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THIS MONTH’S OFFERS Blue Owl Stamps stock a wide range of: Australian States, Kangaroos, KGV Heads, Papua, New Guinea, NWPI, GRI in General Issue Stamps and Speciality Items. Do you have a Want List? We’d welcome the opportunity to quote you. The Blue Owl website gives you access to 1000’s of scanned online items for your perusal and the ability to order and transact securely. Outside of our website we are available via phone, fax, email, regular mail or we can organise a personal appointment. For those customers who prefer to deal by mailorder, please contact us and we’ll send you a colour printout of the specific item(s) that interest you. All Blue Owl material is covered by our 100% customer satisfaction guarantee. 1
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2011 Collection of Australian Stamps
A prestigious gift to last a lifetime
Released 2 November 2011 at participating Australia Post retail outlets, via mail order on 1800 331 794 or online at auspost.com.au/stamps while stocks last.
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A closer look at modern Australian stamps: Chris de Haer.. 10 Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ................................................ 16 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................... 22 The Modern Scene: Sel Pfeffer .................................................... 30 Revenue Review: Dave Elsmore ................................................. 36 Ireland: the Definitive Issues: Mike Lee ................................... 40 Cinderella Corner: Tony Presgrave ............................................ 44 Stamps in the News - Globally: Margo Campbell ................ 48 Introducing the APF, Part 20: John Sadler .............................. 52 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................. 56 Johore’s Playboy Sultan: Christer Brunström......................... 64
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A Sensational Discovery! With catalogue valuation 250.000 €
This is a story about a new and amazing find, a story that for millions of philatelists around the world only remains a collector’s dream. A Scandinavian philatelist manages to buy a large All World collection from a European auction house hoping to find some stamps suitable for his own collection. Back home he places the collection on the dining room table and starts to check the stamps. He soon comes across a stamp that alerts his curiosity, but he also realizes that it could be manipulated or forged. The stamp goes into a pile of stamps he later intends to examine further. An undisturbed hour with stamp collecting does not come often and sure enough he is soon interrupted by everyday life. The collection remains on the table for a
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couple of days until his wife gets tired of it and demands its immediate removal. The album and the pile of stamps are quickly placed into a box in a wardrobe and a whole year passes until he remembers the stamp and starts to examine it. You can imagine his surprise but also scepticism when he starts to realize that the stamp might be one of the most famous stamps in Japanese philately and among the rarest issues in the world. After some consideration he sends the stamp to an expert and amazingly it comes back with a certificate that is beyond his greatest expectations. The stamp is legendary in Japan and called “Tama 6 yo” (egg-brown 6). It is a 6 SEN of the Cherry Blossom issue from 1875 in orange brown colour with syllabic (control number) 15 and before this find only 6 other copies were known. The catalogue value is in Michel a quarter of a million Euros and in the Japanese catalogue even a bit more. The postmark is a negative cross used in Tokyo and the condition is perfect. This particular copy is by some Japanese experts considered the best of the few existing copies, which are all owned by great Japanese collectors and in the coming spring a new owner may crown his collection with this jewel. The stamp will be for sale at the Postiljonen Jubilee Auction # 200 on the 28th of April 2012 in Malmö, Sweden. The auction is going to be held in connection with the “Malmö 2nd International Philatelic Summit” which is an international seminar dealing with competitive philatelic exhibiting.
REVIEW: MAIL ROBBERIES BY BUSHRANGERS IN AUSTRALIA 1833 – 1908 by BRIAN R PEACE FRPSL This is a study of how bushrangers, and their armed attacks on the Mails, impacted the social and economic health of Australia, and of the struggle by the authorities to deal with the issue over several decades. It demonstrates how all layers of society were affected by these attacks, and how trade and commerce with the interior were almost brought to a standstill in certain areas. Extracts from Proceedings in Parliament, Post Office Returns, editorials and letters to editors of newspapers indicate how parliamentarians, the judiciary, the police, successive Colonial Secretaries and Postmasters-General were apparently incapable of solving the problem. Incensed settlers, tradesmen, merchants, bankers, coach operators and anyone who needed to travel, were constantly writing irate letters to newspapers demanding something be done. There was impassioned lobbying for guards on mail coaches, but Parliament repeatedly refused to sanction them due to the considerable, expense. A relatively small number of criminals, generically described as bushrangers, were, for a period, holding a country to ransom. In the 75-year period from 1833 to 1908, 430 armed attacks on the Mail have been identified. There are no reliable official figures for the number of mail robberies during this period and so contemporary reports in newspapers and Police and Government Gazettes have been examined, with over 90,000 references checked. There are comprehensive lists of all attacks on the Mails with the names of the mail carriers and perpetrators, where known. The fate of the mails and references for every incident are included.
Containing 209 pages, soft cover, A4 size, with 82 illustrations, many in colour, this book gives a fascinating insight into the chaos which followed the regular disruption of mail services and the protracted battle between bushrangers and the authorities. Maps showing the locations of the attacks are included and the only recorded items of recovered mail are illustrated. There are eight appendices containing lots of additional information, such as dates & places of attacks on the mail by armed bushrangers, fate of the mail, names of bushrangers with aliases, place where attacks occurred, names of mailmen/drivers, etc. This is a fascinating book based on meticulous research and I urge all who are interested in Australian postal history, or Australian history, to obtain a copy. Price UK£30 (US$48, AU$48) plus Postage & Packing (UK£3.25; Europe £5.45; Rest of World £10.00) Order from Brian Peace brpeace@ntlworld.com Preferably pay using Paypal. Or send a sterling cheque to Brian Peace mailed to: 3 The Elms, Church Lane, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, England LS7 4LY
Ken Sanford After printing costs all receipts from the sale of this book will be donated to Children of the Forest, a Child Protection Centre on the Thai/Burma border (UK Charity Number 1109763) www. childrenoftheforest.org Children of the Forest provide abused, neglected, orphaned or otherwise exploited stateless children and mothers with protection from human trafficking or other forms of abuse. They also provide education, medical care and vocational opportunities
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“Desert Magic” Imported Stamp Drying books For those readers who have not seen these Desert Magic books, they are a large A4 sized book (stockbook sized) with thick white Spiro edge binding that as you can see allows them to lay flat. (There is a half sized one which is basically useless in our view.) The pages are of REALLY thick blotting type paper. i.e.thick heavy cardboard thickness. It is some special “fast release” formulation .. no idea what they use, but it really does WORK! There is then a special smooth plastic coating on one side. So you wash your stamps, and if you leave them to air dry on tea towels or blotting paper or newspaper, light creases and bends will always stay there. If they are placed into this book when touch damp (not sopping wet) and left there with the gum side to the plastic side and the front of stamp to the blotter side, they dry perfectly flat, and many light bends and creases vanish. Nearly all of them. It is amazing the difference they make, which is why we sell so many! Readers of www.stampboards.com have acclaimed these as one of the best stamp accessories on the market. Just put your stamps in, pile a few heavy books on top and forget them for a week. Most collectors have two books, as that is the secret ..... do NOT touch them for a week and let them dry slowly under weight. Most important. The special formulation plastic coated side is super important as otherwise many stamps STICK to blotter if damp and between 2 sheets of blotting paper, with heavy weight on top. These do not. Again it is some special coating they have figured out which works perfectly for this specific job. Almost any other kind of plastic sheet you may try to experiment with at home will leave a real ugly mirror like “SHEEN” on the gum side if placed in damp, under weight, which looks really stupid, and really shows what you have been doing. These do NOT. The books last for decades. They really do. A 10/- C of A Roo used and light creased copy will be $100 retail, and one that is nice and flat $200. So the cost of the book is paid 3 fold with just one stamp that is saved. Retail Price is $38 each. For readers we offer 27½% off retail special deal for purchases of two books
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MAJOR ERROR ON NEW ZEALAND ROYAL WEDDING PACKS
Prince William Wedding – *Major Date Error* on NZ Packs – rapidly withdrawn: What a new issue to have a huge error on! The Media event of 2011, with the April 29th Wedding of Prince William of Wales, and Kate Middleton with TWO AND A HALF BILLION viewers globally. William will almost certainly be the next Monarch as Charles/Camilla are not a popular option. NZ issued a Deluxe pack with set, mini sheet and FDC for $20 - and some goose used the WRONG birth-date ... May and not June. Instant panic and NZPO immediately withdrew any on sale at Post Shops. Shades of the Kapa Haka withdrawn issue – a set worth $A9,500 today - http://tinyurl.com/HapaHk - This error made national NZ TV News - http://tinyurl.com/NZpack Only a very few were sold before they were withdrawn. It was re-issued April 1 showing correct June birthday! Leading NZ dealers have them on ebay and offer BOTH packs for $US500 - http://tinyurl.com/WiilPack2 - and from the USA $US215 posted - http://tinyurl.com/WillPackUS - and my price below is clearly less than either. One appeared on online auction site for $2,000 start price - http://tinyurl.com/TradeMePack I understand I have the **ONLY** dealer stock of these in Australia. These are large impressive packs, in a classy Gold Embossed, Deep Royal Violet, in a thick clear protective outer. Even the common reprinted pack was a total sell-out a week before Wedding! - http://tinyurl.com/NZsellout William is a SUPERSTAR in NZ and his recent visit to the Christchurch Earthquake site got him 24/7 media coverage. A ton of folks globally with major Royal Events sign up for “everything issued”. If that means buying two NZ folders, they want both, cost irrelevant. My hunch is these folks alone will more than vacuum up near all packs out there for sale. Add to that the number that collect NZ in some depth, and there is a clear supply/demand collision about to occur. (Check prices on the Aust 1970 PO packs for Japanese buyers - $1,000s each!) I secured a few from a NZ source.
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A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps Up until a few years ago Australia Post finished the annual stamp programme with the Christmas issue (released by the start of November), and collectors had two months to organise their collections. Nowadays the annual stamp programme often extends into November, with many of the Impressions products released in December. This month I wrap up the main stamp programme for 2011, take a look back at what 2011 bought us, and look ahead to what 2012 may bring.
Golf Update (November 2011)
During November 2011 the Royal Melbourne Golf Club played host to The Presidents Cup. This is the second Australia has hosted the event (Royal Melbourne also hosted it in 1998), and to celebrate Australia Post released a number of special items. Three postcard packs featuring golf courses in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland went on sale on 2 November (one is shown in Figure 1). Each pack sold for $9.95 and contained six postage paid postcards. Released around a week later, the souvenir stamp pack containing a special sheetlet of 15 Presidents Cup stamps is an exciting item for modern collectors. The sheet marks the return of two printers: Ego Print and Avon Graphics. It is likely that Ego Print printed the base sheet; and Avon Graphics, who specialise in embellishments, applied screen UV to the cup giving it a glossy finish, and then embossed the image! Apart from containing a new stamp, the sheetlet also contains an interesting printing error, with a red square added to the design of the fourth stamp in the first row (see Figure 2). For full technical details, and a checklist of the varieties found in this issue visit: http://tinyurl.com/ 10 - Stamp News
Figure 1 ausgolf or write to me at the address below.
Christmas 2011 Update (31 October 2011)
As promised last month, Figure 3 shows the three Personalised Stamps™. Printed by McKellar Renown, the two 55c designs feature in the same sheet, but unlike 2010’s Dear Santa stamps, the chequerboard design results in 11 Christmas Tree design and 9 of the Decorations design (instead of 12 of one design and 8 of the other). I surprised my Personalised Stamps™ standing order customers by using the
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extra stamps as postage on their orders. It seems the date of release of the prepaid Christmas cards was delayed. Although they were available to order online from 31 October, orders were not shipped out until 14 November, which is the same week they appeared in post offices. For full technical details, and a checklist of the varieties found in this issue visit (including booklet barcodes): http://tinyurl.com/christmasstamps2011 or write to me at the address below.
China 2011 International Stamp Exhibition (11 December 2011)
Marking Australia Post’s participation at China 2011,
Figure 2. Sheetlet of 15 embellished Presidents Cup stamps with the fourth stamp in the first row showing the ‘red square’ printing error. these two miniature sheets (one is shown in Figure 4) have been popular with collectors (I know Perth’s philatelic desk had to order more in to cope with demand). RA Printing printed both sheets and hence the $1.60 Dingo and $1.65 Kangaroo stamps are the same as those issued in the Philanippon sheet. If your local post office has these in stock, why not use some as postage to stamp collecting friends overseas – the envelopes fit comfortably on a DL or larger cover – and will be much appreciated, as miniature sheets are rarely used on mail. Stamp News - 11
A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps For full technical details, and a checklist of the varieties found in this issue visit: http://tinyurl.com/ chinashow2011 or write to me at the address below.
ANZUS (16 November 2011)
This issue caught everybody on the hop. Commemorating the State Visit to Australia of United States President Barack Obama, the issue also marks the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS Treaty. Very rarely does Australia Post mark a state visit, but the issuing policy does allow for this as ‘meetings and conferences may be honoured on commemorative stamps only in very rare circumstances involving heads of national governments’. The single gummed stamp (Figure 5) was issued in small sheets of 10 stamps. Collectors might also notice that the first day cover postmark is missing the year – I don’t believe this has occurred before. For full technical details, and a checklist of the varieties found in this issue visit: http://tinyurl.com/ anzustreaty or write to me at the address below.
