. Star 1875, cat. £32, 1898 5/- Mt. Cook expertly repaired, cat. £350, 1925 Dunedin set cat. £32, 6d 1935 Jubilee, cat. 20, 1940 1/- Centennial, cat. £20, QEII on horseback 2/6 – 10/- cat. £127, 1960 Pictorials to £1 cat. £60, 1967 Decimals to $2 Magenta, cat. £26 & heaps

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 more. Minor duplication, 250 plus stamps with much unhinged. Priced very reasonably at well under $2 a stamp. $449 (CJA16) 71. 2 x Red 32 page Lighthouse made stockbooks near new, with nice collection of earlier sets of thematics covering a wide range of themes. Mostly cto, some mint, 1960’s & ‘70s. A few condition issues, but well over 1000 different here. Stockbooks alone retail close to $50 each nowadays. Price $119 (CJA20) 72. Large red “silk” covered stockbook in very nice condition, with World postally used early to modern collection letters D – K. Noted decent Denmark, KUT, Ecuador, Egypt, Italy etc. Nice lot, appears all different. 750 – 850. About 15c a stamp, nice clean lot at $127.50 (CO4) 73. China, People’s Republic. 1992 Year of the Monkey, complete year set mint unhinged. 20 sets and 2 minisheets. 2 available. Price $89 (CO6) 74. British Empire, pre-QEII in old Glassine Envelope. Looks to be a much better than average mix, with some mint, some better countries like North Borneo, Malaya, West Indies etc. noted. Queen Victoria to KGVI. Little in the way of Australia or GB. Guesstimating about 500. Ex. club book contributor… could be anything. Cheap at $65, we have a few lots of these available. (CO9) 75. Large green stockbook with untidy assortment of World early to modern mint & used. Strength in Hungary with some nice minisheets, Italy, India, Netherlands, Norway, Yugoslavia & more. Guestimate 1400 – 1500 stamps, mainly all different. Some decent pickings in this lot for certain. Has to be worth 10c a stamp. $149 (CO14) 76. French Colonies pre-independence on old illustrated pages in black binder mint & used with some better values. Counted approx. 500 with very little duplication. Nice clean and fresh lot. Decent ranges of Morocco, Algeria, Cameroun, Indo-China, Madagascar, Martinique, Mauritania, New Caledonia, Niger, San Pierre & Miquelon, Tunisia, Tchad and others. Price $219 (CO15) 77. Black KEK 32 page stockbook with interesting mainly used early to modern array. Inc. Hungary, USSR, Norway, Poland, Romania etc. About 650.

Good value at around 15c per stamp, $98 (CO19) 78. Australia 1978 – 1997. Massive 5 Volume Complete Collection of Mint Postal Stationery Envelopes in as new PW Brown Padded Albums. No’s 1 – 258 Values 20c – 45c. Albums alone cost $250 new. Almost impossible to re-create today. Price $465 (CLJ1) 79. GB Collection of 100 plus PO Packs 1979-1992 in Albums Retail $900 plus for $449. Lovely looking lot, formed in the UK, in 2 x large special Deluxe Royal Mail PO Packs albums. Those are not often seen out here. 109 packs, plus the 1983 Year folder. SG cat noted on each for your easy checking, and that tallies to £558, Plus the 2 x clean $75 special albums. Totally untouched by us, as received .. all the goodies are here! Some gorgeous sets. And a few free entry tickets to UK Stamp Shows tossed in gratis, as stamp related souvenirs! The FACE alone is very high with 4 sets of Definitive Castles to £5! included all at only about $4 a pack! Price $449 (CJL6) 80. BELGIUM POSTAL HISTORY: 1860-1960s bundle of covers & postcards ncluding 1868 Brussels-Paris with 30c brown (cover faults), 1871 commercial to Holland with 20c blue, 1879 & 1884 with 25c bistre, 1910 Brussels Exhibition postcard with tabbed 10c & Exhibition label, 1914 postcard to Scotland with tabbed 10c, 1948 bank cover to Australia with 3fr15c Textiles, 1940s attractively franked airmail covers to Australia (4); several others

registered. (32 items) A fine lot at under $20 each, price $595 (CJL7) 81. World Wildlife Fund. 10 VOLUMES All in superb as new condition and well laid out in official WWF black padded binders and matching slipcases.

I noted a complete album devoted to each of the following countries — Australia, Norfolk Island, AAT, Christmas Island, Cocos Island, New Zealand & Tokelau more than $100 mint face value from just these areas. Then 3 x mixed Europe and British Commonwealth volumes. There are extra mint and fine used stamps in the front of most albums, gutters and all sorts of extras.

It would have cost more than $1,200 to put this collection together bargain lot for just $749 (CJL8) 82. Great Britain SPECIALIST COLLECTION of decimal high denomination Machins and Castles £1 & £1.50 values displaying various colour differentiations, or gum/paper types and associated changes in levels of fluorescence; high face value of stamps Fresh MUH. (40) Price $295 (CJL11) 83. Montenegro. 1944 (Mi. 29-35) Red Cross Surcharges set of duplicated values with 0.15+0.85RM (6, incl. 2 pairs), 0.15+1.35RM (5, incl strip of 4), 0.5+2.50RM (on 3D & on 4D) each with a block of 4 and two singles, 0.25+1.75RM (5, incl. strip of 3), 0.25+2.75RM (5, incl. 2 pairs), 0.50+2RM (5, incl. 2 pairs), odd perf blemish & few perf separations in the multiples, MUH; Cat in Euros 2280+ = approx. AUD$3500. (38) Rarely seen in any quantity. Price $1250 (CJL12) 84. Queensland 1860s-1911 array of annotated Sideface varieties on album pages with values to 1/-, mostly commoner flaws such as broken frames, deformed letters, joined letters, colour dots, etc; condition variable with possible postmark interest. (100+) Price $295 (CJL14) 85. Arthur Bergen, South Australian Cover Producer. New Zealand 19372000s selection of commercial covers all addressed to Arthur Bergen, good range of rates and stamps, some registered. Also war service covers, addressed to him with ranks from Lance Corporal to Flight Lieutenant. (c.40) Under $2.50 per cover. Price $98 (CJL15) 86. Australia, Victoria 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d orange (shades) x22 singles, SG #32, good group with minor faults. Cat £400+. (22) Price $325 (CJL16) 87. MASSIVE Great Britain SELL OUT! Just bought a dealer stock 1971 – 2015 approx. OF MINT UNHINGED AND FINE USED. Includes commemoratives, definitives, booklets, post office packs and First Day Covers. Clearing in all different lots at FACE VALUE! (Our choice of a mixture of items) Lots from $100 to $5000.

Or, your choice of years/types as above at 1.5 x Face value, let us know which.

Great value, but no discounts on these lots. $20,000 face value plus available. (GBSELLOUT) 88. Runs of MUH New Issues 2005-2021. A collector was buying new Issues from Max Stern in recent years from Falklands, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia, British Virgin Islands, Tristan Da Cunha, Ascension and Bahamas etc. This is era that almost no dealers bought stock, and lots of collectors stopped buying New Issues in year 2000, hence most collectors do not have these, and neither do dealers! All still perfect MUH in the original new issue glassines.

No idea if they are 100% complete for the period but we’d guess so. Only

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 FULL sets and mini sheets etc. (CAP5) 89. Falkland Is. 2005 – 2021, 34 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £430 plus, price $585 (CAP5a) 90. South Georgia 2008 – 2021, 33 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £600 approx. price $795 (CAP5b) 91. Bahamas 2010 – 2021, 33 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £380 approx. price $510 (CAP5c) 92. Br. Virgin Is. 2014 – 2020, 6 sets & 1 large sheetlet Cat. £85 approx. price $115 (CAP5d) 93. Br. Antarctic Territory 2014 – 2021, 25 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £525 approx. price $710 (CAP5e) 94. Ascension 2008 – 2020, 26 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £365 approx. price $490 (CAP5f) 95. Tristan da Cunha 2014 – 2021, 23 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £545 approx. price $735 (CAP5g) 96. WORLD - ACCUMULATION OF COLLECTOR’S DUPLICATES MOSTLY OFF-PAPER, PREDOMINANTLY AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL, WITH BETTER VALUES. SOME PARTIALLY SORTED INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS, ALSO KGVI & QEII PRE-DECIMALS MANY SORTED BY ISSUE INTO MATCHBOXES, PLUS FOREIGN INCLUDING GB & SOUTH AFRICA. HUGE QUANTITY TO WORK THROUGH. (MANY 1000S).

