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Norway coll 1856-1980 in new ‘Lighthouse’ classy album + slipcase - Ret $A6,250 for just $A999! Lovely looking, near all postally used collection in a huge, and classy literally ‘as new’ top quality ‘Lighthouse’ German made black album with matching hard slipcase - retail of the empty album and slipcase is well over $450 ALONE! Masses of 25 extra pix here - tinyurl.com/NorwayColl - Stamps are largely complete, with many earlier top values, inc 1867/68, 8Sk rose, 1872-74 Defins complete ex 25 Ore etc. Also, a good range of elusive Officials and Postage Dues etc. SG cat of the stamps is noted neatly in erasable soft 4B pencil for ready checking on each item or set. This totals £2,903=$5,800, plus the $450 album, is a $A6,250 collection here. 100s of stamps and impossible to assemble out here. A very conservative and popular stamp issuing country, and VERY completable down the track. Condition looks a cut above average - as it was formed in Norway, where ‘condition is KING’! A wonderful solid nucleus to complete, and add to. Retail $6,200, for about 15% retail at $US650 at $A999 - Stock 546SH
Great Britain 1840 2d Deep Full Blue – clean and fresh, 3 margin example - $A2,000 *UNDER* SG cat! -
Totally free of usual thins and creases etc, and condition guarantees on these stamps are VERY important. It is 184 years old now. Clean and fresh and flat, and *totally* free of the usual old hinges, and gook and gunk and foxing, common on these. Bright colour, and razor-sharp plate impression as you can see. Totally free of the creases and toning that truly be-devil this issue - which ARE present on most examples. “The World’s First Stamp” and sourcing a nice one from day #1 is wise. Even a 2 margin roughie these days can cost you $300! Lettered ‘E.L.’ with lovely and unusually crisp black ‘Maltese Cross’ cancel as you can see. Every collector wants a ‘1d Black’ and ‘2d Blue’ on the frontispiece page of their album, no matter WHAT country they collect – and if your initials are ‘E.L.’ - even better! Lovely deep bright colour as you can see. Removed from a lovely old style GB collection today. ANY 2d Blue is FIFTY times scarcer than any 1d Black - a solid FACT, despite the weird cat prices. This is the seldom seen Deep Full Blue shade, SG #4, cat is £1,200 = $A2,40 - and bought very well to clear at just $A2,000 *UNDER* SG price - $A399 - Stock 613LK
New Zealand 1985 “CRISTMAS” spelling error PAIR! -
A very interesting Story. These stamps were printed in the Netherlands, by the well-known and widely used Enschedé Security Stamp Printers, in Haarlem. The stamps were all printed and perforated and ready to go, when someone noticed that the word CHRISTMAS had been added and approved by the Dutch printers, and NZ Post, and mis-spelled “CRISTMAS” (with missing H!) and not CHRISTMAS spelling. I understand that is more in keeping with the European/Dutch spelling, so no-one noticed - not sure, but it got right through to the proofs being all signed off on, and being printed and perforated, and darn near issued nationally. The stamps were rapidly re-printed for then heavy NZ Christmas mail useage, and the originals were SUPPOSED to be destroyed. A very few pairs leaked out somewhere, and I bought them near 40 years ago, and offered them in the local magazine for $A500 the pair, and they sold fast. The same original paper, gum, and perfs as the issued stamps of course. One client I sold these to has recently passed away, and I bought them back this month from the Estate. The set of singles, along with a set of 2 normals as illustrated above – a complete set of 4, is just $US175 at $A275 the quartet - Stock 672LW
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Contents Articles Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ......................................6 Why Collect Postal History? : Kevin Morgan .......................... 14 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 20 Greetings from Great Britain : Michael Dodd ........................ 46 Sweden in Space : Christer Brunström ......................................50
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Front cover: Split Enz : True Colours. New Zealand Post
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Royal Mail under siege 1 Reported at www.euronews.com
Shares in IDS, the owner of Royal Mail, rose after reports that it has received - and rejected - a bid from Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský. UK postal and courier service, Royal Mail, has received a takeover bid from Daniel Křetínský, a Czech billionaire who has also invested in Sainsbury’s and West Ham United Football Club. Royal Mail has reportedly rejected the offer and apparently Křetínský is now renegotiating. Křetínský’s EP Group has already acquired a 27.5% ownership share in Royal Mail through his investment entity, Vesa. “EP Group recognises that Royal Mail is in a challenging situation,” Křetínský’s company said in a newly released statement. “EP Group also recognises that Royal Mail is an important national asset that would benefit from being able to take a longer-term view and is prepared to support this iconic business as it transforms and rebuilds into a modern postal operator delivering high-quality service to its customers, stability to its workforce and sustainable financial performance.” Last year, Royal Mail reported a “substantial loss” of £419 million (€490 million) for the financial year 2022/23. EP Group has until 15 May to either declare a definitive intention to make an offer for IDS or withdraw from the process.
Royal Mail under siege 2 Reported at www.dailymail.co.uk
Thousands of fake stamps are entering Britain from China, leaving victims paying £5 penalties to collect their post. Royal Mail has been urged to investigate what security experts called ‘economic warfare’, with the forgeries said to be behind the rise in complaints from customers that stamps bought from legitimate sources are being flagged as counterfeit. It is understood that convincing copies, sold for as little as 4p each, are being purchased by smaller 6 - Stamp News
retailers, who are not obliged to buy directly from the Royal Mail. Websites based in China offer sheets of 50 counterfeit stamps at a time, complete with Royal Mail’s new barcode – designed to make the post more secure and efficient – for those willing to commit to a minimum purchase of 20,000. The Post Office minister said he would work with Royal Mail and retailers to investigate. ‘The Royal Mail must do everything possible to prevent counterfeits entering our circulation and must establish where they are coming from and how they are entering our marketplace’ he said. Stamps are considered a ‘secure print item’ in the same way as bank notes – which means it is a crime to knowingly reuse or sell used or fake ones. Observers have called for a criminal investigation. Stamps bought from the Post Office are not affected because it receives all of its stamps direct from the Royal Mail’s secure printers in Wolverhampton. It is claimed four major Chinese suppliers are printing up to one million counterfeit stamps a week and delivering them to Britain in days. One large factory is only taking orders for more than 300,000, cutting the cost to 4p a fake. They are then being sold through scam websites imitating the Royal Mail’s online store and via marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay. Both Amazon and eBay insisted last night that they strictly prohibit counterfeit items on their websites. A Royal Mail spokesman said: ‘We regularly monitor online marketplaces to detect suspicious activity and work closely with retailers and law enforcement agencies to identify those who produce counterfeit stamps.’
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Meanwhile, a diplomatic row has broken between the UK and China over the fakes. Chinese embassy officials have denied responsibility for the counterfeit stamps flooding into Britain. The chair of the British foreign affairs committee has demanded the Chinese state launch an investigation and crack down on factories “brazenly” producing the counterfeits. The Liberal Democrats have called on the Chinese government to face questions from ministers and urged the Foreign Office to arrange a meeting with the Chinese ambassador. However, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy dismissed the reports to The Times, describing them as “baseless” and “low-level”. They said Royal Mail should “have a thorough investigation over the internal supply chain, instead of pursuing the attention of the media” and said claims it was “triggering war by bringing fake stamps” were “totally ridiculous, absurd and ill-intentional”. It comes after the founder of national security think tank the Henry Jackson Society, told The Telegraph: “It is inconceivable that a large-scale counterfeit operation like this could be occurring without the knowledge and therefore tacit approval of the Chinese Communist Party given its strict control over the Chinese economy. The chair of the foreign affairs committee, said: “It is incumbent upon the Chinese state to now crack down on these companies who are openly supporting illicit trade in stamps, investigate printing facilities and expose those funding them.”
Postal and parcel workers in an eastern Chinese province who report possible threats to state security could be rewarded with up to 30,000 yuan (US$4,100). Regulation says workers must be on the lookout for dangerous items as well as books and printed and audiovisual material that ‘harm national security.’ China’s top counter-espionage watchdog, the Ministry of State Security, hailed the development in Jiangsu province – the first in China to introduce such rules – as an “innovative initiative”. In an article published to the ministry’s WeChat account this month, it said the regulation was “aimed at severely cracking down on the use of the delivery service to endanger national security”. The new local regulation is the first government document in China to reward delivery companies and delivery workers for tip-offs about spying. The 25-article regulation states that courier companies and their employees are obliged to report “clues about national security violations and crimes” they discover during their work. If the tip-off leads to a criminal case involving
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Stamps in the News - Globally! national security, authorities will give the source a cash reward of 10,000-30,000 yuan, the highest level of the regulation’s three-tiered reward system. And at the lowest level, informants will receive less than 1,000 yuan for clues that “play a certain role”. According to the regulations, delivery workers in Jiangsu should be aware of suspicious parcels, including “dangerous items related to national security”, such as weapons, bullets, drugs, explosives and threats to biosecurity as well as books and printed and audiovisual material that “harm national security”.
Georgia Post diversifies Reported at www.gpost.ge
Georgia Post has started implementing a project to set up libraries in nurseries in the mountainous regions throughout Georgia. The Post Office will create a thematic selection of literature, purchase and deliver to the regions as part of its social responsibility charter. The first stage of the project was implemented in Kazbegi municipality and implemented with the support of the Kazbegi municipality’s town hall and the center of educational pre-school institutions. The project will continue for a year.
La Post diversifies
Reported at www.rfi.fr/en Food deliveries to be top activity for French postal service by 2035, says CEO With fewer people sending each other letters, 8 - Stamp News
France’s post office will change its strategic plan for the next ten years, looking to significantly increase its home meal delivery business - aimed in particular at elderly people - and to continue to deliver parcels. There are only 7,000 post offices left in France, compared with 14,000 at the end of the 1990s. For many village post offices, fewer than five customers turn up a day. “We are committed to our public service missions,” the CEO of France’s postal service told the French Senate recently, but “[we] are under pressure”. Letter and parcel deliveries dropped from 70 percent of France’s post office business in 1990 to just 15 percent by the end of 2024, as letters have been replaced by e-mails and most invoices are now digital. The steady decline over the last ten years has left a €6 billion gap in the group’s business. La Poste is making a “strategic gamble” with parcel and meal delivery, which it “is in the process of winning” according to its CEO. France’s post office currently carries out ten percent of food deliveries nationwide. Working with community centres, hospitals and caterers, drivers bring more than 15,000 meals per day to mostly elderly people. La Poste delivered 5 million meals last year and hopes to double that figure for 2024. By 2035 it is predicted that “food deliveries will be the top activity for postal workers”. Meanwhile, increasing numbers of post offices are closing, much to the dismay of the local populations they serve. For 40 percent of village post offices, fewer than five customers turn up a day. La Poste is consulting with local mayors on the is-
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sue and the group is planning to launch “yellow lorries”, or mobile multiservice offices, in rural areas, which should be on the road by the end of April.
La Poste embraces the baguette
Reported at www.linkedin.com/posts/universal-postal-union France will honour the baguette on a stamp to be issued May 17. Stephane Humbert-Basset designed the stamp based upon his original artwork. Recognized in November 2022 on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the French baguette is considered the bread of daily life. Its simple ingredients of flour, water, salt and yeast contrast with the complexity of the careful measurement of ingredients, kneading, fermentation, shaping, priming and baking in the hands of the skilled artisan. The baguette transcends international borders with the production of 6 billion baguettes each year for its daily 12 million consumers. According to La Poste, a special feature of this stamp is that it will have a “bakery scent.”
