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Kangaroo 1929 10/- Small Multiple Watermark, *MUH* Part John Ash Imprint, $1,000s under cat - A rare stamp SG 112.
In my long experience with Roos, is at least TEN times scarcer than the Third Wmk or CofA Watermark 10/- values. There were in fact only 240,000 of this printed v/s over 1.2 million of the Third Watermark 10/-, yet Cat value is near the same - absurd with a higher than 5:1 ratio. This was the 10/- stamp on national issue all during the Great Depression, and anyone who HAD a job this was a week’s wages. Indeed, there was the exact same low print number of this, than of the super expensive 1913 £1 & £2 First Watermark Roos - 240,000 on all 3 of those. Nice bright nice deep rich colour as you can see, for this 94 y.o. issue. *Guaranteed ORIGINAL gum*, with feint zoned ‘suntanning’. Small ‘island’ pink flaws off Broome and Perth as a Bonus. SG 112, And ACSC 49, $3,000 as a MUH single and $12,000 for an imprint pair. Centred low, as all position 60 imprint copies are, with the very attractive pink Interpanneau ‘Jubilee Lines’. Real eye candy! bought very well in a collection today, so out this goes for just - $A995 Stock 482EK
Australia 1973 (ERROR) 1¢ Coral Shrimp **MISSING BLACK** superb MUH 1¢ Coral Shrimp ‘Missing Black’ - hence losing the country name, the face value and all the inscriptions! Absolutely STUNNING error. Very scarce - 50 years old now. Fresh and fine Mint unhinged. SG 545a £450 - $A900 and ACSC 635c. Only 3 or 4 rows were affected with this TOTAL black colour omission - some stamps have just part black missing, and have lower catalogue value. Many are VERY poorly centred. Ex the famous Tom Pierron/Richard Monteiro, British Commonwealth ‘Missing Colour Error’ collection. Always super popular with global Marine Life collectors too. Never owned one in 45 years of dealing - SUPER RARE. Only $US390 at $A600 - Stock 485JP
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Front cover: The Flora Danica porcelain collection dates back to the 1700s, and the first time the collection was used in an official capacity was at the birthday celebration of King Christian VII of Denmark in 1803. The collection has close ties to the Danish royal family, and through the ages, Flora Danica has been given as royal wedding gifts on numerous occasions. Each piece is handpainted. Here they appear for the second time on Danish stamps released on 21 September 2023.
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Swiss Post cements its reputation Reported at www.designboom.com
Swiss Post has recently unveiled a collection of concrete stamps crafted using cement pigments. These stamps are a tribute to Switzerland’s rich architectural heritage and are part of the post office’s Art in Architecture series, which celebrates the beauty of Swiss buildings. The new stamp is crafted using cement pigments and has an ultra-matte finish that provides a tactile, textured feel. The design is minimal but sleek, portraying a concrete wall with subtle shadows. This new collection is likely to be a hit among collectors, and anyone who appreciates the beauty of concrete and brutalism enthusiasts. According to the team at Swiss Post, concrete plays an important role in Swiss architecture. ‘Concrete helped this type of art, previously seen by most people as decorative, to become an art form in its own right. As a stamp design, the symbolic concrete wall represents an artistic pillar that characterizes Swiss Post buildings throughout Switzerland.’ Swiss Post has a long and proud history of supporting and collecting contemporary art since 1924. Today, the collection comprises over 400 pieces. They not only acquire art but also actively promote art and culture in Switzerland.
Korea Post goes the whole hog Reported at www.kedglobal.com
Korea Post has announced a new issue of commemo-
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rative stamps featuring two of South Korea’s representative street foods, tteokbokki (a spicy stir-fried dish whose main ingredient is cylinder-shaped rice cakes) and sundae (a type of blood sausage). These popular street foods have gained attention as K-food overseas, in conjunction with the spread of Korean dramas. “These stamps are being produced to commemorate the 2023 Korea Stamp Exhibition held from Sept. 21 to 28,” a Korea Post official said. Tteokbokki’s recipe can be traced back to the late Joseon dynasty. It was recorded as being stir-fried with sesame oil, soy sauce and other ingredients instead of the red chili paste used today. Red chili pastebased tteokbokki is said to have originated in 1953 in Sindang-dong, Seoul, shortly after the Korean War. Sundae, on the other hand, became a popular working-class food in snack shops and street stalls in the 1970s. The Blood Sausage is prepared by steaming cow or pig intestines filled with various ingredients such as dangmyeon (glass noodles), vegetables, rice and the cow or pig’s blood.
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The Vatican honours creation
Reported at www.catholicherald.com In celebration of the “Season of Creation,” the Vatican Philatelic Office has issued stamps drawing attention to the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The new stamps feature a watercolour by Franciscan Father Giuseppe Murdaca, from Reggio Calabria, Italy. The words, “Laudato il Signore Opere Sue” (“Praise the Lord, all his works”), are in the centre of the painting, surrounded by water, a dove, the sun, the moon and a lamb walking on green fields. The figures’ placement around the words are meant as “a sign of the embrace of God who was pleased to create the conditions necessary for human
life,” the Philatelic Office press release said. “Its message calls humanity to ecological conversion.”
Mongolia Post honours the Pope Reported at www.ubstamps.com
Mongolia Post has issued new stamps to celebrate Pope Francis’s recent visit. Prior to his arrival the Pope characterised Mongolia as a “land of silence, a land so vast, so big. It will help us understand what it means: not intellectually but with the senses.” The Pope was welcomed in Ulaanbaatar by the Chargé d‘affaires at Mongolia‘s Apostolic Nunciature, and by the Ambassador of Mongolia to the Holy See. The Mongolian State Honour Guard held rank in their red, blue and yellow uniforms and iron helmets that recall Mongolian warriors of ancient history. During the welcome, a young Mongolian woman in traditional dress offered the Pope a cup containing “Aaruul“ - boiled yoghurt – made from the milk of cattle, yaks and camels, and symbolizing the nomadic culture of the Mongolian people. Pope Francis graciously accepted the cup and took a big bite of curd. Mongolia is the second largest landlocked country in the world. Its tiny, traditionally nomadic population, counts less than 3.5 million people; less than 2 Stamp News - 7
Stamps in the News - Globally! percent are Christians. After 70 years of communist regime, a satellite nation of the USSR, Mongolia underwent a peaceful revolution in 1990 and established a multi-party democracy. It adopted a new Constitution that guarantees religious freedom.
Canada Post seeks reconciliation Reported at https://globalnews.ca
To commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Canada Post released stamps featuring four Indian residential schools, including one from northern Saskatchewan. However, the move by Canada Post has been the only national recognition the school has received so far. “The recognition by Canada Post that Île-à-laCrosse was a residential school … there’s also some misgivings because the school hasn’t formally been recognized, acknowledged, the survivors have not been compensated,” said Métis Nation—Saskatchewan (MN-S) Vice-President. “So, it’s sort of mixed feelings around that. We’re glad that we’re getting a national awareness. However, the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School is still not recognized and we’re
hoping that this will lead to recognition and closure.” The Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School was one of Canada’s oldest residential schools and opened in the mid-1800s. It was designated for Métis students, but many First Nations kids also attended. Hundreds of students attended the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School, which closed in the 1970s. In 2008, the then-prime minister Stephen Harper formally apologized for the government’s part in Indian residential schools. Many schools were formally recognized by Canada throughout the era of reconciliation, but Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School was not one of them. Canada Post collaborated with the Survivors Circle of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation this year on its annual Truth and Reconciliation stamp issue. “Featuring stark archival images of residential schools in different parts of Canada, the stamps serve as a reminder of the fear, loneliness, pain and shame experienced by generations of Indigenous children in these federally and church-created institutions,” Canada Post said in a release.
Uganda Post acts within its remit Reported at https://ugapost.co.ug/
Uganda Post has celebrated International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) with the release of a new stamp in acknowledgement of the hard work and sacrifice of the millions of migrants who support their family members and communities of origin through the money they send back home. Remittances remain essential for the attainment of
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the Sustainable Development Goals. By helping to put food on the table and pay for school, housing and medical expenses, they provide a crucial lifeline for those who receive them. That which isn’t spent on immediate needs can be invested in the local community. Uganda received approximately $US1,131M in remittance inflows in 2021 mostly from Kenya, the United States, the United Kingdom, South Sudan, and Rwanda. Workers in Uganda also remitted $US843.58M outwards to South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and Sudan.
Australia Post counts its lucky birds Reported at www.theguardian.com
Australia Post’s release of new bird stamps reflects the country’s changing urban landscapes and highlights little-known habitat loss. Australia Post has released a series of stamps to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Aussie Bird Count and the birds they have chosen may surprise you…unless you are one of the more than 100,000
Australians who have taken part in what has become the country’s biggest citizen science project. You would know that when BirdLife Australia release the results of all the surveys that they participated in, the species that feature – rainbow lorikeet, noisy miner and Australian magpie – have been the three most common birds in every year of the Aussie Bird Count so far. If we had started the Aussie Bird Count 100 years ago, the birdsong that would have dominated in most Australian back yards would have been supplied by a choir of starlings, blackbirds, sparrows and other European imports. The nature of our cities began to change in the urban landscape of Australia during the 1960s and 70s with the emergence of growing Australian native plants, in private gardens and also in our parks, streets and highways. The species favoured were eucalypts, banksias, bottlebrushes and grevilleas – which regularly produced blossom that attracted an entirely different suite of birds, chief among them the nectar-loving honeyeaters and lorikeets. The Rainbow lorikeet was once common along the east coast down into Victoria and South Australia but persecution by orchardists on the fringes of the Stamp News - 9
Stamps in the News - Globally! growing colonial cities saw them almost shot out of existence. As those once-rural areas were consumed by suburbia, the change of landscape saw the lorikeets expand into their former range and then some. Similarly, the noisy miner – a native honeyeater was still only considered as moderately common in the 1960s. The park-like landscape we have created since then in our parks and quarter-acre blocks has replicated the open eucalypt woodlands they would naturally occur in and their numbers have boomed. While the Australian magpie lags a distant third in terms of numbers, it is actually the most commonly encountered bird throughout the Aussie Bird count. The difference is that when we see magpies it is usually as single birds, pairs or small family groups, in contrast to the large flocks of the top two species. To have three native Australian birds at the top of the Bird Count may appear to be a cause for celebration, but their dominance masks another trend that is showing up in the Aussie Bird Count results: we are seeing the disappearance of most of our small bush birds. The changes in the urban landscape have created a habitat crisis where smaller-bodied and specialist birds that feed on insects and nectar are being squeezed out of our cities. The 10th Aussie Bird Count will be held 16-22 October
Bermuda backyard bird bonanza Reported at www.royalgazette.com
A new series of Bermuda stamps highlights Bermuda’s backyard songbirds. The Philatelic Bureau of the Bermuda announced that the “Backyard Birds” stamp issue features a range of six commonly seen Bermuda birds, including the Eastern bluebird, the kiskadee and the whiteeyed vireo. A government spokeswoman said: “Today, nine songbird species live in backyards across the Bermuda archipelago. Of these, seven were introduced by humans, while two species are indigenous to Bermuda, their North American ancestors having migrated to the island many years ago.” “While our songbird community is small, our backyard birds nonetheless have big personalities, 10 - Stamp News
making them visually and acoustically conspicuous.” The Bermuda Audubon Society and photographers Miguel Mejias and Richard Brewer provided information about the birds and the photographs to be used for the stamps.
Italy captures the Queen
Margo’s note – this story was contributed by Stampboarder, JohnB Reported at www.wantedinrome.com Italy has honoured the late Queen Elizabeth II with a new postage stamp issued to mark the first anniversary of her death at Balmoral one year ago. The stamp depicts a series of coloured silhouettes of “Regina Elisabetta II”, marking various phases of her life as the longest-reigning monarch in British history. The initiative marks a rare instance of Italy dedicating a commemorative stamp to a non-Italian, an honour which in the past has been bestowed only on a handful of personalities including former popes, Mother Teresa and Florence Nightingale. “This stamp is an exception, because it concerns a historical personality who does not belong to the Italian state”, a government spokesman said in a statement, underlining the “extremely important and significant role” played by Queen Elizabeth II and
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noting the monarch’s affection for “the culture, history and people” of Italy. “The stamp is an important sign of respect and admiration that Queen Elizabeth was able to inspire in the hearts of Italians over the years and on the occasion of her numerous visits to Italy” the British Ambassador said.
Gibraltar captures the King Reported at www.gbc.gi
to her grandparents, despite the absence of traditional stamps. Taking matters into her own hands, Lily-Mai decided to pen loving notes to her grandparents residing in York. She carefully placed the letters in an envelope, addressed it to ‘nana’ and ‘grandad’, and diligently wrote their address and postcode on the front. Instead of using conventional stamps, Lily-Mai showcased her creativity by drawing her own, complete with a tiny portrait of the King adorning the corner of the envelope. Unbeknownst to her mother, Leanne, she then posted the letters near her home in Pocklington. The following day brought a surprise. Her grandmother called Leanne to inform her that they had received the lovely letters. Photos were taken of the handwritten notes, which bore the stamp of approval from the Royal Mail on their journey to York.
