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Global *BOY SCOUTS* COLL in 10 x MASSIVE, slipcased, USA made albums - one collector’s lifetime work – SIXTY PHOTOS OF THEM HERE- www.tinyurl.com/ScoutColl - Stamps are cat $12,500, and albums would cost another few $1,000s. An AMAZING BUY for someone. From the estate of David Coates OAM, who passed in 2023, aged 93. 65 years a pharmacist in the NSW Illawarra region, and a Boy Scouts Australia National Commissioner. Received the high Order of Australia (OAM) Award in 2004, for Services to Scouting and Pharmacy. Very well filled x 10 slipcased, specially USA printed album collection, (cost likely $1,500$2,000 EMPTY!) with spaces for all the World SCOUT stamps, 1900 to end 2000. A true lifetime achievement - very well filled Boy Scout collection, with key sets, and mini sheets, some postal stationery, imperfs, and rare pieces etc. I removed only the 1900 ‘Mafeking Besieged’ General Baden Powell, Cape of Good Hope pair for an American client - printed spaces of course still in the album for these, and the balance of the 10 albums to end 2000 was TOTALLY UNTOUCHED BY ME. Best offered intact, as a shame to break up the work of a lifetime from Mr Coates. The SG Cat of just Volume #1 of this 10 volume set is £3,433=$A6,850 alone! All sets marked on each page in erasable 4B pencil, using the new 2024 SG world Catalogue set for your easy checking. PLUS a SG Cat of about £3,000=$A6,000 more in the other books too, plus several Scout stamp catalogues and checklists etc. So the stamps alone have a SG value of about $A12,500 - PLUS $1,000s for the albums. An INSTANT collection for someone taking on this popular topic, to save YOU the LIFETIME that it took to assemble these, or for an eBay reseller, a GOLDMINE lot here, as condition looks very clean overall, and Scouting is a huge topical seller globally. All priced up, and ready to list! Some of the key pre-war material is fine **MUH**. The modern of course are apparently all MUH. These appear to be the only global printed albums for Scout stamps, that I bought this week. Chicago printed, it covers with heavy grade thickness illustrated Scout design pages from 1900 Mafeking, to the end of 2000. MUH stamps go to about 1995. The last 3 printed albums are not populated with stamps, but are ripe for completion by the buyer, in due course. A perfect ongoing project for someone, as all the HARD yards are already done here already to end up with - ‘ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SCOUTS ON STAMPS’. About $US1,450 at $A2,250 - Stock 985GF
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Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ......................................8 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 26 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark : Christer Brunström .......38 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 58 Unissued Nauru Stamp discovery : Glen Stephens ............. 70 Greetings from Great Britain : Michael Dodd ........................ 76 Visit Afghanistan : Christer Brunström.......................................80
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BOOK REVIEW – GRAF ZEPPELIN LZ-127 SOUTH AMERICA AIRMAIL – 1930 – 1937 International Philatelic Exhibit, by Brian Callan The book details the flights of the Graf Zeppelin LZ127 airship to and from South America using the flight covers contained in the authors philatelic exhibit of the same name. The book allows additional information to be added that exhibit space does not allow. The major purpose and intent of the book is to preserve the details of the exhibit and in particular the postage rates associated with the flights illustrated. The book also details the history of this airship, which was the most successful of its time, flying for nine years without fatality or significant issues. The book shows the Exhibit Title Page and then has five sections, as follows: • Section 1 – 1930 & 1931 Pre-commercial South America flights • Section 2 – 1932 Launch of commercial scheduled flights to South America • Section 3 – 1933 Commercial flights, including Century of Progress flight • Section 4 – 1934 Commercial flights, including only flight to Argentina • Section 5 – 1935 to 1937 DLH aircraft support services There are three appendices. • Appendix 1: 1929 Mail posted on board Graf Zeppelin airship • Appendix 2: Awards achieved by exhibits • Appendix 3: Index by country All exhibit pages are shown in full color. The book is hard cover, A4 size. The book is an excellent presentation of this award winning exhibit. It will be an excellent reference for collectors of Zeppelin mail The cost is: US$50 plus $20 postage to North and South America UK£40 plus £15 postage to UK 45 Euro plus 15 euro postage to Europe Inquire with author for postage to Africa & Asia Payment by PayPal to briancallan9@gmail.com
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E.M. Hasluck Medal 2024 Citation I am pleased to announce that the recipient of the E.M. Hasluck Medal for 2024 is Trevor Spencer. Trevor has been nominated by the Darling Range Stamp Club for his services to general philately and in particular, aspects of Western Australia. Trevor joined the Kalamunda Stamp Club in 2009 and over the following years contributed a great deal to the philatelic scene. He has served on the committees of Kalamunda Stamp Club, Southpex and the Western Australian Philatelic Council. In 2013-2014 he was the President of the Philatelic Society of Western Australia. He provided his services to events such as Stampmart, Swanpex and national Exhibitions. Youth Development was one of his main interests. Part of his duties included the setting-up of stalls at schools and Scouting venues for the promotion of philately. As Council Property Officer, he was responsible for setting-up tables and pavilions for all philatelic events, the tables were then stored at his property. Trevor acted as the Convenor for Stampmart for three years. In 2010, Trevor received the Frank Hedges Trophy for all the work carried out on behalf of Philatelic Society of Western Australia. Other awards include the Les King and Hooker Shield Trophies. Trevor has successfully competed in various Exhibitions including State, National and International levels receiving a range of awards including Gold medals and Special Prizes. Trevor has also contributed articles on Western Australia philately to the Black Swan Journal. I have much pleasure in presenting Trevor (posthumously) with the E.M.Hasluck Medal for 2024.
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Postal pickup pilot for pensioners in Japan Reported at www.asahi. com
Along with delivering packages and parcels, postal vans in a village in Hokkaido, Japan, are now transporting another important cargo: elderly passengers. The delivery vehicles are providing transportation for elderly residents living in a rural area with limited cab service, under a public ride-share program launched on a trial basis. The test, conducted in the town of Kami-Shihoro, is the first of its kind across Japan, as local governments elsewhere typically rely on private automobiles under their fee-based ride-sharing systems. “Post offices are already equipped with vehicles and delivery networks, so any infrastructure facilities need not be newly put in place,” said Kami-Shihoro Mayor. “Postal workers are familiar faces to local residents, which allows people to feel safe using the service.” On the first day of the experiment, Fumi Onishi, 90, climbed aboard the passenger seat of a mail delivery vehicle. Onishi said she was headed home after playing gateball, the Japanese version of croquet. While Onishi normally uses the town-operated welfare bus service, it only runs three times a week. On the other days of the week, Onishi’s family drive her to and from home. “My family members are busy with dairy farming,” explained Onishi. “It is great for me to be able to ride in a postal van, for I can feel at ease. I would like the service to continue for 8 Stamp News
a long time.” The test was started as part of the collaborative mobility as a service (MaaS) project introduced by the transport ministry this year. The aim is to offer solutions in “blank areas in transit” across the country. Four employees at the Kami-Shihoro Post Office have completed the fee-based driver training for transporting passengers, so that four of the nine delivery vans there can be deployed in the ride-share framework.
Who is on new British stamps? Reported at www.forbes.com
No really…the Who is featured on a new set of UK stamps with this year marking the 60th anniversary of the formation of the band. Eight individual stamps depict the cover art from several of the band’s albums, including their 1965 debut My Generation; 1969’s Tommy; 1971’s Who’s Next; 1973’s Quadrophenia; 1978’s Who Are You; 1981’s Face Dances; 2006’s Endless Wire; and 2019’s WHO. A miniature sheet of four stamps consists of publicity and live performance shots featuring the classic Who lineup of guitarist/singer Pete Townshend, singer Roger Daltrey, bassist John
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Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, the Who is one of the most successful and influential bands – along with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – to emerge from the British Invasion era. The group’s songs have been staples of rock radio for decades. “Stamp! Stamp! Stamp! It’s what I’ve done on stage all my life, sometimes in the air,” said Townshend in the press release. “At last, my stamping, and that of my buddy Roger, has been honoured properly, and will help letters,
parcels and birthday cards travel through time and space, just as we have.” Led by surviving members Daltrey and Townshend (Moon and Entwistle died in 1978 and 2002, respectively), the Who has continued to record and tour — with WHO being the most recent record in the band’s discography.
Who is on new Cambodian stamps? Reported at www.khmertimeskh.com
The Cambodian Ministry of Post has announced the sale of commemorative stamps to
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celebrate the 20th anniversary of the coronation of King Norodom Sihamoni. Two thousand sets of stamps will be available on October 29, the same day as the anniversary, and comprise of 1,000 Riel, 1,200R
1,400R, 1,500R, 2,000R, 2,200R, 2,500R, 2,800R, and 2,900R stamps. Director of the National Museum, said that the stamp set is a “memorable and valuable symbol of our monarchy and country that show respect for the King” “The stamps are significant and will be popular even though Cambodians don’t really like to use stamps for sending letters or as a gift but it is a historical memory for the King of Cambodia,” he said. The Kingdom issued its first stamps in 1951, when the country was a French colony.
Who’s the fairest of them all: Czech Republic/Luxembourg Reported at www.linns.com
At the 54th edition of the Asiago international awards for philatelic art, the Oscars of philately, there were some surprises. The award cere10 Stamp News
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mony for stamps issued in 2023 took place in July, in Asiago, Italy. The event differs from other similar competitions in that the issuing countries are directly involved in the selection of the stamps awarded. The international panel awarded the top honour to two different stamps based on their graphics and messages. The first co-winner was the Czech Republic miniature sheet of four (Scott 3843), with two stamps denominated “E” (44-koruna) and two “Z” (50 kc), celebrating William Shakespeare. The jury acknowledged the sheet “for the rich, exhaustive and original presentation of the work of the Bard recalling some of his famous characters and also themes, settings and figures of the Elizabethan theatre.” The second stamp to earn the event’s top award was the €1.40+15c Christmas semipostal stamp from Luxembourg (Scott B551) picturing a snowman melting while holding a small umbrella. The jury said that the Nov. 14 semipostal issue’s design was “simple, effective highlighted the emergency of climate change and cleverly combined that with the holiday through humour.”
Fear & loathing in New Zealand Reported at www.farmersweekly.co.nz
The New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment is proposing a series of major changes which it says result from a continual decline in the numbers of mail items.
On current trends, NZ Post expects to handle 100 million items a year by 2028. Twenty years ago it was handling 813 million items a year. The proposal will see urban deliveries reduced from a minimum of three days a week to two and allow NZ Post to convert existing delivery points into communal points at a rate of up to 5% a year. Rural postal deliveries could be reduced to three days a week from the current minimum of five days a week under proposed changes to the government’s Deed of Understanding with NZ Post. Proposed deed changes could also reduce postal outlets from 880 currently to 500 and then a further reduction to 400 along with a greater use of cluster or community boxes. It is also proposed that the frequency of service obligation reviews be reduced to every three years. A NZ Post spokesperson said the way New Zealanders use the mail service has changed significantly in the 11 years since NZ Post’s service obligations were last renewed. “We recognise the importance of the mail service, particularly to rural and older New Stamp News 11
Stamps in the News - Globally! Zealanders, and would like to hear feedback.” “The proposed changes to NZ Post’s service obligations respond to this ongoing decline, while still ensuring New Zealanders can send and receive mail.” Unlike other countries, NZ Post is not funded by the government.
Fear and loathing in Austria
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In a bid to combat crime and enhance security for postal employees and customers, Austrian Post and the Federal Ministry of the Interior have renewed their strategic partnership under the initiative Together.Safe. The extended partnership will see the two parties boost efforts to investigate and prevent criminal activities related to postal services – such as theft, fraud and cybercrime – while ensuring the safety of postal infrastructure and the broader public. Key components of the cooperation include
an ongoing exchange of information between the postal service and the police, as well as a joint strategy to tackle criminal threats within the postal network. This collaboration will cover a wide range of security concerns, from protecting physical postal facilities like post offices and logistics centres to safeguarding IT systems that support modern postal operations. As part of the initiative, postal employees will receive enhanced training in security-related areas, to help them better identify and respond to potential threats. The partnership is also geared toward tackling emerging crime trends, including cyberattacks and digital fraud, which have become increasingly prevalent in the digital age.
Fear and loathing in Pakistan Reported at www.dawn.com
Expressing deep concern over the financial mismanagement of Pakistan Post, the Pakistan Privatisation Minister has urged the department’s management to abolish all vacant positions, 12 Stamp News
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cut unnecessary expenses and increase revenue to ensure the institution’s survival. “Day and night efforts are needed to prevent the collapse of Pakistan Post,” he said while chairing a meeting of the ‘Focal Group of Communications’ recently.. He directed the postal service’s management to develop an emergency financial plan to stabilise the department. The minister highlighted the government’s intention to make state institutions self-sufficient by reducing excess expenditure, stressing that entities with costs exceeding their income are bound to fail. The department must now operate in line with modern-day requirements, “ he said, adding that a comprehensive strategy is essential for reforming Pakistan Post. He emphasised that state institutions should generate their own resources rather than relying on government funding.
Fear and loathing in Latvia Reported at https://eng.lsm.lv
Every day, post deliverers face difficulties caused by damaged, incorrectly installed, or invisible letterboxes with bushes growing over them. In Latvia, 90,000 out of around 1.27 million letterboxes are defective, it has recently been reported. The biggest problems are damaged, unusable mailboxes and mailboxes without correct addresses. Also, most people do not lock their mailboxes, which poses a risk of theft. Post deliverers often find their way around using old address numbers that have been crossed out and corrected by hand. This makes it difficult to know where to leave the parcel. It is not only people’s carelessness or indifference that makes a postman’s day-to-day life difficult. “It’s bad when a dog bites. Then you have to take a sick leave because I can’t work. If Stamp News 13
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the mailboxes are not tidy, then letters are not dropped in properly; maybe it is in the wrong box, and people don’t get their bank cards in time,” said a spokesperson. Mailboxes should be sealed and protected from precipitation, which is particularly important in autumn and winter. It is also important that the letterbox is in a location known and accessible to the postman. Currently, the only punishment that residents receive for not having a tidy mailbox is undelivered mail.
Watching your language in Jersey Reported at www.bbc.com
Jersey Post said its second series of its native language stamps features Jerriais phrases. Jersey Post said the second series of the stamps feature the traditional language of Jersey and “highlight the uniqueness of the Jèrriais language”. Local artist Ron Mills, who illustrated the first issue in 2022, returned to create the second series. The latest edition includes a set of six stamps 14 Stamp News
which features various phrases used with the language. The Jersey phrases include Bouan Viage, which signifies a wish of good voyage, while un baté pêtcheux means fishing boat. The “fun” phrase un pithot coêffi refers to someone as being a bit “hoity toity”, Jersey Post said. Un crapaud is a well-known phrase on the island according to Jersey Post, and named after a local toad called a crapaud. It said: “Previously the phrase un crapaud was meant to be an insulting way to describe someone from Jersey, however locals took an ironic pride in the name, to the point that in St. Helier a stone crapaud stands proudly on a pillar within an area of the town.” The phrase eune tchéthue means to plough, it added.
“Don’t call us…” in the United Kingdom
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A woman has finally received a reply to a job
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application 48 years after she submitted it. Tizi Hodson, from Gedney Hill in Lincolnshire, sent a letter in January 1976 applying to be a motorcycle stunt rider, the BBC reports. She never heard back until suddenly, decades later, the letter arrived back to her with a handwritten note at the top declaring: “Late delivery by Staines Post Office. Found behind a draw [sic]. Only about 50 years late.” The 70-year-
Tizi Hodson stunt riding at the time of her job application old says she remembers clearly typing the letter in her flat in London back in 1976.
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Stamps in the News - Globally! “How they found me when I’ve moved house 50-odd times, and even moved countries four or five times, is a mystery,” she said. “It means so much to me to get it back all this time later. Every day I looked for my post but there was nothing there and I was so disappointed because I really, really, wanted to be a stunt rider on a motorcycle.” The BBC says the lost application didn’t hold Tizi back though and she later “moved to Africa, worked as a snake handler and horse whisperer, learned to fly and became an aerobatic pilot and flying instructor”.
Philately lives… in the Philippines Reported at www.philstar.com
Despite the advent of technology, stamp collection is not dead, according to Jeremiah Eufemio of the Philippine Stamp Collectors Society (PSCS).
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Philately will continue to thrive with stamps featuring subjects that interest millennials, he said. Eufemio is the committee head of Manna Filatelica 2024 Stamp Exhibit. He noted that stamps have become more enticing by adjusting to modern times, as they feature current events, pop culture, athletes and beauty queens. “We even have exhibitors as young as 10 years old because they were engrossed in it,” Eufemio said. “We build a story that builds nostalgia even for the young Filipinos.” “Online marketplaces and digital catalogues make it easier than ever to discover and acquire rare stamps, overcoming geographical barriers that once limited our collections. And with digital archiving and virtual exhibitions, we can preserve and display our collections in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago,” he said at the stamp exhibit in Manila recently.
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Alternative Christmas Trees in Bermuda Reported at https://bernews.com
The Bermuda Post Office has announced that its latest commemorative stamp series, Bermuda Inspired Alternative Christmas Trees, is now available for purchase. A spokesperson said, “The new stamps feature alternative Christmas trees created by the talented members of the Garden Club of Bermuda. Stamp imagery features trees that were crafted out of local plant material and other reconstructed items and treated and upcycled in a variety of ways. “These stamps demonstrate a unique take on Bermuda’s rich natural heritage and are a welcome addition in advance of the holiday season.
Cleaner cleans up collection Reported at www.dailymail.co.uk
A bitter row has broken out after an elderly stamp collector sold his £200,000 collection to his cleaner for just £1, before leaving most of his £250,000 estate to her in his will. Ray Watts handed over the valuable trove of stamps to his cleaner and informal carer Sue Pope for a nominal fee before he passed away at the age of 90 in 2021. Then shortly after his death it was revealed he had also given her around £200,000 from the value of his estate, having changed his will two years before his passing. While the three children from his first marriage were given £15,000 each from the £250,000 estate, Mr Watts disinherited the three step-children from his second marriage,
leaving them with nothing and sparking an acrimonious court row. His step-daughter, Beverley Neate, is now fighting to overturn the will claiming he could not really have intended to disinherit her after previously planning to split his estate between the six children and step-children, a court has heard. Stamp collector Ray Watts rewrote his will before his death aged 90 to leave most of his Stamp News 17
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fortune to his cleaner rather than his family. a court has been told But Mrs Pope - who says she was far more than a cleaner and carer to her friend Mr Watts - is fighting back, claiming that he wanted to cut out his ‘disrespectful’ stepdaughter after she changed the locks at his home when he was in hospital. Mr Watts had been a clerk at Lloyds Bank during his working life, but in retirement devoted himself to philately, attending fairs and dealing in stamps. His stock, valued by Mrs Neate at £200,000, included stamps dating back as far as the 1840s. Mrs Pope came into Mr Watts’ life after he placed an advertisement for a cleaner, but gradually she took on more and more duties until she was caring for him too. Mrs Pope’s diaries eloquently demonstrate the lengths to which she was going to care for the deceased and the role she played in his life at this point - including, notably, helping him with and taking an interest in his passion for philately, described by Mrs Neate as the “sole focus” of the deceased’s life. 18 Stamp News
The newly proposed USPS Equity Act could enable the post service to deliver alcohol directly from producers and retailers to consumers in the United States. Currently, only private shipping companies such as FedEx and UPS are permitted to ship alcoholic drinks to homes in the US, with the national postal service forbidden from doing so since Title 18 of the US Code was enacted during Prohibition. In September the USPS Equity Act bill was proposed, which if passed would lift the ban. Five previous attempts to axe the ban – most recently made by California Congresswoman in 2013 and again in 2015 – have been unsuccessful, so hopes are not exactly running high. If it does get passed, the bill would put the US post service on equal parity with private shipping companies, helping to create a fairer landscape by drumming up competition for shipping rates. It would also enable alcohol producers to reach consumers living in rural or remote areas not covered by the private courier firms. Furthermore, it is estimated that the bill would generate US$190 million per year for the postal service, which reported a net loss of billions of dollars last year. Those who oppose the bill are concerned that it would represent federal government endorsement of interstate wine shipping. There are also worries that alcohol may become more accessible to underage drinkers if the post service is able to deliver booze. Its proponents argue “Prohibition is history, and this ban should be too.”
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Royal Mail stamps now so expensive it’s cheaper to fly to Europe to post Christmas cards Reported at www.express.co.uk
First-class stamps have become so expensive that it may be cheaper to fly to Europe to post your Christmas cards, according to a shocking recent analysis. The decision by Royal Mail to hike the price to £1.65 means that sending a letter from certain foreign countries is now half the cost of domestic postage. The expense of sending 100 first-class Christmas cards domestically now stands at £165. However, in Albania, an international stamp costs just 100 Lek (85p), meaning it would cost only £85 to send the same number of cards, which could take up to five business days to reach the UK. According to comparison site Skyscanner, holidaymakers can secure flights from Luton to Tirana for as little as £27 in December. This implies that a trip to the Albanian capital to post 100 Christmas cards would total just £112 a saving of £50 compared to using a British postbox. Flights from Luton to Belgrade, Serbia, can be found for as low as £33. The cost of sending 100 Christmas cards abroad from Serbia amounts to just £78 less than half the cost of first-class postage via Royal Mail, with delivery to the UK taking between three and five days. An analysis revealed comparably affordable flights to four other European destinations boasting lower postage rates than the UK. These include a £28 return journey from Manchester
to Memmingen, Germany, where dispatching 100 cards would only set you back £91, and a similarly priced £28 return trip from London Stansted to Milan, with a cost of £108 for sending the same number of cards. Return flights from Luton to Sofia, Bulgaria and Faro, Portugal were also competitively priced. Mailing 100 Christmas cards from these cities to the UK would cost less than £110. Royal Mail delivers approximately 150 million Christmas cards during the festive season, with an average household sending 50 and receiving 17.