Impressions 2011
By now all collectors on the Stamp Bulletin mailing list would’ve received the Impressions 2011 catalogue. Some of the products are quite imaginative, and it is interesting to see that that the quantities produced of many items are lower than in the past. If the Multisheets are still available when you read this, I would suggest you tuck some away, as these will be of great interest to specialist collectors. My February article will be devoted to a review of the Impressions range, as well as any last minute 2011 releases. In the meantime information on each 12 - Stamp News
Figure 3. Christmas 2011 Personalised Stamps™. Impressions item is available on my website at http://tinyurl.com/impressions2011
2010-2011 Annual Report
Some might think Australia Post’s Annual Report would be the last thing a stamp collector would want to read, but these often contain useful information. Australia Post made pre-tax profit of $332.3 million, up from $253 million in 2009-10. This result is impressive when you consider that many other post offices around the world are facing precarious financial positions, and are raising domestic prices, cutting services and/or closing post offices. The 2010-2011 report was released in October 2011, and announced that ‘Philatelic had another strong year, with sales up 3.9 per cent on 2009-10’. Stamps and collectables for the Royal Wedding, Mary MacKillop’s canonization, Christmas and the Melbourne Cup enjoyed the strongest sales. Further along in the report it’s mentioned that sales of the Queensland Flood Charity issue raised $135,758 in donations (suggesting just 67,879 sheets were sold of the 250,000 printed (up to 30 June 2011)). The report also recognises that Philatelic is one of the significant reasons people visit a post office. Perhaps with Philatelic performing so strongly, and other services such as bill payment increasingly moving online, Australia Post might increase the promotion of philatelic products through advertising in store, and placing more products on sale in more post offices? Finally, buried deep in the financial reports is
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Figure 4. One of the two miniature sheets released for China 2011. a curious item ‘Unearned postage revenue’. Some collectors are under the misapprehension that when stamps are sold to collectors most of the money the collector hands over, except for GST and production and handling costs, goes towards Australia Post’s profit. This isn’t the case as any mint stamps sold can be used as postage in the future. Australia Post must make an allowance for the amount of money earned from these sales, as a service has not yet been provided. This is treated as a liability, which affects the overall profit, and totalled $62.5 million in 20102011 (down from $68 million in 2009-2010).
2011 Summary
The last twelve months saw the release of Australia’s first charity stamps for the Queensland floods, which was also Australia’s first self-adhesive only issue. Stamps gained significant media exposure with the release of the Legends, CHOGM, ANZUS and Royal Wedding issues. A pleasing number of issues consisted of just a single stamp, and we had Australia’s
first ‘instant’ self-adhesive booklet for the Royal Wedding, as well as our first 3D stamps. While basic domestic rates remained unchanged we had two international rate increases, with the April rates lasting just three months. On the postal stationery front, the centenary of the first release of Commonwealth postal stationery was marked with new definitive prepaid envelopes. It appears the postcard packs released in 2010 were successful with nine further packs released in 2011, along with new miniature maximum cards (which at the time of writing have not
been seen). Looking at the territories, we had the second joint territories issue for the 50th anniversary of the WWF. The two big Australian Antarctic Territory issues each had a ‘first’ – the first self-adhesive booklet for the territory (Icebergs) and first time the territory’s stamps have been inscribed with ‘AAT’ (AAE Centenary). Both Indian Ocean territories had colourful sheetlets, Lunar New Year for Christmas Island and Colours for Cocos (Keeling) Islands. With so much happening, how does 2011 compare with previous years? Such a comparison is fraught with difficulty, as most collectors don’t collect everything released by Australia Post. Nevertheless, I will tackle this in my next column.
Looking Ahead to 2012
By the time you read this you should’ve received the next Stamp Bulletin and details on the Year of the Rat issue. We’ll have another issue celebrating Australian Legends, and this year’s Queen’s BirthStamp News - 13
A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps day issue will probably saries of famous people, so we be replaced with an issue might have stamps celebratin February celebrating ing the lives of Steve Irwin the Queen’s Diamond (1962-2006), writer and Nobel Jubilee (as occurred with Prize laureate Patrick White her Golden Jubilee in (1912–1990) and artist Russell 1992). We’ll see religious Drysdale (1912-1981). Events that may not be celand secular designs for Christmas, along with a ebrated with a separate stamp issue, but with a souvenir sheet Christmas Island Christmas issue. are the 50th anniversaries of Other returning issues the 1962 British Empire and Figure 5. Press release image of the ANZUS will include another senCommonwealth Games held stamp. sational Colonial Heritage in Perth, and Rod Laver’s first issue and the next issue in tennis Grand Slam (perhaps the Australian Antarctic Expedition series celebratusing the 2003 Legends issue). 2012 also marks the ing the expedition’s arrival and exploration. I also centenary of the first women to represent Australia hope we see another Art Gallery issue (it would be a at the Olympics, although Fanny Durack’s gold disappointing to see this series disappear, as has been medal in 1912 was commemorated on an issue in the fate of several other series that were originally 1996. meant to continue for several years). Stamp show wise, we have three national exhibiThe London Olympics (27 July-12 August) tions: the biennial Canberra Stamp Show (16–18 will be celebrated with an issue, along with instant March) (see http://www.canberrastamps.org), Perth stamps issued within days of each Australian gold (17–20 May) (see http://www.p-s-w-a.com) and medal (Royal Mail will also celebrate their gold Hobart (16–18 November) (see http://hobartstampmedallists with instant stamps). As with past Sumshow2012.com), which will no doubt each have a mer Olympics, an issue celebrating the top Paralym- miniature sheet and other souvenirs (see each show’s pian from the Olympics will probably follow in late website for more information on souvenirs). October/early November. Australian libraries have deemed 2012 to be ‘National Year of Reading’, and it would be great to see If you see anything new or unusual then Australia Post get behind this initiative – if you can’t contact me. read or write, then you can’t use the postal service. Website: http://stamps.chrisdehaer.com.au See http://www.love2read.org.au/ for more information. E-mail: stamps@chrisdehaer.com.au 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the first perAddress: PO Box 1448, Booragoon WA formance of the Australian Ballet; the centenaries of 6954 the Commonwealth Bank (though this may not be celebrated, as it has been privatised) and the granting Visit my website for comprehensive of Australia’s current coat of arms by Royal Ascent; information on Australian and territorial and the 150th anniversary of John McDouall Stuart’s new issues, and stamps for sale. successful crossing of Australia from south to north. Australia Post only celebrates the birth anniver14 - Stamp News
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Grant Carter PO Box 16, Northcote, VIC 3020 Ph: 03 9480 2193
Alf Clark PO Box 53, Box Hill, VIC 3128 Ph: 03 9808 9717
John Cornelius PO Box 23, Magill, SA, 5072 joda99@bigpond.net.au
Ken Cowden PO Box 108, Bateman’s Bay, NSW 2536 Ph: 02 4472 5231 Kenbetty@bordernet.com.au
Edenzac Stamps: Tim Papadopoulos Ph: 03 9791 7733 edenzac@optushome.com.au
Gold Coast Stamp Traders
GPO Box 302, Suva, Fiji Ph: 679 3319183 stephenj@connect.com.fj
John Hurtado/KGV Collector PO Box 40, Russell Island, QLD 4184 kgv_stamps@live.com.au http://australiankgvusedstamps.blogspot.com
Heather Johnson c/- PO Box 7436 U. Ferntree Gully, Vic., 3156 Ph: 0419 532 093 philatelicheather@yahoo.com.au
Robert Kennedy Stamps P/L Shop 4, 155 Castlereagh St, Sydney, 2000 Ph: 02 9264 6168 www.kennedystamps.com.au stamps@kennedystamps.com.au
Kevin Morgan Stamps & Coins PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Ph: 03 9729 0082 kevinmorgan2@golive.com www.kevinmorgan.com.au
Maree Nieuwenhuizen PO BOX 457, Bayswater, VIC 3153 Ph: 03 9762 1848 maree@mpnstamps.com
Mike Lee 7 Colbury Rd, Bayswater Nth, VIC 3153 Ph: 03 9729 5855 mlphilatelics@bigpond.com
Ray Pinniger PO Box 9008, Scoresby, VIC 3179 Ph: 03 9753 3520 bevvyc@optusnet.com.au
Chris Snelling Stamps
Glen Stephens 4 The Tor Walk, Castlecrag, NSW 2068 PH: 02 9958 1333 glen@glenstephens.com www.glenstephens.com
Sydney Philatelics Graeme Fudge PO Box 122, Milton, NSW 2538 Ph: 02 4455 4011 info@sydphil.com www.stampsaustralia.com.au
Lyndsay Tooley PO Box 441, Norfolk Is. NSW 2899 Ph: 06 7232 3778 stamps@ninet.nf
Con Vayanos 64/3030 The Boulevard, Emerald Lakes, Carrara, QLD, 4211 Ph: 07 5578 1744 convayanos@hotmail.com
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The internet is a marvelous medium for research, and postal history is a major beneficiary of its introduction. IT opens up whole new fields of interest and discovery for cover collectors wanting more from their Philately than basic stamps can deliver; from learning about the sender and/or recipient of an article, through to adventures or misadventures which may have been visited upon the article in its journey from A to B. Traditional stamp collecting can participate in this exciting new world of discovery to a limited extent only, if at all. Examples of how broad access to IT can add interest, Figure 1. Singapore to Perth with beach stopover near Darwin and even assist in building an exhibition collection, are provided this month. Figures 1 incidents, all destined for Australia, which owe to 8 are original finds involving significant transit their discovery to modern research, including via the internet. They also provide an insight in to the kind of philatelic material which inspires this columnist. Figure 9, on the other hand, is the very antithesis of such aspirations, and is included by way of contrast, as much as it is a plea for sanity to prevail. Now that details of flight schedules for most Airlines which carried mail are accessible, at least to around 1945, it’s possible to determine in many instances if a cover you have was involved in a misadventure of some nature. So it is with Figure 1, where from the date posted at Singapore (11 Jan 1935), we can ascertain that this Figure 2. Perth again the destination for an incident-related article item would have been loaded to 16 - Stamp News
probably be bemused to learn he was participating in creating a highly collectable item of postal history. The postcard has typed inscription “via Italien (Brindisi) -/ Singapore-Port Darwin”, and was loaded aboard Imperial Flight IE317. Hanno, which flew the leg from Brindisi, suffered a damaged undercarriage upon landing at Rutbah (Iraq), on 27 Feb. The mail load and passengers were transferred to Horsa, which resumed the service 1 Mar, arriving Darwin 8 Mar. Airmail postcards to Australia in the 1930s are scarce, particuFigure 3. Air France stationery, but Imperial the carrier larly from foreign origins. Imperial Airways, and its Imperial Airways Flight IE303, which departed Sinpartner QANTAS, carried the lion’s share of air mail gapore 15 Jan 1935. A day behind schedule, the Pilot to Australia in the 1930s. Figure 3 utilizes an Air of Athena flew through the night and from Koepang (now in West Timor) across the Timor Sea to Darwin. A violent storm was encountered en route, and unable to locate Darwin Airport, the Pilot chose to make a forced landing, on a beach near Point Stuart, about 95 kilometres east of Darwin, on 16 Jan. QANTAS Pilot, Capt Hussey, flew from Darwin to the rescue, but in departing the scene struck a bog at high speed, the propeller hitting mud and disintegrating. Athena was able to take-off the following day, and the subject item reached Perth 19 Jan. Athena would not be so fortunate in a later incident (see Figure 5). The individual sending the postcard (Figure 2) from Essen Germany to Perth on 21 Feb 1935 would Figure 4. No blue skies for Flight IE415 Stamp News - 17
Figure 5. Unusual participant in the Athena loss France envelope, but from Greece to Australia it was Athena fire on 29 Sep 1936 is from Great Britain and Europe. The airliner caught fire and was destroyed the British and Australian airlines which performed at New Delhi, while the engines were being started, the service, aboard Imperial Flight IE393. The long journey commenced in Yugoslavia on 15 Nov 1935, and when at Hua Hin (Thailand), Arethusa was delayed 2426 Nov due to waterlogged airfield. To avoid further delay, the mail was sent by rail to Bangkok, from where it was loaded aboard Sydney, which resumed the service to Australia 27 Nov, arriving three days later. Adverse weather was the bane of Pilots in the 1930s. Imperial Flight IE415 was delayed by storms for two days 4-6 Feb 1936 at Corfu and Athens, where Figure 4 joined the service, destined for Australia. Worse was to come, for on 7 Feb Helena force-landed at Felujah (Iraq), where it remained for two days due to continuing storms. Most surviving mail from the Figure 6. Flight IE617 not for the faint hearted 18 - Stamp News
Figure 7. Unusual origins always welcome in exhibits
unusual origins, destined for Australia. Figure 7 certainly fulfills that criterion, Latvia being a particularly exotic origin. This item was on board Imperial Flight IE660, Ceres, having been caught in heavy monsoonal rain 12 Aug 1938, made a forced-landing in Lake Dugari (Central India). The aircraft was unable to continue, being stuck in soft mud in the shallow lake. The mail was carried by bullock cart for 32 kilometres, and by car for a further 16 kilometres, to join the railway to Lake Gwalior. There the relief plane Capella
using oxygen bottles rather than compressed air. Figure 5 is the only cover present at the incident which I’ve noted from U.S. Originating at Knoxville, Tennessee, on 12 Sep 1936, it’s endorsed “Via/New York/&/London Eng”, a long journey to arrive in Melbourne. It arrived in London by 23 Sep, in time for Imperial Flight IE482. By 7 Oct it had reached Melbourne. Some evidence of its misadventure is evident; 35 mail bags out of 113 were salvaged largely intact. Multiple incidents involving one airmail service are rare occurrences. Imperial Flight IE617 was one such hapless service. Coolangatta force-landed at Corfu (Greece) 10 Jan 1938, due to inclement weather, resuming the flight the following day. Relieved at Karachi by Aurora, that plane was unable to land at Delhi due to fog, and force-landed 50 kilometres northwest, slightly damaged. The mail load and passengers were removed to Delhi by car, and Arethusa assumed the load, arriving in Australia 20 Jan. Surviving mail from this dual incident is rare, Figure 6, from Poland, being the only item from that country I’m aware of. In my airborne mail incidents exhibit I’ve made it a point to seek out and include items which are from Stamp News - 19
was waiting on the day of the incident. Maintaining the tradition of unusual origins, Figure 8, from Bulgaria, found itself on board Imperial Flight IE670, where on 16 Jul 1938 at Sharjah Corio was involved in a collision with Cooee, both QANTAS planes. Circe took over the load the following day. And so ends this foray in to the world of air mail incidents. Now for something completely different. Figure 9 was Lot 178 in Prestige Philately Sale 169 (my thanks to Prestige for use of the scan). A variant of Figure 8. Art deco ram advertising cover from Bulgaria a “SPECIMEN” overprint, itself a variant type, where the Maintain “S” in shaved, and the “C” normal overprint provides an excellent example of hooked, it realized $18400 how catalogue recognition can create a mountain (including premium). This same item had been Lot out of a molehill. British Empire equivalents of that 712 in the Gray collection, then realizing US$5500 phenomenon are the “scroll” varieties of Bermuda, (approximately AU$8100 with premium). As an aside, one of the handful of Gray non cover/tag items Leewards, Nyasaland Protectorate, amongst which surely are some of the lousiest excuses for “varieties” which have sold for more than was realized in the 2007 sale. The ACSC catalogue value (2004) for this ever to be catalogued. There can be only 12 of this particular Specimen item is $4500. variant, and such low numbers in philately potentially Now, ironically, I have to accept much of the can engender a cargo cult like following. Never mind, blame for the creation of this philatelic aberration. however, that there are spectacular colour-omission It was during my watch that the and other eye candy contender errors of Australia of “variants” were first introduced which less than 12 examples are recorded, and which to ACSC. I thought at the time realize far less that 18 grand. And remember, that “mmm, crummy excuses for a sum is for an item from a series produced wholly for listing, but what the heck, I’ll go collectors, with absolutely zero postal significance along with it, after all the price (or philatelic importance), brilliantly conceived by a differentials between “variety” canny Post Office person, solely for revenue raising and normal are not that great.” purposes. Philatelic confections in nature, philatelic Fast-forward and the present differential between variants and trivial pursuit in practice, the variants are text book examples of contrived rarity, and too much capital with nowhere else to go, hotly in pursuit. Figure 9. Too much capital with nowhere to go? What do I expect for 18 grand? At a 20 - Stamp News
Figures 10 and 11. Plenty of fun in a sideline meter collection minimum, a best-of-kind, indeed “unbeatable”, oneframe exhibit, capable of delighting and inspiring those who cast eyes upon it. The eight items featured above (Figures 1 to 8), some of which are unique origin/destination items, would repose comfortably in an international standard Aerophilately collection. Yet, by way of comparison, presently would probably realize about one third of what the 10/- Specimen made, on a sunny day that is. Unapologetically, the subject Specimen wins my “Burn your fingers recipe par excellence” philatelic award for 2011. The title of the movie in the advertising meter (Figure 10) which follows I found irresistible to slot in here. Now that’s off my chest (well, almost), let’s finish up on a lighter note! For my philatelic taste, I find attractive meter cancellations very collectable. They can be rare, and when one finds them the price
can belie that rarity, and desirability. Take Figure 11, for example. What a riot, one which probably would struggle to achieve double digits on eBay! Fun collections of meter subjects can be assembled for very modest sums, and the introduction and application of the meter franking system is of significant worldwide philatelic importance. Which cannot be said of the aforementioned Specimen. Rod Perry has been a philatelic trader since 1962 and a Stamp News advertiser since the 1960s . He founded Rodney A Perry Auction Galleries (now Millennium Philatelic Auctions) in 1971. As a collector he has exhibited nationally and internationally. Rod prefers his used stamps on cover and likens taking a stamp off its original cover to converting a tree to woodchips. Past editions of this column may be accessed on Rod’s ‘rap.com.au’ Stamp News - 21
Market Matters: Check those specimen kangaroos!