A new set of stamps designed by a local graphic artist, Stephen Perera, to commemorate the historic coronation of King Charles III have now gone on sale in Gibraltar. The set of six stamps have been commissioned by the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau and capture the essence and grandeur of the event through a series of photos presented in chronological order.
Lily-Mai captures the King Reported at www.mirror.co.uk
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Stamps in the News - Globally! French officials said they seized 392 skulls from primates protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, such as chimpanzees and mandrills. Under CITES, protected animals can only be transported with specific permits. “Trafficking protected species is one of the most profitable businesses, after drugs, arms and human beings,” a Roissy customs official said. Postal workers also confiscated 326 other animal skulls, including birds of prey, cats, monitor lizards and otters, the release said. Officials said “skulls are seized on an almost daily basis.”
Your ferret isn’t in the mail… Reported at www.rnz.co.nz/topics Leanne told Hull Live: “Lily-Mai will walk into town with her friends, so it wasn’t out of the ordinary that she went out. She came back looking chuffed with herself but didn’t say what she had done.” “ It got me the most that Lily-Mai didn’t put on their real names, just ‘nana’ and ‘grandad’, so the postal workers would have known she was a child. It was lovely that they made her day like that.”
Your skull is in the mail… Reported at https://news.yahoo.com
Postal workers in France confiscated over 700 animal skulls being mailed to the US during a seven-month span, officials said. Customs officials in Roissy-enFrance opened a package early May 2022 and found seven primate skulls inside, the French Directorate-General of Customs said in a news release. Over the next seven months, they continued checking the mail and found a total of 718 animal skulls. The skulls were mainly sent from Cameroon and were en route to the US, intended for collectors or for use by hunting associations as prizes and gifts. 12 - Stamp News
An Australian woman who sent her pet ferrets’ ashes to New Zealand to have them made into jewellery is now offering a reward for their safe return. Both the memorial ring and the remaining ashes were lost in the post, and the ferrets’ owner has spent the last three months trying to track them down. But neither Australia nor New Zealand Post know where they have gone. Melissa Burton’s five ferrets were not just pets, they were family. “We would take them to the park,” she said. “They love to dig, so sometimes we would
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go to the beach, and they’d dig in the sand. The ferrets each passed away over the last ten years, and when the last one died in March, Burton decided to have all of their ashes turned into a piece of memorial jewellery but said she was unable to find any Australian jewellers that fit the bill. Eventually she landed on a jeweller in Auckland and sent the ferrets’ ashes over. The jeweller completed the work in the middle of June and sent the ring and remaining ashes back through NZ Post. But three months later, Burton was yet to see it. “Both companies are blaming each other and not really taking any responsibility for this. “NZ Post say it’s arrived in Australia, so it’s Australia Post’s responsibility now, and Australia Post say they’ve never actually received it from New Zealand, so it’s still an NZ Post responsibility.” Melissa was now offering a $250 reward for anyone who could help to find her ferrets’ remains. “I just want them returned home,” she said.
Akron great-grandmother says postal worker saved her life after her 200lb refrigerator fell on top of her. A few weeks ago, 89-year-old Betty Rucker went to her fridge to get some fruit. Somehow in the process, the entire refrigerator came crashing down on top of her. “I was terrified,” Rucker said. “It was coming right at me, and I thought it was gonna really squish my head. I went backwards into the floor, and I could only smell the pickles and the olives because that’s what broke, and I had dill juice running down my back.” “I don’t think I’ve ever been more scared when I looked up and that freezer part was coming off in my face,” she said. Pinned underneath the refrigerator and unable to move, Rucker started screaming for help. Thankfully a USPS worker delivering the mail heard her cries. “He came through the door saying. ‘Honey I’m coming to help you,’ and the man came through the door, and it was the mailman and he picked up the refrigerator and just slung it over that corner,” Rucker recalled. “Then he says, ‘I’ll get you the paramedics,’ and so he squatted there beside me until they came.” Rucker believes he saved her life.
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Dawn of the Nuclear Age Eighty years ago, President Roosevelt signed the Manhattan Project into being. A scientific endeavour that would culminate in the dropping of Little Boy and Fat Man. But the Project was only the end of the beginning - program of research that has its roots in the 18th century with the discovery of uranium by Martin Kalproth in 1789. This is a story of swashbuckling endeavour by some of the most famous and most decorated scientists of all time. And the whole kaleidoscope was captured forever in the philatelic record. The idea that the atom is the smallest part of a chemical element, that they are the building blocks of the universe has only been proved in the last 100 years or so. Democritus, Galileo and Newton all had a bash at defining the concept of atomos and the indivisible particle – the idea that there had to be an indestructible building block of ‘matter’. In 1789, the same year as the discovery of uranium, Antoine Lavoisier described the law of the conservation of mass – the concept that regardless of the type of reaction, total mass could not be destroyed. The English chemist John Dalton proposed the first ‘modern’ atomic theory in 1804 but it was to be another ninety years before things really start hotting up. Wilhelm Rontgen and Henri Becquerel along with Marie & Pierre Curie, Nobel prize recipients for the discovery of X-rays and radiation respectively really got the ball rolling because their work led to an understanding of how atoms might be structured – proof that there were ‘particles’ we couldn’t see. It turned out that X-rays are part of the electromagnetic spectrum (a is light), but that X-rays have much higher energy than light which is why they can pass through materials. Radiation proved to be different, it did not take the form of electromagnetic waves like x-rays and light. Henri Becquerel learned of Rontgen’s X-rays in Janu-
ary 1896 at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences. Filled with enthusiasm he went home wondering if there might be a connection between X-rays and his own work on phosphorescence. What happened next was one of the most famous ‘I can’t believe it was discovered like that’ moments. Becquerel conducted an experiment in which he believed would prove that the phosphorescent uranium salts he had been studying absorbed light and would re-emit it as X-rays. He wrapped photographic plates in black paper so sunlight couldn’t reach them, put crystals of uranium salts on top of the black paper and left the whole thing out in the sun. When he developed the plates he saw the outline of the crystals. Ta daaaaaa. Becquerel rushed off and reported his findings to the Academy. Wanting to pursue his research, Becquerel prepared more plates as before but had to leave them in a drawer because the weather had become overcast. Why Becquerel decided to develop one of the photographic plates he had placed in the drawer the next day we will never know – but the result is a famous one. To his astonishment, Becquerel discovered that there was an outline of the crystals as before. He had been wrong. It was not sunlight, but a form of radiation emitted by the uranium salts, that had caused the images to form. His further experiments went on to prove that unlike
Canada 1980 Uranium resources SG 988 (shows the structure of a uranium crystal)
France 1946 Famous people – Henri Becquerel SG 962
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Afghanistan 1938 International anti-cancer fund – Pierre & Marie Curie SG 257 X-rays, his rays could be deflected by electric or magnetic fields. Everyone in the scientific community was so absorbed by the recent exciting discovery of X-rays that they were busy on follow up work. Marie Curie however was consumed with curiosity over the strange uranium rays. Marya Sklodowska was born in Warsaw in 1867. Life under the Tsars was tough in Poland, the military was dissolved, and universities closed, the Tsarist regime attempting to eradicate Polish culture. Faced with being able to complete her studies, Marya eventually followed her sister to Paris. Fearful of further persecution, and prejudice, she ‘Frenchified’ her name to Marie. After supporting her sister through her medical studies,
Monaco 1967 Birth centenary, Marie Curie (1867 – 1934) SG 893 Marie Sklodowska enrolled at the famous Sorbonne University in 1891 aged 24 and was awarded a degree in physics in 1893. Searching for larger laboratory space, she met Pierre Curie, and they were soon married on 26th July 1895. Buoyed by the research of Rontgen and Becquerel, Marie decided to research uranium rays hoping to have sufficient new material for a thesis. A dozen or so years earlier, Pierre Curie and his brother had developed their version of an electrometer (a sensitive instrument for measuring electric
India 1968 Birth centenary, Marie Curie (1867 – 1934) SG 574
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New Zealand 1971 Birth centenary of Lord Rutherford (1871 – 1937) SG 970 charge.) Using this instrument, Marie discovered that uranium rays caused the air around a sample to conduct electricity. This was hugely significant because it demonstrated that the radiation emitted was only due to the uranium. When she compared the radiation emitted by pure uranium to that of uranium ore, Marie Curie discovered that there was more radiation emitted from the ore. There must be another element in the ore causing the increased radiation. Marie and Pierre Curie discovered two new elements that they isolated from the uranium ore. Besides uranium they isolated polonium and radium. Polonium was named in honour of Marie’s native Poland and radium from the Latin word for “ray”. Marie Curie published a brief account of her initial work in April 1898. By July of that year, Marie and Pierre (who was working full time alongside his wife) published a joint paper announcing the existence of poloni-
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USSR 1971 Birth centenary of Lord Rutherford SG 3973 um and in December 1898 they announced the existence of radium. Henri Becquerel along with Pierre & Marie Curie shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of radioactivity – if Pierre had not insisted that Marie’s name was included in the citation it may have been many many years before her contribution was recognised. After all it was Marie who discovered uranium was the source of the radiation, and Marie who coined the term ‘radioactivity’. There are no shortages of postage stamps with the image of Marie Curie. Second only to Einstein, she is one of the most recognisable faces of science. The philatelic record rightly does the legacy of Marie Curie proud with well over 300 stamps dedicated to her and her work. Recipient of two Nobel Prizes (the second in 1913) she is the only scientist in history to have been awarded a Nobel Prize in two different disciplines – the first in physics, the second in chemistry.