Heavy lot, price $595 (CEJ3) 97. GREAT BRITAIN: FDCS: 1937-2000 EX-DEALER’S ARRAY IN BROWN IDEAL DOUBLE COVER ALBUM WITH A FEW KGVI/QEII WILDING MOSTLY PLAIN FDCS PLUS ILLUSTRATED 1964 (JULY 1) 2½D WILDING TYPE II WMK SIDEWAYS (UNADDRESSED), RANGE OF EARLY/MID 1950s/60s COMMEMORATIVE ILLUSTRATED TYPES, INC 1953 CORONATION, LIFEBOAT, RED CROSS ETC. ALSO, PHOSPHOR ISSUES. PREVIOUSLY PRICED UP TO $70, 1970S-2000S, WITH MACHIN AND COMMEMORATIVE TYPES AND A FEW STAMP PACKS; 1950S-60S ERA WITH MOSTLY TYPED OR HANDWRITTEN ADDRESSES, THEREAFTER MOSTLY TYPED OR UNADDRESSED. (110+ ITEMS) Priced to sell at $1730 plus with a few unpriced. Many better items here. Cheaply priced at under a third. $575 (CJE6) 98. Jersey, 25 different Mint Unhinged sets $49 (CJE8) 99. Great Britain, 25 different decimal Mint Unhinged sets $49 (CJE9) 100. South Africa, 25 different decimal Mint Unhinged sets $49 (CJE10) 101. South Africa, 25 different decimal Mint Unhinged minisheets $49 (CJE10a) 102. South Africa, 25 different official un-addressed fdcs, $49 (CJE10b) 103. South Africa Homelands, 25 different Mint Unhinged set $49 (CJE11) 104. South Africa Homelands, 25 different official un-addressed fdcs, $49 (CJE11a) 105. Scouting & Guiding covers, mostly Australia. Nice range of 25 covers and other bits & pieces covering 50 years 1948 – 1998. Includes Imprint Blocks of 4 of the 2½d x 5 also Yarra Brae & Greystanes hexagonal postmarks. Several other pictorial pmks. & 3 signed covers: Eleanor Manning, who from 1955 to 1962 served as the chief commissioner for Girl Guides in Australia. She was the first Australian elected to the committee of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, a position she held from 1960 to 1969, also Charlotte Renshaw Jones Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides for Australia 1978 and Raymonde Read, N.S.W. Guides Commissioner, 1973. Fascinating lot but with some condition issues on some. Cheaply priced at around $5 each. $135. (CJE11a) 106. FREE! Australia 1953 - 1992 used collection in two top quality dark blue

Gibbons Plymouth albums. Must be 99.5% complete for the period. Stanley Gibbons Plymouth Luxury Peg-Fitting Album each with 75 linen hinged interleaved pages. A few spots on the cover and inside, but generally good condition. New cost $150 plus each. Buy this lot for well under than the cost of the new albums, price $249 (CMS5) 107. Witches Brew! Worldwide off paper, good sorting lot, about 2500. Good value at around 3c a stamp. $75 (CJE18) 108. Wizard’s Mix, similar to the above, but a hubble bubble toil & trouble, double sized lot! $139 (CJE19) 109. 2012 London Gold Medal Winners PNC collection , limited edition of 1000. 7 PNC’s Price $165 (1 available) (CM8a) 110. Australia “Junk” Box. Stamps, albums, stockbooks, Hagner pages, Covers, loose stamps on & off paper. You name it, it may well be included!

Must be at least 15 - 20,000 stamps in a 20kg box for $550. Half size 10kg for $279. A great sorting lot. (CMS1) 111. Australia Decimal Official Un-addressed FDC’s 1980 - 1988 just 50c each! Way, way below face value. 100 different for $49 (CMS3) 112. United Nations New York Office 1960’s – 1980’s Unaddressed First Day covers, mainly Official or Artcraft cachets. 100 different, less than 50c each, $49 (CMS5) 113. Australia decimal 1st Day covers 1967 - 1991. Massive new issue dealer’s stock of official mainly unaddressed covers in 4 giant brown padded ring binders on approx. 200 Hagner or similar stockpages, some double sided.

Binders and pages alone would have cost around $450 - $500 new. Estimate 750 - 1000 covers, from 1 - 10 of each. Much better spotted like Living Together sets, booklet panes, ATM triangulars x4, $10 Gardens x 4, Minisheets, Setenant strips and blocks, some AAT plus just a few Aerogrammes, Maxi-cards and PSE’s. Great value for a hoarder or re-sellers at $625 the lot. (CMS10) 114. Australia Carton Lot Decimal FDC’s 1974 - 2007 approx. Mostly Official Post Office unaddressed covers. Huge variety, some duplication but very wide variety. Great to soak off for fine used sets or just collect as is. Got to be worth 60c each. Weighs nearly 3kg. Approx 500 for $295, half lot for $150. 3 lots available. (CMS12) 115. Australian Territories and Pacifics fine used collection in Blue Padded Ancol Album, 1940 - 1990. Includes Fiji, Norfolk Is, Pitcairn Is, Nauru & Papua New Guinea. Most are fine used light corner cds, with almost a complete collection from decimals onwards. Must be 350 - 400 complete sets inc. all of the long definitive series. Very cheap at $749 the lot. (CJL5) 116. Hong Kong 1862 – 1926 on album page & Optima stocksheets, mostly fine used. QV to 30c, KEVII to 30c & KGV to $2. Generally clean lot with some private perfins. Cat. £690 plus. 73 stamps. Price under $6 per stamp, $425 (CMAP4) 117. United Nations New York UNO Flags Maximum Cards, each with large coloured flag of the country and relevant stamp with FDI cancel. 16 different comprising Barbados, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorus, Canada, China, Great Britain, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Peru, Senegal, Somalia & Sweden. Price $96 (3 available) (CMAP9) 118. United Nations New York UNO Flags series, 40 different FDC’s inc. some blocks of 4. all official unaddressed. Priced under $1.50 each, $59 (3 available) (CMAP10) 119. Stack of 33 diff. 1960’s/70’s Bulgaria Illustrated unaddressed FDC’s.

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 Don’t see these around much these days. Some good themes inc. Paintings, Madonna & Child, Wrestling, Circus, Knights in Armour, Olympics, 1966 World Cup Soccer, Christmas, Javelin, Running, Ski-ing, Ice Hockey, Ice Skating, Swimming etc. Priced under 90c each, $29 (CMAP13) 120. Papua New Guinea hoard of around 225 mainly Official Un-addressed FDC’s 1960s to around 2001. Several of many, and top Defins. all through from scarce 1965 Anzac, 1969 $2 Shell top value, 3K Coral Defin. top value, and the very pretty 1984 5 Kina Bird of Paradise. Some of the 2000 onwards issues sell at $8 - $10 each. Plus there are more in 2 small cover albums, not counted in the value as some of these have minor aging. All up a very nice lot! Great for hoarders or re-sellers too! Weighs around 2kg. Very cheap at around $1 each, $229. (CMD2) 121. Norfolk Island Yearbooks, 1992 – 2004 plus 2006, 2007 & 2011. 16 in total. These sell at $60 - $150 each! Sydney Retail is $1910. 16 complete years here, inc. minisheets too. Our price under a half at $939…. that is under $5 per month of stamp issues! (CMD3) 122. Norfolk Is. Superb 1988 – 2014 Official Un-addressed FDC Collection.

Appears pretty well if not completely complete for the period, inc. minisheets! 180 covers total with a face value of over $600, retail at least double that! This is a hugely popular area now, especially as Australia Post took over the administration and stamp issuing in July 2016. Even if you do not collect covers, this is a great opportunity to get fine used sets! Odd minor aging from storage at top of a few covers, but stamps are fine. Around 50% face value or 25% retail! Price $319 (CMD4) 123. United Nations 1967 to 1993 mostly cto with some mint in decent 32 page Red stockbook. Well organised and clean lot with many good thematics, sheetlets and minisheets as well as sets, plus small amount of Liechtenstein.

850 – 950 mainly all different. Got to be worth 20c a stamp. Price $179 (CMS3) 124. China, People’s Republic. Brand new collection 2016 – 2021. 200 Different Mint Unhinged in complete sets & minisheets. We previously had similar 100 different 2012 – 2015, these sold put very quickly. Roughly 50 different sets, Priced around $3.30 a set, $165 (5 available) Save $15 and pay only $150 if purchased with a new 32 or 64 page stockbook! (CMS4) 125. Latvia, large collection of commercial & philatelic covers 1992 – 1994 inc. overprints on Russia, combination covers with Russia etc. Wide range of frankings, postmarks & illustrated non-philatelic covers. Interesting lot of rarely seen items, mostly housed in as new Lighthouse Optima pages which cost $1.65 each alone. Counted 193 covers in about 50 Optima pages. Priced cheaply at around $1.50 each, $289 (CMS8) 126. Southern Africa 1980 – 1984 FDC coll. in 3 large FDC albums in 3 x near new padded FDC albums – 2 x Gibbons and retail $50 each new. Superb attractive collection of 120 different FDC inc Mini Sheets and gorgeous sets of stamps, the great albums are ‘Free’! An almost NEVER seen offered area out here, and the early issues are REALLY scarce. Bought well in an Estate of Southern Africa. Comprises South Africa x 52, SWA x 16, Ciskei x 10, Venda x 11, Transkei x 19, Bophuthatswana x 13. Includes a few 1st Flight Covers. 123 in all, mostly official unaddressed covers. We also have a good stock from the same source of later issues, if you wanted to carry on the collections. Priced a tad over $2 a cover, with 3 very nice albums thrown in. $269 (CMS19)

127. China, People’s Republic. 1992 & 1993 Complete year sets mint unhinged, 98 stamps and 5 minisheets. Getting scarce now. Price $162.50 (CMS21) 128. World Mish-mash, on & off paper, in packets, odd cover etc. Most postally used, few mint & cto. Exactly as received from Nationwide Charity Appeal. About 1kg, could be anything. Probably 10,000 stamps. Has to be worth 2.5c a stamp. About 1kg for $249 (CMJE3) 129. Australian States, huge mixed lot off paper. Most appear damaged such as heavy postmarks, missing corners, creases etc. Still good as spacefiller, maybe postmarks, shades etc. Values to 1/-Cheap at around 15c per stamp.