Cathedrals for Xmas in the UK Forwarded by Stampboarder Hankmccoy Reported at www.bbc.com
UK’s Christmas stamps this year feature illustrations of five cathedrals, including St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh. The cathedral has been given a Christmas makeover with carol singers and a good sprinkling of snow. The Dean of Armagh said he was delighted the cathedral had been chosen and the artist had portrayed a “lovely traditional winter scene”. The drawings are the work of Cornwall-based artist Judy Joel.
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Stamps in the News - Globally! “The cathedrals that feature on the stamps stand as symbols of faith at the very centre of each picture and at the heart of their local communities,” he added. Other cathedrals featured in the issue are St Deiniol’s Cathedral in Bangor, Wales, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, Liverpool Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral. St Patrick’s Cathedral is one of two cathedrals that the city of Armagh is known for. The Church of Ireland cathedral stands on the hill from which the city derives its name with St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral sitting less than half a mile away on the neighbouring hill. According to tradition, St Patrick came to Armagh and asked the local chieftain for the land to build a church. After initially being refused, he was given the site and built his first church in 445 AD. The current Church of Ireland cathedral sits on the same land as the original church built by St Patrick, which he ordained should have pre-eminence over all the churches of Ireland.
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Jersey Post is giving Islanders the chance to make a variety of international festive dishes
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that celebrate the Island’s different communities. Entitled “Jersey’s International Christmas”, the set features six dishes including Polish, Romanian, Portuguese and South African cuisine. Jersey’s own cultural heritage is also celebrated in the set, which includes an image of Lé Podîn d’Noué, a steamed Christmas pudding made using a recipe that has been in circulation for generations. Other dishes featured are: • Buche de Noel: French sponge cake filled with buttercream, covered in chocolate and presented in the shape of a wooden log. • Barszcz czerwony: A polish sour beetroot soup traditionally served on Christmas Eve. • Sarmale: Romanian stuffed cabbage leaves that feature various fillings, such as pork and rice or bacon and sauerkraut. • Bacalhau da Consoada: A Portuguese salted-cod dish also known as “Christmas Eve cod”. • Glazed gammon: A South African Christmas dish which can be eaten hot or cold. • Christmas cake: Like many countries the spiced, dried-fruit cake is also central to Irish celebrations. “Nollaig Shona” means “Happy Christmas” in Irish Gaelic. • Roast turkey and trimmings: Turkeys have been a staple of British Christmas tables since the 1950s.
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Rudolph’s frolics in Norway
Reported at https://musebyclios.com
Norway’s postal service latest ad sharply skewers celebrity culture in a spoof about people’s obsession with the ups and downs of the rich and famous. The short film entitled “The Reinfall” opens with Rudolph sprawled facedown on a beach, his nose red but prospects not so bright. We learn that Rudolph’s fast-lane lifestyle took a heavy toll. “He lost himself”—and the true meaning of Christmas—”somewhere along the line.” In the end, with Santa’s team in turmoil, we’re assured that Posten stands ready to make Yuletide deliveries in their stead. “Every holiday season, the Norwegian Postal Service sets out to make a holiday ad that stands out and takes a different perspective on Christmas,” said Postern’s CEO. View Posten’s ad at: https://tinyurl. com/4c2923sf
Santa’s helpers to the rescue in Canada Reported at https://globalnews.ca
The postal workers’ strike in Canada has stalled delivery of mail across the country – including to the North Pole. One farm market in the Halifax area is providing a solution for kids who want to get their Christmas wish lists to Santa. Avery’s Farm Market in Beaver Bank, N.S., may not seem geographically close to
the North Pole but for the next few weeks, it’s offering a direct link to the big guy in red for local children. The market has invited kids to drop off their letters and wish lists to Santa over the past couple of years. Now, with the ongoing Canada Post strike, Avery’s is anticipating a higher-than-usual demand for its special service. Children can drop off their letters until a week before Christmas and pick up a personalised reply from Santa Claus a few days later. For more than 40 years, Canada Post has delivered letters for Santa — and volunteers have helped with replies. The Crown corporation says it handled about 1.4 million replies to Santa last year. A spokesperson from Canada Post has announced that as a result of the national strike, “we are unable to get mail to and from Santa in the North Pole.” More than 50,000 postal workers across Canada entered the 20th day of a labour strike in early December over pay and working conditions, disrupting mail delivery ahead of the busy holiday season. The union representing employees at Canada Post - the country’s main postal operator - has said that negotiations remain “far apart” and are ongoing. Stamp News 21
Stamps in the News - Globally! Australia Post gets a gold star
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The operator, which has faced significant financial losses in recent years, has warned that the labour disruption “would affect millions of Canadians and businesses who rely on the postal service”. The Canadian government has since appointed a special mediator to help both sides reach an agreement. Meanwhile, a number of the striking workers have been making arrangements to fulfil the traditional of santa letters. One Union rep explained, “the corporation has given the impression that the Santa Claus letter program has been cancelled this year, and that is not true. We are accepting Santa Claus letters on all picket lines, and we will be responding to the kids in a timely fashion.” He explained that although postal workers may be on strike, it will not stop the Santa letter exchange. This year it will just be done a little differently. “It won’t work any differently unless we don’t get back to work before Christmas,” he said. “So normally, we would send the letters on our regular routes, but if we’re not back to work before Christmas, then we have volunteers that will take their own vehicles and deliver their letters to the houses themselves.” For children wanting to send letters to Santa, instead of putting the letters in a mailbox, he said letters can be dropped off at any of the picket lines. 22 Stamp News
Some readers might be surprised to learn that Australia Post is one of the world’s top-performing postal systems according to the Universal Postal Union’s flagship index, which provides an overview of postal performance and development. Out of 174 countries reviewed, Australia Post was one of only seven postal organisations to receive a ‘Level 10’ – the highest score on the UPU’s Integrated Index for Postal Development in 2024. Other organisations awarded this ranking included postal services in Singapore, Switzerland, Germany and France. The Level 10 score indicates Australia Post achieved the ‘top level of postal excellence’ based on the index which offers a benchmark performance score based on reliability, reach, relevance and resilience.
Cambodia gets a gold star
Reported at www.khmertimeskh.com
Cambodia Post has achieved a significant milestone, receiving international recognition with two prestigious awards at the Universal Postal Union’s plenary meeting in Switzerland recently. The nation’s postal operator proudly received the Gold Certificate for Postal Security and the TRADEPOST AWARDS 2024 for its pioneering collaboration with the UPU-Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation on innovative trade facilitation initiatives. The Gold Certificate for Postal Security highlights Cambodia Post’s commitment to protecting the integrity of mail and parcel services. By adhering to international security standards and embracing cutting-edge practices, Cambodia Post has established itself as a trusted name in ensuring secure and reliable
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cross-border deliveries. The TRADEPOST AWARDS 2024 celebrate Cambodia Post’s dedication to trade inclusion and its efforts to support the growth of micro, small, and medium enterprises.
Romania goes nuclear
Reported at www.romania-insider.com
The Romanian national postal company Posta Romana will close all its post offices “in the coming years” and rent them out, the company’s general manager has announced. The only reason for not closing the offices overnight is the social protection of the employees, he explained. “We’re going to shut them down, downsize, rent out space, make more money from renting than from selling stamps, and turn the company into a modern company.” Posta Romana is the largest local postal operator, with over 24,000 employees and an extended territorial network. The minister for Telecommunications in Romania has since denied these statements and has recommended the manager of Posta Romana stop making statements that harm the image of the company.
Serbia has recently issued stamps commemorating 110 years since the WWI Australian medical mission in Serbia. On 28 June 1914, young Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Exactly one month after the assassination, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. As a result of the war, and a concurrent typhoid epidemic, Serbia lost 28 per cent of its population, by far the highest casualty rate in proportion to any nation involved in the conflict. Although the vast majority of Australian and New Zealand involvement in the First World War took place in elsewhere, there was a small but significant number of Australians and New Zealanders directly involved in military and medical operations in Serbia. Before the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli, Australian and New Zealand medical volunteers were already in Serbia, treating wounded soldiers and fighting the typhus epidemic. As many as 1,500 Australian and New Zealand soldiers, airmen, sailors, doctors, nurses and medical staff have been identified as serving on the Serbian Front during the First World War. Although a long way from the Antipodes, Serbia and its desperate plight was widely reported on in the Australian and New Zealand press with great sympathy. Stamp News 23
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The following Australians are featured on this Serbian stamp issue: Donaldson, James Blair (1888–1971) came to Serbia in 1915 as a member of the Allies War Relief organisation. Later, he served in the French Army field hospital on the Greek border, where he also performed surgical procedures. Gillingham, Ethel May (1884–1952) came to Serbia with the Second British Red Cross Serbian Mission as a volunteer nursing sister. She was detained during the Austro-Hungarian occupation offensive on Serbia, but was set free in February 1916, and continued her mission as a nursing sister in Egypt. Benbow, Thomas Alexander Palmer (1886– 1971) came to Serbia in November 1914 with the British Red Cross Number One Unit. Until June 1915, he worked in the Serbian Fourth Reserve Hospital in Skopje, treating the wounded and those sick with typhus, which he himself contracted during his service. Franklin, Stella Maria Sarah Miles (1879– 1954) voluntarily joined the Scottish Women’s Hospitals in 1917 and reported for service at the «America» hospital near Ostrovo, perform24 Stamp News
ing the duties of hospital cook and taking care of the warehouse. She described her wartime experiences in the memoir « Six months with the Serbs». King, Olive May Kelso (1885–1958) came to Serbia in 1915, with her own light truck converted into an ambulance, as a driver in the Scottish Women’s Hospitals, and in 1916, she joined the Serbian army on the Salonika front. As an ambulance driver on the Salonika front, she was promoted to the rank of sergeant. De Garis, Mary Clementina (1881–1963) joined the Scottish Women’s Hospitals. She began her service as a medical officer in the hospital on the territory of Macedonia, which was supporting the Serbian army. She was appointed Chief Medical Officer of the hospital in 1917.
Castles in Kosovo
Reported at https://www.koha.net
Kosovo Post has a new stamp “Castle of Prizren”, a tribute to one of the most important historical and cultural monuments of Kosovo. “The Castle of Prizren, built in the 6th century, has played an important role in the protection and strengthening of the city during many historical periods, including those of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. It has a rich history and a deep impact on the development of the region. Its strong stone walls and its strategic position offer a panoramic view of the city and the Lumbardhi River valley, mak-
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ing it a special tourist attraction and a symbol of Kosovo’s history and cultural heritage,” the Posta’s announcement states.
Watching your language in Italy
ence. In parallel, many Italians also communicate in one of the local languages, most of which are indigenous evolutions of Vulgar Latin. Some local languages do not stem from Latin, however, but belong to other Indo-European branches, such as Germanic, Albanian, Slavic and Greek. Sardinian is regarded as the largest of the minority languages, with approximately one million speakers, even though it is in overall declining. However, full bilingualism is legally granted only to the three national minorities whose mother tongue is German, Slovene or French, and enacted in the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the Aosta Valley, respectively via international treaties. Italian was first declared to be Italy’s official language during the Fascist period. Subsequently, Art. 6 of the Italian Constitution recognized these 12 minority languages as a means of distancing itself from the Italianization policies promoted during Fascism. However, more than a half century passed before the Art. 6 was actually followed. According to the linguist Tullio De Mauro, the Italian delay of over 50 years in implementing Article 6 was caused by “decades of hostility to multilingualism”.
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Poste Italiane has recently issued a somewhat controversial stamp commemorating Italy’s various official minority languages: Franco Provenzale, Germanic, Friulian, Slovenian, Ladin, Croatian, French, Occitan, Catalan, Sardinian, Albanian, and Greek. The stamp is intended for direct priority mail in Europe (4.65 euros). The official and most widely spoken language across the country is Italian, based on the medieval Tuscan of FlorStamp News 25
Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column. This column looks at Australian new issues, literature and exhibition news. Christmas Postal Cards 2024 On 1 November 2024, Australia Post issued ten postal cards for Christmas in five designs with each design issued in both the usual small format (Figure 1) and the large format (Figures 2 and 3). The five designs are Red Kangaroo, Kookaburra, Koala, Annunciation to the Virgin, and Annunciation to the Shepherds. The small design postal cards were sold as a set for $11.70 while the larger format cards were sold singly for $2.85 and would be useful for sending a Christmas card to friends and relatives overseas. The animal design cards were designed by Anita Xhafer. The two Annunciation designs were taken from a manuscript book, the Aspremont–Kievraing Hours which was produced in France around 1300. The manuscript is a religious prayer book which has illustrations or miniatures painted with precious pigments and adorned with gold leaf. Annunciation to the Virgin tells the story of the Archangel GaFigure 1 Annunciation of the Shepherds Postal Card (small format) Figure 2 Christmas 2024 Kangaroo Postal Card 26 Stamp News
Ian McMahon Figure 3 Annunciation of Mary Postal Card (large format) Figure 4 Postal Card for the Kings Birthday 2024
Charles III (Figure 4). The card was issued in the usual small format for $2.85 and was based on a photograph by Johnathan Brady.
briel appearing to the Virgin Mary to foretell that she will bear Jesus, the Son of God while Annunciation to the Shepherds tells the story of an angel announcing the news of Christ’s birth to shepherds tending their flocks. King Charles III Birthday Postal Card A postal card was issued on 12 November 2024 to mark the Official Birthday of King
Australia UPU International Reply Coupon for 150th Anniversary of the UPU. Australia issued the 150th Anniversary of the UPU version of the Abidjan international reply coupon (IRC) on 20 November 2024 (Figure 5). The IRC was sold as part of Australia Post’s Impressions 2024 program with a philatelic numismatic cover (PNC) and miniature sheet for $50. It is not known if the IRC will also be sold separately and distributed to post offices. Advice of any purchased singly from post offices would be appreciated. Williamstown ‘Reimagined Post Office’ Postal Stationery The fourth of Australia Post’s ‘reimagined post offices’ opened in Williamstown in Melbourne on 28 October 2024 with the official opening Stamp News 27
Postal Stationery Figure 5 Australia IRC for 150 Years of UPU Figure 6 Kate Foley and Josh Bannister (Australia Post) Cutting the Ribbon at the Reimagined Williamstown Post Office (Photo: Michael Kulka).
on 12 November 2024. Australia Post describes their reimagined post shops as “our new and exciting modern Post Office, where you can shop local and send easily. Featuring a brand-new store design, state-ofthe-art sending facilities, 24/7 parcel lockers and a PO Box zone, exclusive retail product ranges and a dedicated marketplace featuring local businesses, you can shop and send at the same time! Pop in, say hello and help contribute to your community’s unique character and identity.” Reimagined post offices have previously been opened at Orange (NSW), Burnie (Tasmania) and Noosa Heads (Queensland). Figure 6 shows Kate Foley (General Manager, Retail Operations South) and Josh Bannister (Executive General Manager. Retail, Brand and Marketing) cutting the ribbon at the official opening (Photo: Michael Kulka). As was the case for the Burnie and Noosa Heads ‘reimagined’ post offices, a ‘design a 28 Stamp News
postcard’ competition was held with the winning entry being featured on a postcard (Figures 7 and 8) given away free and with the indicium inscribed ‘No stamp required Australia Post supported mail’. The winning design was by Flynn, aged 9 from Williamstown.
Ian McMahon for $1.75. The indicium was designed by Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio. New Australian Discoveries The November 2024 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector (PSC) included three new discoveries. Malcolm Groom reported on the 1923 use of the Tasmanian reply card with ‘reply’ obliterated (Figures 10 and 11). Malcolm writes “A recent discovery has revealed that the 1892 1½d Reply card issued by the Tasmanian postal authorities in late 1892 in order to comply with UPU regulations was still on issue in 1923, albeit in a much-altered format. With 21,600 originally produced the low demand for their use over a period of some thirty years is apparent. A quantity of the joined Reply cards was overFigure 7 Williamstown Postal Card cancelled on day of Official Opening printed in late 1893 to Figure 8 Reverse of Williamstown Postal Card with Design by Winner of the be sold as part of the design a Postcard Competition Tasmanian International Exhibition held in Hobart in 1894. Then in In addition, a DL stamped envelope with 1905 the decision was made to overprint both the indicium showing yachts moored at Wilhalves of the reply card with 1d to enable them liamstown, home of yacht clubs including the to be used within Australia. The quantity overRoyal Yacht Club of Victoria and the Williamprinted is not known however it is apparent stown Yacht Club (Figure 9) was issued selling Stamp News 29
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Figure 9 Williamstown Stamped Envelope Figure 10 1917 Tasmania Reply Portion of Overprinted Separated 1d/1½ d Reply Card used by the Tasmanian Government
that in 1922 stocks remained of the 1½d cards. A Post Office file record of 14th August 1910 approved the destruction of remaining stocks of the 1½d reply cards. This was not undertaken for in 1922 a further note states that Hobart is selling 3 types of Coronation postcards at 1d each, reply postcards at 1d each (the overprinted cards from 1905), Reply postcards at 1½d each (the original 1892 reply cards without overprint) and ordinary postcards at 1d. In 30 Stamp News
1917 in conjunction with the other Australian States a quantity of reply cards held by each of them were altered by obliterating the reply instruction on the back half and the instruction on the lower left of the front half. These cards are particularly scarce from Tasmania and it was thought that this 1917 reissue cleared remaining stocks. The discovery in the Clemente collection sold in 2016 of a cut out piece postmarked 1920 overprinted 1d and uprated
Ian McMahon original reply card. A small cut-out is also known perforated T used at Ross in 1918. The discovery of a complete reply half of the 1d overprinted card uprated with ½d KGV matches to piece referred to in the book but used three years later. The card has been used from Queenstown in May 1923 by the Picture Censor Board and has the address of the Board printed on the front and a printed message on the reverse for theatre owners to advise the showing of the films in their theatre (presumably to give the Censor Board comfort that unauthorised films were not being screened). The Metropole was one of the first buildings in Queenstown built in 1896 and demolished Figure 11 Reverse of 1917 Tasmania Reply Portion of Overprinted Separated in 1933. This card 1d/1½ d Reply Card has been completed Figure 12 4d King George V STO envelope for Hobart Savings Bank for the proprietor of the Metropole with ½d KGV as well as perforated T for TasTheatre L.G. Meers manian Government use raised questions. This and reports the showing of ‘Youth must have piece was listed as RPC3.T/RPC4.T in the love” starring Shirley Mason, “The Roof Tree” Tasmanian Postal Stationery book published in produced in 1921 starring William Russell 2021 as it was not possible to deduce whether and comedy and cartoons. It is not signed the item was from the front or back card of the by Meers so was probably completed by an Stamp News 31
Postal Stationery Figure 13 1½d red STO Lettersheet for James Moore & Sons Figure 14 Reverse of STO Lettersheet for James Moore & Sons
officer of the Board (H. Hill). These films were being widely shown in regional theatres around Tasmania at the time. It is satisfying to solve a mystery of the incomplete piece listed in the Tasmanian postal stationery book but leaves the possibility that the front half of this card perforated T must also exist.” Mark Diserio and Tom Herinckx reported the following two new discoveries. Firstly a 4d orange KGV for the Hobart Savings Bank (with bank seal on flap). The example is postmarked Hobart 29 September 1915 (Figure 12). The top left corner is torn off and the envelope is slightly trimmed at left. This is the first example to have been discovered. Secondly, another James Moore & Sons Lettersheet (1½d red ‘embossed Wilby’ design, Figures 13 and 14). This discovery follows hot on the heels of the 2d red lettersheet featured in the May 2024 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector (page 39). Great Britain Postal Stationery with Security/ Advertising Rings by Alan Huggins The existence of British postal stationery en32 Stamp News
velopes and newspaper wrappers with added rings or collars was known from the early days of collecting, in the 1860s, and spaces were specifically provided in a number of contem-
Ian McMahon Figure 15 Great Britain Postal Stationery with Security/Advertising Rings
porary printed albums (Figures 15 and 16). Approaches for collars to be added to stamped to order postal stationery had been made to the Inland Revenue in 1857, by W. H. Smith & Son and other distributors of publications. The first collars to be officially registered for use in October 1857 were for Stevens & Norton and Smith Elder & Co., and eight other companies followed between 1859 to 1863. The precise rationale for the use of these collars appears to have been for security/advertising, but it is striking that the three major users, Smith Elder & Co., W. H. Smith & Son and Grindlay & Co., only used them for overseas mail. These companies also had dispensation from the Post Office to dispatch mail directly to the main London railway stations, often using
special pre-cancellations. These ‘Official’ collars were printed together with the embossed postage dies in one operation, the colour of the collar thus being identical to the stamp. Between 1863 to 1894 some fifty other companies subsequently copied the idea, creating ‘Unofficial’ or private collars. Because these collars had to be printed at a second operation after stamping, contrasting colours to the embossed stamp dies were quite often used. Some users were philatelic companies, who produced a range of values for sale to collectors, but most were not, their primary being to advertise the business of the user. These private collars were accepted by the Post Office alongside the ‘Official’ ones, but although the dispensation for the use of collars was withdrawn in 1888, some companies continued using private collars into the mid 1890s. The primary objective in producing this publication, is to consolidate the existing information about the use of these collars, a practice only adopted by very few other countries. Following the Introduction, which illustrates the range of embossed postage dies and the types of ‘Official’ collars used, images of the of the Inland Revenue registration records are published for the first time. The companies which officially registered their collars are then described in chronological order of registration first, followed by the ‘Unofficial’/Private collars created by other organisations which are listed alphabetically. An Appendix gives a detailed listing of the dates of printing of the three major users and is followed by a brief valuation guide and bibliography. A4 hardback, 158 Stamp News 33
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Figure 16 STO Envelope with Advertising for Alldays and Onions Birmingham
pages, colour illustrations throughout. Published by the Royal Philatelic Society of London (Can be ordered from the RPSL website: https:/www.rpsl.org.uk £56.00 plus postage.)
