September Quartet A selection of collecting suggestions for adventurous collectors, or to accelerate the scope of an existing collection of the relevant subject. Contact me if you have a particular interest in Australian cover/stationery fields. For individual item offerings, refer to website (www.rap.com.au) and eBay listings (search rap_com_au).
1949: Underpaid 2d owing to oversize and taxed 4d double-deficiency Australia Postage Due Cover collection: 1900s/1960s, covers and postcards, many less usual frankings, (50+)
1969: ‘SPECIAL DESPATCH” forerunner Test Article by Control Systems South Australia Priority Paid Covers: Useful collection from inception of this defunct Postal Service, commercial covers, underrated material, (75+)
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1992: Gondwana Rainforest Sanctuary particularly attractive Postage paid indicium Australia Postage Paid Indicia Covers: Collection of this often attractive and misunderstood category of private stationery, which required P.O. permit for use, no duplication (200+)
1935: Official cover for Forests Commission Victoria - 2d punctured “VG” Victoria State Govt 1930s/1990s Covers collection: Varied selection of Departments, franked items including the punctures, (100+)
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Figure 1. Rarity and valuation seemingly out of sync I am often asked to recommend subjects for an interesting and affordable Usage study. Eight years ago, in the September 2010 column, I suggested
PNG Decimal stamps issued prior to Self-Government. This remains a terrific field for Usage study, as do the £SD and later stamp issues of this exotic country. Probably time to revisit the subject! I’ve featured Papua New Guinea usage in this column previously, and made no secret of the fact that I regard this as an excellent country for such pursuit. This month we’ll visit the early Decimal currency issues, up to the end of the Australian Trust Territory era, in 1973. I’ve selected a baker’s dozen items, for good measure. See if you agree that these PNG stamps have individuality, and a vibrancy all their own, particularly when properly used on cover. The first definitive set was a bottler; ever-popular Butterflies, no less. Figure 1 is about as good a representation of the set as it gets. Some readers may even recall that I’ve featured this very cover before; in the DecemFigure 2. Tribal Art a feature of PNG’s exotic stamp designs ber 2008 column. This is the only ex6 - Stamp News
ample of the 1966 $2 Butterfly I’ve seen on cover, and being solo it’s a gem. Used 10 July 1969 from Boroko to Canada, $2 was for 4-4½ozs. airmail (20c per ½oz. x9 = $1.80) + registration fee (20c). The Canadian “Cleared Customs” datestamp adds a nice finish. This stamp replaced the glamorous 1963 £1 QEII, a stamp which I’ve yet to see on a
Figure 3. In the “seldom seen solo” category commercial postal article. The $2 would be expected to be about as little in demand postally as was its predecessor by a few years. Unsurprisingly, I think very highly of the subject item. It might well fetch more at auction than my valuation : $750 (the set
Figure 4. Gorgeous stamp for Stationery uprate Stamp News - 7
used off cover retails at $14). Many common philatelic items sell for much more. The 1966 Elema Art quartet were supplementary denominations to the Butterfly set. None are easy to find on cover; the 60c is a rarity. Figure 2 has the 7c and 2c, together with Butterfly 1c to make up the 10c Aerogramme rate, utilizing a John Dickinson formular permit “Air Letter”, from Madang 19 Nov 1967 to U.S. Figure 5. Regular stamp adaptation for Postage due purpose Valuation : $60 (used set off cover $1.50). face value of the 1967 Pacific War set is 77c, yet the Perusing a widely accepted retail list, from which my “used off cover” retail price today is but $2 mint or used, 43 years after issue! The wholesale price? I won’t go there. prices are taken, I could not help but be unpleasOne would hope that collectors of mint/used have antly surprised at how poorly the mint and used derived pleasure from ownership of such material, stamps of this period have fared. For example, the
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Figure 7. Rightly, a popular thematic
in Figure 4. Here the 20c from the 1967 Territory Parrots, actually a designated Christmas series, pays for registration fee uprate for 5c Envelope used from Lae to Samarai 30 Nov 1967. Valuation : $60 (used set off cover $3). The 1968-69 Sea Shells were a worthy replacement definitive series for the Butterflies; another striking set of designs. The 12c of the series was amongst the last denominations to appear, and is the scarcest on cover of the sub-dollar stamps. Figure 5 is a particularly rare usage of a 12c, as a Postage due on an underpaid cover from Australia. Arriving
for it has been a lousy financial investment. The Trade also must question the viability of handling such material; I know some regard it only as a necessary service. Enough depressing comment, however, back now to commercial covers. The 2c, 20c and 50c denominations are very scarce on cover; I’ve seen but two covers bearing the 50c. Figure 3 is one, the only solo franking, for 50c combined airmail/ registration fee to Germany, from Goroka 1 May 1968. Valuation : $100 (used set off cover $2). Postal stationery uprated for a specific purpose is a desirable field in its own right, and so much more a delight when a gorgeous stamp performs the uprate, as Figure 8. Coil pair a little gem
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Figure 9. Another nice postage due adaptation at Madang 11 Mar 1974, the article caught up with the addressee three days later, when the 12c was affixed and tied by another Madang datestamp, paying deficiency of 6c plus a fine of a further 6c. The 1960s Postal Charges stamps on commercial covers realize considerable sums; this item is as
Figure 10. Native Dancers; groovy set 10 - Stamp News
rare. Valuation : $150 (entire used set off cover $15). The quirky 1969 Folklore rouletted between 5c and 10c pairs are difficult to find on cover. In fact I’ve yet to see the 10c! Until recently I had not seen an unsevered pair of the 5c. eBay to the rescue,
Figure 11. “Friendly” python*
use at Mendi; an example of how the convergence of Usage and Postal history can be complementary. This is a rare commercial use of the datestamp, not to be confused with the contrived covers prepared by the Papuan Philatelic Society for subscriber members. The PPS service is highly commendable, but the value of those covers is considerably less than commercial equivalents. The 1958 1/7d Cattle, for example, sells for around $20/30 on PS-generated covers, whereas commercial usages of that stamp have sold for upwards of $500, and more. Valuation : $75 (used
and Figure 6 happened along, an 18 Apr 1969 use from Madang to U.S., where a 5c single and pair of unsevered pairs paid the 25c airmail rate. It may be a very long time before I see a comparable item. Valuation : $80 (used set off cover $2). Orchids on stamps is a popular thematic, and PNG as a country certainly has more than its fair share of these delights. Figure 7 features a solo franking of the 30c from the 1969 set of four, paying combined letter rate/registration fee Mendi to Port Moresby. Note “RELIEF Nº 9” datestamp, then in Figure 12. Convergence of two attractive issues
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Figure 13. The gentle, noble art of shark snaring set off cover $3). [Footnote: In the 1980s I owned a block of land in the Daintree Rainforest, Far North Qld, which I sold to the Qld Govt., for classification within the World Heritage Rainforest region. Later I was told it was acquired specifically as local Botanists had established that reposing within “my” block was the only recorded example of a particular orchid genus. That’s one to the World, zero to Rod.] The 1969-71 Bird of Paradise coil 2c and 5c are rather difficult to find on commercial cover; relatively few Post Offices had coil dispensing machines. Figure 8 has a rare pair (I’ve seen but two) of the 5c, used Boroko to NSW 7 Aug 1974, paying the 10c airmail rate. Value : $100 (around 50c off cover). Figure 9, as in Figure 5, has a regular stamp 12 - Stamp News
utilized as a Postage due. In this instance, an unstamped local Rabaul cover has been taxed 14c (double the 7c postage deficiency), and a solo 1971 South Pacific Games 14c has been affixed in taxing. An attractive item for an exhibit. Valuation : $100 (used set off cover $1.50). The 1971 Native Dancers set, to my eye, embody the exoticism of PNG stamp design of the subject era. Figure 10 has the 28c, rare on cover, together with 9c from the Primary Industries series, on 17 Nov 1972 registered cover Kavieng to Rabaul, at 37c combined letter/registration rate. Valuation : $60 (Dancers used set off cover $2). Figure 11 bears the striking combination of 9c from the riotous 1971 Native Dancers, and the sensuous 21c Green Python from the 1972 Reptiles series. The aggregate 30c paid airmail 28 Apr 1972
Figure 14. New and exciting 1st wmk. Kangaroo cover “discovered” from Wewak to West Germany. The joy of ownership of items such as this belies their present market worth. Valuation : $30 (Reptiles used set off cover $3). [*Well, “friendly” to the extent that they seldom grow to greater than 1.5 metres in length.] The 1973 Birds of Paradise and 75th Stamp Anniversary issues, aside from the base rate 7c denominations, are scarce to rare on commercial cover. Figure 12 bears two of the difficult issues, the 14c from the “Birds” and the 30c “Stamps”, the aggregate 44c paying combined 2nd weight step letter (14c) + registration fee (30c), Tari to Madang on 9 Jul 1974. For those who prefer their Usage exhibit to have specific stamps paying specific rates, this is a gem of an item, peppered by having emanated from a small P.O. Valuation : $50 (off cover used sets $6 (Birds) and $3 (Stamps)). The 1973-74 “Panorama” series is another bottler for a usage study. Aside from the unusual denominations (try finding the 21c and 28c), some of the designs are wonderful. It was a difficult choice deciding between wig-makers, the pig exchange, fire dancers and crocodile hunters. Figure 13 came up trumps for it features two alluring designs, the
elusive 28c Menyamya Bowmen, and the enigmatic Shark Snaring (probably don’t try it at home). Used from Angoram 28 Sep 1973, the aggregate 58c paid 4th weight step letter (28c) + registration fee (30c), another example of specific stamps for specific rates (see under Figure 12). Valuation : $50 (used set off cover $7). The scarcity of many of the PNG stamps of this era, and of most earlier and later issues, belies the modest sums covers tend to fetch in today’s marketplace. I can’t help but believe that, just as the scarcity of many Australian contemporary usage items has come to be reflected in buoyant auction results, similar recognition is overdue for PNG usage. New “finds” are one of many uplifting elements in Philately. I seldom see exciting new discoveries in Kangaroo covers, particularly 1st wmk. issues, but Figure 14 is an outstanding exception. It turned up recently in the U.S., 103 years after it was sent there! This 1/10½d franking, including very rare on cover 9d and 1/-, represents 2½d Foreign letter rate x9. Now back “home”, when offered it is expected to realize $5000. Stamp News - 13
ST HELENA : NAPOLEON’S ISLAND PRISON Following French Emperor Napoleon’s defeat at the battle of Waterloo in Belgium on 18 June 1815, the British wanted to get rid of him for good. Having already used deportation to distant lands (including Australia) as punishment for criminals of all kinds, the London government decided to send the French emperor to the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic. The island was named after Saint Helena who is depicted on a 1934 stamp (Fig. 1) Napoleon (1769-1821) spent his last years on the island along with some of his aides and servants. He probably wasn’t too happy with his island prison and the governor of St. Helena did as much as he could to make his life as miserable as possible. (Fig.2). The career of Napoleon Bonaparte has fascinated people ever since he rose to power during the
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French revolution. There have been hundreds if not thousands of books devoted to this extraordinary man who plagued most of Europe for many years. However, he is also remembered for a number of important legal reforms in France. He was buried on the island in 1821 but his remains were removed to France in 1840 where his remains now rest in the Dome des Invalides in Paris. Today the French state owns Longwood House (Fig. 3), the house where Napoleon lived and it is now a museum. In 2017, St. Helena’s new airport was opened making travel to the island a lot easier. There are weekly flights to the island from South Africa. However, travel to St. Helena is quite costly as is life on the island. The island was discovered by Portuguese captain
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Christer Brunström João da Nova Costella in 1502 but the discovery was kept a secret. It was only in 1588 that English explorer Thomas Cavendish landed on the island. It then became a most important shipping hub in the South Atlantic area until the opening of the Suez Canal in 1870. The map of the island is shown on a 1953 definitive stamp (Fig. 4). The island was run by the East India Company from 1659 until 1834 when St. Helena became a British crown colony. The 300th anniversary of the Company taking control of the island was commemorated on three stamps in 1959 one of which is shown nearby in Fig. 5. St. Helena is a fairly small island with a total area of 122 km²and a population of some 4.500 “Saints” (the name used to describe the inhabitants of the island). The capital is Jamestown which is the
administrative and commercial centre on the island. Today many Saints work on the island of Ascension which is also part of the territory. Many young people leave St. Helena as they feel that career prospects are much better elsewhere. To a large extent the island’s economy relies on financial support from the UK. Other activities include farming and fishing. One of the more important crops is coffee which reputedly is of excellent quality but it hardly adds much to the island’s economy. With the new airport in operation one can expect more visitors to St. Helena thus adding to the incomes of people working in the tourist industry. St. Helena joined the ranks for stamp-issuing countries in 1856 by releasing a six pence value featuring a portrait of Queen Victoria (Fig. 6). It was recess printed by Perkins, Bacon in London.
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ST HELENA : NAPOLEON’S ISLAND PRISON This design remained in use for almost twenty years. To create new values, the 6d was overprinted on several occasions. Finding a nice copy of St. Helena no. 1 with large margins is a difficult task. Shown here is a reasonable copy of this scarce stamp. In 1903, St. Helena introduced two new local designs featuring the Wharf and Government House. The latter is shown in Fig 7. These two pictorial designs were used in conjunction with the regular colonial key type stamps showing a portrait of the reigning monarch. However, in 1922 an entirely new design (Fig. 8) was introduced featuring the Badge of the Colony (a sailing ship in vicinity of a rocky island). Some of
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the higher values are very scarce. This issue includes a number of plate flaws which are eagerly collected. The stamp in Fig. 1 was part of the ten-value 1934 set commemorating the centenary of St. Helena as a British colony. This set is one of the keys in modern St. Helena philately along with the 1961 Tristan Relief set of which only 434 sets were sold before they were withdrawn. Today the 1961 set catalogues at £8.000 in mint condition. St. Helena certainly is a most interesting area to collect and much of the interest is still centred around Napoleon and the time he spent on the island.
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The Arthur Gray “KGV Era” Collection - Huge Hardbound Leather Grained Deluxe Stamp Catalogue - $A75 posted! A dealer colleague had a small number of these stunning catalogues that we did a deal on. Brand New of course, and our price below INCLUDES the full prices realised list. The largest grossing stamp auction sale ever held here - about $3 Million, and a total sell out - far more details here from “Stamp News” at the time - tinyurl.com/GrayKGVs This sale was a combination of just two of the very many Arthur Gray “Exhibit” collections – the “Australia KGV Definitive Stamps” and the “KGV Commemorative stamps”. They earned TEN International Large Golds between them. And many International Golds, and many top national awards too. Not bad for a bloke who had never exhibited until 17 years earlier. The sale contained not only the “KGV heads” issues in huge depth with Proofs, but all the KGV era Commemoratives, the 5/- Harbour Bridge in full sheet etc, many 1927 Canberra imperfs, and corner Plate Numbers and retouches, and re-entries, and Officials etc, and cover and FDC etc. 270 pages, full colour, masses of images, and the 11 Page Dr. Geoff Kellow intro is worth the cost of book alone. “Name” Deluxe sale catalogues hold their value forever. Without doubt THE finest Auction sale catalogue ever printed in this country - more of a perpetual Australia KGV Heads and Commemoratives Handbook actually. HUGE colour photos of all the Rarities, and deeply grained "Leather" cover etc. Cost price from Auction house initially was $100 plus post, and for anyone who still does not have one, this deal is WAY better! INCLUDING Tracked parcel shipping anywhere in Australia - $A75 (Stock 368WF) TWO copies, INCLUDING tracked parcel shipping anywhere in Australia - $A125 (Stock 368WG) FOUR copies, INCLUDING tracked parcel shipping anywhere in Australia - $A220 (Stock 368WH) OVERSEAS for 1 copy, add $A25 to above for untracked postage. (Stock 368WJ) ALL sendings use real postage stamps of course. Contact us re other queries, or extra copies etc. The 2 and 4 copies deal is a beauty - many savvy buyers will keep one, and ebay off the other(s) - (we saw one get $150 in 2017!) or sell to a friend/s at the Club etc, hence making their copy basically "FREE" with any luck! Order NOW, as when sold out, they are gone forever. Credit Cards and PayPal accepted at no fee for payment
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Australia Post fail: AC/DC shock! Reported at http://musicfeeds.com.au
Australia Post has received a huge backlash since releasing a pack of AC/DC-themed collectibles which featured some US editions of the band’s album covers. The $23 ‘AC/DC Stamp Pack’, released in honour of the band’s 45th anniversary, features 20 stamps with labels of images of “the band’s most successful albums”, Australia Post said on its website. However, AC/DC fans were quick to point out that the stamp pack features some US versions of the album covers, instead of the Australian versions. The original US High Voltage and Dirty Deeds
Done Dirt Cheap covers are featured, as well as the ’74 Jailbreak EP, which was never released in Australia. “I think they should be called un-Australian Post… this is absolutely disgraceful,” said Triple M‘s Wil Anderson. Australia Post has rationalised the error by claiming it “reflects the biggest selling AC/DC albums worldwide”, which is why those covers make an appearance. Wil Anderson has joked that he would “blame this squarely at the feet of Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of this country,” before referencing the time Mr Turnbull couldn’t name any AC/DC songs when he was asked to name his favourite during a radio interview.
Austria Post fail: EU RATS?
Reported at www.express. co.uk A special stamp has been released to commemorate Austria assuming presidency of the EU Council - but has instead led to red faces and ridicule online. The stamp depicts a map of the EU outlined in gold with Austria in its national colours of red and white. But the ‘EU Council’ stamp has an unfortunate meaning when read in English. ‘Rats’ is the Germany word for council so the stamps, which translate as ‘EU Council’, reads ‘EU rats’ to English speakers. The unfortunate word combination on the stamp, which has 18 - Stamp News
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been printed 240,000 times, has caused mockery on social media. The stamp also includes a map of Austria, which has also caused controversy as the country appears to be alone and not connected to any other EU country. The newspaper, Wiener Zeitung, wrote: “The special stamp on the EU Council Presidency makes for a giggle.” The stamp is particularly unfortunate as Austria has a Eurosceptic leader, Sebastian Kurz.
South Africa honours Mandela Reported at www.iol.co.za
Germany and South Africa are honouring Nelson Mandela’s 100th anniversary, with the issue of joint postage stamps. The photograph used for the stamp is from the Nelson Mandela Foundation Blue Media archives. The stamp was designed by Rachel-Mari Ackermann of the SA Post Office. Ackermann, made a decision to portray Mandela at a late stage of his life as “He will forever be a ‘father’ to
the South African nation, and he inspires us to invest in the future of our children.” The German stamp shows a photo of Mandela taken by Paul Weinberg, who was active in the anti-apartheid movement and features a photo of him taken shortly after his release from prison in 1990. The South African Post Office will also be issuing out a new Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi stamp which pays tribute to diplomatic ties between South Africa and India. Stamp albums with the stamps of both countries will be presented to President Ramaphosa and Prime Minister Modi of India. The stamp features illustrations of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. The building in the back-
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ground of the stamp is the Railway Station in Pietermaritzburg, the capital city of KwaZulu-Natal Province. In May 1893, while Gandhi was on his way to Pretoria, a white man objected to Gandhi’s presence in a first-class carriage, and he was ordered to move to the van compartment at the end of the train. Gandhi had a first-class ticket, refused and was thrown off the train at Pietermaritzburg. During that winter night at the station, Gandhi decided to stay in South Africa and fight racial discrimination against Indians. Out of that struggle emerged his unique version of nonviolent resistance, Satyagraha. Today, a bronze statue of Gandhi stands in Church Street, in the city centre
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of Pietermaritzburg.
Ireland honours the Pope
Reported at www.thecatholicuniverse.com
An Post has issued two stamps to mark the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families later this month. The domestic stamps feature an image of Pope Francis with a dove and the International stamps feature a family walking together on a beach. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin thanked An Post, saying the stamps were a fitting tribute to what will be ‘a memorable and uplifting visit of Pope Francis to the World Meeting of Families in Ireland – a visit that presents a great opportunity for the Church and the country”. The stamps are already acting as a general memento of the occasion and provoking considerable interest from collectors at home and abroad.. AN Post spokesman said “This is one of the most significant events that will take place in Ireland in 2018. For a lot of people this will be something they will remember for the rest of their lives.” “The two images were very carefully chosen to bring across the message of
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Britain honours Cook Reported at www.mirror.co.uk
Royal Mail is issuing a set of stamps to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook setting sail in one of the greatest voyages of discovery of all time aboard HM Bark Endeavour - with nearly 100 men including astronomers, artists and scientists. The ten stamp set includes a selection of the original drawings and paintings of the indigenous peoples, landscapes of the Pacific and flora and fauna which amazed the scientific establishment. Also featured are Cook himself, natural history artist, Sydney Parkinson and naturalist, Joseph Banks. During the expedition, Cook and his men initiated the first European contact with Eastern Australia, mapped New Zealand and observed the transit of Venus across the Sun. The Endeavour returned to the UK in July 1771 after circumnavigating the globe, mapping over 5000 miles of coastline, and on board were 3000 specimens for scientific examination and hundreds of drawings which fascinated the public and amazed the scientific establishment. Cook’s pursuit of knowledge helped to correct the positions of many Pacific islands which had been incorrectly placed by earlier travellers and produced accurate Pacific maps.
Singapore honours summit Reported at www.straitstimes.com
Avid stamp collector Lim Hong stood in line for 90 minutes to get his hands on a limited edition Singa-
pore Post stamp commemorating the historic summit in Singapore between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and United States President Donald Trump. Mr Lim, 78, was first in the queue of about 50 people. Said the stamp collector of about 40 years: “I started queueing at 9am because this stamp marks an important occasion for Singapore. It is very rare for statesmen from two different political backgrounds to come together to talk about peace.” The stamp was produced by Singapore Post and The Straits Times. It features a photo of the handshake between Mr Kim and Mr Trump taken by Straits Times photojournalist Kevin Lim in Capella Singapore’s courtyard. Retired deliveryman Song Swee Chiang, 62, who was second in line, said: “To me, this stamp is very important as it marks history for Singapore.”
US pulls a rabbit out of the hat Reported at https://fox43.com
Magic has long held a special place in US history. American magicians perform in arenas, theatres and even backyards. No matter how big or small, a magic show will always inspire wonder. A new issue of The Art of Magic Forever stamps features five classic tricks magicians use to amaze and delight audiences: a rabbit in a top hat (producStamp News - 21
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tion), a fortune teller using a crystal ball (prediction), a woman floating in air (levitation), an empty bird cage (vanishing) and a bird emerging from a flower (transformation). The Art of Magic souvenir sheet will feature three identical stamps that show a white rabbit in a black hat. And by rotating each stamp, you will be able to see the rabbit “pop” out of the hat. A second version of the stamp will not have the magical effect but it will also appear in a pane of 20 of The Art of Magic stamps that feature classic depictions of magic.
Hero Postman
Reported at https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com A Sacramento postal worker is being credited with saving a teenage girl from being sold into sex trafficking. 16-year-old Crystal said she might not be alive today if it weren’t for postal carrier Ivan Crisostomo. Crystal’s mother said that her daughter was lured to Sacramento by someone she thought was a friend. Suddenly, she found herself trapped in a world of drugs and sex trafficking. In an Oak Park neighbourhood, Crystal saw an opportunity to make a break for it and jumped out of her captors’ car, grabbed one of their phones and ran for her life. She eventually saw Crisostomo. “I heard this crying when I came out of the vehicle,” said Crisostomo. “So I approached her, but she didn’t want to talk.” With the help of Crisostomo, Crystal was able to call her mum, still terrified her captors would find her. “She was frantic,” said her mother. “She was too upset to talk. I told her to reach out to someone for 22 - Stamp News
safety. She gave the phone to Ivan, and he told me that he would stay with her.” Crisostomo stayed with Crystal in his postal truck until sheriff’s deputies arrived. The deputies from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department had high praise for him. “The area where she was found is notoriously a high crime area so Ivan standing by with her really provided comfort and security until officers arrived.” “What Ivan did was wonderful. He stepped up where a lot of people would’ve just continued driving and he made a huge positive impact on this young girl’s life.” Crisostomo was just happy that he was there to help. “The way I see her, she has a wonderful future ahead. She’s doing so well. I’m happy, really happy.” So far, there has been no word on any arrests of those involved.
Klepto Postman
Reported at www.cbc.ca When a Quebec woman recently noticed tomatoes vanishing from her family’s hanging plants, she thought it might be a hungry squirrel. But after Paula Habib looked at her security camera footage, it turned out it was a peckish postal worker. Habib thought that it was “no big deal” at first. “They’re out there. They’re red. They’re looking delicious.” But when Habib started checking the footage more often, she saw that it wasn’t just a one-off snack. “Every day he was passing by and more tomatoes were gone.” “A friend suggested … “Put out some bread and
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mayonnaise and salt and pepper and he can make a little sandwich.” At one point, Habib said the postal worker forgot to deliver the mail and just had the tomatoes. Habib contacted her post office where she said she got “the runaround.” Eventually, she heard back from Canada Post after going to the media with her story. Habib said a Canada Post supervisor and the tomato-eating postal worker will be coming to her house on Friday to apologize. She doesn’t want him fired but describes what he did as ethically wrong. “I’ve always taught my kids not to steal and to me it’s stealing. It’s the postman that you’re supposed to trust.” When asked if she’ll be giving the postal worker any tomatoes when he drops by Friday, Habib said, “I should go out and buy him a plant.”
Malmö mail mystery Reported at www.thelocal.se
Mystery surrounds a recent incident at Malmö postal facility in Sweden. The police bomb squad and experts in dangerous chemicals were called to the Malmö postal terminal after two employees were taken to hospital after experiencing pain in their hands. Police left after a number of hours on the scene and there was no explanation for what caused the mysterious injuries. “We don’t yet know what the cause was, but we have thus far not found anything dangerous,” a spokesman said. The incident occurred at around 5am on Wednesday and the postal terminal was closed while a bomb squad
from the Swedish National Police was brought in to investigate. An expert in chemical and biological weapons was also called in. Although police were unable to provide clear answers one theory is that something within a package that passed through the sorting line may have leaked out and caused the workers’ hand pain. The two employees were taken to hospital early on Wednesday and released later in the day.
Post Offices to save the day in Japan Reported at https://asia.nikkei.com
In the village of Yasuoka in Japan’s central, mountainous prefecture of Nagano, there is just one primary school, one junior high school and a population of a little more than 1,600 people. Like many rural areas in Japan, it has a shortage of working-age people to provide the public services the community depends on. Last year the Mayor asked a national government committee on postal service privatization if some of the administrative work normally done by the village government could be outsourced to the local post office. It seemed like good idea, given the village’s aging population and shortage of workers. In many other areas, local post offices are taking over some of the face-to-face services normally pro-
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Stamps in the News - Globally! vided by local governments. While some areas of the country do not have even have a general store, every village has a post office. There are about 24,000 post offices around the country, a figure unchanged since privatisation in 2007. In June, as part of revised legislation on postal services, the government committed about 20 billion yen ($178 million) a year to keep the extensive network of post offices running. Defenders of the postal system argue that it can be a bulwark to preserve public services in underpopulated areas around the country. Even after the privatization of the postal system, it must offer “universal” services across the country. And since post offices appear likely to stay put in local communities, where even service stations and banks have disappeared, both local governments and train stations see them as valuable assets. But offering an extra package of public and private sector services can be costly. The expanded role of post offices means they would have to bear considerable costs.
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The government have responded by cutting taxes on the group companies under Japan Post Holdings. Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance now pay a commission to Japan Post to provide their over-the-counter services. 290 billion yen of this commission goes to an independent agency to maintain the postal service network. Because this money is exempt from taxes, government revenues will suffer a hit of about 20 billion yen a year. Although the new policy is a way to cover the costs of “universal” services, even some lawmakers in the governing coalition have criticized it as inappropriate. Despite the windfall of an additional 20 billion yen a year to the postal system -- effectively a levy on taxpayers -- progress in streamlining the system has been slow. In about 80% of regions across the country, postal services operate in the red. And in about 40% of regions, over-the-counter banking and insurance services have been running deficits.
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Papua 1932 5d MUH Plate Number “5”!:
An incredibly rare beast, and I have seen one other in 40 years. 5d Masked Dancer Pictorial. The printer John Ash engraved these plate numbers on very outer edge of master plate, and removed them by guillotining them off, in final PO sheet trim-up. As you can see this margin is wider than usual, so this reversed recess printed “5d” and guideline crosses survived in full. Only a few values are known of these for Papua. Tim Ryback’s 5/- block Reversed Plate “5/-“ got $1,550, on estimate $500 after keen bidding at Prestige - a decade back. “SHOW ME ANOTHER” of this 5d at any price, anywhere offered on this entire planet! Well centred *MUH* original gum. I just listed up an Australia 1938 2d KGVI full plate number, also from John Ash that was not guillotined off, which is cat $2,500 - and these Papua of the same time are actually FAR scarcer. ACSC hopes to add New Guinea and Papua as a separate Edition in future, as all were printed here, and if so, this will be a $1,000-$1,500 type piece I’d suggest. Will sell fast at $A395 (Stock 682LA)
Bermuda 1938 KGVI 10/- “KEYPLATE” Defins:
SG Cat £675 for just $A425. Comb perforation 14. Superb appearance, with near perfect perfs and centering as you can see, and bright MVLH on the original sandy gum Arabic. THE most collected Definitive issue from the KGVI era, in the Entire British Commonwealth. From the £20 million stupendous mint collection of Sir Gawaine Baillie. SG 119 and 119a, cat £675. Bright original unrubbed colours: $A425 (Stock 861FQ)
1934 £2, unique MUH *PAIR* with ACSC Plate Var!: Unusually DEEP Black shade, as dark as the overprint, and
certainly not cat thus. That aside, this plate var is “Large Outer Frame Break Under N”, ACSC 58(D)o, Cat $22,500 in MUH single. (also has large Coastal break near Broome.) Horizontal pair, incredibly fresh Mint Unhinged, overprinted “Specimen”. Multiples of these are VERY rare, from Miller Brothers cunningness during the chaotic WW2 era, and a Specimen block of 4 is ACSC cat $3,500 for HINGED, as only a few exist. In 40 years of dealing, have never owned one. Unhinged “Specimens” are ACSC 2 x hinged, so a MUH block 4 is $7,000, with no variety. This is a unusually fresh unhinged Original Gum pair - amazing after 84 years, with full perfs, and nicely centered as you can see. As a MUH pair it is worth half the block 4 price = $3,500, PLUS a huge premium for the major Variety, which will be 100% UNIQUE on a Specimen multiple. Only 14,000 Specimens were ever sold, near all in singles, yet 240,000 normals were sold, and a MUH pair of those are cat $30,000 with no variety! Something fresh MUH, on a £2 Roo, in an uncatalogued striking deep shade, and UNIQUE - for just $A1,650 (Stock 783PC) Order via: tinyurl.com/GlenOrder All Cards accepted with ZERO fee - even Amex! Bank Deposit fine, or Money Orders. PayPal is accepted in ANY major currency, saving you fees - contact me first. LayBys/Layaways always OK with me!