Approx. 500 for $75 (CMM3) 130. Channel Islands Guernsey, Jersey & and maybe a few Isle of Man, great selection of 25 different unhinged complete sets. Price $49. 50 different sets for $125, 100 different sets for $295. (The 50 and 100 different sets will include better, and minisheets) (CMM5) 131. Terrific World mainly postally used collection in Red, Green Gold Rapkin “Triumph” album with 10 full page maps. Many thousands of mostly all different stamps here from early imperfs to about the mid. 1960’s. Little, if anything removed, a few may have fallen out and are loose between pages. Very good Austria, Belgium, Canada with some nice mint imprints and blocks, Czechoslovakia, France & Colonies, Germany, Great Britain with Seahorses to 5/-, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia Airs & red Cross, Romania with 1931 Scouts set mint lightly hinged, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Tuva & USA. 350 plus pages. Must be 3000 to 3500 stamps at a guess. Still, plenty of spaces to fill. Good value at around 35c a stamp. $1175 (CMD8) 132. Santa Tin, very colourful! Contains Worldwide booklets, with emphasis on Switzerland Charity issues. Also, Finland, Denmark, USA, Germany, Gibraltar, IOM etc. 67 booklets from about 1960’s to 1996. Good value lot with some high denominations. Great as a starter lot for World booklets.

Price $449 (CMD9) 133. Australia Territories & Pacific Aerogrammes, by the Kilogram! Wide range of mint and FDC used decimal, some higher face values here. Great value at about 25c each. Some duplication. Start a new collection at bargain basement prices. Roughly 250 in 1kg for $62.50. (CSE7) 134. Worldwide complete sheets, mostly good thematics. By the Kilogram. Wide range of mint unhinged and cto used. Some in complete sets. Sheet sizes from 15 to 50 of a stamp. Mostly 1970’s – 1990’s. All large and colourful. No Arab States.

Paper the Den or spare room! Under 5c a stamp. Good value at $249 per kg. (CSE8) 135. Australian Territories and Pacifics, 100 different postally used. May include AAT, Christmas Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Norfolk Is., Nauru, Samoa, Pitcairn, Cook Is., Fiji. Very hard to find postally used. Price $49 (CSE9) 136. Norfolk Is. Commercial mail. All small envelopes mostly Airmail to Sydney, 1970’s and ‘80s. Includes a range of better values. Hard to source. Some a bit aged. Mostly to Doubleday Book club, plus councils, insurance companies and individuals. 28 pieces in total, cheap at under $3 each. $75. (CSE15) 137. Australia Pre-stamped envelopes, mint. Wide range of issues with values to 45c. Cheap lot, 100 different for $39 (CSE18) 138. Norfolk Is. Decimals 1966-2002 compete mint unhinged, housed in as new Seven Seas Hingeless Album, with pages 1947 – 2002. Album new cost approx. $425. Stamps retail at $1695. Total value $2120. Price $1275 (CJU17)

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 139. Philatelic Literature, old reference books, magazines, catalogues & auction catalogues. 4.5kg lot for $45 (CAP10) 140. Papua New Guinea, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets just $49 (CMAP2) 141. Nauru, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP4) 142. Norfolk Is. 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP5) 143. 125 different complete mint unhinged sets as above only $225, save $20 (CMAP6) 144. 250 different complete mint unhinged sets from the countries above, also including some Pitcairn Island. Normally $99, now save $50, Price $449 (CMAP7) 145. Commercial Mails from all over the World. Most if not all Airmailed Covers. All Very nice range of covers 1980’s to recent that sell for up to $3 each. Price per lot of 100 all different covers $98 (CMAP17) 146. Worldwide First Day Covers, all in nice clean condition. Many of these sells for up to $4 each. Price for lot of 100 all different $98 (CMAP18) 147. Amazing carton lot of mainly Australia Slogans on piece, 1929-1967, plus some Meter marks. Frankings range from 1d Green KGV – 5c Blue QEII. Also, some USA and a few GB Metermarks/Slogans. Must be 4000 – 5000 total with a huge variety of slogans and postmarks. Has to be worth 10c and item. Price $449 (COCT1) 148. United States Forces in New Guinea, 1943 – 45. 15 covers & 1 front, most bear Australia 3d Brown KGVI postmarked Townsville Qld, but emanating from New Guinea. Most have boxed US Army Examiner censor marking, and with name & number of servicemen. Included are 2 x American Red Cross covers. Deployments include Milne Bay, Port Moresby, Admiralty Is., Goodenough Is., Finschhafen, Nadzab, Oro Bay, Dreyer Harbour & Dobodura.

The Battle of Finschhafen was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign during World War II and was fought between Australian and Japanese forces. The fighting took place between 22 September and 24 October 1943 following the landing at Scarlet Beach, which was followed by a two-pronged advance on Finschhafen as the Australian 20th Infantry Brigade advanced on the town from the north, while the 22nd Infantry Battalion drove from the south, having advanced from the landing beaches east of Lae. After the capture of Finschhafen, the Japanese forces in the area withdrew towards Sattelberg where they sought to hold the Australians before launching a counteroffensive, which subsequently threatened the landing beach. This attack was repelled by American and Australian forces, with heavy casualties being inflicted on the Japanese. In the aftermath, the Australians went on the offensive, capturing Sattelberg, and then advancing towards the Wareo plateau. Dreger Harbour was used by Allied forces after the capture of Finschhafen in October 1943. Very good lot at $479 (COCT4) 149. Europa 1981 – 1986 complete mint unhinged collection on Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Includes sheetlets. Cat. £1735 plus = $3050 at time of writing. Very cheap at less than 25%. $749 (CJ8) 150. Vast lot of World and Australia! From Deceased Estates and other sources such as charities and auctions, also private purchases. We have 12 big shipping cartons which we are breaking down into smaller lots of 10 kg. Each will contain 15 – 20,000 stamps unchecked off paper plus albums,

stocksheets, stockbooks, covers, minisheets etc. Virtually all is postally used with some mint, early to modern. There really is no telling what you might find in these lots. Price per 10kg lot, inc. Post and Insurance Australia Wide, around 3c per stamp $695. Supersized double lot for $1295 (post-paid) Half lot for $375 (post extra) Remember to choose World or Australia, or a mixture of both. (CMA1) 151. Papua New Guinea 1990 - 1998 50 different Official First Day Covers, all clean unaddressed. Very cheap at $99 (CJL5) 152. As above, but 1990 – 2001, price $110 (CJL6) 153. Papua New Guinea. 36 different mint unhinged minisheets. modern PNG mini sheets? Issued 2002-2008 beautiful modern designs, huge face value and many popular thematics. Sydney retail is $10-$15 each, totally $385. Could be a perfect lot to break up for retail sales or online etc., or just keep for your collection! Themes include FIFA Centenary, Royalty, Orchids, Marilyn Monroe, Rotary, Aircraft. Christmas, Marine Life, Gold Mining, Olympics, Mushrooms, St. John Ambulance, Art, WWF etc. Price under 40% of retail, $149 the lot. (2 lots for $275) (CMMY9) 154. Australia 1975 – 95 Australia Post un-addressed First Day covers, massive clearance. 100 different for $89, 250 mixed for $169, 500 mixed for $325, 1000 mixed for $595. Massive lot of 2000 mixed for $1100. (Duplication will be kept to a minimum in the mixed lots, depending upon stocks) (CMMY10) 155. British Commonwealth, 1953 Coronation Covers, many with additional stamps & markings. Amazing lot of 65 small seamail covers virtually all to Melbourne. Wide variety of usages and cancels inc. Interbank mail, Official Mail, Registered Mail, Postage Dues, Taxed Covers, Meter Frankings, Perfins, etc.

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

Most are neat typed address. A superb addition to any Royalty or British Commonwealth Collection. Priced well under $6 a cover, $375 the lot. (CMMY11) 156. A similar lot to the above, these all on Artcraft Cacheted covers, mostly light penciled address to Brooklyn, USA. Included GB Set of 4, plus the sets of 4 for Kuwait, Bahrein, Muscat and Tangier. Includes re-addressed and registered items. 36 covers in all again at less than $6 per cover, price $198 (CMMY12) 157. New Zealand 2001 – 2014 Collection in $60 64 Page as New Red Lighthouse Stockbook. Mostly one of each Mint Unhinged and very fine used with Circular cancel, appears complete for period. About 250 complete sets with a retail of around $3500. Priced very reasonably at 40% retail, price $1395 (CMMY13) 158. China, People’s Republic. 1997 Mint unhinged year set complete. 23 sets + 5 M/Sheets. One lot only, be quick! $115 (CD1) 159. Australia pre-decimal first day covers, various cachets 1940’s – 1960’s neat hand or type written address. 25 different for $149, 50 different for $329. Unaddressed 25 different for $298, 50 different for $649 (CD2) 160. Gilbert & Ellice Is., virtually complete mostly Mint Unhinged 1953 – 1979 on near new Ka-Be hingeless pages. These alone cost $100. Previous owner state she paid $575 for this. Just a very few minor condition issues, but very good value at $345 (CD8) 161. Great Britain 1887 – 1952 amazing duplicated collection/accumulation on

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 Tower Bridge printed leaves in Blue Springback album. Queen Victoria Jubilee to 1/-, KEVII with 3 x 2/6d, 1 x 5/-, KGV Seahorses 2/6d x 15, 5/- x 13, 10/- x 3, al unchecked for printings. 1939 -48 High Values inc. 2 complete sets and block of 4 x 10/- (25 stamps to £1 in this group) Many opportunities to find shades, postmarks and varieties in this lot. 600 plus here has to be worth $1 a stamp!