Poste Italiane embraces bunga bunga Reported at www.examiner.com.au
Late former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, one of the most influential but also divisive figures in Italian politics, is to be featured on a postage stamp, his Forza Italia party says. The stamp will be available on the first anniversary of Berlusconi’s death, Forza Italia, which was
founded by Berlusconi. The politician died on June 12 last year at the age of 86 after a period of ill health. Berlusconi was one of the most influential figures in Italian and European politics from the mid-1990s onwards. A real estate, media and football mogul who moved into politics, Berlusconi was a controversial and at times divisive figure in Italian public life who shaped Italian politics for decades. He enjoyed a successful career as a businessman before reinventing himself as a conservative politician, who proved prone to public gaffes and run-ins with the law. He was Italy’s longest-serving prime minister, with terms in office in 1994, 2001-2006 and 20082011. Berlusconi’s rise to power was meteoric, winning his first elections in 1994 at the helm of a new party Silvio Berlusconi Stamp News - 9
Stamps in the News - Globally! named after a football slogan, Forza Italia, or Go Italy. He resigned in disgrace in 2011, at the height of a debt crisis that risked destabilising the entire eurozone while he was on trial for tax evasion and soliciting sex from an underage prostitute in the infamous “bunga bunga” affair. The numerous scandals Berlusconi was involved in have led to debates in Italy about how he should be remembered. The renaming of streets and buildings, for example, is seen as controversial in many Italian cities. The decision in favour of a Berlusconi stamp was made at a cabinet meeting in Rome, Forza Italia said. It is not yet known what the stamp will look like. Forza Italia is one of three parties in the coalition government of current Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
New Zealand shows its True Colours Reported at www.noise11.com
Split Enz have been honoured by the New Zealand Post Office with a series of stamps based on their classic album ‘True Colours’. Split Enz was New Zealand’s first internationally recognised band. Revered and influential to this day, they were true originals who created their own sound and style of performance from the time they formed as Split Ends in 1972. ‘True Colours’ was the sixth Split Enz album. The album was released on 20 January, 1980. It was the first album to notably feature Neil Finn with the band. It was a number one album in New Zealand and Australia and reached number 10 in Canada, number 38 in the UK and number 40 in the USA. The album would influence a whole range of international artists including the B-52s and a young 10 - Stamp News
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), as well as many of our New Zealand musicians back home.
Jersey sees the light Reported at www.bbc.com
Jersey Post has released a set of new stamps to mark 150 years since La Corbière lighthouse was first lit on 24 April 1874. Jersey Post said the illustrations, created by Norwegian artist Martin Mörck, were inspired by the original sketches from lighthouse engineers. Jersey Post said the lighting of La Corbière was a “huge achievement” for the island and key moments of its construction have been depicted on the stamps. CEO of Ports of Jersey, which manages the lighthouse, said it was an “honour” to be entrusted with
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one of the island’s “most iconic landmarks”. “We take our responsibility seriously and carry out regular inspections to maintain the critical service the lighthouse performs,” he said.
business on April 4. It was a day after Australia Post increased the prices for its regular stamps from $1.20 to $1.50. The non-compliant stamps missing the dollar sign (left) and a previous version (right) including the essential character. “I was waiting eagerly for them to come up with the new pricing, and then I ordered them the next day,” he said. When the sheets of $1.50 stamps arrived in the mail, he didn’t notice anything amiss and began using them. However, on Wednesday he received an email from Australia Post alerting him to the fact that the stamps were “non-compliant” because they were
missing the dollar sign. He said he found the mistake “kind of hilarious”. “They had one job, to change the two to a five,
Australia Post drops the ball Reported at www.9news.com.au
Australia Post has been left red-faced after an “embarrassing” mistake led to some customers being sent out custom stamps missing an essential detail. A Victorian small business owner is one customer who was sent out sheets of stamps without the dollar sign printed on them. He ordered 2000 custom-made stamps from Australia Post’s MyStamp service for his collectables Stamp News - 11
Stamps in the News - Globally! and they messed it up,” he said. Affected customers were told the stamps without the dollar sign could not be used because they were non-compliant but that a refund would be made and replacement stamps sent.
A soft landing at Christmas Island Reported at https://australiapostcollectables. com.au/
The 50th Anniversary of the Christmas Island Airport is being commemorated with a new stamp issue. Until the 1970s, the remote Indian Ocean Territory of Christmas Island had no substantial aviation infrastructure, with the only regular transportation being by sea. In June 1974, after years of planning, the Christmas Island airport was opened in the north-east of the island, initially with a 2,100-metre-long sealed runway and serviceable passenger terminal, known locally as ‘the shed’. The first commercial jet service from Perth, a TAA Boeing 727, arrived on 6 June 1974. In 1982‒83 the runway was extended and in October 1992, a modern airport terminal was constructed. Since 2010, an Airbus A320 operated by Virgin Australia has provided passenger air services from Perth via the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The stamps depict the first TAA aircraft and original passenger terminal together with the current carrier and terminal.
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A soft landing in Russia https://www.stampworld.com/
A new Russian stamp issue features patterns from felt carpets of the Republics of Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and North Ossetia-Alania, all part of Russia. For centuries, Caucasian peoples have been famous for their exquisitely patterned carpets, which were used to warm and decorate homes. At present, connoisseurs of folk art are working on preserving the national culture, restoring the ancient craft; felting schools are being opened, and master classes are being held for all those interested.
Postcrossers cross to Uzbekistan Reported at https://uz.post/
On April 14, the first international meeting of post-
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crossers was held at the Museum of the History of Communications of Uzbekistan! 26 postcrossers from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia took part in it. The participants exchanged welcome postcards, actively participated in quests and quizzes, held a master class on mail art, made new acquaintances and received pleasant gifts from UzPost. We were very happy to support this event, in which people passionate about their hobby from different countries met each other, shared joy and opened up the fascinating world of postcrossing to newcomers!
Music…and stamps – what’s not to love? Reported at www.motivgruppe-musik.com/
Motivgruppe Musik, the international Philatelic Music Study Group, has arranged for online voting in its poll to determine the most popular music stamp of 2023. The study group reports that members selected 66 stamps issued by postal administrations in 2023 as candidates eligible for the title of the year’s most popular music stamp. The designer of the most popular music stamp will be awarded the Yehudi Menuhin trophy, awarded in memory of violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin (1916-99), who was the patron of the Philatelic Music Circle from 1969 until his death.
To vote in the poll, visit the group’s website. The deadline for voting is July 31, and all voters will be included in a raffle to receive a philatelic gift. Motivgruppe Musik was founded in 1959 and has conducted an annual poll to determine the most popular music stamp of the year since 1980. Margo’s note: Have a look at the selected 66 stamps and have a vote @ https://tinyurl.com/ philmus
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Why Collect Postal History? Following on from last month’s article I am now going to suggest to those interested, a new sideline. Choosing a country, or period from a country, or theme…. solo usage commercial (i.e., non-philatelic) covers. For today I will give illustrations of solo use Australian 1913 – 1945 Kangaroos on card or cover. Wrappers, tags or parcel labels are equally valid. Collecting all of the watermarks, on all of the values right up to £2 would be wellnigh impossible. Starting with the lowest denomination, ½d Green to the 2/- maroon, here is a run-down of the values, and their scarcity on cover. The ½d Green is most usually found on postcards or wrappers and along with the 1d Red are the most commonly available. After that the 2d Grey is quite scarce as a solo use, except on a double rate cover. The 2½d Indigo & 3d Olive values saw extensive solo use on overseas mail right from Top Figure 1 front and reverse Right: Figure 2: Front 14 - Stamp News
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1913 to 1937, though 3d covers after mid-1924 are much less common, having been replaced by the KGV 3d Blue in May of that year. The 4d Orange & 5d Chestnut are quite rare as solo usages, and the 4d is more common on official document envelopes with the Large OS perfin, though most of these are damaged in some way. The 5d as the 2nd weight step to foreign countries is quite difficult, as very little of this overseas mail survived, and even less made their way back to Australia. The 6d Blue in all watermarks is also very scarce and was the 1st intrastate parcel rate. In brown it is most common on the short-lived small multiple watermarked paper, but the C of A wmk. Is downright scarce! The 9d Violet is the most common on cover, and the C of A watermark in use 1932 – 1938 very easily obtainable. The 1/- Green in its many shades is unknown for solo commercial use in both 1st & 2nd watermarks, as it was primarily in use for Telegrams, and as a make up rate for larger parcels. Even in the later watermarks it is very Stamp News - 15
Why Collect Postal History? scarce. The 2/- Brown for the same reason as above is unknown is all three of the issued watermarks. Its later counterpart however in Maroon is easy to find in both of the C of A printings but rare in the 3rd & small multiple watermarks. The bi-coloured high values 5/- to £2 are downright rare or non-existent for solo use on cover. The most common being the 5/- C of A watermark even this being in the $500 plus bracket.
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The following illustrated covers will give some idea of the scope of this article together with descriptions and approx. prices. Fig. 1) 1914. ½d Green Kangaroo on colour PPC of George St. Sydney, cancelled by Telegraph Branch R of Sydney cds 28 JA 14. Fine & fresh, minor faults to card. Value approx. $75
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Fig.2) 1913 B & W picture postcard ‘Kandy the Mountain Capital of Ceylon’ to Australia with 1d Red Die I
Kevin Morgan Kangaroo tied by scarce ‘COLOMBO PAQUEBOT/SE 18/13’ cds. Value approx. $50 Fig. 3) 1918 Third Watermark 2d Grey Die I used to pay Commercial Papers double-rate on Bank of Australasia ‘PASS BOOK ONLY’ envelope (142x203), stamp tied by ULVERSTONE (Tas) datestamp, cover with central fold. Value approx. $150 Fig.4) 1918 Freemason’s cover to the USA with Third wmk 2½d Blue Kangaroo tied by Melbourne machine cancel, three line ‘(PASSED)? BY CENSOR/7/Military District’ censor mark in blue. Value approx. $100 Fig. 5) 1934 small surface mail cover to USA. Bears 3d Yellow Olive Die II 3rd wmk. KanFigure 6
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Why Collect Postal History? garoo, cancelled by Ship Mail Room Melbourne cds of 23JY34. Neat typewritten cover. Late use for this. Rare cover Cat. $500. Value approx. $400 Fig. 6) 1935 Airmail cover to Java with C of A wmk 9d Violet Kangaroo BW 29 tied by ‘3-AIR MAIL-3/2-P 9JY35/ SYDNEY N.S.W.’ cds, backstamped BATAVIA cds. Value approx. $60 Fig 7) 1929 Registered ‘Australian General Electric Co Ltd’ opened out advertising cover to the USA with Third watermark 6d Chestnut Kangaroo BW 21, tied by ‘HAMILTON/5MR29/N.S.W.’ cds, with red Hamilton registration label, numerous backstamps, attractive cover, Cat $250. Value approx. $175 Fig. 8) APH1532) Australia Redrawn Die 2/- C of A Kangaroo solo franking late use on 1963 (Mar.28) airmail cover to USA. Value approx. $100
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philatelic news Split Enz : True colours & Paris 2024 Olympics New Zealand Post
Split Enz was New Zealand’s first internationally recognised band. Revered and influential to this day, they were true originals who created their own sound and style of performance from the time they formed as Split Ends in 1972. In 1975, Split Enz recorded their debut album Mental Notes, now seen by many as an early masterpiece. But it was with 1980’s True Colours that the band truly arrived on the world stage. Tim Finn’s songs Shark Attack, I Hope I Never and Poor Boy became staples of the live set, while Neil Finn contributed the band’s biggest hit, I Got You. True Colours also ushered in the era of Eddie Rayner’s instrumentals, which featured on all subsequent Enz albums. True Colours was in heavy rotation on college radio in America, and BBC1 in the United Kingdom, and would influence a whole range of international artists including the B-52s and a young Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), as well as many of our New Zealand musicians back home. Split Enz, the band and its songs, are an enduring cultural treasure for all New Zealanders. Date of issue: 1 May 2024 New Zealand Post will also release a set of Paris 2024 Olympics stamps on 5 June 2024. $2.30 For the Fern - When New Zealand’s
athletes hand-sewed the silver fern to their black singlets for the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games, they began a 100-year tradition and unknowingly became the founding members of the New Zealand Team. $3.60 For the Team - The New Zealand Team grows to this day in number, strength and mana encompassing all athletes who have worn the fern with pride at Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. $4.30 For the Fans - Whether you’re watching on television or in the stands at the Games themselves, the atmosphere at the Olympic Games is unreal, the competition is incredible and to see our athletes give everything as they represent our country is extremely special. $4.90 For the Gold - For more than 100 years, our Olympic gold medallists have helped to shape our nation’s cultural identity and showcased our values and culture to the world. The New Zealand Team grows to this day in number, strength and mana - encompassing all athletes who have worn the fern with pride at Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games.This stamp issue celebrates Aotearoa New Zealand’s Olympic athletes. Stamp News - 19
Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for June 2024. This month’s column looks at Australia Post new issues, a new section on view cards for the online Handbook and Catalogue of New South Wales postal stationery and the first exhibition results for 2024. Marine Emblems Postal Cards On 6 March 2024, three postal cards were issued depicting marine animals. The three animals depicted were the Leafy Seadragon (Figure 1), Eastern Blue Groper, and the Barrier Reef Anemonefish. Special Occasion 2024 Postal Cards Eight postal cards were issued on 3 April 2024 as part of the 2024 ‘special occasions’ issue. The cards
depicted: Rose, Tulips, Cake, Kangaroo (Figure 2), Wattle, Ring, Champagne glasses, and Dahlia. Picturing War Postal Cards On 16 April 2024, three cards were issue showing wartime photographers: Herbert Baldwin, Damien Parer, and George Silk (Figure 3). Briton Herbert Baldwin was Australia’s first commissioned war photographer, engaged to record Australian troops on the Western Front in 1916-17. Damien Parer was appointed during WWII and served in the Middle East and North Africa, before covering New Guinea in 1942. He was killed in 1944, while covering operations in Palau. George Silk was appointed during World War II. He arrived in the Middle East in May 1940 and produced images in Greece, Syria, Lebanon and Tobruk, before photographing the war in the Pacific. A fourth postal card (Figures 4 and 5) was also issued showing a photograph by George Silk, Diggers Grin When a Camera was Pointed Their Way, showing Snowy Nugent, Corporal Edwin Piper and Paddy Mitchell at Alexandria, Egypt, 1 June 1941. This postal card was sold with adhesive stamps in Above : Figure 1 Leafy Seadragon Postal Card Left : Figure 2 Stylised Kangaroo Postal Card
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Ian McMahon Gold for his exhibit of the postal stationery of India. The presentation can be seen at https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=dJmV5tTAfsw.