The national one-frame exhibition for 2025 will be held at Hobart from 31 October to 2 November 2025. Contact Peter Allan hesperus@netspace.net.au.
Royalpex 2025 Royalpex 2025 is a New Zealand National Stamp Exhibition being run by the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand and will be held 7 – 9 March 2025 at the Barber Hall, Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North. It will include all National level classes including postal stationery.
2025 International Exhibitions PhilaKorea 2025 is a FIP World Exhibition to be held in Soeul on 17-21 September 2025. Contact Bruce Chadderton for more information kiwibrooce@yahoo.com . Thailand 2025 is a FIAP exhibition which will be held in Bangkok from 8-12 August 2025. Contact: Stephen Browne Stephen.Browne@jemena. com.au UAE 2025 will be held on 8-12 October 2025 at Dubai. Contact Glen Stafford stafford@southwest.com.au for information. Europhilex 2025 will be held in Brimingham, United Kingdom from 8-11 May 2025. Further information from Geoff Lewis, glewis@ custom-made.com.au.
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Winston Churchill - 150th Anniversary This special stamp issue from the Falkland Islands Post Office commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965). One of the 20th century’s most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and the rest of the English-speaking world. Although Churchill was a statesman, military officer, writer (receiving a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953), amateur artist and devoted father, he is generally viewed as the victorious wartime leader who defended liberal democracy against the spread of fascism, and as a liberal reformer who spurred the creation of the modern welfare state. Historians and the British public often rank Churchill as one of the greatest prime ministers in British history, serving from 1940 to 1945 (during WW2) and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from a brief
period from 1922 to 1924, he was a Member of Parliament from 1900 to 1964. Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire into the aristocratic Spencer family. However, by the standards of his social class, he was not especially wealthy and spent much of his life on the brink of debt and bankruptcy. From a young age he aspired to become a great man, believing that without a great deal of money to his name he would first have to become a hero He achieved this by literally throwing himself at life. Prior to WWI he had participated in 4 wars with great bravery. As a war correspondent during the 2nd Boer War he had already achieved some fame when his capture and subsequent escape through 300 miles of enemy territory attracted a great deal of publicity. Throughout that war, he publicly chastised anti-Boer prejudices, calling for them to be treat-
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philatelic news ed with “generosity and tolerance”, and afterwards urged the British to be magnanimous in victory. In 1898, as a 23-year-old, he even participated in the last major cavalry charge of the British Army, at the Battle of Omdurman. At the outbreak of WW1 Churchill was serving as First Lord of the Admiralty. However some questionable decisions saw him demoted and after resigning from Government, he served as an officer on the Western Front before being appointed Minister of Munitions. When he became Prime Minister in 1940, he believed that everything in his life up until that point was simply in preparation for that moment In the 1930’s, Churchill was one of the first
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to warn of the threat posed by the rise of the Nazis in Germany. At a time when appeasement was popular, he was ridiculed in the House of Commons and his speeches kept off the airwaves by the BBC. Ultimately, he was proven to be right and became the great war leader who oversaw the survival of Britain during the terrible period from the evacuation of Dunkirk until the end of 1941 when Russia and the USA joined the war. Ultimately Churchill triumphed and, in this regard, he was central to saving Western Civilisation. Despite his eventful life and career, he is most remembered as Prime Minister during the war years, a time when fiercely supportive Falkland Islanders donated more money per
head for the purchase of Spitfires (10) than any other nation. Churchill had very direct and interesting links to the Falkland Islands. In 1942 he dispatched 1,700 troops from the West Yorkshire Regiment to the Islands out of concern that the Japanese were planning to invade the territory and interfere with critical sea routes in the South Atlantic. In support of this plan Tokyo, allegedly, was prepared to hand control of the Islands to Argentina. Churchill realized the strategic importance of the Falklands after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 8, 1941. In a message to senior defence officials in London dated 1 April, 1942, Churchill stated, “It would be a very serious thing to lose the Falkland Islands to the Japanese and no comfort to say that it would hurt the United States more than ourselves. The Falkland Islands are very well known and their loss would be a shock to the whole Empire,” he wrote. “They would certainly have to be Royal Mail has also issued stamps and other items to commemoretaken.” rate Churchill’s anniversary. “The object of the reinforcement would be to make it necessary for the Japanese to extend their attacking forces to a tangible size,” Churchill remained concerned about the secuChurchill wrote. “This might well act as a derity of the Islands and other British territories terrent.” As he expected, the Japanese threat to in the south Atlantic resulting in the deploythe Falklands failed to materialize and by late ment of HMS Snipe.In a personal minute to 1944 the troops had been dispatched to differdefence chiefs Churchill said: “Certainly a ent theatres of the war. frigate should be kept in the neighbourhood of During his second stint as prime minister, the Falkland Islands Stamp News 37
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark In the autumn of 2022 my wife and I travelled to Elsinore in Denmark. The ferry crossing from Helsingborg in Sweden to Elsinore takes about 20 minutes. When our ferry approached the harbour of Elsinore we noted the Dannebrogen, the royal yacht. Also we spotted the Royal Guards in their red uniform jackets. As it turned out the Queen of Denmark was on an official visit to the city. When we arrived at Elsinore’s combined ferry and rail station a heavy rain shower forced us to stay put. Fortunately the rain stopped after some ten minutes and we headed for the restaurant where we planned to enjoy our lunch. Unusually the streets were lined with people waving Danish paper flags and we stopped to find out what was happening. After a few minutes the Queen arrived in an ancient horse-drawn covered carriage along with mounted police and soldiers. The Queen was in the company of another lady, most probably the president of the local council. The Queen waved to the spectators and I suppose she was looking forward to lunch with the members of the local government.
The visit was part of the celebrations of the Queen’s 50th anniversary on the throne of Denmark. If it hadn’t been for the rain shower we would have missed all the excitement. On December 31st last year, Radio Denmark had announced that it planned to close down its longwave transmitter at 18.30 and I decided to tune in to the last hour of this part of Danish broadcasting history. One of the last programmes was to be the Queen’s speech at 18.00. It was at the end of her New Year’s message to the Danish people that she shocked the audience by announcing that she would abdicate in favour of her son, Crown Prince Fredrik, on January 14, 2024. Margrethe was born in 1940, the daughter of King Fredrik and Queen Ingrid. As her mother was a Swedish princess, Margrethe speaks perfect Swedish (and several other languages as well). The royal couple only had girls but fortunately the law was amended in 1953 allowing for women to inherit the throne of Denmark. In 1964 the three princesses were depicted on two stamps which
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Christer Brunström included a surcharge going to the Red Cross (Fig. 1). In 1967 Margrethe married French Count Henri Laborde de Monpezat who was immediately promoted to Prince of Denmark. The couple has two sons: Fredrik (born 1968) and Joachim (born 1969). Danish crown princes are either called Fredrik or Christian which made it easy to select a name for their first born. Crown Princess Margrethe, Prince Henrik and baby Fredrik were shown on two stamps issued in 1969 (Fig. 2). King Fredrik IX died on 14 January 1972 and the Crown Princess was proclaimed Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. She was still a fairly young and inexperienced woman but she certainly did her very best to fulfil her role as the head of state of Denmark. New postage stamps were soon issued featuring the portrait of the young queen (Fig. 3). The portrait shown here was in use from 1974 until 1981. In my opinion this was not a particularly good one. During her 31 December 2023 New Year’s message to the people of Denmark she talked
about the importance of having a free time activity or hobby. She didn’t mention stamp collecting but she did talk about embroidery as a relaxing pastime. Many members of the Swedish Bernadotte dynasty have been talented painters, designers or writers and I suppose Queen Margrethe II has inherited this artistic gene. She is not only an immensely popular monarch but also an accomplished artist in her own right. She has designed costumes for the theatre and provided illustrations for the Danish editions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. She has designed both postage stamps and Danish Christmas seals. Not that long ago I visited an exhibition in Denmark featuring garments worn during church services which the queen had designed. As time went by the Queen grew older and the portraits on the stamps had to change. The stamp in Fig. 4 was part of the Type II definitive stamps issued between 1982 and 1990. Rather surprisingly she now looks a lot younger than in the previous
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark version. Margrethe has not only been Queen of Denmark but also Queen of the Faroes and Greenland. Over the years she has made numerous visits to the Faroes and Greenland and the two countries have issued many stamps marking royal anniversaries. Greenland chose to depict the queen on many of the country’s definitive issues. The first type was introduced in 1973 and it then remained in use until 1989 (Fig. 5). It is interesting to note that she is always dressed in traditional Greenlandic attire. As explained earlier Queen Margrethe is an accomplished artist. In 2018 Greenland released a set of seven stamps featuring some of her watercolours of Greenlandic landscapes (Fig. 6). The stamps also exist as a souvenir sheet. When she abdicated in January 2024 she had served as her nation’s head of state for 52 years which was the longest period for any sovereign in Danish history. The reason she quoted for abdicat-
ing was health problems. She had an operation of her back last year. A reigning king or queen has a lot of tasks and agendas which are filled every day of the week. The crown prince has now assumed his new role as King Fredrik X of Denmark. He is in his mid-50s and has spent his entire life training for this new position. The new Queen is Mary, a woman from the Australian state of Tasmania. She appears to be a most intelligent woman; she learnt to speak excellent Danish in record time (in my experience Danish is a tricky language to master). I guess Queen Margrethe will now have more time for her favourite artistic activities and, who knows, she might even take up stamp collecting! Over the years she has been depicted on hundreds of postage stamps and I shouldn’t at all be surprised if there will be more postage stamps featuring her art now that she has more time for her hobbies.
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Collections & Lots Sale January 2024
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 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. Orders up to $100 are strictly net. $101 - $250 deduct 10%, $251 $500 deduct 15%, $501 - $1000 deduct 20% Orders over $1000 deduct 25% Orders over $2500 deduct 30% All discounts can be applied to items from previous lists in order to achieve a higher discount level. 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. Straits Settlements QV used collection 1867-99 sG Cat. $400. Nice clean looking lot of 22 stamps on album page, includes SG85 cat. £100. Good value at $169 (CMD2) 2. 1984 Ausipex Burgundy & Gold as new padded album, containing wide variety of complete Worldwidemint unhinged sets and minisheets. Organised alphabetically and appears complete, Aitutaki Wallis & Futuna. All in all around 80 items, about 40 ofe each minisheets and sets. Highly sought after and rarely seen these days! Fabulous condition for 40 years old this year. $395 (CMD3) 3. Australian States mostly off paper mix. Mostly SA, NSW & Vic. with a few Tas. & WA. Good sorting lot of mainly 1d& 2d values but did notice others to 6d. Looks pretty clean with not too many heavy postmarks. sorting lot f fors shades, perfs varieties P postmarks Great value at less than 35c each. Approx 250 $89.50, double lot for $169. 1000 for $299 (CMD4) 4. Australia KGV Heads, all 2d reds on paper. Great for researching postmarks, watermarks, shades & varieties. Under 20c each. approx. 400 for $79 (One lot only) (CMD5) 5. Australia Mish Mash of mainly Australian States, KGV Heads & Kangaroos on & off paper plus a few KGVI period. Noted values to 1/-. Guaranteed unchecked by us for shades, wmks, varieties, perfs, perfs, postmarks etc. about 250 fors $99, 500 for $189. (CMD6) 6. Australia Minisheets & sheetlets, wide range of fine used 1970’s to 2000’s. Great value at less than $2 each. 25 different for $49, 50 for $89. (CMD7) 7. Singapore, fabulous off paper mix, with many commems. & high
values 1960’s to quite recent. About 1000 to 1250 stamps (100 grams) for $59.50 (3 lots only available) (CMD7) 8. AAT 1957- 2020 compete Mint Unhinged in as new Blue Padded Seven Seas Hingeless Album, cost alone $195. Anything after 2010 is hard to find on the secondary market. Sydney Retail of stamps is over $1500! Total replacement value $1695. Price including the very nice album $1125 (CMD9) 9. World, mostly East Germany in large blue stockbook with of mint & used. Mostly large & Nice clean condition. Looks to be about 800 all different. Very cheap at about 6c a stamp. $49 (CMD9) 10. USA Commemoratives, Airmails & Special Deliveries etc. used. 1890’s - 1975 mostly all large size. in $90 as new 64 page Schaubek Red Black page stockbook. About 2000 to 2500 mainly different. Very clean lot, a few conditin issues in the earlies. Very good value at around 10c each. $225 (CMD11) 11. Romania, well set out used collection in large multicoloured album. Early to modern, about 500 all different. $79 (CMD12) 12. British Empire, QV - 1953 letters A - C on leaves in old handmade album. Strength in Aden, Barbados, Bermuda, Br. Guiana, Burma, excellent Canada & Ceylon, Cyprus etc. Pretty much all postally used and all identified by SG number. Probably about 2000 here. $375 (CMD13) 13. Turkey, early to 2002 in large Green Stockbook, mint & used. Quite popular currently. 450 - 500 here, mostly all different. $79 (CMD14) 14. India, early to modern post independence to about 1982 collection in large Red Stockbook, mint & used. About 450 - 500 mainly different. $49 (CMD15) 15. Bulgaria Collection early to around 1990 in padded black Kabe 64 page stockbook, $80 when new. Mint & used, with some minor duplication most of which are different shades it seems. About 1500 – 2000 in all. $175 (CMD16) 16. Great Britain used collection 1902 to 1995 in Red Gibbons Simplex Springback Album. Includes KGVI 1939 – 48 High Values set of 6, 1948 Silver Wedding £1, 1951 High Values to £1 with pre-decimals 1935 – 1970 virtually complete. Decimals similarly complete with extras and Regionals to 1990. A very good lot! Guessing 2000 – 2500 stamps here. Very good value at about 10c each. $225 (CMD17) 17. Foreign earlies to 1953 letters A & B on leaves in old handmade album. Strength in Argentina, Austria & Brazil. Pretty much all postally used and all identified by SG numbers. Many pickings, about 2000 mostly all different here. $195 (CMD18) 18. Australia with States mainly used collection to about 2015 in Dark Blue Springback Album. Noted Kangaroos to 2/-, KGV period to 1/- Commems., KGVI to 10/- and many mind blocks and imprints to 1964. Also a few AAT etc. At back. 100 plus well filled pages, mostly all different. Must be around 3000 here. A great lot for $325 (CMD19)
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 19. Large blue stockbook with collections of Spain & Portugal, plus Portuguese Mozambique, Turkey and Yugoslavia. About 1000 mostly used. Some duplication. Good value for $79 (CMD19) 20. 1kg Australia mostly pre-decimal on paper mix, from KGV Commemoratives to early-Decimals, postmark potential and probably unchecked for varieties. A few off paper and maybe the odd KGV Head or Kangaroo. 1000’s, $179 (CMD19) 21. Bulgaria 1879 - 1998 in as new $90 Blue Lighthouse 64 black page stockbook. Organised by year, looks to be about 500 all different here. Most are cto with many sets and good thematics. Let’s say $45 for the stockbook and 20c each for the stamps, very good value at $145 (CEA3) 22. Treasure Trove! Off paper lots to whet your appetite! All as received from Charities, estate lots and customer trade- ins at home and abroad. All of these are mixed together in order to give you the best variety available. Totally unchecked by us, each lot will contain roughly 800 - 1000 stamps and will be a wide variety of early to modern. Choose from Australia, Great Britain, World, Br. Empire & Commonwealth or Western Europe. Priced at just around 3c per stamp, you cannot go wrong in our opinion. No great duplication seen either, must be good at $33 per lot, choose a variety of lots if you so wish. 3 lots for $95, 5 lots for $149, 10 lots for $279. (CEA6) 23. Retired part-time dealers stamp fair stock. Stamps on stockcards, in sets or all different selections, mainly used. Priced up to sell at between $1 - $12 per card. These were mostly priced up years ago, and could well be too cheap today! Choose from Australia or all World. $100 priced up for $49, $250 for $115, $500 for $219 (CEA6) 24. Hunter’s Paradise. From the many lots received from charities and other sources we are parcelling up random lots of 1kg to 10kg. Each 1kg lot will contain 4000 - 5000 stamps comprising on paper, off paper, sets in packets or on stockcards, minisheets, covers etc. Choose from Australia, Worldwide, Br. Commonwealth & Empire, Western Europe or Great Britain. You can also mix lots to your requirements. Price per lot is $149, 2 lots for $285, 5 lots for $675. (CEA8) 25. Single country wide ranging off paper mixtures, recently received, please enquire about quantities and prices. Countries available: Africa, all areas and periods, Americas, all areas and periods, excluding USA, Asia, all areas & periods, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France with Monaco, Germany, all areas & periods, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy with San Marino & Vatican, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, USA, Yugoslavia. (CEA9) 26. Ausipex 1984 in Burgund Official Padded Album. Contains wide variety of mint unhinged sets and minisheets, inc. the Australian Overprinted sheets, retail alone $75 - $100. 35 minisheets and 31 sets, plus many extras inc. covers, cards etc. Not complete, but a very good lot! $329 (CEA10)
27. Chile 1877 - 2001 in $50 as new Green Lighthouse 32 black page stockbook. Mostly postally used, some mint with good degree of completion to 1960. Sparse thereafter. About 200 stamps, mostly all different. Not often seen. Let’s say 25c each for the stamps and $20 for the very nice stockbook. $75 the lot. (CEA12) 28. WILD World Mix. One of the most amazing World off paper mixes we have seen. Very early to quite modern, mostly postally used, a few mint and a very few Australia. Rich in large & commemorative issues and a staggering variety. Little in the way of Australia that we can see. challenge anyone to produce something better. 12,500 to 15,000 per kg. Under 4c per stamp in the 1kg lot. 100g for $59, 250g for $139, 500g for $265, 1kg for $495 (CEA13) 29. 1953 - 2020 onwards. Almost the full QEII reign represented here plus a few earlier. Great Britain, just arrived from UK Charity. All on single close clipped paper, with many, many high values up to £5 noted and some of the very recent digital barcoded stamps also in the overall mix. Under 8c per stamp in the 500g lot. Around 6000 - 6500 to the kg. $87.50 per 100g, $199 per 250g, $395 per 500g. (CEA14) 30. Australia KGV Heads, mostly bundles of 100. Stated unsorted for postmarks, shades, watermarks, varieties etc. 1d Greens (900), 1½d Browns (100), and 2d Reds (1300). 2300 all up. 400 2d Reds stated to be inverted wmk., minimum cat. of $10 each for these, that’s $4000 alone! Cheap at 40c each, $920 (CO10) 31. Australia fine used decimal Definitive High Values, fine used with nice cds cancels, range from $2 to $20. 16 stamps Total face value $87, 1 lot for $29, 3 for $79, 5 for $115 (CJL1) 32. Channel Islands & Isle of Man, very nice wide ranging mixture on mostly close clipped single paper. Much very modern included noted some 2019 -2022 and some better values. Even saw the odd Alderney in the overall mix. Very high count with approx.. 5000 per kg. Priced from just 4c a stamp. Per 100g $24.50, per 250g $59, per 500g $110, per kg $210. (CEA1) 33. Guernsey & Jersey, plus the odd Isle of Man, 100 different mint unhinged sets, covering a wide range of themes. Great value at under $2.50 a set. Price $249 (CEA2) 34. Australia FDC Collection, 1953 – 1986 in nice $50 plus quality wood grain effect Bulging Port Philip Album. Noted 1954 2/- Blue Olympics with different Royal Cachets x 3, 1956 Olympics set of 4 with pictorial cancel, 1966 Decimal Navigators set to $4 plus Birds & QEII on very light pencil addressed Royal covers, (could easily be carefully erased) 1970 Royal Visit APO unaddressed souvenir cover, cancelled Hobart, Melbourne Airport opening cover with 30c Cook, Small Cook Cover again with 30c Cook, cancelled 13.5.70 Coolangatta and many, many more. Also a few USA 1940’s FDCs. items in all. Very clean lot and dirt cheap at under $2.50 each. Price $425 (CEA5)