Priced by another dealer years ago at $795. Bargain price at $595 (CD12) 162. East Germany 1949 – 52, the hard period. Collection on leaves mostly fine used, some mint once lightly hinged. 75% - 80% complete for the period. About 80 stamps, cat. £650 = approx. $1150 currently. Priced previously at $425, very well priced at under 25% cat. at $279 (CD13) 163. France. Beautifully written up collection telling the story of the Revolution with examples of stamps relating to this from 1800’s Newspaper and Telegraph stamps to Booklets and Minisheets of 2004. Mostly mint unhinged with a few used. All housed in near new multiring binder. 300 plus stamps. Previously ambitiously priced at $340 but a very fine lot and well worth 50c a stamp. $149 the lot. (CD14) 164. Lovely New Zealand 1874 - 1966 mint & used Pre-decimal Collection in as new Ka-Be Hingeless pages, worth $180 alone to buy today. Noted 1882 Queen Victoria 2nd Sidefaces 1/- used, 1898 2½d & 5d pictorials unused, 1931 Arms type 10/- & £1 fine used, also the 5/- ovpt. Official, 1935 pictorials complete, mix of mint & used, plus officials to 9d used. 1952 – 1966 near complete inc. many health minisheets plus lots of extras affixed to left hand pages. A great lot that would be fairly easy to complete. Price $375 (CD15) 165. Europe 1964 - 83. Black ring binder with themed stamps, covers and mint unhinged sheets for a United Europe. Some stunningly attractive items here with sheets/sheetlets from Cyprus, Berlin, United Nations and Bulgaria and similar on cover from Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man & Gibraltar.

Also some 1972 Olympics related covers. Several hundred stamps & covers.

Originally priced at $550, now half price $275 (CD16) 166. Papua New Guinea 1952 - 1992, plus some earlier New Guinea & Papua mainly mint in near new Blue Padded Seven Seas Album. Commences Lakatois and Birds of Paradise etc, to 5d (24)) Then near complete mint inc.

10/- Rabaul & £1 QEII Specimens 1958 - 1992, unhinged from 1987 (No 1952 set) A nice clean lot, priced years ago by major dealer at $525. Our more realistic price is under half that, $259 (CD16) 167. Mostly pre-Independence French Colonies in Africa mostly mint also some Indo China in 1940’s Junior Globe Album. 500 to 600 appear al different. Great lot, and much cleaner than usually seen. Price $275 (CD19) 168. French Colonies, pre-independence great range of 500 different mint & used with brand new Prinz 32 page stockbook. Fast seller, we can never get enough of these! Price $329 (CD20) 169. NETHERLANDS 1960-93 mint collection in older Blue Schaubek hingeless album, virtually complete including definitives, Phosphors, M/Ss and sheetlets, fresh mint unhinged, stated Cat £1780+. (Many 100s) Very good value at $885 (CS1) 170. Lindner Burgundy Padded looseleaf block album, near new, cost $150 plus! with Worldwide minisheets, sheetlets, blocks etc. mint & used.

Countries represented include Aitutaki, Alderney, Austria, Canada to $10 Whale x 3, Christmas Is., Fiji, Germany, Gilbert & Ellice Is., Ireland, Jamaica,

Japan, Latvia, Nauru, Pitcairn Is., Samoa, San Marino, Sweden, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and much more. Counted 180 items approx. Has to be worth $2 an item plus the very nice album is free! Price $359 (CS6) 171. Worldwide early to modern 19th century onwards Postally used blocks and pairs inc. many high values. Huge variety and great value at under 25c per stamp. 1000 stamps, every block or pair will be different. (No Australia unless requested) Price $249 (CS7) 172. Worldwide early to modern (Mostly 1950s- 1980’s) Mint unhinged Blocks and Minisheets including many complete sets. Huge variety and great value at around 25c per stamp. 500 stamps, every block or pair will be different. (No Australia unless requested) Price $129 (CS8) 173. AUSTRALIA, KGV Heads 1916-21 group of covers with University of Melbourne printed covers with perf. ‘OS’ issues comprising 1d Red (4), 1½d Brown (3), 1½d Red (2) & 2d Orange; also Dept of Labour front with perf.

‘OS’ 1½d Red & 1919 use of “THREE/HALFPENCE” on 1d Postal Card to USA uprated with ½d Green with two-line “RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK/DAMAGED” handstamp in red; generally fine. Scarce assembly. 11 items. Price $459 (CJE3) 174. AUSTRALIA: KGV Heads. 1924-33 group of 1d Green covers, predominantly single frankings, noting three double-rate covers, also 1925 redirected OHMS cover with Large Mult perf ‘OS’ and three covers with SMW P13x12½ perf ‘OS’. Varieties noted, condition variable. Includes 3 advertising covers for Canada Cycle and Motor Company, Latrobe St. Melbourne, 1 x Dept of Health CSL, Royal Park Melb., and 1 x British Medical Association. East Melb. 19 items. Price $795 (CJE4) 175. Take both lots of covers as above for $1195 (save $59) (CJE4a) 176. 1977 QEII Silver Jubilee mint unhinged collection of Commonwealth issues in lovely quality Thick Schaubek Burgundy Padded Springback Album.

Appears complete Antigua to Turks & Caicos Is. with sets, minisheet s& sheetlets. Huge original cost. Price $329 (CJE39) 177. Australia, 1944-45. Three amazing covers from Avoca Beach NSW to Oberlin, Ohio. All addressed to Mrs. Alice Wright Bryson – Wilbur, a former director at the Carnegie Library.

Long registered Censored cover bearing full set of 1937 NSW Sesqui-Centenary plus 3d Cable, 6d Brown Airmail & ½d Orange Kangaroo & 4d Koala, total of 2/3½d. All cancelled by cds’s of Avoca Beach on 11th Sept 1944, A Powerfully Symbolic Day – On September 11, 1944, The First US Troops Cross The Border Into Nazi Germany. A 7-person patrol led by Sgt. Warner W. Holzinger of the 2nd Platoon, Troop B, 85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 5th Armored Division, crossed the river Our at Stolzembourg, Luxembourg and reached Keppeshausen. They studied the pillbox area, and returned safely to Stolzembourg at 18:50 having encountered no German military personnel.

This was also the first advance through enemy lines in Germany. Price $275 A small Airmail Registered cover bearing a full set of the 1934 Victoria Centenary perf. 11½ plus 1d & 2d final printings of the Tasmanian Pictorials and a 1½d 1927 Canberra, All cancelled by cds’s of Avoca Beach on 8th December 1944.

The perf. 11½ set is very rare on any sort of cover. Total of 1/9½d. Price $225 A long registered cover bearing 1925 Anzac pair, 1930 Sturt Pair, 1936 Cable Pair plus 1945 Gloucester set, all cancelled 30th April 1945 Avoca Beach cd’s.

A total of 2/11d. THE DAY OF ADOLF HITLER’S SUICIDE! On April 30, 1945,

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COLLECTIONS SALE MARCH 2023 holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head.

Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich. Price $395 All three covers as above for $795, save $100. ((CJE53) 178. Australia mainly KGV Heads mint & used in 3 near new small stockbooks. Unchecked by us for watermarks, shades, varieties and postmarks. Noted all values to 1/4d x 19, should be able to make up a lot of ½d – 1/4d sets. Also inverted wmks., imprint blocks and pairs, all up 646 stamps inc. 13 Imprint Pairs & 2 Imprint Blocks, values to 5d. Counted 638 stamps. Has to be worth $2 per stamp. Price $1275. (CM2) 179. Great Britain 1940’s to late 1990’s complete fine used Commem. sets. 25 different for $49, 50 for $110, 100 diff. for $239 (better sets in the larger lots) (CM4) 180. Our own incoming mail, mostly form the last 6 months plus other bits & pieces from here & there. Lots of nice frankings including very recent, registered mails etc. Australia only. 1kg for $95 (CM8) 181. China mint unhinged complete sets, very recent from around 2012 up to 2016. This is a new lot just received. And will differ slightly from the last consignment we received. About 25 sets in each lot, around $2.75 per set.

Many nice thematics. 5 lots only $69 each. (CM9) 182. French Polynesia, complete Mint Unhinged Collection on as new Lighthouse Hingeless Pages in Burgundy Leather grain Binder & Slipcase.