I outlined last month the enormous The owner had “cleaned out” the perharm being done to the price levels of forations on most, if not all his Specibetter Australia stamps due to the total men stamps. The full ACSC is $4,500 for inertia by the publisher of the ACSC hinged, but it was invoiced for series. To recap - there are plenty of will$A18,640 after a bidding war between collectors in England, America and ing senior collector and trade members anxious to assist with time, money and Australia, with one of our local buyers being successful. expertise to help out - but they are hitHence my point that following ting a solid brick wall. ACSC prices for many Kangaroo Dr. Geoff Kellow keeps the data up pieces will see you not remotely in the to date as I understand it, and experace. rienced dealers price it up – but the publisher seems to refuse to print any of it. Over 4 times full ACSC That situation hopefully will soon $18,640 for this Specimen This one sold for more than FOUR resolve to some positive end, for the times ACSC. And was ugly! Roo health of the hobby here. Prestige claimed it in the room and Terribly sad, and hopefully the in press releases, as a record price for publisher will snap out of the mental freeze mode of a single Kangaroo Specimen. recent years, or SG or someone else will make the I’d call it a dead heat tie for price with the £2 running even moreso. inverted overprint that the late Simon Dunkerley bid The “Kangaroos” Volume was published well on at Gray, shown nearby, but both prices are amazbefore the record breaking 2007 Arthur Gray $7.15 ing! million sale of FIVE years back. Reason for the high price on this 10/-? The “S” and “C” of Specimen are slightly deformed, making it the scarce type “C1” overprint. “Roos” Volume now 8 years old To illustrate just how way behind the market those Prestige had a rant in sale cat - and I agree with old 2004 prices are, was a fine offering of Kangaroo it, that these variants have been given pretty bizarre ACSC designations, and are badly in need of revi“Specimen” overprints offered by Prestige Auctions in Melbourne. sion. I flew down for the sale, and the All the “variants” are truly mibidding for many of these items was nor, and it may seem odd to many that a rather ugly stamp - otherwise akin to the action that went on in worth $100 or so, gets near $20,000 the room at the Arthur Gray sale in due to that … collectors at work! Washington that I was also lucky to attend. A highlight was the basically Missing colours still get complete collection of “Specimen” bucks overprints on Kangaroos, formed by A stampboards member recently Melbourne surgeon, Dr Aubrey Pitt. attended a Sydney suburban The 10/- Third Watermark shown nearby was hinged, real badly centred, and had “lumpy/fluffy perfs”. Invoiced for $A18,750 – in 2007 22 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens general auction, and bought a number of albums of stamps for a figurative “song”. One of Kangaroos with rare imprints and monograms etc. One stuffed full of KGV. One with unrecorded KGVI imperfs and major freak perfs. etc, etc. The Auction was not publicised via an ad in magazines like “Stamp News” and had it been, the vendor (Public Trustee) would have likely realised about $75,000 extra for the estate, than the puny amount they got. A scandal really, but that is what occurs when collectors make no notes in their wills about where THEY want their stamp collections disposed of, to best effect, as I regularly urge readers to do. A small part of the hoard was auctioned at the same Prestige Auction I attended in mid November.
A $13,400 Bonus find
One of the pieces is illustrated nearby, a strip of 6 of the 1970 6c Flower coil. Along with several other nice pieces he bought, it recently got a clear RPSV Certificate. This coil strip is a lovely piece. The magenta colour is totally missing from 2 stamps of the 6, as readers can see. The stamp is ACSC 534cc, cat $6,000 for a used single in the way out-dated 2002 “current” edition. Why list just a used single price? Well the A doubtless unique strip 6
ACSC states: “One example with magenta printed omitted, used on piece cancelled at Sydney has been recorded. This error was previously listed and priced mint, but no evidence has been found for the existence of mint examples” This mint strip was purchased decades back from a large NSW dealer, and the purchase invoice was with the collections bought cheaply at the suburban auctions. The hammer fell at $11,500, on estimate $10,000. So buyer was presumably invoiced around $13,400 after all the add-ons, and made an astute purchase, I think history will show us.
A very astute purchase
The vendor was happy that it got above estimate, so WIN-WIN all around, and hope the pre-publicity in my column flushed out a bidder or three! I have a number of Australian major missing colours from the same era on my Rarity Page now, that are in the ‘5 copies known’ region, for just $2,000 or so each. This area, compared to Kangaroo errors and imprints and monograms is wildly under-rated I’d say. A Kangaroo piece of only 5 units known is WAY into 5 figures as a starting point. Once again the ACSC Decimals volumes all being TEN years old now, make setting a fair price on scarce Decimal pieces a total lottery - for either buyer or seller. Extremely damaging and de-stabilising for the hobby, and let us hope the New Year sees some common sense prevail in this area.
Low Class Hookers?
It is sad to see large Philatelic Bureaus prostituting themselves by selling things that look like stamps, but are simply non-postal jam labels. Hungary issued the garish jam label shown nearby in 2009, to commemorate that very mixed-up musical performer Michael Jackson. The label was made to resemble a stamp miniature sheet, and had the Hungary Post logo on it, Stamp News - 23
Market Matters and was and still is, offered on their website for about $US45 – for 10,000 Forint to be precise. Why on earth these things do not just get issued with a 10,000 Forint face value beats me. They would get in catalogues then, and thus sell far more copies. The passing of Steve Jobs at age 56 – the co-founder, and widely acclaimed brains behind the Apple Computer empire, was likewise just “commemorated” by Hungary. On December 1, Magyar Posta issued the perforated “Souvenir Sheet” shown nearby, in a little folder.
Mindful of the lawyers?
No sign of an Apple logo anywhere on it that I could see – probably mindful of getting sued. Apple attorneys are globally feared. That little confection sold for a mere 1,000 Forint – about $US4.50. Why Jobs is worth only 10% of the Jackson Jam Label I am not sure. Caption on Steve Jobs sheet - Jobs only worth 10% of Jackson? 5,000 were made, and even if all sell, to lose all
$45 for this non-postal junk your philatelic credibility for just $22,500 seems a very low price to put on it. I was taken by the strong resemblance of Jobs in that image to the Indian legend – Mahatma Gandhi – what do readers think?
Cancels Go Crazy.
A lot of readers own or handle or encounter the common letter rate Australian States material from the 1890s -1910 era, that are very common. These usually have a value of a few cents each used. Indeed they are often still sold for peanuts as “bundleware”. However many of them have town or numeral postmarks on them, that make them worth many times more than a FU £1 high value from the same State! I have noticed a few selling recently for terrific prices, and I record them Jobs only worth 10% of Jackson? 24 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens
Above: $1,500 nothing to sneeze at! Left: $2,000 from a junk box? here for the possible interest/profit of others.
Would you spot this one?
This Victoria “1432” cancel shown nearby was invoiced in late November for over $2,000 on an estimate of $300 by Phoenix Auctions in Melbourne. Numeral “1432” was allocated to Glenmaggie, and later renamed Dawson. A very nice find by someone! At the same November Phoenix sale, someone
ran up an invoice for more than $A1,500 for this well struck scarce cancel illustrated here - “276” of Freshwater Creek. It also had a pre-sale estimate of $300 ... so again got very keen interest from those with far sharper eyes and deeper pockets than mine. Please excuse the rather garish scans of both – best the Auction could supply me with. A must for all readers
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Market Matters
Big prices. Both of them got FAR more than a superb MUH 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge stamp would sell for – yet probably cost the owner zero. The superb 420 page Freeman/White “Cancels of Victoria” hardbound volume is where one finds out More superb Victoria cancels
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REAL illustrations of numerals
WHAT numerals are scarce. I have sold literally scores of these books in the past year or two – tinyurl.com/cdsVict - and just one find like these, will of course re-pay the book’s cost FIFTEEEN times over. The superb feature of Freeman and White are the
Glen Stephens series have a strong following. amazing number of clear real cancel photos of the many sub The circa 1900 town cancels types of each numeral. And on “Pictorials” also are very keenly sought. precise date ranges recorded. Members of Stampboards. Both an understandable com have tediously transcribed major weakness of Purves and the earlier pioneer works. the lists of numbers against towns, but there is absolutely These two cancels are illustrated therein, so clearly no substitute for having the printed reference books on there are others recorded. hand. The handbook also covers and A Prestige Auction of June rates all the “Butterfly” and A $1,100 Tasmania cancel last year had a rather watery “Barred Oval” earlier numeral looking “NEW RIVER” town cancels, and illustrates near all cancel on a common 2d violet, that was invoiced at of them with actual photos. over $1,100. I was chatting to Hugh Freeman at the recent Another copy had previously sold at another aucNorthern Beaches Stamp Expo, and he tells me he tion for over $1,200, so clearly a sought after strike. is in the midst of selling his ICELAND cancels and I love the cds cancels on Tasmania Pictorials, and getting huge prices! started a sideline collection of them 30 years back. The mind boggles at how someone in Sydney Scarcer ones turn up all the time in kid’s albums amasses such material, but that is the global nature and junk lots, if you remember the towns for the of our hobby. more elusive ones, which very luckily I do – mostly! There are quite a few different $500+ town canNSW cancels book in progress cels from Tasmania, and the pictorial stamps being A little birdie tells me much progress has been so large really can show them off wonderfully. made on a detailed NEW SOUTH WALES cancel Many of them only cost a dollar or so each, and handbook, so fingers crossed for more news on that. offer a great new challenge to take on! Ditto for the just as useful recent Bernie Manning “Queensland” cancels tomes – where he even rates those cancels on KGV heads and Kangaroos - com“Stamp News” certainly gets around! pared to QV Chalon heads. Subscribers will know that the front cover of the See past magazines for my detailed reviews of “November” Magazine depicted the superb new those two books. South Georgia stamp set 8 featuring explorer Frank Wild. My Mantra has always been “Knowledge Is Power” and I think I’ve sold The 2 pages of text relating more of BOTH those books to that was removed, just as than any other dealer globally, the magazine went to press, to as I actively urge clients allow the 2 page Obituary to whether dealer or collectors, to dealer Dianne Cooper to make have BOTH of these essential the magazine. books in their libraries. The text and photos relating The cancels of Tasmania to the stamp issue appeared on also fetch super prices quite 1911-14 Antarctic Expedition often. The early numeral reminder. Stamp News - 27
Market Matters
EVERYONE reads “Stamp News” pages 6 of 7 of last month’s “December” Magazine. The Managing Director or Pobjoy Mint in the UK - who design the stamp issues for Falklands, South Georgia and many others is an old friend, and arranged some unique promotion for “Stamp News” on the island. The official launch of the stamps on South Georgia late November, saw a special board made up
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with that “Stamp News” front cover on it. John Smith from Pobjoy assures me the images you see nearby are REAL photos taken on the island – they are not ‘photo-shopped’ or manufactured in any way. There were King Penguins and seals on the beaches where the photos were taken, with the magazine front cover. The SEAL of Approval
Glen Stephens
Looking the part in Abu Dhabi The numbers of penguins is large. I flew once from Southern Chile to the Falkland Islands to spend Christmas, as I really wanted to see the King Penguins. I’d got hooked on penguins the year before in Antarctica, but the Kings like the “warmer” climes of the Falklands region! So are seldom seen on Antarctica. Also shown nearby is the 95p stamp, which celebrates Wild’s role in the 1911-14 Antarctic Expedition, so famously associated with Australia’s Sir Douglas Mawson.