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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for September 2018. This month’s column looks at postal notes (also known as postal orders), a record price for an Australian pictorial lettercard and the Bicentenary of Parramatta Female Factory stamped envelope.
Postal Notes
Figure 1 Queensland 10/- Specimen ‘Chalon Head’ Postal Note
Sending cash through the mail has always been risky. Post offices around the world have helped their customers by selling money orders since the nineteenth century, and Australia Post still does so. The early money order system in the Australasian colonies allowed the transfer of Figure 2 Queensland 2/6 Specimen ‘Sideface’ Postal Note money from one post office to another with security being provided by the separate transmission of an Advice from the office of issue to the office of payment confirming details of the transaction. The amount of the money order was entered by hand at the time of issue. Queensland was the first Australasian colony to issue postal notes, doing so in 1880 with the United Kingdom following in 1881. The purpose Figure 3 Australian 2/6 Postal Note Issued in Queensland in 1948 of their issue was to reduce the cost of sending sent to the recipient who would cash the postal note relatively small amounts of money through the mail. at their post office. They were regarded as a more Postal notes (also known as postal orders) were sold trusted method of payment than a cheque and were in fixed denominations at a post office and could be useful for people who did not have a cheque ac26 - Stamp News
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Figure 4 Australian 2/6 Postal Note Issued in Tasmania in 1954
Figure 5 Australian $2 Postal Order Issued in South Australia in 1975
Figure 6 Papua New Guinea 15t Postal Order Issued in 1975
count. The money order service continued to be available for amounts greater than that available in postal notes. Postal notes issued by post offices were sold to customers upon payment of a fee for the service. Payment of the fee charged by the post office was often indicated by an impressed fee stamp and such postal notes are regarded as postal stationery. All of the Australian colonies and New Zealand issued postal notes. Queensland first postal notes (Figure 1) were issued in denominations of 1/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- with an imprinted fee stamp of ½d, 1d, 2d and 3d respectively. The stamp depicted the Chalon Head portrait of Queen Victoria and was inscribed ‘fee stamp’. The Chalon Head design was replaced with a Queen Victoria ‘sideface’ design in 1891 (Figure 2) with the fee now referred to as ‘poundage’. Under the legislation establishing the postal note service, postal notes were numbered with a distinctive number; had the cash value and a fee stamp printed on the front, were to be signed by a person authorised by the Postmaster-General, were sold at any post office at its face value plus the amount of the fee, and were payable to the bearer, on demand, at approved post offices. The post office selling the postal note was required to obliterate the fee-stamp on the note while the post ofStamp News - 27
Postal Stationery fice cashing the note was to cancel it with a ‘Paid’ handstamp. The purchaser of a postal note could cross a note so that it had to paid through a bank. Common designs for Australian postal notes across all states were issued in about 1912. Early Commonwealth of Austra- Figure 7 British Solomon Islands 40c Postal Order lia postal notes had the state printed at the top of the postal note (Figures 3 and 4). The fee stamp has been replaced by a simple statement of the fee to be paid which is referred to as ‘poundage’. Postal notes denominated in decimal currency were issued in 1966 but were replaced by notes Figure 8 New Zealand 10c Postal Note Issued 1979 inscribed ‘postal orders’ after only a few months. The decimal postal notes are very scarce. Decimal postal orders had the state indicated by the first letter of the serial number, for example, N for New South Wales, Q for Queensland and V for Victoria (Figure 5). Decimal postal orders of a similar design to the Australian postal orders were issued by Papua New Guinea (Figure 6) and the Solomon Islands (Figure 7). New Zealand used Figure 9 2/6 King George VI British Postal Note Overprinted for Sale in New both local postal notes Zealand with Value Increased by the Addition of a 4d Adhesive Stamp 28 - Stamp News
Ian McMahon practice of converting a postal note to an intermediate value by the addition of an adhesive stamp. The stamp paying the fee (‘poundage’) depicts King George VI and has been overprinted 2d, the fee payable in New Zealand. Many countries issued postal notes, including the UK (from Figure 10 Fiji 20c Postal Note Issued 1999 1 January 1881) and most British Commonwealth countries (Figure 10) and colonies as well as USA, France and about 30 other countries (Figures 11 and 12). Postal notes provide an interesting collecting area which appeals to both philatelic (postal stationery and Figure 11 Jordan 500 fils Postal Order Issued 1990 with 5 Fils Fee Stamp revenue stamp collectors) and numismatic collectors. They pose special challenges as mint postal notes were not meant to be available, most people cashed their postal notes and postal notes which had been cashed were intended to be destroyed by the post office. There is a society dedicated to their collection, the Postal Figure 12 Italy 4L Postal Order Cancelled with ‘ANNULLATO’ Handstamp Order Society http:// postalordersociety. (Figure 8) as well as British postal notes. Figure blogspot.com/. The Society publishes the Postal 9 shows a British postal note sold in New Zealand Order News which is currently edited by Ross which could be exchanged in the United KingPratley from Australia. dom. This postal note also shows the common Stamp News - 29
Postal Stationery Bicentenary of Parramatta Female Factory stamped envelope
Australia Post issued a stamped envelope selling for $1.25 to mark the bicentenary of the Parramatta Female Factory (Figure 13) on 5 July 2018. This envelope marks the 200th anniversary of Governor Macquarie laying the foundation stone for AustraFigure 13 Parramatta Female Factory Stamped Envelope lia’s first purpose-built “female factory” on 9 July 1818. Francis Greenway designed the building based on workhouses and prisons in Britain and Europe. The envelope was designed by John White with the cover images by Augustus Earle. The portraits are of Anne Dunne, Emma Mayner and daughters, and Susannah Watson.
Record Price for Scenic Letter Card
At the first Abacus auction on Saturday 19th May, a very fine used example of a KGV 1½d scarlet Letter Card ACSC #LC57 Figure 14 KGV 1½d Scarlet Letter Card with the View “BURRINJUCK (Figure 14), catalogued at $250, DAM”
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sold for $4,720, which is a world record price for any Australian scenic letter card. Only three examples of this issue with the view “BURRINJUCK DAM”, showing flood waters pouring over the dam wall, have been recorded. All have been used. Described as having “a couple of insignificant blemishes”, the example offered by Abacus is believed to be the finest of the three. The card is postally used but has no message within. However, it presents as entirely commercial, being addressed to a furniture warehouse. It is expected that the letter card contained a cheque or money order in payment for supply of furniture.
New Stamp & Coin Fair in Melbourne commencing January 2018
Salvation Army Stamp & Coin Fair to be held 2nd Saturday of each month, 9am – 2pm At Ferntree Gully Salvation Army 37 Wattletree Road, Ferntree Gully, 3158
(Parking At Rear, Entry By Side Door) Admission Free, Tea & Coffee Available All proceeds from Dealers’ Tables to The Salvation Army. Dealer enquiries welcome. Also donations of Stamps & Coins gratefully received at the Fair, which will be offered to dealers present on the day. Proceeds to the Salvation Army. Bulky lots may be able to be collected within 50k radius, or can be mailed to us. Telephone contact: 0425 795 693
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Cinderella Corner Bulding Some Further Cinderella Breadth
Welcome to the September issue of Cinderella Corner. This issue takes a sideline from recent Cinderella Corner formats, as it explores three key areas, rather than focus on just one topic. I am, as always, keen for reader feedback, so please feel free to offer comments about the labels explored. The article also introduces some upcoming cinderellas from the Ballarat Philatelic Society and their homage to the revered WWI-era ‘Back to’ labels.
Fameface
The latter part of 2017 saw two separate issues (Cinderella Corner, October and December), devoted to exploring the efforts of Novelty Printing and FameFace, a fairly short lived South Australia-based Poster Stamp company with strong ties to Bill Hornadge and his famed political cartoon alignments. Some further breadth is now built to the FameFace landscape, with consideration of some commemorativea covers featuring FameFace labels affixed to them. Figure 1 illustrates an Aeropex Adelaide 1994 commemorative cover with an Aeropex FameFace cinderella attached. This label offers the following text: Australia / 75th Anniversary Sir Ross & Sir Keith Smith 1919 – 1994 / Aeropex Adelaide 94. This FameFace label is rather fascinating, as it features, in the top right hand corner, a reproduction of the famed 1919 Ross Smith Vignette, arguably Australia’s most expensive cinderella item. This image is rather tiny, measuring 9mm by10mm. The label was commissioned by Aeropex to help celebrate Aeropex Adelaide 94, and also the 75 Anniversary of the revered Ross and Smith flight. Full sheets were also produced and sold with decorative borders. The covers were also available for sale with at least three differently coloured pictorial postmarks. Lord Howe Island philately is a much sought after area by collectors. The Lord Howe Island cover illustrated in Figure 2 is numbered 401 out of a limited 1,000 produced covers. Postmarked 31 December 1998, it features a FameFace label, which is a replica of the 1936 issued Lord Howe Island – GOWER WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL APPEAL label. This 1988 cinderella was produced in sheets, which were numbered 1 to 200, and each label features an overprinted price of $1.80. These cinderella were serviced on items that were couriered around the island, and could be purchased in booklets. They served as a second and ‘updated’ attempt at producing labels for a courier service, utilising rich colours and a local image familiar to residents and other Australians. Further details about this label can be found in the December 2017 Cinderella Corner article. FameFace was also commissioned to produce a number of different labels celebrating the 1999 Wagga Stamp Fair. Titled RIVPEX 2001, these labels feature different Australian birds. Figure 3 illustrates a 45 cents Frama 32 - Stamp News
Top to bottom: Figures 1-4 cover with two of these labels, each with a listed price of 80 cents. The left of these two cinderellas shows a Superb Parrot, while the right illustrates a Yellow Rosella. The pair of labels are postmarked WAGGA STAMP FAIR, MAY 15-16 1999.
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Figures 5 & 6
that commemorated the 1999 Wagga Stamp Fair and is numbered 25 out of a limited amount of covers produced. It features six different labels, each titled “WAGGA 150TH”, and each with a portrait of famed 19th century Australian bushrangers. These are as follows: • Ned Kelly • Frederick War “Thunderbolt” • Andrew Scott “Captain Moonlite” • Harry Power • Dan Morgan • Ben Hall These FameFace labels, in two strips of three, were printed on sheets in rows of six.
PAMABA
Top to bottom: Figures 7-9 The final cover aligned with FameFace labels presented in this article is highlighted in Figure 4. It is also a cover
The Kangaroo PAMABA cinderella label has been explored on two separate Cinderella Corner occasions. First, the June 2015 Edition (Stamp News, Volume 62, Number 6) offers a comprehensive account of the label and its link to the incredibly scarce Australian Our Boys League cinderellas (with the presence of the kookaburra motif). One year later, the June 2016 Edition (Stamp News, Volume 3, Number 6) continued the narrative of this 1912 issued piece, as part of a series on soap-related labels. In this latter column, there is a mention of two different sizes and the designer R. W. Viney is offered. It is worth revisiting these Cinderella Corner editions for further background information on the PAMABA label. Figure 5 illustrates the two different sizes of the Kangaroo PAMABA Cinderella. On the left, the central frame measures 32mm by 24mm, whereas the label on the right is larger, measuring 33mm by 26mm. Other noticeable differences in the right label include: • The absence of the designer’s initials, R.W.V., in the bottom right hand corner of the frame • Lighter purple colouring • The distance between AUSTRALIA and the bottom border, which is a function of the larger shape of the frame • The presence of a second, and more pronounced, curved border around the frame. • Additional details at the base of the kookaburra circular (below the branch). It is unsure whether these differences, which appear to be consistent across several labels that have been identified, signify different printings; both label types are also perforated 11 on all sides. A second designed PAMABA cinderella was purchased by me from the USA last year. This label, illustrated in Figure 6, is light blue in colour and features three koalas alongside the trademark kookaburra in circle. Some of the features of the cinderella also align with the second KangaStamp News - 33
Cinderella Corner roo type: a double border is present, the designer’s initials are absent, and there is pronounced tree design under the branch. This label, however, is not perforated and also contains full gum on its reverse. If other types of PAMABA labels exist, they, perhaps are illustrated with further examples of different native Australian animals.
South Australian (SA) Government Tourist Bureau
In the late 1930s, the SA Government Tourist Bureau produced six different multicoloured cinderella labels, each measuring 56mm by 46mm. These are illustrated collectively in Figure 7. Each label highlighted a key activity or place in South Australia, bearing the following information: LABEL 1 – One week in Adelaide for £5`5`0 LABEL 2 – The Murray Trip – South Australia – July to Nov – For Rest and Relaxation LABEL 3 – Kangaroo Island – The Fisherman’s Paradise LABEL 4 – August – Almond Blossom Time in Adelaide LABEL 5 – The Flinders Ranges South Australia – Where Summer spends the Winter LABEL 6 – South Australia – Vintage Tours March – April The SA Government Tourist Bureau formed in 1908 to promote South Australia as a tourist and health resort. The labels, produced more than 40 years later, promote SA as an affordable Australian State, with various tourist and relaxation options across the State. A handful of covers have surfaced of late with examples of these labels affixed to them. These covers mainly date 1939 and 1940. Figures 8, 9 and 100 illustrated three examples of these covers with labels 1, 2 and 5, respectively. These covers also present with examples of the SA Government Tourist Bureau labels cancelled on the reverses. The covers themselves are rather spectacular, all souvenir ones from Coober Pedy Opal Field, heralded on the covers as The only Underground Post Office in the World (and each with Cooper Pedy postmarks). The signature of Alfred North, who was the Postmaster of Coober Pedy from 1935 to 1940, is also presented on each cover, matching the script of the written addresses. This underground postal facility was first opened on 18 September 1915 and relocated aboveground nearly forty years later in 1953. I welcome any further information about the three cinderella areas covered in this September Cinderella Corner edition and, of course, any suggestions for future topics.
Ballarat Philatelic Society – 2018 Cinderellas
Having formed over 110 years ago in 1904, the Ballarat Philatelic Society is regarded as one of the oldest active clubs in Victoria. To help commemorate a number of milestones reached over its rich history, the Society will issue a number of limited high quality cinderella labels. These have been designed by club members and draw upon 34 - Stamp News
Figures 10 & 11 the images from the infamous ‘Back to Ballarat’ labels, as discussed in the March 2018 Cinderella Corner edition. The first cinderella to be released next month will commemorate the Ballarat Eureka Stamp Fair, and an example of this is presented in Figure 11. This label will be produced by well-known printer Juergen Schwarz in fully gummed and hand-perforated sheets of 30. A small amount will also be available imperforate. Following this initial release, two further labels are planned for release in March and October 2019, including one to commemorate the Ballarat Begonia Fair. These will be released in different colours and will also draw upon the classic ‘Back to Ballarat’ 1917 cinderellas. The Society also produces a limited number of covers, and next month’s will be number 17. A limited number of these covers with overprinted minisheets, with the option of the cinderella label affixed and tied to it, will be available at the fair on 14 October, and then again next year on Labour Day 2019. Further information about these upcoming high quality labels can be obtained by emailing Jack Van Beveren at the Ballarat Philatelic Society on annejack3@bigpond.com.
BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 Buy now at the listed price or bid a lower figure. Bids will be considered at Midday 15 September 2018. Orders and Bids accepted by phone, mail or email. Provided the item has not sold at the full price, bids at 75% to 95% will have a good chance of success; 65% - 74% will have a reasonable chance of success. Bids below 65% will have minimal chance of success. Bid for as many alternatives as you wish, but please put a dollar cap on your total spending, and we will allocate lots according to what is available. Orders at full price above $500 are post free within Australia. Layby welcome for orders above $500. Scans or colour photocopies of individual stamps, covers or sets are available on request. Many smaller items, including a lot 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. We accept all cards and PayPal at no fee. Hours generally 10am – 6pm Mon – Fri, but we will often answer the phone after hours. All of our items carry our 14 day satisfaction guarantee. Cigarette Cards CC1) Wills Cricketers series of 1926, scarce lot of 15 plain back real photograph sepia cards, inc. Both English and Australian County, State and test cricketers. Complete set of 50 cat. at 495 pounds BACKIN THE 1990S! Much better than average condition, well priced at $15 a card. $225 the lot CC2a) Wills Cricketers series of 1928/29, Australian & English test and State/County Cricketers inc. Don Bradman, Real Photographic 23 diff. from a series of 48, cat. 195 pounds back in the 1990s pounds the set. Much better than average condition. Price $189 CC2b) As above, but 37 cards without Don Bradman, price $279 CC2c) Another lot of 23 different cards also with Don Bradman, price $189 Accessories ALB7) Single cover albums as new, PW Brand, each with 40 – 50 clear pockets. Padded binders in a variety of colours: Red, Brown, Blue, Green. New price around $39 each, price for this lot of 7, $110 ALB8) Brand New Heavy Duty Double Cover Pages, suit 3 or 4 ring binders, x 37 with Black backing sheets. Normal price $24 per 10. Half price offer the lot for $44 Collections And Lots Important: Collections and lots are returnable for credit only if misdescribed. No cash refunds on these. CA1) Great Britain 1841 – 1964. Blue Posthorn stockbook, dealer type with divided leaves. Parttime dealer’s stock commencing 1841 1d Red Brown. Earlies are sparse, but a few better surface printed noted. Queen Victoria 10/- Ultramarine spacefiller grade. KEVII to 1/- with some mint and KGV similar with Seahorses to 5/-. 1935 Jubilees x 4 sets mint. KGV 1937 dark colour definitives mixed mint unhinged/mint x 3 compete sets and 1939 – 48 square high values with some mint and inc. 10/- Dark Blue x 3. KGVI 1948 Silver Wedding £1 x 2 Mint Unhinged and Festival £1 x 7 used. QEII Wildings 1st issue Tudor Crown complete mint/mint unhinged to 1/6d x 2 plus extras and 1st De la Rue Castles to 10/- Mint lightly hinge. 1957 1st graphites x 6 sets MUH, 1958 Graphites mint set plus extras and phosphor graphites to 4d also mint. Most QEII Commems are present both mint and used with duplication. Too many others to mention. All are identified by SG No. in central stockbook margin. Great value at $449 CA2) Gibraltar mint unhinged (some of the earlier are light hinged) priced up stock 1965 – 2001 on Hagner sheets in black binder. Has been priced to sell by recently deceased part-time dealer at $1100 plus. A little duplication, no more than 2 of anything. Very clean. Suit collector/dealer/ re-seller. Bargain at under a third of the priced up value, $359 CA3) British Commonwealth mostly mint unhinged, KGVI – 2009 on Hagner sheets in black binder. Has been priced to sell by recently deceased part-time dealer at $1000 plus. A little duplication, rarely more than 2 of anything. Very clean. Suit collector/dealer/re-seller. Bargain at under a third of the priced up value, $329 CA4) Burgundy Port Phillip First Day Cover Album as new with padded cover. Contains Australia Official Post Office FDC’s 2000 – 2002 unaddressed and clean. Includes Internationals to $10. 75 covers, inc. Many minisheets, looks like must be complete for the 3 years. Bargain at $2 a cover, way under issue price. Plus the $50 plus album is free! $149 the lot.
CA5) Canada modern used collection in 3 large green stockbooks. Must be virtually complete postally used 1980 – 2010. (Some of the minisheets are mint unhinged) Many, many hundreds, pretty well all different. Priced very cheaply at $7 per year of stamps! $269 CA5a) British Commonwealth Dealer Stock in 3 x 64 page good brand stockbooks. 2 x Lighthouse, 1 x Ka-Be. Wide range with little duplication. At an educated guess must price up to between $5500 - $6000 possibly more. A good clean lot all ready for re-sale, with little duplication. Mostly mint unhinged QEII, but with some used and earlier. Date range approx 1936 – 2006. 1000 eBay lots right here! Very good value at under a third of the marked prices $1895 CA6) Horses. Mint and used collection in large green 32 black page padded stockbook. Appears about 1000 all different. Includes several minisheets. Very good value at $149 CA7) Papua New Guinea FDC’s 1966-93 x 86 different, virtually all unaddressed in near new top quality Burgundy double cover album. Values to 5k, very high retail/face value. Very cheap source of fine used sets if you do not collect cover. Great value at $1.50 each and the album comes free! Price $129 CA8) Italy 1980 - 1998 in as new Olive Green padded 22 ring album. Fresh mint unhinged in clear mounts on black album pages and Hagners. Virtually if not completely complete with minisheets etc. Also some covers and cards x 21. Very high face/retail value. Very good value at just $8 per year of stamps, just $145 CA9) Ausipex 1984 Souvenirs in black binder. Includes souvenir sheets, die proof cards, postcards, covers, exhibition labels in full sheet of 20, souvenir folder with stamps bearing special cancels from 37 postal authorities, also Aeropex 88 labels complete sheet of 15 and souvenir sheet. Plus a complete sheet of 12 x 1950 Anpex Labels. Great lot, some in mixed condition. About 30 items in all. Cheap lot at $75 CA10) Australia 1914 – 1965 Complete Mint Unhinged Pre-Decimal Collection (No KGV Heads of Kangaroos) excepting the 5/- Harbour Bridge which is lightly hinged. (Unhinged could be supplied at an additional cost) Housed in as new Seven Seas Deep Red Padded Hingeless Album, with pages also for the KGV and Kangaroos, value $165. Retail value of the stamps is $4835, plus the value of the album, a total of $5000. Includes 3d Kookaburra Minisheet, all high value definitives Robes thick and thin paper, 5/- Cattle White Paper, Navigators set of 8, etc, etc. Excellent value at $2995 the lot. CA11) Singapore. Excellent collection mint and used KGVI – 2009 with a very high degree of completeness. KGVI has SG 1-15 and 16 -30 mint and used, 1948 Wedding pair mint, 1949 UPU mint & used etc., from QEII appears mint unhinged plus used of each in most cases. A great lot housed in around 75 as new Hagners and Black Padded Binder with Slipcase. Retail of these alone is $175! Just the better items have been catalogued, and these come to £1520, plus there are heaps not added into the total. Retail would be very high, in the order of $1650 - $1750. These lots rarely come along…great value at $995 the lot. CA12) Norway 1855 – 1995 Used Collection in Davo Illustrated Album. Good range of Officials, Dues etc. SG Cat. in 2014 was £3500 plus. Includes a passable SG1 and is near complete 1938 – 1993. Norway collections are rarely available here in Australia. Album cost would be around $300 new. Very well priced at below 25% cat. Price $1549 CA15) Great Britain 1840 – 2011 in massive stack of around 100 as new Hagner pages in binder cost alone here $175. Commences 1840 1d black, plate 4, lettered G.B.! Nice clean example with neat red Maltese Cross cancel, then 1841 1d Red - Brown and 2d Blue. Other Queen Victoria to and KEVII to 2/6d (3) KGV with Seahorses to 10/-, and KGVI to One Pound (2) QEII is largely complete with much being mint unhinged, the face value of the decimal is close to 100 pounds. Lovely lot, with little duplication. Condition in the earlies a bit mixed but overall a very nice lot. About 3000 stamps. Great value at around 25c per stamp. $749 the lot. CA16) NWPI KGV, New Guinea and Papua Lakatois , mint & used collection on Minkus Pages in Blue Minkus Binder. Contains KGV to 5d, Dated Birds OS complete to 5/- Mint, Undated Birds complete the One Pound and a couple of low values are fine used, otherwise mint, Undated Birds Airmails complete mint to 2/-, top three values to One Pound are fine used. Lakatois, 1907 to 6d mint or fine used, Small Papua to 6d mint, 1910 Large Papua Mint complete to 2/6d, Monocolours mint & used mixed complete, 1917 – 31 Bi-colours mint & used mixed to 5/-, OS Overprints mint complete to 2/6d, etc. etc. Condition of this lot is very fresh, much better than is usually seen. Many of the mint are marginal or corner examples. 2004 Retail approx. $1725, must be at least 50% more today so say $2500. My price a very reasonable $1250. CMJ2) Old Brighton Philatelic Society club book of British Commonwealth, still about 75% full and with many good pickings. Pretty much all pre 1970 and many Queen Victoria. Noted decent Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Mauritius, New Zealand, Barbados, and Ascension. Priced up in the 1970’s to $273. 70 pages and around 1400 – 1500 stamps. Has to be worth 10c a stamp.
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 Price $149 CMJ6) Sweden 1938 – 1994. Mint collection in Blue 32 Page Lighthouse Stockbook. Much of the earlier material is sadly stuck down, but this has not been counted. Could be salvaged by soaking. From the early 1970’s all are fine mint unhinged. There are approx. 15 complete sets and 12 booklets. Cheap lot at $59. CMJ7) Great Britain 1953 – 1982 Mint Unhinged collection on Hagners in Dark Blue Binder. Appears mainly complete runs of Commemorative sets 1953 – 1982 Mint Unhinged plus some used which have not been counted. 90 plus complete sets. High retail/face value. Has to be worth $2 a set, price $179 CMJ9) Eight Heavyweight stockbooks containing a vast array of World stamps, all appear different, mostly postally used in each book. Approx 8,000 -10,000 stamps in all weighing in at around 12kg. Great value at under 5c per stamp. Price $475 CMJ10) China, Peoples Republic. 500 different, inc. many complete mint unhinged sets. Very reasonably priced at $245 CMJ11) USA 1851 – 2000. Massive Semi-Specialised Collection in 3 as new Lion Brand 64 black page stockbooks, alone worth $60 each new. All annotated and organised by Scott Number. Noted 1892 Columbus to 50c, Trans – Mississippi to 50c. Mostly complete after that except for the High value Zeppelins. Mainly Used to 1920 then mint/mint unhinged with some extras in used. Also a 4th Volume of mainly used commemoratives. Massive lot, hard to count, but I would think easily 3000 stamps. Very high retail/face value. Price $1895 CMJ13) Great Britain Queen Victoria – KGV used collection in Green Gibbons Windsor Album. Commences 1841 1d & 2d Imperfs (2 of each) Then 1858 1d Red Plates near complete set to Plate 224. (These alone are worth $650) Sparse in surface printed, but complete 1887 Jubilee & KEVII with extra shades etc. KEVII 2/6d x 3 & 5/- x 1. KGV reasonably complete definitives with Seahorses to 5/- (2) Then plenty of “Back of the Book” with Dues, Officials and Revenues. Huge retail/catalogue value. Price $749 CMJ15) India. Neat collection on leaves, Queen Victoria to about 1970. Lovely clean fine used lot of about 375 stamps. Mostly all different postally used, a few mint. Plenty of pickings or expand to form a bigger collection. Price $125 CMJ16) France 1849 – 1989 Collection in 2 x Davo Hingeless Albums in very good condition. Albums alone cost $600 new. Used from 1849 – 1935, then mostly mint unhinged from 1950. Best stamp is SG 4, 15c Ceres, near 4 margins cat. £1,200. Very clean lot. Collection is around 95% complete and Gibbons Cat. Around £7800. This is a steal for someone at 25%. $3450 CMJ17) Great Britain 1841 – 2000 collection in 2 as new Lion Brand 64 Black page stockbooks, cost $60 each. Commences 1841 1d Imperfs. (25 plus inc. 2 nice Ivory heads) Then a quantity of 1854 1d Stars, all with different check letters in order (about 50) Queen Victoria Surface printed to 5/- nice fine used, plus some extras on leaves and stockcards. KGV with Seahorses to 10/- (11 total) KGVI £1 1948 Silver Wedding mint lightly hinged. A run of QEII pre-decimal commemorative sets mint unhinged, less phosphor banded issues, appears complete to 1970. Pre-decimal Machin heads in mint unhinged blocks of 4, decimal Machins inc. the scarce halfpenny Side Band Phosphor from the £1 Wedgwood Booklet appear complete to 1982. Decimal Commemoratives complete 1971 – 2000 either mint unhinged or used. A very good lot! Price $749 CMJ18) Australia Collection of 1500 different used, plus 125 different pre-decimal used, plus pair of quality tweezers and perf. gauge, and a brand new 64 black page padded Ka-Be stockbook. All for $189! CMJ19) 1940 – 1995 Jersey, Guernsey & Isle of Man collections plus some Ireland in 2 as new Lion Brand 64 black page stockbooks, cost $60 each. Collections are a mix of mint unhinged and used, but with many complete sets, and it is on the basis of these alone that we have priced this lot. Values to £5 noted. The used oddments are free bonuses. This is a very good buy at $295 CMJ22) 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 CMY1) Australia KGV 1d red x 640 in stockbook. Great array which appears to have been picked for varieties, but not for shades of which there are a large range. Noted quite a few later postmarks, 1917/18. Great lot with much potential. Price $385 CMY6) Churchill 1966 Omnibus, complete mint unhinged Crown Agents sets x 22 inc. many scarcer and better countries like Falklands, Hong Kong, Pitcairn, plus UK, USA Canada, NZ etc. then around 10 Kennedy sets MUH or CTO, plus 4 pages of UNO mint & used. All housed in old black
stockbook. Very high retail. Price $229 CMY7) World Wildlife Fund 1986, 15 complete mint unhinged sets from that year, complete with descriptive pages, housed in as new Black Padded Binder cost $25 alone new. Very cheap at $59 the lot. CMY10) 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 CMY12) Worldwide 1949 – modern Mint Unhinged & used sets & minisheets plus a few FDCs. Noted several 1949 UPU Minisheets from places like Japan & Colombia, plus nice thematic sets from PNG, Turkey, Samoa, Pitcairn Is., Solomon Is., Swaziland, Christmas Is., Cocos, Dominica, Antigua, Nauru etc. Some duplication. Counted 73 minisheets, 31 sets and 3 FDCs. Attractive lot in binder on 33 near new Hagner pages. These alone cost $1.75 each new = around $60. Price for the lot $215 CMY13) Worldwide carton with stuff from several sources, mostly estate lots. Stamps in packets, envelopes, loose on and off paper. About 50% of this is Australia. NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED! Many hours, days, weeks, months even of sorting here, depending how bored you are! I reckon about 40,000 stamps in this lot. Clearly there is duplication and the price reflects that, but it is truly unsorted. Weight including the carton is close to 9kg. Less than 1.5c a stamp! Price $599 CMY15) 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 CMY16) 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 CMY18) Australia First day Covers, Maximum Cards and PSE’s mint & used. Huge lot of about 500 items housed in 5 as new PW Brand double padded cover albums retail $49 each. Amazing lot of all different it seems with FDC’s to $20 Painting. Also some signed items. Price for the lot less than $1 per cover and the albums come free! $425 CMY18a) New Zealand 1981 – 1998 in 2 x 22 padded ring albums, a stack of Album Pages, and in a blue ring binder plus Lighthouse 48 page green stockbook. Mostly a mint unhinged and used set of each. Many Hundreds of sets! Huge retail/Catalogue value. Price $779. CMY19) 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 CMY21) 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 MM1) Worldwide carton lot, with Albums, Covers, Post Office Packs etc. Literally could be anything here, weighs 16kg. Contains 100s of Worldwide covers, commercial & first day, old fast bound Illustrated albums, Seven Seas Albums etc. etc plus some loose stamps. A REAL SORTERS PARADISE! Price $749 CMM2) Worldwide collection accumulation, mint & used in 425 plus near new Hagner Pages contained in 5 Lever Arch Files. Cost of Hagners alone $1.75 each = over $740. Noted very good Great Britain with nice lot of Line Engraved, inc. 1841 Imperf 1d Red Brown x 26, 2d Blue x 2, later perforated 1d & 2d with another 11 x 2d Blue. KGV Seahorses to 5/- etc. Also a nice Jersey Mint & used collection. Also good ranges of Ireland, Malta, Hong Kong mint & used with KGV to $1, KGVI to $10, QEII to $20, Malaya & Malaysia, Brunei, Labuan, North Borneo & Singapore. Next comes Spain & Colonies, then very good New Zealand, Canada & Sth. Africa. Final book is B.W.I. with nice Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Br. Guiana, Br. Honduras, Virgin Is., Cayman Is. & Dominica. Reckoning about 10,000 stamps here with many full sets, and way better than the average World Collection. Weighs over 14kg. Remember the Hagners alone cost near $750. $1749 the lot. CMM3) Another Worldwide carton lot, this one weighing in at 11.5kg. Albums, stockbooks etc. Some well filled, others sparse. Noted some very good areas inc. Australian States, Australia pre-Decimal First Day covers, Czechoslovakia in 2 large stockbooks, France & Netherlands in binders on album leaves, plus some nice Fiji. Would have to be 3000 – 4000 stamps here. Price $495 CMM4) France 1949 – 1959 near complete Mint Unhinged on as new Safe “Dual” hingeless pages. All appear “Post Office Fresh” Has all of the expensive Airs to 1000 francs, etc. Current Gibbons catalogue £3035. Missing only 6 cheap stamps to complete. This is a quality lot! Price $2725 CMM4a) Greece & Cyprus collections mint & used from early imperfs. to around 2000. Neatly displayed in 2 large 16 page black page stockbooks, 1 is a blue Lighthouse the other is black and has UNO Logo. Many better noted, some duplication in the Cyprus KGVI period. Must be 2250 – 2500 stamps. Price $249 CMM5) Germany massive lot on 32 as new Hagners and on album page, in large 3 ring binder.