This is a superb collection 1954 – 2000, only a very few stamps from 1954 – 1958 are once lightly hinged. Album alone cost $695! Stamps retail at approx. $3425. Total replacement value of approx. $4120. This quality of collections are rarely seen. $2750 (CM13) 183. New Caledonia mint unhinged collection 1989 – 1999 complete on as new Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Pages cost $200 alone! Stamps retail $645 plus. Total retail $845, price $565 (CM14) 184. Australia Collector’s Duplicates, 1937 – 2005 in 2 Binders of Hagner pages plus near new Blue 32 page Lion Brand Stockbook. These alone would cost $125 plus to replace. Many complete sets & High Values. Mostly used, a few mint. Must be around 4000 stamps. $259 the lot. (CM17) 185. British Empire Queen Victoria on quality Lighthouse style pages, mostly fine postally used. Comprises Bechuanland, Br. Honduras, Ceylon, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Labuan, St. Lucia, Sierra Leone & Trinidad. Catalogue some years ago at £2545. Checked a few, most have gone up in price by around 10% or more, the odd one has gone down, and a few SG numbers have changed. A very clean lot. Stand out items are Ceylon SG 18 £180, sg 193, £160, Cyprus SG 16 £500, Gibraltar SG 5 & 6 £325, SG 25 £100, SG 33 5 Pesetas, top value £120, etc, etc. Well above the condition usually seen. 104 stamps, price under 40% $1795 (CMN4) 186. Europa, wonderful lot of unaddressed FDC’s dating from 1958 – 1964. A very clean lot of illustrated covers, which sell at $5 to $15 each. All countries appear present. Could well be some complete year sets, no time to check, some minor duplication, but usually different cachets. Around 200 here, cheap at around $2 each, price $395. (CMY3) 187. Vietnam collection mint & used on stock pages, earlies to 1988 said to cat. £300. Looks to be about 300 different. Also, a page of Sri Lanka, not

counted in value. Good clean lot, price $269 (CMY5) 188. Norfolk Island, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY10) 189. Papua New Guinea, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY15) 190. Nauru, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions!

The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY16) 191. Samoa, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions!

The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY19) 192. Wholesale parcels of Australia pre-decimals, made up to order at approx. half current retail. 1913 – 1965. These lots will contain some duplication. State whether you require mint unhinged, mint hinged or used or a mixture of all three. Lots from $50 to $5000 (CMY21) 193. Australia or Worldwide, your choice. Mishmash of stamps, covers, post office packs, recent incoming mail from overseas etc, booklets, complete mint unhinged sets, minisheets etc. You name it, it may well be here! 1kg lot for $95, 2kg for $179, 5kg for $425, 10kg for $795. Massive 20kg lot for $1495 (CMF10) 194. Shipping covers and postcards, all from Europe inc. GB & Ireland. Would make a nice display Naval / Nautical / Ship Mail / Paquebot, etc. Many Germany plus Poland, UK, France, Netherlands and Scandinavia, most with Special cachets & Postmarks. Very attractive lot from the mid. 1980’s. Cheap at under $2 an item, price $269 (CMN4) 195. Burgundy Australia Post Padded Binder with Africa &Omnibus issues on Hagners & Vario sheets. Noted Katanga ovpts on Belgian Congo MUH Some adhered to page. (29), Silver Jubilee used sets (6 plus odds), 1937 Coronation used (c50 sets MLH/used) & 1949 UPU (c24 sets MLH/used) plus odd later Omnibus to 1981. Zanzibar 1957 set of 15 MLH, useful Ethiopia, Basutoland surcharges to 1R (2 different), Somaliland KGVI surcharges to 5/- & QEII to 10/- MLH, S. Nigeria KEVII to 2/6d MLH & Northern Rhodesia KGVI 3/- used plus Rhodesia 1905 2/6d Falls used plus others in mixed cond. (many 100s) Some very good pickings in this lot. Price $1495 (CMN6) 196. Worldwide Forgeries & Facsimiles plus a few Cinderellas, exhibition labels etc. and a page of Stamps on Stamps (some forgeries may be genuine) Mainly 19th Century, in red 32 black page stockbook and on album pages etc. Plus, forgeries catalogue of 237 pages by Dorn of Haymarket London.

Strength in German States, but also good ranges of British Guiana (inc. The World’s rarest stamp) British West Indies, Cape Triangulars, Newfoundland (inc. Bisect on cover), Mauritius, Italian & Papal States, Tibet and much, much more. Counted 950 plus items. Many of these sells between $10 - $25 each or more. Great reference lot! Around $3.75 each, price $3600 (CMN8) 197. Great Britain, mini collection of 25 different mint unhinged complete sets. Nice mixture of Decimal and Pre-decimal sets. Price $49 (CMAU4) 198. As above but all decimal, price $59 (CMAU5) 199. San Marino lovely mini collection of 25 different complete mint unhinged sets, some great thematics here. Price $49 (CMAU6)

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Each month I’ll add here, a couple of items from that page, for the possible interest of readers. Choice material, and special collection offers etc, from all over the globe. Material on that page often sells FAST - within hours of being listed up, and it changes often - weekly mostly, so do bookmark this page, and check often - www.tinyurl.com/RarityGlen

SARAWAK 1889/1897 Sir Charles Brooke complete set 16 MVLH -

Including both the SG listed shades. SG 8-21. Bright colours MVLH, many superb and very fresh, a few with the usual feint aging found on this series. (Used are worth the same or more than used of course!) SG Cat £750 = $1,500. Bought well in an Estate - a key British Asia Definitive set and almost never offered complete – have had not had one for 20 years $A499 – Stock 684KR

GB Meaty M+U stamp collection on leaves Queen Victoria to early QE2 SG $7,500 for $A600! -

VERY juicy lot from Queen Victoria 1d imperf, to early QE2 era, and solid in all reigns. Lots of postally used blocks - they are SCARCE, as they are here and highly under-rated thus. Much MUH along it too - even in earlies. Some very useful material here - not all pages shown here of course. An ebayer GOLDMINE to break all this down into 200 lots. SG Cat marked on each page is £3,765 - $A7.500. Condition a bit mixed as on all these oldie lots, but much superb condition better pieces sighted here when taking pix, and better than usually seen. Re-housing it all in a black page stockbook would do wonders etc, as untidily arranged now. HEAPS of pix here - tinyurl.com/GBpages - Out it goes for just $A600 or $US400. Stock 576DX

1932 Kangaroo 5/- Grey and Yellow CofA **MUH** with part John Ash imprint AND Plate variety AND ‘Thin Paper’ just $A995! -

Has the very popular and constant ‘Open-Mouthed Kangaroo’ variety from Right pane, position R55. Fresh MUH original gum regummers cannot do corner or margin copies of course! At the height of The Great Depression WHO had a few days wages to spend on a new stamp?!

Far better perfs and centering than usually seen on these. ACSC Cat 46B, at $1,750 as a MUH single with NO variety and NO imprint and on thin paper! Retail is over $1,000 for any bogbasic MUH single. The variety is cat over double a normal stamp = $3,750. And a John Ash Imprint block 4 is cat SIXTEEN times more than a single normal. So to extrapolate that, this is technically a $15,000 catalogued single! And to top it all off, is on a VERY thin paper as can clearly be seen on scan - unreported yet on 5/-, but does of course exist on the 6d CofA etc.

Have just reported this find to Dr. Geoff Kellow. Anyway, despite all this, from ME, less than other dealers sell a normal MUH example for! $A995 - Stock 892DX

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation We trust you had a wonderful New Year. This month we continue with our theme on Exhibiting with the second part of the two-part series aimed at assisting first time exhibitors. A reminder that the two brochures are also available through the APF web site.

May is not that far away so if you are intending to try out in the Hobart National One Frame Exhibition you need to get your Entry Form in as entries close Monday 27th February. All details are available on the Exhibition website:-(https://hobartstampshow2023.com) An Introduction to Exhibiting (Part 2) The Three Exhibit Categories Depending upon your age and/or experience, you have several exhibiting options available: Multi-frame – the most common form of exhibiting and can be from 2 to 8 frames.

One frame – ideal for beginners to exhibiting and for subject matters for which there is limited material available.

Youth exhibiting (under 22 years of age) – where the number of frames will vary with age.

The conditions applicable to each of these categories vary, and these are explained in more detail below.

The Three Exhibition Levels Exhibitions can be held at three ascending levels, State, National and International. The method of judging is the same for each level and the points allocated would be the same. The medal awarded will change with each level, with a high award being much more difficult to obtain at International level.

For example, to achieve a Gold Medal requires 80 points at State level, 85 at National level, and 90 points at International level.

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• Silver • Silver/Bronze, and • Bronze There are 5 point steps between each medal level.

The minimum points required to gain a medal are 50 at State level, 55 at National and 60 at International level.

The maximum point score of 100 is broken up into a number of important areas. This breakdown varies slightly for some exhibition classes, but for most is as follows – • 5 points for presentation; • 20 points for Treatment – how you tell the story; • 10 points for Importance – the significance of your topic in philately; • 35 points for Knowledge, Personal Study and Research – how you demonstrate that you have a good understanding of your topic; • 10 points for Condition – how good is the material in terms of condition; and • 20 points for Rarity – how difficult would it be to replace your material.

The points breakdown is very important to understand. It becomes apparent that good material alone is not sufficient to gain a high award. To be successful in this regard the good material must be skilfully presented and interwoven into the story being told.