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 35. Australia Territory Annual Packs 2020 & 2021. These are highly popular and sell out FAST each year. Gorgeous material from these Territories - Cocos, Christmas Is, AAT and Norfolk. Includes all of the stamps & minisheets, inc. Chinese New Year issues. All well worth getting. Rarely available on the secondary market so soon after issue date. Price $259 (CEA6) 36. QV 1880s Victoria NAISH Newspaper Wrappers SPECIMEN set. Possibly UPU Distribution. Rare unsevered SHEETS OF 4 with roulettes between each of this elusive issue overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ for BOTH values - seldom seen thus. EIGHT wrappers here. Usual bit of edge wear after 120 years, but fresh and extremely rare in uncut sheets. SINGLE and badly defective Victoria SPECIMEN wrappers seen on eBay at $300 EACH from experienced sellers! See eBay: https://www. ebay.com.au/itm/373688143966 These might well be unique really as the UPU countries got 4 of each issue - hence this curious format. Outside that probably not otherwise available in this interesting form. Amazing lot, well under $250 each, price $1925. (CEA6) 37. Stamp News Australasia Magazine. We have back issues going back to 2019. Current cover price $9.95 per issue, subscription price $109.50 for a year. 4 complete years of this great magazine for under $4 a copy. 48 brand new 64 page full colour magazines for $189 (Individual years can be supplied at $55) (CEA10) 38. Jersey 1986-1989 24 different Booklet panes & sheetlets MUH on album pages. Price $90 (CEA10) 39. New Zealand pre-decimal mint & used collection 1880 – 1965 in Green Lighthouse 32 black page stockbook. Noted Queen Victoria to 1/- 2nd sideface, range of 1898 pictorials inc. the following Mint Unhinged 1d, 2½d vertical pair & 4d these alone cat. £57 as hinged. 1900 Boer War 1½d mint with perf toning, cat. £75, 1913 ½d Auckland Exh. Mint cat £25, 1935 Jubilee set Mint Unhinged, cat. £20 hinged and much more. 400 – 450 mostly all different. Nice clean lot for just $295 (CJA6) 40. Black Post Style Binder with large collection of Australia Imprint Blocks (70 +) mint with light hinge, also pre-decimal mint & used colln. 1913 – 1965 with others in mint blocks too. Noted near complete collection of KGV to 1/4d used, 71 stamps mostly all different, inc. 4½d Die II cto & OS Ovpts. Then 2d & 3d Harbour Bridge ovpt. OS, commercially used, Birds blocks of 4 to 2/6d, Anzac set blocks of 4, also PNG Birds complete to 10/- mint. Some duplication and a few condition issues, but overall a very nice lot. Price $495 (CJA12) 41. 2 x Red 32 page Lighthouse made stockbooks near new, with nice collection of earlier sets of thematics covering a wide range of themes. Mostly cto, some mint, 1960’s & ‘70s. A few condition issues, but well over 1000 different here. Stockbooks alone retail close to $50 each nowadays. Price $119 (CJA20)
42. Australia 1978 – 1997. Massive 5 Volume Complete Collection of Mint Postal Stationery Envelopes in as new PW Brown Padded Albums. No’s 1 – 258 Values 20c – 45c. Albums alone cost $250 new. Almost impossible to re-create today. Price $465 (CJA20) 43. BELGIUM POSTAL HISTORY: 1860-1960s bundle of covers & postcards ncluding 1868 Brussels-Paris with 30c brown (cover faults), 1871 commercial to Holland with 20c blue, 1879 & 1884 with 25c bistre, 1910 Brussels Exhibition postcard with tabbed 10c & Exhibition label, 1914 postcard to Scotland with tabbed 10c, 1948 bank cover to Australia with 3fr15c Textiles, 1940s attractively franked airmail covers to Australia (4); several others registered. (32 items) A fine lot at under $20 each, price $595 (CJL7) 44. World Wildlife Fund. 10 VOLUMES All in superb as new condition and well laid out in official WWF black padded binders and matching slipcases. I noted a complete album devoted to each of the following countries —Australia, Norfolk Island, AAT, Christmas Island, Cocos Island, New Zealand & Tokelau more than $100 mint face value from just these areas. Then 3 x mixed Europe and British Commonwealth volumes. There are extra mint and fine used stamps in the front of most albums, gutters and all sorts of extras. It would have cost more than $1,200 to put this collection together bargain lot for just $749 (CJL8) 45. Great Britain SPECIALIST COLLECTION of decimal high denomination Machins and Castles £1 & £1.50 values displaying various colour differentiations, or gum/paper types and associated changes in levels of fluorescence; high face value of stamps Fresh MUH. (40) Price $295 (CJL11) 46. MASSIVE Great Britain SELL OUT! Just bought a dealer stock 1971 – 2015 approx. OF MINT UNHINGED AND FINE USED. Includes commemoratives, definitives, booklets, post office packs and First Day Covers. Clearing in all different lots at FACE VALUE! (Our choice of a mixture of items) Lots from $100 to $5000. Or, your choice of years/types as above at 1.5 x Face value, let us know which. Great value, but no discounts on these lots. $20,000 face value plus available. (GBSELLOUT) 47. Runs of MUH New Issues 2005-2021. A collector was buying new Issues from Max Stern in recent years from Falklands, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia, British Virgin Islands, Tristan Da Cunha, Ascension and Bahamas etc. This is era that almost no dealers bought stock, and lots of collectors stopped buying New Issues in year 2000, hence most collectors do not have these, and neither do dealers! All still perfect MUH in the original new issue glassines. No idea if they are 100% complete for the period but we’d guess so. Only FULL sets and mini sheets etc. (CAP5) 48. Falkland Is. 2005 – 2021, 34 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £430 plus, price $585 (CAP5)
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 49. South Georgia 2008 – 2021, 33 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £600 approx. price $795 (CAP5b) 50. Bahamas 2010 – 2021, 33 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £380 approx. price $510 (CAP5c) 51. Br. Virgin Is. 2014 – 2020, 6 sets & 1 large sheetlet Cat. £85 approx. price $115 (CAP5d) 52. Br. Antarctic Territory 2014 – 2021, 25 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £525 approx. price $710 (CAP5e) 53. Ascension 2008 – 2020, 26 sets inc. minisheets Cat. £365 approx. price $490 (CAP5f) 54. WORLD - ACCUMULATION OF COLLECTOR’S DUPLICATES MOSTLY OFF-PAPER, PREDOMINANTLY AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL, WITH BETTER VALUES. SOME PARTIALLY SORTED INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS, ALSO KGVI & QEII PRE-DECIMALS MANY SORTED BY ISSUE INTO MATCHBOXES, PLUS FOREIGN INCLUDING GB & SOUTH AFRICA. HUGE QUANTITY TO WORK THROUGH. (MANY 1000S). Heavy lot, price $595 (CEJ3) 55. Jersey, 25 different Mint Unhinged sets $49 (CJE8) 56. Great Britain, 25 different decimal Mint Unhinged sets $49 (CJE9) 57. South Africa, 25 different decimal Mint Unhinged sets $49 (CJE10) 58. South Africa, 25 different decimal Mint Unhinged minisheets $49 (CJE10a) 59. South Africa, 25 different official un-addressed fdcs, $49 (CJE10b) 60. South Africa Homelands, 25 different Mint Unhinged set $49 (CJE11) 61. South Africa Homelands, 25 different official un-addressed fdcs, $49 (CJE11a) 62. Scouting & Guiding covers, mostly Australia. Nice range of 25 covers and other bits & pieces covering 50 years 1948 – 1998. Includes Imprint Blocks of 4 of the 2½d x 5 also Yarra Brae & Greystanes hexagonal postmarks. Several other pictorial pmks. & 3 signed covers: Eleanor Manning, who from 1955 to 1962 served as the chief commissioner for Girl Guides in Australia. She was the first Australian elected to the committee of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, a position she held from 1960 to 1969, also Charlotte Renshaw Jones Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides for Australia 1978 and Raymonde Read, N.S.W. Guides Commissioner, 1973. Fascinating lot but with some condition issues on some. Cheaply priced at around $5 each. $135. (CJE16) 63. Witches Brew! Worldwide off paper, good sorting lot, about 2500. Good value at around 3c a stamp. $75 (CJE16) 64. Australia “Junk” Box. Stamps, albums, stockbooks, Hagner pages, Covers, loose stamps on & off paper. You name it, it may well be included! Must be at least 15 - 20,000 stamps in a 20kg box for $550. Half size 10kg for $279. A great sorting lot. (CMS1) 65. Australia Decimal Official Un-addressed FDC’s 1980 - 1988 just 50c each! Way, way below face value. 100 different for $49 (CMS3) 66. Australia decimal 1st Day covers 1967 - 1991. Massive new issue
dealer’s stock of official mainly unaddressed covers in 4 giant brown padded ring binders on approx. 200 Hagner or similar stockpages, some double sided. Binders and pages alone would have cost around $450 - $500 new. Estimate 750 - 1000 covers, from 1 - 10 of each. Much better spotted like Living Together sets, booklet panes, ATM triangulars x4, $10 Gardens x 4, Minisheets, Se-tenant strips and blocks, some AAT plus just a few Aerogrammes, Maxi-cards and PSE’s. Great value for a hoarder or re-sellers at $625 the lot. (CMS3) 67. Australia Carton Lot Decimal FDC’s 1974 - 2007 approx. Mostly Official Post Office unaddressed covers. Huge variety, some duplication but very wide variety. Great to soak off for fine used sets or just collect as is. Got to be worth 60c each. Weighs nearly 3kg. Approx 500 for $295, half lot for $150. 3 lots available. (CMS12) 68. Australian Territories and Pacifics fine used collection in Blue Padded Ancol Album, 1940 - 1990. Includes Fiji, Norfolk Is, Pitcairn Is, Nauru & Papua New Guinea. Most are fine used light corner cds, with almost a complete collection from decimals onwards. Must be 350 400 complete sets inc. all of the long definitive series. Very cheap at $749 the lot. (CJL5) 69. Hong Kong 1862 – 1926 on album page & Optima stocksheets, mostly fine used. QV to 30c, KEVII to 30c & KGV to $2. Generally clean lot with some private perfins. Cat. £690 plus. 73 stamps. Price under $6 per stamp, $425 (CMAP4) 70. United Nations New York UNO Flags Maximum Cards, each with large coloured flag of the country and relevant stamp with FDI cancel. 16 different comprising Barbados, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorus, Canada, China, Great Britain, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Peru, Senegal, Somalia & Sweden. Price $96 (3 available) (CMAP9) 71. Stack of 33 diff. 1960’s/70’s Bulgaria Illustrated unaddressed FDC’s. Don’t see these around much these days. Some good themes inc. Paintings, Madonna & Child, Wrestling, Circus, Knights in Armour, Olympics, 1966 World Cup Soccer, Christmas, Javelin, Running, Skiing, Ice Hockey, Ice Skating, Swimming etc. Priced under 90c each, $29 (CMAP13) 72. World mostly pre-1950 off paper, just arrived from overseas charity. Ex. Deceased estate. Appears mostly foreign with some Br. Empire. Great looking mixture with large & small stamps, and bound to be some good finds I would think. About 1000 for $110, 2500 for $259 few lots only. (MN55) 73. Similar to above but about 50% Br. Empire, same prices as above. (MN55) 74. Australia High Values off paper, mix of decimal and pre-decimal, all above letter rate at time of issue values to $5 or $10. About 12,500 to 15,000 per kg. 100g for $195 (NM2a) 75. World off paper, ever popular. Yours to sort, not soak! Huge variety of large & small, early to recent, and enormous count with 12,500 to
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 15,000 per kg. 100g for $27.95, 250g $66.50, 500g $129, 1kg $275, 2.5kg $650, 5kg $1235 (NM5) 76. Australian States, new lot just arrived, unchecked for perfs, shades, wmks. etc. 50 different for $59, 100 different for $99. May contain OS Overprints and perfins. (PM124) 77. Germany off paper, mostly West Germany. Mix of small & large, 100g (approx. 1500 stamps) for around 4c a stamp. $59 (PM126) 78. Samoa 1877 ‘Express’ Reprints in original MUH sheets of 40 – just over $2 apiece! Samoa 1877 ‘Express’ Reprints in original MUH sheets of 40 - $1 apiece! 1877 Samoa Express Reprints in sheets of 40, perforated margins 1d Blue, imperforate margins 1d Blue, 2d Bright Pink, 2d Deep Pink, 6d Violet, 9d Orange and 2/- Red-Brown. All Mint Unhinged printed ar around the time of the originals, and a few very trivial blemishes here and there, mentioned for 100% strict accuracy, but unusually fine and fresh and clean. The 2/- Brown high value is cat a MINIMUM of £275=$A550 EACH as an original, so a wonderful opportunity here for someone for a study of the flaws and plating, or for resale. Ideal Hagner sheet size for storage etc. (280 MUH Stamps) 1877 Samoa Express Reprints from original plates in sheets of 40, perforated margins 1d Blue, imperforate margins 1d Blue, 2d Bright Pink, 2d Deep Pink, 64 Violet, 9d Orange and 2/- Red-brown. All MUH, printed at around the time of the originals, and a few very trivial blemishes here and there, mentioned for 100% strict accuracy, but unusually fine and fresh and clean. Never in 50 years of dealing have I had (or seen for that matter) full sheets of ANY of these SAMOA EXPRESS issues. Price $598 (CED1) 79. Australia FDC’s all official unaddressed 1971 – 2000, 100 different for just $54, 250 mixed for $119, 500 for $229 (CED3) 80. Australia FDC’s all official unaddressed 2001 – 2010, 100 different for just $99, 250 mixed for $239, 500 for $449 (CED4) 81. Australia Kangaroos mixed used lots, unchecked by us, as received. Good mix of values. Appears reasonable condition, any damaged or heavy cancels seen will be removed. 100 mixed with values to 2/- $195, 200 with values to 5/- $369, 300 with values to 10/- $525 (CED5) 82. Australia, Victoria. Mixed used lots, unchecked by us, as received. Good mix of values. Appears reasonable condition, any damaged or very heavy cancels seen will be removed. All lots with values to 1/-. 100 mixed $75, 200 for $139, 300 for $195 (CED7) 83. Great Britain Mint Unhinged minisheets 1988 - 2002. Great starter collection of 12 different inc. Edward Lear, Industrial Archaeology, Total Eclipse, 1d Black 150th Anniv., Stamp Show 2000 x 2 different, Queen Mother 100th Birthday, Airliners, Weathervane, Double decker Buses & Wildings 50th Anniv., Cat. £187.50 = AUD $375. At 1/3rd catalogue, just $125 (4 lots available) (CED7) 84. 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) 85. 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 degree of completeness. Just pay for the album, the lovely collection is free! $295 (CMM1) 86. 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 (CMM13) 87. 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 (CMD2) 88. 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) 89.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) 90. 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,
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 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) 91. 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) 92. 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) 93. 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 (CMM1) 94. 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 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 (CMM1) 95. 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) 96. 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) 97. 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) 98. 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) 99. 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) 100. 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) 101. 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 (CMD8) 102. 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) 103. 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) 104. 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) 105. 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) 106. Australia Pre-stamped envelopes, mint. Wide range of issues
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 with values to 45c. Cheap lot, 100 different for $39 (CSE18) 107. 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) 108. Philatelic Literature, old reference books, magazines, catalogues & auction catalogues. 4.5kg lot for $45 (CJU17) 109. Papua New Guinea, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets just $49 (CMAP2) 110. Nauru, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP4) 111. Norfolk Is. 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP5) 112. 125 different complete mint unhinged sets as above only $225, save $20 (CMAP5) 113. 250 different complete mint unhinged sets from the countries above, also including some Pitcairn Island. Normally $99, now save $50, Price $449 (CMAP5) 114. 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) 115. 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) 116. Amazing carton lot of mainly Australia Slogans on piece, 19291967, plus some Meter marks. Frankings range from 1d Green KGV – 5c Blue QEII. Also, some USA and a few GB Metermarks/Slogans. Must be 4000 – 5000 total with a huge variety of slogans and postmarks. Has to be worth 10c and item. Price $449 (COCT1) 117. United States Forces in New Guinea, 1943 – 45. 15 covers & 1 front, most bear Australia 3d Brown KGVI postmarked Townsville Qld, but emanating from New Guinea. Most have boxed US Army Examiner censor marking, and with name & number of servicemen. Included are 2 x American Red Cross covers. Deployments include Milne Bay, Port Moresby, Admiralty Is., Goodenough Is., Finschhafen, Nadzab, Oro Bay, Dreyer Harbour & Dobodura. The Battle of Finschhafen was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign during World War II and was fought between Australian and Japanese forces. The fighting took place between 22 September and 24 October 1943 following the landing at Scarlet Beach, which was followed by a two-pronged advance on Finschhafen as the Australian 20th Infantry Brigade advanced on the town from the north, while the 22nd Infantry Battalion drove from the south, having advanced from the landing beaches east of Lae. After the capture of Finschhafen, the Japanese forces in the area withdrew towards Sattelberg where they sought to hold the Australians before launching a counteroffensive, which subsequently
threatened the landing beach. This attack was repelled by American and Australian forces, with heavy casualties being inflicted on the Japanese. In the aftermath, the Australians went on the offensive, capturing Sattelberg, and then advancing towards the Wareo plateau. Dreger Harbour was used by Allied forces after the capture of Finschhafen in October 1943. Very good lot at $479 (COCT4) 118. Vast lot of World and Australia! From Deceased Estates and other sources such as charities and auctions, also private purchases. We have 12 big shipping cartons which we are breaking down into smaller lots of 10 kg. Each will contain 15 – 20,000 stamps unchecked off paper plus albums, stocksheets, stockbooks, covers, minisheets etc. Virtually all is postally used with some mint, early to modern. There really is no telling what you might find in these lots. Price per 10kg lot, inc. Post and Insurance Australia Wide, around 3c per stamp $695. Supersized double lot for $1295 (post-paid) Half lot for $375 (post extra) Remember to choose World or Australia, or a mixture of both. (CMA1) 119. Papua New Guinea 1990 - 1998 50 different Official First Day Covers, all clean unaddressed. Very cheap at $99 (CJL5) 120. As above, but 1990 – 2001, price $110 (CJL6) 121. A similar lot to the above, these all on Artcraft Cacheted covers, mostly light penciled address to Brooklyn, USA. Included GB Set of 4, plus the sets of 4 for Kuwait, Bahrein, Muscat and Tangier. Includes re-addressed and registered items. 36 covers in all again at less than $6 per cover, price $198 (CMMY12) 122. Australia Internationals, new packets just arrived. 50 different with many better values to $2.75 or above. Under $1 each, price $49 (AI1) 123. Australia Internationals, new packets just arrived. 100 mixed with many better values to $2.75 or above. No more than 3 of the same stamp in each packet. Price $69. (AI2) 124. USA pre-cancels, 100 mixed for $22, 250 for $52, 500 for $98 (USPC2) 125. Australian Antarctic Territory off paper mix pre-decimal to 1990’s mostly postally used, maybe some cto. Inevitably a fair bit of duplication. About 12,500 to 15,000 to the kg. Around 4c per stamp, 100g for $59 (Only 2 lots available) (PM90) 126. World Minisheets by Weight! Many years since we first offered these. Approx 1100 sheets per kg. Great mixture of mint unhinged and cto from both British Commonwealth and Foreign Countries. We keep duplication here to a minimum, depending upon our stocks at the time of ordering. High catalogue/retail value. 100g for $33, 250g for $79. (PM77) 127. Australia decimals, cto with gum, mid 1990’s – 2011. Nice clean lot all with corner Melbourne cto cancels. Includes high values, Internationals, a few territories, se-tenant strips and blocks etc. Good variety, but expect duplication. Under 10c a stamp, pprox. 1000 for $98, 500 for $55 (3 lots available) (PM69)
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 128. Australia, off paper. Contents of a shoebox ex deceased estate. Must be close to 15,000 stamps here dating from 1913 with a few Kangaroos and KGV to quite recent with many higher values, Internationals etc. noted. Huge variety here and at about 2c per stamp. Price $295. (PM25) 129. Similar lot to the above, but worldwide, same price $295 (PM26) 130. Great Britain Hotch Potch, could contain Album leaves, Hagner pages, covers both commercial & FDC, stamps on stock cards, loose, in packets etc. Early to modern. A real sorters paradise. At least 1500 stamps in the 1kg lot. 500g for $59, 1kg for $99, 2kg for $189 (CMN1) 131. Great Britain commercial covers, postal history and FDC’s, one families accumulation spanning 90 odd years! From KGV to the 1980’s. Every one is different, we are assuring you of that. These are mostly social or philatelic covers from an extended family of collectors in Cambridge England, mostly KGV to QEII pre-Decimal periods with interest in the frankings including from booklets, datestamps & slogan cancels with plenty of thematic content, the entire lot includes good numbers of KGV, KEVIII & KGVI era, also some better illustrated FDCs, plain FDC’s , WWII mail, advertising including dealers’ covers etc. What you will receive is a bit of a gamble as it really is unsorted. Selling per 500 grams, about 80 - 100 covers for $79, 1kg for $149, 2.5kg for $349, 5kg for $675, 10kg for $1289. That’s around 65c per cover in the 10kg lot! (CMN2) 132. 100 KGV with values to 1/4d for $99, 250 for $229, 500 for $449, 1000 for $849. (CMN2) 133. 100 Kangaroos with values to 5/- $199, 250 for $469. (CMN3) 134. Br. Commonwealth 1981 Diana & Charles Crown Agents Royal Wedding Omnibus in luxury Blue & Gold Padded album. In great condition for 43 years old, this collection consists of 28 compete sets & 2 mini sheets, all fresh mint unhinged. Way under the 1981 cost... just $59 (CMN4) 135. Australia 2006 Commonwealth Games collection of 17 sheetlets mint unhinged in official album. $129 (CMN5) 136. 2008 Beijing Olympics Deluxe Collection of Australian Stamps in official album. Includes Set of 14 Gold Medallists Sheetlets - Offset Printing + 14 Pairs of Digitally printed stamps in Beijing from the Gold Medallists Sheetlets. $110 (CMN6) 137. London 2012 Olympics. Set of Australia Gold Medalist sheetlets, plus the Road to London sheetlet in official album, pristine as issued. Next to none now available on the open market! $149 (CMN7) 138. Australia 1970 - 1996 used collection, near complete on Seven Seas Hingeless Pages, in two dark blue, gold blocked padded albums. Absolute bargain at only $149...albums alone would cost in excess of $500 to replace! $149 (CMN8) 139. Canada & Newfoundland. 1860s-1951 Collection on quality al-
bum leaves. Commences Queen Victoria to 20c, 1893 20c & 50c, 1897 Jubilees incl ½c, 8c, 10c, 1897-98 4 Leaves (8), 1898 2 Leaves (11), few KEVII 1908 Quebec to 20c (½c & 15c no gum, ex 10c), good range of KGV Defins, 1928-29 Picts to 50c Bluenose, KGVI selection almost complete (no Officials, Airs or Postage Dues). Cat £1,400+. Also small collection (70+) of Newfoundland incl 1931 No Wmk 15c Air, etc. Cat £190+. Total Cat £1,590+. Condition varies. (About 350) Cheap at about 20% catalogue, $665 (CLAU3) 140. Trinidad & Tobago 1859-1970s Collection on stock pages with Britannias incl imperforate forgery, perforated to 1/- incl Crown CC 4d lilac P12½ used and 1d lake P14 mint, 1869 5/- used, 1879-82 ‘ONE PENNY’ opt unused, 1885 Crown/CA Postage Dues to 1/-, 1896-1909 Britannias to 1/- (5) mint or used, plus Crown/CA 5/- SG #122 mint; Trinidad & Tobago range of mint War Tax issues, 1922-28 KGV 5/-, 1935 Pictorials 1c to 72c set mint, 1938-44 KGVI 1c to $4.80 mint (2 sets, one 4c chocolate value is used), 1948 Silver Wedding mint, 1960-67 Pictorials (2 sets) mint, etc; condition varies 250+) Very high catalogue value. $525 (CLAU4) 141. Great Britain 1937- 70 KGVI-QEII pre-decimal semi- specialised collection in maroon SG Devon Album album on quality leaves. Most issues present both mint or MUH and used (1939-48 KGVI high values used only) incl 1948 Wedding MUH & used, 1951 Festival 2/6d to £1 MUH, 1955-58 Castles Waterlow 2/6d to £1 mint, 1959 Castles DLR 2/6d to £1 mint (plus 2/6d to 10/- MUH); many lower value KGVI & QEII defins inc. 1952 Tudor Crown MUH set, with inverted and sideways wmks, QEII defins wmk changes plus graphites & phosphors, commemoratives incl phosphors, also booklet panes, plate blocks set of 1958 Wildings, also regionals and postage dues; some varieties noted amongst later issues. Mainly fine, Extremely high Cat Value. (1,700+) $1195 (CLAU5) 142. Great Britain 1936-66 Collection on quality leaves mostly mint lightly hinged with 1948 Wedding, 1952-54 QEII Tudor Crown Wmk definitives, 1955-58 Waterlow Castles (2 sets), 1959 DLR Castles, plus commemoratives incl a few better phosphor issues; mainly fine, Cat £1,050+. Great value at about 15% cat. $315 (CLAU6) 143. Canada 1870s-1960s Collection in nice condition Collecta dark blue & grey 22 ring album with original slipcase. Noted used 1897-98 4-Corners & 2-Corners Maple sets, Small Queens to 6c, mint 1898 3c Xmas (3) & 1899 2c Surcharges, 1903 KEVII to 50c used, 1911-31 KGV to $1 used, 1926 KGV 2c Surcharges used, 1927 Confederation & Historical sets mint & used, 1928-29 set to $1 Parliament used (ex 3c), 1930-31 to $1 Mt Cavell used, 1930s Airs complete mint & used incl 1930 5c block of 4 used, 1932 Conference Air block of 4 mint & 1938 6c imprint block of 4 mint, then mint KGV 1932-33 set + Coils, 1935 Jubilee, 1935 to $1 Monument inc 1c to 3c coil pairs, 1937-38 to $1