a pack for $29.95. The issue was designed by Janet Boschen.
Handbook and Catalogue of New South Wales Postal Stationery: New Sections on Scenic View Postal Cards A new section on the Scenic View cards has been added to The Handbook and Catalogue of New South Wales Postal Stationery on the PSSA website at https://postalstationeryaustralia.com/postal-stationery-of-new-south-wales-handbook/ . From 1898 onwards, New South Wales produced a variety of view cards (Figure 6-7) on a number of postal card issues until 1913, printed on the reverse of 1d and 1½d card designs (Figure 8-9). The 21 known views are illustrated in the Handbook. In March 1898 the Government Printer received a memo from the Deputy Postmaster-General that outlined suggestions for the production of `… illustrated Postal and Letter cards, accompanied by specimens of Envelopes etc.’ The reply made it clear that printing illustrated envelopes would be costly and the printing office did not have suitable machinery for their production. However, the printer did forward `a few proofs’ of illustrated postal and letter cards. The reply concluded: `…in the matter of a coloured card for Christmas
Postal Stationery ‘Masterclass’ Presentation by Sandeep Jaiswal The Philatelic Congress of India (PCI), the National Philatelic Federation, organized a Webinar ’Masterclass’ on Postal Stationery which was delivered by Sandeep Jaiswal from USA. Sandeep has received international Large Above : Figure 3 George Silk Postal Card Right : Figure 4 Reverse of Diggers Grin When a Camera was Pointed Their Way Postal Card Stamp News - 21
Postal Stationery sale – if an early decision was made in its favour, this might be given effect to a limited extent …. The cost of such cards would, of course be out of proportion with that of the specimens, and they could not be sold at normal rates except at a considerable loss’. The Government Printing Office began to form a photographic collection of New South Wales scenes in the 1860’s. Many views may be attributed to photographer John Sharkey, manager of the photographic collection from 1890, and others from the collapsed “Star” newspaper (Peck, 2001). Many appeared in contemporary publications, others being used by various government departments for “instructional” purposes. Private postcard producers also used some of the images. The negatives from this period are maintained in the New South Wales State Archives. Fifteen scenes were selected which were used to illustrate 1d and 1½d cards. Many of these views were adapted from photographs in the collection of the Government Printer. The View cards issued in late November 1898
were among the first of their kind to be produced by postal administrations. The large number sold in the first few years reflects the growing popularity of `picture’ post cards. However, the increased availability and quality of privately produced cards was to cause a slow decline in these official pre-stamped issues. The Daily Telegraph of 24 November 1898 announced the issue of cards thus: The object of this issue is to advertise the scenery and public buildings of the colony… not only in the adjoining colonies but also throughout the world. To this end two values of the postcards have been prepared, one at 1d for the inland and intercolonial service and the other at 1½d for the international service. The views selected for the 1½d cards are 10 in number; they ... comprise Mosman’s Bay, Broken Hill, Katoomba Falls, Fairy Above : Figure 5 Front of Diggers Grin When a Camera was Pointed Their Way Postal Card Left : Figure 6 Katoomba Falls With New Year Greetings
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Ian McMahon Around 23 December, 1898, 1d cards were issued with the heading “Greetings” (Figure 10) and all subsequent 1d issues featured the same “Greetings” heading. This series of cards is by far the most common of these cards. The colours used were the same as for the preceding issues. A number of new views appeared.
Dell (Mount Victoria), Weeping Rock (Wentworth Falls), Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury Bridge, General Post Office, Town Hall and Technical College, Sydney. These are also represented on the 1d cards, …and in addition there are five others – the Iron Cove Bridge, Fitzroy Falls, Brooklyn (Hawkesbury), a scene on the Orara River, and a composite scroll depicting the Hawkesbury Bridge, Post Office Tower and the Three Sisters All cards were issued with either the heading “With Christmas Greetings” or “With New Year Greetings”. There is considerable variation in the colours used for the scenes. These may be roughly divided into five colours (olive, green-black, redbrown, brown-lilac and dark grey).
Postal Stationery Collector May 2024 The May 2024 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector included articles on Queensland STO Postal Card Regulations From 1889, More Australia KGVI 1½d Embossed Die Cracks, New Australian STO Letter Sheet Discovery - 100 Years After Its Use, Australia Post Domestic Letter with Tracking, Gillespie & Co Ltd and Commonwealth Sub-Treasury, Melbourne Australia STO Envelopes, New Zealand Croxley Collins Olympic Formular Aerogrammes, Part 2 of the Listing Of Victoria Post Office Postal Cards with Private Printing, Trends In Supply of Post Office Postal Stationery Wrappers and South Georgia Aerogramme Used to Canada in 2008. The new STO lettersheet reported in this issue (Figure 11) came from David Wood (Phoenix Auc-
Above : Figure 7 Fairy Dell With Christmas Greetings Right : Figure 8 1d Shield New South Wales Postal Card Figure 9 1½d New South Wales Postal Card
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Postal Stationery tions) and is for James Moore & Sons Ppty Ltd embossed with the 2d ‘Wilby’ die (with postage) in red. The letter sheet was posted on 12 June 1923. EFIRO 2024 EFIRO 2024 was a world exhibition held in Bucharest, Romania from 16-19 April 2024. The Exhibition had a large postal stationery class with 30 exhibits including three one-frame exhibits. A Large Gold medal was awarded to Michael Ho for his exhibit Honduras Postal Stationery while Gold medals Above : Figure 10 Fairy Dell Blue Mtns GREETINGS FROM went to Michael Fukarek for Postal Stationery for Pneumatic Below : Figure 11 James Moore & Sons Ppty Ltd STO 2d Red King George V Star (with post Express Delivery in Austria, Jose Carvalho for Study of Embossed King Luis I Postal rio who entered a one-frame exhibit on Australia Stationery Issues (1878-1885), Zhang Weiwei for Stamped-to-order (STO) Lettercards which received Gibraltar Postal Stationery 1876-1938 and Sandeep 76 points. Australian STO lettercards are very Jaiswal for British India Postal Stationery 11 Derare. The main user was Reid Brothers Ltd (Figures cember 1936-15 August 1947. 12-13), timber merchants of Adelaide who sent the The only Australian entry was from Mark Diselettercards to customers pre-addressed intended for a reply. They used cards from 1915 (stamped with the 1d red King George V sideface indicium) until about 1930 (stamped with 1½ d red King George V oval indicium). Other users included W H Burford & Sons Ltd (South Australia, Figure 14), William Adams (Victoria) and J Kitchen and Sons (New South Wales). The known STO lettercards are listed in the Postal Stationery volume of the Australian Commonwealth Specialist Catalogue. The Postal Stationery Collector, Journal of the Postal Stationery Society of Australia, received a Large Vermeil medal and 87 points. The award recognises the work of many postal stationery collectors who write articles for the Journal. Further information on the Journal can be obtained from the Editor of the Journal at PO Box 891 Jamison Centre ACT 2614. Canberra Stampshow 2024 – CLOSING NOW! This will be your last chance to enter Canber24 - Stamp News
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Above left : Figure 12 1d Red King George V Sideface STO Lettercard for Reid Bros Ltd, Adelaide Above : Figure 13 2d orange King George V Star (no postage) STO Lettercard for Reid Bros Ltd, Adelaide Left : Figure 14 1½d red King George V Star (with postage) STO Lettercard for Burford & Sons Ltd, Adelaide
ra Stampshow 2024, with entries closing in early June you will need to enter immediately. Canberra Stampshow 2024 will be held 12-15 September 2024 at Thoroughbred Park (the Canberra racecourse). Canberra Stampshow 2024 will be a full National exhibition including the Postal Stationery Class. In addition, state-level classes will be offered and available to exhibitors from all states as well as the ACT. State-level classes are great to start for collectors which are just starting to exhibit. The exhi-
bition’s theme is the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union. For further information including the prospectus, on-line entry form and Bulletins 1 and 2 please visit the website at https://canberrastamps.org/canberra-stamp-show/. Souvenirs are now also available with details on the website. The Postal Stationery Society of Australia will provide a prize at the exhibition for the best postal stationery exhibit and plans to hold a meeting there. Toowoomba 2024 The 2023 National one-frame Exhibition will be held from 11 - 13 October 2024 at Toowoomba. For further information please contact: secretary@toowoomba2024.com.