There are two keys to scoring well, the first of which is the 35 points for knowledge, personal study and research. These aspects are demonstrated by the relevance of the items that you have included in the exhibit, your write-ups, and the references shown in the bibliography on the Title Page.

The second key is the 20 points for treatment. On the Title Page you are required to indicate the aim of your exhibit. The marks awarded for Treatment are an assessment of how well you have achieved this aim. This implies a perfect concordance between the statement of your aim and the development of the exhibit. To ensure this concordance, the Title Page is generally the last sheet of your exhibit to be finalised. When you submit your application you will be required to submit a “draft” Title Page. The fact that it is a “draft” allows it to be subsequently modified prior to the final submission.

Russell Boylan

Philatelic Development Officer, APF There is a variation in the point s allocation for thematic exhibits, where the breakdown is as follows – • 15 points for Title and Plan; • 15 points for the development of the exhibit; • 5 points for innovation; • 15 points for thematic knowledge; • 15 points for philatelic knowledge; • 10 points for condition; and • 5 points for presentation.

The plan should present in a logical order allowing the study of the entire exhibit without disturbing breaks between the different chapters. Ideally the beginning of each following chapter has a logical link with that preceding. This helps to create an interesting story instead of an unconnected “list of contents”.

An effective plan covers the largest scope compatible with the title. In this respect, unless specifically stated in the title, the plan should not be limited by time or by geography, as far as the chosen theme allows it.

The construction of an innovative plan is considered a prerequisite for an innovative development.

light the different judging and marking criteria.

This section refers to exhibits by young philatelists under 22 years old. Exhibitors will be assigned to one of the three Age Classes • Age Class “A”: 10 to 15 years old • Age Class “B”: 16 to 18 years old • Age Class “C” 19 to 21 years old The age attained on January 1st of the year in which the exhibition takes place decides the relevant Class.

Each exhibit shall be allocated frames according to the Age Class: • “A” from 1 frame to 3 frames • “B” from 2 frames to 4 frames • “C” from 3 frames to 5 frames For the evaluation of youth exhibits in Traditional Philately, Postal History, Postal Stationery, Aerophilately, Astrophilately, Revenue and Maximaphily, the following points will be allocated:

One Frame Exhibits One frame exhibits are generally seen as a good way of introducing new exhibitors as they can experiment with exhibiting without too much effort.

One frame exhibits also have their own award allocation and marking scale. The awards which can be obtained, in descending order, are • Gold • Vermeil • Silver • Silver-Bronze, and • Bronze.

There are 10 point steps between each award level. The minimum points required to gain an award are 40 at State level and 45 at National level.

The points breakdown is the same as for multiframe exhibits.The rules and awards at International level vary from those applicable within Australia.

For the evaluation of youth exhibits in Thematic Philately and Maximaphily Thematic Philately exhibits the following points will be allocated:

Youth Exhibits “Youth Philately” is shown as an FIP class to high-

“A” Treatment 29 Knowledge 22 Material 20 Presentation 25

“A” Treatment 33 Knowledge 22 Material 20 Presentation 25

“B” 33 27 23 15

“B” 35 27 23 15

“C” 35 30 25 10

“C” 35 30 25 10

Youth exhibits can be in any of the accepted exhibition classes except Literature. However, at State, National and FIP levels experimental Youth Literature classes are currently being trialled to allow young people to enter written or electronic publications on philatelic subjects including Power Point displays and internet articles.

The maximum award in Youth Philately at APF State and National levels is a Gold medal. At the FIP level a Large Vermeil is the highest award at Age Classes “A” and “B” and a Gold medal is the highest medal awarded in Age Class “C”.

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Title Pages and Conclusion The essence of a good exhibit is the telling of a story using stamps and/or covers. This story must have a start, a middle and a logical ending. It will be supported by a Title Page, the first sheet of the exhibit. This Title Page must detail what the exhibit is showing and explain how the exhibit has been developed.

When you give a club display, you have the opportunity to talk about the topic, to explain what the display is all about, some of the background history, and any special items to look out for. In an exhibit, this “talk” is replaced by the Title Page.

For security purposes, exhibits are mounted in display frames which usually hold 16 sheets of material (4 rows of 4). These sheets are usually quite different to album pages, both in size and presentation. All exhibition pages must be enclosed in a clear protector.

Should you decide to go down the exhibiting path, it is strongly suggested that you first have a discussion with an experienced exhibitor or a philatelic judge who can guide you in your initial approach.

Your

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State Council can help you find a mentor. Not only can this person guide you in the selection of the appropriate class, but also in choosing the correct sheet material, protectors, and mounting options.

This advisor should also be able to help you to understand the rules for the selected class.

Contact details for the various State Councils follow this article.

Hobart Stamp Show 2023 National One Frame Exhibition Hobart is once again the venue for the National Australian One Frame exhibition for 2023.

Collectors and exhibitors from around Australia will gather at the historic Hobart Town Hall from Friday 19 May to Sunday 21 May this year.

On show be a wide range of one frame stamp

Australian Philatelic Federation 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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Philatelic Development Officer, APF and postcard exhibits from around Australia. There will also be a special Centennial section showcasing exhibits by local TPS members and two invited displays showing Tasmanian postal history and Tattersalls mail. 7 local and interstate dealers will be buying and selling a wide range of items.

Entries One-frame entries (16 standard sheets) are invited from Australian exhibitors in all one-frame sub-classes. Frame fees are $60 for the first entry and $55 for the second and subsequent entries. The prospectus, entry form and information about the one frame class are available on the website. Entries close Mon 27 Feb 2023. There is an online entry form which should be easier for exhibitors to use.

There is no need to download anything, just type your details directly on the screen - see the Exhibitor tab on the website hobartstampshow2023.com.

Accommodation The exhibition hotel is Hadleys Orient Hotel, 34 Murray St, Hobart. Hadleys has many associations with the history of Hobart and is 5 minutes walk from the Exhibition venue.

A discounted group booking for visitors to the exhibition is available at $189 per night for a hotel room and $209 per night for a superior room. A booking code to access the discount is available on the Exhibition website.

The Awards Dinner and joint TPS/ RPSV meeting will both be held at Hadleys. There are many other accommodation options available in Hobart to suit all budgets, but we suggest booking early.

Venue The exhibition venue is Hobart’s Town Hall, built in 1864, opposite the GPO in Macquarie St. The Town Hall is in the centre of Hobart and within walking distance of the waterfront and Salamanca precincts.

Other things to do Hobart and its surroundings offer many visitor attractions. Within walking distance of the exhibition is the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery with Australia’s best collection of colonial art. The Salamanca market operates every Saturday. The docks offer a pleasant stroll with much history as well as cafes and bars. MONA is 30 minutes by ferry or car. We list a few details of some of the most popular attractions on our website Changes to the One Frame Class Information about new one frame rules, guidelines and other useful information about putting an exhibit together is available on the exhibition website on the About One Frame Exhibits page.

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Hello and welcome to Part fourteen of my tour of British Commonwealth stamps and now the fourth and final selection of my series on the stamps of Malta.

In my previous article I finished with the self

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government overprint stamps issued during the reign of George VI. They were not in use for long because as we know Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1953.

I will only show a few of the early issues from her long reign as I think these are the most interesting.

The first stamp showing her image was issued in 1950 when she was Princess Elizabeth. (Fig 1) This was one of a set of three to commemorate her visit.

This was in fact her second visit to Malta as she was there for the first time in 1949 with Prince Philip.

Her third visit to Malta and her first as Queen was in 1954 when a single stamp was issued for the occasion. As was quite common for stamps issued for Royal visits the stamp was in the

Fig 1 SG 256

by Michael Dodd

Fig 3 SG 398

design style of the definitive stamps that were issued between in 1956 and 1958.

While I am on this theme, Her Majesty visited again in 1967, on what was her second state visit when she was welcomed as Queen by a now Independent Malta. (Fig 3) There were three stamps in the 1967 Royal visit issue. One in a vertical and two in the horizontal design in this elongated format (Fig 3). All three issues are not expensive by catalogue values and while they can easily be found on various online market places they are not as common as one might think. One final comment on this issue - keep your eyes open when you see the 2d value showing the Queen and the Arms of Malta as shown in Fig 4 because there is a variety where the grey brown has been omitted. Sadly

I cannot show that one as it is not in my collection.

So, to the first QEII definitive issue. A series of 17 stamps were issued between 1956 and 1958 and with a few exceptions, such as the higher values of the 10/- and £1 stamp, they are relatively easy to find and at an affordable price.

The stamps show images of various historical places, statutes and events. I have chosen the three in Fig 5 to show as examples.

If you have been to Malta no doubt you will have seen these places. It’s certainly a place with good memories for me.

SG 268 shows the Our Lady of Victory Church which was the first church and building built in Valletta in 1566. It was built to commemorate the victory of the Knights of the Order

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of St John and the Maltese over the Ottoman invaders on 8 September 1565.

SG 275 shows the Vedette Watch Tower. The tower overlooks the length of the Grand Harbour and southern part of Valletta. It is decorated with carvings of eyes and ears symbolising watchfulness.