France 1982 Frédéric & Irène Joliot-Curie SG 2540
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Above : Germany 1979 Otto Hahn, Nobel Prize winner – atomic fission SG 1901 Left : Germany 1988 Lise Mettner SG 2159
My favourite Curie stamp is the 1938 Afghanistan issue. As can be seen nearby, the centrepiece of the design features Marie and Pierre at work in their laboratory with the electrometer. This stamp not only is the first to commemorate a female scientist, but it is also the first to commemorate any physicist and is one of only two stamps to feature the Curies and their electrometer. The irony that Afghanistan should issue a stamp of such ‘equality’ is not lost on me. The source of the uranium ore that was at the cornerstone of the Curies early research is also commemorated with a stamp. The source of the uranium ore, pitchblende as it was known, that ‘glowing’ mix of uranium oxide and lead that she used as her source material, hailed from a mine in Bohemia. In 1966 Czechoslovakia issued a stamp commemorating the Jáchymov mine as the birthplace, the ‘cradle’, of nuclear science. It was from this mine in the west of what is now the Czech Republic, a mine famous for silver production, that ore was delivered to the Curies in Paris. A mine that is now forever stamped into history. I confess to thinking that pitchblende was some quaint French word for ‘black mixture.’ It turns out to be of Germanic origin – blende being derived from the German, “blenden”, meaning “to deceive”, and a term coined by German miners when an ore’s density suggested metallic content, but the reality was uneconomical. We must leave the Curies behind and move the story along to the first few years of the 1900s. Ernest Ruther-
ford, a New Zealand born physicist, working out of Canada was investigating the “disintegration of the elements and the chemistry of radioactive substances.” He was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1908 for that work on the radioactive decay of radium – the first Nobel Laureate from Australasia. Rutherford is regarded as the father of nuclear physics and he obviously had something of a natural wit, famously quipping that he had seen many transformations in science but the quickest “was his own transformation from physicist to chemist” (referring to a physicist being awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry.) Rutherford’s biggest scientific claim to fame is as the discoverer of the atomic nucleus and he should have been awarded a Nobel Prize for that work also. In 1911, Geiger (yes, that one) and Ernest Marsden, working under the supervision of Rutherford at the University of Manchester, conducted a series of experiments that led Rutherford to formulate his theory about the structure of the atom. The famous landmark ‘gold-foil’ experiment, found in every school physics syllabus, showed that when a beam of alpha particles was directed at a thin gold-foil, rather that pass straight through the foil as expected, the particles were scattered in all directions – indicating that every atom has a largely open structure with a positively charged nucleus at its centre. A huge jump forward in the understanding of nuclear physics. This experiment is very neatly summarised by a diagram on the 1 cent stamp of the 1971 New Zealand issue released to mark the 100th year anniversary of Rutherford’s birth. In recognition of his contribution to science, Rutherford was knighted in 1914 and became Lord Rutherford of Nelson (NZ) and Cambridge (UK) in 1931. Rutherford’s legacy is astonishing, supervising many students during his career many of them went on to run
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nuclear development programs in their respective countries, and two received Nobel Prizes in their own right – Niels Bohr (physics 1922) and James Chadwick (physics 1935.) Niels Bohr worked with Rutherford in Manchester, and his work culminated in Bohr adapting Rutherford’s earlier model of nuclear structure. The result, the Rutherford-Bohr model of the atom in 1913 and one that is still recognisable today. Niels Bohr is also remembered on postage stamps, especially in his native Scandinavia. I particularly like the Greenland 1963 issue commemorating fifty years of ‘Bohr theory’, because rather than relying on immortalising his portrait as had been the norm, the stamp represents his work with a diagram depicting electron orbit and his photon frequency equation. It was about this time that gradually the philatelic record begins to appreciate the science and not simply the researcher. In a seven year period between 1932 and 1939 the pace of advancement in nuclear physics was nothing short of extraordinary. If the initiator for this cascade was the discovery of the neutron by James Chadwick in 1932 (winner of the Nobel Prize in physics 1935), then the ‘BOOM’ was delivered in 1938 by the discovery of atomic fission by Lise Mettner & Otto Frisch (working under Niels Bohr) and Otto Hahn & Fritz Strassman. Chadwick’s discovery of the neutron was a game-changer, but others almost beat him to it. Irene Curie (Marie Curie’s eldest daughter) and her husband Frédéric Joliot had conducted an experiment the results of which that indicated the presence of neutrons – they just didn’t know it. This was no scientific slight on the Joilot-Curies – they were awarded the Nobel Prize in
chemistry in 1935 for other work in radioactivity. Chadwick realised that their results began to confirm what he and Rutherford had long suspected, that there was a component of the atom with no ‘electrical’ charge. By March 1932 Chadwick had proved the existence of neutrons and the world of physics was forever changed. Why was this discovery so important to the understanding of the structure of chemical elements? Firstly, because it was the final piece in the puzzle in respect to the composition of an atom and secondly, because neutrons have no charge, they can be used to bombard atoms of chemical elements to better understand how they behave. Scientists study bombardment by charged (electron) particles that are accelerated using a cyclotron, and by neutron beams. Armed with a new experimental tool, scientists began bombarding all sorts of chemical elements to see what would happen. The physicist Enrico Fermi, working in Rome, was blasting uranium atoms with neutrons producing ‘artificial’ radioactivity (work that earned him the 1938 Nobel Prize in physics.) No one was thinking about a bomb at this stage. All the scientific work from Becquerel and Marie & Pierre Curie and right up to this point had been focused on understanding the atom, its composition, and how it behaves. Europe was certainly unstable. Political extremism was on the rise in the 1920s and 30s. Italy invaded what is now Ethiopia, Germany withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933 and began re-arming in 1935 – all added to the tension in Europe. But no one was thinking that the scientific breakthroughs that had led to an understanding of how the building blocks of the universe behave could be used in ultimate destruction. Then, in 1938 Otto Hahn and Fritz Straßmann working at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry (KWI) in Berlin discovered that when uranium was bombarded with neutrons it produced the chemical element barium. But they couldn’t find a satisfactory theoretical explanation for why this had occurred. As Hahn famously put it, uranium’s nuclei had “burst.” Lise Mettner (a one-time colleague
Far left : Hungary 1998 Famous People – Leó Szilárd SG 4382 Left : USA 2001 Enrico Fermi - SG 4002 18 - Stamp News
Ian Briggs Far left : Italy 1957 Enrico Fermi – 25th anniversary of the first nuclear chain reaction SG 1200 Left : Belgium 2001 J. Robert Oppenheimer Sc 1781r
of Hahn’s from her time at KWI), and her nephew Otto Frisch, had an idea. In early 1938, Lise Mettner, a German with Jewish ancestry, had fled Germany to Sweden and was working at the Nobel Institute for Physics. She continued to advise Otto Hahn and the two corresponded frequently. Lise showed her nephew a letter she had received from Hahn in which he outlined his experiment and the results. Lise Mettner and Frisch set about proving that the large uranium atoms had split into two almost equal parts liberating radioactive barium and huge amounts of energy. Otto Frisch called this “nuclear fission.” In one of the biggest travesties in the history of the Nobel Prize, Otto Hahn was awarded the Prize for Chemistry (1944) for the discovery – Lise Mettner, Straßmann and Frisch were left empty-handed. News of nuclear fission spread quickly. The possibility of being able to harness the energy of nuclear fission was exciting. With Europe now on the brink of war another possibility loomed large – harnessing the power of nuclear fission to create a bomb of enormous destructive power. Leo Szilard (a former student of Einstein) theorised about the possibility of a nuclear chain-reaction in 1933. Joliot, Fermi, and Leo Szilard confirmed the chain-reaction experimentally in 1939 and the final pieces of the jigsaw were provided by Francis Perrin (who calculated the critical mass of uranium required for a self-sustaining reaction) and the further work of Rudolf Peierls at Birmingham University who developed calculations that were critical to the use of uranium successfully as part of an atomic bomb. At the beginning of WWII, Britain formed a group of scientists to investigate the feasibility of a nuclear bomb. The MAUD Committee (taking its name from Niels Bohr’s
maid!) pulled together the best minds in British nuclear physics. James Chadwick wrote the final report which stated that an atomic bomb was indeed feasible, as was the harnessing of atomic power for energy. The British then setup the Tube Alloys project – the ultra-secret program to develop the world’s first nuclear bomb. Overseen by the chemist Wallace Akers, Tube Alloys utilised the famous minds of physicists (and chemists), most of whom had been pioneers in nuclear physics in British universities. When the United States entered the war it was decided that Tube Alloys be absorbed into the Manhattan Project – partly due to cost (Britain was struggling to fund the war and Tube Alloys) and partly geography (researching the bomb in Europe was considered too dangerous, both literally and because of the threat of espionage.) And so, when the Quebec Agreement subsumed Tube Alloys into the Manhattan Project, British scientists joined their allies at Los Alamos – the main site of the Manhattan Project. James Chadwick led the British contingent of Rudolf Peierls, Otto Frisch, Niels Bohr, Mark Oliphant, Francis Perrin and others. The Americans, led by Robert Oppenheimer (and the project’s overall lead) included Leo Szilard as Oppenheimer’s Deputy and Enrico Fermi – Fermi built the world’s first nuclear reactor as part of the Manhattan Project. On 16th July 1945 at 05:29 am the first detonation of a nuclear weapon was conducted, codenamed Trinity. ‘The Gadget’ was detonated in the Jornada del Muerto desert in New Mexico with an explosive energy of 25, 000 tons of TNT. The rest, as they say, is history. Discovery in science is analogous to a self-sustaining reaction. New ideas are built on old ones and groundbreaking discovery always stands on the shoulders of the giants who went before. By looking at the stories that are told within the images of postage stamps, we can begin to understand the importance that science plays in social history. But we must be mindful that postage stamps can also entrench inequalities.
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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for November 2023. In this month’s column I continue the story of the Queensland 18981908 pictorial postcards as well as covering new Australia Post Issues. Queensland 1904-08 Pictorial Postal Cards In the Postal Stationery column in the October issue of the Australasian Stamp News, I wrote about the pictorial postcards issued by Queensland in 1898. In this column I continue the story of these cards. The 1898 cards continued to be sold by the Australian Post Office for use in Queensland after Federation in 1901. Later printings of the 1d cards of November 1898, that were originally issued on cream card, were on a poor-quality buff card which often deteriorates as a result of age, light and moisture. The views on the cards were: June 1898 Issue (1d and 1½d cards) rectangular views (or rectangular with circular cut-away) a. A Queensland Schoolhouse. b. A Queensland Station. c. A Western Station. Figure 1 1898 1d Card with View, Pineapple Plantation, Nundah, near d. Barron River, Cairns Brisbane. Sent to the United Kingdom in 1904, Underpaid and Taxed e. Bullock-ploughing, Darling Figure 2 1904 1d Card with View Ploughing and Harvesting Green Hills Downs. Farm, Warwick and Heading Available only for the Commonwealth, f. Cane-field and Selector’s British New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji. If used for any other place a Home. halfpenny stamp must be affixed g. Charleville Bore. h. Charleville, S. and W. Railn. Overshot Dam, Mount Morgan. way. (1d and 1½d cards) o. Pineapple Field i. Charleville, Terminus of S. and W. Railway. p. Sheep Drinking at an Artesian Stream. (1½d cards only) q. Sheep under a Bottle-tree, Western Queensland. j. Fitzroy Bridge, Rockhampton. r. South Brisbane and Coal Wharves. k. Loading Cane at North Isis Sugar Mill. s. View of Works, Mount Morgan. l. Mulgrave River, North Queensland November 1898-1908 Issues 1d cards only (views m. On the North Coast Railway Line. with rounded top corners) 20 - Stamp News
Ian McMahon Figure 3 1905 1d Card with View Brisbane River from Parliament House with Heading Available only for the Commonwealth, United Kingdom, British New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji.I f used for any other place a half-penny stamp must be affixed. Figure 4 1906 1d Card with View Pineapple Plantation Nundah Near Brisbane and Heading POSTCARD QUEENSLAND and COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Warwick. p. Vineyard, Nudgee. q. Wheat Stripping, Canning Downs, Warwick.
a. Arrowroot Drying, Coomera River. b. Arrowroot Field, Coomera River. c. Arrowroot Field, Pimpama. d. Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. e. Brisbane River from Parliament House. f. Corner Queen and Edward Streets Brisbane. g. Glengallan Station, near Warwick h. Gold Mine and Works, Charters Towers. i. Hambledon Sugar Mill, Cairns. j. Harvesting, Green Hills Farm, Warwick. k. Haystacks, and Lucerne Strippers, Warwick. l. Jondaryan Woolshed, Loading Wool. m. Parliament House, Brisbane n. Pineapple Plantation, Nundah, near Brisbane. o. Ploughing and Harrowing, Green Hills Farm,
The 1898 1d cards had the heading POST CARD QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA in one line with a second line The address only is to written on this side while1½d cards had the heading UNION POSTALE UNIVERSALLE CARTE POSTALE /QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA/ in addition to The address only is to written on this side. on the third line. The 1d cards paid the postcard rate to the Australian colonies as well as New Zealand, Fiji and British New Guinea while the 1½d cards paid for delivery to the United Kingdom and all other members of the UPU. In 1904 an additional line of text was added (Figure 2) to the heading of the 1d cards which stated that Available only for the Commonwealth, British New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji. If used for any other place a halfpenny stamp must be affixed. The Commonwealth refers to the Commonwealth of Australia as the post card rate to the United Kingdom and other British Commonwealth countries was 1½d, the same as the rate of all other members of the UPU. The line of text may have been added due to an increase in the number of underpaid cards (Figure Stamp News - 21
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Figure 5 Postal Card for the Aussie Bird Count Showing the Rainbow Lorikeet Figure 6 Postal Card for the 250th Anniversary of the Crossing of the Antarctic Circle by HMS Resolution 2). The cards were issued with the same seventeen views with circular edges to the top corners used on the November 1898 cards. The card stock varied from cream to buff and many of the cards have deteriorated with age due to the poor-quality card stock. The issue appears to have occurred in about 15 June 1904. In 1905, the post offices of Australia and the United Kingdom agreed to exchange postcards at the 1d rate with the 1d rate becoming effective on 1 April 1905. The pictorial cards were reissued (Figure 3) with the inscription changed to read Available only for the Commonwealth, United Kingdom, British New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji. If used for any other place a half-penny stamp must be affixed. There were further changes to postal rates to 4 July 1905 extending the 1d postcard rate to some additional British Empire countries, Canada, Ceylon, 22 - Stamp News
Hong Kong and British Agencies in China, India, Lord Howe Island, Natal, Norfolk Island, Orange River Colony and Straits Settlements, rendering the new heading obsolete, however, it wasn’t changed. While no date of issue can be ascertained early dates of use include 18 December 1905. The cards again had the same group of seventeen views with circular edges to the top corners used on the November 1898 cards. The cards were printed in brown on dark brown card stock and (in my view) are quite unattractive. Many of the cards can be found uprated to the UPU rate of 1½d as presumably the 1898 1½d cards were not reissued. The 1904 and 1905 cards appear considerably scarcer than the original 1898 cards. In 1906, a new heading (Figure 4) was introduced for the 1d cards with POSTCARD QUEENSLAND and “COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA in
Ian McMahon Figure 7 Postal Card Showing the Big Swoop Statue, Canberra Figure 8 Postal Card Showing the Big Banana were issued in a colours ranging from chocolate, purple-brown and reddish-brown to orange-brown. Cards in chocolate appear to have been from the first printings issued from late 1906 while orange-brown cards from the late printings in 1908. The colours of the card are affected by the card stock and ageing of the cards. Given the range of chases in the middle period, the colour of the card stock and the effect of ageing, the shades of the purple-brown cards are unlikely to be philatelically significant. The pictorial cards remained on sale until the release of the single 1d cards in 1910-1911 including the 1d cards with black and white views on the reverse. While the 1898 cards when they were issued were regarded with pride and included some innovative features, by 1909 the cards were seen as old-fashioned and had not kept up with the changes that had occurred in private postcards including cards with multi-coloured illustrations produced by chromo-lithography in Germany for the Coloured Shell Series of postcards or even the cards issued by the Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau from 1907.