2024 International Exhibitions Two FIAP Exhibitions will be held in 2024, Jakarta 2024 (3-7 July 2024) in Indonesia and China 2024 (Shanghai, 29 November – 3 December 2024). Further information can be obtained from John Moore and Philip Levine bullo9@hotmail.com respectively. Australia has been invited to enter Europhilex 2025 which is due to be held in Brimingham, United Kingdom from 8-11 May 2024. This exhibition is a European international exhibition to which Australia has been invited. Further information on the exhibition can be obtained from the Australian Commissioner Geoff Lewis glewis@custom-made.com.au . Stamp News - 25
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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2024 Visit us at our new premises! By appointment only. Office hours: 9.30 – 4.30 Monday – Friday (weekends by arrangement) to view any of the lots in this sale, plus a whole lot more! 7/756 Burwood Highway, Ferntree Gully. Space urgently needed for new stock, so take a third (33.333%) off all prices in this list! Layby welcome for orders above $500 however we do not offer discounts on layby sales. Scans or colour photocopies of individual items are available on request. Many smaller items, including many that are not on this list may be found in our eBay listings. Our store name is 21st-century-auctions Postage and insurance extra, Free within Australia above $500 for items purchased at full price. We accept Visa, MasterCard & American Express at no fee. Hours generally 9.30am – 4.30pm Mon – Fri, but we will often answer the phone after hours. All of our items carry our 14 day satisfaction guarantee. EXCEPTING Collections, packets and mixtures. Collections, Lots, Packets & Mixtures 1. The jumble box! Miscellaneous stuff mainly from deceased estates. Expect to find any or all of the following: Stamps on and off paper, album leaves, Hagner pages, albums, stockbooks, odd packets, covers and who knows what else! Choose form Australia, Worldwide or a mixture of both. 100’s of stamps to plough through! 20kg parcel for $549, 10kg for $289, 5kg for $149. (CMMY1) 2. Australia used collection in 2 near new Red Padded Gibbons illustrated albums. Vol. 1 Commences Kangaroos with values to 2/- Brown & 5/-, KGV to 1/4d. Then Victoria Centenary, MacArthur, Anzac & Sth. Australia sets complete. KGVI to £2, QEII & Decimals to 1984 well represented with many vfu or cto. Vol. 2 is mint, and pretty sparse with just a few decimals present. Albums alone cost around $300. Very cheap at $189 the lot. (CMMY2) 3. Australia Commercially used blocks of 4 & larger in medium size green stockbook. Mostly lower values to 60c, a few higher plus some mint. Must be 550- 650 blocks. Most are cds used, with readable dates. Cheap at around 25c a block. $149 (CMMY3) 4. Australia 1986 - 2022 used collection in 2 large stockbooks 2004 2022, inc. much harder to find. Some minor duplication, and colour pics. in spaces where the actual stamp is not present. Must be 1000 plus. Very well worth 20c a stamp for this harder to get period. $195 (CMMY4) 5. Aland, 1985 - 1993 in virtually new Green Padded Lighthouse Album. Contains MUH stamps, FDC’s & Maximum Cards. About 30 sets, 30 plus FDC’s & 30 plus Maximum Cards, and some other postal stationery. Very good value at $149....the album alone worth almost this! (CMMY5) 6. Papua New Guinea Year Books, as issued with protective sleeve. 1986 $37.50, 1987 $35, 1988 $45, 1989 $40, 1990 $37.50, all 5 for $185 (CMMY6) 7. Papua New Guinea 1992 Year Book, as issued with protective sleeve. $35 (CMMY7)
8. Netherlands 1979 - 1984 Mint unhinged collection in nice condition Burgundy 16 Black Page stockbook. Appears complete for the period. About 125 stamps & 6 minisheets. Cheap at $15 per year, only $90 (CMMY8) 9. World in 2 well filled post fitting albums, red & ivory. Organised A -Z , 1870’s to about 2020. 150 pages with an average 30 - 40 stamps mostly all different = 5000 - 6000 stamps approx. Totally original 3 generation collection, un-raided. Noted GB 9d QV Jubilee Govt. Parcels, cat. £120, some reasonable China, PNG £1 QEII & 10/- Bird Specimen overprints MLH, decent Australia, GB, Sweden, Switzerland, USA & much, much more. Vwery good value at under 10c a stamp. $495 (CMMY9) 10. Amazing collection of mainly 19th Century World Forgeries. Housed in near new Red 32 black page stockbook plus album pages & Hagners. Includes forgeries by de Thuin, Ferrari, Fournier, Spiro etc.. Includes Br. Guiana, Br. Caribbean, Cape of Good Hope, China, German States, Indian States, Korea, Latin America, Mauritius, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Nova Scotia (with a forged Bisect cover), Persia, Tibet and much much, more, also a few Cinderellas and Stamps on Stamps thematic at back. Comes with 2 handbooks, “Postal Forgeries of the World” by Fletcher and “The Forged Stamps of Alll Countries” by Dorn. Remarkable lot of near 1200 stamps. $3600.00 (CMMY10) 11. World accumulation early to modern, mint & used in Burgundy, 64 black pages Padded Lighthouse Stockbook, in good condition, minor repaired damage at top of spine. Noted useful Australia (about 50%), Br. Solomon Is., Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, GB, Italy, Norway, Russia, 95South Africa, Vietnam, US etc, expect, duplication. 1900 – 2000 stamps all up. Around 10c a stamp. $195 (CMF1) 12. British Empire off paper, almost entirely pre. 1952, this now enhanced mixture has very little Australia (maybe a few States) or GB, and with many better values spotted. Mostly postally used, with a few mint. About 12,500 to 15,000 to the kg. A real luxury mix with plenty of pickings. Constantly adding to this, many repeat customers. About 500 for $110, 1000 for $210, 2500 for $495, 5000 for $950 (CMF2) 13. Australia, 1980’s to 1990’s massive range of official un-addressed decimal FDCs, souvenir covers, PSE’s, etc., in 4 Australia Post red padded binders on around 175 as new Hagner Pages and in a similar Cumberland cover album. Those alone cost around $450! noted some non-Australian material, mainly Pacific area, AAT Base sets, G.B., etc. Must be around 500 covers. Offering at less than the cost of the albums & Hagners alone, and the superb cover collection is free! (A similar later lot is available, please ask) $379 the lot. (CMF4) 14. World Cup Football, 1990 covers and stamps from participating countries in Maroon Binder on Official FIFA pages. 11 items including entry ticket for the 1974 Final Germany vs Netherlands. Cheap at just $79 (CMF5) 15. Great Britain 1965 – 1977 mint unhinged collection of Commemorative sets in near new 16 black page multicoloured stockbook with
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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2024 picture of Red Admiral Butterfly & Pink Rose. Noted Battle of Britain, Battle of Hastings, Churchill, Royalty, Ships etc. 25 plus complete sets, plus a few odds. Great starter collection for under $2 a set, and the very nice stockbook is free! $49 (CMF7) 16. World letters Foreign Countries A – C in Arch Lever File on thick pile of leaves. Very wide range of mint & used, early to modern with very good Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bolivia & much more. Appears mostly all different with many good pickings, 3500 – 4000. Well worth 10c a stamp, $375 (CMF10) 17. Hungary 1871 – 2000 in $90 in Green 64 black page Lighthouse stockbook almost as new. Well organised by date, a near complete mint & used collection with some additional shades etc. Also some seldom seen “back of the book” items. Some duplication, but many, many complete sets. Would have to be around 2500 stamps all up, well worth 15c a stamp, and the very nice stockbook comes free! $375 (CMF11) 18. Indonesia neat & well organised Mint & Used Collection 1948 – 2015 in 32 & 64 black page Red Lighthouse stockbooks, as new…$140 cost. Must be near complete 1948 to 1997, then a bit sparse and not much after 2010. Some duplication, not usually more than 2 of anything, and then it is usually 1 of each mint/used. Many complete sets, must be 2000 plus here and the very nice stockbooks are free. Extremely good value at under 20c a stamp. $395 (CMF12) 19. Hong Kong Queen Victoria - 2015 mint & used in Green Lighthouse 64 Black Page stockbook, as new. Retail is $90. Noted KGV & VI to $1, QEII to $50 x 8! Strength is in QEII to 2000. Many, many complete sets, and a lot are present both Mint Unhinged and Fine Used, otherwise very little duplication. Must be close to 1000 here! Great value at around 50c a stamp, $495 (CMF15) 20. Yugoslavia, early to modern, mainly postally used or cto, few mint. Light duplication here & there, a nice clean lot. Plenty of complete sets. 950 – 1000 plus here. Really has to be worth 10c a stamp, $98 (CMN5) 21. Liberia, mint & cto used in large green stockbook. Early to modern with many complete sets. Rich in nice thematics. 250 to 300 all large, all different. Very colourful, and well worth 15c a stamp, $45 (CMN9) 22. Two Hagners of GB 1880’s on piece, with full duplex postmarks. Mostly 6d Grey-Brown with large coloured corner letters. Also 6d on 6d overprint x 2 one with the ”Slanting dots” variety cat. from £450! and some 3d Rose in pairs. Mainly London NW, SW different types, also Brighton & Brixton. Huge catalogue of £3400 plus as simply used stamps. Great research material, 36 pieces, 39 stamps in all. Priced at around 10% of catalogue for the stamps alone. Price $675 (CMAU2) 23. Papua New Guinea FDC collection 1958 – 76, mostly official un-addressed, plus some Pope John Paul II covers. Housed in 2 bulging red Gibbons Pioneer Cover Albums. Spotted many better inc. 1961 Legislative Council, 1964 Birds Defins. to 10/- plus 1966 Butterflies
Defins., Shells & Panorama Defins. Looks compete for the period. Very clean and attractive lot. 114 items all up, has to be worth well over $2 each, price $225 (CMMY10) 24. Australis Post’s fabulous collections of die proofs, posthumously reproduced from the original plates and presented in lavishly illustrated albums with interleaving, brass corners and slipcases. This is the first lot for these we have handled as a complete group for a decade or more! About 80 in all, these are each fully listed in the Specialist Catalogues for $20 to $30 each and often sell for more than this for the more popular stamps. So around $2000 catalogue value here not including the lavish albums. As a group we can offer these at well under a half, $875 (CMMY12) 25. Australia World Wildlife Fund Collection including 1998 Birds, 2006 Whales, 2009 Dolphins and 2011 Mammals in a WWF padded black stockbook with matching slipcase. Each set includes stamps, m/ sheets, FDCs and fact sheets. Price $200 (WWF1) 26. Australian Antarctic Territory World Wildlife Fund Collection including 2001 Leopard Seals & 2007 Royal Penguins in a WWF padded black stockbook with matching slipcase. Each set includes stamps, m/ sheets, FDCs and fact sheets. Price $150 (WWF2) 27. Germany 2000 – 2014 FDC collection mainly official un- addresssed, very clean and almost impossible to source era. 60 different, many of these sell individually at $5 - $8 each. Price under $3 each, $179 (CMF1) 28. East Germany stack of Maximum Cards, with stamps affixed, and special cancels. All very clean un-addressed with many full sets, and nearly all nice thematics. 93 here, mainly all different. Retail at around $20 for a set of 4. These are mid to late 1980’s towards the end of the Soviet Block era. Well priced at $3 each, $279 (CMF2) 29. Canada 1976 Montreal Olympics, set of official un-addressed covers, each for a different event, stored in heavy duty cover pages. 24 in all, each with own envelope. Cheap lot for an Olympics fan. $69 (CMF3) 30. Australia 1966 – 87 in dark blue “Royal” springback album on leaves, near complete mostly fine used, some mint. Includes 1970 Cook Minisheet & 1971 Xmas block of 7 both mint & used, plus 100’s more. Previous well known dealer had price at $130. Very cheap at $97.50 (CMF7) 31. BMA 1947/48 ovpt. on Straits Settlements small covers from 31st Company Royal Engineers Captain to his parents in Sussex. Various frankings inc. multiples of 2c 3c, 6c, & 10c. Also one unstamped sent from Kirkee, India. These are not easy to find nowadays, and this group could certainly make the start of a collection or display. 9 covers, price $135 (CMF14) 32. Germany, West. Off paper mixture mostly large commems, values to 3DM, mostly 1960’s to 2000. Very wide ranging colourful lot. About 10,000 to the kg. Around 6c per stamp. Price per 100g $69, 250g $159, 500g $295 (CMF20)