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 Chateau, 1942-48 War Effort to $1 plus $1 block of 15 postally used, 1946 Peace set mint, etc; condition mostly fine, Cat well over £2,000. (100s) Very good value at under 20% cat. $795 (CLAU7) 144. Australia 2006 Commonwealth Games Sheetlet collection as issued in presentation album. $157.50 (CLAU10) 145. Singapore 1948 - 2018, lovely mainly postally used collection. Housed in $90 near new Black Lighthouse 64 black page stockbook. Noted KGVI & QEII to $5. Near complete to 2002. Postally used for recent is hard to find. Must be bear 1000 all different here. 40c a stamp for the lot and the very nice stockbook is free. $399 (CEM6) 146. 1981 Royal Wedding of Charles & Diana, mint unhinged Crown Agents Omnibus. Housed in Max Stern Royal Blue & Gold padded album. Not often seen these days. Not quite complete but priced at less than it would cost to buy a similar empty album these days. The stamps come free! $49 the lot. (CEM10) 147. Australia, very latest available all Large & Commemoratives on single close clipped paper. Only includes $1, $1.10 & $1.20 values. Appears unpicked for unfranked. We only have a small amount of this so please be quick. High count, about 5000 to the kg. and good variety. 100g for $29.50, 250g for $69, 500g for $129. (CEM10) 148. Japan Mission mix as traded in by one of our clients, do not think he has taken very much out. Close cut single paper with some off paper. Good range of commems. & defins. Do bear in mind that Japan is now producing most Commems. in small format. Very high count of about 5500 per kg. Less than 1kg available. Priced well at around 5c a stamp. $29.50 per 100g, $69 per 250g, $129 per 500g. (CED3) 149. Australia pre-decimal on close clipped single paper, must be 6000 to the kg at least. Mostly letter rate, with the odd higher value. Noticed a few KGV heads & Australian States in the overall mix. Less than 500g available. Worth searching for varieties, postmarks etc. Priced under 5c a stamp, per 100g $29, 250g $69 (CED6) 150. Magnificent lot of AAT, Christmas Is. & Cocos (Keeling) Is., plus some Norfolk Is, PNG & Nauru. Approx. 500 different, some on album pages, some loose. Inc. mint & minisheets. Covers the period approx. 1958 – 2000 maybe a few more recent. Well worth 50c a stamp. Price $249 (CS15) 151. Western Europe off paper, new supplier, mostly large and commemoratives. Superb mixture 19th Century – fairly modern, nearly all postally used plus a few mint. Virtually no Great Britain, but plenty of all the larger nations plus some of the smaller, and islands such as Belgium, Finland Malta etc. Very high count with about 12,500 per kg. Good value from around 4c per stamp. 100g for $59, 250g $139, 500g $269, 1kg $519. (CS18) 152. As above, but with about 25% Great Britain, 100g $39.50, 250g $95, 500g $179, 1kg $349 (CS18a)
153. Papua New Guinea, fabulous hoard of commercial airmail covers mostly DL size and to the same family in Switzerland 1976 – 2006 with a wide variety of frankings, many multiples and with values to K5.25. Great condition overall and nearly all neatly slit open at the top. A scare destination to boot! 48 covers in all and at well under $10 each, price $429 (CEJ2) 154. Papua New Guinea on paper hoard 1952 – 2010 approx, a fabulous mix, emanating from a family in Switzerland. About 10% is pre-decimal, this lot is neatly clipped and with a wide variety of issues with higher values to 2/- or K2.50 spotted. We only have 500g of this. About 350 to the 100g. 100g for $137.50, 250g for $325. (CEJ2) 155. Australia 1966 -2003 Complete Decimals very fine used with extras in 3 as new Seven Seas Green Hingeless Albums with slipcases. Cost of these alone $795. Includes many extras such as booklet panes, tabbed stamps, reprints etc. Also the scarce perf. $1 Navigator. Appear handpicked for quality, with some minisheets mint unhinged as commercially used are virtually unseen. Also Internationals to the very scarce $20. Retail of the basic stamps without the extras is $2900 plus, so $3695 replacement value at the very least. Save a lot of effort trying to fill all those gapes yourself and paying through the nose in the process! Also save over $1000 in the process…price $2650. (Layby is of course available) (CEJ7) 156. Cocos Keeling Islands Complete 1963 – 1998 mint unhinged in Green Padded Seven Seas Hingeless Illustrated album. Album new cost $170. Nice clean collection, fresh MUH (Just the 7 pre-decimal stamps are MLH. Includes 1990 $5 Airmail, 1990-1991 provisional overprints set of 7 with the 90c CTO as usual. Sydney retail $1100 +, plus value of the album, replacement cost $1270. Price $895 (CMMY1) 157. Christmas Island collection 1958 - 1999 in Seven Seas Hingeless Green padded album new cost $290. fresh MUH lot. (1958 Defins are MLH) missing only Birdpex ‘90 ovptd. MS but includes 1993 Taipei & Indopex MS. Sydney retail $1125, plus album value of $290 = a replacement cost of over $1400. Price $975 (CMMY6) 158. Western Europe off paper, great mixture of early to modern, large & small. Pretty much all postally used. Very high count approx. 12,500 – 15,000 per kg. Price per kg $369, 500g $195, 250g $99, 100g $43.50 (CMMY14) 159. Australia High Values only on paper, mostly close clipped single paper, with a wide range of issues inc. many Internationals. Values to $5. Approx. 4000 per kg. Price per 500g $535, 250g $279, 100g $119, 50g $62.50 (CMMY14) 160. Australia Internationals only on paper, mostly close clipped single paper, with a wide range of issues inc. Approx. 4000 per kg. Price per 250g $535, 100g $239, 50g $124.50 (CMMY16) 161. Ireland Charity Mix on paper. 1st lot of this we have received since
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 the outbreak of Covid. As usual with Ireland the trim varies, but a higher % this time of close clipped single paper. Wide range of issues with some quite recent. Cheap & cheerful lot with 3000 – 3500 per kg. Price per kg $110, 500g $59, 250g $32.50 (CMMY17) 162. South Africa Charity Mix on paper. 1st lot of this we have received since the outbreak of Covid. Wide range of issues with some quite recent. Noted the odd minisheet and complete set on piece. Well trimmed single paper, very high count of around 4500 – 5000 per kg. Very well priced. Per kg $125, 500g $65, 250g $35 (CMMY18) 163. Our own incoming mail, mainly Australian, some from overseas. Always popular with recent & latest issues, registered mail etc. Always popular, 1 lot only, 1 kg for $95 (CMMY20) 164. Jamaica World Wildlife Fund 2006 Black-billed Amazon stamps, FDCs and factsheet. Price $33 (WWF7) 165. C COCOS (Keeling) ISLANDS: 1963-2006 collection largely complete in as new Seven Seas Blue album retail $200 plus (with slipcase) vast majority are MUH including 1990-91 Postage Paid Overprints set of 7 (Retail $295+, 43c on 90c Coconut CTO as issued), later issues incl. M/Ss and sheetlets; only stamp that appears to be missing is 1990 70c Map (SG.187a); generally fine/very fine. Stamps retail approx. $1325. A total replacement value here of over $1500. Price $1140 (EM2) 166. NEW ZEALAND: A valuable collection 1912 – 2014 in Black 32 page Lighthouse Stockbook. album. Noted 1920 Victory set Mint; 1931 Smiling Boys Mint; 1935 Pictorials to 3/- M/MUH; 1935 Jubilee set MUH; KGVI defins to 3/- MUH; 1940 Centennial to 1/- Mint; 1953 QE2 series to 10/- incl. Officials to 3/- MUH; 1967 Pictorials to $2 MUH; plus many other sets, mainly MUH. By no means complete, but huge retail and includes a number of plate blocks. About 500, mostly all different. Price $1275 (CEM3) 167. Japan Collection/Accumulation mint & used from earlies to 1970 in large Red Stockbook. Includes many mint unhinged with a lot of complete sets, minisheets, sheetlets & blocks. A fair amount of Expo ’70 items, inc. pre-publicity Cinderella sheets. A very good lot of about 700 – 800 stamps. Must be worth 50c a stamp plus, price $375 (CEM8) 168. Papua New Guinea Year Books 1985-1990 in superb condition as issued. Sydney retail $306, price $229.50 (CEM15) 169. Papua New Guinea 1985 Year Book, plus a large stack of 40 Post Office Packs ranging from 1984 – 1990. Just 3 appear to be duplicated. Very cheap at $110. (CEM16) 170. Pitcairn Is. 2003 -2013 Superb Official Unaddressed FDC’s x 65 plus many with minisheets and top values to $6 in as new Blue Padded Lighthouse Album and Slipcase on 24 double sided Vario Pages. These alone cost $125 plus. Beautiful presentation and all good
thematics. The covers look to be a complete run of 10 years of what is an impossible period to buy on the secondary market. Retail for this era is huge around $20 to $30 each, totally about $1600…if you can find them! So a total cost to replace of $1725 for just $995 (CEM16) 171. Shop packets, from closed down dealership. Worldwide from 1940’s to 1990’s, some mixed, some thematics, some single country. Most professionally made, some made in house. Great variety, mostly all different. Range from 10 different to 200 different. About 1000 for $149, 2000 for $285, 5000 for $675 (CEM21) 172. Belgium, very nice on paper mixture to about 2000. Most are 1990’s with some earlier. Very hard mix to source from a country of only around the population of Paris! Many commems. & better values. Maybe also some postmark interest particularly for small towns and villages. 4000 plus per kg. Because of the proximity to France & Germany there may be a few of these countries mixed in. Price per 100g $63.50, 250g $159, 500g $295 (CEM29) 173. Ceylon, virtually all pre-QEII off paper mixture. Mostly KEVII – KGVI plus the odd QV. Population up to 1930 was sub 4 million, compared to India of around 280 million! Really scarce mix, we have never had this before and even now only 125 grams. 1250 to 1500 in the 100 grams. Mostly letter post rates but a few higher values to 15c to 25c. Price around 20c per stamp. per 25g $72.50, 50g $137.50 (CEM30) 174. Ceylon/Sri Lanka, mainly on paper mix of stamps, 1950’s to about 2000. Noted many better values inc. the 1998 50R Elephant stamp in the overall mix there are none of these, even mint on eBay Worldwide! Neither is there any kiloware. A fabulous mix. About 500 stamps per 100g. 100g for $55, 250g $129, 500g $249. (CEM31) 175. Australian States used collections values to 1/-, all are visually different. 25 different $49, 50 Different $87.50, 100 different on Hagner pages, all States represented. $185 (CEM37) 176. Australia pre-decimal first day covers, various cachets 1940’s – 1960’s neat hand or type written address. 25 different for $149, 50 different for $329. Unaddressed 25 different for $298, 50 different for $649 (CD2) 177. East Germany 1949 – 52, the hard period. Collection on leaves mostly fine used, some mint once lightly hinged. 75% - 80% complete for the period. About 80 stamps, cat. £650 = approx. $1150 currently. Priced previously at $425, very well priced at under 25% cat. at $279 (CD13) 178. Europe 1964 - 83. Black ring binder with themed stamps, covers and mint unhinged sheets for a United Europe. Some stunningly attractive items here with sheets/sheetlets from Cyprus, Berlin, United Nations and Bulgaria and similar on cover from Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man & Gibraltar. Also some 1972 Olympics related covers. Several hundred stamps & covers. Originally priced at $550, now half price
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 $275 (CD16) 179. Worldwide early to modern 19th century onwards Postally used blocks and pairs inc. many high values. Huge variety and great value at under 25c per stamp. 1000 stamps, every block or pair will be different. (No Australia unless requested) Price $249 (CS7) 180. Worldwide early to modern (Mostly 1950s- 1980’s) Mint unhinged Blocks and Minisheets including many complete sets. Huge variety and great value at around 25c per stamp. 500 stamps, every block or pair will be different. (No Australia unless requested) Price $129 (CS8) 181. AUSTRALIA, KGV Heads 1916-21 group of covers with University of Melbourne printed covers with perf. ‘OS’ issues comprising 1d Red (4), 1½d Brown (3), 1½d Red (2) & 2d Orange; also Dept of Labour front with perf. ‘OS’ 1½d Red & 1919 use of “THREE/HALFPENCE” on 1d Postal Card to USA uprated with ½d Green with two-line “RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK/DAMAGED” handstamp in red; generally fine. Scarce assembly. 11 items. Price $459 (CJE3) 182. AUSTRALIA: KGV Heads. 1924-33 group of 1d Green covers, predominantly single frankings, noting three double-rate covers, also 1925 redirected OHMS cover with Large Mult perf ‘OS’ and three covers with SMW P13x12½ perf ‘OS’. Varieties noted, condition variable. Includes 3 advertising covers for Canada Cycle and Motor Company, Latrobe St. Melbourne, 1 x Dept of Health CSL, Royal Park Melb., and 1 x British Medical Association. East Melb. 19 items. Price $795 (CJE4) 183. Take both lots of covers as above for $1195 (save $59) (CJE4a) 184. 1977 QEII Silver Jubilee mint unhinged collection of Commonwealth issues in lovely quality Thick Schaubek Burgundy Padded Springback Album. Appears complete Antigua to Turks & Caicos Is. with sets, minisheet s& sheetlets. Huge original cost. Price $329 (CJE39) 185. Australia, 1944-45. Three amazing covers from Avoca Beach NSW to Oberlin, Ohio. All addressed to Mrs. Alice Wright Bryson – Wilbur, a former director at the Carnegie Library. (CJE53) 186. Great Britain 1940’s to late 1990’s complete fine used Commem. sets. 25 different for $49, 50 for $110, 100 diff. for $239 (better sets in the larger lots) (CM4) 187. Our own incoming mail, mostly form the last 6 months plus other bits & pieces from here & there. Lots of nice frankings including very recent, registered mails etc. Australia only. 1kg for $95 (CM8) 188. China mint unhinged complete sets, very recent from around 2012 up to 2016. This is a new lot just received. And will differ slightly from the last consignment we received. About 25 sets in each lot, around $2.75 per set. Many nice thematics. 5 lots only $69 each. (CM9) 189. New Caledonia mint unhinged collection 1989 – 1999 complete on as new Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Pages cost $200 alone! Stamps retail $645 plus. Total retail $845, price $565 (CM14)
190. British Empire Queen Victoria on quality Lighthouse style pages, mostly fine postally used. Comprises Bechuanland, Br. Honduras, Ceylon, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Labuan, St. Lucia, Sierra Leone & Trinidad. Catalogue some years ago at £2545. Checked a few, most have gone up in price by around 10% or more, the odd one has gone down, and a few SG numbers have changed. A very clean lot. Stand out items are Ceylon SG 18 £180, sg 193, £160, Cyprus SG 16 £500, Gibraltar SG 5 & 6 £325, SG 25 £100, SG 33 5 Pesetas, top value £120, etc, etc. Well above the condition usually seen. 104 stamps, price under 40% $1795 (CMN4) 191. Europa, wonderful lot of unaddressed FDC’s dating from 1958 – 1964. A very clean lot of illustrated covers, which sell at $5 to $15 each. All countries appear present. Could well be some complete year sets, no time to check, some minor duplication, but usually different cachets. Around 200 here, cheap at around $2 each, price $395. (CMY3) 192. Vietnam collection mint & used on stock pages, earlies to 1988 said to cat. £300. Looks to be about 300 different. Also, a page of Sri Lanka, not counted in value. Good clean lot, price $269 (CMY5) 193. Norfolk Island, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY10) 194. Papua New Guinea, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY15) 195. Nauru, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY16) 196. Samoa, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY19) 197. Wholesale parcels of Australia pre-decimals, made up to order at approx. half current retail. 1913 – 1965. These lots will contain some duplication. State whether you require mint unhinged, mint hinged or used or a mixture of all three. Lots from $50 to $5000 (CMY21) 198. Australia or Worldwide, your choice. Mishmash of stamps, covers, post office packs, recent incoming mail from overseas etc, booklets, complete mint unhinged sets, minisheets etc. You name it, it may well be here! 1kg lot for $95, 2kg for $179, 5kg for $425, 10kg for $795. Massive 20kg lot for $1495 (CMF10) 199. Burgundy Australia Post Padded Binder with Africa &Omnibus issues on Hagners & Vario sheets. Noted Katanga ovpts on Belgian Congo MUH Some adhered to page. (29), Silver Jubilee used sets (6 plus odds), 1937 Coronation used (c50 sets MLH/used) & 1949 UPU (c24 sets MLH/used) plus odd later Omnibus to 1981. Zanzibar 1957 set of 15 MLH, useful Ethiopia, Basutoland surcharges to 1R (2 differ-
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 ent), Somaliland KGVI surcharges to 5/- & QEII to 10/- MLH, S. Nigeria KEVII to 2/6d MLH & Northern Rhodesia KGVI 3/- used plus Rhodesia 1905 2/6d Falls used plus others in mixed cond. (many 100s) Some very good pickings in this lot. Price $1495 (CMN6) 200. Worldwide Forgeries & Facsimiles plus a few Cinderellas, exhibition labels etc. and a page of Stamps on Stamps (some forgeries may be genuine) Mainly 19th Century, in red 32 black page stockbook and on album pages etc. Plus, forgeries catalogue of 237 pages by Dorn of Haymarket London. Strength in German States, but also good ranges of British Guiana (inc. The World’s rarest stamp) British West Indies, Cape Triangulars, Newfoundland (inc. Bisect on cover), Mauritius, Italian & Papal States, Tibet and much, much more. Counted 950 plus items. Many of these sells between $10 - $25 each or more. Great reference lot! Around $3.75 each, price $3600 (CMN8) 201. Great Britain, mini collection of 25 different mint unhinged complete sets. Nice mixture of Decimal and Pre-decimal sets. Price $49 (CMAU4) 202. As above but all decimal, price $59 (CMAU5) 203. San Marino lovely mini collection of 25 different complete mint unhinged sets, some great thematics here. Price $49 (CMAU6) 204. Italy, mini collection of 25 complete mint unhinged sets, price $49 (CMAU7) 205. Vatican, mini collection of 25 complete mint unhinged sets, price $49 (CMAU8) 206. San Marino, Italy & Vatican, 75 complete mint unhinged sets, great selection. Price $139 (CMAU8a) 207. British Commonwealth, 50 different mint unhinged minisheets, fine lot. Price $98 (CMAU9) 208. British Commonwealth minisheets 1974 - 2000. A very nice collection of 50 different mint unhinged from around the Commonwealth. Very colourful thematic lot with emphasis on Pacifics. Noted Christmas Is., Norfolk Is., Pitcairn Is., Samoa, Solomon Is., Falkland Is. etc. (2 lots available) Price $98 (CJE8) 209. Australian States, starter collection of 50 all face different, includes Imperfs, Perf OS, State Perfins, OS Overprints etc. May include shade varieties, but unchecked for perforations or watermarks. Very good lot with no heavy cancels, thins tears or creases. Under $2 each, price $98 (CJE11) 210. Australian States, large starter collection of 100 all different, includes Imperfs, Perf OS, State Perfins, OS Overprints etc. May include shade varieties, but unchecked for perforations or watermarks. Very good lot with no heavy cancels, thins tears or creases. Under $2 each, price $195 (CJE12) 211. Massive Worldwide Postcards Collection 19th Century to quite recent, apparently all different (approx. 1200 items), many postally
Used to Australia, may include inc. Cook Islands, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, Turkey, Vatican & Vietnam. Wide range of views & scenes inc. many Tourist Attractions. Mixed Unused /Used. Good overall condition. (1200+ available) Suit collector, hoarder, re-seller or Ebayer! Just see what this stuff sells for online! Under $1 each! 100 for $89, 250 for $210, 500 for $399, 1000 for $759, the lot of 1200 for $869 (NO59) 212. Christmas Island First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1970 – 2000. 50 different for $89 (CMN4) 213. Papua New Guinea First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1967 – 2000. 50 different for $89 (CMN8) 214. Cocos (Keeling) Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1981 – 1988, Inc. Coconut Minisheet. Great value and huge retail value. Price $99 (CNO18) 215. Christmas Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1996 – 2010, Inc. Chinese New Year issues & minisheets. Great value and huge retail value. Price $125 (CNO20) 216. Christmas Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1983 – 2006, Inc. Chinese New Year issues & minisheets. Great value and huge retail value. Price $119 (CNO21) 217. France. 1946 – 1960 Complete fresh mint unhinged. On as new Safe Dual pages. (Excludes the 1960 “back of book item” Council of Europe set). Cat. £3000 plus. Pages cost $250. Priced very cheaply at under 40% cat. $2195 (CNO41) 218. San Marino 1967 – 1989. 103 x large Registered airmail covers to Melbourne from the San Marino Philatelic Bureau bearing multiple frankings of nice complete sets. Similar covers have been seen on eBay for as much as $60 each! Commences 1967 Flowers to 1989 Architecture block of 4. Lovely lot! Price just $15 each, $1545 (MJL8) 219. Luscious leftovers! Stuff we do not know what to do with. May contain any or all of the following: Small collections not large enough to offer individually, packets and loose both on and off paper, complete sets and minisheets mint unhinged, covers both philatelic and commercial, some from our own incoming mail, Post Office Packs, stockbooks of stamps early to modern. Ask for Australia only or all World. 5kg for $139, 10kg for $259, 20kg for $495 (MJL11) 220. Australia & Victoria Postal Stationery collection, 104 items, mainly postally used in album. Highlight is 1d Red octagonal envelope uprated to Celebes, Dutch Indies, (addressees name deleted. Nevertheless very scarce) Most of this is KGV, with some nice uprates to Holland. Terrific value at under $20 per item, $1950. (FE78) 221. Amazing off paper hoard of Asia, many early up to quite modern large and small. As received from deceased estate and unchecked by us. Includes Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan plus smaller amounts of China & Vietnam. About 500 stamps for $65