three lines with Available only for the Commonwealth, United Kingdom, British New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji. If used for any other place a half-penny stamp must be affixed on the fourth line. an ornament. The cards again had the same group of seventeen views with circular edges to the top corners used on the November 1898 cards. The cards
New Postal Cards On 15 August 2023, Australia Post issued three postal cards (Figure 5) for Aussie Bird Count which were sold as a set for $5.25. BirdLife Australia has been at the heart of bird conservation for more than a century. Its aims are to drive relevant science, raise awareness of Australia’s precious avifauna, and devise and implement programs to protect birds and restore their habitats. Aussie Bird Count is an annual citizen science project. The growing army of birders collects crucial data on species diversity and populations to monitor distribution trends and to ascertain which species are thriving and which are not. In 2022, nearly four million birds were counted. The three most numerous species nationally were the Rainbow Lorikeet, Stamp News - 23
Postal Stationery Noisy Miner and Australian Magpie, shown on the three postal cards. Three postal cards (Figure 6) were issued by Australia Post for the 250th Anniversary of Antarctic Circumnavigation by James Cook in his voyage of1772–75 intended to settle the long-held belief of a great unknown southern landmass existing in the temperate waters of the globe’s south. Through the circumnavigation and sweeps of the South Pacific during the polar winter, he dispelled the myth. The voyage through Antarctic waters was one of great challenge and endurance, sailing deep into treacherous, icy waters. On 17 January 1773, Cook made the first recorded crossing of the Antarctic Circle. HMS Resolution crossed the circle two more times during the voyage, reaching its most southerly point in 1774, some 120 km short of the Antarctic mainland. The three postal cards showed the Resolution, K1 Chronometer and the latitude and longitude of the first Antarctic crossing (S 66º 36’ E 39º 35’). They were sold as a set for $8.25 and issued on 15 August 2023. Fifteen postal cards (Figures 7-10) were issued on 4 September 2023 in conjunction with Australia Post’s Collecting Month featuring ‘big things’. Five cards were issued in the usual small format and sold as a set for $9.75: Giant Murray Cod, Giant Koala, Big Tasmanian Devil, Big Swoop (Magpie), and the Big Jumping Crocodile. The same five designs as well as five other designs Giant Ram, Big Pineapple, Big Lobster, Big Blue Heeler, Big Banana were released in the large format for $2.55 each. National Native Title Council Stamped Envelope A stamped envelope (Figure 11) was issued on 8 August 2023 for the 30th anniversary of the National Native Title Council which advocates for and supports First Nations people’s true rights over country and heritage. The indicium includes the logo of the 24 - Stamp News
Figure 9 Postal Card Showing the Big Cod Figure 10 Postal Card Showing the Big Tasmanian Devil
Ian McMahon chuanaland and Botswana as told through two stamp exhibits. It is more though than the two stamp exhibits as it is also a treatise on the postal history and political history of this country as reflected in these postal stationery items as issued by successive governments. The postal cards cover the period from 1886 until 1997 including cards issued Figure 11 Pre-Stamped during the colonial era Envelope for the 30th An- and independent Boniversary of the National tswana. Information is Native Title Council included on the methods of productions including Figure 12 Postal Cards essays, trials and proofs, and Newspaper Wrappers Used in the Bechua- printing varieties and errors, specimen cancelnaland and Botswana lations, usage, rates and destinations. Published by Exhibitors Press 2023, 180 pages softbound. Available from Amazon.com.
Council while the illustration on the envelope depicts Eddie Koiki Mabo on his home island of Mer in the Torres Strait. The envelope was designed by Jo Muré, Australia Post and was sold for $1.45. Postal Cards and Newspaper Wrappers Used in the Bechuanaland and Botswana by Peter Thy (Figure 12): This book covers the story of the postal stationery cards and wrappers used in British Be-
Exhibitions There will be two FIP international stamp exhibitions in 2024. The first to be held 16-19 April 2024 will be EFIRO 2024 to be held in Bucharest, Romania. Contact Commissioner for details. Entries are now open. For details, email: john_dibiase@yahoo.com. The second to be held 15 - 19 August 2024 is PhilaKorea 2024 to be held in Seoul South Korea. Entries should open later this year. The National exhibition in 2024 will be Canberra Stampshow 2024 to be held 13-15 September 2024 at Thoroughbred Park (the Canberra racecourse). Canberra Stampshow 2024 will be a full National exhibition including the Postal Stationery Class. For further information including the prospectus, on-line entry form and Bulletin 1 please visit the website at https:// canberrastamps.org/canberra-stamp-show/. The exhibition’s theme is the 150th anniversary of the Universal postal Union. Stamp News - 25
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6. Netherlands, FDC collection 1956 – 1976 mostly official un-addressed with many Charity/Semi-Postal sets. 85 mainly all different. Nice lot with many good themes. Very cheap at under $1.50 each, $129 (CMJL1) 7. 1979 International Year of the Child collection of 33 different official un-addressed FDC’s, very clean lot with many better countries, inc. China, Jersey, Germany, Monaco, Thailand, Liechtenstein, USA, Japan, Malaysia etc. Cat. price around 250 Euros according to Michel, = around AUD $400 at time of writing this. Ultra cheap at under $1.50 each, $49! (CMJL2) 8. Worldwide mainly Europe commercially used covers, wrappers & cards, 40 + 2 fronts different all pre. 1949. Countries inc. Germany, Finland, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, France, USA, Trieste, Brazil etc. Some with Nazi Germany Censor Tape. Lovely lot, under $2 each, price $74.50 (CMJL3) 9. Whales, Dolphins and other water loving mammals in Blue near new 32 black page stockbook. New price near $50 alone. About 100 different stamps mostly in sets or minisheets. Mix of mostly MUH & some cto. Some good sets here inc. SWA, Cook Is., St. Helena, Falkland Is., Cayman Is. & Tristan da Cunha. Good buying at $94.50 (CMJL4) 10. USA mostly used ‘Back of the book’ Collection/accumulation in 64 black page Kabe stockbook (in excellent condition) starting with Airmail 1923 set of 3, duplicated range of later Airmails to approx 1944 including 1926-27 set of 3, 1927 10c Lindbergh, 1930-32 Wing & Globe 5c, 6c & 8c & 1935-37 Trans Pacific set all Mint, also nice range of 1913 Parcel Post issues (approx. 45 in total) with set of 12 to $1, also several values to 50c with a e range of different Pre-cancel types, odd fault but generally in good condition, Scott Cat US $575+, Price $399 (CMJL5) 11. Singapore 1948 – 2005 mostly postally used collection in 2 large stockbook. Commences KGVI defins., values to $5. No Silver Wedding, but then appears reasonably complete in chronological order. Would have to be 1250 – 1350 stamps here, pretty well all different. Cheapest I could find elsewhere for a packet of 1250 different was $900. Got to be good value at $675. (CMJL7) 12. GB off paper mix, Queen Victoria – recent, mostly QEII commems. off paper. Wide ranging mix with some better values. Not many Machin Heads that we could see. About 10,000 to the KG. 100g for $39.50, 250g for $95, 500g for $179, 1kg for $349. (CMJL9) 13. Western Europe off paper, back in stock again. Always a good seller, we cannot get enough of this! No GB or British Europe, all mainland countries. Great mix of large & small all postally used., around 12,500 to 15,000 per kg. Price per 100g $39.50, 250g $95, 500g $179, 1kg $349. (CMJL10) 14. GB Latest & Recent commems. on single close clipped paper. Very hard mixture to find. Mainly 1st class mail, which now costs £1.10 in the UK, over AUD$2 at time of writing. About 3250 – 3500 per kg for these
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COLLECTIONS SALE NOVEMBER 2023 large & some oversize stamps. We only got 600g of this in the past 12 months! Price per 100g $76.50, 250g $179, 500g $345 (CMJL11) 15. British Empire off paper, almost entirely pre. 1952, this now enhanced mixture has virtually no Australia (maybe a few States) or GB, and with many better values spotted. About 12,500 to 15,000 to the kg. A real luxury mix with plenty of pickings. About 500 for $110, 1000 for $210, 2500 for $495, 5000 for $950 (CMJL12) 16. Australia HV’s and Internationals mostly on close clipped single paper, a few off paper about a 50/50 mix, very wide ranging from early decimals to quite recent both commems. & defins., contains both medium & large size stamps. Values to $10 or $20. About 4750 to 5250 to the kg. Sourced from UK charity who have been hoarding this stuff for years! Price per 100 grams $135, 250g $319, 500g $599, 1kg $1149. (CMJL13) 17. As above but domestic issues only, 100g $67.50, 250g $159, 500g $299, 1kg $575 (CMJL13a) 18. As above but Internationals only, values to around $3, 100g $269, 250g $635. (Limited quantities of this available) (CMJL13b) 19. New Zealand wide ranging off paper mix mostly QEII and with most of that reign covered. Many better higher value commems. Spotted here. We only have 260 grams of this, must be 3000 – 3500 stamps. A great little lot for just $159 (CMA2) 20. Papua New Guinea off paper mix, early to modern mostly QEII but did spot a few earlier Lakatois, Birds of Paradise etc. A rare mix with better values, a bit over 100g here, around 1500 stamps for $119 (CMA3) 21. China, People’s Republic- 2016 - 2018. Lovely collection of 14 mint unhinged sheetlets and minisheets. All good thematics inc. Birds, Chinese New Year, Paintings, Fruit, Lighthouses, Children’s cartoons, Military etc, all on full colour presentation cards. 126 stamps in all. Price under $6 each $82.50 (7 lots available) (CMA4) 22. Australia Mission Mix, from a new source. All well trimmed on single paper, high count with about 5000 per kg. A very wide variety from earliest decimals to very recent $1 or $1.10 values. About 50% commems. By weight, very colourful lot. Price per 500g $46.50, 1kg $89, 2.5kg $210, 5kg $395 (CMA5) 23. Auld Freddie’s Treasure! Freddie was a canny Scot. Single man, lived to 93, spent time in the Merchant Navy and put all his spare cash into stamps with no rhyme or reason it seems. Stashed into drawers, boxes, tins, secondhand stockbooks etc. We just unloaded almost a pallet load into our premises and have to sell it! Much is loose World off paper, in packets, boxes, tins etc, plus old shop packets, stockbooks, covers both commercial & philatelic, Post Office Packs, Booklets, could be anything. Better than the average I would have to say and a 20kg parcel would probably have 20,000 plus stamps. So breaking into trial lots of 5kg for $475, 19kg lots for $895, 20kg for $1695. Choose Worldwide, Australia only or a mixture of both. (CMA7)
24. Denmark commems. On single well trimmed paper. Great mixture, well varied mix to about 2011, maybe a few more recent. All European mixtures have been difficult to get since Covid. High count at around 5000 per kg. 100g for $55, 250g $129, 500g $245, 1kg $465 (CMA9) 25. Australia KGV period to 2000 crammed into 64 page Green Ka-Be stockbook. Includes a lot of 1936 Cable & 1937 NSW Sesqui 2d values, worth checking for varieties. Heavily duplicated in places, but with many High Values to $20. Must be 4000 or so. 5c a stamp is very cheap, price $195 (CMA11) 26. Greece 1911 – 1937 on album pages, between SG213 – 512. Mostly postally used, some mint condition varies a bit. Rarely seen. About 140 -150 stamps mostly all diff. Cat. approx. 300 pounds. Originally priced at $250, now $179 (CMA12) 27. 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) 28. 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) 29. 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) 30. 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 –
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COLLECTIONS SALE NOVEMBER 2023 1300 stamps, all different. Very clean lot, price $225 (CMJA16) 31. 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) 32. 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) 33. 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) 34. 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) 35. 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) 36. 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) 37. Australia KGV Heads 2d Brown Perf ‘OS/NSW’ group used on Hagners. All appear smw perf. 13½ x 12½ cat. $75 each for normal OS! Great research material. (190) Price $239 (CMJL2) 38. 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) 39. 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) 40. 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) 41. South Africa and Homelands, 1988 – 1993 Mint Unhinged collection on Lighthouse Hingeless leaves. Lovely lot with a retail in excess of $830. Leaves are as new and cost approx. $480, so more than $1300 replacement value here. About 250 – 3000 sets, great thematic content. Price $749 (CMA1) 42. 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) 43. 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) 44. 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) 45. As above but a smaller lot of about 10kg, price $379 (CMA6) 46. 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) 47. 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) 48. 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) 49. 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) 50. 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) 51. Tasmania Pictorials perf. T in black padded Australia Post Ring