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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2024 33. Australia Decimals used, 1983 – 1986 duplicated dealer stock in bulging near new European Black 48 black page stockbook, alone worth $80 new. Many better inc. booklet stamps, Framas etc. 2000 plus stamps, all appear clean many with light cancels. Under 10c each plus the very nice stockbook is free! Many complete sets here. $179 the lot. (CMN5) 34. Papua New Guinea dealer stock of complete sets mint unhinged 1966 – 1983 mostly 5 of each in date order contained in Burgundy “Alligator” Leatherbound 64 page stockbook weighing in at near 2kg. Includes many definitive sets like Shells, Panorama, Head Dresses etc. Probably 300 plus sets here, retail would be huge! Originally priced at $675, our knockdown price $435 (CMN11) 35. Worldwide Balloon flown covers & cards. Amazing collection of 130 flown covers & cards, 1965 -1995. Most of these sell for $5 to $10 each maybe more. Some are pilot signed. Very clean lot, some minor duplication of a few items, no more than 3of each. Countries include New Zealand, France, Czechoslovakia, Aitutaki, GB, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, USA, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Jersey and Vietnam. Wide variety of cachets & frankings. Very cheap at under $3.75 per item. Take what you want and sell off the rest! $485 (CMN13) 36. Channel Islands and Isle of Man, 75 different mint unhinged sets for $159, or choose 25 different sets of Jersey, Guernsey or Isle of man for $49. (CMN16) 37. Brisbane Lions Club Christmas Seals, 8 different mint sheets of 20 or 25 issued 1984 – 1991. Very colourful, and even good to use today on parcels and presents. We sell these individually at $10 each, but as a lot under half price $39, 5 lots for $175. (CMN20) 38. AUSTRALIA, AAT, COCOS, XMAS IS a rather large 6 volume collection of FDC’s covering the period—AAT 1979-2013, Xmas Island 1996-2013, Cocos 2011-2013—some base cancels AAT, the lot contains Mini sheets, sheetlets. Australia covers the period 1994 -2013 plus some earlier issues starting 1971 Xmas. Housed beautifully mostly on very expensive Vario pages and in ring binders—includes peel and stick issues, miniature sheets, Internationals—looks most comprehensive if not complete for the periods mentioned. The face value alone for the 6 large folders is almost $1,950 and for anyone who is prepared to even soak the stamps off the covers (which are in fact perfect!) still a bargain lot and also brilliant for a reseller. 600 + + covers for just $1625 (CMAU1) 39. CANADA: PRIVATE COURIER STAMPS & LOCAL: 1960s-1990s in mostly unused assortment in Lighthouse Vario Pages inc. many Juan De Fuca Despatch 1965-1987 issues, all with specialised catalogue references, many issues in sheetlets or strips, also 1981-89 ‘British Columbia/Private Courier’ issues, plus Canada Strike post, Kaulbach Island and Winnipeg-Pembina Courier emissions etc. etc. Suit specialist or
re-seller. 750 or so. Very cheap at around $1 per stamp. $749 (CMY14) 40. French Polynesia, 1954 – 2000 Complete Mint Unhinged on as new Lighthouse hingeless pages in Burgundy Album & slipcase. (1st two pages are lightly hinged) Album alone cost $500 plus! Retail of stamps approx. $3400. $3900 replacement value here for just $2575. (CMF3) 41. British Commonwealth Minisheets, mint unhinged. All different inc. some better countries like Australia, Great Britain, Channel islands, Malaysia, Pitcairn Is., Norfolk Is., Papua New Guinea, South Africa, South West Africa etc. 25 different for $49, 50 different with great variety for $119. (CMF5) 42. French Colonies pre-independence issues. Collection of 500 different mint & postally used with a brand new $52 Prinz Dark Blue 32 black page stockbook. Very hard to fine nowadays. Price $325 (CEN1) 43. Australia Yearbook: 1987/88 Bicentennial edition with grey cover (Sydney retail listed price $325) Not in stock anywhere. We rarely see these, maybe 1 every 5 years. Price $375. (CMJ12) 44. Worldwide Junk lots, anything could be tossed in here, schoolboy collections, album leaves, Hagners of stamps, stamps on and off paper, odd packets, first day covers, modern new issues, accessories, outdated catalogues, our own incoming mail etc. any or all of this could be in there. Really do not know what you might get! Not really that bad, but too small to list as individual lots. 1kg for $95, 2 kg for $179, 5kg for $395. (CMJL18) 45. India FDC’s as above, smaller lot of 40 going to 1977 for $29. (CMJL20) 46. Australia High Values, both commems. & defins. Build your collection for under 50c per stamp. Fine used most with cds cancels. Pre-Decimal to £2, Decimal to $10 or $20. All above letter rate at time of issue. 100 different for $49 (CMAP4) 47. Australia High Values, both commems. & defins. Decimals only. Fine used most with cds cancels. Values to $10 or $20. All above letter rate at time of issue. Only values $1 and above. $400 face value for $49, expect duplication 2 to 5 of each. (CMAP5) 48. Australia - first day & commemorative covers: 1970S- early 2000S FDCS array in kiwi fruit carton, ALL appear unaddressed, many of the 1990s-2000s covers still in their Australia Post display packs, a few internationals also a few PSES; generally, very fine. (FEW 100s) Great re-seller lot. Price $285 (CEJ2) 49. Australia - first day & commemorative covers: 1970S-2000S decimal array with earlies including 1971 Christmas 7c BLOCK OF 7, plus many others early sets on non-generic APO covers; noughties era with M/S to $10, sheetlets etc, all in very fine unaddressed condition. Huge retail potential! (About 1250) very cheap at around 50 cents each. Price $645 (CEJ2) 50. Australia. Deceased New Issue Dealer’s FDC new issue stock. 1971 – 2007 all unaddressed Post Office covers. Quantities vary from 1 to
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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2024 5 or more of each. Very clean re-saleable stock. Around 3000 covers. Price under 60c each, $1795 (CEJ4) 51. Germany WW1 Feldpost Postcards, inc. Real Photographic, many groups of soldiers, cavalryman with horse and sweetheart etc. Many clear date readable cds postmarks and various Feldpost markings. As usual for these, no stamps, as not available in the field. 92 items in way better than usual condition for these. $1150 the lot. (MOC22) 52. Papua New Guinea Big lot of 1000 mint unhinged, 1952 - 2000 values to 5K. Includes blocks, minisheets etc. Many, many complete sets. Price $495 (MOC22) 53. As above, but lot of 500. Price $259 (CF6a) 54. KGV Heads C of A wmk. Extensive collection mint & used on Hagner Pages inc. plate blocks, imprint pairs and blocks, large positional blocks, annotated varieties etc. 2093 stamps inc. well over 100 x 1/4d value. Price $9895 (CJL9) 55. Great Britain Mint Unhinged Collection 1989 -1999 in near new Red Lighthouse 48 Page Stockbook. Includes Definitives, Commemoratives, Regionals and Booklet panes. Retail approx. $1150. Also includes a fair bit of used in blocks which has not been valued. Around 1200 stamps. Price $595 (CMA4) 56. France. Substantial 99% complete used collection to 2001 in 3 Lighthouse Illustrated Hingeless Albums, with slipcases. Huge catalogue/resale value, persons interested in a purchase into 5 figures which could be split into several payments should contact us. Price is negotiable. (CS29) 57. Mystery or Clearance boxes, seems every dealer has these, we are no exception! Stamps, Covers, Collections, Packets, huge variety & value. Better than the average clearance lot. Ask for Australia, Worldwide or Mixed. 2kg lot for $169, 5kg for $395, Best value lot 10kg for $695 (MJL5) 58. Olympics and Sports, 1924 – Modern Collection in Brown Leather-look 32 page stockbook. Includes both mint & used sets, and is a bit disorganised, but I managed to count at least 175 complete sets. Most are Olympics but there are other sports issues and some bits and pieces of other countries/topics which are not counted in the value. Has to be easily worth $1.50 a set across the board. Price $259 (MJL9) 59. Papua New Guinea mint unhinged stock 1952 – 2002 in 2 x Brown Davo 64 page stockbooks. Massive lot ideal re-seller, Ebayer or hoarder! Pre-decimals are sparse, but then later sets up to 20 of each. I guestimate there would be 2500 sets total her if not more, with the average retail per set around $5. So that is around $12,500 retail. This is a real steal for someone at ONLY 20% OF RETAIL $2495 FOR THE LOT! (MJL24) 60. Australia Post 2006 Commonwealth Games folder, containing 17 sheetlets and 5 stamps released for the Commonwealth Games. The stamps are selling fine commercially used for around $2.50 each, which gives you a vast retail of $325, and these are mint unhinged.
My price for the lot of 130 plus stamps is $195 (CO10) 61. Japan modern mission mix, about 50% Commems by weight. Very well trimmed single paper and around 6000 per kg. Around 7c per stamp. $44.50 per 100g, $105 per 250g (NM60) 62. Australia off paper, widest possible range. Mostly decimal with recent, up to 2000 different this mix mostly large and with many better values. So cheap at about 2c per stamp! Around 12,500 to 15,000 per kg, 250g for $82.50, 500g for $155, 1kg for $295 (NM62) 63. Japan Commems. on paper. Large modern mix, in high demand. Modern mix on very well trimmed single paper, we only get about 1kg of this every 2 to 3 months. About 3750 – 4000 per kg. $59 Per 100g, $145 per 250g. (MN49) 64. World & Australia on & off paper, wide ranging ex deceased estate. Last time we had some of this about 3 – 4 years ago we were inundated with repeat orders. We only have about 3kg currently, and believe me it will sell fast. Wide range or early to modern, large and small. Count would be around 4500 per kg. Price $119 per kg, 500g for $62.50 (MN50) 65. Australia High Values, both Commems. & Defins. (No internationals) We have just a small amount of this. About 4000 stamps on single well-trimmed paper. Values to $10, $325 per kg, 500g for $169, 250g for $89, 100g for $37.50 (PM105) 66. Australia Mostly International High Values on paper. Nice range. 500g for $375, 250g for $195, 100g for $82.50 (PM106) 67. Papua New Guinea, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM81) 68. Norfolk Is., 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM82) 69. Samoa, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM83) 70. Nauru, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM84) 71. WEST GERMANY: 1949 - 1990 dealer stock of commemorative and semi-postal issues in four large Green Prinz 64 page near new stockbooks Retail of those alone near $350. Huge catalogue and retail value. Most are mint unhinged, few used. A very good lot for the re-seller or hoarder! any 1000’s). $2150 (PM84) 72. REST OF THE WORLD - General & Miscellaneous Lots. 5 large Green stockbooks of World stamps including China. Plenty of nice surprises in this mint & used lot, with most countries represented. Plenty of China, Vietnam, Thailand etc. 2000 – 2500 mainly all different and a way better than average lot. Well worth 30c a stamp across the board, price $675 (CEF8) 73. New Zealand. 1970s-90s mint unhinged collection/accumulation in Black Padded Hagner album and in packets. Noted overprinted M/
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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2024 Sheets, booklets etc. Values to $10 x 3 different & $20. Huge catalogue, retail and face value. Neatly organised in as new Hagner pages. (Many 100s) $859 (CEF10) 74. Great Britain 2012 Olympics, around Britain “Mercury” Torch Relay Covers, in Dark Blue Padded Ring Album, as new. Aberystwyth to Worcester (8,000 miles, 1,000 Communities, 70 Days), 1 cover for each of the 70 towns visited along with special cancel and 1st Class stamp for a different Sport from the Games. High original cost and very interesting and attractive. Partial set of 28 covers, would be fun to complete! Under $5 each plus the very attractive album comes free! $135 (CEF13) 75. Australia 1988 – 2008 near complete fine to very fine used collection on leaves and Hagner pages in 4 green ring binders. Very hard period to complete, includes both sheet & peel & stick stamps, strips, blocks etc. Huge retail and catalogue. Sydney retail is approx. a massive $3750! Well under a half, and much less after discounts! Layby terms available. $1695 (CEF15) 76. USA mainly used collection 1922 – 1996 in Green Davo 64 black page stockbook. Included are some mint unhinged including blocks of 4, minisheets & booklet panes. 75 – 80% complete for the period. About 1500 here, organised chronologically. Very cheap at around 10c a stamp. $149 (CN01) 77. Australia Mission mix, from new source, on close clipped single paper so high count. Good ranges of definitives and commemoratives mainly 45c – 70c letter rate period. Good value at about 2c a stamp, $89 per kg, 2.5kg for $219, 5kg for $419, 10kg for $749 (CNO4) 78. Singapore. Nice clean and with many recent mix on close clipped single paper…very hard to obtain. Mainly commemoratives, includes some complete sets. Very colourful lot. 100g for $69, 250g for $169 (CNO5) 79. Singapore, KGVI to recent off paper mix. Lovely lot of about 1100 – 1200 stamps, very colourful mostly large. Price $49 (CNO5) 80. Papua New Guinea 1988, 1898 & 1990 year books, lovely condition as issued in original plastic sleeves. Cheap at less than $40 each, $119.50 (CNO7) 81. Zimbabwe postally used collection in large green stockbook. Issues from 1980 – 2014 with some areas of near completeness. Some hyper-inflation issues to $30,000 seen. 550 – 650 here and appear all different. Scarce assembly, cheapest we could find elsewhere for 500 different is $260. Price $235 (CNO10) 82. Belgium on & off paper, as traded to us. Wide range of issues to about 2000. Nice close clipped single paper. Likely some postmark potential here too. Price per 100g, $29, 250g $69 (CNO15) 83. Nauru 1937 – 2002 mostly mint lightly hinged on quality album pages. A few are cto. 1954 definitives are present both mint & cto. Mostly complete sets & minisheets and must be virtually complete from 1975 on. 400 to 450 all different. Very cheap at about 30c a stamp, great if you are not fussed about them being unhinged. $125 (CNO16)