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 (Around 13c per stamp) Double lot for $119. (NM65) 222. Superb off paper sorting mix, mostly pre-WWII Australia with Australian States, Kangaroos, KGV Heads etc, plus a smattering of foreign and the odd more recent. Great for postmarks, varieties etc. Never know what you might find in this, roughly 30c a stamp, around 250 for $79, 500 for $149 (NM66) 223. Australian Antarctic Territory off paper mixture. Pre-decimal to mid-1990’s, maybe a few later 100g, approx 1500 stamps for $59 (3 lots available) (PM109) 224. PNCs (stamp & coin covers) Recently acquired stock, with most at issue price of $19.95, let us know your needs. We can also offer all different lots at under issue price a) 10 Different for $140 b) 25 Different $395 (MN47) 225. Large brown paper carrier bag, with world accumulation on paper, early to modern. Who knows what lurks in here! We have had several of these from the same source a few months ago, and all sold very quickly. This looks to be a better than average mix. Weighs 2.2kg. $265 the lot. (OCT6) 226. Australia Mission Mix, an older lot, to the 45c period with good variety, most on single well-trimmed paper. As much as we can cram into an Australia Post 3kg satchel! Very Cheap Price $59, 5kg Satchell for $95 (JL16) 227. Large shoebox with very nice World off paper mixture old and new, small and large. As donated to leading charity. Weighs 2.15kg inc. the box, must be 25,000 stamps with a great variety here. Has to be worth 2 cents a stamp, price $495 (MAP19) 228. 1500 different Australia, back in stock again, only 5 available. New content, price $109 (MF6) 229. Bulk lot of mainly Australian stamps, covers, albums etc, decimal and pre-decimal as cleared ex deceased house recently. Nothing spectacular noted but heaps of fun especially if you love stuff in bulk to sort! This is quite an amazing varied lot. We are parcelling out in 3 sizes: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449 (FE69) 230. A similar lot to the above, but all World: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449 (FE70) 231. Old tyme dealer’s packet stock, mostly single sets in Glassines priced to sell at up to $1.50 each some 30 odd years ago. These are Worldwide mainly thematic sets, in cto condition. A chance to buy at a HUGE DISCOUNT, there will be some duplication in these lots. 100 packets mixed, $150 retail for $49, Triple sized lot, $450 retail for $99. (FE74) 232. Older Australia off paper lot sold as received. This is an all-new lot, sold as received by us, and totally unchecked for watermarks, perforations, shades, varieties etc. Pack A) 50 Kangaroos, 75 KGV Heads, 75 Australian States, values to 5/- Price under $1 per stamp $195
Pack B) 200 Kangaroos values to 10/-, under $2 per stamp price $395 Pack C) 200 KGV Heads, values to 1/4d, well under $1 per stamp, price $179 Pack D) 200 Australian States, values to 9d or 1/-, well under $1 per stamp, price $179 Pack E) One of each of packs B, C & D, special price $675 (PM30) 233. One Man’s trash is another’s treasure so they used to say, and a lot of money is still made today by secondhand dealers. We get a lot of items we cannot immediately sell, and so they go into our big wicker chest. When it’s full it weighs about 50kg, and it’s getting that way now. About 1kg a week goes into the box and it could contain anything, packets, covers, collections, on paper, off paper, evenmaybe some in matchboxes! We simply do not have the time to sort it out... and here is where you come in. You get to buy our totally unsorted merchandise and benefit in 3 ways... 1) you will almost certainly find some useful items for your collection, 2) you may find things you can re-sell at a profit and 3 you will get a lot of fun while you sort it, instead of being fixated on the dreaded goggle box. (TV to you younger people) So here goes, see if you can help us clear it. Choose from Australia only or all World. 1kg for $95, 3 kg for $269, 5kg for $429 or 10kg for $795. (CEN1) 234. FINLAND Collection 1875 - 1961 in ‘DAVO’ blue printed album with slipcase. Nearly all fine used with neat cds cancels - SG £1,163 cat = $A2,325 for the stamps - neatly pencil noted on each set and page, and the Dutch ‘DAVO’ peg fitting album and matching hard slipcase, retail $175 new, so we have $2,500 here in insurance/replacement value. Must be nearly 95% complete for the period, a few mint and mostly in complete sets. $995 (CMAU1) 235. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1963 - early 2001 mint unhinged collection in Green ‘Seven Seas’ Hingeless album. Complete Country SG #1 to early 2001 (Retail $190) with a 100% complete fresh MUH collection, less only the scarce 1991 overprints and the three 2000/2001 gutter pairs. A very popular collecting area here, as are AAT and Christmas Islands, all modern issues are fully valid for use as postage in Australia. All Full sets, Sheetlets, se-tenant strips, miniature sheets, exhibition issues, etc. are included. The ASC Cat of stamps here is lightly marked in pencil on each page, in erasable 4B pencil for your easy checking. This totals $710 plus, and the near new album retailing at $190. Total replacement/insurance value $900 +. Price $595 (Much less after discounts) (CMAU3) 236. Netherlands commercial covers and cards, 1959 - 2020. Formed by the late Aart Hopman MBE RFD RD. Aart Hopman served as a Lieutenant Commander, Royal Netherlands Navy, 1939-1952, and Royal Australian Navy 1954-1977. Aart was a submariner with the Royal Netherlands Navy and was based in Western Australia during the Second World War.
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COLLECTIONS SALE JANUARY 2025 He married into an Australian family and they later settled in Perth, where Aart joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). After a period of time at sea as the Captain of HMAS Emu, Aart was appointed as Assistant Director Naval Intelligence Technical (ADNIT), a position he held until he retired from the RAN in 1977. This collection consists of covers and postcards received by him from friends and relations in the Netherlands and Netherlands Indies, displayed on Hagner pages in two Red ring binders. Includes Taxed (postage due), registered, postal stationery, priority mail, Australian Border Force inspected, Holographic stamps etc. 150 items plus 60 as new Hagners and binders which alone cost over $150. A very worthwhile lot at under $2 per item. $295 (CMAU4) 237. India & states, massive lot Queen Victoria to late 1990’s in old Scott printed speciality album, on stockcards, album leaves, club book, Hagners etc. Many full sets and better values here, mainly postally used with some mint & a few covers. 1000’s! v this is a serious philatelic workout! Weighs 6kg! $895 (CMAU5) 238. United Nations New York Office 1962 - 65 Corner Blocks of 10 mint unhinged in special Program folder 1964, in presence of U Thant General Secretary UNO. 27 blocks of 10. $54 (CMAU6) 239. 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) 240. 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) 241. 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) 242. Papua New Guinea 1992 Year Book, as issued with protective sleeve. $35 (CMMY7) 243. 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) 244. 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) 245. 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) 246. 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) 247. 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) 248. 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) 249. 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) 250. 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) 251. 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) 252. 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, $45 (CMN9)
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GB April 1999 Millennium Series ‘Migration to Australia’ imperforate corner block 6 with TWO missing colours! - UNIQUE NW corner marginal proof block of 6 of ‘The Settler’s Tale’ 43p, with varieties ‘Missing gold colour’ of the Queen’s Head, ‘Missing Chocolate Colour’ of the Face Value and item Description, and also without the Phosphor coating, very fresh MUH. All outlined in SG. Printed by Walsall Security Printers, UK. Pierron Cat GB4172pra, on page 285 has an image, and cat £1,050 there as well, and also stating 50 exist – 1 sheet. This will therefore be the *UNIQUE* NW corner block with attractive colour bars. Fresh MUH original gum, and comes with the issued stamp for comparison, as can be seen in image. SG #2086, Cat £1,050=$A2,100 in 2024 SG ‘Concise’. Bought well, so out it goes at QUARTER Gibbons! $US345 at just $A525 – Stock 582PX
Czechoslovakia 1918-80 Collection in classy USA made album just $A375! - All in a clean, illustrated, Minkus album from earlies, through to 1980. (100s) Large and very thick (~200 pages!) with gold blocked, heavy grade cover, quality USA made, Royal Blue ‘MINKUS’ peg album - retail $150 new. MANY more pix are here - www.tinyurl. com/CzechColl Quite nicely filled across all eras. A fun project to work on completing it - and at a modest cost too. Mostly used, and condition well above the grade of what is generally seen from Czech. Current 2024 SG cat noted in pencil on each page for your easy checking, and that totals £1,008=$A2,000. Plus the $150 expensive, and very clean classy album – a STEAL at just $US275 at $A375 - 314BX
MAURITIUS 1935 Silver Jubilee, 1 Rupee top value, ‘Dot By Flagstaff’ Major Var. Superb Used - The ONE variety listed by SG for this top value, and the cancels are well clear of it - shows perfectly as can be seen - a highly sought after variety. Clean and fresh, and in the lovely Bright Aniline Purple shade. Clean and fresh, no hinge remains, and superb perfs and centering as can be seen. SG 248h, Cat £550=$A1,100. Impossible to improve on quality, yet WAY under HALF Gibbons. About $US330 - $A495 - Stock 465AJ
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Postal Stationery This month’s column looks at Australian new issues, the Neurum Creek View from the 1910 Queensland series of view postal cards, literature and exhibition news. Cobb & Co Postal Cards Two postal cards (Figure 1) were issued on 13 August 2024 for the centenary of the last Cobb & Co. coach Service. On 14 August 1924, after 70 years of transporting passengers, goods and mail across the nation, Cobb & Co. ran its last horse-drawn coach, on Figure 1 Cobb and Co Postal Card service 177, from Surat to Yuleba, Queensland. Cobb Below : Figure 2 UPU Postal Card showing Orient Royal Mail Line Ship at Sydney & Co. began in Victoria, in response to the gold October 2024 for 150 years of the Universal Postal rush of the 1850s. The cards were issued in the Union (UPU). The Universal Postal Union (UPU) small format and sold as a set for $4.50. facilitates a uniform, worldwide postal system. It sets the rules and standards for the exchange of 150 Years of the UPU Postal Cards international mail among its 192 member counTwo postal cards (Figure 2) were issued on 1 tries. An agency of the United Nations, the UPU is based in Bern, Switzerland. The cards were issued in the small format and sold as a set for $7.10. Kalkadoon Dreaming Postal Cards Four postal cards (Figure 3) were issued on 15 October 2024 depicting art by the Kalkadoon artist, Chern’ee Sutton. The stamps represent “the artist’s traditional Country in the Mount Isa region 58 Stamp News
Ian McMahon Figure 3 Kalkadoon Dreaming Postal Card Below : Figure 4 Noosa Heads ‘Surfing Brush Turkey’ Card Food and Medicine, and Community. Chern’ee Sutton has been the recipient of numerous awards and honours. She has been a Queensland Day Ambassador for the Arts and a Queensland Reconciliation Awards Ambassador and her work is held in collections nationally and internationally. More about the artist can be found at https://www.cherneesutton.com. au/. The cards were issued in the small format and sold as a set for $9. Noosa Heads ‘Reimagined Post Office’ The third of Australia Post’s ‘reimagined post offices’ opened in Noosa Heads on 2 September 2024 with the official opening on 16 September 2024. As was the case for the Burnie Post Office, a ‘design a postcard’ competition was held with the winning entry being featured on a postcard (Figure 4) given away free and with the indicium inscribed ‘No stamp required Australia Post supported mail’. of Queensland. Linking the stamps are flowing lines, which represent footprints travelling across the land. Community gatherings are indicated by circular motifs. The stamps subjects include a coolamon holding bush food and medicine and storytelling about the stars, animals and culture. The life-giving sun shines over the vital waterholes, rivers and rugged mountains of Kalkadoon Country, giving warmth and nurture to all. The emu is emphasised as it is the artist’s personal totem”. The cards are titled: Animals, Landscape, Stamp News 59
Postal Stationery The design featured was a surfing Brush Turkey by Joshua from Sunshine Beach. Two prepaid cards were issued: Noosa Heads main beach (Figure 5) and Noosa Everglades (Figure 6), both selling for $2.85. In addition, a DL stamped envelope with the indicium showing Noosa Heads (Figure 7) was issued selling for $1.75. The indicium was designed by Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio. Queensland 1910 View Postal Cards: The Figure 5 Noosa Heads Main Beach Postal Card Neurum Creek Views Hauling timber using bull- Below : Figure 6 Noosa Heads Everglades Postal Card ock teams was a classic scene of rural Australia that a view of a bullock team hauling timber at at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning Neurum Creak in South east Queensland would be of the twentieth centuries. It is no surprise then a popular scene in series of postcards promoting Queensland and its industries. Neurum Creek is in a rural area west of Woodford (site of the annual Woodford Folk Festival) in what is now the Moreton Bay City in South-East Queensland. The view appears as a multicoloured view in the commercial unstamped picture postcard series known as the Coloured Shell Series. The Coloured Shell series of postcards from 1905 until 1915 are attractive coloured cards produced from photos taken all around
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Figure 7 Noosa Heads Stamped Envelope Below : Figure 8 The Coloured Shell Series Card “Timber getting Neurum Creek, Queensland”
Queensland. They were a high-quality postcard printed in Germany and were popular at the time. Although the photographers of the original photos on which these postcards are based are not known, Henry Mobsby, photographer with the Queensland Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, QITB, is known to have been one of them. The card is entitled Timber getting Neurum Creek, Queensland and the card shown in Figure 8 has been used in 1908. In 1908, the QITB produced many unstamped cards showing views of Queensland (in both black & white and colour) which they took to the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition in London to promote tourism, industry and investment in Queensland as well as immigration to Queensland. The cards had ‘FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION 1908’ in the heading. Henry Mobsby was responsible for assisting with the Queensland display at the Exhibition
and the many boxes of postcards accompanied him on the sea trip to the UK. Some of the cards taken included commercial cards from the Coloured Shell Series. The QITB also produced unstamped cards with ‘EXECUTIVE BUIDINGS’ in the heading rather than the name of the Franco-British Exhibition. It continued producing these cards after the Exhibition. All of the cards were printed by the [Queensland]
Government Printer. On 1 August 1909, A J Cummings became the Government Printer. The cards produced from that time have his imprint A. J. Cumming, Govt. Printer and cards were issued with ‘BRISBANE’ in the heading, rather than the earlier EXECUTIVE BUILDINGS or FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION.
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Postal Stationery Among the cards from this period is one with a black and white view entitled HAULING TIMBER, NEURUM CREEK, SOUTH QUEENSLAND (Figures 9 and 10). The view is the same on the Timber getting Neurum Creek, Queensland Coloured Sheel Series card except that the view is reversed and in black and white. The reuse of Figure 9 QITB ‘BRISBANE’ series card titled HAULING TIMBER, NEURUM photographs was CREEK, SOUTH QUEENSLAND quite common in Figure 10 Address Side of QITB ‘BRISBANE’ Series Card. picture postcards at the time with toria (numerals in four corners) indicium with the images being views of Queensland in black and white on the cropped, inverted or having elements added or reverse. One of these (Figures 11 and 12) had the subtracted from the image. identical view to the QITB HAULING TIMBER, In 1910, the Post Office issued a series of NEURUM CREEK, SOUTH QUEENSLAND postal cards impressed with the 1d Queen Viccard. Many (and probably all) of the 30 known views on the Queensland 1910 View postal cards with the title of the view all in upper case (or the main title in the case of cards with subtitles) are known on the QITB cards issued from 1909 in the issue with ‘BRISBANE’ in small letters in the heading. The postal 62 Stamp News
Ian McMahon Two 1910 1d View Postal cards are known with coloured views. One depicts the Rockhampton Customs House and the second a card showing the same Neurum Creek view but in colour, untitled and printed in reverse compared with the black and white views (Figure 14). These cards seem likely to be essays for a possible issue of the postcards in colour. Many of the original Figure 11 1d 1910 View Postal Card with title of view in Capital Letters titled series of QITB cards HAULING TIMBER, NEURUM CREEK, SOUTH QUEENSLAND for the Franco-BritBelow : Figure 12 Front of the 1d 1910 View Postal Card ish Exhibition were printed in colour and cards were printed by the Queensland Government indeed Collas gives a Printer and bear the imprint A. J. Cumming, Govt. percentage of 25-80% of multicoloured views for Printer. Presumably the views of both the postal various groups of these cards he identified. While cards and the QITB cards were printed from the for the 1909 QITB views the percentage of multisame half-tone blocks. coloured views was much lower (Collas says only There is another group of the 1910 View Postal about 3%), it is not surprising that the Government Cards which have the title of the view printed in upper- and lower-case letters. Some of the views from this group also occur on QITB cards or on Queensland Railway advice cards although not necessarily with the same title. The Neurum Creek view appears on one of the cards of this issue with the title: Neurum Creek, near Woodford. Caboolture-Woodford Railway (Figure 13). Stamp News 63
Postal Stationery level classes including postal stationery. Australian exhibitors interested in entering should contact Tony Griffin, lakatoistamps@gmail.com. Sydney 2025 and Hobart 2025 The National postal stationery competition for 2025 will be held at Sydney 2025 on 20-23 March 2025 at the Wentworth Park Sports Centre. Further details can be obtained Figure 13 1910 View Postal Card with Title of View in Upper- and Lower-Case from Geoff Lewis, Letters Titled ‘Neurum Creek, Near Woodford. Caboolture-Woodford Railway’ glewis@custom-made. com.au. The national one-frame exhibition Printer examined the question of printing in colour for 2025 will be held even if they were never issued. Whatever the reaat Hobart from 31 October to 2 November 2025. son, no colour postal cards were issued although Contact Peter Allan hesperus@netspace.net.au. the Government Printer did continue to produce QITB cards in colour well after the printing of 2025 International Exhibitions postal cards had moved to the Commonwealth URUGUAY 2025 Specialized World Stamp ExhiStamp Printer in Melbourne in 1913 bition, which will commemorate the 200th anniThe Neurum Creek views illustrate the close versary of the declaration of independence of Ururelationship between the QITB cards and the 1910 guay will take place from 17-22 February 2025 at postal cards as well as providing a link to the the MACA Museum in Punta del Este, Uruguay. commercial cards published by the Coloured Shell Contact Geoff Kellow geoff@brusden-white.com. Series and shows that knowledge of the QITB and au for more information. commercial cards is necessary to understand the PhilaKorea 2025 is a FIP World Exhibition postal cards. In addition, these series are an extento be held in Soeul on 17-21 September 2025. sion of the story of the Queensland Government Contact Bruce Chadderton for more information promoting Queensland through postcards that kiwibrooce@yahoo.com . Thailand 2025 is a began with the 1898 pictorial postal cards and the FIAP exhibition which will be held in Bangkok White Series of commercial cards. from 8-12 August 2025. Contact: Stephen Browne Stephen.Browne@jemena.com.au UAE 2025 will Royalpex 2025 be held on 8-12 October 2025 at Dubai. Contact Royalpex 2025 is a New Zealand National Stamp Glen Stafford stafford@southwest.com.au for inExhibition being run by the Royal Philatelic formation. Europhilex 2025 will be held in BrimSociety of New Zealand and will be held 7 – 9 ingham, United Kingdom from 8-11 May 2025. March 2025 at the Barber Hall, Waldegrave Street, Further information from Geoff Lewis, glewis@ Palmerston North. It will include all National custom-made.com.au. 64 Stamp News
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Figure 14 Card Showing the Same Neurum Creek View but In Colour, Untitled and Printed in Reverse When Compared with The Black and White Views Postal Stationery Collector November 2024 The November 2024 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector included articles on: • UPU Specimen IRCS: Istanbul to Abidjan and The UPU 150th Anniversary • 1923 Use of The Tasmanian Reply Card with Reply Obliterated • 1994 Australia Kangaroo Postal Card • The 6-Cent Plain Stamped-To-Order Envelopes of Australia • Australia Postal Stationery - New Discoveries • Queensland 1910 View Postal Cards: The Neurum Creek Views • The World’s First Air Mail Postcard • BW EP28 – Embossed ‘Wilby’ Design with Postage 1½D in Red • The Reduced Rate Post Card from England to Australia Of 1932. • The Registration Envelopes of Victoria (continued from the August issue) • Peru Postal Stationery Postal Wrappers
Schweizer Ganzsachen Katalog 2024 [Swiss Postal Stationery Catalogue 2024) For many years, the Swiss Postal Stationery Collectors Association had wanted to publish its own postal stationery catalogue to replace the outdated catalogues. The catalogue should be attractive to all collectors and indispensable for specialists. After 2 years of work, under the leadership of Ulrich Fehlmann, the new Swiss postal stationery catalogue is now available. It covers all Swiss postal stationery, updated until the beginning of 2024. The official postal stationery, private postal stationery, service postal stationery, international reply coupons and Franco covers are listed on 440 pages. The postal stationery received new catalogue numbers in all chapters. The accompanying text was completely rewritten. Many prices were also redefined. The catalogue is clearly structured and user-friendly with many good quality illustrations. Copies available for CHF29 plus postage from Bruno Zeder (sgssv.zeder@ gmail.com). Stamp News 65
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Whales & Seals Definitives: British Antarctic Territory Whales and seals are the two groups of marine mammals to be found in the Southern Ocean, where they are an important part of the marine ecosystem. Severely exploited by man in the past they are now mostly protected. Some have seen dramatic population increases in recent decades, though others remain greatly reduced compared to pre-hunting levels. Whales Southern Ocean whales are migratory, heading to warmer waters during the Antarctic winter. Calves are born in these more hospitable seas and the whales return south in the austral spring. During this time they follow the receding ice edge which is an area of high biological productivity that provides a rich feeding ground. There are two natural groups of whales: toothed and baleen: Toothed whales Toothed whales use ‘echolocation’ to navigate and find prey. They emit high-pitched clicks and sense them as they bounce back off objects.