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COLLECTIONS SALE NOVEMBER 2023 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) 52. 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) 53. 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) 54. 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) 55. British Commonwealth off paper large & small, early to modern, as received from UK Charity, 12,500 – 15,000 per kg .decent variety with some Australia, early to modern and noticed a few Internationals. Price per 100g $39.50, 250g $92.50, 500g $179, 1kg $339, 2.5kg $639 (PM132) 56. Western Europe off paper large & small, early to modern, as received from UK Charity, 12,500 – 15,000 per kg .decent variety with some Australia, early to modern and noticed a few Internationals. Price per 100g $37.50, 250g $89.50, 500g $169, 1kg $319, 2.5kg $599 (PM133) 57. Norway all large commems. on paper. Very well trimmed on single paper seems decent variety. Scarce mix from a small country with a population only 80% that of Victoria. 100g for $58.50, 250g $139, 500g $235 (PM136) 58. Australian States Hoard. Just bought literally 1000’s of States Stamps. Breaking into lots of 100, no more than 2 or 3 of the same face stamp in each lot, but may well include shade, perf. & wmk. varieties. As a mix looks to be about 80% of the larger states & 20% WA & Tasmania. Values to 1/- or 2/-. Breaking into lots of 100, no more than 2 or 3 of the same face stamp in each lot, but may well include shade, perf. & wmk. varieties. As a mix looks to be about 80% of the larger states & 20% WA & Tasmania. Values to 1/- or 2/-. Postmark potential
too. Price $99 per 100, 2 lots for $189, 5 lots for $449 (MP1) 59. Improved World off paper mixture, now with added British Asia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, & British Commonwealth. Price $55 per 100 grams, 250 grams for $129, 500 grams for $249, 1kg for $469 (PM119) 60. Superlative World on paper mixture just received, on close clipped well-trimmed single paper, early to modern. No Australia. Very high count, about 5000 to the kg. 250g for $62.50, 500g for $119, e $225 per kg. (PM127) 61. Similar to the above but some on heavier paper and with about 5% Australia. 250g for $52.50, 500g for $99, 1kg for $189 (PM128) 62. Australia High Values on paper, inc. many Internationals. Mostly on close clipped single paper, maybe a few off paper. Per 100g $105 (NM2) 63. World mainly Large & Commems, some on parcel pieces with higher values. Wide variety. Trim varies. About 3000 to the kg. $39.50 per 100g, $93.50 per 250g, $179 per 500g, $339 per kg. (NM9) 64. Japan Commems, on well clipped single paper. Mixture of earlier & more recent issues. Around 4000 - 4250 per kg. $58.50 per 100g, $137.50 per 250g, $265 per 500g. (NM10) 65. Papua New Guinea 1961 – 1975 Complete Mint Unhinged in as new Green Gibbons Tower Springback Album, original cost over $100 plus 50 additional new leaves, worth $65. Stamps retail approx. $375 so replacement cost would be around $540. Great value at under 50%, $269 (CO1) 66. Norfolk Is., 1953 - 1975 Complete Mint Unhinged in as new Red Gibbons Tower Springback Album, original cost over $100 plus 50 additional new leaves, worth $65. Stamps retail approx. $550 so replacement cost would be around $715. Great value at under 50%, $349 (CO2) 67. Nauru 1953 – 1976 complete mint unhinged on Gibbons simplex leaves. Retail approx. $115. Great starter collection of this popular area. Price $79 (CO3) 68. World Letters S & T mint & used, early to modern in top quality Schaubek Red Padded Springback Album, early to modern. Very good ranges of Spain, South Africa & SWA, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Tchad, Togo, Transvaal, Tunisia, Turks & Caicos Is., etc, etc. About 2250 – 2500 here, appear all different. Excellent lot for under 15c a stamp, price $349 (CO4) 69. Thick stack of quality album pages containing wide range of World, early to modern, letters A – K. Good ranges of Aden, Algeria, Angola, Antigua, Argentina (several pages), Armenia (mint), Ceylon, Cook Is., Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Ghana, Gold Coast,Greece (several pages) GB (several pages with KEVII to 5/- & 1948 Silver Wedding £1 and mint to £5!),Iceland, India & States, Indonesia (several pages), Iran (several pages) Iraq (several pages), Eire, Italy (several pages), Jamaica (several pages), Japan (several pages), Jugoslavia (many pages) & Kenya. Mostly postally used and also some nice mint. Must be 5000 – 6000 stamps here, all appear different. A lovely clean lot of
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COLLECTIONS SALE NOVEMBER 2023 about 140 pages. Has to be worth 20c a stamp. Price $1095 (CO6) 70. World Letter M on stack of quality album pages containing wide range of early to modern, with emphasis on nice mint & used thematic sets from Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Monaco, Mongolia & Montserrat (many pages). Lovely clean lot of about 80 pages containing 3000 – 3500 stamps appearing all different. Good value at around 20c a stamp. $649 (CO7) 71. Newfoundland, Queen Victoria to KGVI period on album page, mint & used. 41 stamps. Great starter collection of this under-rated colony. Under $2.50 a stamp, with values to 30c. Price $98 (CO9) 72. Australia KGV Heads, mostly bundles of 100. Stated unsorted for postmarks, shades, watermarks, varieties etc. 1d Greens (900), 1½d Browns (100), and 2d Reds (1300). 2300 all up. 400 2d Reds stated to be inverted wmk., minimum cat. of $10 each for these, that’s $4000 alone! Cheap at 40c each, $920 (CO10) 73. Australia KGV period, mostly in bundles with 1931 2d Kingsford Smith (50) 1932 6d Typo. Kookaburra (50) , 1934 1/6d Hermes (50), 1934 2d Vic. Centenary (100), 1934 2d MacArthur Dark Hills and Light Hills (100 of each), 1935 2d Jubilee (50) , 1935 2d Anzac (150), 1936 2½d Cable (700) and 1936 2½d South Australia (100) All stated to be unchecked for varieties, the 2d MacArthur Dark Hills alone cat. $1200! Very cheap at 20c a stamp, 1450 in all. Price $290 (CO11) 74. Australia fine used decimal Definitive High Values, fine used with nice cds cancels, range from $2 to $20. 16 stamps Total face value $87, 1 lot for $29, 3 for $79, 5 for $115 (CJL1) 75. Butterflies on 50+ as new Hagners in Aus. Post black padded binder. Great collection of all different with many compete sets, minisheets etc. Binder & Hagners alone cost $110+. Must be around 1000 stamps here. Mint unhinged and used. Value at about 30c a stamp. Price $295 (CJL3) 76. USA Collection of Accumulation of MUH issues in folders, packs, year albums plus some booklets & loose pages, 1980s and 1990s. 20 volumes. Heavy lot of about 8kg. Very high face value & retail. Price $549. (CJL8) 77. Channel Islands & Isle of Man, very nice wide ranging mixture on mostly close clipped single paper. Much very modern included noted some 2019 -2022 and some better values. Even saw the odd Alderney in the overall mix. Very high count with approx.. 5000 per kg. Priced from just 4c a stamp. Per 100g $24.50, per 250g $59, per 500g $110, per kg $210. (CEA1) 78. Guernsey & Jersey, plus the odd Isle of Man, 100 different mint unhinged sets, covering a wide range of themes. Great value at under $2.50 a set. Price $249 (CEA2) 79. Wide range of World mainly used off paper in envelopes and packets early to modern, sorted by country. Noted decent quantities of Albania, Algeria, Afghanistan, Argentina, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Iran, Mongolia, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Canada,
Germany, India, South Africa and much more. No Australia. Totally unchecked by us. Weighs a bit over kg. Many 1000’s! Price $595 (CEA3) 80. Australia FDC Collection, 1953 – 1986 in nice $50 plus quality wood grain effect Bulging Port Philip Album. Noted 1954 2/- Blue Olympics with different Royal Cachets x 3, 1956 Olympics set of 4 with pictorial cancel, 1966 Decimal Navigators set to $4 plus Birds & QEII on very light pencil addressed Royal covers, (could easily be carefully erased) 1970 Royal Visit APO unaddressed souvenir cover, cancelled Hobart, Melbourne Airport opening cover with 30c Cook, Small Cook Cover again with 30c Cook, cancelled 13.5.70 Coolangatta and many, many more. Also a few USA 1940’s FDCs. items in all. Very clean lot and dirt cheap at under $2.50 each. Price $425 (CEA5) 81. Australia Territory Annual Packs 2020 & 2021. These are highly popular and sell out FAST each year. Gorgeous material from these Territories - Cocos, Christmas Is, AAT and Norfolk. Includes all of the stamps & minisheets, inc. Chinese New Year issues. All well worth getting. Rarely available on the secondary market so soon after issue date. Price $259 (CEA6) 82. NZ ‘Health’ stamps complete collection 1929-1978 Handy lot, on a set of Gibbons ring 22 pages with interleaves. Condition varies a tad as usual on these - the key 1931 ‘Smiling Boys’ are fresh mint hinged as most of this collection is, a few scattered used noticed. Huge catalogue/retail. Rarely available as a complete lot. Price $369 (CEA7) 83. QV 1880s Victoria NAISH Newspaper Wrappers SPECIMEN set. Possibly UPU Distribution. Rare unsevered SHEETS OF 4 with roulettes between each of this elusive issue overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ for BOTH values - seldom seen thus. EIGHT wrappers here. Usual bit of edge wear after 120 years, but fresh and extremely rare in uncut sheets. SINGLE and badly defective Victoria SPECIMEN wrappers seen on eBay at $300 EACH from experienced sellers! See eBay: https://www. ebay.com.au/itm/373688143966 These might well be unique really as the UPU countries got 4 of each issue - hence this curious format. Outside that probably not otherwise available in this interesting form. Amazing lot, well under $250 each, price $1925. (CEA8) 84. Stamp News Australasia Magazine. We have back issues going back to 2019. Current cover price $9.95 per issue, subscription price $109.50 for a year. 4 complete years of this great magazine for under $4 a copy. 48 brand new 64 page full colour magazines for $189 (Individual years can be supplied at $55) (CEA10) 85. Gibraltar 1990-1996 14 different sheetlets & M/sheets MUH on album pages. Price $125 (GIB1) 86. Guernsey 1985-1995 20 Different sheetlets, M/sheets & booklet panes MUH on album pages. Price $150 (GU1) 87. Jersey 1986-1989 24 different Booklet panes & sheetlets MUH on album pages. Price $90 (JE296)
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COLLECTIONS SALE NOVEMBER 2023 88. Ireland 1985-1994 14 different sheetlets & booklet panes MUH on album pages. Price $105 (IR1) 89. Portugal 33 different sheetlets MUH on album pages. Price $200 (PT1) 90. 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) 91. Black Post Style Binder with large collection of Australia Imprint Blocks (70 +) mint with light hinge, also pre-decimal mint & used colln. 1913 – 1965 with others in mint blocks too. Noted near complete collection of KGV to 1/4d used, 71 stamps mostly all different, inc. 4½d Die II cto & OS Ovpts. Then 2d & 3d Harbour Bridge ovpt. OS, commercially used, Birds blocks of 4 to 2/6d, Anzac set blocks of 4, also PNG Birds complete to 10/- mint. Some duplication and a few condition issues, but overall a very nice lot. Price $495 (CJA12) 92. 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) 93. 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) 94. China, People’s Republic. 1992 Year of the Monkey, complete year set mint unhinged. 20 stamps and 2 minisheets. 2 available. Price $89 (CO6) 95. 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) 96. 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) 97. 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) 98. 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) 99. 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) 100. 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) 101. 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) 102. Arthur Bergen, South Australian Cover Producer. New Zealand 1937-2000s 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) 103. 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) 104. 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,
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COLLECTIONS SALE NOVEMBER 2023 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 FULL sets and mini sheets etc. (CAP5) 105. Falkland Is. 2005 – 2021, 34 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £430 plus, price $585 (CAP5a) 106. South Georgia 2008 – 2021, 33 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £600 approx. price $795 (CAP5b) 107. Bahamas 2010 – 2021, 33 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £380 approx. price $510 (CAP5c) 108. Br. Virgin Is. 2014 – 2020, 6 sets & 1 large sheetlet Cat. £85 approx. price $115 (CAP5d) 109. Br. Antarctic Territory 2014 – 2021, 25 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £525 approx. price $710 (CAP5e) 110. Ascension 2008 – 2020, 26 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £365 approx. price $490 (CAP5f) 111. 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) 112. Jersey, 25 different Mint Unhinged sets $49 (CJE8) 113. Great Britain, 25 different decimal Mint Unhinged sets $49 (CJE9) 114. South Africa, 25 different decimal Mint Unhinged sets $49 (CJE10) 115. South Africa, 25 different decimal Mint Unhinged minisheets $49 (CJE10a) 116. South Africa, 25 different official un-addressed fdcs, $49 (CJE10b) 117. South Africa Homelands, 25 different Mint Unhinged set $49 (CJE11) 118. South Africa Homelands, 25 different official un-addressed fdcs, $49 (CJE11a) 119. 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. (CJE16) 120. Witches Brew! Worldwide off paper, good sorting lot, about 2500. Good value at around 3c a stamp. $75 (CJE18)
121. Wizard’s Mix, similar to the above, but a hubble bubble toil & trouble, double sized lot! $139 (CJE19) 122. 2012 London Gold Medal Winners PNC collection , limited edition of 1000. 7 PNC’s Price $165 (1 available) (CM8a) 123. 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) 124. Australia Decimal Official Un-addressed FDC’s 1980 - 1988 just 50c each! Way, way below face value. 100 different for $49 (CMS3) 125. 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) 126. 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, Se-tenant 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) 127. 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) 128. 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) 129. 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) 130. 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) 131. Stack of 33 diff. 1960’s/70’s Bulgaria Illustrated unaddressed FDC’s. Don’t see these around much these days. Some good themes inc. Paintings, Madonna & Child, Wrestling, Circus, Knights in Armour, Olympics, 1966 World Cup Soccer, Christmas, Javelin, Running, Ski-ing, Ice Hockey,