SG 276 shows the Mdina Gate. This is the main gate into the fortified city of Mdina and was built in the Baroque style in 1724.

One thing I think we can confidently say about stamp collecting is that it is full of interesting subjects, and Malta, like many of the British Commonwealth issuing countries, is no exception.

Just a final comment on this definitive issue, and one you will have heard from me before.

Do pay attention to one stamp in particular. It is probably one of the commonest you will see.

The 3d value, SG 272 shown in Fig 6. Everyone has a used copy from childhood it seems to me.

But, check the watermark, as a fine used copy with inverted watermark has a catalogue value in the range of £1500 Enjoy your stamps.

Fig 6 SG 272

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NZ Post : Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy written and illustrated by Dame Lynley Dodd, this stamp issue showcases the original canine characters and story from the beloved book series.

Hairy Maclary literally fell out of Lynley Dodd’s scrapbook. She recalls how, when looking for a new idea, a tiny sketch of a dog, drawn years earlier on a slip of notepaper, dropped out from between the pages.

The original sketch would evolve over time into the dog we have come to know, but the essential elements were all there. With just a few strokes of her pen Lynley’s extraordinary ability to convey character, expression and movement brought Hairy Maclary to life. A star was born.

Today, Hairy Maclary continues to be a much-loved character, both in New Zealand and around the world. $1.70 Hairy Maclary Since the small terrier of mixed pedigree’s first appearance, everything about him was already evident - animated, scruffy, expressive and determined.

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$1.70 Hercules Morse Hercules Morse, an English Mastiff, is the second dog we meet. He already looks excited as he leaps over the chain at number 54. $3.00 Bottomley Potts Bottomley Potts, like all the dogs we meet in the book, is framed by a front gate and yard that seems to echo his own Dalmatian looks and personality. $3.80 Muffin McLay The other dog with a Scottish surname (despite being an Old English Sheepdog), Muffin McLay is possibly another reason why Scottish readers have taken Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy to heart. $4.30 Bitzer Maloney In her original hand-written plan for the book, Lynley Dodd describes the part greyhound as “a thin bitser”. $4.50 Schnitzel von Krumm Low slung and keen to keep up, Dachshund Schnitzel von Krumm is the final friend we meet before all six dogs embark on their adventure through town. Date of issue: 1 March 2023

Falklands Is : HM Queen Elizabeth II On 8 September 2022 Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She will be sorely missed on both sides of the Atlantic and across the free world.

Everyone knew that this day would come but still her sudden passing at the age of 96 was a shock to the British nation, and particularly heart-breaking for the millions of Britons who had spent their entire lives in the second Elizabethan Age. For many in the United Kingdom and the UK Overseas Territories, a world without the Queen is simply unimaginable. Such was her constant presence in the hearts and minds of the British people since she ascended to the throne in 1952, when Winston Churchill was prime minister.

Until the age of 10, when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated and her father George VI reluctantly acceded to the throne, Princess Elizabeth had not expected to become Queen. However, she accepted her role and dedicated herself to a life of service. On her 21st birthday she was with her parents and younger sister on a tour of South Africa from where she made perhaps her most famous broadcast, welcoming the opportunity “to speak to all the peoples of the British Commonwealth and Empire, wherever they live, whatever race they come from, and whatever language they speak.” It is from this speech that the quotation that appears on the souvenir sheet has been taken. “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.” This was a profound personal commitment that defined her whole life.

Queen Elizabeth II was the last monarch to have known the British Empire and for most, the only monarch they had ever known. At the time of her coronation in 1953 she ruled over seven independent countries, which grew to 32 nations during her 70-year reign. Over the course of those 70 years, 15 British premierships and 14 U.S. presidencies, the Queen has been a unifying force and a titan on the world stage. She will be revered as one of the greatest leaders of the modern era, and her life of selfless duty and service has left the world a better place.

Her leadership over seven decades has also left the British Monarchy in great health.

As we move forward with our new King, we cherish the memory of a truly great leader who lived her life for

the sake of her nation with a tremendous sense of dedication, public service, and sacrifice. The Queen will continue to inspire future generations. She will be remembered as a monarch who admirably led her nation through decades of tremendous change on many fronts, from the end of Empire in the 1950s and 1960s through to the Brexit era of the 2020s.

She will be remembered for her calm dignity, her sense of both humour and duty. She brought the monarchy into the public eye with her first televised coronation, her broadcasts over the years and finally her funeral. She was a female head of state and a working mother when for many the ideal was to still be a housewife. She was always traditional, yet open to change. Her approach made her a role model to many women.

In the words of King Charles III during his first address to the Nation and the Commonwealth 9 September 2022: “Queen Elizabeth’s was a life well lived; a promise with destiny kept and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. That promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today.” £3 Queen Elizabeth II’s first formal portrait since her accession to the throne. SuperStock/ Alamy. £3 Queen Elizabeth II at a state banquet given in her honour by French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, as part of the official ceremonies of the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation, on 6 June, 2014.

Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS/Alamy. £6 Souvenir Sheet of both stamps with quote FDC Queen Elizabeth II meeting artists who performed at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool 8 December 2009. Leon Neal/PA Images/Alamy.

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POST-WAR ALBANIA After centuries firmly in the hands of the Ottoman Empire, Albania finally achieved national independence in 1913. The idea was for Albania to become a kingdom but this was rejected by the people and the country became a republic. In 1928 the president was crowned as Albanian king but he was ousted by the Italians who occupied the country in 1939.

The Albanians were far from happy with the situation and they offered stiff resistance. During World War II, German forces occupied the country in 1943 and it was finally liberated in 1945 and in 1946 Albania became a people’s republic under the leadership of the Communist Party.

The party had been founded in 1941 and from the start it resisted the Italian and German occupation of the country. The founder and the leader of the party was a soldier and politician called Enver Hoxha (1908-1985) who soon became the supreme leader of the country maintaining extremely severe politics of a socialist nature. He even attempted to abolish all kinds of religious beliefs and practices in 1967.

In 1951 four stamps were issued marking the tenth anniversary of the party. The stamps (Fig. 1) feature a portrait of Hoxha and the house where the party was founded.

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Skanderbeg is the national hero of the Albanian people. He first appeared on his country’s stamps in 1913 where his name was misspelt Skanderberg. For years he served the Ottoman rulers but he returned to his homeland launching what was to become a very long struggle for national independence. He died in 1468.

In 1951 the Albanian People’s Republic issued a set of three stamps (Fig. 2) featuring the likeness of Skanderbeg whose real name was George Kastriota. Although he lived many centuries ago, it seems today’s Albanians still remember him as the founder of the Albanian state.

The new government in Tirana, the nation’s capital, immediately established strong ties with the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin (1979-1953), the Soviet leader, whose 70th birthday was celebrated in 1949.

The Albanian Post Office issued three portrait stamps (Fig. 3) marking the anniversary. For many years relations between the two countries were flourishing and the USSR was allowed to establish a naval base at Durrës.

It is interesting to note that Hoxha’s régime broke relations with Moscow in 1961 and instead chose to work closely with China and the Chinese Communist

Figure 2

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Christer Brunström Party. This probably had very little to do with Stalin’s ruthless politics which sent thousands of Soviet citizens to Siberian prison camps where many perished but it should rather be seen as an expression of the Albanian desire to run their own affairs without too much interference from other powers.

The creation of a people’s republic in Albania carried with it numerous changes including major land reforms which were also noted on postage stamps. Work was started to build an Albanian railway network and stamps were issued to publicise the building of new railway lines. On 16 May 1947 there was a set of eight postage stamps (Fig. 4) marking the construction of the Durrës-Elbasan railway line.

Durrës is Albania’s main seaport.

Judging from the design it must have been very hard work with little technical equipment available.

Also it seems that women were also included in the workforce.

Albania was and still is one of the poorest areas in Europe and the health services in all probability were poorly developed. An interesting set of four stamps (Fig. 5) was released on the occasion of the International Children’s Day in 1951. It certainly seems to depict a very healthy baby being weighed by a nurse.

The purpose must have been to portray efficient health services available for all children.

Efforts were of course made to have the country return to normality following the horrors of the German occupation during World War II. Albanians appear to be very passionate about sports and especially football. A set of seven stamps (Fig. 6) was released on 6 October 1946 marking the Balkan Games.

Albania is probably not one of the more popular countries to collect. Perhaps that was the reason why I was the top bidder for a small collection of some 20 complete unmounted mint sets at a cost of just 50 cents each at on an online auction site. This purchase added considerably to my collection of Albania and rather surprisingly the lot also included several highly catalogued sets. So it seems bargains are still possible.

In my previous career in teaching I often had Albanian children (almost all from Kosovo) as students and they often spoke lovingly about their homeland frequently mentioning Skanderbeg.

Researching all these stamps told me a lot about this small Balkan nation with an ancient history and a language which doesn’t seem to fit in with the languages spoken in any of the neighbouring nations.