84. 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) 85. 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) 86. 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) 87. 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) 88. 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) 89. 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) 90. 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 (CMY9) 91. 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 (CMY9)
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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2024 92. 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) 93. 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 issues. Advertised retail of the stamps is $3670. Total replacement cost $3995. Priced very cheaply at well under 50%, price $1895 (CM18) 94. 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) 95. 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) 96. Standard 20kg $595, 10kg $315, 5kg $165 (CF7a) 97. Superior 20kg $895, 10kg $475, 5kg $245 (CF7b) 98. Super 20kg $1395, 10kg $729, 5kg $385 (CF7b) 99. 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) 100. 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) 101. 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) 102. 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) 103. 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) 104. 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) 105. 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) 106. 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) 107. 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 minisheets. Most of the mint is fresh unhinged. Great value at 25c per stamp & $2 each for the minisheets. Price $165 (CN12) 108. Latin America (Central & South) plus Caribbean & Atlantic mint & used collection in Black & Gold leather bound Importa “Victoria”
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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 $595it’s very good value. (CN13) 109. 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) 110. 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) 111. 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) 112. 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) 113. 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) 114. 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) 115. 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) 116. 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) 117. 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) 118. 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) (CFE4) 119. Australia plain FDC’s 1951 – 1972, appears mostly complete for the period, all nice clean typewritten covers. Weighs nearly 1kg. Duplication up to 5 of each. Great source for fine used sets, with values to 2/3d or 25c in decimals. Priced well under $1 each. About 300 for $249 (CFE9) 120. Solomon Is. 1977 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $319. Stamps retail $960 plus. Total retail $1279. Price $849, save $430 on replacement cost! (CFE20) 121. Samoa 1969 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $395. Stamps retail $1000 plus. Total retail $1395. Price $945, save $450 on replacement cost! (CFE21) 122. FRANCE: 1849-2007 mint or used collection in six hingeless Lighthouse albums (retail $1000+) with imperfs to 1fr in very mixed condition, 1863 5f used (creasing, filled thin), 1876-1900 Peace & Commerce to 5r, 1917 Orphans 35c+25c used, 1922 Surcharged Orphans set incl. 5fr + 1fr mint, 1927 5fr + 1fr mint, pre-stamp ‘POSTES/PARIS’ 1921 5c green mint and 1922 5c orange unused, 1927 2f & 5fr Air overprints mint, 1927-31 Sinking Fund overprint sets complete mint or used, late 1920s-40s era reasonably complete inc. 1928 Sinking Fund 1Fr & 8.5Fr used, 1931 1.5Fr & 3.5Fr mint, 1937 PEXIP m/sheet with exhibition h/stamp, with full gum, 1950’s – 2007 largely complete with many MUH sets & m/sheets plus back of book with dues, officials, pre-stamp covers etc. Some of the earlies are mixed condition, 1930s onward generally fine. Huge cat./retail. Many 1000s. Price $7495 (CFE25) 123. Hong Kong 1912-1962 duplicated remainder collection, mainly used with KGV Mult Crown CA wmk 6c (4), 20c & 30c (2 each), 50c various papers/backs (5), $1, 1921-37 Script wmk 8c perfin, 12c (2), 25c (3), 50c & $1 (3 each) all used, 20c, 25c & 30c Mint, 1935 20c Jubilee Used, 1937 Coronation set (2) Mint, 1938-52 KGVI definitives values to $1 Mint & $5 Green & violet Used, 1941 Centenary $1 (2), 1949 UPU set Used, few 1954-62 QE II definitives to $2 (2), condition a little mixed, still an
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attractive lot with plenty of pickings, Cat £570+, Price $449 (HK587) 124. Australia 1956 Olympics, complete set of 52 “Royal” covers with pictorial cancellation for each event. Each bears either a 4d Green Koala, or 4d Olympics stamp, as some handstamps were authorised for use before the stamps were! Also 1 cover with the full set of stamps. Many different events pictured on the different coloured and varied cachets. Rarely seen these days, a few are a bit aged. All neat typewritten address. A very scarce assembly, price $795 (CMY15) 125. Australia 1947 - 52 range of KGVI era. Illustrated FDC’s plus 3 x 1950 National Philatelic Exhibition covers, 1 with large exhibition label in red-brown attached. Priced up to sell at over $350 based on Rod Perry’s website price list. includes 3 registered items, two of which are from the exhibition. Issues included at Scouts, Stamp Centenary, UPU, Federation 50th anniv. etc. 14 covers. Price under a half, $149 (CMY19) 126. Scouting 1938 - 1968 approx. mostly complete Mint Unhinged sets in near new Maroon Springback Album. Noted several imperf. sets and minisheets from places like Togo, Burundi & Bhutan. Other countries represented include Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Greece, Great Britain, Belgium, Taiwan etc. 55 complete issues, Cat. £325 plus. Album alone to buy today would be around $100. Price for the lot just $5 per issue $275 (CMY27) 127. Worldwide picture postcards, some used, unused, earlies moderns and in betweens. Mostly street scenes & architecture. 100 different for $89 (MF2) 128. Nice little starter collection of 50 different Australian States. On our list at $56, special price $49 (MF2) 129. Australia magnificent OFF PAPER MIXTURE. Just arrived and simply brimming with better values. Starts 1930’s to about 2005. Huge variety. About 1000 for $59. 2500 for $139, 5000 for $265. (PM115) 130. As above but Decimals only 1966 – 2005. Same prices as above. (PM115a) 131. World off paper…huge variety mostly postally used gathered from 3 different sources and mixed to together to give you the best early to modern mix we can muster! About 15- 20,000 per kg. Buy from as little as 1½c per stamp! 100g for $35, 250g for $79, 500g for $149, 1kg for $285, 5kg for $1275. (PM102) 132. Christmas Is. & Cocos (Keeling) Is. off paper mixture, many high values and recent to about 2016. Many very fine used with circular cancels. 50 different for $49, 100 mixed no more than 3 the same for $98 (PM104) 133. Amazing AAT Collection 1988 - 2001 housed in 4 top quality Gibbons Red Springback Albums. 2 x Senator and 2 x Philatelic. Comprises mint unhinged sets, minisheets and sheetlets, plus sets of Base FD Covers, Postcards and Maxicards. Appears complete for the period with se items in blocks of 4. Also Mawson’s Hut souvenir items, signed
cards & cover to stamp designer etc. 360 plus distinct items, with very high original cost, face value and retail. Beautiful! Less than $5 per item. $1795 (CMM1) 134. New Caledonia on leaves, 1905 - 2015 in black ring binder. Mostly postally used, with some mint. 550 - 600 appear all different. Nice clean lot with plenty of earlies, sparse from 2000. Must be worth 25c a stamp. $149 (CMM2) 135. Philippines, early to modern on thick stack of leaves in blue ring binder. 1st couple of pages are mainly mint, Spanish Admin. period. After that mainly postally used to 2018, sparse from 2016. Would have to be 2500 - 2750, mostly all different it seems. Also noted some nice minisheets. Has to be well worth 15c a stamp. Price $395 (CMM3) 136. Poland 1919 - 2020. Massive collection in 2 x Red, 64 black page near new Lighthouse Stockbooks, plus another similar 32 page green, these alone retail $230, and a smaller one with back of the book material. Mostly postally used to 1960, with some mint and cto in the communist era. Mainly all different and 3250 - 3500 here at a guess. Absolutely they are worth 15c a stamp, especially counting the very nice stockbooks at zero!. $495 (CMM4) 137. USA earlies to 1997 off paper mixture. Happy hunting ground for postmarks, varieties etc. High values to $5 seen. Would be 3000 - 3500 stamps here. Expect duplication. about 4c a stamp. $129 the lot. (CMM5) 138. New Zealand 1953 - 1966 in Red Padded Seven seas Hingeless Album pages 1953 to 1986, cost new near $300 alone! Stamps are near complete mint unhinged, inc. Healths, some of the minisheets and a few other are lightly hinged. No Queen on Horseback but plus a few decimals not counted. Retail of stamps is $325. Offering at $249, the album comes free! (CMM6) 139. Mauritius 1879 - 2013 leaves in Black ring binder. Mostly postally used and a few mint. Noted Arms type Victoria to 16c (2) KEVII to 20c, KGVI to 1R (2), QEII to 25R (Several) 700 - 750, mainly all different. Very clean lot, many complete sets here too. Has to be worth 30c a stamp wholesale! $219 (CMM7) 140. Bundle of 5 near new Lighthouse 32 black page stockbooks, retail $50 each. 3 black, 1 green 1 red. These contain modest collections of mostly different used Jamaica, Monaco, Myanmar, Nepal, Slovenia & Sri Lanka, plus a few others. Asking the new price of the albums only, all of the stamps (Around 500) come free. $249. (CMM8) 141. Tonga 1897 - 2013 in large blue stockbook. Earlies sparse, strength in self adhesives both mint & postally used. Fascinating lot, with many sets, some still in new issue packets. About 400 with little duplication. Got to be worth 40c each for this hard to get area. Price $259 (CMM9) 142. Nauru, 1914 - 1988 mint & used, most unhinged in near new $295 Green Padded Ka-Be Hingeless Album. Many extra too, inc. used stamps to 1998. Noted KGV to 9d, Freighters to 2/6d etc, very god