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 Early to modern with all areas/periods to quite modern. Noted States, Germanias, Inflation period, 3rd Reich, Occupation issues, Frama types, etc. Must be 1500 – 2000 stamps easily, with much better here. Price $375 CMM11) Germany, States to 1950’s in Old Ka-Be Springback Album, in exercise book, on stockcards etc. Plus a stockbook of mint unhinged Allied Occupation Period in blocks, strips etc. Eclectic mix with lots of pickings with little duplication except as mentioned above. Many nice pickings here for sure, and well over 1500 stamps here. $249 the lot. CMM13) Persia Collection on stockcards and leaves, mint and used 1879 – 1920. Many good sets and singles noted inc 1881 25c SG 61a mint cat £200, plus 1912 Officials set fine used cat. £145. The better items alone cat. total £885 plus reminders on album leaves not counted. Lovely lot, 150 to 200 stamps. Price $475 CF10) 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 CF38) GB 1840’s top recent mint 2 used in Green Lighthouse Stockbook and on Hagners in blue binder. Early stuff is priced somewhat optimistically by part – time dealer, but includes useful. 1840 1d Imperfs, Includes 6d QV no corner letters, 3d & 6d QV Overprints, mint KGV to 4d, KGVI Square High Values set of 6 complete used, Duplicated QEII High Values to 10 pounds, recent High Value Commems, etc. Duplication in places, some quite heavy, but a very worthwhile lot. 2000 plus stamps for $249 CMD21) Falkland Is. & Dependencies. About 90 complete fine used (cto) sets 1935 – 1990’s on a stack of near new Hagner pages. Commences 1935 Jubilee, then 1949 UPU plus most sets complete with several long definitive sets. Huge retail/catalogue value. Priced to clear at under $4 a set. $359 the lot. CMN4) Christmas Island First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1970 – 2000. 50 different for $89 CMN5) Cocos (Keeling) Island First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1970 – 2000. 50 different for $89 CMN6) Nauru First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1970 – 2000. 50 different for $89 CMN8) Papua New Guinea First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1967 – 2000. 50 different for $89 CMS16) Great Britain 1981 – 1984 Benham Silk covers in huge Dark Blue Ring Binder, alone worth $75 new. 160 different covers plus some extras. These sell at $4 - $5 each on Ebay. A huge Ebay value here of $700 plus the album…nice lot, possibly suitable for re-sellers. My price under a half, $349 CMS19) Fiji 1970 – 1999 mint unhinged collection in as new Lighthouse brown padded hingeless album. 130 complete sets/minisheets with a retail value of $895, plus a few extras, plus the album which cost approx $300. $1195 value here for way under half price….$549 the lot. CMS20) West Germany 1960 – 1986, virtually complete mint unhinged in as new $350 Lighthouse Dark Blue Padded Springback Hingeless Album. 26 years of stamps with HUGE retail/catalogue value for just $25 a year, the album included. Price $649 CMS22) As above, but West Berlin, 1960 – 1990 Complete mint unhinged, no album. Price $745
b) Super Mission, with 50% of the regular stuff and 50% large only. 500g for $98, 1kg for $195, 2kg for $369, 5kg for $879 c) Virtually all Large, great mix from near & far, you will love this! We do not get much of this mix. 500g for $144, 1kg for $274, 2kg for $519 PM16) Turkey, massive lot of 1000 Different with many scarcer and higher values, price $189 PM17) Denmark, 1000 different many better and larger types. $69 PM21) Ireland, latest mission mix on paper to arrive here in Australia. 500g $49, 1kg $89. PM23) 1000 Different Austria, covering all periods. Lovely collection of pretty well all postally used. 500 different is on my packets list at $130, so this lot which has many more higher values and variety is good value at $259 PM24) Australia, with recent and latest, values to $1 Commems/Large on single close clipped paper. Very held around 5000 to the kg. Price $17.50 per 100g, $41.50 per 250g, $79 per 500g, $149 per kg, and 2kg for $289 PM30) 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 PM31) Australia magnificent off paper mixture, all periods included with some very modern, but mainly decimal. 1500 – 2000 different represented in this entire mixture. There may be a few Kangaroos, KGV Heads and States stamps here too. Guaranteed 10% are better values and High Value Commemoratives, denominations up to $10 or $20. Priced at around only 2c per stamp, roughly 12,500 – 15,000 to the kilogram. 100g for $29.50, 250g for $69, 500g for $129, 1kg for $249 PM32) Similar to the above, but High Values Only, mainly decimal, Commems. And Defins. All above letter rate at time of issue. Very good value at around 10c each. 100g for $149, 250g for $349. Very limited supply. PM40) Just arrived from retired collector/hoarder. Mass of World off paper, better than usual mixture. This man belonged to several clubs and used to produce circuit sheets. This is his remaining material which he had not gotten around to putting on sheets. Really could be anything in here, early to modern, just about every country represented. We have just 5kg of this mix, and there would be 15 – 20,000 stamps per kg. Sample lot of 100g for $39, 250g for $89, 500g for $169, 1kg for $295. PM41) Spain off paper mix, mostly Franco & King Carlos definitives going back to the 1930s. Nice lot for the postmark or variety seeker, and very cheap. 15 – 20,000 to the kg. 100g for $19.95, 250g for $44, 500g for $79, 1kg for $149. Superb Commonwealth of Australia Postmaster General’s Dept. UPU Presentation Folders. We have a number of different ones of these, here is the description for one of them BD771) Green Booklet, issued 1932 with ranges of KGV Heads, Kangaroos & Definitives cto, plus Specimen C of A Kangaroos mint unhinged. Highlights include 5/- Harbour Bridge, 6d Engraved Kookaburra, 10/- Analine 3rd wmk Kangaroo, perf OS, etc, etc. All fresh never hinged. 65 stamps. Price $2950
Packets and mixtures Important: Packets and mixtures are not returnable for any reason. Our mixtures are sold as received and unchecked by us. Expect Duplication, unless stated as all different. PM61) British Empire 1800s - 1952, with a small % of later issues. All off paper, with some better values, great variety here and loads of research material for postmarks, watermarks, perfs. etc. Bag of about 1000 for $145, trial lot of 500 for $79. Larger lots available, please ask. PM60) Poland all different in Glassine Envelope. Early to modern, large & small Looks like 1000 stamps. Cheap at $45 the lot. CF16) South Africa Mission Mix on single well-trimmed paper. Latest shipment from our suppliers overseas. Very cheap as mixes go these days, 500g for $49, 1kg for $89, and 2kg for $159 CF17) Latest World on paper mixes to arrive in our office. Mostly on close clipped single paper, with wide variety early to modern, and with very high count. a) Mission Mix, as donated to a UK TV Appeal 500g for $89, 1kg for $159, 2kg for $295, 5kg for $729
Australia Kangaroos K490) Australia 1913 1st wmk Kangaroos set to 1/- nice fine used all circular cancels and several dated examples, inc. 3d Die II. Melbourne retail $440 +, 11 stamps, price $310 K492) Australia 1913 1st wmk Kangaroos set to 1/- nice fine used all circular cancels and some are dated examples, Melbourne retail $195, 10 stamps, price $135 K493) Another as above, same price $135 K425) Australia 1913 2d 1st wmk grey Kangaroo used on Thursday Island. Marginal example from centre of sheet showing part gutter at left. Well centred stamp cancelled by full cds of Thursday Is. 1913, full date unclear. Also 1932 9d C of A wmk, similarly cancelled dated 6 JE 38. Price for the 2, $200 PM30F) 100 mixed Kangaroos, unpicked for watermarks, postmarks, varieties or shades. Values to 2/-, great value at under $2 per stamp. Not all are perfect but you will find some nice stamps. Price $195
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 PM30G) As above but 200 stamps, values to 5/-, price $395 PM30H) As above but 400 stamps values to 10/-, price $895 AU12) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo, Die IIA, fresh used example, with large part original gum, and Strong Offset on reverse under the gum. Cat $600 for mint, unpriced used. Lovely item. $495 K248) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo Die II, Prominent KISSPRINT. Fine used perf OS with light machine cancel. Supplied with normal for comparison for. The Double print (Kissprint) is only listed as Die IIA at $6500 for used in ACSC. Price $2950 K86) Australia 1913 2d Grey 1st wmk Kangaroo Fresh Mint Unhinged, Centred to right, good perfs. Cat. $300, price. $119 DB826) Australia 1913 3d Olive Kangaroo, Die I. Nice mint lightly hinged example with good perfs. Has light gum bend not visible from front. Cat. $250, price $119 ML533) Australia 1913 First watermark 3d pale olive green die I, CTO with gum, indistinct corner CDS centred top right, one slightly nibbed perf at top. ACSC 12E, Cat. Min. $50, price $29 MOC46) Australia 1913 3d Olive 1st wmk Kangaroo, Die II, cto, cat $500. Attractive nicely centred stamp, very scarce. $329 AP49) Australia 1913 1st wmk 3d Yellow Olive Kangaroo, Die I, perf small OS, neat cds cancel. Cat. $100, my price $75 D34) Australia 1913 3d Olive Kangaroo, perf small OS DIE II, with Perth reg. cancel. Full perfs and centered right. Cat. $350, this one just $115 K88) Australia 1913 4d Analine Orange Kangaroo, mint very fresh light hinge, almost imperceptible. Centred to top right with good perfs. ACSC 15B, cat $2000 excellent price $595 K353) Australia 1913 4d Orange Yellow Kangaroo mint lightly hinged. Well centred and fresh with full perfs. ACSC 15E, supplied with Drury 2017 cert. very hard shade to obtain. Cat. $1500, price $1195 AU29) Australia 1913 KGV 4d Orange, Inverted wmk, MLH, Cat $80, cheap at $45 K380) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut 1st wmk Kangaroo. Superb Post Office fresh Unhinged left marginal block of 4. Perfect centring and perfs, fresh white gum. Has “AUSTRA” in margin at left. SG8, ACSC16A. Premium Exhibition Piece. There was no Mint Unhinged block of 4 in the Arthur Gray Collection! Price $3250 K14) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, superb mint unhinged. Well centred and good perfs. Brilliant stamp hard to better! From top of sheet and showing borderline above watermark. Cat. $650. Price $595 LM12) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, “Kissprint”. Nice well centred example with full perfs, fresh mint very lightly hinged. Coastline appears doubled almost all around. Cat $250 as normal. Price $495 K90) Australia 1913 6d Ultramarine Kangaroo 1st Wmk. Superb fault free well centred full perf. example. Cat. $875, price $549 ML538) Australia 1913 6d ultramarine CTO with indistinct corner cds, the letter ‘S’ is just visible, indicating it may be a Brisbane CTO, attractive stamp! $99 K16) Australia 1913 6d Ultramarine Kangaroo 1st Wmk. Inverted. PERF SMALL OS. Superb fault free cds example well centred. Cat. $1500, price $1250 K352) Australia 1913 9d Deep Violet Kangaroo 1st wmk. Post Office Fresh MUH. Superb shade, lovely stamp nicely centred with good perf. ACSC 24C. Supplied with Drury 2017 Cert. Cat. $1500, price $1195. Oct14) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 9d Violet 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged. Retail $140, my price $110 K320) Australia 1913 9d Pale Violet Kangaroo 1st Wmk. PERF SMALL OS. Superb fault free MINT UNHINGED example well centred and good perfs., with doubling of perfin on one hole between 1 & 2 o’clock on the O of OS. ACSC 24Bbb, Cat. $1500 as the cheaper Violet shade, price $1250 Oct25) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 1/- Emerald 1st wmk, perf Small OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $600, my price $345 K356) Australia 1913 2/- Dark Brown 1st wmk Kangaroo. Attractive postally used example with good perfs. Centred to top left. Better shade, ACSC 35B cat. $300. Price $129 K334) Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st wmk Kangaroo cto. Attractive well centred example with full perfs. Melbourne cto DE 3 13. ACSC 35wb cat. $300. Price $225 D47) Australia 1913 2/- Brown Kangaroo 1st wmk, good average used, with oval registered cancel. Cat 85 pounds, price just $79 DB777) Australia 1913 2/- Brown Kangaroo 1st wmk SG 12. Nice used example with corner cds.
Good perfs centred a little to lower left. ACSC 35A Cat $250. Keenly priced at $119 NO14) Australia 1913 2/- Brown Kangaroo, 1st wmk with “socked on nose” Parkville Victoria cds of SE 22 14. Lovely cancel, stamp has full perfs, brilliant colour. Centered to lower left. Cat. $250. Price $149 SE29) Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st wmk. Kangaroo superb postally used, with centrally struck “Socked on nose” Perth cds, 5 FEB 15, well centered and with full perfs, a premium stamp. Cat. $300, price $249 MY43) Australia 1913 1st wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, perf small OS postally used with 28 MY 15 cds of Melbourne. Well centered and with good perfs. Cat $500. Price $345 K350) Australia 1913 2/- Brown kangaroo 1ST wmk, perf large OS. Well centred good perf. example cancelled by Melbourne Registered cds of 22 AP 14. Cat. $500, very good value at $195 K335) Australia 1913 5/- Grey & Yellow 1st wmk. Kangaroo cto. Nice example with gum, cancelled Melbourne cto 3 DE 13. Full perfs. Centred lower right. Cat. $300, price $225 K18) Australia 1913 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo 1st wmk. Handstamped Specimen. Nice looking stamp. Couple of perf faults at lower left side, and gum a little aged. Cat. $750. Well priced at $465 ML534) Australia 1915 2d grey Kangaroo 2nd wmk centred high Mint, light HR, advertised retail $175 for well centred, price $89 ML418) Australia 1915 Second watermark 1/- Emerald well centred nice used, price $25 K319) Australia 1915 2/- Light Brown Kangaroo 2nd wmk perf. OS. Cancelled by cds of Rialto, Melbourne, centred a little high, and with full perfs, difficult to find as nice as this. ACSC35ba, cat. $400, price $295 MD36) Australia 1916 2/- Brown Kangaroo, 2nd wmk, lovely used example with Registered 8 DE 15 cds. Good perfs, centered a little right. Cat. $400, price under a half at $195 MMY28) Australia 1916 2nd wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, good – fine used with 2 partial cds cancels, well centered and with good perfs. Cat $350, price $195 NO8) Australia 1915 2/- Brown 2nd wmk Kangaroo. A lovely well centered full perf. example, with slightly heavy partial Sale, Victoria cds. Cat $350, my price under a half…$169 K322) Australia 1915 Light Brown Kangaroo 2nd wmk MINT UNHINGED. Very attractive well centred full perf example. Gum is a little aged. ACSC 36 cat. $8500. Price $3375 K172) Australia 1915 5/- Deep Grey & Yellow Kangaroo 2nd wmk perf OS. Very fine well centred light cds used. Very well centred and full perfs, try to find better! ACSC 43Ab, cat. $700, price $495 ML531) Australia 1915 2d grey Kangaroo, 3rd wmk. Die I punctured ‘OS’ two faintly toned perfs Mint unhinged. Centred to top right with good perfs. ACSC 7Aba, cat. $225 price $69 DB686) Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo 3rd wmk, Die II. Fine postally used with cds of Moonee Ponds, Vic. July 1918. Cat $200, price $119 MMY45) Australia, absolutely magnificent, best I have ever seen! 1915 3rd wmk 3d Olive Die II Kangaroo, with perfect centring and perfs. With light cds cancel. Cat $200. Price $149 M11) Australia 1915 2/- Brown 3rd wmk Kangaroo, with “S” Flaw, very scarce stamp, lightish parcel used, cat $450. Price $335 K422) Australia 1917 2.5d Indigo (Analine) 3rd Wmk. Kangaroo, Inverted wmk. Fine fresh mint lightly hinged, nicely centred with full perfs. Analine is not recorded for this stamp, however its nearest relative in Analine, the 1/- rates a 10 x premium over the normal stamp. This would therefore give this stamp a catalogue value of $3250. Supplied with a 2018 Drury certificate. Price $2500 K93) Australia 1918 3d Yellow Olive 3rd wmk Kangaroo Die II, Mint Unhinged. Centred left with full perfs, has light overall gum toning. Cat. $1000, bargain at $225 MM45) Australia 1918 1/- 3rd wmk Turquoise Kangaroo, fresh mint unhinged, cat $275. Couple of nibbed perfs at top and a bit of a gum bend, hardly visible form the front make this a great budget buy at $98 D29) Australia 1918 3rd wmk 1/- Emerald Kangaroo, very fine postally full perf example Part cds, Watermark Inverted. Cat $200. Price $110 K324) Australia 1918 10/- Grey & Intense Deep Analine Pink 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. ACSC 48D. Fine used with 2 partial cds cancels. Well centred example with full perfs. Cat. $600, price $449 K23) Australia 1918 5/- Grey-Black and Chrome Kangaroo 3rd wmk. Perf OS, indicative Well centred cto stamp. Few ragged perfs at top left side. No gum. Attractive looking. ACSC 44wa Cat. $300, price $149
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 K26) Australia 1916 10/- Grey and Deep Analine Pink Kangaroo 3rd wmk. Ovpt. SPECIMEN type B. Perfect centring and perfs, MINT UNHINGED. Post Office fresh and stunning colour. ACSC 48Bx Cat. $3000 without overprint, indicative Cat. price for this would be $2400 based on scarcity. Price $1795 K156) Another, as above, mint lightly hinged, centred slightly high, couple of nibbed perfs along top. Cat. $600 Price $450 K326) Australia 1917 £1 Chocolate & Dull Blue 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, fine used. Cancelled by Melbourne Ship Mail Room cds. Attractive example well centred with mostly good perfs, just a couple nibbed at lower left. ACSC 52A. Price $1795 K327) Australia 1917 £1 Chestnut and Blue 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, fine used. Socked on nose with Hassall Grove NSW cds of 10 AP 18. Attractive example well centred with full perfs. ACSC 52B. Price $2250 ML419) Australia 1924 Third watermark 2/- maroon well centred FU, cancelled partial cds of Maryborough Vic. 6FE28. Price $30 K323) Australia 1924 £1 Grey 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Mint Unhinged. Attractive example with full perfs, centred a little to right. Has some very minor gum toning. ACSC 53, Cat. $3750, priced very well at $1875 K157) Australia 1924 £1 Grey 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Ovpt. Specimen type C. Fresh mint unhinged example with full perfs, centred a little to lower right. Cat. $850, price $650 K158) Australia 1924 £1 Grey 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Ovpt. Specimen type C. Fresh mint lightly hinged example, perfectly centred with full perfs. Has unrecorded variety, damaged top horizontal to E. price $495 K321) Australia 1924 £1 Grey 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Ovpt. Specimen type D. Fresh mint unhinged example with full perfs, beautifully centred! Cat. $850, price $650 K424) Australia 1919 £2 Purple Black & Rose 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, ACSC 56C(D)h. Attractive used example with no faults. Cancelled by Port Pirie S.A. cds of 7OC31. Centred to top with full perfs. Has variety “Broken Coast in Bight” Cat. $5500, price $3600 K489) Australia 1929 6d Pale Chestnut Kangaroo, sml. Multi. wmk. Perf OS Mint Block of 4. Top two stamps are lightly hinged, lower two are fresh unhinged. Centred to lower left and with a few nibbed perfs. Still an attractive block, cat. $370 as singles. ACSC 22Bb. Has unrecorded variety: “Break in lower right frame on stamp 1, Priced very well at $159 ML537) Australia 1929 9d Violet Kangaroo smw. Fresh mint very lightly hinged, centred a little left. ACSC 28A cat. $175, price under a half $69 K488) Australia 1929 9d Pale Violet Kangaroo smw. Fresh mint hinged, centred left and with a few uneven perfs. This is a Die II Substitution from plate 4. ACSC 28B (4) cat. $300, priced well under a half $139 ML536) Australia 1929 Small multiple watermark: 1/- blue-green, punctured ‘OS’ short perf at top, Fresh Mint light hinge, some HR. Nicely centred. ACSC 34A, Cat. $100, price $39 K381) Australia 1929 10/- Grey & Pale Pink sml. Multi. wmk. Kangaroo. A Post Office Fresh perfectly centred and with full perfs example, very lightly hinged. A premium stamp. ACSC 49, cat. $1100, price $995 K382) Australia 1929 £2 Purple Grey & Rose Crimson smw. Kangaroo, Ovpt. “SPECIMEN” . ACSC 57x. Lovely looking fault free stamp perfectly centred and with full perfs. lightly hinged. Cat. $900. A premium example. Price $795 K385) Australia 1932 6d Chestnut Kangaroo Ovpt. OS. Mint unhinged top marginal block of 4. Fine and Post Office fresh with full perfs, centred to top. ACSC 23A, cat $500 as singles, blocks are scarce. Price $419 K383) Australia 1932 9d Violet Kangaroo, C of A wmk. Well centred mint block of 4. Lovely fresh looking block. Top two stamps have the merest touch of a hinge, lower two have been twice hinged. Blocks are scarce, especially so well centred. Price $349 K415) Australia 1932 Grey & Pink C of A wmk Kangaroos. Well centred very fine & fresh mint unhinged hinged imprint pair, perfectly centred with full perfs. Includes the variety va, Open Mouthed Kangaroo. A very RARE Exhibition Piece. The pair is not priced unhinged, but at $3750 for hinged. The Imprint adds a big premium. There was no such pair or block in the Arthur Gray Collection. Figuring this logically, the Imprint pair for the normal Grey & Pink printing catalogues $3750 for hinged and do sell close to this price, 5 x the mint stamp and the premium for mint unhinged is x 2.5. This gives us a value of $9375. Price for this stunning piece $7500 K423) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo C of A wmk ACSC50A. A fine fresh and well centred full perf. example lightly hinged. Supplied with a 2018 Drury certificate. Cat. $750, however this is a premium stamp. The catalogue is certainly out of wack on this item. Price $895
BD11) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pale Rose Crimson (Analine) Kangaroo, C of A wmk. Scarcest shade of this stamp, ACSC 50C. Cancelled by Sydney cds, and with MISPLACED KANGAROO, not listed for this stamp. The Kangaroo is shifted approx. 5m to the right leaving the tail 3mm outside the map. Misplacements such as this are usually cat. Around the $5000 level. Visually very attractive. Price $2950 K332) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Analine Pink C of A wmk Kangaroo. Lovely shade, ACSC 50D, cat. $750. Centred low, with good perfs, cancelled by slightly smudgy cds. Hard shade to find. Price. $395 K245) Australia 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, type C Specimen. Fine and fresh well centred example with good perfs. Only 1200 produced of this rare C type specimen. ACSC 50A Cat. $850. This is an exceptionally fine example, price $795 KK253) Australia 1931-36 5/- - One Pound C of A Kangaroos, fine cds used set of 3 . Good perfs all round, centring varies. Cat. $785, price $469 K333) Australia 1935 £1 Grey C of A wmk. Kangaroo VFU. Attractive example well centred with full perfs, cancelled by small part WA cds to top right. ACSC 54, Cat. $450, they do not come much better than this. Price $375 K354) Australia 2007 Kangaroos High Values Proof Card, produced as pre-publicity for the Arthur Gray sale. One of these sold for US$187.50 on eBay a few years ago! Price $29 (10 available) Australia KGV Heads For Queensland Provisional Registration Label Covers, see Queensland under Australian States PM30J) 100 mixed KGV Heads, unpicked for watermarks, postmarks, varieties or shades. Values to 5d, great value at under $1 per stamp. Not all are perfect but you will find some nice stamps. Price $95 PM30K) As above but 200 stamps, values to 1/4d-, price $195 PM30L) As above but 400 stamps values to 1/4d, price $389 G191) Australia 1914 1d Bright Red Die II KGV. Fine used light slogan cancel. Well centred and good perfs. ACSC 71B (G11) Cat. $100, price $72 G189) Australia 1914 1d Carmine red KGV “RA Joined” ACSC 71Y(4)j (G31) Fresh mint lightly hinged well centred and good perfs (slightly fluffy) Cat. $75, price $49 G35) Australia 1914 1d Carmine Red KGV, ACSC 71A, smooth paper in horizontal Die I, Die II pair, perf OS mint lightly hinged. Centred left. Cat. $1250, price $595 G227) Australia 1918 1d KGV Carmine Red KGV Die 1 & 2 Pair Fresh Mint Unhinged. Stunning looking, full perfs centred to tope left. ACSC 71Y(1)ia, G31. Supplied with2017 Drury certificate. Cat. $1500 Price $1195 G204) Australia 1916 4d KGV Orange (Aniline). Is a 4d Orange, single watermark with watermark inverted, a fine example. Cancelled to order, no gum. ACSC 110Aa + w. Supplied with 2017 Starling certificate. Price: $149 DB792) Australia 1916 4d KGV Pale Orange Yellow, ACSC 110E, fine mint lightly hinged, full perfs, centred left. Cat. $350. Hard shade to find. Price $195 G246) Australia 1916 4d KGV Pale Orange Yellow, ACSC 110E, fine mint lightly hinged, full perfs, centred top left. Cat. $350. Hard shade to find. Suppled with a 2014 Drury Certificate, Price $279 G33) 1d KGV Carmine Pink. Cooke 1918 LMWM Printing. Fine used ACSC - 2001 - No. 73A. Supplied with Drury certificate. Price $195 GG10) Australia 1918 1d KGV Maroon (cert says Deep Carmine-Red). Perforated OS, a fine example of a rare shade, FU. ACSC 72Rbb (G77). Supplied with 2016 Starling certificate. Cat. $250. Price: $189 GG12) Australia 1918 1d KGV Rosine. A fine example of a rare shade, FU. ACSC 72I (G68). Supplied with 2017 Starling certificate. Cat. $150. Price: $110 GG14) Australia 1d 1918 KGV Rosine. A fine example of a rare shade, FU. ACSC 72I (G68). Supplied with 2017 Starling certificate. Cat. $150. Price: $119 GG16) Australia 1918 1d KGV Carmine-Pink. A fine example of a rarer shade, FU. ACSC 71U (G29). Supplied with 2017 Starling certificate. Cat. $100. Price: $75 G157) Australia 1918 1d Carmine Rose KGV, substituted cliché Die II. Fine used cds full perf example centred low. Cancelled by Machine cancel. ACSC 72Q (2) ja. Supplied with Drury certificate. Price $95 G177) Australia 1919 1.5d Brown Die I KGV, Cracked Electro Bottom right corner Block of 6. ACSC 85U unlocated. evident on 4 stamps in right value tablet, plus large solid brown area to right of crown stamp 6. Some perf separation, and natural inclusion on one stamp. Fresh mint unhinged,
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 (hinged in selvedge) Price $1995 G207) Australia 1920 5d KGV Deep Bright Chestnut. Is a 5d Brown, Single watermark, line perforated on rough paper, perforated OS with the variety ‘damaged NW corner [state III]’, used has a corner bend. ACSC 124qb. Supplied with 2015 Starling certificate. Cat. $750. Price: $565 G228) Australia 1920 1/4d Turquoise Blue Single watermark, Dry Ink. Mint lightly hinged. Full perfs, centred right. ACSC 128Ac. Supplied with Drury 2017 Cert. Cat. $400, price $295 G219) Australia 1920 1/4d Turquoise Blue Single watermark, perf OS “DRY INK” Mint unhinged, full perfs, centred low, with Watermark misplaced. Cat. $600. Price $449 G67) Australia 1924 KGV 1d Pale Green Single wmk. mint block of 4. Lightly hinged on top 2 only. Very fresh showing “Dry Ink” ACSC 77Ac, and undocumented variety “Emu Laying Egg” on top left stamp. Spectacular! Cat. $500 as single stamps without the variety. Price $399 G139) Australia 1924 KGV 1d Green No Wmk, Top marginal mint block of 4 lightly hinged. Showing Spectacular double and misperfs in margin! Double perfs. Listed only as used for this, ACSC 79b Cat. $250 for a single stamp, this stretches across the whole top margin over 2 stamps. $500 as single stamps used, Price $399 G72) Australia 1924 3d KGV Pale dull violet blue, single wmk Die 1 ACSC 104B. Mint block of 4, lightly hinged on 3. Light overall gum toning, centred left. Cat. $195, price $135 G77) Australia KGV 1924 3d blue Single wmk corner block of 4, lower left unit variety ‘Retouched SE corner’ BW104q, lower units including the variety are MUH. Price: $295 ML454) Australia 1926 Small multiple wmk P14 1½d red Mullett imprint pair, R/H unit with variety ‘ST of Postage joined’ ACSC91(4)za (pair) Mint hinged, price $39 ML455) Australia 1926 1.5d Rose Red KGV SMW Perf 14 ACSC 91, 4 top right singles (One missing R/H selvedge) showing plates dots 1,2,3 7 4. Fresh mint unhinged. ACSC 91. Price $100 ML466) Australia 1926 Small multiple wmk P14 1½d red plate 2 dots block of 4, ACSC 91(2)z, upper units MUH, side selvedge re-attached with hinges, price $60 ML452) Australia 1926 3d Blue KGV Perf 14 smw, type B. Mint unhinged lower marginal with part Mullet imprint. Light gum bend does not detract. ACSC 106B Cat. $125, price $59 ML444) Australia 1927 Small multiple wmk Perf 14 1d green part Mullett imprint block of 4 with varieties ‘RA joined’ & ‘Ferns’ ACSC 80A (4) ia & j, the two r/h units with two small faint gum tone spots, otherwise fresh MUH. Catalogued $200+ for hinged, double this for MUH. Well centred with good perfs, price $149 ML431) Australia 1927 KGV Small Mult watermark P14 2d brown Ash imprint pair faked ‘OS’ puncture, mint lightly hinged. If genuine cat. $1000 as single stamps. Price $50 G71) Australia 1926 3d KGV Blue, sml. Multi wmk. Perf 14, Die 1a. ACSC 106A. Top right mint lightly hinged marginal block of 4, horiz. pairs are types B – A , A – A. Centred high with good perfs. Cat. $325, price $225 G264) Australia 1927 1/4d Turquoise KGV smw. SG 93 Perf. 14 Mullett Imprint Pair. Stamps are fresh mint unhinged, with light hinge mark in selvedge only. Very fresh with full perfs. Imprint block of 4 cat. $4000 for hinged, unhinged stamps cat. $1250 each. Price $2350 G119) Australia 1927 1/4d Turquoise KGV smw. SG 93 Perf. 14 cto. Full perf. example without gum, centred left. Cat. $300. Price $145 G144) Australia 1928 halfpenny orange SM wmk 13.5 x 12.5 Ash imprint block, Electro 9, MLH with variety ‘Break in top frame left of Crown’, BW 68(9)z Cat $60. Price $50 G167) Australia 1929 KGV 3d blue die II SM P13.5 x 12.5 Ash imprint pair Mint. Price: $100 ML461) Australia 1929 Small multiple wmk P13½ x 12½ 4d olive Ash imprint pair ACSC 116(3) z (pair), some areas of flat gum and toning, but appears mint unhinged. Block of 4 hinged cat. $300, price $50 G54) Australia 1930 KGV 1.5d Red-Brown Sml. Multi Wmk. Plate dot blocks of 4 for both plates 1 & 3. Hinged on only 1 or 2 stamps each block. Cat. $170, ACSC 93 1 & 3 z. Price $145 G45) Australia 1930 KGV 2d golden scarlet die III SM P13.5 x 12.5 imprint strip of 4, hinged in gutter only Price: $75 ML432) Australia 1930 KGV Small Multiple watermark P13½ 1½d red-brown Ash imprint pair mint hinged, price $30 G265) Australia 1928 1/4d Turquoise KGV smw. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5 Ash Imprint Pair. Stamps are fresh mint unhinged, with light hinge mark in selvedge only. Selvedge gum is toned, stamps only mildly affected. Facially attractive with full perfs. Imprint block of 4 cat. $3250 for hinged, unhinged stamps cat. $875 each. Priced cheaply at $595.