Season’s Greetings!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all readers of this column wherever you are based - and your families and loved ones. Stamp-wise this has been a very exciting and interesting year. “Thank You” to all readers for the many phone calls and emails with comments - for AND against what has been written here! I travelled a lot as always this year – way over
100,000 miles as I do annually. We made several trips to South America – and will be there again as you read this! And made dozens of trips all over this country doing insurance valuations, and buying stamps etc, etc. Flying to Shanghai via Malaysia overr 3 days for Christmas, and then back a few days for a real biggie. Off on a 30,000 mile trip to the southern states USA, and then Argentina or Brazil for New Year’s Eve. Visited each one of the old Arabian “Trucial States” midyear, and the development there is out of this world. Many collectors and dealers have taken my advice on how to fly to anywhere in Europe or the Americas in Business or First Class, for often HALF what the airlines charge – ask me! “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year”, to one and all. Be safe - and enjoy the break!
Glen Stephens has written monthly ‘Stamp Tipster’ columns for over 25 years. A vast library of past articles is at: www.glenstephens.com/column.html
Glen Stephens 4 The Tor Walk, Castlecrag, NSW, 2068 Ph: 02 9958 1333 email: glen@glenstephens.com Website: www.glenstephens.com
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The Modern Scene A focus on Framas, Reprints, Booklets and other Modern Material APTA’s Melbourne Stamp Show 12th – 13th November This show was coupled with APTA’s Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards. This seemed a good reason for Lorna and I to fly down and meet up with many friends and colleagues. In the early 1990s when I was the Queensland representative on the ASDA executive, (forerunner of APTA), I went to Melbourne regularly but it is probably over ten years since we were last here. The biggest surprise was the massive developments in the Docklands area, which is set to almost double the area of the CBD. We were tourists for two days and enjoyed the city sights, the Puffing Billy, the Dandenongs and the lush Yarra Valley. Although the tragic fires of Black Saturday will never be forgotten, it is hard to picture the devastation when all is now so beautiful and green in the areas we saw. Near our home in Queensland we worry about occupants of homes on flood-prone river flats in Ipswich and Brisbane and can emphasise with our coach captain who commented on some beautiful homes in the spectacular Mountain Ash forests – “It is not a matter of if but when there are going to be bushfires here”. The Stamp Show, held for the first time in Box Hill’s lower Town Hall, went off well with the room full of stamp and coin dealers, most of whom seemed to be doing reasonable business. The APTA dinner on Saturday night was fairly informal and the annual auction of special numbers and the odd printer’s trial took place with some spirited bidding. Yours truly was successful with a few nice number 001’s. Booklet Barcodes These continue to cause headaches. I have previously published Philatelic and General bar-codes on page 58, July Stamp News. Barcodes for the balance of 2011 are as follows: $12 Dame Nellie Melba Bklt. General barcode - 217648 Philatelic barcode – 217662 $8.25 Bush Babies Shlt.(Roo) General barcode - 228286 Philatelic barcode - 228651 30 - Stamp News
$11.75 Bush Babies Shlt.(Koala) General barcode - 228323 Philatelic barcode - 228583 $6 Living Australian Bklt General barcode - 219697 Philatelic barcode - 219666 $8 Skiing Shlt. General barcode 231453 Philatelic barcode - 231644 $8.25 Skiing Shlt. General barcode 231484 Philatelic barcode - 231651 $6 Golf Bklt. General barcode 255770 Philatelic barcode - 255848 $8.25 Golf Bklt. General barcode 255824 Philatelic barcode - 256067 $11.75 Golf Shlt. General barcode - 255817 Philatelic barcode - 254131 $6 Mythical Creatures Bklt. General barcode 240615 Philatelic barcode – 240769 $12 Mythical Creatures Bklt. General barcode – 240646 Philatelic barcode - 240738 $8.25 Korea Shlt. General barcode - 256227 Philatelic barcode - 256388 $11 Christmas Tree Bklt. General barcode - 243210 Philatelic barcode - 243289 $11 Christmas Nativity Bklt. General barcode – 243234 Philatelic barcode - 243258 $7.50 Christmas Int. Shlt. General barcode - 243883 Philatelic barcode – 243845 $5.50 tree Sheetlet, with embellishment 1 code only -- 243296 $5.50 gift Sheetlet, with embellishment 1 code only -- 243302 $6 Remembrance General barcode -- 249434
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Philatelic barcode - 249489 Christmas Island
$5.50 Christmas General barcode - 243586 Philatelic barcode – 243623 $7.50 Christmas Int. General barcode - 243975 Philatelic barcode - 243890
Of course, those of you who buy my annual booklet catalogue supplement will have all these barcodes in one handy publication for easy reference. Because of a dramatic drop in the number of booklets issued the 2011 catalogue supplement will have less pages and will be less costly than previously. Stitched Booklets I feel sure that most serious collectors of Australian booklets would agree with me that the stitched (with advertisement) booklets from 5d Blue QEll – Ed 1960 up to 7c Prime Ministers in 1973 are the most interesting and challenging that Australia Post have produced. I recently purchased a poorly described bulk lot at auction that caused a few disappointments so imagine my pleasure in finding two gems – one
a stapled 60c Famous Australians B136AeS, the other was a new advertising sequence in the QEll red helecon paper booklet B100Ai. A few days after my discovery a customer, Stuart W advised he had a new 5c Prime Ministers advertising sequence – B132Ci (similar to B132Ce) but with the adverts on the first insert page reversed. Not long ago Mark W found B71, edition DN9 with what looked like B71Df except that the third advert was 66b whereas all previous advts seen and recorded were 66a. This small difference would make the booklet B71Dj. NEW ITEMS of INTEREST
CPS - 6 X 60C Congress 2011. Salisbury 2011, Adelaide 2011..each ...... $7.50 First Day Covers for above…each..................................................... $8.00 $6 Mythical Creatures Bklt. - SCDAA Newcastle ‘11 O’P Both barcodes …each ..................................................... $19.00 $1 Fishes of the Reef Bklt. - Nordia 2012 O’P - Both barcodes…each $16.50 $2.40 WWF AAT M/Sheet - Nordia 2012 O’P ...................................... $16.50 $2.40 AAT Icebergs M/S - Ace Stamp Auctions O’P & APTA Bris.O’P. ea.. $16.50 $2.40 AAT Icebergs M/S - Ballarat ‘11 O’P & Maroons Origin Winners O’P..ea. .................................... $16.50 $2.40 WWF M/S Indypex & Chicagopex O’Print…each ..................... $16.50 $2.40 WWF M/S Qld. R.League & Qld.R. Union Winners O’P…each .... $16.50 $4.20 Mythical Creatures M/S - Swan River stamp show ‘11 .............. $19.00
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The Modern Scene A focus on Framas, Reprints, Booklets and other Modern Material Special Limited Edition AAT Macquarie Is. Minisheet Overprint A number of attractive souvenirs were produced by members of the Lawson’s Hut Foundation. These souvenirs commemorate the recovery and conservation of the Wireless Masts used by the 1911-14 Australian Antarctic Expedition on Macquarie Island. The recovery took place during April 2011 by members from the Hut’s Foundation with the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. One of the limited edition miniature sheets is illustrated. 50th Anniversary – World Wildlife Fund Australia Post produced four miniature sheets for Australia, AAT, Christmas Is. and Cocos Is. Collectors are experiencing difficulty in differentiating between these sheets, but if one looks at the top left hand of the four stamps and sees the name on it, that will signify its issuing country or territory. I illustrate an Antarctic minisheet with an interesting overprint. Nordia 2012 Overprint This is shown on the AAT sheet. It is seldom that one sees next years stamp shows on an overprint. Nordia 2012 is a major exhibition to be held in
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Denmark in November 2012 . New Counterprinted Stamps Adelaide GPO recently produced three different CPS stamps. The literals were Congress 2011, Salisbury 2011 and Adelaide 2011. Standard philatelic “Australian Stamps” covers were used and readers will agree that they suited our old “Roos and Koalas” CPS. See illustration nearby. The Commonwealth Specialists Catalogue In September Stamp News Modern Scene, there appeared an illustration of the 12th edition of the Commonwealth Specialists Catalogue, published in 1949 by Orlo-Smith & Co, with a cover price of 5/-. For quite some years now, the publishers of Stamp News has been kind enough to permit me to send a copy of the Modern Scene to the editor of the bulletin publishes by BSAP (the British Society of Australian Philately). Of course Stamp News is always acknowledged and the articles are appreciated because the bulk of their other articles give no coverage to Modern Australian philately. The illustration of the 12th edition of the Specialist Catalogue duly appeared in England and brought an interesting response from David Adams a member of BSAP. David sent an
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illustration of the FIRST EDITION! Published in 1926-27 by Orlo-Smith & Co with a cover price of only 2./6! The introduction to the catalogue commences “It has been evident, for some years past, that there has been a need for a specialised catalogue of the stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia, that there should be some sort of standard price-list which would act as a guide to the values of many varieties which are not listed in ordinary catalogues and yet which possess great interest for specialists in these stamps” Older collectors will well remember the names of the two men mentioned in the final paragraph of the introduction “The thanks of the publishers are due to Mr A A Rosenblum, for his valuable assistance in compiling the lists and for information taken from his book, “Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia”; also to Mr J R W Purves for much appreciated
and helpful suggestions”. A final note: “In the first edition, the KGV 4d Violet – line through four pence is catalogued at 100 shillings (unused). In
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The Modern Scene A focus on Framas, Reprints, Booklets and other Modern Material
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Fish), 9c Bauxite (9c Hermit Crab), and 10c Oil & Gas (10c Anemone Fish). The RSPCA issue is something of a “mixed bag”. The 6c is regarded as a commemorative but the 12c Lamb, 18c Roo and 24c Guide Dog were new values and although all four have Robert Ingpen as designer and were released on the same day as the 6c they are catalogued as short term definitives. The 20c, 25c, 30c and 35c Aboriginal Art Series replaced the 1968 Floral Emblem stamps. These Aboriginal Art series are printed on different papers – Wiggins Teape and KP5D. The different reaction under UV is quite dramatic. The second Primary industries set of four replaced the short term Aboriginal Art set. The 20c Banana, 25c Rice, 30c Fish and 30c Bull commanded a high price as a set in the years following their release and good mint copies are still dearer than most other decimal sets. Illustrated nearby you will see one of each of the above sets. More Short Term Definitives The 12c, 18c, 24c Rehabilitation set replaced Animal short term definitives. The Pioneer set was more extensive than any other set since the sets at the introduction of decimal currency. As there were seven values, from 5c up to 80c, some values continued in use for seven years! Another short term set were the 20c, 25c, 30c and 35c National Development set issued in 1973. Some values are not easy to buy, especially in fine used condition. Some of these stamps are illustrated. The first set I shall deal with in the next issue is the odd combination of Marine Life and Gemstones. Because of other pressures, I shall revert to only writing in every second issue of your magazine. Best wishes to all readers – Good Health and Happiness in 2012 Sel Pfeffer
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Revenue Review First Find of the New Year
If you are reading this, welcome back, you must have survived the holiday season! I do hope you all had a pleasant time over the holidays and are ready for more revenue talk. Another year of fun, new finds and hopefully some new friends are you ready? Ok then, lets get to it! First up is what I can only describe as a spectacular new find. Figure one is an 1872 second series second issue, New South Wales 4d tall Queen Victoria revenue. What is so special is that the value key plate has been printed in grey! Wow! I hear you all say! This value is well known for many colour trial tradesman’s samples on card, I show a yellow copy in my on line catalogue. So if we deduct 1872 from 2011 we end up with a neat 140 years for this to be, not only recorded but also just to get it recognised. It was in a group lot from the last Philas auction selling for a pittance. Funnily enough [well for me anyway] it was sitting right next to an issued bright blue 4d, it was not rocket science to see the error of colour. You really have to keep your eyes peeled
Figure 1
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to pick up on what all the earlier students missed or never bothered to look for.
As Smooth as Velvet
Some of you may subscribe to the Velvet Collectables Group [formally Mowbray’s Australia formally Stanley Gibbons Australia] auction catalogue, if so, you may have noticed figure 2 in their December 2011 catalogue. This revenue was in a small group of three high values with the other two being a £10 & £20 value, all three are dated 10/6/84 part of a presentation set with all three being very rare survivors indeed. The dated high values just never turn up and when they do they are generally very close cut as was done in the past. The only other red dated high values I have recorded are an extremely cut close presentation set dated 22/6/85.