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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2024 degree of completeness. Just pay for the album, the lovely collection is free! $295 (CMM10) 143. Arch Lever Folder with Wierd assorted mint & used collection, on leaves. Noted decent ranges of Falkland Is., Gilbert & Ellice Is., GB Regionals (lots) , Uzekistan, Zaire, Zambia, Zanzibar, Haiti & more. 950 - 1000 here, mainly all different. Good value for the World collector at only 15c a stamp. $149 (CMM11) 144. Huge Thailand Collection, 1887 - 2018 in two near new $90 Black Lighthouse 64 black page stockbooks. All seeming different postally used, apart from a couple of mint minisheets, and a very high degree of completion to 2000. Gets a bit sparse after that. About 1600 all up. A steal I think at 30c a stamp, inc. the very nice stockbooks. $479 (CMM12) 145. Straits Settlements, Malaysia huge mainly usedcollection on leaves in Black Arch Lever folder. Commences 1892 with Straits x about 100, values to $1, then a whole page of tigers to 50c, 35 to 40 here. Good degree of completion in Malaysia then to about 2005, then lots of States with much earlier, values to $1, and a few Japanese Occupation issues. 2400 - 2500 here, mostly all different. Has to be worth 20c a stamp. $489 CMD2) Australia 1913 – 2008 on Seven Seas Hingeless Pages and on Hagners plus some homemade, in 5 ring binders. Kangaroos & KGV Heads are sparse, with values to 2/- & 1/4d respectively. Noted 1914 6d Claret Kookaburrra cto. Later includes most KGVI values to £1 Robes & £2 Arms mint unhinged or used, then QEII Pre-decimal mint unhinged, near complete to £1 1953 - 1965. (Navigators are used, with 10/- & £1 White Papers) Decimals are near complete fine used, some unused 1966 - 2008, with some minor duplication (no more than 2 of anything) Noted a full set of 2006 Commonwealth Games fine used. Also many Internationals. A fine lot, with 1000’s of stamps neatly organised. Very good value at $1195 (CMM13) 146. 1977 Royal Commonwealth Society, collection QE2 Silver Jubilee FDC’s. Every time we get one of these it sells almost immediately. Very nicely designed covers from the Crown Agents Omnibus. Originally priced at $6.95 each plus $50 for the very nice Silver & Red Album = over $400 45 plus years ago! Many good complete sets and values to £1. Retail I have seen elsewhere is DOUBLE this. All are UNADDRESSED and with full page write-ups as you can see. 54 different covers, all in Mylar protective sleeves. Around a THIRD of the issued price. $149 (CMD3) 147. Bulk lot of Hong Kong used in Large Blue Stockbook. 1980’s/90’s x many sets/part sets of Wilding Machin & Annigoni portraits of HM QEII to $50 X 16 example. Also pages of KGV – QEII small definitives with values to $1 and some 1930’s to 1960’s commems. at the back. Guestimate of around 1400 – 1500 stamps all up. Great for the postmark/variety hunter! A steal at about 10c a stamp. Price $149 (CMD4) 148. NZ better more modern FDC’s range of HIGH FACE inc. $10 x 3 & $20! Modern scarce FDC’s, x 22. Includes Birds to $3, $4, $5 and $10
Kiwi - these were a fortune 35 plus years back when issued, in the money of the time, and are keenly sought by all BIRD collectors. Also the 1994 $20 & 1997 $10. Also 1986 Framas, 1979 Shells to $2, 1991 Butterflies to $3 plus heaps more inc. minisheets with Singapore ’95, NZ 1990 Expo etc. Also commems sets, like 2006 Dogs. All on Official Unaddressed covers, very clean lot. 22 different items with a retail of over $200. $119 the lot! (CMJN1) 149. NZ 1986 $3 & $4 Birds plus 1994 $20 Official Unaddressed FDCs, retail at least $50, price $29 (CMJN2) 150. APO 88 Australian World Exhibition Issue of The Collection of 1987 Australian Stamps. Only sold at the Australian Pavilion in Brisbane. Includes all MUH stamps as issued. Seen elsewhere on eBay at $350. Price $295. (2 available) (CMJN6) 151. Br. Solomon Is., decent clean collection, mint & used in large green stockbook. Organised chronologically. A few KGV era, then probably around 75% complete QEII 1953 – 2006 with many complete sets, much is postally used. A few minor condition issues but most are fine. Postally used is rarely seen. Must be around 600 all different. Got to be worth $295 (CMJN7) 152. Malta. Very nice mint & used collection 1902 – 2009 in two large stockbooks. Organised chronologically. Noted 1949 UPU MUH, but most nice postally used and appears 75% – 85% complete with many, many complete sets. A lovely clean lot. 1350 -1450 all different. Well worth $695 (CMJN8) 153. World pre-1952 off paper mix, a very good mixture of Empire & Foreign, very high count with approx. 15,000 per kg. Great for searching perfs, varieties, shades, postmarks etc. Approx 500 $59, per 1000 $110 (CMM1) 154. Tasmania Pictorials, 1d Rose Red Mount Ellington Pictorial bulk unchecked by us but appear to be all Electrotype 1905 – 1911 printing. Could be postmark interest, variety & perforation variances. Did notice the odd perf. T. 100 for $29, 250 for $69, 500 for $129 (CMM2) 155. Tasmania Pictorials, 2d Plum Hobart Pictorial bulk unchecked by us but appear to be all Electrotype or Litho. 1905 – 1912 printings. Could be postmark interest, variety & perforation variances. 100 for $29, 250 for $69, 500 for $129 (CMM3) 156. West Germany 1956- 1969 in as new Safe Black Hingeless Album retail $350 plus. 1956/7 a bit sparse, but 99% complete from 1958. Has come in from Germany, so we know how fussy they are over condition, and this is superb! Retail of the stamps is $680, plus the album = a replacement value of over $1000. Price under 60% of that, even less after our generous discount scheme! $595 (CMM5) 157. West Berlin 1949 – 1976 fine postally used cds examples in Burgundy Safe Hingeless Album, retail $350 plus and near new. Postally used is of course much harder to locate than mint or cto. Would be
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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2024 about 90% complete for the period. Has come in from Germany, so we know how fussy they are over condition, and this is almost all superb! Retail of the stamps is $850 plus and with the album we have a replacement cost of around $1200. Very good value at $659 (CMM6) 158. Denmark 1852 – 1979 fine postally used plus a few mint in Burgundy Lighthouse Classic Album & Slipcase, near new, cost $300 plus. Also 2 x 2004 Royal Wedding packs. Listed retail of the stamps is $3000 plus and would be 75% complete. A total replacement value here then of $3300 +. Price less than a half $1595 (CMM7) 159. China, People’s Republic. Brand new collection 2016 – 2021. 200 Different Mint Unhinged in complete sets & minisheets. We previously had similar 100 different 2012 – 2015, these sold put very quickly. Roughly 50 different sets, Priced around $3.30 a set, $165 (5 available) Save $15 and pay only $150 if purchased with a new 32 or 64 page stockbook! (CMS4) 160. Southern Africa 1980 – 1984 FDC coll. in 3 large FDC albums in 3 x near new padded FDC albums – 2 x Gibbons and retail $50 each new. Superb attractive collection of 120 different FDC inc Mini Sheets and gorgeous sets of stamps, the great albums are ‘Free’! An almost NEVER seen offered area out here, and the early issues are REALLY scarce. Bought well in an Estate of Southern Africa. Comprises South Africa x 52, SWA x 16, Ciskei x 10, Venda x 11, Transkei x 19, Bophuthatswana x 13. Includes a few 1st Flight Covers. 123 in all, mostly official unaddressed covers. We also have a good stock from the same source of later issues, if you wanted to carry on the collections. Priced a tad over $2 a cover, with 3 very nice albums thrown in. $269 (CMS19) 161. World Mish-mash, on & off paper, in packets, odd cover etc. Most postally used, few mint & cto. Exactly as received from Nationwide Charity Appeal. About 1kg, could be anything. Probably 10,000 stamps. Has to be worth 2.5c a stamp. About 1kg for $249 (CMJE3) 162. Channel Islands Guernsey, Jersey & and maybe a few Isle of Man, great selection of 25 different unhinged complete sets. Price $49. 50 different sets for $125, 100 different sets for $295. (The 50 and 100 different sets will include better, and minisheets) (CMJE3) 163. Terrific World mainly postally used collection in Red, Green Gold Rapkin “Triumph” album with 10 full page maps. Many thousands of mostly all different stamps here from early imperfs to about the mid. 1960’s. Little, if anything removed, a few may have fallen out and are loose between pages. Very good Austria, Belgium, Canada with some nice mint imprints and blocks, Czechoslovakia, France & Colonies, Germany, Great Britain with Seahorses to 5/-, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia Airs & red Cross, Romania with 1931 Scouts set mint lightly hinged, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Tuva & USA. 350 plus pages. Must be 3000 to 3500 stamps at a guess. Still, plenty of spaces to fill. Good value at around 35c a stamp. $1175 (CMD8)
164. Santa Tin, very colourful! Contains Worldwide booklets, with emphasis on Switzerland Charity issues. Also, Finland, Denmark, USA, Germany, Gibraltar, IOM etc. 67 booklets from about 1960’s to 1996. Good value lot with some high denominations. Great as a starter lot for World booklets. Price $449 (CMD9) 165. Australia Territories & Pacific Aerogrammes, by the Kilogram! Wide range of mint and FDC used decimal, some higher face values here. Great value at about 25c each. Some duplication. Start a new collection at bargain basement prices. Roughly 250 in 1kg for $62.50. (CSE7) 166. Worldwide complete sheets, mostly good thematics. By the Kilogram. Wide range of mint unhinged and cto used. Some in complete sets. Sheet sizes from 15 to 50 of a stamp. Mostly 1970’s – 1990’s. All large and colourful. No Arab States. Paper the Den or spare room! Under 5c a stamp. Good value at $249 per kg. (CSE8) 167. Australian Territories and Pacifics, 100 different postally used. May include AAT, Christmas Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Norfolk Is., Nauru, Samoa, Pitcairn, Cook Is., Fiji. Very hard to find postally used. Price $49 (CSE9) 168. Norfolk Is. Commercial mail. All small envelopes mostly Airmail to Sydney, 1970’s and ‘80s. Includes a range of better values. Hard to source. Some a bit aged. Mostly to Doubleday Book club, plus councils, insurance companies and individuals. 28 pieces in total, cheap at under $3 each. $75. (CSE15) 169. Australia Pre-stamped envelopes, mint. Wide range of issues with values to 45c. Cheap lot, 100 different for $39 (CSE18) 170. Norfolk Is. Decimals 1966-2002 compete mint unhinged, housed in as new Seven Seas Hingeless Album, with pages 1947 – 2002. Album new cost approx. $425. Stamps retail at $1695. Total value $2120. Price $1275 (CJU17) 171. Philatelic Literature, old reference books, magazines, catalogues & auction catalogues. 4.5kg lot for $45 (CAP10) 172. Papua New Guinea, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets just $49 (CMAP2) 173. Nauru, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP4) 174. Norfolk Is. 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP5) 175. 125 different complete mint unhinged sets as above only $225, save $20 (CMAP5) 176. 250 different complete mint unhinged sets from the countries above, also including some Pitcairn Island. Normally $99, now save $50, Price $449 (CMAP7) 177. Commercial Mails from all over the World. Most if not all Airmailed Covers. All Very nice range of covers 1980’s to recent that sell for up to $3 each. Price per lot of 100 all different covers $98 (CMAP17) 178. Worldwide First Day Covers, all in nice clean condition. Many of these sells for up to $4 each. Price for lot of 100 all different $98 (CMAP18)
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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
Adelaide 30c Emergency print CPS 2016, the rare ‘ALBINO’ Ghost Writing ribbon impression -
The ALBINO reversed prints on the 30c are super rare. I’ve handled far more of these exciting stamp issue sets, than all others dealers combined, and have only seen a few. One was a strip that got $A7,900 at auction. I regularly sell normal sets 6 for $A2,000, or $A350 for singles. (Cat is $4,500 a set 6) Gibbons lists them now at £250 a *normal* single = $A500. Have this 30c Kangaroo single - see scan with ‘albino inverted’ ribbon print error. Very clear example – many are much more feint. They are 100 times scarcer than a normal single. Just $US365 at $A550 Stock 496LW
Tonga 2015/2015 Butterflies comp set FACE $A361 for just $A261 - save $100!!! -
A gorgeous set - cost owner $361 buying direct from the Tonga Bureau as a New Issue, as Tonga uses $A currency of course. These tiny islands now have MASSIVE postage rates as EMS screw them terribly. Each is inscribed - ‘Airmail Express EMS’ and the relevant zone that each stamp covers franking to. We were in Samoa recently, and visited the GPO there, and see my photos of clerk’s counter book, with sheets of stamps up to $200 FACE - all those shown here - tinyurl. com/FV200 - and clerk said she needed to put several x $200 on heavy air parcels to Europe/USA etc. These Butterflies were all for legit POSTALLY use. Values up to $A89 face each. SG #E13-16 and 18-19, $15 to $89 ‘Airmail Express’ set of 6 x imperforate Mini Sheets, each 76mm x 51mm, fresh MUH, SG Cat £329=$A658. A truly gorgeous looking, high cat set, for butterfly thematic or Tonga collectors, and seldom offered anywhere, much less at $100 UNDER face value! (6) $US169 - $A261 - Stock 497JQ
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. STOCK UP now - once sold, they can’t be replaced by me. A business bought 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. A huge plus. These are guaranteed 105% GENUINE Australia Post produced stamps. Near everything today on FakeBay are Chinese forgeries - read more here - www.tinyurl.com/ChinaFake - 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 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. And you can also use these on ALL overseas mail of course - 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 - $A1,750 cash - Stock 692JW Order via: www.tinyurl.com/GlenOrder All Cards accepted with ZERO fee - even Amex! Bank Deposit fine, or Money Orders. PayPal is accepted in ANY major currency, saving you fees - contact me first. LayBys/Layaways always OK with me!