G221) Australia 1928 1/4d Turquoise KGV smw cto. Nice full perf example without gum, centred right. Cat. $100, price $59 G152) Australia 1931 halfpenny orange C of A wmk Ash imprint block, Electro 8, appears to be a late printing without the ‘Lower end of left fraction bar thickened’ listed variety, fresh MUH BW 69(8)z Cat $90. Price $75 G153) Australia KGV 1931 halfpenny orange C of A wmk Ash imprint block, Electro 9, with both listed varieties, BW 69(9)z Cat $90. Price $75 MLH G146) Australia 1931 KGV 1d Green C of A Wmk, mint unhinged block of 12 (3 x 4) with varieties “Dents in Bottom Frame” stamps 1/22, 28, 24 & 30. (Centre row of this block) ACSC82(1) da, db, dc & dd. Cat. $50 each as hinged, indicative pricing as unhinged block with these varieties is $600. Price $449 G147) Australia 1931 KGV 1d Green C of An INVERTED WMK, overprinted OS. Good used example centred top left, and with one natural perf. fault to right. Cancelled by light wavy line machine canceller. Cat. $2000, very rare, 1st I have owned or seen! Price $975 G252) Australia 1931 KGV 2d Red, overprinted OS. Fine used cds example with unrecorded variety “Overprint misplaced to left” the O being well outside the frame at left. Similar misplacements on the 1d cat. $250 for mint hinged. This is thus far the only one found. Price $495 G220) Australia 1932 1/4d Turquoise Blue, defective top frame and cross. Fresh mint unhinged, centred left. ACSC 131Bd. Indicative cat $1200. ($600 for the shade, and double for the variety) Very scarce stamp. Price $899 G208) Australia 1932 1/4d Turquoise KGV C of A wmk. Mint Unhinged. Post Office Fresh example with full perfs, centred right. ACSC 131A, cat. $375. Price $249 ML541) Australia 1932 1/4d Turquoise KGV C of A wmk. Mint Lightly Hinged. Full perfs, centred left. Has 2 slightly toned perfs at base. ACSC 131A, cat. $150. Priced very well at $39 G131) Australia 1933 4d olive pair, left unit with var ‘Roos tongue out’ BW117(4)e variety is MUH, Cat $90 as hinged, centred to left. Price: $100 Australia Pre-Decimal ML421) Australia 1914 6d engraved kookaburra centred high CTO without gum, price $36 APD64) Australia 1931 – 36 OS Overprints, complete set of all definitives and commemoratives, mostly cto. Includes the scarce Yellow Green of the 1/- Large Lyrebird. 16 stamps, nearly all cto examples. Price $449 BD782) Australia 1928 Kookaburra Minisheet, lower left corner example fresh mint very light hinge with nice variety, showing perfs not completely punched through along top. Price $295 APD147) Australia 1932 5/- Harbour Bridge, fine cto used. Price $265 ML436) 1932 1/- Lyrebird overprinted ‘OS’ horizontal pair good used with Perth GPO cds’s of 4AUG34. Price $60 ML437) Similar to above, slightly heavier cancellations, price $50 BD304) Australia 1934 MacArthur 2d Dark Hills part imprint vertical strip of 4, mint unhinged. Cat $140 as singles. Price $95 BD301) as above, bottom right corner, mint unhinged vertical strip of 3. Cat $105 as singles, price $69.50 BD306/307) Australia 1934 – 40 Victoria Centenary P. 10.5, Sth. Australia Centenary & 1940 AIF all in mint unhinged complete sets. (9) Retail $190, my price $115 the lot. APD53) Australia 1934 1/6d Hermes, mint unhinged, part imprint example. Post Office Fresh, and with full perfs. Hard to better. ACSC 161, cat. $125, price $110 APD196) Australia 1937 3d Greyish – Blue WHITE WATTLES mint unhinged block of 4. Shows a very high level of ink stripping, greater than usually seen. The inner frame breaks usually associated with this issue are not present. Cat. $1600 as single stamps, price $1125 DB310) Australia 1937 2d Red NSW Sesqui, Man with Tail variety, commercially used. SG 19a cat. £140. Price $129 APD154) AUSTRALIA 1938 Australia KGVI 2d Red stamp “MEDALLION” FLAW” nice commercially used, with normal for comparison. Cat $250, cheap at $75 APD188) Australia 1938 3d Blue Die II Thick paper Ash Imprint Block. Fresh mint unhinged, (light hinge in left selvedge only. Well centred with full perfs. Cat. $375, price $265 APD194) Australia 1938 3d Blue Die II Thick paper Ash Imprint Block. Mint lightly hinged, centred high with full perfs. Cat. $225, price $125
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 APD185) As above, but centre left. Price $125 APD192) Australia 1938 3d Blue Die II Thin paper Ash Imprint Block. Mint lightly hinged, well centred and full perfs. Has perf pip at base. Cat. $275, price $189 APD153) Australia 1941 – 44 2d Mauve with Medallion Flaw, mint unhinged. ACSC 189e. Well centred and fresh with full perfs. Cat. $50, scarcer than the catalogue would suggest. Price $39 APD37) Australia 1941 – 44 2d Mauve KGVI Coil Join Strip with weak print/ink stripping. Mint unhinged coil strip of 4 showing weak print/ink stripping to 2nd stamp at base. ACSC 109bd (pair) Price $149 APD98) Australia 2.5d on 2d Red KGVI Die II, MEDALLION FLAW Mint Unhinged. Very rare error on the overprinted stamp, the catalogue is way off course with this one, rating it less than the misplaced surcharge and only a little above the price for the same flaw on the un-overprinted stamp. Just over 3% of the total printing was overprinted so on that basis the catalogue price for this should be in the region of $12,500! Fresh mint unhinged, with full perfs. centred right. This is the 1st of these I have owned, or indeed seen in over 30 years! Supplied with normal used for comparison. ACSC Cat. No. 222d, price $950 APD156) Australia 1941/2 2.5d Scarlet in imperf. horizontal pair. Fresh mint unhinged, cat. $450. ACSC 230b. Price $295 BD744) Australia 1942 5.5d Deep Blue Emu, in mint lightly hinged on top two stamps Imprint Block from centre of sheet and showing the variety “Retouched Clouds”, minor perf fault at top right does not affect the variety stamp, which is unhinged. Cat. $125, price $79 APD148) Australia 1948 Double Globe Hermes 1/6d McCracken Claret Imprint Block of 4. Hinged on upper 2 stamps only. Price $45 APD145) Australia 1948 Robes Thin paper set 5/- - £1 fresh mint unhinged. 10/- is top right corner marginal. Melbourne retail $235, price $195 APD58) Australia 1949 Arms High Values 5/- - Two Pounds, fresh mint unhinged. Post Office Fresh, mint unhinged, Well centred set with full perfs usual retail $250, Price $189 ML544) Australia 1959 QEII 5d blue coil perf block of 4 CTO without gum, advertised retail $125, price $79 Australia pre-decimal Full Sheets etc. AFS2) Australia 1937 1d Green QE Die 1 ACSC 181A, Gutter block of 100 with 23mm gutter, fresh mint unhinged. Yields Gutter Imprint block of 4, plus 8 gutter pairs. Min. cat. $360, price $179 AFS2a) As above 2d Red KGVI ACSC 187A. For some reason ACSC does not price Gutter pairs as per the 1d above or the Gutter Imprint! Cat. ought to be exactly as above. Price $179 AFS2b) As above, both blocks $349 AFS7) Australia 1947 1d Slate Purple Princess Elizabeth. ACSC 245A. Complete FLUSH PERF sheet of 160. The flush perf at right comes only from sheets issued in the 1st Month, and is RARE! Yields Gutter Imprint block of 8, plus 5 x flush perf blocks of 4 at right of sheet, plus perf. pip gutter block of 8 at left of sheet. Also flush perf Imprint block at right bottom corner. Cat. $1100 plus, price $825 AFS6) Australia 1953 Produce Food 3d Green. ACSC 287/8/9. Complete fresh mint unhinged sheet of 100. Has varieties 287d) retouch in front of roped leg of 2nd cow, 287f ) White spot after Australia. 289b, perf pip gutter block of 4 and 289y) White flaw in Tablet left of 3d. Sheet yields 6 x blocks of 9 plus 6 x horizontal strips of 3. Cat. price = approx. $340. Price $249 AFS6a) As above 3.5d Red sheet, ACSC 290/1/2. Shows all retouches 290 Types 1 – 12, also 292d, colour spur at top of “B” of Beef. Min. Also Perf pip gutter block at right. Cat. Approx. $730, price $549 AFS6b) As above, both sheets, price $759. Save $39 AFS4) Australia 1957 10d Grey Blue QEII. Complete fresh Mint Unhinged sheet of 160, less bottom right block of 4. Includes perf. pip block 8 at top, plus variety e, upper portion of inner left frame recut, right pane R1/1. Minimum cat. $216, price $159 AFS5a) As above, but right sheet, without varieties. Has Autotron block top left. Minimum cat. $179, price $135 AFS5b) As above both sheets L & R. Price $310, save $20 APD198) Australia 1965 2/6 Aborigine Emergency Printing ACSC 267, mint block of 4, lightly hinged only on top 2 stamps. Cat. $100, price $69 Exhibition sheets etc.
APD74) WAPEX 1954 centenary exhibition card bearing reproductions of the 1st 3 WA stamps in original colours. Cancelled by Green Exhibition cancel of 6 AU. 1954. Attractive item. Price $19.95 (9 available) APD75) As above but uncancelled, price $9.50 POSTAGE DUES Australia Decimal AD16) Australia 1966 Decimal Specimens Pack, 1c - $4. Values to 50c being cto with unhinged gum plus Navigators 75c - $4 Ovpt. “Specimen” mint unhinged. The 75c & $1 being the rarer 15mm overprint. These two cat. Cat. $330 alone. Supplied in APO Folder as issued. Superb quality Price $295 AD13) Australia 1966 Decimal Navigators Ovpt. “Specimen” mint unhinged. The 75c & $1 being the rarer 15mm overprint. Cat. $330. Superb quality perfectly centred and perfect perfs! Price $265 AD3) Australia 1966 4c Red QEII. Mint unhinged top right block of 10 with spectacular pre- printing paper crease to corner block of 4. Price $325 AD9) Australia 1966 50c Dampier, plate 2 block of 4. Fresh mint unhinged, plate No.at right. Cat. $275 in 2002. Price $249 (2 available) AD2) Australia 1967 5c Blue QEII, plate 3 block of 20 from base of sheet (10 x 2) Hinged only in selvedge. Also with Plate Pip at left. Very fresh and well centred. Cat. $1000 for a block of 4, in 2002 ACSC. Rare as a large block, price $895 AD5) Australia 1970 7c Coil, Sturt’s Desert Pea strip of 4 mint unhinged with Missing Buff colour. SG 468b, bb. Cat. £900 (£225 each) ACSC 535 ce, cat $300 each in 2002. Rare multiple, ex Simon Dunkerley, supplied with RSPS Victoria Certificate, signed Geoff Kellow. Price $1100 AD1) Australia 1971 7c Purple QEII Spectacular Misperf Block of 40, from sheet D, left of sheet, with selvedges. Nicely written up on album page. Perfs misplaced dramatically to top left so that it appears imperf. horizontally and almost so vertically. Each stamp, apart from the bottom 4 showing part of the stamp below. Lightly hinged in selvedge only. Has 5 varieties, annotated on the album page, all of which appear unrecorded. Details on request. misperfs of this magnitude are rare, and usually catalogue in the order of $150 per stamp, as per. The 1956 4d No Wmk Koala. Would easily break down for re-sale into 10 blocks of 4 and could sell for $400 a block, possibly more for those with varieties. Estimated catalogue value $6000, price $1995 AD8) Australia 1973 7c Sydney Harbour Bridge. Lower left block of 25 mint unhinged. Has numerous background flaws with varying degrees of registration shift and areas of missing colour. This results in a colour shift of the light blue to the right and doubling of lettering at base on all stamps. Listed as misplaced light blue as ACSC 653cb. Could be broken down into smaller blocks for re-sale. Supplied with normal for comparison. Cat. $100 per stamp in 2002 = $2500, price $1495 BD338) Australia 1978 15c Christmas block of 16 ( 8 x 2) mint unhinged, with Massive pre-printing paper crease across upper 8 stamps. Spectacular and stunning piece! Price $325 AD4) Australia 1981 24c Thylacine, stunning misperf block of 30 from left hand corner of sheet (3 x 10) Affects lower 2 rows, as illustrated in ACSC decimals vol. 2 page 9/566. ACSC 902bb, type 1. Fresh mint unhinged. Cat. $500 in 2002. Price $475 Australia Postal History, Inc. 1st Day and Exhibition Covers For Queensland Provisional Registration Label Covers, see Queensland under Australian States DB477) Australia 1914 small cover bearing 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo 1st wmk, franked by machine cancel cds of Sydney DE22 1914 to Beverley, Mass. USA. Neat & clean typed address cover. Price $110 DB481) Australia 1915 small Censored cover, bearing 2.5d Indigo 2nd wmk Kangaroo. Franked by Melbourne machine cancel cds of 10.SEP.15. additionally with violet “PASSED” handstamp on front. Neat typewritten address to Taunton, Mass. USA. Cat. $180 on cover. Price $110 DB489) Australia 1916 OHMS long printed cover, with 1d KGV & 2d 1st wmk Roo BOTH PERF “T” Very scarce cover cancelled by Hobart machine cds of 21.JAN.16 to Constable Brown at Police Station Kempton. Opened a little raggedly at right, but does not affect stamps. Price $219 BD381) Australia 1917 Kangaroo UNIQUE FIRST DAY COVER? Censored cover to Sweden bears Horizontal Pair (double rate) of 2.5d Indigo 3rd wmk. Kangaroos, cancelled by Ship Mail Room cds of Melbourne dated 3 JL 17, and confirmed by Gothenburg receiving cds on reverse of 21.9.17. Reverse flap has logo of C. STEAKMEST, 26 Market Street, Melbourne, and with “PASSED” handstamp in violet on face. Kangaroo First Day Covers are very rare and this is dated 2 months earlier than the previously recorded date in ACSC. Catalogue No. ACSC 9A. There is virtually no possibility that an earlier cover than this exists. All Kangaroo First day Covers are priced in the ACSC catalogue at
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 $15,000 each. Price $9950 APH522) Australia 1919 small OHMS envelope Port Augusta to Adelaide. Bears 1.5d KGV Black Brown perf. OS, cancelled by cds of Port Augusta 6MR19. Cat. $150 on cover, price $110 APH91) Australia 1922 Registered Cover Sydney – Longueville MSE. Bears 4d Blue Cooke Printing & 1d Violet KGV. Cancelled by Sydney cds of 8 JY 22, and with red Sydney registered “Rat’s tail” label No. 7735. Opened roughly at left, and light vertical filing crease does not affect the adhesives. Clean and attractive with typed address. Price $115 APH428) Australia 1925 OHMS Postcard with 1d green No wmk KGV perf. OS. Cancelled by Melbourne cds of 21MY 1925 from the Secretary to the Dept. of Public Health to the Shire of Minhamite ( The Shire of Minhamite was a local government area located about 270 kilometres (168 mi) west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,365.62 square kilometres (527.3 sq mi), and existed from 1871 until 1994.) card is in pristine condition. Stamp catalogues as a single on cover at $400, but this is pretty academic since very few are in existence. Price $645 APH561) Australia 1929 3d Kookaburra Horizontal Pair on small Airmail cover to Orange, N.J. USA. Cancelled by Brisbane Machine Cancel of 16 APR 1929 and endorsed by red manuscript “via Charleville” and with Charleville cds of the following day on reverse. This cover was flown on the inaugural Qantas Brisbane – Charleville flight, and then onwards to the USA. These covers are rare without the Vignette, and any non-internal destinations are rare. Multiples of the 3d Kookaburra on cover are equally rare. Cat. in the AAMC as 133aa from $200. Price $179 APH438) Australia 1931 Bushells Fremantle small advertising window envelope. Bears 1d green KGV smw. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5. Cancelled by Perth 3 wavy line slogan of 6 NOV 1931 “ADDRESS MAIL TO/P.O. BOX No./IT EXPEDITES DELIVERY” Price $29 APH202) Australia 1932 small typed address seamail cover to Los Angeles. Bears 3d Blue Harbour Bridge cancelled by cds of Tooraweena NSW of 18MY32. Neat clean cover, minor tone spot at left. No reverse markings. Price $35 THE NEXT 4 COVERS ARE ALL TO AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICER Lt. Col. W. G. Officer, serving in the UK 1933 -35 APH421) Australia 1933 small airmail cover Melbourne to Farnham, Surrey. Bears 1d green and 2 x 2d Red KGV Heads, cancelled by ship mail room cds’s of 8SE33. Nice clean cover, price $29 APH426) Australia 1934 small airmail cover Sydney to Farnham, Surrey. Bears 3d Green Airmail type A and 2d Red KGV cancelled by Sydney Air Mail cds’s of 29NOV34. Flap bears Wentworth Hotel Sydney coat of Arms with Kangaroo and Emu, derived from the Australian coat of arms. Price $39 APH424) Australia 1935 small airmail cover, Melbourne to Farnham, Surrey. Bears 3d Vic. Cent. Perf. 10.5 plus 2d Red Anzac cancelled by Melbourne 3 line slogan of 12 AP 1935 “INCLUDE POSTAL DISTRICT/NUMBER IN MELBOURNE/SUBURBAN ADDRESSES” Postal district numbers for the addressing and sorting of mail were used in the suburban area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from February 1928 until their 1967 replacement by the Australia-wide postcodes. They were based on the London codes with a letter (or letters) denoting the direction from the main city post office and a number appended to, generally, correlate with the relative distance. This replaced an earlier system from around 1923 with twelve districts which had failed. Scarce slogan. Price $49 APH425) Australia 1935 small airmail cover, Melbourne to Farnham, Surrey. Bears 3d Airmail type A plus 2d Red KGV Silver Jubilee cancelled by Melbourne slogan of 14JUN35, re Commonwealth Loans. Flap has dark blue ‘QUAMBY CLUB’ in block capitals. Info about the club in recent news, up for sale for $8 million. http://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/melbourne-vic/formerhigh-society-toorak-mansion-with-hearty-history-seeking-more-than-8-million/news-story/ a95d8fa525ed52bb30fa5dedf1a21f06 Price $39 All 4 covers as above for $139 APH204) Australia 1934 small registered hand addressed cover to Vienna. Bears block of 4 x 1.5d red Sturt cancelled by central Adelaide Railway cds of 24.APR.34, with matching Adelaide Railway registration label. Neat and attractive. Price $79 APH227) Australia small registered surface mail cover to Czechoslovakia. Bears 1d Green C of A wmk KGV plus 2d & 3d Vic. Centenary perf 11.5 to make correct registered rate of 6d. Cancelled by Sydney registered cds’s of 24OC34 and with Prague arrival cds’s of 25.XI.34. Scarce destination and usage. Price $85 APH31) Australia 1934 small airmail envelope bearing 2d Light Hills & 9d MacArthur to Burnley, Lancashire. Cancelled by Melbourne 3 line Slogan of 16 NOV 1934 “VICTORIA AND - CITY OF MELBOURNE - CENTENARY 1934 – 5” Appears to underpay the airmail 1/6d rate by 7d. No reverse markings. 9d MacArthur alone on cover is cat. $400. Price $279
APH243) Australia 1935 small airmail/seamail advertising cover for Swift & Co. Sydney, to Glasgow. Bears 3d MacArthur plus 1d Green & 2d KGV C of A. Cancelled by Airmail cds’s of Sydney 7FE35. Typed address and also endorsed “ Per Adelaide – Perth Air Mail to connect with/R.M.S. “ORMONDE” At Fremantle” Reverse has the address of Swift & Company Ltd. In bold black type on reverse. No arrival markings. Unusual. Price $75 APH226) Australia 1935 small airmail cover to Czechoslovakia via Athens. Bears 1/6d Hermes No Wmk. & 3d 1935 Jubilee. Cancelled by Melbourne Ship Mailroom cds of 10SE35 and arrival cds’s of Athens 21 IX 35 and Prague 24.IX.35. Clean and neat with typed address. Scarce destination. Price $120 APH228) Australia 1935 small airmail hand addressed cover to Czechoslovakia via Athens. Bears 1/6d no wmk. Hermes and 3d Blue Vict. Centenary perf. 10.5. Cancelled by cds’s of Air Mail Brisbane 12SE35. Revers has arrival cds’s of Athens 21.IX.35 and Prague 1.X.35. Scarce destination. Price $75 APH224) Australia 1936 small typed address airmail cover to Germany, via Italy. Bears 1/6d no wmk. Hermes and 3d Blue Cable. Cancelled by cds’s of Sydney Airmail 19JE36. Neat and clean apart from 2 small pieces of adhesive tape remnants top and bottom. Price $45 APH248) Australia 1936 Small commercial airmail cover to Oxford UK, re-addressed to Wimbledon. Bears range of 6 stamps to make 1/7d to cover 1/6d Airmail & 1d late fee. Stamps are: KGV Halfpenny Orange, 1.5d Brown, 5d Chestnut, 6d 1932 Kookaburra, 3d Cable & 3d SA Centenary. All cancelled by Sydney Airmail cds’s of 4SE36. Attractive item, price $89 DB488) Australia Kookaburras on cover. Wide range of destinations, with covers from 1935 - 1958, solo usage and in combinations, some with 2/- Kangaroos. Includes registered items, double and triple rate covers, censored covers, used in Papua New Guinea, overpaid, first flight and much more interesting stuff, including an early coloured Sydney lettercard. Fascinating stuff, and ideal for expansion into a nice display. 19 items. Price $695 PNG134) Australia-New Guinea- Papua 1938 Registered “Boomerang” First Flight Cover. Bears 1d Red Die 1 & 3d Blue Die II, plus 2d 7 3d New Guinea Birds, ovpt. Airmail, undated and Papua 3d & 5d 1932 definitives. Listed as AAMC 812 at $50, price $35 APH81) Australia 1945 3d Brown KGVI used in TOKYO BAY on small airmail cover to Sydney. Cancelled by Tokyo Bay Japan cds of 2 SE 1945 and with cachet “H.M.A.S. Shropshire. Official signing of Japanese surrender.” Scarce commercially used cover, most of these were simply cancelled by favour and souvenired by the ship’s company. In June 1945 Shropshire was in the operational area and after supporting the landings at Brunei, she was part of the force at the Balikpapan landings on 3 July. Shropshire then returned to the Philippines and was there when the Japanese surrendered. She sailed for Tokyo Bay and was present for the surrender ceremony. She remained in Japanese waters until 17 November when the Broad Pendant of the Commodore Commanding Australian Squadron was transferred to HMAS Hobart and Shropshire departed for Sydney. She was the only Australian vessel present for the Japanese Surrender. Rare survivor, price $375 APH166) Australia 1947 Airmail DL size advertising cover for Kiwi Polish, and with superb Red Kiwi emblem. Bears 1/6d Double Globe Hermes, cancelled by Melbourne machine cancel of 5 SEP 1947 to Julius Rothschild & Co. San Francisco. Very fine typed address cover. Price $45 DC76) Australia 1949 First Flight Cover Sydney - Dallas Texas, via Vancouver. Bears 6d Kookaburra perf. 15 x 14 plus 1/4d Magenta KGVI & 2d Red Kingsford Smith. Cancelled by GPO Sydney cds of 22JY49, and receiving backstamps of Vancouver JUL 25 49 and Dallas Terminal access of JUL 26 1949 & Greenville Ave. Stn. the following day. Rate is 1/6d per half ounce plus 3d registration fee to Canada. The additional 3d would be for onward transmission to the USA. Listed as AAMC 1222a, from $25. price $35 APH222) Australia 1953 Small Airmail Cover to Switzerland. Bears block of 4 6d Kookaburra perf. 14.75 x 14. Unusual make up for 2/- rate. Price $39 APH148) Australia 1956 Olympics on Christmas card size Airmail cover to Jersey. Underpaid by 1/-, and cancelled by cds of Enquiry Counter Launceston, Tas. 28NO56. (They should have known better!) Superb Exhibition item for usage or Olympics theme. Price $265 APH518) Australia 1965 small surface mail cover to Sweden. Bears solo use of 8d Tiger Cat cancelled by Sydney 5 line slogan of 25 NOV 1965 “PLEASE POST/EARLY/BEFORE LUNCH &/ BEFORE / FOUR O’CLOCK” Scarce destination, and the 8d surface rate is little seen after about 1963. Price $29 AFD700) Australia 1966 4c Red QEII booklet pane “Registered Post is Safest for your Gifts” complete with top selvedge on Wesley FDC, addressed by small label to cover producer J. M. Gower. Presumably he did not produce booklet panes himself, and this was by arrangement with Wesley Cover Service. Cancelled by Cocos (Keeling) Is. Cds’s of 14FE66. Rare item, never previously seen by us. Price $295 APH168) Australia 1970 Small airmail cover to Switzerland. Bears 50c Navigator plus 7c Sugar and 3c QEII Coil to make 60c double rate. The first 2 stamps cancelled Perth 5 line slogan of 23FEB
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 1970 “SENDERS ADDRESS/ON BACK OF ENVELOPE/ENSURES/PROMPT RETURN OF/UNDELIVERABLE ARTICLES” (You don’t say! ) Coil stamp was uncancelled and has been cancelled by GPO Sydney cds, date unclear. All 3 of these stamps are scarce on commercial cover, to find them together is remarkable. Price $129 APH167) Australia 1970 small airmail cover to Switzerland. Bears 20c Expo & horiz. Pair of 5c Royal Visit to make correct 30c rate, perhaps they ran out of the 30c Royal Visit 3 days after issue! Cancelled by Royal Visit slogan of Perth 2 APR 1970. 20c Expo is rare on commercial cover. Price $129 APH515) Australia 1970 AMAZING SPECIAL DELIVERY COVER. Commercial Airmail Special Delivery Cover, Pyrmont NSW – Finland. Kauko Australia Advertising cover to Parent Company in Helsinki. Bears 30c Cook, plus 2 x 20c Expo & 10c Anenome Fish for correct Special Delivery rate. Cancelled by cds’s of Pyrmont 20MY70 and with Helsinki receiving cds on reverse of 25-5.70. Also bears red rectangular Special Delivery Labels both back & front. Rare cover, price $149 APH84) Australia 1970 20c Expo on small cover to Ireland, with 10c Anenome Fish to make correct rate of 30c. Cancelled by 5 line Adelaide slogan of 3 JULY 1970 “ SENDERS ADDRESS/ON BACK OF ENVELOPE/ENSURES/PROMPT RETURN OF/UNDELIVERABLE ARTICLES” (You don’t say! ) The 20c is virtually impossible to find on commercial cover. Price $129 APH423) Australia 1972 Returned to sender Airmail cover Melbourne – Paris. Bears 2 x 15c & 5c Pioneer life to make up correct 35c Airmail rate. Addressed to a hotel, and the guest had clearly already checked out. Scarce frankings, the 5c cat. $15 and the 15c $10 each on cover in the now 16 year old ACSC. Cancelled by Melbourne slogan 19 DEC 1972, plus a cds of the following day on the otherwise unfranked 5c. Bears boxed instructional marking and manuscript “Retour a l’envoyeur” (Return to the sender) Very attractive cover, price $75 APH488) Australia OVERSEAS AIRMAIL EXPRESS DELIVERY ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING COVER FOR STANWELL BRIAR PIPES. Bears pair of 20c & 35c Aboriginal Art cancelled by Sydney cds of 13.7.73 to Denmark. Copenhagen receiving cds of 19.7.73 on reverse. Also bears red rectangular Overseas Express Delivery Labels both back & front. Both are scarce stamps on cover. Price $69 APH268) Australia 1974 Small Messenger Delivery cover Harbord NSW – Parkville Vic. Bears 7c Gemstone & 50c Pioneer Life cancelled by cds of Harbord 7MR74 and rectangular orange Messenger Delivery Label. Contains original correspondence. Roughly opened at back. Price $29 APH511) Australia 1974 Commercial Airmail Overseas Express Special Delivery Cover, Sydney – Finland. From Kauko Australia to Parent Company in Kilo. Bears $1 Navigator plus 10c & 60c Pioneer life for correct Express Special Delivery rate. Cancelled by cds’s of GPO Sydney 7JE74 and with Helsinki receiving cds on reverse of 13-6.74 and Kilo of the same day. Also bears red rectangular Overseas Express Delivery Labels both back & front. All are scarce stamps on cover. cover, price $119 CLB1) Australia 1974 small cover to Essendon Vic. Bears 2c Crab & 8c Gemstone to make up 10c letter rate. Cancelled by Niddrie, Vic. Slogan of 17 OCT 1974 “CHECK ADDRESS/IF INCOMPLETE/ ADVISE WRITER. Scarce make up rates. Price $29 APH514) Australia 1974 Commercial Airmail Overseas Express Special Delivery Cover, Sydney – Finland. From Kauko Australia to Parent Company in Kilo. Bears $1 Painting plus a pair of 35c 1974 Christmas for correct Express Special Delivery rate. Cancelled by cds’s of GPO Sydney 26NOE74 and with Helsinki receiving cds on reverse of 29-11.74 and Kilo of the same day. Also bears red rectangular Overseas Express Delivery Labels both back & front. The 35c is very scarce on cover. cover, price $110 APH465) Australia 1975? Messenger delivery Advertising Airmail Cover, Qld – Vic. Bears $1 1974 Painting solo use cancelled by heavier cds of Alderley Qld. 13MR7(5?) to Mordialloc Vic. Solo usage of the $1 on domestic mail is scarce. Price $79 APH169) Australia 1976? Small advertising cover for “The Australian Wine Research Institute” Glen Osmond SA to Cowandilla SA. Remarkable franking of 1c, 2c & 5 cx 3c Crabs to make 18c rate. Cancelled by Adelaide machine cancel of 6 APR, year not visible, but assumed 1976. Envelope has been folded centrally and affects the 2c and 1 x 3c stamps. Rare survivor. Price $39 CLB231) Australia 1976 small cover to Bendigo Vic. Bears National Stamp Week single 18c stamp, ACSC 754c ex minisheet. Very rare commercial use, cancelled by ineptly worded 5 line slogan of Ashburton Vic. 5 NOV 1976 “PLEASE POST/EARLY/BEFORE LUNCH &/BEFORE FOUR O’CLOCK” (Must be one of those stamp dealer types they are aiming at, as I often do not lunch before 4pm!) Cat. $20 on cover in 16 year old ACSC Decimals cat. Price $29 CLB8) Australia 1976 small cover to East Oil, Essendon Vic. Bears National Stamp Week single 18c stamp, ACSC 754ca ex minisheet. Very rare commercial use, cancelled by 3 line slogan of Blackburn Vic. 31 OCT 1976 “POSTING QUANTITY/ OF MAIL? USE A /POSTAGE IMPRINT” Cat. $20 on cover in 16 year old ACSC Decimals cat. Price $29