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141 Monash Rd, Tarragindi, QLD 4121 Ph: 07 3892 7066 daleandersen@bigpond.com.au

GPO Box 302, Suva, Fiji Ph: 679 3319183 stephenj@connect.com.fj

Ace Stamp Auctions

John Hurtado/KGV Collector

PO Box 2076 Ellenbrook, Western Australia, 6069 (08) 9297 3040 or email stampdealer@iinet.net

Peter Barrett PO Box 5, Dover, UK CT16 1YQ Ph: 013 0482 9827 pjbchelse@aol.com www.stamo-centre.co.uk

Bexley Stamps & Coin Accessories Ken Pullen PO Box 36, KURMOND, NSW 2757 02 4573 1332 sales@bexleystamps.com.au www.bexleystamps.com.au

Blue Owls Stamps - Jude Koch 9 Yarra Street, Suite 1207 (12th Floor, Suite 07) South Yarra Vic 3141 Ph: 03 9826 1202 jude@blueowlsstamps.com.au www.blueowlsstamps.com.au

Grant Carter

PO Box 40, Russell Island, QLD 4184 kgv_stamps@live.com.au http://australiankgvusedstamps.blogspot.com

Kennedy Stamps P/L Suite 706a, 250 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: + 61 2 92646168 Fax: + 61 2 92645969 stamps@kennedystamps.com. www.kennedystamps.com.au

Kevin Morgan Stamps & Coins PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Ph:0425 795 693 kevinmorgan2@live.com www.kevinmorgan.com.au

Maree Nieuwenhuizen

PO Box 16, Northcote, VIC 3020 Ph: 03 9480 2193

PO BOX 457, Bayswater, VIC 3153 Ph: 03 9762 1848 maree@mpnstamps.com

John Cornelius

Mike Lee

PO Box 23, Magill, SA, 5072 joda99@bigpond.net.au

7 Colbury Rd, Bayswater Nth, VIC 3153 Ph: 03 9729 5855 mlphilatelics@bigpond.com

Ken Cowden

P & D Nicholls PO Box 172, Glenbrook, NSW 2773

PO Box 108, Bateman’s Bay, NSW 2536 Ph: 02 4472 5231 Kenbetty@bordernet.com.au

Ph: 02 4739 6184 panddnicholls@bigpond.com

Edenzac Stamps: Tim Papadopoulos

Pacific Coast Philatelics

Ph: 0410 538 039 or 03 8774 6161 edenzac@optusnet.com.au www.edenzac-stamps-coins.square.site

Owen Pennells, PO Box 3343, Bundaberg, QLD, 4670 Ph: 0427 551 207

Edlins of Canberra

Ray Pinniger

Eddie J Cummings GPO Box 289, Canberra, ACT 2601 Ph: 02 6248 7859 edlins@tpgi.com.au www.edlins.com.au

PO Box 9008, Scoresby, VIC 3179 Ph: 03 9753 3520 bevvyc@optusnet.com.au

Shields Stamps & Coins P/L 52 Burgundy St, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084 Ph: 03 9459 5953 shieldsstamps@email.com www.shieldsstamps.com.au

Chris Snelling Stamps PO Box 121, Kotara Fair, NSW 2289 Ph: 02 4952 8205 orcstamp@bigpond.net.au www.orchidstamps.com

Glen Stephens 4 The Tor Walk, Castlecrag, NSW 2068 PH: 24 hours, 7days : 0409 399 888 glen@glenstephens.com www.glenstephens.com/rarity.html

Sydney Philatelics Graeme Fudge PO Box 122, Milton, NSW 2538 Ph: 02 4455 4011 info@sydphil.com www.stampsaustralia.com.au

Lyndsay Tooley PO Box 441, Norfolk Is. NSW 2899 Ph: 06 7232 3778 stamps@ninet.nf

Con Vayanos 64/3030 The Boulevard, Emerald Lakes, Carrara, QLD, 4211 Ph: 07 5578 1744 convayanos@hotmail.com

ACTS

PO Box 1290 Upwey, VIC 3158

philatelic clubs & societies new zealand

Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz

Air Mail Society of NZ: Ph: 03 3584838; Email: alant@snap.net Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan). Ph 09 9853212; Email kiwibrooce@ yahoo.com; Website: www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tues; GB Machin 3rd Fri odd months; Postal History 1st Mon; Postcard 3rd Tues even months. Email: secretary@ cps.gen.nz; Website: www.cps.gen.nz Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph: 03 4557643; Email: davidallison2009@gmail.com; Website: www.dunedinstampclub.org.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph: 06 8765911; Email: clairemole@xtra.co.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Ph: 06 8439433; Email: dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 3689881; Email: michael.christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan). Ph: 04 5697439; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec). Ph: 04 2971197; Email: ian.burttt@yahoo.co.nz Manaia PS: Mtg (Hawera) 1st Sun. Ph: 06 2784292; Email: peter.williams@xtra.co.nz Manawatu PS: Mtg 1st Wed, daytime meeting 3rd Tues. Ph: 06 3584565; Email: mps@inspire.net.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec).

Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 07 8893199 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5469092; Email: paula.hucklesby@clear.net.nz North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz; Website: www.northshoreps.com NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed. Ph 03 3895511; Email: steve@ philatelic.org.nz; Website: www.nzeal.com/philately/nzscc.htm NZ Postcard Society: Ph: 03 3848463; Email: jenny-long@clear.net.nz; Website: www. postcard.org.nz

Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 5220311. Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington.

Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sun. John Mounce, President 649-291-9381 johnmounce@ihug.co.nz Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex Jan). Ph: 04 5899530; Email: office@rpsnz.org.nz; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS: Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri (ex Dec and Jan). Ph: 09 2682245; Email: elowera@orcon.net.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan), 3rd Tue (daytime) (except Jan). Email: antqgevi@es.co.nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 7546212; Email: murray-grimwood@ hotmail.com Tauranga & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec).

Ph: 07 5765210; Email: beducker@hotmail.com Thames Valley PS: Mtg 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 07 8689190.

Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 2347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6880343 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec). Ph: 04 5284123; Email: teme. isaac@clear.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 4428865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 06 3427894; Email: g.p.phillips@xtra.co.nz Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 9 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 042347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs (except Jan) Ph: 07 3222054 or 07 3086193 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex.Jan) Ph 09 4348000; Email john-monica@xtra.co.nz

queensland

QLD Philatelic Council, 18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum, Qld, 4178. Ph: 07 3396 0846 Fax: 07 3396 0842. Email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Web: www.qpc.asn.au

Arana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermccloskey@bigpond.com Bayside Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281.

Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 4th Tues. 7.30pm Comm. Hall, 15 Kamerunga Rd., Stratford 07 4033 2211 Caloundra SC: Mtg. 4th Thurs. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 1.30pm. Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brisbane German Club; Email: ericwilson56@gmail.com

Creek. Tel: 0435 854 680

Ph: 0439977133 Collectors Club Queensland: Mtg 2nd Sunday each month 9am to 1pm - RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park. Contact 0409 130 266 or ccqueensland@gmail.com Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157 Gladstone and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed (Ex. Jan) & 4th Wed (Ex.Dec). Ph. Sec: 07 4978 1155 Ian Rippingale, Gold Coast PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 11.30am, Southport Community Centre, Lawson St, Southport. Ph: 07 5546 3801 Gympie SC: Mtg. 2nd Sun. Avenues, 37 Red Hill Rd. 1-3pm Ph 0428 722 528 email gympiestampclub@gmail.com Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983 Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3277 6724. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, righteo274@bigpond.com Lockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, 5.30pm, Gracehouse Church, 123 Paradise Rd, Slacks

Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or 07 3822 6987

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Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433; Maryborough and Wide Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Salvation Army Youth 7 Comm.

Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 2nd Sat, 10:00am, Nanango RSL. Contact Ph: 07 3103 8938 or ema il: bowtell_harris@activ8.net.au Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au

Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336. email: rockystampclub@gmail.com Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096 Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384 Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: david. appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.au Sunshine Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 1pm Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 0456 788 932 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@ uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg. 2nd Sat 1pm, Salvation Army Hall, Cnr. West St. 7 Anzac Ave. Ph. 07 4635 5623 Email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5535 3168 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi SportsClub, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815

upcoming stamp & coin fairs & events new south wales

victoria

Mar 4 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754.

Mar 4 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW. Mar 4 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am - 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. Ph. 0417 802 754 Mar 4 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea.

Mar 19 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm, Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. Ph : 4971 3483 Mar 26 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Community Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm.

Free Entry, 6 Dealers, Buy/Sell.

Mar 5 - (1st Sun) Western Suburbs Stamp, Coin & Banknote Fair, Strathmore Bowling Club, 40 Loeman St, Strathmore. 8am-1.30pm. Enq: 0410 538 039.

Mar 19 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, Clayton Senior Citizens Centre, 19 Mary St. Clayton.

8am-1.30pm. Dealers. Ph: 0410 538 039.

Mar 26 - (last Sun ex Dec) Ringwood East Stamp Fair Senior Citizens Hall, 2-8 Laurence Grove, (behind the shops, off Railway Ave.) Ringwood East. 8am1.30pm. Ph. 0410 538 039 April 8 - Stamp, Coin & Card Fair,Rosebud Anglican Church Hall, Cnr Pt Nepean Rd & Sixth Ave, Rosebud. Inquires phone John 0418 322 315 Dealers Tables Available

queensland Mar 14 - (2nd Mon) Gold Coast PS Sale, Rm 1, Southport Comm. Centre, Lawson St, Southport. 11.30am - 2.30pm Brisbane Table Tennis Assoc Centre

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