NZ Beer Duty
One would think finding something new in New Zealand revenues would be far and few between. Our Kiwi
Figure 2
Dave Elsmore bro’s have collected and studied well, so it is with delight that I can add to this knowledge in a very small way. Figure 3 [courtesy of Millennium Auctions] has had me wondering for a while. Figure 3 was sold by Millennium Auctions [after buying it in a group of NZ beers from Spink UK] described as ‘imperf’ by Millennium, it was then bought by Auckland City Stamps who subsequently offered it in one of their auctions, again lotting it as ‘imperf’ but adding a date of 16/1/78’ with no other info. A quick look at the stamp shows a date of ‘AUG 16 78’ I can only guess it was incorrectly lotted with the wrong date but they did show a picture. Another copy has surfaced [fig4] and I began to think this may be some sort of proof, as both the 6/6d values that have surfaced show the same date, same handwriting same initials [not rocket science I know]. I can find nothing written about this stamp in any of my reference books. So I had a dig around and came up with a matching date August 16 1878 which happens to be the first Parliamentary reading of the Beer Duty Bill. The Beer Duty Act was eventually given Royal Accent two year
later on 25th August 1880! The Act was deemed to have been in operation from June 9 1880. We now have a situation where all catalogues show an 1878 series [1½d rate] and an 1880 series [3d rate]. So how can New Zealand charge a duty without having an Act in place? Well it appears it was collected by a Parliamentary vote of acceptance by the Treasurer from August 7 1878. This only lasted a couple of months as it was later thrown out of Parliament. Meanwhile the Customs Department was still selling beer duty stamps via district collectors to the brewers. Not all brewers were happy with this. Some of the brewers who refused to pay the duty had the advantage of retaining the use of their money and could only be compelled to pay any arrears to the amount of the tax ultimately fixed by the House and embodied in an Act of Parliament. As to the question of a penalty for nonpayment, this would have only happened if retrospective clauses were put in the Act [A course unprecedented in Legislature of the time] so no penalty could be recoverable. The brewers who did pay were able to claim a
Figure 3
Figure 5
Figure 4
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Revenue Review ‘drawback’ on the duty. Now in amongst all this, there was the matter of the two months where it was collected quite legally by the Parliamentary vote of acceptance, hence the 1878 series. This series run for just two months or 59 days. This then must put any USED copies dated August or September 1878 into the exceedingly rare category. A rather nice used copy [dated 11/9/78] at the 1½d rate used within the two-month legal period is shown in figure 5. While I am chatting New Zealand beers, figure 6 is a rather nice security embossing used on beer duty stamps from an Auckland Brewery. I believe this form of embossing has not been recorded as a security-cancelling device prior to affixing the duty stamps over the taphole in the head of each cask so I would like to do so here in Revenue Review. This may well be the earliest form of a security cancel from New Zealand. If you can add to this fascinating beer duty story please write and let me know, I am particularly interested to identify the initials shown in figures 3 & 4. Of interest in 1876 New Zealand was already collecting 2/8d per per hogshead of
Figure 6
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beer from malt, hops and sugar being the materials used to make beer.
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Figure 7 shows postal use of a postage stamp [not a revenue, sorry] from George Adams [Elsmore Coath A.a] of Tattersall’s fame. Tattersall’s relied heavily on the postal system to receive their entries from their agencies around Australia and beyond and they were also large users of outgoing mail, as a result, the A patterns are some of the most common found on Tasmanian postage stamps over the period 1899-1910. They used at least 6 different perforating devices with various A patterns. The device that produced figure 7 was most probably a single head. Tattersall’s stamp usage was entirely postal and I am showing it here to stem confusion as it is found on fiscal postals. I can be contacted by mail: P O Box 66 Springwood 4127 Queensland or an Email link from my web site ozrevenues.com
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Ireland: the Definitive Issues Welcome to the first edition of Stamp News Australasia for 2012! I hope The Christmas season has been full of celebration and enjoyment for you and your family, and that Santa had some philatelic goodies in his sack for you! It’s getting on to be a couple of years since I’ve written anything about my favourite philatelic ‘stamping ground’, Ireland, and as this year is the 90th anniversary of both the Irish overprints and the first Irish definitive series, it seems an appropriate time to return to the philatelic delights of the Emerald Isle! I’ve dealt with the Irish Provisional Government and Free State overprints on the English KGV definitives in a fair bit of depth in previous articles, together with a number of other, earlier Irish philatelic topics, but apart from touching on some of the essays etc. produced for the 1922 definitive series, I’ve never really gone much beyond 1922. This anniversary year seems like a good time to remedy that situation. I must admit that the main reason I’ve never much written about anything after the overprint issues is that my Irish collecting interests tend to ease off a little after these, but as there are quite a few interesting and unusual collecting areas to be found in these later issues, let’s do some exploring and see what we can discover. Let’s start off with a quick recap. Back in early 2003 I wrote an article that covered the story of the first Irish definitive issue in some detail, so I won’t repeat all of that here, just the key events. If you are interested in reading the full article I believe it was published in the April 2003 edition of Stamp News. If you don’t have a copy, please email me at the address below and I’ll email you the text as a MS Word document. On February 1st, 1922, some two weeks prior to the first Saorstat overprints being issued, the Postmaster General of the Irish Free State announced in the press, a public competition for designs to be submitted for the first set of Irish definitive stamps. Both the new Irish government and the general public had a strong desire to see new, uniquely Irish stamps become available, and the response to the competition was quite strong, with some philatelic sources at the time indicating that thousands of 40 - Stamp News
Fig 1: Dollard essay entries were received, although it has to be said that there is quite a discrepancy in the philatelic press regarding the number submitted. These entries can be divided into 2 groups: 1. Those submitted by printers in stamp (essay) form, and 2. Designs, photographs & sketches etc that were submitted for consideration, mainly by the general public, but were never produced in stamp form. The first group included entries from the following Irish printing companies: Dollard Printing House Ltd., Hely Ltd., O’Loughlin, Murphy & Boland,(This company was requested to submit a set of designs by the Postmaster General of the Free State) and Pictorial Printing Machine Co. Perkins, Bacon & Co of the UK also submitted 2 entries. Fig 1 The second category is, of course, the larger of the two, but examples from this group come onto the market far less often as most were retained by the Irish Post Office, or were returned to the competition entrants. Out of the numerous designs that were submitted for the 1922 competition, 4 designs were chosen to become the basis of the first distinct Irish definitive series. The original 12 values ranged from ½d to 1/-, and this series would remain in use, with a change of watermark & the addition of some extra values, for over 45 years.
The designs of the first Irish definitives
The designs selected were the “Sword of Light” (An Chlaideamh Soluis) , designed by Mr. J.J. O’Reilly, and based on a symbol dating from early Irish history representing “Resurgence”. This design was used
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Fig 2: The four issued designs for the ½d emerald, 5d violet, 6d purple & 1/- light blue. An outline map of Ireland, designed by James Ingram was used for the 1d carmine, 1½d claret & 2d pearl green. This design caused some negative reaction, particularly from Belfast, due to the fact that no national boundaries were shown on the map! The third design, by Millicent Grace Girling, featured the Coats of Arms of the Four Provinces grouped in a shield design – Leinster (upper left), Connaught (upper right), Ulster (lower left) & Munster (lower right), and featured on the 2½d redbrown, 4d slate-blue & 9d bright violet values. The last design, by Miss L. Williams, was used for the 3d blue & 10d brown values, and featured the “Cross of Cong”, a cross of metal & precious stones made circa 1123AD, supposedly to enshrine a portion of the “True Cross”, and preserved in the National Museum, Dublin. Fig 2. It’s worth noting that Miss Williams was also the designer of the 1907-16 Sinn Fein “Cross” label, on which this design is obviously based. This, and the other Sinn Fein stamps, were covered in my recent ‘Irish Forerunners and Political labels’ series of Stamp News articles. It’s interesting to note that despite the Free State government’s desire to see a full range of uniquely Irish stamps be available for use at the earliest opportunity, the 2d value was the only one that was
actually available during 1922, and then not until December 6th! In fact, it would be almost a year before the full range of values to 1/- would be on sale, with the 6d purple being the last to be issued on December 21st, 1923. The paper used for the first series was made in England and featured a watermark with a multiple monogram SE (Saorstat Eireann) repeating throughout the sheet. I’m sure that many, if not most readers followed the usual collecting pattern of starting as a youngster with any stamps that you could find. I’ve mentioned before in my articles about my weekly sojourns as a 9 or 10 year old to our local shops to buy packets of stamps with my pocket money. I’m sure that many of you can relate to that too. From this distance in time it seems to me that every one of those little world and mission mixture packets had the 1d red and 2d green Irish map design from the first definitives! The sad truth is that, yes, they were everywhere, and yes, they are a bit bland, but there are two particular aspects of this issue that are far more interesting, and it’s those I’d like to look at now.
Coil issues of the designs of the first Irish definitives
In the early 1930’s, four values, the ½d, 1d, 1½d & 2d were released in both horizontal & vertical coils for use in dispensing machines. The coils were mainly produced in rolls of 500, made up from normal sheet stamps, “pasted up” to make the rolls. As the “paste up” pairs often jammed in the vending machines, it was decided to experiment with part imperforate stamps, specifically designed for use in these machines. The first to appear was what is commonly referred to as the ‘single perf” 1d, perf 15 x imperf, which had a single perf at the top of each vertical imperforate side (sometimes there was only a single perf on one side, due to poor cutting of the sheet), in April 1933. I have not been able to determine why the single perf was placed there. One theory is that the single perf was intended as an aid to separation, but I have to say that I can’t see how it would make any difference! In any case, it was replaced by a 1d perf 15 x completely imperf. just 3 months later in July 1933. Stamp News - 41
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Fig 3: ½d and 1d experimental coils The ½d & 2d, imperf x perf 14 both appeared in November 1934. Fig 3. All of these experimental coils are quite elusive, particularly the 1d “single perf”, and have a fairly high catalogue value to match. However the last of the SE watermark experimental coils, the 2d perf 15 x imperf, takes the cake in the ‘send me bankrupt’ department! In fact, it’s the most expensive regular Irish stamp ever issued, with the 2009 Hibernian catalogue pricing it at €16,000 Mint & €2800 Used. Coils offer a couple of interesting collecting sidelines. First of all we have the ‘paste up’ pairs already mentioned. They can usually be found in horizontal and vertical format. These are quite popular items, and add some variety to your collection. Bear in mind that due to their nature, it is pretty much impossible to tell if they are genuine or not, so my advice is to not pay much of a premium for them. The other ‘sideline’ is collecting coil starter and end strips. These are the paper strips attached to the start and end of the coil stamp rolls, and usually have printed information such as denomination and total roll value printed on them. They are usually collected with at least one stamp attached. In recent years these starters and ends seem to have increased significantly in value. One other issue as far as the experimental coils are concerned is the problem of non-contemporary cancellations. In most cases (the scarce 2d mentioned above being the obvious exception), these stamps are worth more used than hinged mint, and many used examples that are on the market have postmarks dated well after the period of issue/usage. This won’t be a problem for many collectors, but bear in mind that the catalogue values are for stamps with a contemporary cancellations, and ones with obviously later datestamps are worth less. 42 - Stamp News
Three booklets were issued during the period that the SE watermark was in use, each with a face value of 2/-, and each appeared with a number of different advertisements and edition numbers. The first two, issued 1931-38 and 1939-41 respectively, and which differ in the upper part of the cover design, were made up of a pane of 6 each of the ½d, 1d & 2d stamps, and a pane of 3 1d stamps & 3 advertising labels: ‘Get a Telephone’, ‘Buy Savings Certificates’ & ‘Learn Irish’ Fig 4. The last of the three booklets, issued in 1940, was made up of the same composition as the earlier two booklets, however the 1d pane of 3 stamps & 3 advertising labels was printed on the new ‘E’ watermark paper, which had just been introduced (more on that next month). All of these booklets are rare, with the last of the three by far the scarcest, being catalogued in the 2009 Hibernian from €7500 and the 2012 SG at £10,000! And that’s where we’ll leave it this month. Next time we’ll look at the watermark change in the first designs, and the St Patrick high values, and maybe even make a start on the ‘Gerls’ Remember, you can always contact me with questions and comments at: mlphilatelic@bigpond.com Until next month, happy collecting! Mike
Fig 4: SE watermark 1d booklet pane with labels
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Another year is upon us and I hope it will be successful for you in your philatelic collecting. This months column is a bit short on words but long on pictures, so read and enjoy and if any reader can provide me with more information about any of the items I will be only too pleased to record it in a future column.
Bedford Seals
I usually try to have these available to write up in the December column, but unfortunately they did not arrive in time. There are ten different designs in the set which comes in a sheet of 30 imperforate peel and stick labels. I have not illustrated all of them. (Fig. 1 to 5). They can be obtained for the cost of a donation from Bedford at P.O. Box 23 Melrose Park South
Australia 5039. From Western Australia, John Dibiase sent me the information on these stamps. (Fig. 6). One shilling pair on gummed unwatermarked paper, rouletted in colour. Each label size is 37 x 48mm, text in green and ‘brick’ in brown-red. In 1949, Ngala became the states first Mothercraft Training Centre and in 1956 Ngala’s name was changed to NGAL-A Mothercraft Training Centre Inc. The name Ngal-A was chosen from the aboriginal Bibbulmun dialect and means “Mother & Child” or “We Two”. In 1959 a new centre was opened in Kensington (WA). It seems most likely that these labels were
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Ngal-A Stamp
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produced as a fund raiser and selling for One Shilling each to purchase material such as bricks.
Liberty Loan
Six labels from the World War I series issued by the Australian Government in 1917 - 1918 advertising the Liberty Loan, one representing the Navy, (fig 9), and the other representing the Army, (Fig 10), and the others advertising War Loan Bonds. There were 13 in the series with all except one design being printed in sheets of 25 and rouletted. There were two different Commonwealth Note and Stamp Printers, A.J. Mullett and H.J. Green, who described himself as Acting Government Printer. They were probably printed in three batches with the labels at fig 11 and 12 being done first with the H.J. Green imprint, those at fig 7, 8 and 9 in the next batch with the Mullett
imprint, and the Army one at fig 10 in the last batch with the second Mullett imprint. These labels are all listed in Jackson’s book of First World War Patriotic Labels of Australia and New Zealand as A1 to A13. The printing would have been done before May 1918 because after this date T.S. Harrison was the Commonwealth Note and Stamp Printer.