APH422) Australia 1980 Waltzing Matilda Strip of 5 Commercial Airmail cover to UK. Cancelled by Janalli NSW cds’s of 2JE80. The strip is not listed by ACSC on cover, but the now 16 year old cover lists domestically used singles at $5 each. This is incredibly scarce. Price $75 APH179) Australia 1986 Security Post Cover, Broadway Qld – National Australia Bank Perth. Bears $5 Mentone & 5c Angler Fish cancelled by cds of Broadway 28 JAN 1986 and with Stafford Qld. Mail Centre h/stamp in Violet on reverse. Also GPO Perth receiving cds of 30 JAN. Price $29 APH83) Australia 1987 Small Airmail Cover to Belgium. Bears 80c Wildflowers booklet pane, plus 20c Bird, Little Grebe. Neat and rare commercial usage of this booklet pane. Price $54 APH145) Australia 1987 $10 Tom Roberts painting used on Aust. Post parcel tag. Cancelled by Ocean Grove Victoria cds of 28FE87. Solo usage of this stamp on cover is non-existent, so this is the only way you are going to have a chance of finding it. A must for usage collectors, price $249 APH517) Australia 1988 Airmail cover to Finland. Bears solo use 63c Living Together (Police) cancelled by Brisbane Slogan for Expo 88 of 8 APR 1988. Overpays the 60c Airmail rate by 3c. Rare usage for this stamp. Price $59 APH92) Australia 1988 Small Security Post Cover Wamuran Qld. – Preston Vic. Bears 2 x strips of 3 $1 1988 plus 5c & 10c Living Together on reverse. Cancelled by cds’s of Wamuran 2 NO88 and Stafford Mail Centre in Violet on reverse of the same date. Preston Mail Centre receiving cds on reverse of the following day. Would have contained stamps as is from dealer Jerry Blair, nevertheless a commercial mailing. Price $29 APH463) Australia 1991(?) Small Economy Air Cover to Denmark. Bears 43c Siege of Tobruk & Women’s Wartime Service plus 4c Living Together to make the Zone 5 90c Economy Air Rate. Cancelled by cds of Greensborough Vic, date unclear. The Economy Air letter service was hardly used, and covers are scarce. Price $49 APH462) Australia 1991 Economy Air Hallmark Greeting Card Cover to Denmark. Bears solo use 80c Living Together Cancelled by Bendigo North Circular Handstamp of 25 NOV 1991. The Economy Air service was very underused, and this is underpaying the correct Zone 5 rate by 10c. Very scarce usage for this stamp, price $59 Inwards Mail APH67) Netherlands Indies 1934 First Flight Cover to Royal Netherlands Airlines, Sydney. Bears 15c Blue Wilhelmina & 30c on 40c Red Airmail tied by Batavia cds of 20.10.34 and Abel Tasman special Diamond cancel of 22 OCT 1934 tying Blue Triangular Airmail 30c. Sydney Airmail Section arrival machine cancel of 26 OCT 1934 on reverse flap. Also Melbourne 19 Handstamp of 24.OC.34 and Royal Dutch Airways Oval in Blue of the same stamp. Carried as part of the official mail on the MacRobertson Air Race. Listed as AAMC 446. Price $79 Australian States PM30M) 100 mixed Australian States, unpicked for watermarks, postmarks, varieties or shades. Values to 6d, great value at under $1 per stamp. Not all are perfect but you will find some nice stamps. Price $95 PM30N) As above but 200 stamps, values to 9d, price $195 PM30P) As above but 400 stamps values to 1/-, price $389 New South Wales NSW17) New South Wales UPU presentation cto set of 23 values Halfpenny Grey to One pound Blue Carrington. All with typical NSW oval cancel, mint without gum, as is usually found. Very attractive lot. Price $795 NSW5) New South Wales 1850 3d Yellow Green Sydney Views SG 39. Very fine used example with 3 huge margins, just into at top left. Fresh bright colour, lightish barred cancel. Cat. £325, price $389 DB115) NSW 1855 8d Golden Yellow Imperf, SG 97. Fine used 4 margin brilliant colour example, with neat rays cancel No. 60. Cat. £1400. Price $885 DB116) NSW 1855 8d Dull Yellow Orange Imperf, SG 98. Fine used 4 large margins brilliant colour example, with neat NSW duplex of 1860. Cat. £1300. Price $975 NSW3) New South Wales 1885 Queen Victoria 1d Scarlet OS Official SG034 on OHMS Cover. Dept. of lands cover Sydney to Molong cancelled by Sydney NSW Duplex of MR 2 85, plus Yullundry NSW cds (Scarce) of the same date on face. Reverse has Molong NSW cds of MR 3 1885. Stamp cat. £7.50 from x 20 on cover. Top corners have been slightly trimmed diagonally. Price $149
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 NSW29) New South Wales 1897 Diamond Jubilee & Hospital Charity pair, SG 280/1. Fine mint unhinged, rare thus. Cat. £300 as hinged. Hinged mint Melbourne retail is $275, price $395 South Australia DB404) South Australia 1859 1d Yellow Green, SG 13 Mis-roulette. Nice used example with 1859 cds cancel. Has been completely mis-rouletted in two directions so that “One Penny” appears at top instead of the base and part of adjoining stamp is shown at left. Not seen by us before. Some years ago I sold an 8d long type similarly mis-perfed at a Prestige auction for $1000 plus buyers’ premium! Price $895 Queensland Q3) Queensland 1860 1d Carmine-Rose, Imperf. SG 1. Fine 4 margin example showing part of adjoining stamp at right. Cancelled by Qld. Oval Handstamp. Supplied with Brandon Certificate. As nice as you will see. Cat. £800, price $995 Q6) Queensland 1871 20/- Rose Chalon Head wmk Crown over Q, SG F23, postally used. Fault free stamp misperfed to left and showing part of adjoining stamp at right. Cancelled by cds of JA 15 80, town not visible. Cat £600, price $749 ML404) Queensland 1895-96 ½d deep green thick paper Perf 12½, 13 block of 4 M/MUH SG 208 Price $35 APH132) Australia 1920 (Jul) Registered Cover Maryborough Qld to Sydney NSW. Registered Cover with blue crayon cross front and rear with black handstamp “MARYBOROUGH” and pencil manu”983” addressed to The American Bag Stores, Ltd., Strand Arcade Pitt Street Sydney NSW with one pair and one single 1½d Brown KGV Sideface stamps with variety in top stamp (Maybe BM 83(3)d “Retouched N.W. Corner” Shaved Top Left Frame) and cancelled “MARYBOROUGH/24 JUL 20/QUEENSLAND” and same on back along with three “REGISTERED /27 JL 20 B/SYDNEY N.S.W.” with pencil manuscript “SINGLE WMK”. Perfs have been trimmed upon slicing open the cover. First and third stamp damaged. Price: $89.50 APH118) Australia 1931 (Oct) Registered Cover Rockmount Helidon (Scarce) Qld to Ipswich. Registered Cover with red crayon cross front and back and Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/ NO. 47” with “ROCKMOUNT” in pen in blank space and addressed to Messrs Cribb & Foote, Ipswich Queensland (Department Store) with one 1d green and pair 2d red King George V sideface stamps with cancellation “HELIDON/29OC31?/ QUEENSLAND” front and rear and “IPSWICH/6-P29OC31/ QUEENSLAND” (Note: No CDS for “ROCKMOUNT”) “HELIDON” SCARCE POST MARK. Price: $89.50 APH125) Australia 1931 (Jul) Registered Cover Dappil Qld (Rated 2R) to Ipswich. Registered Cover with partial red pencil cross front and rear and blue and black on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 359” and mauve pencil manuscript “DAPPIL” in blank space provided and addressed to Cribb & Foote Ipswich Qld (Department Store) with three 2d red King George V stamps cancelled very faintly “D???/???/QUEENSLAND” then over-cancelled “IPSWICH/-2JL31/ QUEENSLAND” and backstamped “DAPPILL-1JL31/QUEENSLAND”, “T.P.O. NO. ? S&W.R/UP2JL 31/ QUEENSLAND”, “MARYBOROUGH/1JL31/QUEENSLAND” and “IPSWICH/10-A 2JY31/QUEENSLAND”. “DAPPIL” rated “2R” Dell & Price 2014. Flap torn open. Price: $89.50 APH126) Australia 1931 (Jul) Registered Cover Dareel Qld (Rated 3R Smithies) to Ipswich. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue and black on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6./R/NO. 146” and pencil manuscript (faint) DAREEL) addressed to Cribb & Foote (Department Store) Ipswich Qld with one orange ½d, one green 1d and two red 2d King George V stamps cancelled “DAREEL/-8 JL 31/QUEENSLAND” and backstamped “TOOWOOMBA/9A-9JL31/QUEENSLAND” and “IPSWICH/6-P 9JY31/QUEENSLAND”. “DAREEL” rated “3R” by Smithies. Price: $89.50 APH129) Australia 1931 (Feb) Registered Cover Maclagan Qld (Rated SCARCE) to Ipswich. Registered Cover with red crayon cross front and rear and blue and black on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 426” and black CDS “MACLAGAN” in blank space addressed to Cribb & Foote Ipswich with one 1d green and two 2d red King George V stamps cancelled “MACLAGAN/26FE31/QUEENSLAND” on front and backstamped “JONDARYN/26FE31/QUEENSLAND”, “TOOWOOMBA/5-P27FE31/QUEENSLAND” and “IPSWICH/12-P28FE31/QUEENSLAND”. “MACLAGAN” rated “SCARCE”. Price: $89.50 APH135) Australia 1931 (Jul) Registered Cover Iveragh Qld (Scarce) to Ipswich Qld. Registered Cover Without Red or Blue Cross with blue and black on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 325” and pencil manuscript “IVERAGH” in blank space and one 5d chestnut King George V stamp cancelled “IVERAGH/6JL31/QUEENSLAND” (Rated SCARCE) and addressed to Cribb & Foote (Department Store) Ipswich Qld. with backstamps “T.P.O. NO. 7 S.&W R/UP-7-JY?31/QUEENSLAND” (7b Rated
SCARCE), “GLADSTONE/-6JL31/QUEENSLAND”, “REGISTERED/7 A 7JY31/BRISBANE” and “IPSWICH/10-A 7 JY31/QUEENSLAND”. Stamp torn at top missing SW. Price: $89.50 APH136) Australia 1931 (Feb) Registered Cover Leyburn Qld to Ipswich Qld. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue and black on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/ NO 438” and pen manuscript “LEYBURN” in blank space and addressed to Cribb & Foote, Universal Providers Ipswich Qld with one 3d blue and one 2d red King George V stamps cancelled “LEYBURN/6FE31/QUEENSLAND” on front and rear and backstamps “CLIFTON/7FE31/QUEENSLAND” and “IPSWICH/6-P 7FE31/QUEENSLAND”. Flap torn. Price: $89.50 APH138) Australia 1931 (Oct) Registered Cover Kulpi (Rated “S”) Qld to Ipswich Qld. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue and black on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 52” and pencil manuscript “KULPI” in blank space provided and addressed to Cribb & Foote, Universal Providers, Ipswich with one blue 3d and 0ne red 2d King George V stamps cancelled “KULPI/26OC31/QUEENSLAND front and rear and backstamped “TOOWOOMBA/1-P26OC31/ QUEENSLAND” and “IPSWICH/6-P26OC31/QUEENSLAND”. “KULPI” rated “SCARCE” Dell & Price 2014. 3d blue stamp part SE corner missing. Price: $89.50 APH143) Australia 1931 (Apr) Registered Cover Gradule Qld (Rated “S”) to Ipswich. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue and black on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 106” and blank space - No “GRADULE” - and addressed to Cribb & Foote Merchants Ipswich with one 2d rose-red Kingsford Smith and one 3d blue King George V stamps cancelled “GRADULE/8 AP 31/QUEENSLAND” and backstamped “REGISTERED BRISBANE/230P-9AP31/QUEENSLAND” and “IPSWICH/6-P 9AP31/QUEENSLAND”. SE corner of 3d stamp missing. Price: $89.50 APH119) Australia 1932 (Feb) Registered Cover Lowmead Queensland to Ipswich VARIETY. Registered Cover with red crayon cross front and rear and blue on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 65” and pencil manuscript “LOWMEAD” in blank space and addressed to Cribb & Foote (Department Store) Ipswich Queensland with one 1d green and joined pair 2d red King George V stamps cancelled “LOWMEAD/-1 FE 32/QUEENSLAND” front and rear (multiple) and additional backstamps “IPSWICH/3-P 3FE32/QUEENSLAND” and “REGISTERED BRISBANE/10 A-3FE32/QUEENSLAND”. Possible unlisted VARIETY - 1d green KGV Cut In Roo`s Tail” Some marks. Price: $89.50 APH123) Australia 1932 (Feb) Registered Cover Mt Colliery Tannymorel Qld to Ipswich. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and with blue and black on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 144” and red pen manuscript “MT COLLIERY” in bland space and addressed to Cribb & Foote Ipswich (Department Store) with two 2d red (right stamp missing NE corner) and one 1d green King George V stamps cancelled “TANNYMOREL/16.FEB 32/QUEENSLAND” on front and rear with backstamp “IPSWICH/6-P17FE32/QUEENSLAND”. No “MT. COLLIERY” CDS. Repaired tears some marks. Price: $89.50 APH139) Australia 1932 (Feb) Near Toowoomba Qld to Ipswich. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue and black on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 286” with pencil manuscript “RISAL????” (Indistinct) and addressed to Cribbe & Foot (Department Store) Ipswich Queensland with one 2d red and one 3d blue King George stamps cancelled “TOOWOOMBA/1-P 10FE32/QUEENSLAND” front and rear with backstamp “IPSWICH/8-P10FE32/ QUEENSLAND”. Minor marks front and rear. Price: $89.50 APH124) Australia 1935 (Aug) Registered Cover Mt. Gravatt Qld to Brisbane. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 190” and pen manuscript “MT GRAVATT” in blank space provided and addressed to The Commissioner Of Taxation, Brisbane” with one 1d green and one 4d lemon King George V stamps cancelled “MOUNT GRAVATT/19AU35/QUEENSLAND” front and rear and backstamp “REGISTERED/1 30P19AU35/BRISBANE” with remnants of black was seal. Price: $89.50 APH127) Australia 1935 (Jul) Registered Cover Woody Point Qld to South Brisbane. Registered Cover with red crayon cross front and rear and Two Line Straight Provisional Registration handstamp in black “REGISTERED/WOODY POINT” with pencil manu”8” addressed to Bayards Ltd of South Brisbane (Department Store) with 5d chestnut King George V stamp cancelled “WOODY POINT/ 15JL35/QUEENSLAND” and backstamped “REGISTERED BRISBANE/830P15JL35/QUEENSLAND” and “SOUTH BRISBANE/16 JUL 35/QUEENSLAND”. Flap torn. Price: $89.50 APH142) Australia 1935 (Jun) Registered Cover Grandchester Qld to Brisbane. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 84” with pencil manuscript “GRANDCHESTER/Q” in blank space provided and addressed to The Commissioner of Taxes, Brisbane with one 5d chestnut King George V stamp cancelled “GRANDCHESTER/10JE35/QUEENSLAND” front and rear and backstamped “REGISTERED/830P10JU35/ BRISBANE”. Price: $89.50 APH121) Australia 1936 (Sep) Registered Cover Mount Ossa (Scarce) to Brisbane. Registered Cover (NO REGISTRATION LABEL) with red crayon/pencil cross front and rear and red manuscript “R.30”
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 with pen manuscript “MOUNT OSSA” addressed to Mr. H. Magee, Commissioner of Taxes, Taxation Department George & Elizabeth Sts., Brisbane with 5d chestnut King George V stamp cancelled “MT. OSSA/30 SE 36/QLD” front and rear and backstamps “MACKAY/30 SEP 36/QUEENSLAND” and “REGISTERED BRISBANE/7 30A - 2 OC 36/QUEENSLAND”. “MT OSSA” Postmark rated SCARCE. Opened two sides minor marks tears. Price: $89.50 APH130) Australia 1936 (Mar) Registered Cover Maroon Qld (Rated “R”) to Brisbane. Pre-printed Addressed Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 57” and pen manuscript “MAROON” with pre-printed T. W. Griffiths Lucky Golden Casket Agent Brisbane and one green 1d and two red 2d King George V stamps cancelled “MAROON/5MR36/QUEENSLAND front and rear and backstamped “BOONAH/-5MR36/QUEENSLAND” and “REGISTERED BRISBANE/830P?-5MR36/QUEENSLAND”. “MAROON” Rated “R” Dell & Price 2014. Two tears on front left and right of stamps. Price: $89.50 APH131) Australia 1936 (Dec) Registered Cover Kogan Qld to Brisbane. Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 054” and pen manuscript “KOGAN/QLD” in blank space provided and addressed to Lambs (Drapers) Brisbane with one 5d chestnut King George V stamp cancelled “KOGAN/26DE36/QUEENSLAND” front and rear with backstamp “REGISTERED/830P28DE36/BRISBANE”. Price: $89.50 APH140) Australia 1936 (Aug) Registered Cover Woodstock (Rated SCARCE) Qld to Brisbane. Registered Cover with red pen cross front and rear along with two colour blue on white incomplete Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/NO. 31” without Town Name and addressed to Commissioner of Taxes, Brisbane with one 1d green King George V stamp and pair 2d red Silver Jubilee stamps cancelled “WOODSTOCK/31 AU 1935/QUEENSLAND” (“WOODSTOCK” Rated SCARCE - Dell & Price 2014) and backstamps “REGISTERED/31 AUG 35/TOWNSVILLE” and “REGISTERED/730A-3SE35/ BRISBANE”. Cover torn and repaired. Price: $89.50 APH128) Australia 1938 (May) Registered Cover Whitewood (Rated SCARCE) to Brisbane. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue on pink Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/255” and pencil manuscript “WHITEWOOD” in blank space provided addressed to Spurgins Tobacconist Brisbane with 5d chestnut King George V stamp cancelled “WHITEWOOD/30AP38” front and rear and backstamped “REGISTERED/3-MAY 38/TOWNSVILLE” and “REGISTERED BRISBANE/730A-5MY38/QUEENSLAND”. “WHITEWOOD” rated SCARCE Dell & Price 2014. Minor stains marks. Price: $89.50 APH133) Australia 1938 (Oct) Registered Cover North Arm (Scarce) Queensland to Brisbane. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and back and with Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/ NO. 269” and pen manuscript “NORTH ARM” in blank space and addressed to Edwards & Lamb, Drapers Etc (sic), Queen Street Brisbane with 5d brown King George V stamp cancelled “NORTH ARM/16?OC38/QUEENSLAND” and backstamped “REGISTERED/8 30P26OC38/BRISBANE”. Slight foxing minor marks. SCARCE POST MARK. Price: $89.50 APH134) Australia 1939 (Mar) Registered Cover Kyoomba (2R) Qld to Brisbane VARIETY. Registered Cover with red pencil cross front and rear and blue on white Provisional Registration Label “R.6/R/ NO. 084” and pen manuscript, “KYOOMBA” written above border with cover addressed to Messrs Lambs Pty, Queen St., Brisbane (Drapery Store) with 5d chestnut King George V stamp (Unlisted VARIETY - Broken frame behind roo) cancelled “KYOOMBA/15MR39/QUEENSLAND” front and rear and backstamped “REGISTERED/8 30 A 16 MR 39/BRISBANE”. “KYOOMBA” rated 2R. Price: $89.50 Tasmania T38) Tasmania 1853 1d Blue Courier SG2. 4 margin example early printing with all lines distinct. Cancelled by light barred numeral 68 of Perth, Tasmania. Tiny thin has at some stage been carefully repaired. Cat. £1500, cheap at $695 T19) TASMANIA 1853 QV Courier 4d Plate 1 on Folded Letter RARE! 1853 QV Courier 4d Bright Brownish - Orange, plate 1 Early State (pos 8), on folded letter with contents, tied by barred numeral “59” pmk, with “Launceston 21 NO 1853” cds & crown “15 FE 15” b/s. VF, stamp cut square with near 4 margins (just touched at top) SG 6 cat £1300 & “from x 5” on cover. Very attractive & rare early usage in month of issue. Price $7950 T33) Tasmania 1963-80 10/- Salmon George & Dragon postal fiscal SG 17, postally used. Cancelled by cds of West ? JY 3 00. Full perfs, centred top right. Cat. £180, price $225 T25) Tasmania 1894 Registered Postal Stationery Envelope to Württemberg Germany. Uprated by 2.5d on 9d Pale Blue Sideface, SG168. Cat. £4.25, for used, and from X 15 on cover. Has Hobart Rectangular registered h/stamp No. 0911 in Violet, and is cancelled by Hobart Duplex of AP 4 94, and with transit cds of Bologna 11 MAG 94 (May) and arrival at ULM Bahnhof (Station) the following day. Scarce and fine attractive cover. Price $235
Victoria LM73) Victoria 1857 small cover to London, bearing 6d Dull Orange Woodblock SG 32a. Cancelled by barred numeral 1 of Melbourne and with red paid cds of 9 MY 1857. Reverse bears oval Melbourne Handstamp of MY 14 1857. Sent “per European via Suez” Stamp is fine 4 margin with tiny fault at top left. Reverse has oval imprint on flap “Sladen & Martin, Geelong, Solicitors” Clean and attractive, price $179 LM85) Victoria 1857 small entire to Manchester UK, bearing 6d Dull Orange Woodblock SG 32a. Cancelled by barred numeral 1 of Melbourne and with red paid Liverpool “Tombstone” handstamp of JU 6 1857. Reverse bears oval Melbourne Handstamp of JA 30 1857, and square LIVERPOOL SHIP arrival handstamp of JU 6 1857, plus Manchester arrival cds of the same date. Sent “per South Carolina” Stamp is fine 4 margin. Reverse has oval imprint on flap “Sladen & Martin, Geelong, Solicitors” Neat, clean and attractive, price $189 BD311) Arms VICTORIA 1879-1900 STAMP DUTY One Pound Orange, pale shade cto with gum, centred left. Price $125 V60) Victoria 1884 – 96 4/- Orange Stamp Duty perf. 12, SG 238a. Complete row of double perfs at base, and wmk. inverted instead of sideways! Fresh mint lightly hinged, minor perf faults at base. Cat. £170 as normal. Price $295 V81) Victoria 1887 – 1902 Six Large Square Stamp Duties inc. Violet Penalty Paid, Carmine on Yellow Instrument Duly Stamped, Blue- Grey on Yellow Instrument Not Chargeable, Collector of Imposts Blue on Pink and Carmine on Pink plus Registrar of Titles Red on Yellow. All neat manuscript cancels and with small pinholes as is usual. Scarce assembly rarely seen as a lot. Elsmore cat. $900, price $725 V82) Victoria 1887 £5 - £9 Long Type Stamp Duties set of 5 neat manuscript used with small pinholes as usual. Elsmore Cat. $1250, price $875 LM25) Victoria 1892 Taxed 1d Postal Stationery Envelope error of colour. Erroneously printed in Carmine Pink. Used Melbourne to Geelong with duplex cancel of OC 15 92 and small thimble cds of Geelong on front of NO 18 92. Also rectangle instructional markings “NOT KNOWN BY LETTER CARRIERS” and “UNCLAIMED GEELONG” also with red crayon manuscript “T 2d” Reverse bears arrival cds of Geelong OC15 92 and purple Melbourne dead letter office cds of NO 21 92. Additionally blue crayon manuscript “Not known as addressed” Fascinating item. Price $210 V69) Victoria 1897 Charity pair, SG 353/4, Fresh Light hinge. Price $175 V70) Victoria 1897 Charity pair, SG 353/4, Fresh Mint Unhinged. Hinged mint sells for $175, price $295 V53) Victoria 1897 Charity pair, SG 353/4, fine used. Each cancelled by neat unframed Skipton cds of MR 29 11. Nice late usage. Price $210 V55) Victoria 1897 Charity 1d Blue, SG 353, cto with gum, Melbourne NO 16 97. Fresh well centred with full perfs. Price $47.50 V59) Victoria 1909 Sands & McDougall design 5/- Moss Green stamp duty in fresh mint unhinged block of 4. Few minor gum wrinkles, but still in exceptional condition. Rare block, price $329 Western Australia WA42) Western Australia 1912 usage of 2.5d Blue SG 114 on Advertising envelope for the German Club Fremantle, with German Eagle Coat of Arms on face, to Germany. Cancelled Fremantle machine cancel of 30.DEC.12. rare on cover, this is superb late use. Price $389 WA16) Western Australia 1909 2d Yellow Small Postal stationery envelope cancelled by Busselton cds of 6 – NOV 09 to Dr. Barnado’s Homes, London. London N.E. receiving cds on reverse of DE 6 09. Neat and clean, with central fold. Price $149 Australia Postal Stationery Envelopes APS1) 2d KGV violet star embossed cover commercially used to London UK. Rare and Probably Unique Vic cds. ACSC EP12. The Postal Stationery Catalogue page 196 states ‘the whole printing was cancelled-to-order with a Melbourne cds numbered 23 and dated 3 July 1916. The quantity required for UPU distribution was 378.’ And it also points out that ‘a single printing of 390 envelopes was delivered into stock on 29 June 1916 for purposes of distribution to UPU members.’ So that leaves 12 envelopes unaccounted. This has to be one of those 12 covers. So, this is the only known postal use of this envelope. Did an office person just grab one from stock as it covered the postal rate of 1.5d to the UK ( plus late fee cost?) This is not CTO! Cancelled with Spencer St. Melbourne
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 Late Fee cds of July 6 1916, 3 days later than the cto stock. The catalogue value for a CTO used is $300. A Printed to Private Order version of this envelope does exist - see ACSC Postal Stationery Catalogue page 268. Used price is $500. Price for this rarity $1650 Letter Cards DB7) 1d Overprinted in Blue 1.5d, 1918 Lettercard. ACSC LC36 perf 12.5 with view of Government House Perth (ACSC 56E) Postally used by Sydney Machine cancel of NO29 1918. Contents blank and selvedge removed. Nevertheless this is a very scarce card, cat $400 mint, unrecorded used. Price $695 DB338) 1.5d KGV Brown card uprated with halfpenny green ACSC LC42. With view of Hawkesbury River (ACSC 62) Used Sydney to Toogoolawah Queensland and cancelled by Sydney cds of 21FE21. Selvedge removed for ease of reading. Late use, the rate was raised to 2d on 1 Oct 1920. Cat. $100, price $69 DB337) As above to same addressee but ACSC L44. Used 21 MR 21. Price $69 DB339) As above to same addressee, ACSC L44 with view of the GPO Hobart (ACSC 58A) Used by indistinct cds of Queensland. Price $59 Military DB332) 1917 1d Red KGV Military Envelope ACSC ME5A. Nice fresh mint envelope unsealed, with just a little aging at left and right edges. Very scarce in this condition. Cat. $300, price $225 Registration Envelopes DB336) 4d Orange KGV ACSC RE8, uprated to 5.5d to cover with 1.5d Red Brown, being the new rate of 5d from October 1920 plus the Halfpenny war tax. The 5d RE10 envelope was introduced in the same month, and so this is quite late usage. Cancelled by Melbourne registered cds of 18OCT20 and with Bulk Reg’n. Melb. red registration label No. 6142. Addressed to The Police Station, Prahran and believed to have contained 10/- and 20/- money orders, numbers of which are recorded on the face upon receipt on 19.10.20, presumably to pay a fine. Received cds of Windsor on reverse of 19OC20. Scarce and unusual. Price $149 DB334) 5d Chestnut KGV ACSC RE13, with early Registration Label. Nice Used example with Yass, NSW cds of 14MR23 and red NSW reg. label No. 63. Clearly the date slug at Yass was wrong since it also bears a Registered cds of Murrumbateman of 14MY23 both front and reverse and a Registered Sydney cds on front of the next day. Fascinating! Price $149 Australian Territories ML442) Cocos (Keeling) Is. 1963 definitive set of 6 Mint/MUH (2/3d is MUH) Price $25 ML606) Norfolk Island 1995-2000 4 different Local Post booklets MUH ML606 Price $25 Great Britain 1d Blacks PB79) Great Britain 1840 1d Black on neat entire letter dated 21st July 1841. Sent to Whithorn, Scotland (Whithorn is a former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about ten miles south of Wigtown) Lettered R-A and with 4 margins cancelled by a black Maltese Cross leaving the Queen’s profile clear. This is from plate 5, and shows confirming horiz. Guideline through the letters of value and the A square. Contains correspondence of a political nature. Cat. from £750 on cover. Price $895 PB28) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 4, SG2. Lovely 4 margin example with neat Red Maltese Cross cancel, lettered K-I. Cat. £375, price $495 PB29) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 5, SG2. Lovely 4 large margin example with neat Red Maltese Cross cancel, lettered K-I. Cat. £375, price $595 PB30) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 5, SG2. Decent 4 margin example with neat centrally struck Red Maltese Cross cancel, lettered C-I. Cat. £375, price $595 PB31) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 5, SG2. Tidy 4 margin example with Red Maltese Cross cancel, lettered D-D. Cat. £375, price $495 PB32) Great Britain 1840 1d Intense Black plate 5, SG1. 4 good even margined example with Exceptional Nice Red Maltese Cross cancel, lettered I-E. Cat. £525, price $695 PB33) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 5, SG2. 4 margin example with Black Maltese Cross cancel, lettered me- E. Cat. £375, price $395