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The group includes more than 60 species. These vary in size from the largest being the sperm whale (£3.60) and the smallest being porpoises. The disparity in these is so large it would take one thousand porpoises to equal the body weight of a single sperm whale. Between these two extremes are more than 20 species of beaked whale and many dolphins (which are in fact whales). The largest of these is the orca or killer whale (£5) that preys on fish, penguins, seals, and other whales. The largest population of orcas seems to be in Antarctica where it is estimated some 160,000 animals range. They typically live to be over 50 years and can swim up to 30 miles per hour in short bursts. Baleen whales The baleen whales, such as the fin whale (£1.40), southern right whale (£1.85) and humpback whale (£2), have fibrous plates of baleen instead of teeth, which they use to strain plankton and small fish from the seawater. The most numerous baleen whale is the Minke whale (£1), a species that spends much of its time in the Antarctic near the ice-edge. The Minke was named
for an infamous 18th-century Norwegian whaler who regularly broke the rules concerning the types and sizes of whales that he was permitted to hunt at that time. Soon all the small whales became known as ‘Minke’s whales’ Minkes are the only baleen whale that are still hunted commercially. Japanese and Norwegian whalers kill a few hundred each year for scientific purposes and for meat. The Minke whale has a remarkable song that sounds very mechanical and caused some problems for military sonar listening for submarines during World War II. Seals There are also two natural groups of seals: true seals and eared seals, the latter comprising fur seals (50p) and sea-lions. At Bird Island alone there are 65,000 breeding fur seals. In fact, all seals have ears, but ‘eared’ seals differ in having a small external ear rather than just a small aperture on the side of the head. Depending on species, seals feed on fish, squid and/ or krill. Thick layers of blubber beneath the skin of both whales and seals act as a food reserve and insulation. All Antarctic seals also have a layer of fur, giving additional insulation when they are hauled out on land or ice. Seals leave the water to breed, rest and moult. Of the six Antarctic species, four are ice-habitat specialists, breeding on the sea ice in spring. Ross (1p)
and Leopard seals (74p) tend to be solitary, whereas Weddell (5p) and crabeater seals (10p) form loose breeding aggregations. Weddell seals were named for the British Antarctic explorer James Weddell, who commanded British expeditions into the Weddell Sea (which is also named for him). They live farther south than any other mammal. Weddell seals use their large, strong, forwardpointing canine teeth to chew breathing holes through cracks in the ice. They can dive over 2,000 feet deep and stay submerged for over an hour. They also have excellent eyesight, allowing them to navigate effectively in the dim light beneath Antarctic ice shelves. The leopard seal is the largest of the true Antarctic seals and is the only seal that eat other seals. They have excellent senses of sight and smell under water. Antarctic fur seals and elephant seals (80p) are both found north of the pack-ice zone and breed in dense colonies on beaches. Here, dominant males (bulls) maintain harems of females (cows) in territories. In constantly defending these cows, bulls will not forage at sea and instead they rely on blubber reserves laid down in the previous winter. All seals breed annually and the timing of pup production and associated behaviour is linked to habitat and ecology.
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philatelic news Totally UNISSUED Nauru 1983 issue discovered
Sydney stamp dealer Glen Stephens makes a major discovery - 41 years on A very weird story here, that confirms the old adage that ‘The LAST word in Philately is NEVER written’. I was processing some pieces from a Deceased Estate, and among them was a MUH Nauru complete sheet of 10 x $1, commemorating the June 1983 Conference for – ‘14th Regional Pacific Conference of Presiding Officers and Clerks’ This takes place annually, with big shots of the British Pacific nations attending since the 1970s, and rotates as to which country hosts it. As can be seen from the 13 flags on the stamp, Australia, New Zealand, Solomons, PNG, Cook Islands and FIJI etc, take part each year. This Conference most certainly did take place in June 1983 in Nauru - there are general references to it in many official Government documents like the Australian Parliament HANSARD report reports, on a Google search (see below) - i.e. it was not CAN-
CELLED for some weather reason like cyclones or tsunamis etc. Not that would stop the stamps being issued anyway, as they take a year or more to conceive, get artist designs, have relevant changes made, and get to proof stage, and then get Nauru approved etc, and then get printed and distributed to the global agents, Crown Agents, Australia Post, Unicover in USA etc, and to Nauru - itself 3 months by sea from UK.
Nauru very conservative stamp issuer.
All this pre-planning involved very MANY £1,000s in actual cost back then to Nauru - in 1983 Nauru only had FOUR (4) stamp issues, so one issue going entirely missing from that conservative schedule, would have been widely noticed! All of this was initially of little interest to me really - the stamps were grossly misperforated, as can
The $1 Commonwealth Regional conference UNISSUED Nauru stamps. 70 Stamp News
The conference was summarised in Federal Parliament ‘Hansard’ be seen, and I was going to list them for sale on my Rarity Page as a very interesting looking perf freak of some kind, and went to look up the Stanley Gibbons catalogue number to use in the selling reference. The Estate collection was Pacific Islands based, and the Melbourne based owner had assembled it in the 1960s to 2000 era it looked like, and it was in a #1 size Hagner sheet, in his nice Nauru collection, with ‘paid $400’ written on it. Sadly and annoyingly, no note as to when, or from whom he’d purchased it. Owner had some high end pieces – Missing Colours and other varieties, as well as complete normal stamp issues of these places, so he collected the area very keenly. Could not see this $1 Nauru issue listed in Stanley Gibbons for some reason, despite flicking through 3 times. I could see a $2 Mini Sheet issued for the 1997 Conference of this same Group in Nauru, but not this one.
Nauru was of course once a German Colony so Michel offers detailed info on ex Colony issues generally. Then GB KGV and Seahorses were overprinted ‘NAURU’, and later, under Australia WWI occupation, Nauru used the ‘N.W.P.I’ overprinted stamps etc. This sheet of 10 was printed by Format International Security Printers Inc in London - who printed near all Nauru stamp issued in this decade, indeed they printed stamps for heaps of Commonwealth countries, and it has the usual ‘Format’ imprint lower centre, and has all the usual plate numbers, and colour ‘targets’ in each corner margin. The sheet of 10 has the totally usual MUH stamp gum, and same perforations of all other issues of this period. I am sure if it were a cancelled issue, the German MICHEL Catalogue would have noted it, as Nauru is very popular in Germany.
Not listed or mentioned in ANY major catalogue globally.
And do remember in this 1983 period, ALL Nauru New Issues were sold nationally at face via Australia Post, along with Norfolk Island and Christmas Island and Cocos Islands, AAT and Samoa issues etc. 100,000s of sets were sod in this ‘Stamp Boom’ era. Also, all NAURU New Issue stamps were distributed worldwide to dealers by the highly reputable Crown Agents Stamp Bureau – CAPHCO, in Sutton Surrey UK, and all new issues were advised to dealers to order, well in advance of course. The two stamp magazines here in Australia were
So I then consulted the current and mid 1980s detailed Seven Seas Stamps, ‘ASC’ full colour Pacific Islands Catalogue - likewise no image, or note of it in there either. Getting VERY curious now, I then consulted the latest 2024 Scott Catalogue - not a word, and then the German Michel catalogue, that lists and notes all sorts of odd and strange things from everywhere - not a word either.
ALL Nauru issues were sold openly by Australia Post nationally.
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philatelic news 200-300 pages thick per month back in these ‘Stamp Boom’ days, and such a late cancelled issue would have been reported here widely of course one assumes. SOMEONE will have known the details and passed the story onto the magazines I feel sure. My wife is a lifetime librarian and started looking on Google for this, as an issued (or unissued) stamp etc. Or to see if any had been offered in Stamp Auctions or dealer lists, as an unissued one. Not a word to be seen by her. NADA. I put out a request on the largest global Stamp Bulletin Board seeking input and suggestion on this issue – www.stamppoards. com – and no-one anywhere had Complete MUH Unissued Nauru sheet with Imprint and Plate Number seen on heard of it before on controls there. Re the perforating, it looks here! to me like the intention was to have 10 x $1 stamps in So clearly the issue got to final proof stage at each issued sheetlet, each 73mm wide, and a central minimum, and indeed to the stage where custom-made undenominated ‘flag’ gutter piece 38mm wide, in the perf heads were set up to print and perforate this very centre of each sheetlet. unusual format - this is missing the vertical comb at It can be seen that the Format International comb right-hand side. perf heads have indeed been custom adjusted set to My hunch is the issue WAS actually printed and achieve just this on the master printer sheet, which will perforated, but the release was inexplicably cancelled have been 10 or 20 up etc, but were not well struck for some reason. Remem-
The Cook Islands flag was no longer gold on green in 1983! 72 Stamp News
ber this is on normally GUMMED paper as per all stamp issues of that time, and of the usual perf gauge. It is not a ‘proof’. Just an aberrant perforated sheet of the normal printed $1 value. Back 41 years back in the pre-digital era, any stamp proof of photogravure issues were on CROMALIN .. i.e. a highly surfaced, essentially colour photograph type animal, that was UNGUMMED, and on far thicker paper than issued stamps.
not a production proof of some kind from the time. I then contacted Steven Zirinsky in New York, who is the leading specialist of scarce Pactic Island stamp material. Steven had never heard or seen this item before either. The 3 versions of Cook Islands National flags in this era. Why no others appear to exist, or are No senior figures can recall seeing this issue even reported after 41 years, is the huge mystery here. before. The Crown Agents and Australia Post knew at least Brian Moore was then Editor of Stamp News and was 6 months in advance of impending issues for each also editor of the clear market leader Australian Stamp Territory they handle, and routinely advised dealer and Catalogue at around this time, and I contacted him to collector clients of such new issues well in advance. see if he recalled anything of this issue, or being withThe ‘lead up’ time to add things to the print only verdrawn - he did not. In that era all ‘Territory’ issues – sion of the Australia Post Bulletin was several months including Nauru were listed and priced in colour there, generally back then. and there is zero mention of this issue. It was all a total mystery. Then a stampboards Brian is still a stamp dealer, and is Editor of the member there with excellent eyesight noticed that one leading printing industry trade magazines in Australia and New Zealand, and is an expert on all things in commercial printing. He kindly examined the sheet, and confirmed it was a gummed, finished product, and
UNISSUED Australia 2d red invoiced for about $A180,000 Stamp News 73
philatelic news of the small country flags on the stamp had a green background and circle of 15 gold stars - ONCE the official flag of the Cook Islands. HOWEVER in 1979 they officially changed the Cook Islands flag to be a Union Jack, with 15 white stars on a dark blue background. See image nearby. Laziness in the UK design department saw the OLD flag design used on this 1983 Nauru issue it seems! So in 1983 they used the obsolete 1979 Cook Islands flag it seems? It was pre-Internet then, so not so easy to quickly check on Google etc as we can now, and they’d have started work on designing this stamp in 1982, and the UK designer likely used a quite recent reference book like ‘Flags Of The British Commonwealth’ etc that showed the old flag perhaps? All Countries quite rightly, are fiercely proud of their national flag, and any misrepresentation of them is a serious diplomatic matter. ESPECIAL LY so in stamps depicting all the regional neighbour countries at this annual big-shot Government Conference. So I suspect it was a serious ‘OMG’ moment when
this clanger was noticed, and the Government of Nauru decided to cancel the issue, and destroy all finished stamps, and there was not time enough to get new stamps designed, proofed, approved, and printed in the UK and then shipped 10,000 miles to remote Nauru etc, before the 1983 Conference began. Australia did just that with the 2d Red KEVIII issue of 1936 that was fully printed and perforated, and ready to issue when he announced his Abdication, and the Government here issued a strict edict that EVERYTHING to do with it was to destroyed - believed to be 300 MILLION stamps! Vastly expensive, but they did it. The 2d red KGVI that replaced this cancelled issue sold about 1.5 BILLION copies! We used a LOT of stamps back in those days. To this day even the Royal Collection or Australia Post does not own a reference example or proof of this 2d KEVIII stamp.
‘To be totally destroyed by smelting or burning’
Memos flew around everywhere here, and the edict went out that EVERYTHING connected to these
‘His Excellency The Governor’ purloins 6 of the stamps! 74 Stamp News
stamps was to be totally destroyed “by smelting or burning”. Plates, artwork, proofs and all stamps etc. All this to be done under the supervision and signed certificate of the Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Australia - very heavy duty high level supervision. HOWEVER a block of 6 he got in advance as a courtesy, were sent by the Victorian Governor, Lord Huntingfield to an English stamp collector friend were never retrieved. Despite Stamp Printer John Ash imploring he do so many times, and a single stamp sold at Phoenix Auctions in Melbourne in 2015 for about $A180,000. So, ‘unissued’ stamps certainly are highly sought, and can have substantial value. I have no clear idea of what a NAURU unissued stamp might be worth, but decided that $US120 or $A180 each is way more affordable than $180,000 each for most collectors, and others can get some joy of ownership from them. This sheet on 10 will be UNIQUE - of that I have zero doubt. Contact me if you have any interest. I am sure someone has a specialised NAURU
collection, or modern Pacific Island errors collection or suchlike, that will be pleased to own such a neat Hagner sized striking error Centrepiece, of an unissued stamp issue. This blotched perforated sheet might have been a sheet put aside in the archives of Security Printer, Format International in London as some kind of file record, and never got destroyed like the others, and was sold off with their Archives many decades back. We will never know now, but an interesting piece, and proves it is amazing what turns up on stamp dealer desks at times! Glen Stephens
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Greetings from Great Britain I was thinking about My Generation recently, while talking with my children, and guess what I saw issued by the Royal Mail? Yes their most recent Classic Music issue featuring the Who. A band I grew up with, well figuratively speaking as they lived sort of around the corner to me. Not that I knew them. But I certainly did know their music and can honestly say I still have many of their albums. I think I might forgo the stamps though. Too many and too expensive. Just nice to see them and here they are on this Royal mail First Day Cover. (Fig 1 - below) Royal Mail does a very good write up promoting the stamps and the band’s albums. Here is some of what they wrote on
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the presentation pack. Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon formed The Who in 1964. Within five years, they went from performing club shows to headlining the Woodstock festival and becoming the biggest box-office draw in the world. The group changed the way rock music was presented live and produced records that were often intelligent and challenging in content while pushing technological boundaries – both on the stage and in the studio. The band embraced different genres of music, from proto-punk to soft rock, mock Figure 1
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opera to rock opera, and heavy rock to orchestrated rock. They produced songs that spoke for the disaffected youth and, as The Who themselves grew older, the middle-aged. Pete Townshend, as chief songwriter, became the voice of his generation. Along their 60-year journey, The Who lost Keith Moon (in 1978) and John Entwistle (in 2002), but Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend continue to thrill audiences with some of the best rock music ever written. They also support a host of charities, for which they have raised millions of pounds in funding over the years. There has never been another band quite like The Who. Having sold over 100 million records
Figure 2 worldwide, and now celebrating their 60th anniversary, the group are among the most innovative and influential bands of the rock and roll era. As a reminder, the stamps show the following albums. On the 1st Class stamps: My Generation, released in the UK in December 1965; Tommy, the Who’s 1969 double album; the 1971 Who’s Next album; and then in 1973 the album Quadrophenia. On the 4 £2.00 stamps are Who Are You released in 1978; then Face Dances in 1981; followed by their Endless Wire in 2006 and finally in 2019 they issued WHO, Stamp News 77
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their 12th and last studio album. In addition to the basic set of 8 stamps there was a Prestige booklet with 4 panes showing additional stamps. Here in Fig 2 is one pane, again on a Royal Mail First Day Cover. A Royal Mail issue would not be complete these days without a miniature sheet and here it is. This time presented on Buckingham Covers cover. Fig 3 Very flamboyant perhaps one might say and reminiscent of the 1060 and 70s. It is not possible to reproduce but worth knowing for interest for a postmark collector. The postmark is The Who, Townshend Rd, dated 17 10 24. These four stamps show photographs from their live shows. 78 Stamp News
Figure 3 I hope you have enjoyed seeing these stamps and the memories they maybe brought back to you, if you were a fan of their music – and how could you not be. About the Author: Michael owns cddstamps.com and sells at https://www.hipstamp.com/ store/cddstamps He can be reached at cddstamps@gmail.com and welcomes feedback and ideas for future articles. His talk on GB Covers can be seen on the AFDCS YouTube channel at youtu.be/-_yxOEx9CSM
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Visit Afghanistan! In the mid-1960s I discovered a new hobby – shortwave radio listening. Using the radio set in our home I could pick up broadcasts from all parts of the world (including Radio Australia). Today it doesn’t sound much as most people have immediate access to the world using their portable phones but for me and many others shortwave radio was something really big at the time. One of the stations which I tuned in to ever so often was Radio Afghanistan with daily half-hour broadcasts in German to Europe. Numerous letters were mailed from my home in the West of Sweden to the station in Kabul. The broadcasts offered a mix of news, commentaries, short feature programmes and a lot of beautiful Afghan music. We listeners learnt about a country working hard to modernise about everything. Many young Afghans had been sent to Germany and other European nations to study. The Afghans were obviously hoping for a brighter future. Today the situation in Afghanistan is completely different. The country is ruled by a barbarian religious sect terrorising people who don’t share the group’s extreme religious beliefs. Girls and
women are particularly targeted and they are denied education and a social life. But in the 1960s everything was very much different. The Kabul government wanted to encourage tourism and the Afghan Post Office joined the campaign. In 1964 there was a first set of stamps inscribed VISITEZ L’AFGHANISTAN in French (the official language of the UPU). During the following years there were additional sets comprising three values each and almost always with one stamp featuring a map of Afghanistan (Fig. 1). However, it seems the campaign started already in 1961 when the Afghan Post Office released two stamps featuring a view of the beautiful Band Amir Lakes. They have been described as a must see for visitors to Afghanistan. These two stamps were designed and printed by the State Printing Works in Austria as were the subsequent issues. Strangely enough none of these stamps were used on the many letters that I received from the radio station in Kabul in the 1960s. They were franked with the rather primitive locally printed stamps. The first 1964 set comprises three values of which one shows a map of the country with the
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Christer Brunström colours of the Afghan flag in the background. This is the first stamp inviting us to visit Afghanistan. The two remaining stamps show views of the old city of Herat (Fig. 2) in the north-western part of the country not far from the border with Iran. Herat has a very long history and it is a cultural and economic centre for this part of the country. Much of the trade with neighbouring Iran passes through Herat. The 1965 set didn’t include a map but it had a view of the Band Amir Lakes on the 5-afghani value. The 3.75 afs value (Fig. 3) has a most interesting design as it features the huge Buddha statues at Bami Yan. They were carved out of the mountain side in the late 6th century. The UNESCO had placed them on its World Heritage list. Sadly they don’t exist anymore as they were blown up and completely destroyed by Taliban extremists in March 2001. The destruction of the ancient Buddha statues had been ordered by Mullah Muhammad Omar, the highest leader of the Taliban. It is of course totally unacceptable that religious fanatics can destroy major parts of a country’s rich cultural heritage.