Philatelic Exhibitions
Four very attractive American Philatelic Exhibition labels from the 1930s. I have no other details about these, Long Island Stamp Show 1934. (Fig. 13). Issued in four colours, red, blue green and purple. New Jersey State Stamp Exhibition 1935, (fig. 14). Issued in four colours, red, blue, green and brown.
Top: Figures 6, 7 & 8 Bottom: Figures 9, 10, 11 & 12
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International Philatelic Exhibition New York 1936. (Fig. 15). Issued in four colours, red, blue, green and brown. Printed by the American Bank Note Co. Brooklyn NY, Third Annual Stamp Exhibition 1934, (fig. 16). Issued in three colours blue, green and brown.
New York World Fair
This advertising label for the 1939 New York World Fair is one I have not seen before. (Fig 17),
American Dental Association
A label for the American Dental Association relief fund. (Fig 18) Again I have no other information about this label so if anyone can fill help it would be appreciated.
This label, (fig 19), features Martin Luther and has Valparaiso University Indiana in the inscription, a search of that University’s website reveals the following. In its 150-year history, Valparaiso University has passed through three distinct phases. Begun by Methodists in 1859 as an institution pioneering coeducation, the Valparaiso Male and Female College was forced by the reverses of the Civil War to close its doors in 1871. It was revived in 1873 by an enterprising educator, Henry Baker Brown, as the Northern Indiana Normal School, renamed Valparaiso College in 1900, and rechartered in 1906 as Valparaiso University. The modern era in University history began in 1925 with purchase of the institution by the Lutheran University Association and the label appears to date from the 1960s.
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Festive favourites
Tis the season of Christmas stamps and more than 170 Stampboards members participated in a poll to vote for their favourites for 2011 from a representative selection from 35 countries. The stamp receiving the most overall votes was from Iceland. It features motifs based on goldwork embroidery which is fashioned in gold and silver thread and is used in Icelandic national costumes.
Last year Denmark, Isle of Man, Finland, Lithuania and Iceland were voted top five.
What’s on a stamp: Taiwan
Reported at http://www.taipeitimes.com Fans of the Taiwanese hit movie Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale can now purchase a special stamp collection commemorating the movie from Chunghwa Post. The film recently garnered six Golden Horse Awards. The film tells the true story of the Wushe Incident in which aboriginal Seediq tribe warrior Mouna Rudo led his people to rebel against the Japanese occupation in 1930s.
Iceland Post has kindly provided magnificent 2011 yearbooks to two lucky voters as a Christmas gesture in response to the poll. Other countries voted in the top five were:
Switzerland
Norway
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What’s on a stamp: Armenia Reported at http://times.am
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Haypost Armenia has recently launched a stamp dedicated to Junior Eurovision 2011, hosted in Armenia in December. The launch was attended by the President of the Union of Philatelists of Armenia. A
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Georgian group, Candy, was voted as the winner of this year’s contest.
Spokesman for the project engineers, MMC Corporation, said the stamp was a celebration of one of Malaysia’s major achievements in engineering as well as in commemoration of the company’s centenary.
What’s on a stamp: Antigua & Barbuda Reported at http://www.caribarena.com
What’s on a stamp: Australia
Reported at http://www.heraldsun.com.au Australia Post’s 2012 Legends stamps will feature footballers of all codes. Two AFL/VFL heroes will be honoured, a current player and a living legend. Soccer, rugby union and rugby league players will be similarly feted. Australia Post chief Ahmed Fahour said the eight 2012 Legends will be chosen for their contribution to our sporting culture and their role in shaping a great sporting nation.
Details of Antigua & Barbuda stamp issues in 2011 were tabled in the last sitting of parliament for the year. The 2011 stamps included the commemoration of Princess Diana’s visit to Barbuda in 1997, the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President John F Kennedy, Elvis Presley, US President Barack Obama and Antigua & Barbuda’s 50th anniversary.
What’s on a stamp: Malaysia Reported at http://www.nst.com.my
The Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (Smart) tunnel has been immortalised in a special stamp and first day covers by Pos Malaysia in November. The tunnel, opened in 2007, is an engineering marvel as it offers a unique solution to the city’s two biggest problems: traffic congestion and floods.
What’s on a stamp: Hungary Reported at http://www.macnn.com
Magyar Posta, the postal service of Hungary, has issued a numbered commemorative sheet honoring Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that incorporates a stamp-sized image in memory of Jobs, who died in Stamp News - 49
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October. An accompanying card shows silhouettes of some of Jobs’ characteristic poses and a quote about him from Erno Rubik, the Hungarian inventor of the Rubik’s Cube. The stamp is commemorative and not valid for postage.
What’s on a stamp: Indonesia
Reported at http://www.thejakartapost.com PT Pos Indonesia has launched stamps marking the opening of the 26th SEA Games — using two pictures of Komodo dragons, known as Modo and Modi — as their mascots. The use of the komodo mascots comes as Indonesia seeks listing of Komodo Island by the Switzerland-based New7Wonders Foundation.
The inaugural stamp set features architect and shipbuilder Captain Rayal Bodden, midwife Almeria Labertha McLaughlin Tomlinson, Major Joseph Rodriguez (Roddy) Watler and nurse Irksie Leila Yates.
What’s on a stamp: Thailand
Reported at http://www.nationmultimedia.com Thailand Post has launched a series of heptagonal stamps in honour of the Thai King’s 84th birthday. The seven sides of the stamp are meant to represent the seventh cycle of the King’s birthday. The stamps will carry images of the King’s royal projects as well as those initiated by other kings.
What’s on a stamp: South Africa Reported at www.gscurrentaffairs.com
What’s on a stamp: Cayman Islands Reported at http://www.compasscayman.com
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A series of postage stamps in commemoration of the arrival of the first indentured Indian labourers to South Africa 151 years ago have been launched. The stamps feature a sketch of the S S Truro, the ship that brought the first indentured labourers for the sugarcane plantations in Natal province from India in 1860, and photographs of passengers coming ashore at the Durban port. There are also pictures of sugarcane cutters to serve as a poignant reminder of the extreme hardship
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and endurance of the early labourers from whom most of the 1.4 million South Africans of Indian origin are descended.
What’s on a stamp: United States Reported at http://www.washingtonpost.com
This year the USPS waived a rule requiring a stamp honoree to be dead at least five years and have asked for public nominations of “an American or Americanrelated subjects,” who “made enduring contributions to the United States of America.” Former Apple chief Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, evangelist Billy Graham, President Obama, former president Bill Clinton, comedian Jerry Lewis and Baltimore Orioles great Cal Ripken have received the most nominations from customers who submitted ideas by mail. Among customers who submitted ideas through Twitter and Facebook, Lady Gaga is tops.
What’s on a stamp: China
Reported at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn China Post has announced a new space mail service. People can write letters that will be sent digitally to the Tiangong-1 space lab. From a special e-mail box onboard, the letter will be sent back to Earth and then delivered to the receiver in printed form. The China Space Post Office has been opened at Beijing Aerospace City and onboard the newly established orbital complex Tiangong-1. Using its own zip code and post seal, the space post office will print the letters on special paper and
will also send designed postmarks into space onboard spacecraft, including Shenzhou IX and Shenzhou X, both slated for launch next year. After returning to Earth, those postmarks will be sold to collectors through a lottery. The space post office will sell collectible stamps depicting China’s major events in space. Yang Liwei, China’s first astronaut in space, is the post office’s chief.
Stamps and beyond….
Reported at http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com All postal authorities report that the use of postage stamps has dropped drastically over the last few years. As a result, many postal administrations around the world are taking steps aimed at keeping postage alive. Here are a few recent efforts: * Canada Post launched a new app that allows people to use their mobile devices to create personalized postcards and have them mailed anywhere in the world. * Royal Mail in Great Britain launched a similar setup: an iPhone app that allows users to select or take a photo, choose one of its “Smiler” stamp background designs and order 10 or 20 stamps using that image. * New Zealand Post’s first 3-D stamp was released in September. Featuring the Webb Ellis Cup, it was issued for the Rugby World Cup 2011 and was laser perforated. * Germany, Sweden and Denmark have all launched services that allow people to pay for postage by text message. They send a text message to a certain number and receive a code to be written on the envelope in place of a stamp. The cost is charged to the customer’s cell phone bill. * The Royal Mail in Great Britain has announced that it will issue stamps honouring all individuals and teams who win gold medals at the 2012 London Olympic Summer Games. * U.S. Postmaster General has abandoned the rules barring living individuals from U.S. stamps. The first postage honouring a living American is expected in mid-to-late 2012. Numerous other postal administrations have long issued stamps depicting living Americans and have marketed them to U.S. collectors. Stamp News - 51
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Part 20 A day in the life of an Australian
Commissioner to an International Stamp Exhibition. The International Stamp Exhibitions throughout the world are conducted under the auspices of either the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) or Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP). As a member of both of these organisations, the Australian Philatelic Federation (APF) is entitled to appoint one or more commissioner(s) for each exhibition. This story relates to the International Exhibition held in early November, China 2011. The venue for the exhibition was Wuxi (pronounced Wooshi), approximately 180 km west of Shanghai. Ben Palmer had been appointed commissioner, and subsequently I was appointed assistant commissioner.
The Role of the Commissioner
Primarily, the commissioner has overall responsibility for the exhibits accepted for the exhibition from the time that they are received by him until they are in transit back to their owners following his return from the exhibition. However, following his appointment, the commissioner must publicise the exhibition amongst exhibitors within his own country in an endeavour to solicit entries. These entries are submitted to the organising committee by the promulgated closing date, and the applicants notified of their acceptance or otherwise. All communication between the exhibitors and the exhibition must be through the commissioner. For FIAP exhibitions, a commissioner would be expected to submit a minimum of 40 frames, and typically all entries to FIAP exhibitions are accepted. However, China was an exception as it was oversubscribed. FIP exhibitions are different in that a commissioner must usually submit a certain number of entries (based on the number of actual international exhibits a country has). Australia requires 18 entries, usually, to ensure that a commissioner’s costs at the exhibition are covered although this does not mean that all will be accepted. FIP exhibitions are virtually always oversubscribed 52 - Stamp News
and the number of entries accepted does not impact on the commissioner’s costs being covered. The number 40 is significant as it represents the approximate number of frames that can be packed into one commissioner’s security box. The average weight of the packed box would be between 27 to 32 kilos. Generally, a commissioner would submit a minimum of 40 frames. This number is significant as it represents the approximate number of frames that can be packed into one commissioner’s security box. The average weight of the packed box would be between 27 to 32 kilos. If the commissioner is very successful in his soliciting, an assistant commissioner will be appointed. Naturally, the movement of this philatelic material will require customs approval, both in and out of Australia, as well as in and out of the host nation. The required Australian customs details will be arranged by the commissioner, who will also forward to the exhibition the information needed to facilitate problem-free entry and departure from, in this case, China. To ensure uniformity of these procedures, the commissioner will be advised the point of entry into China, and his travel arrangements can be finalised. Approximately one month prior to the exhibition, the frame envelopes will be sent to the commissioner, together with the inventory sheets, for distribution to the exhibitors. An inventory sheets is a detailed listing of the material included in the exhibit, required to ensure the continuing integrity of the exhibit. Once the commissioner has been advised of the acceptances he can initiate applications for a permit from the National Cultural Heritage Committee to export those collections that fall within the scope of the Movable Cultural Heritage Act, generally exhibits with a value in excess of $A150,000 containing material of interest to Australia. The commissioner will be fully aware that he will be carrying well in excess of the normal weight allowances for plane travel, so he will approach his carrier, in this case Qantas, to arrange an allowance for excess baggage to be carried free-of-charge. In
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Philatelic Development Officer, APF this case, Ben applied for a 30 kilo excess for each of us. He must then arrange for the exhibits to be delivered to his point of departure for final checking and security packing. At this stage we had received from the exhibition our letters of invitation and therefore applied for our visas to enter China. On the Thursday prior to departure, Ben and I checked all of the exhibits and completed inventory sheets for those exhibits forwarded prior to the receipt of the frame envelopes. We balanced and packed the commissioner’s cases. This took a bit of juggling as we would be carrying a significant number of oversize sheets. We had one last minute hiccup, when we had not yet received our permit from the National Heritage Committee. In following this up, we found that the National Heritage had recently changed departments. Some quick negotiating, and everything was resolved. Hanging over our heads all this time was the uncertainty of our flights. Qantas had been experiencing rolling strikes from three separate unions, and a week before our scheduled departure, Qantas grounded it’s entire fleet. The 21 day moratorium was a welcome relief, with both outward and return flights falling within this period.
Arranging Our Flights
We had been advised that our point of entry into China was to be Wuxi, where the customs formalities would be undertaken. This meant that we would have to fly to Hong Kong and then catch a local airline from Hong Kong to Wuxi. The local airline, China Eastern Airlines, had only one flight from Wuxi to Hong Kong and return each day, so it was imperative not to miss this connection, as to do so would result in a day’s delay. On checking the available flights we found that the direct flights from and to Sydney both resulted in extensive delays at Hong Kong, and time waiting in airport lounges is neither productive or satisfying. There was an alternative. Qantas had a domestic/ international flight that would reduce out stopover
in Hong Kong to about 5 hours, much less with the formalities of arriving and departing. This flight was domestic to Brisbane, with a change of plane for Hong Kong. By choosing this option we had to unload our luggage at Brisbane to receive Customs clearance, but there was almost two hours between our arrival and departure times at Brisbane, which should have been more than adequate.