PB34) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 6, SG2. Nice 4 margin example with neat lightly struck Red Maltese Cross cancel, lettered C-I. Cat. £375, price $495 PB35) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 7, SG2. Attractive 4 margin example with neat Red Maltese Cross cancel leaving profile clear, lettered F-E. Cat. £400, price $495 PB37) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 3, SG2. Nice looking 4 margin example with neat Bright Red Maltese Cross cancel, from this more difficult plate. Lettered Q-E. Cat. £500, price $625 PB38) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 3, SG2. 4 margin example, a bit close at bottom, with neat centrally struck Red Maltese Cross cancel tied to small piece, lettered O-F. Cat. £500, price $425 PB39) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 1b, SG2. 4 margin example, 3 are very large, with Red Maltese Cross cancel, lettered J-J. Cat. £375, price $425 PB40) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 5, SG2. Lovely 4 even margin example with neat Vermilion Maltese Cross cancel, lettered K-B. Cat. £3000, price $2495 PB41) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 3, SG2. Lovely 4 large margin example from a better plate with neat Red Centrally Struck Maltese Cross cancel, lettered K-I. Cat. £500, price $625 PB42) Great Britain 1840 1d Black plate 6, SG2. 4 margin example with neat centrally struck Back Maltese Cross cancel, lettered L-I. Close at top Cat. £375, price $395 PB49) GB 1840 1d Grey black SG3, unplated example, with 4 good margins, and neat ruby red Maltese cross cancel of Aberdeen, lettered O - C. Lovely example with minor faults at base. Cat. £1200. Price $395 PB53) GB 1840 1d black, unplated example, with 4 margins, (2 are close) Nice red Maltese cross cancel, lettered F - I. Nice looking stamp, min. Cat. £375. Price only 40% of cat. $245 PB56) Great Britain 1840 1d Black exceptionally nice 4 margin example lettered S – A, from plate 2. Huge margin at top showing part of stamp above. Cancelled by neat Red Maltese Cross. Cat. £375. Price $595 PB57) Great Britain 1840 1d Black nice 4 even margin example lettered C – K, from plate 4. Cancelled by neat Red Maltese Cross. Cat. £375. Price $495 PB58) Great Britain 1840 1d Black nice 4 margin example (close a top right) lettered N – J, from plate 5. Cancelled by neat Red Maltese Cross. Cat. £375. Price $449 PB59) Great Britain 1840 1d Black nice 4 margin unplated example lettered C – C. Close at base. Cancelled by neat Red Maltese Cross. Cat. £375. Price $395 PB60) Great Britain 1840 1d Black nice 4 generous margined unplated example lettered M – G. Cancelled by neat central Black Maltese Cross. Cat. £375. Price $595 PB61) Great Britain 1840 1d Black nice 3 margin unplated example lettered K – B. Wide at right, just into at left. Cancelled by neat central Black Maltese Cross. Cat. £375. Price $295 PB62) GB 1840 Penny Black superb 4 margin unplated example on large envelope piece lettered B - K. Cancelled by neat full Red Maltese Cross. Additionally with “Godalmin” (Old spelling of Godalming) cds of DE 20 1840, and small red cds “F” of the following day. Highly attractive piece. Price $795 Great Britain other items GB123) Great Britain 1840 2d Deep Full Blue, SG 4. Attractive example with Black Maltese Cross Cancel. No margins and thinned, but still a great spacefiller of this rare shade. Lettered T – F. Cat. £1100, priced at only 5% of cat. $93.50 GB156) Great Britain 1841 1d Red Brown SG8 on Lavender Tinted Paper, and with Ivory Head. SG Spec B11, F/U 4 margins lettered H - O. Cat. £275. Good value at $55 GB140) Great Britain 1858 1d Red Plate 104 in Horizontal Strip of 4 used on Piece lettered EN –NE to HN – NH. Nice multiple with light Duplex cancels. Price $49 GB163) Great Britain 1870 small folded cover London – Teignmouth, Devon. Bears 2d Blue plate 13, lettered FG – GF. Cancelled by London WC duplex of NO23 70. Light central fold. Cat. £75 price $45 GB127) GB 1877 10/- Grey Green Telegraph Stamp, ovpt. “SPECIMEN” Fresh full perf. example without gum, centred low. Lettered E H. SG Spec. L235s. Type 9. Prepared for UPU presentation sets. Cat. “from . £360” Price $395 GB104) Great Britain 1883 2/6d Lilac on Blued Paper, SG 175, fresh mint cat. £6750. Beautiful well centred full perf. example. Lettered A – K, K – A. Price $2495 GB103) Great Britain 1883 2/6d Lilac on Blued Paper, SG 175, Nice used cat. £1500. Beautiful well centred full perf example lettered H – F, F – H, with Leeds oval registered cancel, dated 17 FE 98. Minor wrinkle top right corner. Price $349
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 GB105) Great Britain 1883 10/- Ultramarine on Blued Paper, lettered H – I, I - HSG 177 average used. Good centring. One nibbed perf at right. Cat. £8250. Cheap at $1775 GB100) Great Britain 1883 5/- Rose on White Paper, SG 180, very fine used with nice London T.P.O. cds of JA 25 89. Cat. £250. Beautiful well centred full perf example lettered E – N, N – E. Price $129 GB101) Great Britain 1883 5/- Rose on White Paper, SG 180, very fine used with nice Glasgow April 1901 cds. Cat. £250. Beautiful full perf example lettered B – G, G – B. Price $110 GB99) Great Britain 1883 10/- Pale Ultramarine on White Paper, lettered C – I, I – C. SG 183a average used. Good centring and perfs. Cat. £550. Cheap at $92.50 GB138) Great Britain 1887 Jubilee 9d Purple & Blue SG 209. Post Office fresh mint unhinged, well centred & full perfs. Price $98 BD323) Great Britain 1887 10d Jubilee Dull Purple & Carmine SG 210. Top marginal example, mint unhinged, post office fresh. Well centred and full perfs. Magnificent example. Price $169 GB132) Great Britain 1912 – 1924 KGV Definitive control Nos. Singles and strips of 3, mint and used, both watermarks. Values to 5d on 2 Hagner pages. Attractive lot of 34 items. Price $149 GB155) Great Britain 1962 – 65 Commemorative Phosphor sets mint unhinged. Comprises NPY Lifeboat, Red Cross, Cable, FFH, Geographical, Lister, Salvation Army & ITU. SG Cat. £234. Very cheap at under a quarter cat. price. $92.50 British Empire and Commonwealth BC85) Ascension 1922 Ovpts. on St. Helena SG 1-9 mint fresh lightly hinged. Fine except 3d has a light horizontal crease and 3/- has a tiny tone spot, both invisible from the front. Cat. £325, price $215 BC129) Bahamas 1954 Definitives SG 201/16, fresh Mint Unhinged. The £1 being top marginal example. Cat. £100, price $95 BC57) Bahawalpur 1945 Officials, SG 011/13, fresh mint unhinged. Cat. £170, price $275 BC17) British Bechuanaland 1887 6d Reddish Purple SG 7. Overprint on Cape of Good Hope. Mint Hinged, full perfs. Centred low. Cat. £200, price $110 BC98) British Guiana 1875 1c Black ovpt. Official. SG 01. MNG centred low. Cat. £75, price $59 DB463) Brunei 1916 3c Scarlet Die II, SG 38. Mint lightly hinged example, centred right. Cat. £130, price $72 ML477) St Helena: small range of sets & mini sheets from 1937 Coronation, later definitive set to 2 pounds etc FU/CTO, see scans. Price: $35 DB466) Brunei 1947 $1 Black and Scarlet, SG 90 Doctor Blade Flaw. Top marginal mint unhinged example with red doctor blade flaw running vertically through stamp. Nice variety, price $59 DC67) CANADA 1859 SG36 10c brown fine used bulls-eye cancel. A little off centre. Cat. £80. Price $64 DC66) CANADA 1859 17c Deep Blue SG 42 fine used, barred cancel. Cat. £95, price $69 BC128) Ceylon 1935 definitives, SG 368/78. Fresh mint, very lightly hinged, cat. £60, price $60 ML592) Another set as above, $60 ML591) Ceylon 1935-36 KGV 50c Wild Elephants fresh MUH, price $25 BC131) Ceylon 1938 definitives to 2R, SG 386/96. Fresh mint, very lightly hinged. Includes perf. variations on 2c, 3c, 10c 25c & 30c (18) cat. £55, price $49 BC123) Ceylon 1950 Defins. SG 413/18 Fresh Mint lightly hinged. Cat. £13.50, price $10 BC79) Cyprus 1880 Ovpt. on GB Halfpenny SG1, plate 15 mint OG. Cat. £120 but much scarcer than the catalogue might suggest. Price $169 BC77) Cyprus 1880 Ovpt. On GB 4d Sage Green, plate 16, SG 4. Nice mint wing margin left example. Fresh mint lightly hinged, and with expertisation mark on reverse. Lettered GS – SG. Centred high, with perf. faults in wing margin. Cat. £140, price $62.50 BC145) Cyprus 1938 Definitives set, mixed mint & fine used. 45 & 90 pi are mint. Cat. £55 as a used set. Cheap Price, $45 BC76) Cyprus 1960 Overprints set, SG 188/202, fresh mint very lightly hinged. Cat. £130, price $79 BC141) Dominica 1938 Definitives to 5/-, SG 99/108. All mint unhinged, except 3 of the lower values are lightly hinged. Cat. £65. Cheap price $49 BC108) Falklands Halfpenny Green plus 2 x 1d Claret all used each on small piece. All have cds cancels, with the Halfpenny having an 1899 date. I am guessing these are the 1891 issue, SG 15 & 21. One of the 1d values has light surface scuffing. Price $69 BC69) Falkland Islands 1878 1d Claret SG 1 Mint, part OG. Centred top left and with a few perf faults at top. Cat. £750. Scarce stamp, and well priced at $310
BC67) Falkland Islands 1878 6d Blue Green SG 3 fine used. Has light barred cancel. Imperf at Base, and with Plate Dot! Well centred with a few perf faults. Cat. £70 as normal. Scarce stamp, very well priced at $98 BC68) Falkland Islands 1882 4d Brown SG 6 fine used. Light barred cancel. Centred top left and with perf faults. Cat. £95. Good spacefiller at $29 BC126) Falkland Is. Dependencies 1946 Thin Map set, less 2d. SG Between G9- 16, mint hinged. Cat. £95, price $67.50 BC144) Fiji 1954 Definitives SG 249/266b fine used. Cat. £29, price $22.50 BC100) Gibraltar 1886 SG 1/3 & 5/6, fresh mint lightly hinged. Cat. £550, price $295 BC99) Gilbert & Ellice Is. 1911 Ovpts. on Fiji, SG 1/7, very fine used. Exceptionally nice set, all with neat Protectorate ds cancels. Cat. £325, price $425 BC133) Grenada 1951 Definitives, SG 172/84, fine postally used. Cat. £17, price $12.75 BC97) Hong Kong 1862 2c Deep Brown SG1 with blue B62 Barred Numeral Cancel. Fine used. Cat. £35, price $24 ML593) Hong Kong 1903 Edw. VII 30c SG 70 MVLH, cat. £65 price $60 BC121) Hong Kong 1949 UPU set SG 173/6, vfu. Nice set with steel cds cancels. Cat. £16, price $11.50 BC93) India 1854 Half Anna Blue Imperfs. Dies 1 & 2, SG Nos. 2 & 6 fine used. The latter with huge margins. Cat. £170. Price $210 BC94) India 1854 1 Anna Red, dies 1, 2 & 3 Fine used. SG Nos. 12, 14 & 15. Scarce assembly. The dies 1 & 2 are 4 margin, the Die 3 is 3 margin, cut into at right. Cat. £365. Price $419 BC91) INDIA 1854 2a Green, SG 31, fine used with good clear margins, shows part watermark. Cat. £50, price $62.50 BC89) Indian National Army 1944 1p Maroon horizontal pair, mint without gum. Prepared for use in the Japanese occupied areas of India during the drive on Imphal. The Battle of Imphal took place in the region around the city of Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur in northeast India from March until July 1944. Japanese armies attempted to destroy the Allied forces at Imphal and invade India, but were driven back into Burma with heavy losses. See page 298 of the 2018 Stanley Gibbons Part One catalogue. Cat. £140, price $98. BC138) India 1940 definitives to 14a, mainly mint lightly hinged. 1a & 14a are used. Cat. £35, cheap price $12 DB92) K.U.T. batch of postal history, various destinations worldwide inc. UK, Australia, USA, Morocco & India, but mostly to Jo’burg. KGV to early QEII to around 1955, inc. Censored, Registered, Taxed items, etc. Fascinating lot, with KGV (9), KGVI (10) & QEII (16) Would make a nice display! 35 covers, Price $695 Malayan States DB433) Federated Malay States 1900 5c Dull Purple & Olive Yellow, SG 4. Fresh mint example well centred and with full perfs. Cat. £75, price $45 DB430) Federated Malay States 1904 – 22, 10c Black & Purple, SG 43d. Fine used example, cds cancel of March 1913 , well centred and with full perfs. Major undocumented horizontal plate scratch below Tiger. Price $85 DB327) Straits Settlements 1883 12 Brown - Purple SG 67. Nice mint lightly hinged well centred example, very fresh and with full perfs. Cat. £85. Price $79 DB440) Straits Settlements 1887 32c Orange - Vermilion, SG 70w. Fresh lightly hinged full perf. example with inverted wmk. Cat. £100. Price $98 DB441) Straits Settlements 1902 30c Grey & Carmine SG 134a. Lovely fresh mint lightly hinged example, well centred and full perfs. Cat. £60 Price $59 DB442) As above, another similar example. Minor perf faults at top right. Price $49 DB435) Straits Settlements 1918 $5 Green & Red on Green, SG 212b. Fresh mint very lightly hinged example, centred right and with good perfs. Cat. £225, price $185 DB422) Kedah 1938 1c Black Redrawn Type 2, SG 68a. MNG example with good perfs, centred left. Cat. £160 as mint. Hard stamp to find, good filler at 10% cat. Price $29 DB420) Pahang 1890 2c Bright Rose, SG 6, fine mint part OG. Full perf. example centred left, with expertisation mark in Violet on reverse. Cat. £140. Priced attractively at 25% cat. $58.50 DB418) Perak 1880 2c Brown SG 5, used example, full perfs, centred left. Tiny thin at base not visible from front. Cat £140. Sensibly priced at 10% cat, $25
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 DB417) Perak 1880 2c Brown SG 9, MNG example, full perfs, centred lower left. Cat £200 for either mint or used. Price $89 DB457) Perak 1893 1c on 6c Lilac, SG 44 nice MNG example, well centred with full perfs. Cat. £190 mint, £160 used. Well priced at 25% of the used price. $72 DB454) Selangor 1885 2c Pale Rose, SG 34. Fine used example with barred cancel. Good perfs., centred right. Cat. £65. Price $35 DB455) Selangor 1885 2c Rose, SG 38. Clean part OG example with full perfs., centred left. Cat. £95. Price $49 DB456) Selangor 1895 50c Green & Black, SG 60. Fine used example with oval dated cancel MR 1900. Well centred with full perfs. Cat. £130. Price $75 DB453) Trengganu 1917 2c on 3c Carmine - Red, with error, 2c twice. SG 19j. Fresh mint hinged, well centred and full perfs. Cat. £550. Very rare stamp price $495 BC148) Montserrat 1953 Definitives to $2.40 mint lightly hinged. Cat. £39, cheap price $16 ML424) New Zealand 1864 Chalon 6d red-brown watermark ‘NZ’ FU, partial barred cancel, centred left. SG 108, cat. £60, price $40 BC142) Natal 1902 KEVII defins. to 6d SG 127/35 mixed mint & used plus 5/- SG 140 fine used. Cat. £67, cheap price $27.50 DB753) New Hebrides 1908 SG 1 - 9, mint hinged. Cat. £200, price $149 ML473) New Zealand 1960 Health Minisheets, (Birds) (2) MUH, price $35 NZ6) New Zealand SG 1349-51 1984 Christmas imperf set fresh Mint unhinged. Believed only 25 sets can exist. Price $975 NZ5) New Zealand 1996 40c Health Teddy Bear withdrawn stamp, in a superb post office fresh top marginal block of 4 sheet stamps, together with the re-issued stamp without Teddy Bear for comparison. Blocks are exceedingly rare. Price $7395 NZ5a) As above, but a single stamp, price $1195 DB458) North Borneo/Labuan 12c Black & Red Crocodile SG 95a, fine used corner cds. Well centred and with good perfs. Cat. £55, price $33 DB449) North Borneo/Labuan 1899 4c on 5c Black & Green, SG 102, fresh mint hinged. Well centred and with good perfs. Cat. £60, price $36 DB448) North Borneo/Labuan 1901 18c Olive Brown & Black Postage Due, with vertical overprint reading “OSTAGE DUE F” Few tone spots, cancelled by barred cancel at left. Bit of an oddity, price $19 BC125) Nyasaland 1945 Definitives, SG 144/57 fine used, cat. £80. Price $59 BC139) Papua 1937 Airmails SG154/7 mint unhinged. Gum is toned. Cat. $35, cheap price $12 BC140) Papua 1938 Airmails SG163/7 mint unhinged. Gum is toned. Cat. $35, cheap price $12 ML406) Pitcairn Is: 1963 Red Cross & 1966 UNESCO sets MUH, price $25 ML481) Pitcairn Is. Range of 2017/18 issues: Jewels of the Bounty, Marine Reserve mini sheet , Bligh & Constitution all mint unhinged. Price $39 BC104) Rhodesia 1894 £1 Deep Blue, fine used. Nice example with circular cancel. Price $119 DB86) Rhodesia & Nyasaland. Similarly addressed lot to the above, 14 items, inc. 3 uprated official postal stationery 4d Reg’d envelopes, with a late use of the KGVI. 13 items, price $195 BC124) Sierra Leone 1938 Definitives, SG 188/200, fine postally used. Cat. £80, price $59 SG8) Singapore 1969 Musical Instruments Official FDC, typed address. Hard to find. Price $60 SG9) Singapore 1969 150th Anniv. Official FDC, typed address. Rare! Price $175 ML492) Solomon Is. 2006 Dinosaurs set of 8 in complete sheets of 20 mint unhinged. Cat. £340, price $179 DB78) South West Africa 1957 Registered covers, to University of Witwatersrand. Bearing a variety of frankings from the 1954 Definitive series, 1d - 6d, inc. a Postal Stationery Reg’d 6d envelope along with an unregistered cover bearing 3d Blue SG 127. 6 items, price $89 DB83) Swaziland 1955 small registered cover, Piggs Peak to Jo’burg. Bears 4 x 2d Brown tied by double ring cds of 24.DEC.55 (Christmas Eve.) Some toning at top of cover and one stamp torn. Nevertheless a scarce piece. Price $49 DB77) Swaziland 1957 long registered cover Emlembe to Jo’burg. Bears 1.5d Blue KGVI and vertical strip of three of the QEII 3d Black and Red. Tied by double ring cds of 4.12.57. Some toning along top of cover not affecting stamps. Rare dual reign cover showing additional franking of 2.5d (for weight?) Price $89
BC143) Transvaal 1871-4 Arms 3d Mauve SG 24, Genuine used cancelled numeral 11. Also 1d black SG25, 6d Blue SG 27 & 1/- Green SG 28, believed reprints all with circular numeral cancels. 3d cat. at £100. Cheap lot at $79 BC146) Trinidad & Tobago 1938 Definitives complete fine used cds cancels. SG 246/56 cat. £60. Price $49 BC147) Trinidad & Tobago 1953 Definitives complete mint lightly hinged plus 1c on 2c Mint Unhinged. SG 267/78 & 280. Cat. £41. Price $17 Rest of the World ML522) Croatia 2016-17 selection of issues inc. Trains, Wildlife, Trees, Tourism etc MUH, all complete sets/issues. 13 stamps & 1 minisheet. Price $25 BD363) France 1853 40c Orange Imperf. Napoleon III. Attractive 4 margin mint example without gum. SG 64, Cat. £3500. Some bright spark has written the SG No. on reverse in Blue Biro….albeit lightly, otherwise price would be a lot more than this. $495 ML639) Germany 1872 18k Bistre SG 13 Nice Used, small shield, quite clear embossing, attractive stamp, SG cat 650 pounds. Price: $299 GER13) Germany 1930 IPOSTA minisheet. Stamps are mint unhinged, sheet has been lightly hinged in corners. Has “GJ” expertisation mark bottom left. Mi. 446/9 Block 1. Cat. 550 Euros. (2013) Price $475 GER15) Germany 1937 Hitler minisheet, rouletted. Post Office Fresh Mint unhinged. Mi. Block 11, cat. 340 Euros (2013) These are very rare indeed in such nice condition. Price $210 GNG18) German New Guinea 1897 Postal Stationery Card 10pfg Red arms type of Germany, used in German New Guinea. Cancelled by cds of Matupi 9/2 97 to Lothringen, with arrival cds of Sanct – Avold on face of 29.,3.97 Short correspondence on reverse. Nice early use card in fine condition. Price $129 GNG16) German New Guinea 1900 Overprinted Postal Stationery Card 5pfg Red arms type of Germany uprated by 3pfg Brown adhesive, (2pfg underpaid) Cancelled by cds of Deutsche Seepost cds of 16 AU 01 to Charlottenburg , with arrival cds on face of 21.10.01. Correspondence on Reverse Fine condition. Rare! Price $189 BD380) Iceland 1911 25a Orange SG 101, vfu. cds socked on nose example dated 13.11.12, full perfs, well centred. Cat. £44, price $35 BD371) Iceland 1929 50a Grey & Purple Air, nice mint example with full perfs, centred low. SG 157 cat. £65, price $39 BD377) Iceland 1930 50a Brown & Brown. Nice fresh mint very light hinged example with good centring & perfs. Blunt top right corner. 168 cat. £70, price $32 ML638) 1946 Theatre Reconstruction mini sheets, white paper (no gum) and cream paper (small marginal hole) MUH SG MSRF11 & MSRF12. Price: $30 ML580) Iceland Range of 2018 issues including Young Animals, Tourist, Nordia m/s etc. All mint unhinged. Price $29 Coins (All of our Australian Decimal coins are from The Royal Australian Mint, unless otherwise stated) CB264) Australia KGV Half Penny Bulk 100 pieces, all reigns, mixed condition, none really bad, Price $74.50 CB264b) As above, 20 different dates, inc. KGV for $14.50 CB263) Australia Penny Bulk 100 pieces, no KGV, mixed condition, none really bad, price $79 CB260) Australia Pre-decimal 6d Bulk Silver Coins Xmas Pud. No KGV, 10 pieces for $39.00 CB261) Australia Pre- decimal Shilling Bulk Silver Coins 10 pieces mixed condition, none really bad. No KGV. Price $59 CB259) Australia Pre- decimal Bulk Florin Coins 10 pieces mixed condition, none really bad. No KGV. Price $119 CB465) Australia 1910 Shilling in Good VF Condition nice part lustre coin, price $89 CB472) Australia 1912 Florin nice VF, 6 pearls visible. Part lustred coin, cat. $325, price $227.50 CB467) Australia 1917 Shilling, nice fine condition, cast. $28. Price $19.50 CB256) Australia 1920 1d, plain, no dots. Scarce coin, in VG condition. Minor edge knocks and has been cleaned at some time. Good spacefiller, price $29
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 CB523) Australia 1923 Halfpenny Almost EF Condition. 8 pearls and centre diamond visible. Die crack running around reverse rim at RALIA of Australia. Price $6250 CB524) Australia 1923 Halfpenny GVF Condition. 6 pearls and centre diamond visible. Spectacular Die crack/Planchette flaw affects R of REX on Obverse. Price $2499 CB526) Australia 1923 Halfpenny VF Condition. 6 pearls and part centre diamond visible. Cat. $3750, price $1995 CB525) Another similar as above price $1995 CB522) Another similar, but VF Condition, price $1795 CB527) Another similar in Good Fine Condition, price $1695 CB122) Australia 1927 Canberra Florin Choice Uncirculated, with hairline die crack running around rim on obverse, 9pm to midnight. Superb looking coin with full lustre. Cat. $400. Price $325 CB125) Australia 1931 Florin, nice lustred almost uncirculated. Cat. $200, price $149 CB452) Australia 1932 Florin VF condition, 6 pearls visible. Traces of lustre. Cat. $1100, price $725 CB453) Australia 1932 Florin VG condition, 2 pearls visible. Cat. $225, price $199 CB529) Australia 1932 Florin Fine condition, 4 pearls visible. Cat. $375, price $289 CB531) Another similar as above, $289 CB532) Another similar as above, $289 CB528) Australia 1933/2 Overdate Penny, nice VF condition. 6 pearls and centre diamond visible. Cat. $140, very well priced at $79 CB454) Australia 1933 Shilling, fine condition. 4 pearls visible, cat. $175, price $119 CB250) Australia 1934 1d “GEM” Superb fault free full original lustre coin. As close to perfection as you will find. Cat. $1450, price $1195 CB37) Australia 1934 Florin in Uncirculated condition. Nicely toned and with original lustre. Lovely coin. Cat. $1250. Price $995 CB41) Australia 1934/5 Victoria Centenary Florin, Proof Like with flat rim all the way around reverse, Brilliant Uncirculated. Cat. $1750, Price $1650 CB127) 1934/5 Victoria Centenary Florin nice quality, UNC. Cat. $800, price $695 CB253) As above, with full original lustre, GOOD UNC. price $725 CB255) As above, another. Price $725 CB42) Australia 1934/5 Victoria Centenary Florin, uncirculated “GEM” as fine as you will ever see, with even natural overall toning. Cat. $3000, price $1995 CB463) Australia 1935 3d EF condition, nice lusted coin. Cat $50, price $35 CB130) Australia 1936 Florin, UNC. Lovely lustred coin, no faults. Cat. $450, price $325 CB489) Australia 1936 Florin VF condition, 6 pearls. Cat $18 price $12.50 CB246) Australia 1937 Crown, superb uncirculated lusted coin. Cat. $200, price $149 CB247) As above, almost uncirculated, price $97.50 CB247a) Investment holding of 5 of the above price $459, save $28.50 CB247b) Investment holding of 10 of the above price $869, save $106! CB248) Australia 1938 Halfpenny. Lovely lustred uncirculated example. Cat. $120, price $89 CB132) Australia 1938 Florin, UNC. Great looking Lovely lustred coin, Cat. $160, price $119 CB490) Another as above $119 CB252) Australia 1938 Crown. Nice AUNC coin with some lustre. Cat. $450, price $419 CB251) Australia 1939 Florin, superb lustred uncirculated coin, cat $2000, price $1385 CB491) Australia 1940 Florin Uncirculated , hard date. Cat. $150, price $110 CB492) As above, Choice Uncirculated, cat. $225, price $149 CB493) Australia 1941 Florin Uncirculated, Cat. $140, price $98 CB495) Another as above, price $98 CB494) As above AUNC. Cat. $70, price $49 CB138) Australia 1942 Florin, UNC. Great looking Lovely lustred coin, Cat. $125, price $100 CB497) Australia 1942S San Francisco Mint Florin. Choice lustred uncirculated coin cat $300, price $185 CB140) Australia 1943S Florin UNC. Cat. $150, price $110 CB141) Another as above, price $110
CB468) Australia 1943 Melbourne Shilling, EF Condition. Harder date, cat. $70. Nice Lustred Coin. Price $49 CB142) Australia 1944M Florin, beautiful lustred Choice UNC. Ex. Mint roll. Cat. $225, price $157.50 CB143) As above, another price $157.50 CB145) Australia 1944M Florin, nice lustred UNC state. Cat. $110, price $79 CB500) Australia 1944S Florin. Choice uncirculated. Superb original lustred coin, cat. $225, price $157.50 CB469) Australia 1944 Melbourne Shilling Uncirculated. Cat. $140, price $70 CB470) Australia 1946 Melbourne Shilling Uncirculated. Nice lustred coin, cat. $70, price $49 CB146) Australia 1947 Florin, uncirculated. Nicely toned. Cat. $75, price $49 CB147) Australia 1947 Florin nice uncirculated with lustre. Planchette flaw on obverse at 5 o’clock. Cat. $90 price $65 CB148) Australia 1948M Penny, Almost uncirculated cat $25,price $20 CB150) Australia 1949 Penny, nice uncirculated with lustre. Cat. $55 price $39 CB151) Australia 1951L Penny, choice uncirculated with full lustre. Cat. $100 price $75 CB451) Australia 1951 Federation Florin, uncirculated on Sterling Silver Mount and chain. Lovely piece of coin Jewellery. Price $49.50 CB152) Australia 1954 Royal Visit Florin GEM uncirculated with full lustre. Beautiful coin. Cat. $275, price $195 CB154) Australia 1959 Florin uncirculated with full lustre. Cat. $55, price $396 CB156) Australia 1960 Florin choice uncirculated with full lustre and bloom. Gorgeous! Cat. $110, price $79 CB159) Australia 1963 Florin CHOICE Uncirculated with full lustre and bloom. Cat. $110, price $85 CB160) As above, uncirculated, cat. $35, price $25 CB462) Australia 1966 50c Rounds, wholesale stock: 1000 for $1049, 50 for $549, 25 for $289, 10 for $119. Sold as they come, many will be better grade. CB265) Australia Royal Australian Mint Proof sets, in original foam packaging, as issued. 1982 $32.50, 1983 $32.50 CB412) Australia 1991 Perth Mint Kookaburra $5 silver proof, in case of issue with Certificate. Price $79.50 (2 available) CB432) Australia 1993 Royal Melbourne Show Landcare $1, as issued in original packaging, price $4.25 (2 available) CB379) Australia 1993 1oz Silver $1 Kangaroo, as issued in original packaging and capsule. Cat. $50, price $38.50 CB380) Australia 1994 1oz Silver $1 Kangaroo, as issued in original packaging and capsule. Cat. $50, price $38.50 CB394) Australia 1994 Perth Mint Kookaburra 1oz Silver Coin. Commonwealth Games Team Australia Privy Mark. In case of issue with certificate, price $57.50 (3 available) CB433) Australia 1995 $1 Waltzing Matilda, Canberra mintmark, brand new in original packaging. Cat. $35, cheap at $11.95 (2 available) CB397) 1995 UNCIRCULATED $1 KANGAROO 1oZ SILVER COIN, coin fair Specimen limited edition of 2500 in case of issue. McDonald Cat. (2014) $95, price $62.50 CB398) 1996 UNCIRCULATED $1 KANGAROO 1OZ SILVER COIN, coin fair Specimen limited edition of 2500 in case of issue, with certificate. Not priced in either Renniks or McDonald catalogue. Price $67.50 CB382) Australia 1996 1oz Silver $1 Kangaroo, as issued in original packaging and capsule. Cat. $50, price $39.50 CB400) Australia 1996 Perth Mint KOOKABURRA BASLER STAB PRIVY MARK 1 ounce Silver Proof Coin in case of issue with certificate. Cat. $100, price $69 CB401) Australia 1996 Perth Mint KOOKABURRA FRANCE PRIVY MARK 1 ounce Silver Proof Coin in case of issue with certificate. Cat. $60, Scarcer than the catalogue suggests, price $52. CB384) Australia 1998 1oz Silver $1 Kangaroo, as issued in original packaging and capsule. Cat. $60, price $44.50 (2 available) CB431a) Australia 2001 $1 Olymphilex brand new in original packaging, Canberra mintmark. Cat.