The 1966 set once again had the map of Afghanistan in addition to showing two historic buildings associated with Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. The 4 afs value (Fig. 4) shows one of his palaces in Kabul (in 1966 used as a guesthouse for visiting dignitaries) and the 8 afs value his mausoleum in the capital. Abdur Rahman Khan (ca 1840-1901) ruled Afghanistan from 1880 until his passing in 1901. He is remembered as the Iron Emir due to his ruthless way of government. He has been described as a dictator who had thousands of his enemies killed. He particularly targeted the Hazara ethnic minority. But he has also been described as a military genius in a difficult time. He was trained by the British who made several unsuccessful attempts to occupy Afghanistan. Historic buildings are also shown on the 1968 set (there was no issue in 1967) and I have chosen to picture the 3 afs value (Fig. 5). The stamps depicts the minaret built by Sultan Mahmud in the city of Ghazni some 1.000 years ago. Ghazni is located some 160 km south-west of Kabul. The three stamps from 1969 show people in
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Visit Afghanistan! Badakhstan, an isolated province in the Pamir Mountains in the north-east of the country. The 2 afs map stamp clearly indicates the location of this province. The 7 afs stamp (Fig. 6) depicts three persons riding their mules up a steep mountain side in the Pamir Mountains. The sixth set extolling the virtues of Afghanistan as a destination for tourists was released in 1970. A map of Afghanistan was once again included but as always the place names are in extremely tiny letters which makes them impossible to read. The only city which can be identified is Kabul. The two other stamps feature views from Kabul. The 3 afs value (Fig 7) depicts one of the many mosques in the capital. The last tourism set was released in 1972. It features Buddhist and Greek monuments and objects from Afghanistan’s rich history which probably angered many of the country’s hardcore religious leaders. The monarchy was abolished in 1973 and King Mohammad Zahir Shah had to go into exile. This could be seen as the beginning of a long process
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which in no way has benefitted the Afghan people. A Communist coup was carried out in 1978 and it resulted in Soviet intervention. The ensuing civil war has created the political chaos which still characterises Afghanistan. For decades Afghanistan has suffered from constant wars and periods of repression. Those visitors who still come to the country are most probably not tourists but rather people who want to join a terror group. As a result many Afghans have fled their country and quite a few have ended up in Sweden (and many other countries). In my overseas travels I have never been able to visit this fascinating but currently extremely unhappy country. However, on a sunny day several years ago, the Finnair plane taking me from India to Finland flew over Afghanistan and from my window seat I had a view of Kabul down below. I will never be able to visit this country in person but thanks to my stamp albums I can find out a lot about Afghanistan and its people and all in the safety of my own home.
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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301
off Slade St Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, J3A Bldg. Castlereash St. New PO Box: 252 Kingswood 2750. Ph: 02 4733 3062 Piallaway PS: PO Box 12, Werris Creek PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec) PS of NSW: Mtg 4th Sat (Philas House), 3rd Tues (Chatswood); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Richmond River (Lismore) PS: Mtg 4th Thursday Royal Sydney Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd Tues. (ex Jan); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Sapphire Coast Stamp & Coin Club: Mtg Enq 02 6495 7308. Mail to PO Box 285, Pambula, NSW 2549 St. George PS: Mtg 1st Mon Shoalhaven PS: Mtg 2nd Monday (Ex Jan) PO Box 4047, East Nowra 2541. Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd Mon Society for Polar Philately: 2012 meetings: 2nd Wednesday of February, March, May, July, Sept and November held at Ryde Ex-Services Club 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW Tel: 9807 3344 (in Mackinnon room) starting at 8pm.Enq 0407 277 223 or email penviews@ hotmail.com Sussex Inlet and District: Mtg 3rd Mon Sutherland Shire PS: Mtg 2nd Tues., 7:00pm, Miranda Uniting Church Hall, Central Rd, Miranda. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Sydney Anglican SS: 2nd Sat. even months 9.30-2.30 St Paul’s Anglican Church, Cnr Moseley St and Vickery Ave CARLINGFORD www.sass.asn.au Tamworth PS: Mtg 1st Mon ex. Jan. Tamworth Bridge Club, 7 Hilton St, Tamworth Sec. Graeme Mitchell. PO Box 678, Tamworth NSW 2340 Ph. 02 67664853 Taree RSL Club Ltd SC: Mtg 3rd Mon Toronto SC: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm (Feb-Dec), Bolton Point Community Hall, 68 Middle Point Rd, Bolton Point NSW, 2283. Sec. Howard Fisher Ph (02) 49771327 Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm. Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Masonic Centre, 8 Boyd St, Tweed Heads, 07 5535 3168 Wagga SC: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) ARCC Building, Tarcutta St, 7.30pm. Secretary: Peter Simpfendorfer Ph:02 6922 3393 Wyong PS: Mtgs: 3rd Tues 7.30pm, daytime meetings 1st Weds, KGV Heads group 4th Weds. Jim Spence Sec. 02 4392 3610 email: dandasonter6@bigpond.com
northern territory Alice Springs SC: Meet Informally; PO Box 1529, Alice Springs, NT, 0871. Ph 08 8953 3054 Darwin Philatelic Circle: 1st Sun. 10am - 2pm. 53 Flametree Crt, Rosebery; Ph:(08) 8931 2898; PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT, 0831; Email: Nadine.Tinsley@nt.gov.au-. WA club information: WA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Perth, WA, 6001 Mandurah PS PO Box 625 Mandurah WA 6210 2nd Tues 4.45 - 6.30pm Bortolo Park Pavilion Cnr. Bortolo and Murdoch Drives Greenfields WA 6210 08 9581 1083 keithmich@bigpond.com Northern Districts SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9329 0117 Philatelic Forum: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9294 4277 Rockingham & Kwinana (PS of): Mtg 3rd Tues (NB 2nd in Dec) Pres. Malcolm Brown; Sec. Terry Boyd; PRO Lucie Schokker Ph. 08 9419 1604; email: malcolm.b@iinet.net.au PS of WA: Mtg 3rd Tues; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec); Clubrooms, Charles Riley Reserve, Wendling Rd, North Beach, Ph: 08 9447 7256 The Postmark Circle (WA): Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Victoria Park SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9472 8072 or 08 9450 5280 WA Study Group: Mtg 4th Thurs (ex Dec) 08 9384 1050 Wanneroo SC: Mtg 3rd Mon; Ph: 08 9305 3130.
philatelic clubs & societies new zealand
Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz
Air Mail Society of NZ: Ph: 03 3584838; Email: alant@snap.net Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan). Ph 09 9853212; Email kiwibrooce@ yahoo.com; Website: www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tues; GB Machin 3rd Fri odd months; Postal History 1st Mon; Postcard 3rd Tues even months. Email: secretary@ cps.gen.nz; Website: www.cps.gen.nz Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph: 03 4557643; Email: davidallison2009@gmail.com; Website: www.dunedinstampclub.org.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph: 06 8765911; Email: clairemole@xtra.co.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Ph: 06 8439433; Email: dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 3689881; Email: michael.christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan). Ph: 04 5697439; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec). Ph: 04 2971197; Email: ian.burttt@yahoo.co.nz Manaia PS: Mtg (Hawera) 1st Sun. Ph: 06 2784292; Email: peter.williams@xtra.co.nz Manawatu PS: Mtg 1st Wed, daytime meeting 3rd Tues. Ph: 06 3584565; Email: mps@inspire.net.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec). Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 07 8893199 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5469092; Email: paula.hucklesby@clear.net.nz North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz; Website: www.northshoreps.com NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed. Ph 03 3895511; Email: steve@ philatelic.org.nz; Website: www.nzeal.com/philately/nzscc.htm NZ Postcard Society: Ph: 03 3848463; Email: jenny-long@clear.net.nz; Website: www. postcard.org.nz
Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 5220311. Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington. Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sun. John Mounce, President 649-291-9381 johnmounce@ihug.co.nz Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex Jan). Ph: 04 5899530; Email: office@rpsnz.org.nz; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS: Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri (ex Dec and Jan). Ph: 09 2682245; Email: elowera@orcon.net.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan), 3rd Tue (daytime) (except Jan). Email: antqgevi@es.co.nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 7546212; Email: murray-grimwood@ hotmail.com Tauranga & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec). Ph: 07 5765210; Email: beducker@hotmail.com Thames Valley PS: Mtg 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 07 8689190. Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 2347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6880343 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec). Ph: 04 5284123; Email: teme. isaac@clear.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 4428865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 06 3427894; Email: g.p.phillips@xtra.co.nz Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 9 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 042347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs (except Jan) Ph: 07 3222054 or 07 3086193 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex.Jan) Ph 09 4348000; Email john-monica@xtra.co.nz
queensland
QLD Philatelic Council, 18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum, Qld, 4178. Ph: 07 3396 0846 Fax: 07 3396 0842. Email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Web: www.qpc.asn.au
Arana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermccloskey@bigpond.com Bayside Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281. Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 3rd Weds (ex Dec) 12.30pm Hambledon House, 177 Bruce Highway, Edmonton. Ph : Murray 40332211 or Jim 40554950 email - murrayklawson@bigpond.com Caloundra SC: Mtg. 4th Thurs. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 1.30pm. Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brisbane German Club; Email: ericwilson56@gmail.com
Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433;
Ph: 0439977133 Collectors Club Queensland: Mtg 2nd Sunday each month 9am to 1pm - RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park. Contact 0409 130 266 or ccqueensland@gmail.com Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157 Gladstone and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed (Ex. Jan) & 4th Wed (Ex.Dec). Maxine Brushe Building, Pengelly St, Gladstone. Ph. Sec: 07 4978 1155 Ian Rippingale, Gold Coast PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 11.30am, Southport Community Centre, Lawson St, Southport. Ph: 07 5546 3801 Gympie SC: Mtg. 2nd Sun. Avenues, 37 Red Hill Rd. 1-3pm Ph 0428 722 528 email gympiestampclub@gmail.com Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983 Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3277 6724. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, righteo274@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, 5.30pm, Gracehouse Church, 123 Paradise Rd, Slacks Creek. Tel: 0435 854 680
07 3822 6987
Maryborough and Wide Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Salvation Army Youth 7 Comm. Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 2nd Sat, 10:00am, Nanango RSL. Contact Ph: 07 3103 8938 or ema il: bowtell_harris@activ8.net.au Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336. email: rockystampclub@gmail.com Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096 Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384 Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: david. appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.au Sunshine Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 1pm Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 0456 788 932 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@ uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg. 2nd Sat 12 noon, Toowoomba Indoor Bowls Hall, Annand St, Toowoomba Ph. 0427463381 John Martin secretary@toowoombastampclub.org Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5535 3168 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi Sports Club, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815
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philatelic clubs & societies south australia
Club information: SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 10159, Adelaide Business Centre, Gouger Street, Adelaide. Ph: 8212 3557, or 0421 367 665, email address, saphilhouse21@gmail.com
Australian Airmail Society: Meets 1st Wed, 7.45pm at 22 Gray Court, Adelaide, 5000. PO Box 395, Edwardstown, SA 5039. Ph 0421 655 729. bodnarjohn11@gmail.com Australian Match Cover Collector Society (Phillumeny): Meets bi-monthly on 4th Friday 8.00 pm (odd month) 22 Gray Court, Adelaide, 5000. PO Box 367, Daw Park, SA, 5041. Ph 0450 073 311. david.figg@internode.on.net Australian Postcard Society: Meets 4th Thursday 7.45 pm, 22 Gray Court, Adelaide, 5000. PO Box 281, Edwardstown, SA, 5039. Ph 0421 367 665. lindaw3456@gmail.com Blackwood Philatelic Circle: Meets 2nd Saturday 1.30pm. Blackwood Uniting Church, Blackwood, SA. 6 Glenwood Dr, Bellevue Heights, SA, 5050.Ph 0437 050 831. teepeeandruth@gmail.com Bordertown and Districts PS: Meets 3rd Thursdays 7.45pm, Bordertown Primary School, C/- PO Bordertown, SA 5268 , Ph (08) 8753 4126. cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au Community PS: Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays at 7.00pm, Edwardstown Baptist Church, Community Centre, St Mary’s SA, 5039. PO Box 281 Edwardstown, SA 5039. Ph 0421 367 665. lindaw3456@gmail.com City of Noarlunga: Meets alternate Thursdays at 7.00pm, Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard. Seaford. SA 5169. C/- PO Box 97, Seaford, SA, 5169. Ph 0419 675 376. artist48@bigpond.net.au Eastern PS: Meets 2nd Thursday at 7.30pm, Hectorville Community Centre, Hectorville, SA, PO Box 62, Campbelltown, SA 5074. Ph 0418 846 243. m450603@gmail.com Elizabeth PS: Meets 2nd Thursday at 7.30pm, Café Nove, Murray Street, Gawler. C/- 37 Andrews Rd, Elizabeth Downs, SA 5113. Ph 0414 998 267. Email mhancy@picknowl.com.au Encounter Bay SC: Meets 1st Wednesdays at 7.30pm, School Hall, Woolworths Shopping Ctr, Victor Harbour. SA, 5039. PO Box 317, Goowla, SA 5214. Ph (08) 8555 3311. anthony.presgrave@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Contact club for meeting details ph (08) 8358 2802 Glenside PS: 1st & 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. c/- 9 Moore St., Tranmere, SA 5073 08 8398 2475 Lower Murray PS: Meets 1st Saturday & 3rd Sunday 10am - 2pm. White Park Centre. 19 Mulgundawah Rd, Murray Bridge. SA, LMPS Secretary, PO Box 3, Purnon, SA 5239. Ph (08) 8570 4074. www.lowermurrayphilatelicsociety.org.au Mount Gambier PS: Meets 3rd Tuesday 8pm. O’Halloran Community Centre, O’Halloran Terrace, Mt Gambier. SA. 5289, PO Box 2261, Mt Gambier. SA. 5289. Ph 0419 817 697. mgphilatelic@gmail.com Numismatic Society of SA-: Meets 3rd Thursday from 7.45pm. Royal Soc rooms, behind State Library, off Kintore Ave, Adelaide. 5000. PO Box 312, Magill. SA. 5072. Ph (08) 8165 3446. email
victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Bulleen PS Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan) 7.30 pm Veneto Club Upstairs 191 Bulleen Rd Bulleen (PO Box 166, Niddrie VIC 3042)Contact Secretary: Frank 0438830645 Treasurer: Joe 0408560601 Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong Ph: 0429 236 382 Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. c/24 Carrington Street Sydenham 3037. PH. 0438 901 144. email: footscraystamps@gmail Frankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford. Ph: 5996 3745 Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st Sat 7.00pm, 3rd Mon 1pm (ex Jan) Sat - Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. Mon - Belmont Library, High St, Belmont Ph: 0438578591 (Sec); PO Box 342, Belmont 3216
tasmania Burnie and NW Districts Stamp, Coin and Collectable Club: Mtn 3d Friday of the month. Burnie Catholic Church Hall, Mount St Burnie. Bob Brunetti bobwog52@gmail. com Devonport SC: Mtn 3rd Monday of the month 7:00 pm, except April, (4th Monday), and December (2nd Monday). St Johns Anglican Church Meeting Room Fenton Street Devonport. Paul Brown paul.brown252@gmail.com
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secretary@sanumismatics.org.au Para Hills PS: Meets 1st Sunday from 8.00pm. Para Hills Uniting Chruch,cnr Liberman & Barcoo Rd, Para HIlls SA 5096. PO Box 64, Para Hills. SA. 5096 Ph (08) 8522 4345. pbennison@adam.com.au Port Pirie PS: Meets Last Monday 2.00pm. BHAS Bowling Club, 1 Halley St, Risdon Park SA 5540. 13 Fletcher Crt, Pr Pirie, SA 5540 Ph 0429 858 856. geoff-josie@bigpond .com Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Meets 4th Tuesdays 8.00pm, 22 Gray Court, Adelaide, 5000. PO Box 624, Modbury, SA 5092 , Ph 0428 265 739. fredyboy1966@gmail.com PS of South Australia: Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 7.45pm, 22 Gray Court, Adelaide, 5000. PO Box 10159, Adelaide Business Hub, Adelaide , SA, 5000 , Ph (08) 8212 3557anthony.presgrave@bigpond.com Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Meets 2nd Tuesday at 7.45pm, 22 Gray Court, Adelaide, 5000. PO Box 10159, Adelaide Business Hub, Adelaide , SA, 5000. Ph 0418 800 132. saphilatelist@gmail.com Riverland PS: Meets 4th Mondays 10.00am, Berri Library, Kay Ave, Berri. PO box 901, Berri, SA. 5343 Ph 0428 841 343 or (08) 8584 4716. saund-rp@bigpond.com.au SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Contact the club for meeting details PO box 2076, Magill North, SA. 5072. Ph 0430 367 157. erichurrell@bigpond.com Salisbury PS: Meets 1st & 3rd Mondays 7.30pm, Salisbury Lutheran Church, 10 Waterloo Corner Road, Salisbury PO Box 336, Salisbury, SA. 5108. Ph (08) 8269 3883. salisburyphilatelic@gmail.com Stirling PS: Meets 4th Fridays 7.30pm, The Hut (old Aldgate Railway station)12 Aldernay Rd, Aldgate, SA. 5154. Ph 0413 742 976 . stphilsoc@gmail.com Strathalbyn PS: Meets 2nd Mondays 8.00pm, Rosa Hoare room, Lutheran Church, Strathalbyn. C/- Lloyd Deer, PO Box 686, Strathalbyn, SA. 5255. Ph 0428 569 119 . lloyd.deer1@bigpond.com Top End Stamp Club (formerly Darwin) PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT. 0831. Ph (08) 8931 2898. nevgabi@bigpond.net.au Ukrainian Collectibles Club: contact club for meeting details PO Box 466, Woodville, SA. 5011. Ph 0417702 234. Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Meets3rd Wednesdays 7.30pm, Senior Citizens Club, Taylor St, Kadina PO Box 178, Bute, SA. 5560. Ph 0422 857 267 Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd Monday 7.30 pm ex. Jan. Guide Hall, Foster St. 0407 659664 Hungarian PS: Mtg 2nd Wed Latrobe Valley PS: Mtg Last Wed ex Dec 7.30pm, St Lukes Uniting Church Hall, Princes Way, Morwell; Chris Zarb, Sec. ph. 03 5174 3394 Maryborough Stamp Club:Mtg mthly ex Jan 2nd Tues of month 8pm, St Augustine’s Hall, Maryborough. PO Box 295, Maryborough, 3465; Ph: 03 5464 2400. maryboroughsc@eudoramail.com. maryboroughsc.web1000.com Mildura PS: Mtg Last Thurs (ex Dec)Carnegie Building 74 Deakin Ave Ph: 03 5023 8789 Mooroolbark PS: Mtg 1st Tues; Ph: 03 9723 3304 Oakleigh PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan) Oakleigh Public Library, Drummond St, Oakleigh Ocean Grove SC: Mtg 4th Wed. 10am. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Clubrooms Melways: 234 A. Ph. 03 5255 1372 Peninsula SC: Mtg 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, Murray Anderson Rd, Rosebud. Ph: 03 5975 0574 Polish PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Prahran PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) Ringwood PS: Gen Mtg 1st Thurs; Daytime 3rd Mon Ph: 03 9725 0514 email hanszomer@bigpond.com Royal PS of Victoria:Mtg 3rd & 5th Thurs; Daytime 1st Tues Sale SC: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan) Shepparton PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Ph. 0417 955 546 Sherbrooke PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs ex Jan Upwey Fire Brigade Hall, 8pm; Bob Cook Ph: 03 9758 3465 Upper Yarra SC: Mtg 3rd Tues St Arnaud SC: Mtg 3rd Mon (excl. Jan & Dec) 03 54951371 Warragul PS: Mtg 2nd Fri Warrnambool PS: Mtg 3rd Wed 7.30pm Hammond Fellowship Centre, Henna St ;Ph: 03 5561 1470 Waverley PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs 7.30pm, Mt Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Cres, Mt Waverley; Daytime mtg the following Friday, 9.30am, Uniting Church Hall, 482 High St, Mt Waverley. Ph. 03 9898 4102 Obtain Tasmanian clubs information from: Tasmanian Stamp Council, GPO Box 9800, Hobart, TAS, 7001. Ph: 03 6278 7084 Glenorchy SC: Mtn 2nd Tuesday of the month (not January) at 7:00 pm Glenorchy Library, 4 Terry St, Glenorchy. Frank Catania frankcatania7051@gmail.com Launceston PS: Mtn 1st Tuesday 7:00 PM, Max Fry Hall, Gorge Rd, Trevallyn, Brett Lawson brett.w.lawson01@gmail.com Tasmanian PS (Hobart). 1st Monday except January 7:30 PM, behind Legacy House, 159 Macquarie St, Hobart. John Panckridge secretary@tps.org.au
upcoming stamp & coin fairs & events new south wales
victoria
Jan 4 & Feb 1- (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754. Jan 4 & Feb 1- (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW. Jan 4 & Feb 1- (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am - 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. Ph. 0417 802 754 Jan 4 & Feb 1- (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Jan 19 & Feb 16- (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm, Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. Ph : 4971 3483 Jan 26 & Feb 23 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Community Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm. Free Entry, 6 Dealers, Buy/ Sell.
Jan 5 & Feb 2 - (1st Sun) Western Suburbs Stamp, Coin & Banknote Fair, Strathmore Bowling Club, 40 Loeman St, Strathmore. 8am1.30pm. Enq: 0410 538 039. Jan 19 & Feb 16 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card Phone Card Fair, Clayton Senior Citizens Centre, 19 Mary St. Clayton. 8am-1.30pm. Dealers. Ph: 0410 538 039. Jan 26 & Feb 23 - (last Sun ex Dec) Ringwood East Stamp Fair Senior Citizens Hall, 2-8 Laurence Grove, (behind the shops, off Railway Ave.) Ringwood East. 8am-1.30pm. Ph. 0410 538 039
queensland Jan 13 & Feb 10 - (2nd Mon) Gold Coast PS Sale, Rm 1, Southport Comm. Centre, Lawson St, Southport. 11.30am - 2.30pm Brisbane Table Tennis Assoc Centre
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A few choice items from The Jim Parise Cinderella & Ephemera Auction Early 2025
1929 East West Air Contest
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1915 Western Australia Day
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