Sydney Domestic Airport Even though our flight was not scheduled to leave until 9.05 pm, we had arranged to meet at the airport at 7 pm, thereby giving ourselves plenty of time if all did no go as planned. On
his way Ben had picked up the two commissioner’s boxes from the strongroom at Philas House. We first went to the automatic check-in machines for baggage labels which we affixed to our luggage. These labels showed our destination as Hong Kong our first problem. As we both had two items of luggage to check in, as well as being significantly overweight, we next headed to a manned baggage check-in booth. Our next problem. As we had to unload our luggage at Brisbane for Customs clearance, we required baggage labels showing our destination as Brisbane. It took four of the Qantas staff before the system could be induced to produce the correct baggage labels. The weather all up and down the east coast on Tuesday evening, the 8th November, had been very bad with heavy rain and thunderstorms. So we were just settling into the departure lounge when it was announced that our plane would be arriving late, with a possible delay of up to an hour. Not good news. Ben spoke to the Qantas staff and advised of our need to connect at Brisbane. The Qantas staff contacted Brisbane to advise that we were on the way. As a result, Qantas arranged to meet us at the baggage recovery area to speed up our progress to the International Terminal. Our plane finally arrived, and left Sydney 1 hour and 20 minutes late, which was going to make things fairly tight at Brisbane.
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Part 20 Brisbane Domestic Airport
We were met as we collected our luggage, after which we quickly took a taxi to travel to the International Terminal, some three kilometers away.
Brisbane International Terminal
Upon arrival, we immediately located the Customs section, and our clearance took only about 5 minutes. Then quickly up to the checkin, only to be greeted with the shattering news that our Hong Kong flight had closed. The colourful scene as the International stamp exhibition, China 2011, However, there was a Cathaywas declared “Open� on Friday 11th November 2011. (Image courtesy of Pacific flight scheduled to leave Carol Cheung, Hong Kong) shortly for Hong Kong, and Qantas had temporarily booked collection and we prepared for the next round. us on that plane. Even though this flight left two Ben had previously approached China Eastern hours after our intended flight, the arrival time still about an excess allowance without any real success, allowed more than sufficient time for our connection but when we approached the check-ins they were to Wuxi. The alternative was to stay overnight in prepared to allow us 30 kilos each. However, the Brisbane and arrive in Hong Kong one day later. senior check-in clerk advised that he would contact The difficulty of communicating any possible their head-office regarding an extension of this delay to China made the decision easy. allowance, and we should come back and see him However, we received another body-blow when in an hour. So a leisurely coffee and muffin to fill told that Cathay-Pacific would not be able to honour in the hour, and back we went. But there was no the Qantas overweight allowance. Cathay-Pacific official extension of our weight allowance. were prepared to extend the limit from 23 to 25 This time we were referred to a different checkkilos, their limit without prior consultation. Sounds in clerk, who seemed sympathetic to our problem. silly under the circumstances. The combined weight She suggested that as a short term measure, we of our check-in baggage was 80 kilos, 30 kilos try to transfer some of our checked-in weight to overweight. our carry on luggage. Away we went again, and We again considered the options, and agreed we managed to reduce the overall weight from 80 kilos had no choice but to fly with Cathay and pay the to 71. Then she surprised us by inviting us to join excess baggage charge. the China Eastern Airlines Eastern Miles Club. As it cost nothing to join, we immediately signed Hong Kong International Airport up. After issuing our membership cards, the clerk After a pleasant uneventful flight we arrived at Hong smiled at us and said that now there was no excess Kong in heavy rain and fog. Visibility was so bad baggage charge. These membership cards again that we were almost on the ground before we could proved very useful on our return flight. see the airport. Immigration and then baggage Immigration and passport control again and 54 - Stamp News
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Philatelic Development Officer, APF finally we reached the departure lounge to be greeted by many familiar faces – also the news that our plane was running about one hour late. When we left Wuxi the following week it became quite apparent why the plane was late – we were kept on the ground for two hours due to poor visibility. Wuxi is two hours flying time north of Hong Kong.
Wuxi International Airport
We arrived at 2.30 pm local time (three hours behind Sydney time). Looking out of the plane window during the trip all that we could see was a continuous white cloud which we later learnt was pollution. Immigration, passport control, baggage collection, easy through Customs, and we were officially in China. China regards Hong Kong as being a separate colony, and hence our official point of entry into China was Wuxi. Wuxi has approximately 6 million people and is a highly industrialised city. The plane was met at the airport by volunteers from the exhibition who had arranged two buses to take the commissioners firstly to the exhibition, and other visitors to their hotel. We learned later that these volunteers were recruited from the English speaking courses at the University, and participation as a volunteer would assist their course.
The Exhibition
Upon arrival at the Exhibition site, a massive building larger than two football fields, the commissioners unloaded our luggage. The building consisted of four main areas, a football sized room for the dealers, agencies and postal administrations, a similar sized area for the exhibits, and a large foyer type area running between the two sections. There was a similar foyer running along the full front of the building. The ceiling in these areas was about 9 metres high. This was two days before the opening of the exhibition, and there was a high level of building and furbishing activity going on. We were escorted initially by a rather circuititous route to the Customs office, and then the Bin Room. It seemed to take a long time to reach our
destination, having to go around some activities, and stepping over building materials and rolls of carpet lying about waiting to be used. The Bin Room was different to what I had experienced before, being a single row of tables, Bin Room staff on one side and commissioners on the other. Despite the language difficulties we had little trouble in passing all of the material in to the Bin Room. We did have one exhibit that was not straight forward, a Thematic Philately exhibit containing many proofs which we had to stress were NOT stamps. This task completed, another bus took us to our hotel, the Intercontinental which had only been opened in May that year. Check in, up to the rooms and unpack. A meal, and finally to bed. Bed time was about 2.30 am Sydney time – a long but very eventful day, and what an eye-opening experience I had been through.
The Commissioner’s Ongoing Role
During the course of the exhibition, the commissioner does not have a lot of spare time. He must ensure that the material is properly mounted in the frames – we did find three matters to be adjusted - and each day the material must be checked to be sure nothing has changed. The commissioner must be available at all times to answer any queries, and to open the frames at the request of the expertising group. When the results are known he must advise the exhibitors – we did this by email. He must also spend time with the various judges for a critique of the exhibits for passing on to the exhibitors upon his return. Finally, he must receive the dismounted exhibits back from the Bin Room staff at the conclusion of the exhibition, again checking the integrity of the material as he does so. Should you have a subject that is either interesting or difficult to understand, and you would like to have it explained, or if there is a particular topic on which you would like more information, please let me know by emailing jpsadler@bigpond.com. au. Stamp News - 55
Looking at New Zealand Canterbury Centennial 1950 The province of Canterbury is a large, grasscovered alluvial plain occupying a length of about 370 kilometres along the central east coast of the South Island and extending inland about 200 kilometres to the Southern Alps (see map). As with other parts of New Zealand, its boundaries are defined by major geographical features. Arms of the mountain chains extend to the coast near Kaikoura in the north and Timaru in the south. In the early days this made overland travel to other areas difficult. The main city of Christchurch is inland from the extinct volcanoes of the Port Hills where Lyttelton Harbour is formed from an Above right: Figure 2 extinct volcanic crater. Below: Figure 1
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The province was first settled on 16th December 1850 by colonists organised by the Canterbury Association and led by John Robert Godley. The intention was to create a particularly English settlement, with prominent sites reserved for a Church of England cathedral and other public buildings which were subsequently built in the English neogothic style. The city was named for Christ Church, the combined college and cathedral in Oxford, England. The surrounding grass plains quickly became a major sheep farming area, supporting three million sheep by the 1860s. Canterbury was given its own Provincial Government in 1853 which operated until the abolition of these governments in 1876. At 4.36 am on 4th September 2010 a major
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earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) centred on the plains southwest of Christchurch weakened many buildings in the city but fortunately there were no deaths. A major aftershock (6.3 Above: Figure 3 but much nearer the surface) Below: Figure 4
centred off the coast near Lyttelton struck at 10.12 am on 22 February 2011. Over 180 people died. Many buildings in Lyttelton and Christchurch, including all the historic buildings in the central city, were damaged beyond repair. At time of writing, access to the central
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city is still heavily restricted. Designs for a set of stamps to mark the province’s Centennial were sought by public competition. The winning designers were James Berry (1d, 6d, 1/-); L. C. Mitchell (2d) and J. A. Johnstone (3d). The stamps were recess printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson on ‘Royal
Cypher’ paper watermarked with multiple ‘NZ & star’ impressions. Variations of thickness of the paper led to shade variations, particularly in the 2d. Plate proofs were provided in the issued colours on the same paper used for the stamps but were not perforated (Figure 1). The issued stamps were perforated 13½. All the stamps were printed in two colours with the identifiers for the two plates (A and 1) and the printer’s imprint in the bottom right sheet margin and the sheet value in the top right (Figure 2). The date of issue was 20th November 1950. The Christchurch Philatelic Society held a philatelic exhibition to mark the Centennial. There were a variety Top: Figure 5 Left: Figure 6
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Left: Figure 7 Below: Figure 8 Lyttelton. In the early days this was the only access route between the harbour and the new settlement. The women are shown looking out towards their new home as the sun rises behind them. The fault line of the February 2011 earthquake ran almost right through this point from Lyttelton of illustrated covers available (Figure 3) and there to Christchurch; I was also a commemorative postmark used at Lyttelton have been unable to find out if the Memorial survived. (Figure 4). The stamp designer James Berry produced a Figure 8 shows it in happier times. souvenir pamphlet (Figure 5). The 1d stamp featured Christchurch Cathedral. This building was a priority for the early settlers. A design was commissioned from the British architect George Gilbert Scott and the cornerstone was laid in 1864. However, with a small population at that time there was simply not enough money to continue and major construction did not start until 1873. The nave and tower (63 metres or 207 feet high) were finished by 1881 with additional wings completed by 1904. The postcard (Figure 6) shows the pre1904 state. The cathedral suffered major damage in the February 2011 earthquake and was deconsecrated in November 2011 to allow partial demolition to proceed (Figure 7). The Pioneer Women’s Memorial, pictured on the 2d stamp, stands on the Port Hills on the Bridle Path walking track between the Canterbury plains and Stamp News - 59
Looking at New Zealand Centre was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake and will be closed to the public for many years pending rebuilding. The port city of Timaru is on Caroline Bay at the far south of the Canterbury plains. There were only sheep farms in the area until 1859 when SS Strathallan brought 120 settlers. The 1/- stamp showed an aerial view of the city and bay and the city’s coat-of-arms. Figure 12 shows Caroline Bay and Figure 13 a commemorative first-daycover (without overprint) and a cover overprinted for the Timaru Philatelic Exhibition of March 1951. John Robert Godley founded the Canterbury Association with Edward Gibbon Wakefield to organise the settlement of Canterbury. He preceded the settlers to Lyttelton to prepare for their arrival and was their leader for the first two years before returning to England. His bronze statue, pictured on the 3d stamp, was sculpted by Thomas Woolner and erected in Cathedral Square in 1867 (Figure 9). It toppled in the 2011 earthquake (Figure 10). The 6d stamp featured Canterbury University College (later the University of Canterbury) founded in 1873 and housed in a complex of neogothic colonial public buildings in central Christchurch until its move to the suburbs in the 1970s (Figure 11). The original buildings then became the Christchurch Arts Centre. The Top: L-R Figure 9 & 10 Right: Figure 12 Facing Page Top: Figure 11 Facing Page Bottom: Figure 13 60 - Stamp News
References: Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, Auckland, Campbell Paterson, 1952 – . The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, vol. 4, Wellington, RPSNZ, 1963. Wikipedia The recent image of Christchurch Cathedral was provided by Irene Absalom. Graeme can be contacted through his website, www. stampsmw.top1.com.au.