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BUY OR BID SALE SEPTEMBER 2018 $20, price $11.50 (1 available) CB431b) As above, but Sydney mintmark, price $11.50 (2 available) CB386) Australia 2000 1oz Silver $1 Kangaroo, as issued in original packaging and capsule. Cat. $70, price $42.95 CB443) Australia 2001 Army $1 C Mintmark uncirculated in card of issue. Cat. $20, price $11.75 (6 available) CB445) Australia 2001 RAAF $1 uncirculated in card of issue. Scarcer than the catalogue suggests. Cat. $20, price $18.95 (3 available) CB430) Australia 2001 Navy, Army & Airforce 3 x $1 coin set, in folder of issue. Cat. $110, price $59.75 CB388) Australia 2002 1oz Silver $1 Kangaroo, as issued in original packaging and capsule. Cat. $70, price $42.95 CB421) Australia 2003 Korean War $1 coins, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane mintmarks new in original packaging (3 coins) cat. $17, price $15 CB389) Australia 2003 1oz Silver $1 Kangaroo, as issued in original packaging and capsule. Cat. $70, price $47.50 CB390) Australia 2004 1oz Silver $1 Kangaroo, as issued in original packaging and capsule. Cat. $70, price $67.50 CB419) Australia 2006 50c Queen’s 80th Birthday in card of issue, cat. $45, this one is scarce! Price $42.50 CB422) Australia 2006 50 Years of Television $1 C mintmark, new in original packaging, price $6.95 CB392) Australia 2006 1oz Silver $1 Kangaroo, as issued in original packaging and capsule. Cat. $70, (catalogue is way out of whack with current market value) price $98.50 CB448) Australia 2008 25th Anniversary Australia II Victory 50 Cent Coin America’s Cup, uncirculated in card of issue. Cat. $25 (I would buy then all day at this stupid price! Much lower mintage that the Moon Landing 50c of the same year which is priced at $45 ) Price $52.50 CB414) 2009 South Magnetic Pole 1oz .999 Silver Proof Coin, Perth Mint, Australia Antarctic Series. In box and case of issue with certificate, cat. $130, price $112.50 CB437) Australia 2010 20c Australia Remembers - Lost Soldiers of Fromelles, uncirculated in card of issue. Cat. $15, price $11.50 (2 available) CB456) Australia 2013 $1 Bicentenary of the Holey Dollar and Dump 4 Mint Mark UNC $1 Coin Set in original packaging. Price $32.95 CB396) Perth Mint 2013 Australia Koala 1/10th oz 99.9% Pure Silver 10c Ten Cent Coin, supplied in original packaging and in capsule. Price $18.95 CB395) Australia 2013 $1 Silver Kookaburra “High Relief” coin. Supplied in capsule as issued. Cat. $110, price $92.50 CB39) Great Britain 1902 One Shilling, King Edward VII, nice uncirculated $110 Collectable Silver Ingots & Rounds SB36) US 1974 Universaro Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $38.50 SB19) 1999 Coloured US Walking Liberty Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $31 SB20) 1999 Coloured US Walking Liberty Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $31 SB21) 2000 Coloured American Eagle Walking Liberty Fine Silver Dollar 1 Troy Ounce coin. Price: $33 SB23) 2000 Coloured American Eagle Walking Liberty Fine Silver Dollar 1 Troy Ounce coin. Price: $33 SB25) 2001 Coloured U.S. American Silver Eagle Dollar - God Bless America. Price: $31.50 SB26) 2001 Coloured U.S. American Silver Eagle Dollar - Santa Claus - Peace on Earth. Price: $61.50 SB28) US 2008 Walking Liberty Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $47 SB29) US 2009 Walking Liberty Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $41 SB30) US 2010 Walking Liberty Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $44.50 SB31) US 2011 Walking Liberty Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $31.50 SB32) US 2012 Walking Liberty Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $31.50 SB33) US 2013 Walking Liberty Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $43
SB34) US 2015 Walking Liberty Silver Dollar One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Coin. Price: $32.50 CB393) USA Liberty Rarities Mint, 1 troy oz. Silver round with ring attached for use as a pendant. Price $46.50 SB46) Australia Ainslie Bullion 10 Troy Ounce Silver Bar. Price: $295 Coins & Bullion, Gold And Platinum Important Note: Many gold proof coins are now being offered “Slabbed” and certified at ridiculously high prices up to $1299 for a 1982 Games coin. The very nature of a proof is that if kept in original case and capsule, the quality of the coin is unlikely to be bettered. Do not be fooled into paying $600 for a plastic slab! Wherever possible our coins are supplied in case of issue with capsule and certificate. GDB11) Australia 1901 Sydney Queen Victoria Old Head Sovereign. Lovely original lustre virtually uncirculated coin. Price $725 GDB10) Australia 1909 KEVII Sydney Sovereign. Original lustre virtually uncirculated coin. Price $725 GDB12) Australia 1911 Melbourne Sovereign, superb choice uncirculated. Brilliant lustred coin, hard to better. Price $739 CB522) Australia 1980 – 1983 $200 Gold Coins in wallets of issue, each contains 10g of 22ct Gold. Choose your year/s at $695 each or buy the 4 for $2595, (save $185) CB407) Australia 1980 $200 Proof Gold Coin, Koala, in case of issue, with protective capsule & certificate. Contains 10g of 22ct Gold. Price $695 CB402) Australia 1983 $200 Proof Gold Coin, Commonwealth Games, in case of issue, with protective capsule & certificate. Contains 10g of 22ct Gold. Price $695 CB403) Australia 1984 $200 Proof Gold Coin, Koala, in case of issue, with protective capsule & certificate. Contains 10g of 22ct Gold. Price $695 CB404) Australia 1985 $200 Proof Gold Coin, Koala, in case of issue, with protective capsule & certificate. Contains 10g of 22ct Gold. Price $695 GDB8) Australia 1987 Perth Mint 1oz “Welcome Stranger” Gold Nugget $100 proof. Contains 1oz of fine gold .999% pure. Price $2289 GDB7) Another as above, same price $2289 CB249) Australia 1988 $50 Half Ounce Platinum Koala. In original packaging and wooden box of issue. Price $865 CB410) Australia 1988 Royal Australian Mint Bicentennial $200 dollar 10 g 22 carat gold proof coin. In original box with protective capsule & certificate of authenticity. This coin is now becoming highly collectable and sought after. Few exist on the secondary market. Price $779 (2 available) CB409) Australia 1989 Royal Australian Mint Frilled Neck Lizard $200 dollar 10g 22 carat gold proof coin. In original box with protective capsule & certificate of authenticity. This coin is now becoming highly collectable and sought after. Few exist on the secondary market. Price $745 GDB14) Australia 1997 $50 Perth Mint Half Ounce Fine Gold Kangaroo Nugget High Relief Proof .999% pure. Price $1295 CB411) Australia 2001 Dob Bradman 3 coin set, Bi-metal Gold/Silver, Silver and Bronze. In case of issue and with protective capsules & certificate. Price $649 CB162) Australia 2006 $50 Half Ounce Proof Platinum, Red & Green Kangaroo Paw. Mintage 1,000, 155 sold remainder melted. Cat. $2080, price $1569 CB161) Australia 2007 $50 Half Ounce Proof Platinum, Sturt’s Desert Pea. Mintage 1,000, 78 sold remainder melted. Cat. $2080, price $1569 CB164) Australia 2007 $50 Half Ounce Proof Platinum, Common Pink Heath. Mintage 1,000, 155 sold remainder melted. Cat. $2080, price $1569 CB163) Australia 2007 $50 Half Ounce Proof Platinum, Anemone Buttercup Mintage 1,000, 138 sold remainder melted. Cat. $2080, price $1569 CB521) Australia 2012 Australia $100 1oz High Relief Gold Koala, contains 1oz fine gold .9999 pure. Supplied in original Wooden Display Box and outer packaging with Certificate. Scarcest date of all these, this is coin No. 633. Price $3475 GDB13) Colombia 1919 Gold 5 Pesos in gold mount. Lovely jewellery piece. Price $639 End Of Sale Many Thanks For Looking!
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1957 7d Flying Doctor - Sunken Die Proof to Bill Purves:
Incredibly rare - only 8 were made, and one is in The Royal Collection, and one in the Australia Post Archive collection. So six maximum are buyable, and several of those are badly foxed and/or stained by mount glue etc. This one is superb condition, ex Europe. Actual die proof in sunken matted thick card - Number 27. ACSC tells us that one was presented to the legendary J. R. W. (“Bill”) Purves, who was on the Stamp Advisory Committee, and was President of RPSV and their Expert Committee etc. With the initialled square violet handstamp on back saying “C.B.A. - Note Printing Branch" with 1957 date of proof - “27 - 16/7/57”. ACSC DP337DP(1) Cat $3,000 - just $A1,900 (Stock 726KXL)
Stamp Year Books 1983-2004. $200 UNDER Face!
22 Years of Australia Post Year Books near HALF PO cost! Amazing buy I made from an Estate today. 1983 to 2004 - 22 different PO books, the books and stamps all look clean (for a change!) as they were stored in Broken Hill which is thankfully very dry, with no humidity. Owner wisely had removed the flimsy plastic outer PO shipping covers - stamps ‘sweat’ in there if you do not, and get rusty/foxed. Many folks fall for that mistake. Actual PO Cost was $1,227, and Retail is $1,855 as you can see here - tinyurl.com/BooksPO Photos above are just a few books - we all know what these books look like. You get the years mentioned. 1983-2004 complete - 22 different albums. For ebayers - a superb proposition - from 2000 on are RED HOT ... the 2000 for instance cost $87.50 from PO, and sells on its own for $100+, all day long, as it has the special Olympic Games Gold Medal Winners sheetlet of 16, that ONLY came in this superb album. Actual PO cost was $1,227 and near HALF that at $A700. The FACE VALUE is just on $900! So you are paying $200 UNDER FACE for superb MUH stamps, in full sets, in Deluxe Books in slipcases. All packed up neatly in 1 large carton to keep your mail costs down. Quick turnover is always my game, and this is the BEST bargain I have typed up this week! $A700 (Stock 793GW)
N.Z. 1858 *No Wmk* Chalon, 1/- Blue Green SG #17: £1,800: Fine Used - clean and fresh, and free of hinges and gum and gook, to hide repairs or thins etc - totally sound. Really thick white paper - nice looker. Light numeral cancel. 100% Guaranteed by me to have no repairs or faults. Bright colour, and with 3 very good margins. SG 17, £1,800. From an extensive NZ coll I bought this week cheap - near the entire country, many imperf Chalons - let me know your WANTS - DIRT cheap quotes!! $A500 (Stock 729KR)
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Looking at New Zealand 1937 & 1938 Health Stamps 1937 Health Stamp
For the design of the 1937 Health stamp, James Berry collaborated with G Bull of the Post Office staff. The theme was the popular New Zealand activity of ‘tramping’, or ‘mountain walking’ as Australians would call it. New Zealand is a mountainous country because of its volcanic history and getting away from the urban areas inevitably involves getting into the mountains for hiking or rock climbing. The stamps were once again recess printed by the Australian Note and Stamp Printing Branch. The two plates used had 196 impressions in four panes of 48. The numbers 1 or 2 appeared in each of the four corners of the large sheets and after guillotining the number appeared in any one corner of the post office sheets. The paper was a Wiggins, Teape unsurfaced rag paper watermarked ‘NZ and star’ and the stamps were perforated with a comb gauging 11. The stamps were issued on 1 October 1937 and withdrawn on 15 February 1938 with 897, 035 stamps being sold.
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Graeme Morriss New Zealand location. Bradbury, Wilkinson engraved the die and printed the stamps on a plate of 80 impressions (8 rows of 10). The plate number H1 appeared in both side margins adjacent to the third row. The printer’s imprint was in the centre of the bottom selvedge. The stamps were issued on 1 October 1938 and withdrawn on 15 February 1939 with 1,234,720 stamps being sold.
1938 Health Stamp
The theme of children playing outdoors, to benefit from the fresh air, was suggested by Post Office staff S Hall and G Bull. James Berry designed the stamp. The ferns in the background behind the children conveys the sense of a
References: Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, Auckland, Campbell Paterson, 1952 – . The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, vol. 1, Wellington, RPSNZ, 1939.
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation FIP Guidelines for Picture Postcard Exhibits Released Postcard collecting is becoming very popular around the world. At the Newcastle Exhibition in May the postcard dealer was doing excellent business, and as usual his complaint was that it is getting hard to get new stock. Certainly, the price of good cards is going up. The days of picking good collectible cards up for a dollar or two is long gone. However, they are still a lot cheaper than stamps on average. Many philatelists have collected postcards for years, often of the same country as their collections. If nothing else, they give you an idea of what life was like in these places at the time. Figure 1 is a good example of a card from the small Island of Montserrat in the British West Indies. It is an early card as it has an undivided back and has space on the front for a few words of greeting. Only the address was allowed on the back. There have been postcard collecting clubs and groups around for a long time, but it was stamp collectors in Australia who came up with the early rules for exhibiting. New Zealand also came up with exhibiting rules and the two countries after long discussion came up with one set of rules. These rules, in part, form the basis of the FIP Guidelines. The following Guidelines and Special Regulations for Picture Postcard Exhibits have been approved by the FIP Board and sent out to all Member Federations for comment. Picture Postcards will be shown in the CHINA 2019 General World Stamp Exhibition on an experimen-
Figure 1 tal basis. Given the city for this exhibition has not been announced (as I write), if you have an exhibit that is qualified and want to try it out on the world stage, keep an eye out for this exhibition on the APF website. Take a read of these guidelines as they are likely to influence the collection of picture postcards. In a way, postcards are like big stamps, with interest in the design, the printing method and other issues. An interesting point is the use of the term postcard as opposed to post card. Both are commonly used for picture postcards as opposed to postal cards often being used for postal stationery post cards/postcards. In fact it doesn’t really matter as both will be commonly used.
Guidelines for Judging Picture Postcard Exhibits
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1 Introduction 1.1 The aim of these guidelines is to support the jury as well as the exhibitor and provide practical advice as to how the special regulations for Picture Postcard exhibits should be used. 1.2 The special regulations for Picture Postcard exhibits include the general principles on what the Picture Postcard exhibit may contain, and how it should be treated and presented. 1.3 These guidelines are not comprehensive. Every exhibit is judged on its own merit. 1.4 The exhibitor may take advantage of presenting the exhibit more thoroughly
Daryl Fuller
Philatelic Development Officer, APF
Above : Figure 3 Right : Figure 4 in a synopsis to be sent to the Organising Committee before the exhibition. A synopsis does not replace the introductory page or plan, but complements it by presenting in more detail the treatment, choice, research, knowledge, and presentation of the exhibit. It is recommended that a synopsis contains a maximum of two single sided A4 pages. 2 Definitions of a Picture Postcard Exhibit 2.1 The Exhibit A Picture Postcard exhibit can have a geographical (topographical) treatment, including for example illustrations from a place or an area. It can also be developed thematically. An event may be shown as a form of reportage, or the exhibit may have the photographer, the artist, the printer, the printing process or the material as the topic. Original thinking and creativity may also lead to different treatments of an exhibit. 2.2 The Picture Postcard The size, shape and material of the Picture Postcards may vary. The emphasis is on the picture, and not on the use or philatelic peculiarities (if present). Picture Postcards may be unused or used (sent through a mail system). Unused Picture Postcards should have printed address lines, stamp box, or other such markings, showing that the item was intended to be sent without cover. 3 Judging Criteria 3.1 Idea, Plan and Treatment There must be a clear connection between title, structure and treatment, including information on how the exhibitor has chosen to develop the topic, i.e. the choice of Picture
Postcards to illustrate the topic, and how the exhibitor has used the material. The introduction should lead to the story line which carries the viewer through the exhibit. Originality, imagination, and creative ideas will be specially awarded. The idea and plan will be evaluated according to the correspondence between the title, the plan, and the development of the story through the whole exhibit. The treatment will be evaluated by considering the choice of the items, and where they are placed within the storyline, as well as the positioning of the appropriate text in relation to the item. The variety (diversity) of the material is important and will be rewarded. The treatment and detailed description of typography, printing method, and printer/publisher is equally important. If such information is not available, the reason should be given. Original photographic archive material used as a basis for essays and proofs in the production of a picture postcard will be rewarded. Privately produced photo postcards, which are sent by the postal service, are not in themselves suitable for a whole exhibit, although they are allowed as part (not exceeding 10%) of an exhibit. 3.2 Knowledge and Research Research is a pre-requisite for knowledge of the topic, Stamp News - 55
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation
Above : Figure 5b Right : Figure 5a and this must be documented through the choice and variety of the material as well as in a brief text in connection with the Picture Postcards. The texts must contain essential information about the topic and may contain information about photographer or artist. Information about the typography, printing method, and printer/publisher may be demonstrated in an appropriate manner. Picture Postcards must be correctly chosen with regards to the topic, and the descriptive text must be correct. Personal knowledge and research can also be demonstrated by the presence of material, where only little or no research has been undertaken, for example an unusual area of collecting. Topical knowledge may also be shown by the use of material that has a topical qualification discovered by the exhibitor.
transport, etc. are more important than general views. Golden age picture postcards were often printed by several publishers in numbers of variations. The contemporary variations can be treated as originals, while modern reprints must be presented as such. Forged items, which are not clearly marked as such, will cause the downgrading of the exhibit by the Jury.
3.3 Condition and Rarity The best possible quality available for the chosen subject should be shown. Missing or bent corners, scratches, and scuffs, etc. will influence condition, however, a certain tolerance will be granted for older, posted items. This will also be the case for older Picture Postcards with handwriting on the picture side, before the divided back was introduced, insofar as this writing is not of a particularly bad quality with ink stains, smudging, etc. Rarity is directly related to the difficulty in finding such postcards, the difficulty of acquisition. How difficult would it be to duplicate the exhibit? Some ‘Real Photo’ postcards may be close to unique, as they were often produced only in very small numbers. Even some printed Picture Postcards can be extremely difficult to find. Picture Postcards showing details with people, activities,
3.4 Presentation The text must be attractive and tastefully arranged. The overall impression of the exhibit is important, as is variety in the mounting. Heavily coloured pages should be avoided. Framing or matting of the Picture Postcards may increase the visual impression. Illustrations (maps, drawings, etc.) or objects, which have a direct connection to the topic or development of the Picture Postcard, may be used in limited numbers, but not so that the Picture Postcards become secondary to the exhibit This is a new class and remains experimental, so take note of the fact that the Guidelines are not comprehensive. I am sure that both exhibitors and judges will be feeling their way for a while. Even though I can see the advantage of a synopsis in this new class, they are not used in Australia. This does not stop you using them inter-
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Daryl Fuller
Philatelic Development Officer, APF
It is interesting to note the emphasis under condition and rarity – “Picture Postcards showing details with people, activities, transport, etc. are more important than general views.” This may mean that your collection of British seaside humorous postcards will never do as well as a collection of images like Figure 2 which is a Golden Age hand coloured card from 1908 showing warships at berth at Farm Cove in Sydney. However, when you compare it to Figure 3 which is a generic view titled ‘Snow Capped Mountains, A View from Acton Canberra A.C.T.’, one is obviously a little more interesting than the other. They could have equal scarcity, but one is obviously more interesting than the other and this can subliminally affect the judging. If you are just collecting postcards because you are interested in the image, then condition may not be a big issue. However, if you become serious about your collection, then these two factors will greatly influence the price you pay. Like any new collecting area, it pays to get to know the area (what’s common, what you seldom see and prices) before spending any serious money. Be especially careful of buying modern reproductions of old cards, particularly online. Finally, I note that Australian Kangaroo and Map stamps are iconic, but I am not sure about Kangaroo postcards (Figure 4). Still a collection of kangaroos on card could be fun. There would even be some humorous ones out there.
Figure 6 nationally. It is far better to spend your time developing a good title page. I was interested to read that “The use of archival photographs and proofs of cards will be rewarded”. Such material can be very difficult to find for postcards, unlike philately, and I am guessing that such material will significantly add to your exhibit if well woven into the story. The trick will be to find it. Knowledge and research will be an important area that differentiates a great exhibit from an average exhibit. The 35 marks are a lot easier to work towards than the 20 marks for rarity when you think about it. In case you are wondering knowledge and research relates to both the knowledge of the topic chosen, and the knowledge of the cards – typography, printing method and printer/publisher etc. Just putting rare postcards on a page and describing the images will not get you far when exhibiting. For those of you who like to study what you collect, I think this adds to the fun.
Special Regulations for the Evaluation of Picture Postcard Exhibits at FIP Exhibitions
1. Competition Exhibitions The Picture Postcard exhibits are accepted as a competitive class at FIP exhibitions. 2. Definition of a Picture Postcard A Picture Postcard must have an illustration. Furthermore ... i Used Picture Postcards (circulated through the postal service or in any other manner treated postally) must show that they have been through a postal service. ii Unused (non-postally treated) Picture Postcards must have printed text or printed address lines, for example a postage area, which shows that the card is meant to be posted without an envelope. iii Only original contemporary Picture Postcards are allowed, i.e. reprints produced at a later time should only be shown exceptionally. iv Picture Postcard may be produced by different kinds of material (hand drawn or painted, embroidered, etc.). v The exhibit must be able to be displayed in exhibition frames of the standard international format (refer to Article 3.4 for sheet sizes). Stamp News - 57
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation 3. Principles for the Development of the Exhibit 3.1 Idea, Plan and Treatment A Picture Postcard exhibit is treated according to a geographical (topographical) topic, a thematic topic, or according to a special aspect (an artist, the printing, the material), completely according to the exhibitor’s own choice. The title and plan must be presented on the introductory page and must be written in one of the official FIP languages. The plan must show the intention and the structure of the exhibit. The title as well as the main and sub sections of the exhibit must show the structure and logical development through the exhibit and demonstrate personal creativity, knowledge, and research. The title must mirror the content of the exhibit in the best possible way. The treatment of the exhibit must be according to the title and plan. Each Picture Postcard must have a connection with the chosen topic. The variety (diversity) of the material is of particular importance. 3.2 Knowledge and Research Research is a pre-requisite for knowledge of the topic and the Picture Postcards, and this is demonstrated in a brief text in connection with each Picture Postcard. 3.3 Condition and Rarity Items selected should show the best possible quality available for the chosen subject. Rarity is directly related to the difficulty in finding such postcards, the difficulty of acquisition. 3.4 Presentation The recommended exhibit sheet sizes are: 1) 21cm x 29,7cm (A4 size) or 23cm x 29cm - 4 sheets in one row 2) 42cm x 29,7cm (A3 size) or 46cm x 29cm - 2 sheets in one row 3) 31cm x 29cm - 3 sheets in one row. 4. Judging the Exhibit A Picture Postcard exhibit must be judged by a FIP jury composed of experts of this material. 5. Evaluation The exhibits will be evaluated according to the following criteria: Idea, plan (10) and treatment (20) 30 Knowledge and research 35 58 - Stamp News
Above : Figure 7a Below : Figure 7b Condition (10) and rarity (20) 30 Presentation 5 TOTAL 100 6. Awards (Exhibits can receive all levels of award from certificate of participation to large gold.) Picture Postcard exhibits may be awarded special prizes and/or the jury’s felicitations, for those exhibits demonstrating outstanding research or originality. 7. Concluding Provision 7.1 In the event of any discrepancies in the text, arising from translation, the English text shall prevail. I believe there are three key points raised in the Special Regulations (known as SREVs) for the Evaluation of Picture Postcard Exhibits. I want to emphasise the definition of a postcard. Section 2(ii) states “…must have printed text or printed address lines, for example
Daryl Fuller
Philatelic Development Officer, APF
Figure 8 a postage area, which shows that the card is meant to be posted without an envelope.” Figures 5a and 5b show an Israeli postcard front and back with clear address lines for a postcard, but no postage box. It meets the definition of a postcard even though it has no postage box, which are not always found on postcards. Figure 6 is a famous image of ‘One Pound’ Jimmy used on the Australian stamp from the 1950s. It looks like a postcard, but it has no printing what’s so ever on the reverse, so does not meet the definition of a postcard. You may end up buying items like this that look good but are no good in your collection, and useless for an exhibit. It will be important to note this definition, especially when using real picture cards or the free advertising cards that are now so common in Australia. Many of these are simply postcard sized advertising but some, such as Figure 7a and 7b showing both sides, are actually printed as postcards that can be posted, so can be used in an exhibit. These could be useful for a well-developed ‘thematic’ postcard exhibit. I like the fact that postcards can be made of different materials. We all know about the silk cards issued around WWI, but I have seen cards made of leather and wood (Figure 8). This wooden card is from 1994 and is printed on reverse with all the markings of a modern postcard. It is from a company called Woodcards Australia Pty ltd. To bring in some philately, cards with glitter on them were banned from being sent through the mail at one time and thinking about it, they might impact modern sorting equipment also! Another point to note is under 3.1 Idea, Plan and Treatment – which states “The variety (diversity) of the material is of particular importance.” I am not really sure how this exactly relates to postcard exhibits. One would
expect postcard exhibits, by their very nature, to be largely composed of different cards. With some duplication where the same view is shown when printed by different printers, or a different printing method, or black & white versus colour. However, what if you are collecting postcard views of your local town over time. It may have very similar views but by a range of printers or with minor variations such as different reverses. Such a specialised study in philately will usually be well received but it seems to me that a similar postcard exhibit may not be rewarded for such specialisation. In fact, I have seen at least one postcard exhibit where the study of the reverse of the picture side was considered irrelevant. I hope this doesn’t stop collectors studying their cards, particularly those of one series or one printer. After all the fun is in the chase, such as finding variations on the same card. I think that postcard exhibiting internationally will help bring about a renewed interest in postcard collecting. We may not have another Golden Age of postcards, but I think cards will increase in value as rarity becomes more apparent, and more people chase them. They are an important window on the past that is not fully recognised, except by those who collect them. The nice thing about postcards is that there are millions out there and it is not hard to come up with an area to collect, that hasn’t been done – unlike philately. Give it a go and start collecting. Given their historical interest you may find your friends are a little more interested in your hobby, than your collection of errors on KGV 1d reds. A good place to start are the postcards from where you were born. Even it is only a small town, you will be amazed what is out there. In terms of exhibiting, the two most important issues that I see are having enough qualified judges at the international level and the evaluation of rarity across the world of postcards. It will take time for judges to get familiarity with rarity and in some ways is akin to Revenue judging where rarity can be very difficult to assess. World revenue judges need a lot of experience, as will postcard judges. If you are interested in postcard exhibiting and have specific questions, then I suggest you contact the APF Postcard Convenor David Figg at david.figg@internode. on.net. Your next opportunity to exhibit postcards will be at Sydney in 2019. If you need any further information about stamp collecting, see www.apf.org.au or contact me for information pertaining to this article at Darryl.fuller@home.netspeed. com.au. Stamp News - 59
Market Matters “Best Buy” among Kangaroo series?
Many collectors assume that there are no bargains or sleepers among the Kangaroo stamp higher values. That is actually not true - it just depends on how much experience you have, and exactly how much research you do! I was pricing up a Third Watermark £1 Grey Specimen into stock this week, and looked up the value in the ACSC catalogue. This one was the heavy overprint font type ”D”. Facially, most assume it is common, The Types “C” and “D” Specimen Kangaroos. as that same font was used on the CofA trio, which sell for small sums As a long-time dealer, I know this to be totally really, about $70 for that £1 in hinged absurd, as the Type “D” is a TEN times harder stamp mint. to locate than the type “C” in the same Third WaterI was most surprised to note in the current 2017 mark. I see one each few years. ACSC tell us only ACSC catalogue, that the spindly and condensed 600 of the heavy Type “D” were sold, as it was a Specimen overprint type “C” is the same price in stop-gap Emergency late print, on this watermark. ACSC as Type “D” - for both hinged and unhinged The thinner type ”C” overprints occurred for a on both - $850 MUH and $375 hinged for each, long run on this Third Watermark, and Dr Kellow’s respectively. research in ACSC tells us 4 printings of those were made, and 5,520 copies were sold - near TEN times those of the Type “D”. In reality, the type “D” should be a $1,000+ catalogue stamp hinged.
Accurate numbers now recorded.