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reviews SG Ireland 2023 Edition
Paperback, 135 pages, 8th edition RRP A$ TBA I always get a little bit extra excited whenever a new Irish catalogue or handbook arrives on my desk and this new SG edition is no exception. It’s been almost five years since the 7th edition was published and we find that this new volume has increased by 29 pages over the last one. Of course new issues take up several pages as the do with any catalogue, but in this case it’s only around a third of the total page increase, with the September 2023 Cancer research issue being the last ‘regular’ set included and the second ‘Art on a stamp’ series issued the same month being the last ‘SOAR’ set covered. So, I hear you ask, what is included in the other 20 or so new pages? Well, one of the main changes to this edition of the catalogue is that the vast majority (though oddly, not quite all) of the ‘Anniversaries & Commemorations’ sets, mainly issued from the late 1970’s to the late 1990’s, now have all of the stamps in each set illustrated, rather than just the low value as is usual with SG catalogues. This is a great innovation for collectors of Ireland as these sets of three to five designs usually shared no common theme or design as they would typically commemorate a range of disparate people or events that just happened to be commemorated around the same time! After nearly 20 years of these issues you ended up with around 100 different stamps that could pretty much belong to any of the sets. With this innovation, sorting these into sets has gone from being a nightmare to very simple task. Other innovations for this edition include consolidated listings of the three different 1997-2004 Bird definitive issues and the 2004-11 Flowers issues. The 2011-15 Animals & Marine life set have been re-written and are now gathered together including the SOAR stamps that were actually issued in sheets! These are complex issues and this change should make collecting them an easier job. 40 - Stamp News
mike lee Prices have fluctuated a little from the last edition with some of the early Seahorse overprints showing increases and several later commemoratives up to the 1980’s dropping, which makes sense to me, particularly used issues of the 1950’s & 1960’s. Just a little personal observation here, some Irish issues are genuinely scarce & much sought after: the earliest booklets and some of the above mentioned Seahorses for example, and it’s very difficult for any catalogue to keep up with the market on these issues. Here’s a very recent example of this. On the 23rd March this year the Irish auction house of MacDonnell Whyte Ltd. held a small auction with a number of very attractive Irish items. Included was lot 107, a superb used example of SG 72b, the 1933 1d Carmine ‘single perf’ experimental coil, with a clearly dated 29th April 1933 ‘socked on the nose’ cds cancel, used soon after issue. This new edition prices this stamp at £300, while the 2020 Hibernian Catalogue price is €300 with a footnote advising to add 150% for a contemporary dated cancel taking it to €750. The example in the auction, which I imagine is one of the best extant, realised a jaw dropping €1250 + 18% buyers commission, a total of €1475 (A $2400+). My point is that in any country, but in this case particularly Ireland, scarce, premium & in demand issues can leave the latest catalogue values far behind! Anyway, back to the review! A number of new varieties have been added for this edition with one of the more notable price increases being the 2014 60c Irish Citizen Army error SG 2199 (showing Vincent Poole instead of Captain Jack White – withdrawn on the day of issue) now priced at £700 for Mint & £850 for used. Page xxx brings us a fascinating 4 page article by Barry Cousins entitled ‘Ireland’s First Definitive Stamps’ detailing the design, printing and use of this long lived series, and you’ll have to read it to find out why an imperf plate block of the Fiji KGV 2d grey (with Irish SE watermark!) is featured on page xxxii of an Irish catalogue. A wonderful catalogue which will be indispensable to any collector of the stamps of the Emerald Isle!
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philatelic news 2024 SEPAC Åland Post Åland have produced a stunning SEPAC issue this year, with an equally stunning first day cover. The stamp shows a summer panorama of the Åland archipelago with its bare rocks, leafy skerries, bridges, sailboats, and sparse settlements. The archipelago attracts thousands of tourists to Åland every year, and this unique island world in the Baltic Sea is formed by many islands, shallow bays, and bay systems. In the Archipelago Sea between the main group of islands – called Fasta Åland – and “Skiftet”, which constitutes the border with Finland, we find an estimated 6,700 islands with an area of over 2,500 m² and around 20,000 islands and islets smaller than 0.25 ha.
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ABBA – 50 years of Waterloo PostNord Sweden Fifty years ago on 6th April 1974, ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest and went on to become global superstars. The Eurovision Song Contest this year was held in Malmö in southern Sweden and featured a tribute to ABBA performed by former winners Charlotte Perrelli, Carola and Conchita Wurst. To celebrate the anniversary of their historic win in Brighton, a three-stamp miniature sheet has been released by PostNord on the day of the anniversary. The set of three stamps, designed by Eva Wilsson and using photos by Bubi Heilemann, Per Myrehed and ABBA Voyage, uses the band’s font and show the group
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Greetings from Great Britain GB Covers - Weather, or whether not!
In February (2024) Royal Mail issued a set of 8 stamps marking the 170th anniversary of the UK’s national meteorological service. These were issued as 4 se-tenant pairs. They presented the history, science and future of weather forecasting through images featuring meteorological milestones. All the reviews I have read praised this issue for the design and the topics covered so I thought this would be a worthwhile issue to show. I have seen a few First Day Covers with these stamps so I am showing these and also the only other GB weather related issue I know of, from 2001. Plus, since I find this a fascinating topic, something from Italy and also Hong Kong which I hope you will enjoy. Not GB I know but perhaps just this once I can add something different. This first cover is the Royal Mail produced
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Fig. 2 cover and shows the 8 stamps, two Second Class, two First Class, two £2.00 and two £2.20 stamps, (Fig 1) Fig 1 The first of the Second Class stamps shows Luke Howard, a pioneer meteorologist who classified clouds in 1803 using Latin words. Even today we still call clouds by the names Howard devised. The paired stamp shows a storm barometer, an invention of Robert Fitzroy who was the captain of Darwin’s HMS Beagle. This barometer responds to atmospheric fluctuations to forecast the weather. Crystals within the sealed glass chamber cluster or disperse with changes in air pressure or temperature. Fitzroy later became the founder of the Met Office in 1854 and he established a network of observation stations that detected storms approaching the British Isles and disseminated this information using telegraph
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technology. According to Royal Mail, FitzRoy coined the term “forecast.” A slight digression I know stamps do that to me - but perhaps interesting to know the first barometer was created by the Italian physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli in 1643. He is commemorated on a 1958 cover from Italy celebrating his 350th birth anniversary. A pity it did not truly reflect his rather significant achievement in this space. (Fig 2) But back to the GB issue. The two first-class stamps portray events that occurred in the early part of the 20th century. One shows people and a weather balloon from a photograph taken during the 1910-12 Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica led by Robert Falcon Scott. The study of extreme weather was a central feature of the expedition. The other first-class stamp shows a marine buoy. These buoys collect data for the Shipping Forecast, a weather report for the seas around the British Isles. The Shipping Forecast bulletins have become a routine part of British radio broadcasts since they began in 1924. Royal Mail writes in its presentation pack for the stamp issue, “Over the years, people would become increasingly familiar with these bulletins, which were transmitted twice a day, each day of the year.” Currently, the Shipping Forecast airs four times a day. Stamp News - 47
Greetings from Great Britain Royal Mail adds that weather forecasts became a component of modern warfare during World War II. For example, before the planned date of the D-Day invasion in 1944, a team of meteorologists headed by James Stagg warned military leadership of impending bad weather conditions, leading to the invasion being moved from June 5 to June 6. A rather interesting cover commemorating this and using a First Class stamp from Buckingham Covers, who I have mentioned many times in previous articles, is this one (Fig 3). In the weather forecasting issue the left hand £2 stamp shows a weather observer with the right hand stamp of the pair showing radar technology. New meteorological tools came into use following World War II. The “Met Office” began to integrate
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Fig. 7 radar technology in the 1950s, and, in 1959, the office purchased a computer, known by the name of Meteor. The final pair, the £2.20 values, shows the British TV weather presenter Barbara Edwards. She was the first British female TV weather presenter in 1974. The paired stamp presents supercomputers and the satellites which help track the earth’s weather today. One final Cover with this issue (Fig 4). This from another well known GB Cover producer, GBFDC. A simple graphic this time which leads me nicely into showing the one other GB weather related issue that I am aware of. It is the 2001 “The Weather” issue of 4 stamps showing RAIN, FAIR, STORMY and VERY DRY. Perhaps you recall this issue (Fig 5). It reflects as I see it, the 4
Michael Dodd graphics seen to the left of the cover in Fig 4. This Royal Mail produced cover has the Edinburgh cancel although you can find other covers with different location cancels. One more cover with the stamps from this 2001 issue. Reproduced here with all credit to GBCovers. - I have written for permission but at the time of writing have not had a reply, I suspect they do not exist now. Sometimes simple is good and sometimes it is rewarding to see a more creative imagery. This cover falls into the later category and is one I find very collectible. (Fig 6) Perhaps it is easiest if I show the details on the reverse and the Detail Card to explain more. Fig 7 shows the reverse, and the Detail Card is in Fig 8. Finally, I mentioned Hong Kong in my opening remarks and with the Editors indulgence one more perhaps I can finish with this 2014 issue. I purchased my copy while I was living in Hong Kong and it is still one I enjoy seeing, especially as I experienced some of the weather phenomena shown on these stamps. (Fig 9) Stunning stamps in my view and ones that make a lovely addition to a thematic collection, especially the lenticular miniature sheet. (Fig 10) I suppose it comes down to whether to collect weather thematic stamps or whether not!!!! About the Author: Michael can be reached at cddstamps@ gmail.com and welcomes feedback and ideas for future articles Figs. 8, 9 & 10
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Sweden In Space At the end of January earlier this year many Swedes followed the reports about Marcus Wandt and his stay at the International Space Station (ISS). The launch took place on 18 January 2024 and two days later TV viewers could see how he arrived at the space station. It was all quite incredible. Marcus Wandt is an aviation engineer and a fighter pilot by profession. Several years ago he was selected for a mission to the International Space Station. He became Sweden’s third astronaut but more about that later. Sweden is certainly not a major player when it comes to the exploration of space as enormous financial resources are required (according to several media reports, the Swedish state and a number of companies provided more than 40 million dollars to help finance Wandt’s trip to the ISS). But Sweden does have a space programme
which has been going on for more than half a century. The Swedish space centre – Estrange – is located in the northern part of the country and not far from the city of Kiruna. From this location rockets have been launched as well as large balloons used for weather research. In fact, in recent years Esrange has been enlarged and in the future the site will be used to launch satellites into orbit around the globe. The Esrange Space Centre was depicted on a Swedish 45-öre postage stamp released on 5 June 1970. It was part of a set of five stamps devoted to the area north of the Arctic Circle. The stamp (Fig. 1) shows the launch of a rocket from the Esrange base. Here the purpose was the study of the northern lights, a natural phenomenon which occurs quite frequently in the northern part of Scandinavia. Let’s now move forward to the year 1988 and a set of stamps marking Sweden’s relations with
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Christer Brunström the USA. One of the values shows the US astronaut Alan Bean (Fig. 2). On 19 November 1969 he walked on the surface of the moon taking a lot of photographs. Bean wasn’t Swedish but his camera was. It had been manufactured by Hasselblad, a company based in Gothenburg at the time. So, in a way, Sweden was involved in this exploit. The first human in space was the Soviet cosmonaut Jurij Gagarin and his rather short trip into space took place on 12 April 1961. He circled the planet once. Then followed a period of competition in space flights between the Soviet Union and the USA. In 1969, the Americans succeeded in sending a mission to the moon which obviously was an event of enormous proportions. All this led to a very strong interest in the conquest of space and almost all nations around the world issued commemorative stamps for each new
mission. Most were issued by countries which in no way took part in the exploration of outer space. However, stamp collectors now have a wide choice of stamps depicting every aspect of space research and space travel. Today the interest is probably just as strong but fewer collectors take an interest in space philately. However, this story is about Swedish involvement in the conquest of space and our next stop is a souvenir sheet (Fig. 3) issued in 1991. It is titled Europe in the space age. The middle stamp depicts the Esrange base and a balloon used for research of the northern lights. Also included in the design is the Freyja satellite which was only launched from the base the following year. The two remaining stamps note Swedish cooperation in other European space projects. In 2006 Sweden had its very first astronaut. Christer Fuglesang was sent to the International
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Sweden In Space Space Station that year only to return to the ISS two years later. Fuglesang carried out several space walks during his two missions. In 2009 the Swedish Postal service issued a booklet (Fig. 4) containing five space stamps. On one of the stamps Christer Fuglesang is pictured as well as a spacewalk. It must have been a fantastic experience for Fuglesang who is now a university professor specialising in space research. Christer Fuglesang was thus Sweden’s very first astronaut and he even made two trips to the ISS. The next one and the first woman was Swedish-American Jessica Meir in 2019. She was thus the first Swedish woman in space. At the beginning of this story I mentioned Marcus Wandt, Sweden’s third astronaut. When his capsule splashed into the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Florida on 9 February 2024 he had spent all of 22 days in space and carried out numerous
scientific experiments onboard the space station. TV-viewers on planet earth and particularly in Sweden could follow some of his exploits and he even answered questions from a number of Swedish kids about life in the space station. Space research has led to a large number of technological innovations which have impacted life on planet earth. What would the Internet, AI and information technology have been without the advances made in space research? This was the topic of a Swedish 2000 stamp (Fig. 5) remembering the last decade of the 20th century. Space tourism is already a reality (but exclusively restricted to a very select group of adventurous billionaires). So far these trips have been of very short duration. I suppose those of us with more limited financial means will have to be satisfied with our many space-related stamps. This rather peaceful activity also seems to be far less risky.
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Rhodesia from British South Africa Company to Independence
A high-quality collection formed over many years in South Africa Public Auction Melbourne, November 2024
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