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JOHORE’S PLAYBOY SULTAN In the first half of the 20th century, Nils Strandell was probably the most famous philatelist in Sweden. In 1948, he published a most entertaining book called In the World of Philately in which he told about his early beginnings in the hobby and then went on to tell about interesting stamp issues and a variety of events in the hobby. Also there was a chapter devoted to a selection of famous people depicted on postage stamps. One of these personalities was Sultan Sir Ibrahim, the ruler of the Malayan state of Johore (today spelt Johor). When I began taking a more serious interest in stamps in the 1960s, I remember borrowing Strandell’s book on several occasions. I read about Sultan Sir Ibrahim with great interest and decided to assemble a small collection of
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the stamps depicting this gentleman. The sultan’s complete name was Ibrahim Iskandar Al-Masyhur ibni Abu Bakar but in Stanley Gibbons and other catalogues he is generally referred to as Sultan Sir Ibrahim. He was born in 1873 and when he passed away in London in 1959 he had been his country’s ruler for no less than 64 years. His mother was Cecilia Catharina Lange, a woman of Danish and Chinese origin whom Ibrahim’s father had met somewhere in the East Indies. The young Ibrahim was sent to England to be educated and he is generally described as an anglophile. When his father died in 1895, he ascended to the throne of Johore, a state which is located
Christer Brunström at the southern tip of the Malacca Peninsula. In spite of his love of everything English, he had constant conflicts with the British advisors who had been sent to Malaya in order to remedy a rather chaotic financial situation. In 1914, Johore formally came under British protection. Sir Ibrahim was no supporter of a united Malaya. In 1955, he celebrated his Diamond Jubilee and used the occasion to demand Johore’s withdrawal from the recently formed Malayan Federation. The speech was certainly not welcomed in the sultanate’s more nationalistic circles. The sultan’s jubilee was commemorated on a stamp issued on November 1, 1955. It shows a somewhat elderly Sultan who had been depicteded continuously on his country’s postage stamps
since 1896. Sir Ibrahim had married early and his first two wives were both Malayans. The children were educated in private schools in Britain. In the 1920s, Scotsman William Brockie Wilson was appointed as the sultan’s personal physician. He was married to Helen Bartholomew Wilson (1889-1978) who was also from Scotland. The marriage ended in divorce. Back in England, Helen took care of the sultan’s children and she eventually became Sir Ibrahim’s third wife in 1930. The sultan showered his wife with precious stones and jewellery. In 1935, he prepared a very special gift for his wife – a commemorative postage stamp marking the 5th anniversary of their wedding. The issue created
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JOHORE’S PLAYBOY SULTAN quite a stir both in the philatelic press and in the women’s magazines Unfortunately, the stamp didn’t help very much and the marriage ended in divorce in 1938. However, it seems that the couple continued to have good relations. Each year on Helen’s birthday, the Sultan gave her a beautiful emerald and he also remembered the wedding day with a magnificent diamond. Thanks to the Sultan’s generosity, Helen became a very rich woman with a huge and valuable jewel collection. In 1938, when the divorce was announced, a British stamp magazine claimed that this was the only instance that a Scottish woman had been depicted on a postage stamp. Many readers wrote angry letters to the editor stating the Queen Elizabeth was of Scottish origin and she had been depicted on the 1937 coronation stamps. In the 1930s, Sir Ibrahim spent a lot of time with a young lady called Lydia Cecilia Hall. She was a dancer and the recipient of numerous gifts from the Sultan. Perhaps his relation with the beautiful dancer was the main reason for the failure of his marriage? In 1940, there was an impressive 8-cent bicoloured stamp featuring the Sultan. I have been unable to locate any information as to the reason of the issue of this particular stamp. Perhaps it was planned to be the beginning of a new set of definitives which was thwarted by the looming World War II. Today this stamp is rather uncommon. During the war, Johore was occupied by the Japanese and Sultan Sir Ibrahim had huge problems in working with the Japanese military authorities. After the divorce from Helen, the Sultan soon
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found a new partner. She was Marcella Mendl, a woman of Romanian origin. Marcella converted to Islam and she became his fourth wife (some sources claim that she was his sixth wife). During his last years, the Sultan lived with his wife and daughter in a flat in London. The couple frequently went to the theatre but most of the time Sir Ibrahim stayed at home in Grosvenor House watching TV. Sir Ibrahim was his country’s 22nd ruler. He has often been described as a wasteful playboy who strongly opposed a free and independent Malaya. Others claim that he worked hard for a strong and prosperous Johore. In a collection of Johore, Sultan Sir Ibrahim can be seen on most stamps. A rather youthful portrait of the Sultan remained in use well into the 1940s. The set of definitives issued in 1922 include denominations of $50, $100 and $500. I mint condition they are great rarities today. These high denominations were mainly used as revenue stamps. In 1949, there was a set of definitives with a new portrait of Sultan Sir Ibrahim. He appears to be wearing a military uniform. I am sure that he was annoyed by the fact that the stamps had MALAYA at the top and JOHORE at the bottom. Today Johor is one of the more important Malaysian states with a population of 3.4 million people. Johor Baharu is the capital city. More than half of Johor’s population is Malay with the Chinese being the largest minority. Even after the creation of Malaysia, the individual states continue to release postage stamps albeit in a very limited way.
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www.gabrieles.com.au Hundreds of new items added to our site each month. Add your email address to our “early bird” notice list, so when new material is added to the site, you get first choice! We also post out a printed copy of our monthly offers, for those who do not use the internet, this service is also free. Our printed, 36 paged price list is also available, just phone write or email today for a free copy today. gabriele@gabrieles.com.au
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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 9267 8301; Fax: 02 9264 4741. GPO Box 1971, Sydney NSW 2000 Ph: 02 9264 8301 Aust. 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 PO Box 151, Bathurst NSW 2795 Bega Phil. & Numismatic Society: Mtg 3rd Friday 8.00pm. Mthly Newsletter. PO Box 370, Bega NSW 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 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: Mtg 2nd Friday, even months; Produces “Cinderellas Australia” and monographs; PO Box 889, Chatswood, NSW 2057 Coffs Harbour SC: Mtg 2nd Wed Earlwood and District SC:Mtg 1st Wed Grafton SC: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex. Dec) 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, Great Lakes Campus Annexe, Taree St, Tuncurry Enq: Ph 02 6554 9776 Gosford PS: Afternoon Mtg 1st Mon; Evening Mtg 2nd Thurs Hawkesbury Valley PS (Richmond Stamp Club): Mtg 2nd Thurs (ex Jan) PO Box 28 Richmond 2753 Illawarra PS: Mtg 3rd Thursday (ex. Jan) Wollongong Master Build. Club Ltd, Oasis Room, 7.30pm. All welcome. Tel. (02) 42252011. Kempsey RSL PS: Mtg 2nd Wed Lake Macquarie Stamp Club:: Mtg 2nd Sat 9am; Combined Pensioners & Community Care Services 130 Josephson St, Swansea. Enq: 02 4392 5211 Lord Howe Island Postal History Society: Mtg by arrangement. Contact Pres: Dr William Mayo, 02 9918 6825 Lower Clarence PS: Mtg 4th Tues Macquarie Valley PS: Mtg 2nd Tues 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 PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs St David’s Church Hall, Dee Why. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Manly-Warringah Rugby Leagues SC: Mtg 4th Tues cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Milton-Ulladulla SC: Mtg 7pm on 4th Mon (ex Dec); Milton-Ulladulla Bowling Club Mtg Room, St Vincent St, Ulladulla, Sec. PO Box 670, Ulladulla, NSW, 2539 Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Enq: 4977 2525 (Jenny)
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 Armadale-Kelmscott PS: Mtg 4th Tues; Ph: 08 9397 6525 email: fit.kanga@bigpond.com Bridgetown-Manjimup SC: Mtg 1st Thurs 7.30pm Masonic Hall, Hampton St, BridgetownPh 08 9761 4638 or 08 9761 2005 Busselton SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.au Canning SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9457 7565 Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576 Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Ellenbrook SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9296 9306 Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, Tennis Club House, Parry St, Fremantle at 8pm; Ph: 08 6363 6415 Kalamunda SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9291 8484
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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301
Mudgee Coin Note & Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph 02 63735324 Nambucca River PS: Mtg 1st Sunday 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 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; Ph: 02 9419 7354 Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Ph: 02 6362 3754. Orchid Stamp Club: Mtg 3rd Sat. (Jan and each 2nd mth) Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, CWA rooms, Baby Health Ctr, Tindale St PO Box 393, Kingswood NSW 2747 PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec); Ph 02 9399 7556 PS of NSW: Mtg 1st Tues (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. Ph 02 44472976 Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd Mon Society for Polar Philately: 2009 Mtg Dates: Weds Feb 10, Mar 10, May 12, July 14, Sept 8, Nov 10, 8pm, Ryde Ex-Services Club, 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW. Tel: 9807 3344. Sec. Peter Brigden, PO Box 408, Wahroonga, NSW, 2076. Visitors welcome Strathfield-Burwood PS: Mtg 4th Wed 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 Stamp Society: Mtg 2nd Sat, even months 9.30am - 2.30pm, St Paul’s, Carlingford. Details: www.philas.org.au/sysdneyanglicanstampsociety 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 Thematic Society of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed Toronto SC: Mtg 1st Wed Tuggerah SC: Mtg 4th Sun (ex Dec.) Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm. Ph: 9144 4225 Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Home & Comm. Centre, Tweed Heads Wagga SC: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) ARCC Building, Tarcutta St, 7.30pm. Secretary: Peter Simpfendorfer Ph:02 6922 3393 Willoughby Legion Philatelic Section: Mtg 4th Tues Wyong PS: Mtg 3rd Tues, 7.30m. Jim Spence, Sec. Ph 02 4392 7536
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 SC: Mtg 4th Mon; Dudley Park Bowling Club, 28 Eden st, Mandurah. Email: stafford@southwest.com.au 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 6106 0874.
philatelic clubs & societies new zealand Air Mail Society of NZ: Mtg 3rd Mon (ex. Jan). Ph: 03 358 4838 Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan); Email bruce.chadderton @fitec. org.nz Add Ph 09 9853212 www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tuesday; Email: gftyson@inet.net. nz Ph 03 3541064 Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph 03 4557643; Email paul@ classiekrealestate.co.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph 06 8706710; Email jan-dave@clear.net.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan); Ph: 06 843 9433 Email dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 368 6202 Email michael.Christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan); Ph: 04 568 4892; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec); Ph: 04 297 1197 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 3289 895; Email patricia.Larsen@xtra.co.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec). Ph 03 5776166; Email lousv8@yahoo.com Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed Ph 07 8896251 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5477516 NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed ; Ph 03 3596758; www.nzeal. com/philately/nzscc.htm North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Ph: 09 4141044; Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz www.northshoreps.com Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 522 0311 Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington. Ph: 07 3476428
queensland Arana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermccloskey@bigpond. com Bayside Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281. Bribie Island SC: Meeting 4th Wed; Ph: 07 3408 2238 Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 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: Mtg 3rd Wed. 7.30pm Star Services, 115 Lyons St, Bungalow Ph: 07 4055 1302 Sec: Ross Bottomer, email:rbottomer@y7mail.com, web:www.cairnsstampclub. asn.au Caloundra SC: Mtg 4th Thurs 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 Thurs 1.00 pm BCC Library, Garden City Shopping Centre, Upper Mt.Gravatt. Contact 32068507 or stampman5@ bigpond.com Deception Bay SC: Mtg 1st Sat. Ph: 07 3204 6095 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 - 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 5482 5698 Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983
Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph: 09 2357737 Email: pukekohestampclub@gmail.com Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Tues (ex Jan); Ph: 04 472 2590; Email office@rpsnz.org.nz and; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS:Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri(ex Dec); Ph: 09 5366708 ; Email: panross@xtra.co.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan). Ph 03 2158177 Email antqgevi@es.co. nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 758 6233; Email: sheryllb@xtra.co.nz 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; Email: apberry@ wave.co.nz Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 234 7218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6888829 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec).04 5284123 ; Email km_Isaac@ paradise.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Dec). Ph 07 8556572 Email c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 442 8865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. (Ex. Jan) Ph 06 3448009 Warkworth & Districts Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Thu 1:00pm Ph 09 4258791 Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 09 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec); daytime meeting 3rd Thurs. Ph: 04 234 7218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs Ph: 07 3071016 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex. Jan) 09-4348000 Email johnmonica@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
Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3272 8304. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, lopatich@bigpond.net.au 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; 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 4th Thurs. Ph: 07 4162 2945 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 Redcliffe SC: Mtg 2nd Sat. Ph: 07 3204 6095 Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336 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 at C.W.A. Hall, Short St. Nambour. Ph: 075445 3647 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg 2nd Sat 2pm; Pres. Bob Littlehales; Phone 07 46355623; email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5598 7629 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (afternoon); 4th Thurs (evening); Ph 07 3207 3121.
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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; PO Box Greenock 5360; email: Jamil49@bigpond.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 PSchool; Ph: 08 8752 1297 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 ETSA 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 Wed 7.30pm& 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. PO Box 29, Glenside 5063. Ph: (08) 8353 8683 Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; Murray Bridge Showgrounds. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 purjohn@activ8.net.au Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan) 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
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 7014, Hawthorn, Vic, 3122 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 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: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec) 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); Footscray Senior Citizens Room, 130 Buckley St, Footscray Frankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford. Ph: 5996 3745 Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st & 3rd Sat 7.30pm (ex Jan) Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. Ph: 0438578591 (Sec); PO Box 342, Belmont 3216 Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd Monday Hungarian PS: Mtg 2nd Wed Italian PS: Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan), 7.30pm, Veneto Club, 191 Bulleen Rd Bullen. (PO Box 166, Niddrie, 3042)
tasmania Derwent Valley PS: Mtg 4th Mon Devonport Junior SC: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon Devonport Stamp Group: Mtg 4th Fri, Public Library Mtg Rms, 7.30pm Ph. 03 6424 3449 Glenorchy SC: Mtg 1st Tues Hobart Junior Group: Mtg 1st Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224
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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 1937, Adelaide 5001; Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Aust. (Aus. Com. Spect.Grp.): Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm;22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8373 3756 PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8373 3756 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; Reg Sissons Day Car Centre, 41 High St, Strathalbyn; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 08 8536 2770 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 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 Noble Park SC: Mtg 4th Mon (Ex. Dec 2nd Mon), Senior Citizens Rooms, 352 Cheltenham Rd, Keysborough, 3173; 03 97117085 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 5974 1950 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 9551 2235 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 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 Kingston Junior Group: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Launceston PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan) & 3rd Sat (ex. Dec), Max Fry Hall, Trevallyn 7.30pm; Ph: 6344 3676 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
stamp & coin fairs & events new south wales
victoria
Jan 1 - (1st Sun) Bankstown Stamp & Coin Fair, Bank- Jan 1 - (1st Sun) Stamp, Coin & Phone Card Fair, stown Masonic Hall, Cnr Greenfields & Restwell Sts, Ukrainian Hall, Russell St, Essendon. please check for Bankstown. 9am - 3pm. 7 Dealers. please check for alternative date alternative date
Jan 7 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754. Jan 7 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW.
Jan 15 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, Bentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre, Higgins Rd, Bentleigh. Dealers plus huge range activities. Ph: John Thomas 0418 322 315. Jan 19 - (last Sun ex Dec) Stamp, Coin & Phone-
Jan 7 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am - card Fair, Jaycees Hall, Silver Grove, Nunawading. 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. 9am-3.30pm.
queensland
Ph. 0417 802 754 Jan 7 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collec-
tors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay TBA - QStamp Fair, Southside, Mt Gravatt ShowRd, Gymea. Jan 15 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm,
grounds, Memorial Hall, Logan Rd. Free Entry
Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. 4971 8.30am - 2pm 3483 Jan 22 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Community Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm. Free Entry, 6
Jan 9 - (2nd Mon) - Gold Coast PS Sale, Rm 1, Southport Comm. Centre, Lawson St, Southport. 11.30am
Dealers, Buy/Sell - please check for alternative date - 2.30pm
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