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COLLECTIONS SALE NOVEMBER 2023 Ice Skating, Swimming etc. Priced under 90c each, $29 (CMAP13) 132. Iceland Commems, on well-trimmed single paper. A very rare mixture! High count of about 4000 per kg. Good range. Price per 50 grams (about 200) $69, 100g $129, 250g $315, 500g $595 (MN53) 133. World mostly pre-1950 off paper, just arrived from overseas charity. Ex. Deceased estate. Appears mostly foreign with some Br. Empire. Great looking mixture with large & small stamps, and bound to be some good finds I would think. About 1000 for $110, 2500 for $259 few lots only. (MN55) 134. Similar to above but about 50% Br. Empire, same prices as above. (MN55a) 135. Br. Empire mostly pre-1950 off paper, just arrived from overseas charity. Ex. Deceased estate. Bound to be some good finds I would think. Good mixture of large & small. 60 grams or about 1000 for $110, 150 grams, around 2500 for $259 few lots only. (MN56) 136. World mainly large off paper, new lot just received, mostly nice thematics. Mix of Mint & cto used. About 5000 to the kg. 250g or approx 1250 stamps for $75. Few lots only. (MN57) 137. Australia High Values off paper, mix of decimal and pre-decimal, all above letter rate at time of issue values to $5 or $10. About 12,500 to 15,000 per kg. 100g for $195 (NM2a) 138. World off paper, ever popular. Yours to sort, not soak! Huge variety of large & small, early to recent, and enormous count with 12,500 to 15,000 per kg. 100g for $27.95, 250g $66.50, 500g $129, 1kg $275, 2.5kg $650, 5kg $1235 (NM5) 139. Australian States, new lot just arrived, unchecked for perfs, shades, wmks. etc. 50 different for $59, 100 different for $99. May contain OS Overprints and perfins. (PM124) 140. Germany off paper, mostly West Germany. Mix of small & large, 100g (approx. 1500 stamps) for around 4c a stamp. $59 (PM126) 141. NZ Health mini-sheets 1957 to 1983 x 52 MUH housed in large blue stockbook. Retail value $NZ777. Condition a little mixed but most of the key items very fresh MUH. Some faults, most minor, so expect varied condition. Each priced with retail in neat pencil on stock page. Very cheap at just AUD$269 (CAU1) 142. World Wildlife Fund 1976/79 Official unaddressed FDC’s collection on 144 covers. Very clean lot. With certificate of authenticity. Original Issue price 4.95 per cover = around $700! Cheap at under $1 per cover, $135. (CAU3) 143. Great Britain 1902 – 1999 used collection in large blue ring binder. KEVII – 1/-, KGV to 10/- with Re-engraved Seahorses set. KGVI complete with all High Values inc. Silver Wedding £1. QEII virtually complete commems., plus many Wildings and Machins to £5, plus the different printings of the Castles series to £1. Low value Wildings are simplified. Includes all of the Millennium series, 12 sets, 48 stamps to the end of 1999. 100’s of sets, al in nice clean condition. Has to be worth $10 per year of stamps from 1937 -1999. Plus heaps of extras as back. Price $625 (CAU4)
144. Canada Collection 1870’s to 1999 mostly postally used, some MUH in 3 large stockbooks. Earlies are sparse but very high degree of completion 1930 onwards., with dates and SG No’s pencilled in margins of the books. Guessing 2500 – 2750 stamps mostly all different and in complete sets. Very clean lot with values to $8 Polar Bear. Has to be worth 25c per stamp average, price $649 (CAU5) 145. New Zealand mostly mint 2 volume collection 1920 – 1980 in good condition Gibbons Green Simplex Springback album. Stamps are nicely displayed in black mounts on pages and annotated with year of issue and cat. Nos. Commences 1920 Victory set, then mostly complete with all health & airmail issues inc. 1931 Smiling Boys., Dunedin 1925 Ex. set is very fresh lightly hinged. From 1960 much appears fresh mint unhinged, but excluding minisheets. Mostly a very clean lot with much potential for continuance. Many 100’s. Very high catalogue/retail value. Albums alone would cost $1250 new. Price $745. (CAU6) 146. GB gummed barcode Machin window booklet collection 1987 to 1990 , 93 different. GB QE2 booklets collection latter 1980s - SG Cat £1,100 plus = over $2000 at current exchange rates. All on Lighthouse ‘Vario’ pages. Some reprints and different printers – all identified by SG numbers and cat val. Mostly Machin series, plus the popular Teddy Bear Greetings Booklet. Retail around $1350, price $795 (CMY1) 147. British Empire, pre-QEII off paper mix, new lot just received, very varied with little Australia but a good mix of most other areas. Noted a few mint, blocks of 4 etc. Values to 10/- noted in the overall mix. Good value at around 15c a stamp. Priced per 65 grams, about 1000 for $165, 2500 for $389 (CMY9) 148. GB 100 Complete used mainly Commemorative sets, 1940 – quite recent. Organised into individual acetate packets. Noted 1940 Centenary, 1953 Coronation up to quite recent £1.22 values. Would sell individually from $2 to $12 a set. Very cheap at $199 (CMY10) 149. AAT packet of 100 different postally used pre-decimal – very recent. Includes complete sets and better values to $1.50 or $2. 5 available. Price $69 (CMY11) 150. Fiji in 3 Seven Seas Hingeless albums 1954 -2017, Mint collection, mostly fresh MUH but some lightly hinged and some with gum tropicalised (Those are not counted in the retail value) The collection has many gaps to 2000, high level of completion through the 2000’s, but no stamps after 2014. Fresh and clean. Pages and binders alone cost $700+ to buy new. Sydney retail for the stamps $2085, plus $700 for the albums = $2785 effective replacement cost. Save $1000. Price $1785 (CMY16) 151. New Zealand 1989 – 2001 Seven Seas Hingeless Brown Padded album, pages bulging! Mint Unhinged, near complete collection (No Framas), Only very few gaps, mostly booklet stamps. We estimate 95% complete. Fresh and clean. Album alone cost $325 to buy new. Also includes Lighthouse issues from 1947 & Ross Dependency most
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COLLECTIONS SALE NOVEMBER 2023 issues. Advertised retail of the stamps is $3670. Total replacement cost $3995. Priced very cheaply at well under 50%, price $1895 (CM18) 152. 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) 153. 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) 154. 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) 155. Standard 20kg $595, 10kg $315, 5kg $165 (CF7a) 156. Superior 20kg $895, 10kg $475, 5kg $245 (CF7b) 157. Super 20kg $1395, 10kg $729, 5kg $385 (CF7c) 158. 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) 159. Australia 1970 Captain Cook themed collection in blue album with 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) 160. 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) 161. 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) 162. 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) 163. 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) 164. 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) 165. Australia stamp replica cards 1984 – 1987 (No’s 1 – 37 ex. No. 36) in superb near new Seven Seas Blue Padded Album (Cost $130) These are official reprinted proofs/colour trials from the original dies which if contemporary are worth $1000’s each! Price $195 the lot. (CN1) 166. Great Britain 1997 – 2000 Royal Mint & Royal Mail Sumptuous Royalty cover album in padded Royal Blue and Gold with slipcase. Contains Royalty Covers, PNC Coin Covers and a 3/4 ounce Silver Ingot Cover replicating the 1951 Ten Shilling Festival of Britain St. George & Dragon Stamp. 19 items in all, with many of the coin covers selling at around $30 each. Several of the covers are signed by the designer too. $329 the lot. (CN4) 167. Asia, used collection in Importa “Victoria” red leather bound album coast $200 plus, near new. Includes Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Ceylon & Burma. 1800’s to about 1990. Mostly used, some mint, nicely set out with spaces for you to complete. Very fine condition overall, many 100s, price $439 (CN5) 168. Holland 1993 – 1998 mint & used well organised collection in near new Blue & Gold Leather Bound Importa “Victoria” album (Cost $150 plus) Includes booklets & sheetlets as well as about 95% completion in stamps for the period. Plenty of spare pages for continuation. Original seller’s price, $220. So cheap now at our realistic price of $110 (CN10) 169. Christmas stamps from around the World mint & used housed in large brown stockbook. Many complete sets and minisheets, mostly all different. 1950’s to late 1990’s. Around 500 stamps plus 20 minish-
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COLLECTIONS SALE NOVEMBER 2023 eets. Most of the mint is fresh unhinged. Great value at 25c per stamp & $2 each for the minisheets. Price $165 (CN12) 170. Latin America (Central & South) plus Caribbean & Atlantic mint & used collection in Black & Gold leather bound Importa “Victoria” album with slipcase. Includes Aruba, Curacao (cat. £600 alone), British West Indies, Falklands Is. & Dep. BAT, early French Guiana & Venezuela. Nice lot, worthy of expansion, 100s. Original dealer’s price $825, we reckon at $595 it’s very good value. (CN13) 171. Austria 1925 – late 1980’s mint & used nicely written up on pages and divided into themes Black Spiral Binder. Noted 1950 Birds Airmail set & 1925 Postage Dues set of 27. Near 200 stamps, all up cat. Around £750. Price $375 (CN15) 172. Australia Ausipex 1984, 2 as new luxury padded albums containing what appears an exhaustive collection of these popular issues. Fresh mint unhinged organised alphabetically, plus a few covers and maximum cards. Has the official labels sheet of 20 Counted plus the 2 Tonga minisheet black prints. 44 minisheets, 40 complete sets/ issues, 11 cards and 3 covers. Got to be worth $3 apiece, and the very expensive albums are free! Price $295 (CN16) 173. THE DROSS BOX! I think every dealer has one or more of these, anything we cannot find an immediate use for goes in here. Loose stamps we cannot find time to sort, covers, complete sets, minisheets, Hagner pages of stamps, collection remainder, juvenile collections, you name it, it may be here! Choose Australia, Worldwide or a mixture of both. 1kg parcel for $98, 3kg for $275, 5kg for $395, 10kg for $775. (CN17) 174. THE GROT BOX! Empty albums, stockbooks, stock sheets, stamp catalogues, auction catalogues, handbooks etc. (No stamps) Very cheap at just $195 for a $20 parcel. (NO DISCOUNTS ON THESE AND POSTAGE IS ALWAYS EXTRA) (CN19) 175. Germany 3rd Reich, 1933 – 1945 Brand New Hingeless Album, German made, in Black Blue & Gold. Spaces for all 3rd Reich stamps with illustrations and Michel catalogue numbers. Superb! Price $295 (3R1) 176. Australia, International Stamps used on 50 covers and postcards to Switzerland. Wide variety of stamps and frankings used 2000 to 2012. Noted issues with tabs, gutter pairs, Christmas Is. issues etc. Denominations from 50c to $2.60, with rates up to $4.00. All from a single family correspondence. A bit over $5 each, price $269 (CAU1) 177. Hong Kong superb MUH collection 1953-1999. SG cat. close to £1500 on stack of Scott pages in hingeless mounts - Starts at the 1953 Coronation. From 1972 onwards, it appears near complete, and includes relevant booklets, and all the mini sheets. SG cat noted aside each set in erasable 4B pencil, for easy checking. A Red Hot collecting area, with many complete hi-cat Definitive sets to $50 in different watermark and papers etc. Totally untouched as received from Estate. A GEM of a collection, try finding another! Over 25 years near com-
plete, for $1495 (CAU4) 178. New Zealand Post Office Blue Leather with Coat of Arms embossed in gold on the cover. Stockbook presented to delegates to the 16th U.P.U. Congress held in Tokyo. Contains NZ & Territories Mint Unhinged. Noted pre-decimal issues 1975 – 1967, 1st decimal definitives to $2 multicoloured Geyser, Arms High Values $4 to $10 (4), 1969 Capt. Cook Set etc. Also Niue decimal ovpt. To $2 Arms, plus Ross Dep. 1st decimal set. Total 2022 ACS catalogue (retail) value of the contents alone for this rare item is NZ$270 = A$245. We have never ever had one of these before, let alone 2! Binding is a little detached in last couple of pages. Price $199 (2 available) (CAU5) 179. Retired Australia Post Executives 1970’s & ‘80’s accumulation of UPU related items etc. Includes Barbados Passport Style 1979 blue folder with coat of arms in gold, UN 1974 folder, plus items from Australia, Nauru, NZ, Jersey, Malaysia, Norway etc. Includes special Australia Post Office Pack for opening of New Parliament House by HM The Queen. 20 -plus items, price $149 (CAU8) 180. Massive lot of German covers, 19th Century to quite modern (about 2014) You will find Registered mail, Express delivery, FDC’s, commercial mail, etc, etc. to a wide range of destinations. Most are West Germany but also some Berlin, inc. Occupation Issues, and East Germany. Around 425 covers for under $1 each, price $395 (CMY3) 181. Malaysia 1963-96 collection in 4 albums, mainly mint unhinged but some of the earlier issues used and later issues are both mint unhinged and used, plus many extra sets and part-sets of the 1965 Birds, 1970 Butterflies, 1979 Flowers & Animals, and 1986 Fruits. (Qty 1000s) Very good value at $1350 (CFE2) 182. New Zealand commercial mails, small and medium envelopes, mainly pre-decimal KGVI & QEII to Australia. Good variety of postmarks plus some higher values. Price $95 per kg (5kg available) (CFE4) 183. New South Wales plus a few ACT 1980’s – 1990’s commercial mails, mainly stamped small envelopes with a wide variety of cds cancels, many smaller towns noted. Pretty well all clear strikes. Could be some rarer items here. We just do not have time to check. Price $95 per kg. (8kg available) (CFE5) 184. 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 mine 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)
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Glen Stephens Rarity Offers For 30 years, my ’Stamp Rarity Page’ has been a “must visit” place for many collectors and dealers, globally - www.tinyurl.com/RarityGlen Large clear photos, and lots of detail, and FIXED NETT PRICES. “Philatelic Porn” as one client jokingly described it as! No 20% “Buyer Fees” to add on top etc. All credit cards accepted - even Amex, and with NO insulting extra fees to you either! 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
Buy a box of current $1.20 Peel and Stick stamps and save $650!