First Watermark SPECIMEN - 2169 sets sold. 60 - Stamp News
In fact, it is worth noting that Dr. Kellow’s detailed research of Note Printing Branch files and records in recent years has meant numbers sold of most of the various SPECIMEN and CTO types have now been made available - often correcting older and incorrect information and figures and guesses. As a totally relevant comparison, the 1913 Kangaroo top values overprinted “Specimen” were sold to the tune of 2,169 sets of 3. The ACSC values those 3 hinged mint at $750, $950 and $850 each. I see FAR more of all 3 each decade, than the Type “D” £1 Third - which is obvious, as only a quarter were sold. There are of course some very minor variance
Glen Stephens “fluffy” perfs, or toned gum, and the only ones I saw were one, or all, of these! It is a Specimen Kangaroo type that even the massive $7.15 million Arthur Gray sale did not possess. I did some sleuthing to see WHEN the prices had fallen well out of kilter. Sadly the ACSC had a disgraced eBay alleged “dealer” work on Kangaroos pricing for recent editions, who messed up many of them totally, making a dog’s breakfast of the ones fiddled around with - this stamp included.
Pricing normality gone mad.
Near 500 pages in full colour. on the lettering of the Type “C” thinner overprints, and the so called “Type 1a” (previously called Type “C1”) is cat $3,750 hinged. We know that 184 of these were made, so $3,750 for them, and $375 for the type “D” with 600 sold, is WAY out of whack! This always has been an elusive and greatly overlooked “SPECIMEN”. One client had it on his “want list” for years in the 1990s and even later, and I could never locate him a nice condition example. Price was no object to him really. He refused to accept no gum copies, or the usual
Thankfully he is no longer involved in there it appears, and hopefully many prices will again in future revert to the usual relativity of previous decades. When more experienced heads were at the wheel, the Type “D” was of course always listed at a large price premium, to the far more common type “C”. In the 1999 Edition, the prices for unhinged/hinged for them was $150/$75 “C”, and $225/$125 for “D”. In 2004 when savvier heads worked on pricing, they were $175/$100 and $350/$225 - the hinged stamps being 225% higher for type “D” than Type “C”. Not as much a premium as there really should be, but a fair reflection of scarcity. The 2013 Edition the eBay “dealer” gave us the crazy levels of $750/$375 for “C” and $475/$275 for “D”. So the few 100% premium in 1999 and 2004 Editions was oddly reversed suddenly to a 25% DISCOUNT! Madness. The type “D” is offered Stamp News - 61
Market Matters with gum very infrequently, and is truly scarce. I have “no horse in this race” other than to try and restore normality back to these wacky ACSC prices. I only have one example of Type “D” in stock, as it is quite scarce, and that will doubtless sell before this piece is published. My advice to you is buy ANY type “D” Third, at today’s wacky levels. That place will not be from ME, as I have priced mine around full underweight ACSC, as it is virtually MUH, and fresh with superb perfs and centering. Hunt around - you may get lucky. The gum on these was often rather yellowish, and indeed many offered are no gum “unused” for some reason, but if you can track down a fresh £2 “Arms” Specimen – only 15 recorded attractive MLH copy, grab it NOW!
Add suggestions to ACSC Editor.
Stampboards has a central place to post suggestions of such errors and omissions and typos in the ACSC, that Dr. Kellow does read, as it is a handy one-stop place to amend any mistakes that creep in. tinyurl/ ACSCnotes is the 350 post conga line so far. Please add anything in there you have noticed is amiss. The Brusden-White 10 volume ACSC Catalogues are literally the world’s finest one country set. Far, far, better and more detailed than anything published for the UK or USA, and collectors and specialists can assist Dr Kellow in proof reading current editions, to keep them 100% relevant etc. The recent new ACSC “KGV” catalogue now in full colour for the first time I reviewed recently, and is selling very well. Some price rises were of 500%. Full detailed review of that here: tinyurl.com/ Glen0618 - an essential reference for the collector of this ever popular series. “Knowledge Is Power”. This new volume does not only cover the popular KGV head issues, but all the KGV Commemoratives and Definitives - the Harbour Bridges, Macarthurs, 62 - Stamp News
Anzacs, Sturts, and 1/- Large Lyres etc, and both 6d Kookaburra etc. It is near 500 pages thick, in colour, and THAT is “bang for your buck!” Many older collectors are mentally dismissive of Specimen overprints on Australian stamps for some reason. 40 years back when I started as a dealer, they were generally sneered at by the advanced and senior collectors. (And so were all stamps used on cover!) Fast-forward to 2018, and the true mega scarcity of many these official Post Office emissions are now apparent. The prices of many of them are well into the $1,000s. The unused £2 “Arms” shown nearby I listed up recently on my Rarity Page. It has a Photo Certificate of Genuineness, and was on a dealer card who sold it for $3,150. My price is $1,000 less than that, but the stamp is truly scarce. ACSC tell us only 15 are recorded with this unusual 3mm high overprint, and lists it as 271xd, Cat $5,500 hinged mint. Be careful of eBay - fakes of this, and all kinds of other pricey overprints are offered there of course.
Glen Stephens
The famous 30¢ “Small Cook” FDC The clueless Bunnies hop in with their ears pinned back, hoovering up such “BAAARHGINS” which of course are worth near nothing, when it comes time to sell. As ACSC notes, you MUST have a Cert.
A Decimal FDC to look for.
Many readers likely assume that there are no Australia Decimal era FDCs that are worth looking out for, value wise. They would be very wrong! The one shown nearby sells for $100s, and armed with knowing that, you might well score one cheap one day. Especially overseas, there is no knowledge that this FDC is scarce, and to hear you found one in a local dealer’s box for a couple of bucks in the USA or Canada or Europe etc, would not surprise me to learn at all. The dealer would assume that was “fair value” for a Decimal era FDC. Australia’s Rarest Decimal FDC is the Famous 1970 “30¢ Small Cook”. This has legendary status here, and I have only handled a few genuine unaddressed copies in 40 years of dealing. In 1970
Australia Post decided to tentatively enter the FDC market. It was very low key, and it was not well promoted or publicised. For over 40 years the private major cachet makers had ruled supreme, and anyone with a 20 year run of ‘Wesley’ or ‘Royal’ or ‘Excelsior’ FDC’s, saw no reason whatever to change their buying habits of their favourite brand. And they did not. And hence the PO sold virtually none of their new product. Do NOT confuse this cover with the Post Office cover of exactly the same design and colour and size, but inscribed “Commemorative Cover” on the left hand panel - those are far more obtainable, far cheaper, and of course DO exist with the April 20, 1970 cancels of first day issue. In those days, near a half century back, you needed to have First Day Covers addressed - so sadly MANY were done in handwriting, which looks really terrible. PO staff back then would not simply cancel stamps, and hand back the envelopes. Hence near all one sees are hand or typed addressed, that went in the mail, and sell for at about 25% the price. Stamp News - 63
Market Matters Most are “Large Cook” FDC’s.
The one shown nearby clearly was an exception. What they mostly sold via AP were the “Long Cook” (9” x 4” or DL sized) cover in the exact same design - bearing a setenant strip of 5 x 5¢, and a 30¢ - i.e. a full set of 6. That “Long Cook” cover (identical cachet design) is not too hard to get, even unaddressed, and sells for only $A30 today - myself and all major dealers have them in stock if you want one. The “Small Cook” 30¢, is quite another kettle of fish. Easily the rarest Decimal PO FDC. My guess is only a few 100 were serviced. Many have not survived the ensuing 48 years, and near all of those are addressed. Given the enormous popularity of Captain Cook as a stamp topical, it adds to their world- Solo 30¢ “LONG Cook” also very elusive. wide appeal. because it was NOT intuitive for any collector to I remember back in the 1980’s Stamp Boom era these “Small Cooks” fetched $750, use a single stamp on one cover - they added the set 6. Also the single 30c was not an option that the PO and even so, were near unobtainable. The very popoffered. You had to specially arrange it yourself. The ular and huge selling “PW” Brand illustrated FDC PO “default” was the 30¢ value and strip 5 x 5¢, on album had a special space printed just for this, so ONE long official PO FDC. of course collectors all sought it from dealers. See Kevin Jackson from Caringbah NSW, thankfully much more discussion here on these - tinyurl.com/ thought outside the square, and bought the standard Small30c issues, but ALSO asked specially for a 30¢ on a In the early 1980s when the price hit $750 each, LONG cover. I’ve never seen another solo on a PO there were superb fakes created by Reg Gavin and cover - has anyone? Both superb typed addressed, his miscreant mates in Western Sydney. The only and both with the sought after “Clarence Street” real mistake was, that they used the then current Bureau cancels. A cool pair I sold this week, for not envelope base stock, which had 3 neat segments of much money at all. blue green gum on the flaps. The originals like the one shown nearby, have a solid band of rather patchy, streaky, yellowish gum. 1919 Ross Smith “Vignette” Now 48 years old, in superb unaddressed shape, they The Australian “Local” item most collectors think are remarkably hard to locate. The fakers licked of first, is the pioneering and heroic 1919 Ross Smith down the flaps in panic, so NEVER buy one unless First Flight, England to Australia stamp “Vignette”. you can check the flap gum! This is technically more a semi-official stamp isThe reason the 30¢ “Small Cook” is $100s, is sue, than a “Local” or “Cinderella” as some incor64 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens
Very useful Frommer handbook. Pricier than most £2 Kangaroo stamps! rectly regard it as. It was ordered by the Prime Minister’s Department (by no less than PM ‘Billy’ Hughes personally!) via the Treasury Department. Printed in great haste by T. S. Harrison, and the Commonwealth Note Printing Branch on watermarked paper - the identical CrownA paper we find on 1914 KGV heads, or the “Second” Watermark Kangaroos. This crew were MEGA-SUPERSTARS in this era! Ross Smith enlisted in 1914 in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, landing at Gallipoli 13 May 1915. In 1917, he volunteered for the Australian Flying Corps. He was later twice awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross three times, becoming an Air Ace with 11 confirmed aerial victories. Ross Smith (KBE, MC and Bar, DFC and Two Bars, AFC) was pilot for T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and fought in aerial combat missions in the Middle East. He is mentioned several times in Lawrence’s book, “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”. The legendary Australian cricketer Keith Ross Miller was named after Smith and his flying brother Keith. A fine handbook on the Ross Smith Vignette stamp issue has been written by Tom Frommer - au-
thor of the last Eustis/AAMC catalogue “Bible”. It is 144 pages, and has much previously unrecorded information in it. Every known cover, stamp, vignette, letter and forgery are illustrated and numbered. A fine job.
How to check for Ross Smith fakes.
For the dozen or so hopeful folks who phone or email me each year to ask if their “rare” Vignette they cleverly bought on eBay etc as a super “BAAAAHGIN” is really a super valuable gem, my very simple and accurate answer is - “just hold it up to the light”. If there is NO watermark, you clearly have one of the many types of fakes/reprints done over the years. Not that such minor detail bothers the 100s of dreamers who cheerfully list their fakes up on eBay each year as “Grandpappys treasjure gaurinteed genueen RAAR” ! Some of them are really crude, and some were far better productions. Endless 1000s seem to have been produced over the decades. Edgar Lewy, long term ”Philatelic Exporter” columnist did some quite decent high grade reproductions via Philart in the UK in the 1970s. Edgar’s were by FAR the best “fakes” done. He offered me a large carton of 10,000s of these 30 years ago. Well after he died, I asked wife Lily if she still Stamp News - 65
Market Matters had them, and said she tossed them into the garbage bin in London - a shame, as they were nice efforts, and are seldom seen. Some reprints are so roughly printed virtually none of the perf holes are punched out. And in ALL cases, the colour is quite wrong, not being the deep steel blue of the genuine, as you can see in the photo of my copy above. It is not a “Local” or a “Cinderella” strictly speaking, but in my view is an officially sanctioned and printed label, and should be more correctly termed a “semi-official stamp” production. Major catalogues like Yvert list and price it as an Australian postage stamp issue. Major album makers like Seven Seas Stamps have made spaces for it in printed albums. Many still exist as genuine mint or used stamps, or used Sir Ross Smith still remembered in Darwin. on original cover. A fine MUH sheetlet generally sells for about $A20,000 these days. The fresh MUH one illustrated Detailed 27 page Army record. nearby I sold for $15,000 recently. I do not charge Lance Corporal Rupert Sainsbury’s AIF 27 page serthat for most MUH £2 Roos! vice report is here: tinyurl.com/SainAIF - amazing how much detail they contain! Well worth a look at that detailed site - ignore the Warning you might see Highest on cover price c$A50,000. A really striking looking Ross Smith flight cover was - our clueless Federal Government has not renewed their own Web Security Certificate - appalling. auctioned and invoiced in the region of $A50,000. Rupert Henry Sainsbury enlisted in WW2 as an There are still quite a fair number of these Ross officer, aged 44, living in Kelvin Grove, Queensland Smith Vignettes existing, either as mint sheetlets as at the time, on 5/7/40, and was discharged 8/12/44 illustrated nearby, or on covers with the outer maras a Lieutenant Colonel, in the Australian Corps of gins removed, in all such cases. Signals. The last time I was up in Darwin, I drove down The records show that the “On Active Service” Ross Smith Avenue, and sought out the little known censored mail was written January 10 and 11, 1919 but impressive stone cairn marking his arrival in in the Middle East, and was collected from the AIF Australia in 1919! I later sold a rather interesting 1st Australian Wireless Squadron ex Baghdad. This Ross Smith cover, that is so far removed from the “OAS” troop mail was then handed to their Brigadier usual 1919 Ross Smith covers, and has such history, - General MacEwen. I thought I’d share it here. 66 - Stamp News
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Trooper Sainsbury AIF Record..
MacEwen later handed this mail to Ross Smith in Simla, India, knowing he planned a pioneer flight to Australia. Smith duly carried it on the historic flight ex London in November 1919. Trooper Sainsbury was in fact de-mobbed from the Army, and was safely back in Australia for SIX MONTHS, before his cover arrived in Darwin in 1919! It then took near 3 more months for his letter to arrive in Melbourne, where the “26 February, 1920” date-stamps were all applied to the hastily affixed Vignette “stamps”, and all handed over personally to Prime Minister Hughes, and then delivered via normal mail, under separate Post Office outer cover. So it was probably around March 1920 before it reached Dulwich Hill NSW, near 15 months after being written in the Persian Desert during WWI. This
fascinating cover is shown nearby, and was signed and dated on back by the Engineer - “J. Bennett, Darwin 12/12/19”. Not many were. The Frommer Ross Smith flights handbook above says 29 covers are recorded in total signed by Sargeant Jim Bennett. He tragically died 2 years later. It is of course also an “O.A.S.” (On Active Service) cover ex Baghdad, that AAMC says only 26 covers are recorded as originating from. As can readily be seen from the detailed service records and movements I link to on War Memorial website above, Lance Corporal Rupert Sainsbury was in “Baghdad” from 18-9-18, then “Basrah” returning to Bombay on 5/3/19, then was shipped home to Sydney. Lance Corporal Rupert Sainsbury it is understood, is featured in this fuzzy photo nearby, that he donated to the Australian War Memorial. The grainy old sepia photo nearby, shows members of his Australian AIF 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, and a group of Russian Partisans, in Mesopotamia. War Memorial caption says “Persian Road, Persia. 1917-12. Informal group portrait of operators with the 1st Wireless Signal Stamp News - 67
Market Matters Squadron and Russian Partisans (Partizanski) on the Persian Highway. The Russian detachment consisted of volunteers from different regiments under the command of Bicherakov who had chosen to continue to assist the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force after the Russian Revolution. They had with them a mobile wireless station. A party from No. 1 Wireless Signals Squadron was sent to handle traffic in English. (Donor R. Sainsbury)� 15 months to arrive from Persia! I love postal history - this First Flight cover NSW, via this most famous of all flights. takes on a totally new depth and life, when a few hours research are expended. Written on active serCanada Issues Stamps on Coins set. vice in the deserts of Persia in WWI, hand carried It is an established fact that a rather high percentage to India by Commanding Officer, then on to the UK of stamp collectors, also have an interest in coins via Ross Smith. Then 18 months later it arrived in and banknotes - often with large collections of both.
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New Canada stamp replica set. And many collect Canada. So this interesting new issue might appeal to some of them! Canada issued on August 13th, the first in a set of 3 stamp shape $20 coins, with a perforated edge, made from 99.99% pure silver, weighing 31.86 grams. The other 2 stamp/coins in this trio will be issued in October and December, 2018. Canada’s postal past is lined with philatelic gems, that are a pictorial journey through time. The Royal Canadian Mint’s new “Canada’s Historical Stamps” series is a numismatic tribute to some early 20th century stamp designs, with colourful reproductions, engraved within the “perf2orated” edges, that transform this rectangular coin into a stamp-shaped one. This 3¢ brown/carmine “CONFEDERATION” coin is first in a Limited Edition series of 5000 sets
The next Canada issue in October 2018.
of 3, and travels back in time to 1927 to reproduce a stamp initially issued for Canada’s Diamond Jubilee. A very classy job it seemed to me, looking at their website. Sets 3 can be pre-ordered. The engraved reproduction of the 1927 stamp is near as detailed as the original. Complete with horizontal lines that were the hallmark of intaglio printing, or line engraving - one of the oldest methods of stamp production. More detail here - tinyurl. com/StampsRCM The addition of colour printed over the engraving completes this reproduction of the original brown/ carmine coloured stamp into a $C20 Legal Tender “coin” - however as the issue price is $C139.95, I suspect that very few of these will be used up as legal tender! The next in the series issued October, will be the 20c brown top value of the 1908 Quebec Tercentenary set, SG 195, depicting Jacques Cartier entering Quebec Harbour - a stamp design I have always really loved, and I show that coin/stamp design with simulated perfs nearby. Stamp News - 69
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philatelic clubs & societies new south wales Armidale Circle RSPC: Mtg 2nd Wed Australian Cmwlth Collectors Club of NSW: Mtg 3rd Mon 7.45pm, 1st flr. Philas House, 17 Brisbane St, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2001. Ph 02 9264 8301 Australian Numismatic Society, NSW Branch: Mtg 3rd Monday, Philas House Australian States Study Circle: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Bathurst Stamp Coin and Collectables Club: Mtg 1st Mon 7.30pm, Old Eglinton fire shed, Park St, Elington Blue Mountains Stamp Club: Mtg 4th Friday (ex Dec) 8.00pm Katoomba Public School; PO Box 76, Blackheath Boambee East PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan) 6pm Boambee East Comm. Centre, Bruce King Dr. Ph: 02 66581385 Burwood District SC: Mtg 4th Wed Campbelltown District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan - 4th Wed); @ Catholic Hall Acacia St, Ruse. Inquiries: mystampclub@yahoo.com.au; PO Box 478, Campbelltown 2560 Castle Hill SC Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, Hills District Bowling Club, Jenner Street, Baulkham Hills; PO Box 151 Castle Hill NSW 1765 China Study Group of PSNSW: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Cinderella SC: Produces “Cinderellas Australia” and monographs; PO Box 889, Chatswood, NSW 2057 Club WIlloughby Philatelic Section : Mtg 4th Thursday Earlwood and District SC: Mtg 1st Wed Eastwood-Epping PS: Mtg 1st Tuesday Grafton Stampers & Everything Philatelic: Mtg 1st Sun 2pm (ex School Hols). Grafton Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Queen & Oliver Sts. Ph 02 6642 1363. email gbchurch@bigpond.com. Great Lakes SC: Mtg1st Sat 9.30am , Workshop & Market 1st Sat 9-12, Tuncurry Enq: Ph 02 6555 5664 Gosford PS: Afternoon Mtg 1st Mon Hawkesbury Valley PS (Richmond Stamp Club): Mtg 2nd Thurs (ex Jan) PO Box 28 Richmond 2753 Illawarra PS: Mtg 3rd Wednesday, Room 2, Illawarra Master Builders Club, 61 Church St, Wollongong 7.00 pm. Lord Howe Island Postal History Society: Mtg by arrangement. Contact Pres: Dr William Mayo, 02 9918 6825 Maitland SC: Mtg 2nd Mon ex Jan. ‘Show & Tell’ every mtg E. Maitland Bowling Club, Bank St. Pres. Mark Saxby; Sec. David Carratt; Ph: 02 4932 4045 Email: carrotspatch@tpg.com.au Manly-Warringah Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Tues, cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Milton-Ulladulla SC: Meeting 1pm on 4th Monday of each month (ex Dec.) Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club, St. Vincent Street, Ulladulla Sec. POBox 670, Ulladulla, NSW 2539 Tel. Barbara Smith 0244555214 Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Mudgee Coin Note & Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph 02 63735324 Newcastle PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs, 7.30pm Mayfield Ex-Services Club; 10am 3rd Wed, 48 Mackie Ave, New Lambton, Juniors 11am 3rd Sun, Wallsend Pioneers Hall
act Canberra, Philatelic Society of: 1st Thursday: General Meeting,3rd Thursday: Afternoon Meeting (IF REQUIRED),3rd Thursday: (Evening) Exchange Night, 2nd Tuesday: Postcard Group, 4th Monday: Machin Collectors Group. All meetings 7:45pm, Griffin Centre, Genge Street, Canberra City Postal Address:PO Box 1840,Canberra ACT 2601,Email:psc@netspeed.com.au www.canberrastamps.org
western australia The Airmail Circle of WA: Mtg 5th Monday “Wellington Fair” Unit 18, 40 Lord St. East Perth Tel: 08 9294 3356 Armadale-Kelmscott PS: Mtg 4th Tues; Ph: 08 9397 6525 email: fit.kanga@bigpond.com Bridgetown-Manjimup SC: Mtg 1st Thurs 4.30pm Bridgetown Library Ph 08 9761 4638 or 08 9761 2005 Busselton SC: Mtg 1st Mon, 5pm 7th Day Adv. Church, Alpha St; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.au Canning SC: Mtg 4th Monday Wilson Community Hall, Braibrise Rd Wilson. Ph: 08 9457 7565 Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576 Denmark SC: Mtg 1st Weds Lions Lair Rivermouth Inlet Drive, Denmark. Tel: 08 9848 3325 email: fishneil@westnet.com.au Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, St. Peter’s Church Hall, 4 Hammad St., Palmyra. Circuit books 7pm, meeting 8pm Ph: 08 9284 7125 Have a go SC: Mtg Last Thurs. 137 Edward St, East Perth. Tel: 08 9305 2073 email: nigan@iinet.net.au Kalamunda SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9291 8484
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NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Naremburn 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. , 7:30pm, Sutherland Uniting Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Sydney Anglican PS: 2nd Sat. even months 9.30-2.30 North Rocks Community Church132 North Rocks Road North Rocks 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 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 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
queensland Arana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermccloskey@bigpond.com Bayside Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281. Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 4th Tues. 7.30pm Comm. Hall, 15 Kamerunga Rd., Stratford 07 4033 2211 Caloundra SC: Mtg. 4th Thurs. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 1.30pm. Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Ph: 07 3263 8573 (ah); email: desley@mycelebrant.com Collectors Club Queensland: Mtg 2nd Sunday each month 9am to 1pm - RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park. Contact 0409 130 266 or ccqueensland@gmail.com Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157 Gladstone and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed (Ex. Jan) & 4th Wed (Ex.Dec). Ph. Sec: 07 4978 1155 Ian Rippingale, Gold Coast PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 11.30am, Southport Community Centre, Lawson St, Southport. Ph: 07 5546 3801 Gympie SC: Mtg. 2nd Sun. Jessie Witham Centre 1 - 3pm Ph. 07 5483 9188 email: sandandan@bigpond.com Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983 Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3277 6724. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, righteo274@bigpond.com Lockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226. Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433;
Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.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 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
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 07 3822 6987 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, 7.15pm Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 07 5445 3647 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@ uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg. 2nd Sat 1pm, Salvation Army Hall, Cnr. West St. 7 Anzac Ave. Ph. 07 4635 5623 Email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5535 3168 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi SportsClub, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815
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philatelic clubs & societies south australia
Information about clubs in SA can be obtained from the SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Adelaide, SA 5001. Daytime Ph: 08 8212 3557 or 8223 4435
Australian Airmail Society: 1st Wed. 7.45pm 22 Gray Court, Adelaide. PO Box 395, Edwardstown 5039. Ph: 08 8276 3969 Barossa SC: Mtg 1st Tue 7.30 Greenock Luth Church Hall, Bevan St, Greenock; 19 Evans Street Ancaston 5353; email: ptomely1939@gmail.com; Ph: (08) 8562 8386 Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: teepee@teegee.com.au Bordertown & Districts PS: Mtg: 3rd Thurs. Bordertown PS Contact: K. Grey Tel: 08 8752 0446 or email cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894 City of Noarlunga PS: Mtg alternate thurs,-- Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, Contact 08 85566371 or PO Box 272, Port Noarlunga 5167 Eastern Districts PS: 2nd Thurs (ex. Jan), 7.30pm Senior citizens Hall, 47 Reid Ave. Hectorville; PO Box 240, Magill, 5072; Ph: 0400 156 796 Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608 Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; aydepe@bigpond.com; Ph: 08 8555 3311 SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074. Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st & 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. c/- 9 Moore St., Tranmere, SA 5073 08 8398 2475 Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; The Lions Den, Murray Bridge. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 lmphilsocsec@gmail.com Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan)
victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Bulleen PS Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan) 7.30 pm Veneto Club Upstairs 191 Bulleen Rd Bulleen (PO Box 166, Niddrie VIC 3042)Contact Secretary: Frank 0438830645 Treasurer: Joe 0408560601 Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong 03 5996 9501 Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. PO Box 2477 Taylors Lakes 3038. PH. 0438 901 144. email: footscraystamps@gmail Frankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford. Ph: 5996 3745 Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st Sat 7.00pm, 3rd Mon 1pm (ex Jan) Sat - Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. Mon - Belmont Library, High St, Belmont Ph: 0438578591 (Sec); PO Box 342, Belmont 3216
tasmania Derwent Valley PS: Mtg 4th Mon Devonport Junior SC: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon Devonport SC: 4th Fri, except Dec. 3rd Fri. 7.30pm, Oldaker Christian Centre, Oldaker St, Devonport, 03 6424 3449 devstampclub.org Devonport Stamp Group: Mtg 4th Fri, Public Library Mtg Rms, 7.30pm Ph. 03 6424 3449 Glenorchy SC: Mtg 1st Tues
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1.30pm - 4pm. PO Box 2261,Mt Gambier.Ph: 08 8724 9474 Para Hills PS: Mtg 1st Sun; Community Hall Wilkinson Rd, Para Hills. PO Box 64, Para Hills; Ph: 08 8522 4345 Phillumeny SC: U3/26-28 Crozier Av, Modbury 5092. Ph: 08 8337 6533 Email: www.users.or.net/ figg/amccs Port Pirie PS: Mtg 4th Mon; PO Box532, Pt Pirie 5540; Ph: 08 8632 1105 Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Mtg last Tues, Julia Farr Cent. Canteen, Ground Floor, Fisher St. Ph: 08 8265 7395; PO Box 657, Enfield Plaza 5085 PS of South Australia:1st & 3rdTues; 22 Gray Ct. GPO Box 9800, Adelaide 5001; Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Aust. (Aus. Com. Spect.Grp.): Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm;22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Study Group):Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm; 22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8522 4345 Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Mtg 2nd Tues; SAPHIL House, 22 Gray Ct, Adelaide. email: psandph@arcom.com.au; Ph: 08 8260 3352 Riverland PS: Mtg 3rd Fri, 10am ;Whitmore Hall, Barmera Village; Ph: 08 8595 3023 SA Junior Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Sun 1pm - 3pm;Anyone over 5years, parents welcome. 22 Grey St, Adelaide. 08 8250 0484 Salisbury PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon;StJohns Church Hall. PO Box 336 Salisbury 5108; Ph: 08 8252 2392 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Fri 7.45pm, Old Railway Station (now Community Services Bldng.); Ph: 08 8370 2680 Strathalbyn PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 8pm; Rosa Hoare Room, Lutheran Church Complex Corner, Commercial Rd/North Pde; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 0429 693 747 Ukrainian Collectibles Club: Mtg Wed as per syllabus; PO Box 466, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8345 4033 Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Senior Citizens Club. Taylor St, Kardina. Mtg 3rd Wed ex. Jan; PO Box 178, Bute 5560; Ph: 08 8821 2906 Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd Monday 7.30 pm ex. Jan. Guide Hall, Foster St. 0407 659664 Hungarian PS: Mtg 2nd Wed Latrobe Valley PS: Mtg Last Wed ex Dec 7.30pm, St Lukes Uniting Church Hall, Princes Way, Morwell; Chris Zarb, Sec. ph. 03 5174 3394 Maryborough Stamp Club:Mtg mthly ex Jan 2nd Tues of month 8pm, St Augustine’s Hall, Maryborough. PO Box 295, Maryborough, 3465; Ph: 03 5464 2400. maryboroughsc@eudoramail.com. maryboroughsc.web1000.com Mildura PS: Mtg Last Thurs (ex Dec)Carnegie Building 74 Deakin Ave Ph: 03 5023 8789 Mooroolbark PS: Mtg 1st Tues; Ph: 03 9723 3304 Oakleigh PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan) Oakleigh Public Library, Drummond St, Oakleigh Ocean Grove SC: Mtg 4th Wed. 10am. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Clubrooms Melways: 234 A. Ph. 03 5255 1372 Peninsula SC: Mtg 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, Murray Anderson Rd, Rosebud. Ph: 03 5975 0574 Polish PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Prahran PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) Ringwood PS: Gen Mtg 1st Thurs; Daytime 3rd Mon Ph: 03 9725 0514 email hanszomer@bigpond.com Royal PS of Victoria:Mtg 3rd & 5th Thurs; Daytime 1st Tues Sale SC: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan) Shepparton PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Mechanics Institute, Shepparton. Ph. 0419 560 813 Sherbrooke PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs ex Jan Upwey Fire Brigade Hall, 8pm; Bob Cook Ph: 03 9758 3465 Upper Yarra SC: Mtg 3rd Tues St Arnaud SC: Mtg 3rd Mon (excl. Jan & Dec) 03 54951371 Warragul PS: Mtg 2nd Fri Warrnambool PS: Mtg 3rd Wed 7.45pm St Joseph’s Primary School, Botanic Road;Ph: 03 5561 1470 Waverley PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs 7.30pm, Mt Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Cres, Mt Waverley; Daytime mtg the following Friday, 9.30am, Uniting Church Hall, 482 High St, Mt Waverley. Ph. 03 9898 4102 Obtain Tasmanian clubs information from: Tasmanian Stamp Council, GPO Box 9800, Hobart, TAS, 7001. Ph: 03 6278 7084 Hobart Junior Group: Mtg 1st Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Kingston Junior Group: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Launceston PS: 1st Thurs. & 3rd Sat. ex. Jan. 6.30 pm, Max Fry Hall,TrevallynLauncestonTel: 03 6331 2580 (A/H) Mersey-Leven PS: Contact: 03 6425 3603 Rosny Junior Group: Mtg Last Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Tasmanian PS: Mtg Last Monday (ex. Dec); www.tps.org.au, Legacy House, 159 Macquarie St Hobart
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A64 Advert ASP_Phoenix Letterhead 12/07/2018 4:32 PM Page 1
A selection of items from Auction #64 being held in August 2018 at our new premises, 274A Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills, 3127
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