In the past I have almost *NEVER* had current letter rate stamps in ‘peel and stick’ to offer at well under face. Bought a Sprintpack printer carton with 20 x sealed boxes of 100 = 2,000 stamps in the box. ‘Native Animals’ - Platypus etc. Very pretty stamps as you can see. The rate increased to $1.20 on January 3, 2023, so these will be historically valid for you to use for some time - the last price increase was January 2020. STOCK UP now - once sold, they can’t be replaced by me. Ask your boss if they want these. A business bought them early January to do a client mail out, but decided last minute to use a mass email program instead, as they could attach large PDF images that way, and save huge mail AND the even far larger print costs. Lots of senders use white plastic bag outer packaging - these stick tight - normal lickable gum does NOT of course, and fall off. Huge plus. These are guaranteed 105% GENUINE Australia Post produced stamps. Near everything today on FakeBay are Chinese forgeries - read more here - tinyurl.com/ China-Fake - Those fakes cost more than this, and YOU (not the seller!) are breaching The Crimes Act Of Australia to use them on mail. They show images of PO boxes etc on FakeBay, stolen off the AP website, but they mail you forged flat strips 5 of 10 etc ‘to make pack it easier for you’. MINE are genuine, printed in Melbourne, and not Shanghai - $2,400 face for $1,750 cash - save $650 legally! Affixing 1, 2 or 3 or 5 of these, covers all rates up to 500g – FAST as you can see. And you can also use these on ALL overseas mail of course and all parcels - very pretty Animal design stamps. FAST and easy - more details here - www.tinyurl.com/CheapStamp - pass that link on to friends or Charities or business colleagues who mail a lot, or who have eBay stores etc. Or if you can’t use 2,000 - will sell 10 boxes of 100 = 1000 stamps, Face $1,200, for $A900 cash - Stock 692JX . In these very toughest of economic times, legally saving $650 a box of 2000 is a quite MASSIVE plus - $A1,750 cash - Stock 692JW
NSW 1853 8d Dull Yellow imperf Diadem nicely used PAIR!
Even a SINGLE of this stamp is scarce, and pairs are near unheard off - paying a strange 1/4d rate. With bold upright ‘107’ Barred Numeral, rated ‘Rare’ by Hugh Freeman, from remote inland rural speck of ‘DUNDEE’ (population today 85!), which is 16 Km from ‘Deepwater’ according to Freeman - and population of that today 220! Clean and fresh, and totally free of the usual gook and gunk and thins, and tears, and old hinges and foxing etc after 170 years. Guaranteed by me to be free of any of the usual repairs found on these after 170 years. SG 79 £1,300=A2,600 as 2 singles, with a common numeral cancel. Clearly a UNIQUE pair with this cancel, yet $2,000 UNDER SG cat! About $US385 as I type now, at $A595 - Stock 459AK
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reviews SG Cyprus, Gibraltar & Malta 2023 Edition Paperback, 231 pages, 6th edition RRP A $54.95 It’s only been four years since the 5th edition of the catalogue arrived in 2019 so the new issues of the four main issuing territories (yes four – more on that later) don’t take up as many extra pages as some recent SG catalogues, generally only between two and four pages per territory, with new issues being covered as follows: Cyprus up to the 2022 Christmas issues. Turkish Cypriot Posts, the fourth territory I mentioned earlier, to the December 2022 Admission of Northern Cyprus to the Organization of Turkic States, Gibraltar to the March 2023 Europa set & Malta to the April 2023 Historic Railway of Malta issue Apart from the issues of the four territories mentioned above we also have listings for GB stamps
used in Cyprus, Gibraltar & Malta prior to the issue of their own stamps, British Post Offices in Crete, wartime issues of the Faröe Islands, stamps of the former British colonies of Heligoland 1867-90 and the Ionian Islands together with the stamps of Gibraltar used in the British post offices in Morocco 18861898. The publishers advise that ‘Prices have been extensively revised throughout the catalogue with increases in most periods, but also a few reductions’ and that ‘A number of plate and watermark varieties are listed for the first time’. Oddly, while design indexes have been included for the pictorial issues of both Gibraltar and Malta, there isn’t one for either of the Cyprus listings. As has become usual in the new editions of SG catalogues over the past couple of years, an informative (and very welcome) illustrated article relating to the subject matter of the particular catalogue is included. This edition has a five page article entitled ‘Gibraltar’s First Stamps’ by Richard Garcia MBE FRPSL. A must have for any collector of British Europe.
SG Great Britain Concise Catalogue 2023 Edition Paperback, 597 pages RRP A $TBA The July-August time frame brings one of the two Great Britain catalogues that Stanley Gibbons publish each year, the Concise Catalogue. This is the more comprehensive of the two catalogues (the other being Collect British Stamps which usually shows up early each year). I’ve commented before that ‘Concise’ seems to be a bit of a misnomer and ‘Comprehensive’ would probably be a more accurate name. I’ve gone through the major listing differences between the two catalogues before so I won’t list them all again apart from mentioning that this is the only catalogue to fully list all PO booklets, which by itself adds more than 70 pages to the catalogue. As always, new issues are very up to date with the latest listing being for the March 2023 Flowers issue. This edition is of course the first to be pub40 - Stamp News
mike lee they have ‘made a lot of changes with many new explanatory notes to improve the consistencies of the listings and the information available to readers’ While on the subject of prices/catalogue values, PLEASE remember to carefully read the first paragraph under General Information on page xii, the illustrations and information under the ‘Operational Cancellations’ heading on page xix together with any information about postmarks, centreing and other condition issues featured in the listing notes, particularly those in the Queen Victoria & Edward VII issues. I’ve only scratched the surface of what this catalogue covers – the Contents page lists more than 60 different categories! You might even discover areas of GB collecting you never knew existed. This is a wonderful catalogue and will most definitely meet the needs of the vast majority of GB collectors Both of the catalogues reviewed here are available as Digital versions, check the SG website under ‘Stamp catalogues’ for full details
lished during the reign of King Charles III, and we find his image featured on the front cover on the 1st class ‘Large’ barcoded definitive issue. The first Commemorative or ‘Special issue’ of his reign, or rather the first to show his cameo on each stamp rather than the Queen’s, is the set of above mentioned 10 Flowers, and can be found on page 388 after the QE II decimal Machins listings, and on page 389 you’ll find the new barcoded definitives with the portrait of the new King, which go up to the April 2023 £2.20 issue. Another feature of the Concise are the popular Post & Go stamp listings which have been brought right up to date, with clear notes describing stamps from different machines. Separate illustrated tables also give details of those only available at exhibitions and museums. The publishers tell us that ‘The 2023 edition has been extensively updated with all prices reviewed and revised in line with the current market’, and that Stamp News - 41
Beginners please!
Hello and welcome to another in my series. I am at the letter T. There were quite a few interesting choices for the Letter T but I suspect many of you would already know plenty about the more obvious countries, like Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, and Tanganyika to name a few, so I decided on Tasmania. I thought it is about time I added an Australian element to this series. I hope I have done this justice, especially as I am sure many readers will no doubt be more knowledgeable about this collecting
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area than me. By all means correct me by writing to cddstamps@gmail.com Tasmania had a short stamp issuing history, but there is plenty of good material on the internet to read and learn about. I hope you find this interesting My thanks to the Tasmanian Philatelic Society members who are the original authors of much of this material and to whom all credit is acknowledged. Images are from research I have made using various online philatelic portals. Any errors – I hope not of course – are mine and mine alone in compiling this material. Tasmania was originally the British Colony of Van Diemen’s Land. It started issuing stamps in 1853 after the prepayment of letters with stamps became compulsory in England in 1840. The first two stamps were printed at the offices of the Hobart Town Courier newspaper and became known as the “Couriers”. The 1d Blue (Fig 1) was intended for use on town letters and the 4d Orange (Fig 2) for use on letters to inland towns or overseas letters. The stamps were printed in sheets of 24 from copper plates that were engraved by Charles Coard of Hobart. The engraving is well executed for the times although due to the primitive nature of the production, each stamp can be individually ‘plated’ or assigned to a position on the sheet of 24. Two plates of the 4d were produced as it was thought that the 4d stamp would be Figure 2
by Michael Dodd The reason being Perkins Bacon, the printers in London, did not perforate them as ordered. The stamps are printed on ‘star watermark’ paper. Another mistake made by Perkins Bacon was that they shipped the printing press along with the stamps and this allowed the Colony to print more stamps locally. Supplies of the ‘star watermark’ stamps began to run out during 1856 and 1857 and the Chalon Figure 3 Figure 4 printing plates were used to print a small supply of in greater demand than the 1d. 10,745 sheets (257,880 stamps) of the one penny additional stamps as follows: • 1d Cinnamon shade – thick unwatermarked and 33,854 sheets (812,496 stamps) of the four paper – 282 sheets (67,680 stamps) pence were printed and sold between 1853 and • 1d Deep Red Brown – thin pelure unwater1855. marked paper – 324 sheets (77,760 stamps) The Couriers were printed in a range of shades • 2d Dull Emerald Green – unwatermarked paand on papers of varying thicknesses. The 4d was per – 155 sheets (37,200 stamps) unusually, printed in an octagonal shape – probably • 4d Pale Blue – unwatermarked paper – 715 influenced by earlier embossed stamps from Great sheets (171,600 stamps). Britain, and examples can be found on original letThe pelure paper is very thin, and transparent ters with the corners ‘clipped’. Proofs of the 4d on upon holding the stamp up to the light, and has very laid paper are known although examples are rare. seldom been used in stamp production. Although The Courier stamps were used until 1855 when the English plates were used, the quality of pronew stamps arrived from England. These are duction was much poorer with the stamps genercommonly known as the Chalons, as they use the ally having a ‘fuzzy’ or ‘washed’ appearance. The Chalon portrait of Queen Victoria which Alfred printings on unwatermarked paper are considered to Chalon painted in 1838. be Tasmania’s rarest issues. Three stamps were initially ordered from EnIn 1857 watermarked paper arrived from England – a 1d Red (Fig 3) , 2d Green and a Blue. The gland. The use of watermarked paper would help stamps were printed by Perkins Bacon of London protect against fraud. From this time all Chalon using advanced die-making and recess-printing stamps were printed on ‘numeral’ watermarked techniques. You can see that these are imperforate. Stamp News - 43
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paper. In 1856 the name of the Colony was changed to Tasmania and the Postmaster General ordered new stamps from London. These were printed now by De La Rue and became known to collectors as the “Sidefaces” (Fig 4) The Sidefaces were based on similar designs produced for the colony of Nova Scotia. The stamps arrived in Tasmania and were issued on 1 November 1870. A 10d stamp was required to meet the 10d per ½ ounce letter rate to England via Marseilles in France. In an ironic turn of events the 10d postage rate was abolished due to the closure of the route through France resulting from the Franco-Prussian War. Thus the 10d saw little postal use although the stamp remained on sale until the early 1900’s. A similar fate befell the 4d Blue. The inland letter rate was reduced from 4d to 2d effective 1 November 1870, rendering the 4d Blue obsolete upon issue. Very few of the 4d were sold and the stamp is considered the rarest basic Tasmanian postage stamp. Different watermarks, shades and perforations can be found in the Sideface issues. A 3d Brown stamp was issued in 1871 to meet the 3d inter-colonial ship letter rate together with a 44 - Stamp News
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5/- mauve which was mainly used for stamp duty purposes. Later in 1871 a 9d Blue was issued to meet the 9d per ½ ounce ship letter rate via Brindisi in Italy, which became with new “fast” route to England. The decrease in this rate in 1876 to 8d saw use of the 4d stamp revived, this time printed in shades of Yellow. In 1878 further stamps were ordered from De La Rue in England, namely an 8d Brown and new plates to print the 1d
and 2d. The 1d and 2d were supplied from England from 1878 until the late 1890s however the failure of supplies to arrive saw occasional printings of the 1d undertaken at the Hobart Mercury. These local printings of the 1d are in vibrant shades. The establishment of a ½d newspaper rate in 1889 saw the 1d overprinted ‘Halfpenny”. The overprinting contained an error with the “al” in halfpenny placed sideways. A few sheets were printed with this error until it was corrected. The overprint stamp was however only an interim measure until a ½d plate and supply of stamps could be obtained from Melbourne. Tasmania was admitted to the Universal Postal Union (the “U.P.U”) in 1891. The UPU sought to regularize mail regulations amongst member countries and established a standard 2½d postage rate between member countries. As a result, Tasmania required a 2½d stamp which was produced by overprinting the 9d Sideface which had long fallen into disuse. There are a number of overprint types and shades. The stamp contains a notable error – the double overprint, one of which is inverted. The Sideface stamps were supplemented by the
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“Keyplate” series in 1892 with both series used throughout the 1890s. The new Keyplate series – comprising ½d (Fig5) 2½d, 5d, 6d, 1/-, 2/6d, and 10/- – were ordered from De La Rue in London and placed on sale in 1892. Shortly after 10d (1899), 5/- and £1 (1897) values were also ordered. These stamps were know as Keyplates or “tablets” due to the method of production. Each printing plate (from the 5d value upwards) was made in two sections – the master design and the value tablet – which enabled the stamps to be printed in two colours. By this time stamp production had become so sophisticated that there are not any platable varieties or errors on the London-printed stamps of this series. The 1/- and 10/- were later printed in Melbourne after Federation and watermark and perforation varieties are available. Now we come to what is my favourite Tasmania issue; the pictorials of 1899-1900. These were initially printed by De La Rue in London and included 8 values; the ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d and 6d showing wilderness scenes. Later printings, both lithographed and typographed, of various values and with different watermarks and perforations are available, but I won’t go into that detail here. Most of the series was based on the work of
famous Tasmanian photographer John Watt Beattie. I am showing just 2 examples. The 5d value (Fig 6) showing Mount Gould and Lake St. Claire and the 6d value (Fig 7) showing Dilston Falls. The original printings of the pictorials were produced by recess printing. Later printings were produced in Melbourne by, as I mentioned, lithography and typography which resulted in many varieties of shade, watermark andSG perforation. Fig 6 2223 1897It is well worth having a good catalogue when collecting and studying these Pictorial issues as there are some quite significant price differences between watermark and perforation differences of the same stamp value. Although the Commonwealth took control of postal affairs after federation in 1901 a uniform Australian stamp was not issued until 1913 – the famous ‘Kangaroo and Map’ series. Due to a delay in producing the 1d Kangaroo, the 2d Pictorial was overprinted ‘One Penny’ in late 1912. The Kangaroo stamps were sold in Tasmania from early 1913, although the Pictorial series continued to be used until supplies were exhausted and copies can be found with 1913 postmarks. In late 1914 all Tasmania stamps were withdrawn from sale from Australian post offices Michael can be contacted on cddstamps@gmail. com or visit him at his online store - cddstamps - on the Hipstamp Marketplace Stamp News - 45
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Abacus Auctions Sale 253 19-22 September 2023 Australia’s KGV Penny Red is often said to be the world’s most studied stamp. The late Andrew Johnston collected the entire series but devoted enormous energy into researching and studying the lowest denomination, the humble Halfpenny. At the recent sale of the major portion of his collection, Abacus Auctions offered 624 mostly single-item lots, of which 264 were Halfpennies. By comparison, across the two sales of Arthur Gray’s KGV Heads, there were only 112 ½d lots. The undoubted highlight of the collection was the scarce Single-Line Perf ½d. Andrew Johnston had acquired almost exactly 100 examples, includ-
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ing virtually all the known Cracked Electros & plate varieties, many of them so far unlisted in the Australian Commonwealth Collectors’ Catalogue, and two of the three recorded monogram singles, that sold for $34,800 and $30,000 respectively, to the same buyer. [All prices include 20% buyer’s premium] In the Penny Reds, a Single-Line Perf stamp with Thin ‘G’ sold for $5040; a cover with a pair of the intriguing Day Dawn Provisionals made $1140; a Die II Substituted Cliché on cover was pushed to $1620; and a Comb Perf Thin ‘G’ in a used block of 6 surprised at $2520. Second-highest price in the sale was $31,200 paid for the unique 1½d black-brown with No Watermark. Hopefully, Stanley Gibbons will now elevate this stamp - which has two expertising certificates - from a footnote to a proper listing. A good range of complete sheets were in demand, as were ½d orange & 1½d red singles with diagonal ‘SPECIMEN’ handstamp, believed to be from a display at the Melbourne GPO: these sold for $3240 and $3120 respectively. One of Andrew Johnston’s sidelines was KGV Heads postal history and postmarks, with emphasis on World War I military usages. No fewer than four covers with the unauthorised ‘A.I.F.’ overprints were on offer, for the first time in about 40 years. Estimated at a total of $1900, they attracted spirited bidding and were shared by two buyers for a combined $8220. A strike of ‘CASULA MILITARY CAMP/NSW’ on Lot 164 sold for $25,000
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Lot 593 sold for $2,200 illustrated cover went for six times estimate at $1440. Overall, 88% of the lots sold, for hammer prices that just exceeded the pre-sale estimates. The next three days were given over to the rest of the stamp and postal history (1146 lots), numismatics (417 lots), general collectables (168 lots) and sporting memorabilia (642 lots). There is a trend emerging in general philatelic auctions that collections and accumulations attract a lot of competition, whereas results for singles and sets are a bit patchy. It is clear that many people are wanting to buy lots they can breakdown, keeping what they need and on-selling through eBay and other platforms. Of course, there are numerous exceptions on both sides of the ledger.
Apart from the generally rare and/or beautiful pieces, there is less enthusiasm for items that might go straight into people’s albums. The market is waiting for the more discerning buyers to recognise that there are wonderful opportunities at present to acquire the basis for a new collection or to pick up elusive better items, either to retain or trade. According to Abacus Director Torsten Weller: “The market remains very strong but we are always re-assessing how we offer material, to best meet buyers’ expectations, and to obtain the best possible returns for our vendors.” Including the later non-philatelic sections of the sale, 80% of the lots offered changed hands, for a hammer total of $1,325,000+. Passed-in lots, including some marvellous material at very enticing
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Lot 285 sold for $950 prices, remain available at the reserve prices advertised on the company’s website www.abacusauctions.
com.au Torsten Weller advised that some outstanding philatelic properties have already been consigned for sales into mid-2024. These include South Australian Postal History and Postmarks from Dr Don Pearce; an extensive collection of Victoria with strength in high quality Half-Lengths from an English vendor; South Australian De La Rue issues from the late Harry Lower; the extraordinary collection of Mail from POWs and Internees of the Japanese during World War II, formed by Lindsay Chitty from New Zealand; and a voluminous collection of Early Issues of the World. For more details, or to request a complimentary deluxe catalogue, send an email to info@abacusauctions.com.au or phone the office on (03) 8513 0595.
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BAHRAIN - FROM EMIRATE TO KINGDOM General collectors have a lot of fun. They collect and research the stamps of the entire world. This is of course a mission impossible. To solve this problem I have decided to only add a select number of significant stamps from each stamp-issuing country or territory. This approach certainly allows me to collect the world. Recently a seller on an internet auction site offered three lots of Bahraini stamps. The seller didn’t seem to have a clue about which stamps belonged to which set and in order to obtain complete sets I needed to bid on all three lots. Fortunately I was successful and I was able to add several most useful sets to my collection of Bahrain. For those readers who have never heard about Bahrain here are a few basic facts. It is a rather small island nation located in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia and just north of Qatar. In fact, it is Asia’s third smallest country occupying just 780 km² but with a population amounting to 1,870,000 (this number includes the many workers
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from mostly South Asian countries). Bahrain is quite a prosperous nation thanks to its oil resources. It is also a major banking centre in the Middle East and tourism plays an increasingly important role. The capital city is Manama which is home to the majority of the population. A map of Bahrain is depicted on a definitive stamp issued in 1976 (Fig. 1). Bahrain has an ancient history. In 628 AD Islam was introduced and the island was a Portuguese possession from 1521 until 1602. Since 1783 the Al-Khalifa family has ruled the island which has had close relations with Persia throughout the centuries. For centuries Bahrain was famous for its pearl fishing. Today there is a causeway linking Bahrain with Saudi Arabia. Towards the end of the 19th century, Bahrain became a British protectorate and postage stamps were introduced in 1948. They were contemporary British stamps overprinted BAHRAIN and new
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Christer Brunström denominations in Indian currency. Even Queen Elizabeth can be seen on Bahraini stamps (Fig. 2). There had been an Indian post office in Bahrain since 1892 and a whole range of Indian postage and official stamps can be found with a Bahrain postmark. In 1953-1956 there was a set of three stamps with denominations in Indian currency and featuring the portrait of Shaikh Sulman bin Hamed al-Khalifa (Fig. 3). Our stamp catalogues suggest that these stamps only had local validity but they could most probably also be used on mail to foreign destinations. All in all there were 12 different “local” stamps between 1953 and 1961 Shaikh Sulman was also depicted on a definitive set of 11 stamps released in 1960. In 1961 he was succeeded by Shaikh Isa bin Sulman al-Khalifa and in 1964 there was a new set of definitive stamps featuring the head of the new ruler. The higher values also showed the airport and the deep water
Figure 3
harbour. Bahrain became an independent state in 1971 but the postal services had been taken over by the Bahraini authorities already in 1966. The establishment of the Bahrain postal administration was marked by the release of a new set of definitive stamps. It was a very colourful set of stamps and it was obvious the Bahrainis wanted to show as many aspects of the country as possible. The 100-fils value depicts pearl diving (Fig. 4) Many of Bahrain’s early postage stamps were printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd. in England but this changed in the mid-1970s when the Oriental Press in Bahrain was commissioned to print most of the country’s stamps. Traditional Arab culture is still very much present in Bahrain and many stamp issues feature just that. In 1979 there was a set of eight stamps featuring traditional dhows (Fig. 5) which have been important in local and regional trade for centuries. All the stamps carried a denomination of 100 fils
Figure 4
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BAHRAIN - FROM EMIRATE TO KINGDOM and they were printed se-tenant. There was a lot of speculation in this and several other Bahraini thematic stamp sets in the 1970s resulting in rather high catalogue valuations. When I checked this particular set on an Internet auction site I noted many offers at wildly differing asking prices so my advice is to shop around before buying. Hunting with falcons is a popular pastime not only in Bahrain but in many other countries of the Arab world (Fig. 6). In 1980 there was a set of eight stamps in exactly the same se-tenant arrangement as what was the case with the dhows issue the year before. In 1999 Shaikh Isa passed away and he was succeed by Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. If previous rulers had used the title of Shaikh the new ruler preferred to be known as Emir. However, he must have felt that this was not enough and in 2002 the State of Bahrain became the Kingdom of Bahrain
Figure 5
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which obviously is reflected on the nation’s stamps. It has not always been plain sailing for the Al-Khalifa family. The ruling family are Sunni Muslims but the majority of the population is Shia. The royal family has introduced limited democratic reforms but still controls most everything by occupying most positions in government. In connection with the Arab Spring of 2011 many people demanded political changes but the protest movement was repressed severely. When the country’s security forces were overwhelmed by the situation, forces from neighbouring Saudi Arabia were rushed to the scene. Calm was restored but there have been serious accusations of torture and maltreatment of prisoners. I certainly enjoyed my purchase and my research into the history of Bahrain. In many ways, stamp collection is a highly educational hobby which certainly widens your horizons.
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