Stamp News Australasia - August 2015

STAMP NEWS AUSTRALASIA

AUGUST 2015 EDITION

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Contents Articles Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ...................................................6 Slovakia’s Stamp History: Christer Brunström ....................... 14 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 20 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................... 30 Revenue Review: Dave Elsmore ................................................. 44 Introducing the APF: Ian McMahon .......................................... 48 Cinderella Corner: Tony Presgrave ............................................ 54 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 58

Information Reviews: Mike Lee ........................................................................... 42 Stamp Quiz No. 4 ............................................................................. 57 Trading Post....................................................................................... 68 Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......70 Calendar.............................................................................................. 73 Products & Services Directory............................................... ......74 Internet & Email Directory...................................................... ......78 List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............82

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The collecting categories of Stamp Usage and Postal History, whilst not mutually exclusive, essentially provide the collector with quite distinct goals.

“Usage” focuses upon a subject stamp issue, and explores the various ways in which that stamp could be engaged to pay for postal services.

“Postal History”, on the other hand, Figure 1. Commercial souvenir covers one of several alternative category rather is focused contenders upon rates and routes, the journey exhibit is treated, as it cuts across both Traditional and possible events a given article experienced in & Postal History”. Apparently overlooked was the postal system during transmission from point my comment on title page: “The arrangement A posting to point B arrival. of the exhibit follows that given in . . . King The two categories generally converge in interpretation by the majority of collectors and the George VI (Brusden-White Publishing 2006) . . . it is therefore Traditional in nature, entwined Trade, and even judges occasionally may require inevitably on occasions with elements of Postal clarification of the subtleties.

History.” After judging, I asked one of the two Two examples of how interpretations of judges, an international standard judge, to walk me “Usage” and “Postal History” (P.H.) at exhibition through my exhibit to explain how I could get it level can go awry: so wrong. His first comment was “But, Rod, these Well known S.A. Philatelist, Martin Walker, are all common stamps, aren’t they?” In reply I was the pioneer in the field of Australian KGVIsuggested that Arthur Gray’s KGVI Traditional era Usage, and inspired me to “have a go”.

Subsequently, I entered a national 8-frame exhibit exhibit, opposite mine at the exhibition, similarly comprised common stamps; it was the format in under Traditional, and was promptly advised the which they were present in the exhibit that turned category selected should be P.H.; accordingly the them in to something special. So it was, I went on, exhibit was poorly marked. Martin on another with my usage exhibit: common stamps, presented occasion entered his KGVI Usage exhibit under uncommonly used. I explained to the judge the P.H., and fared similarly. reasons why I had selected given subjects based It would appear we had struck a conundrum. upon their usage rarity, gauged from two decades In my instance, the judging critique made some of research, and received the response “We’ve helpful suggestions, but included the comment misjudged this, haven’t we?”

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Figure 2. Not quite as bland as it appears

Allow me a brief self indulgence; I was pretty pleased with this exhibit: over 20 years under construction, selected from perhaps one to two hundred thousand subjects that had passed through my hands, or brought to my attention over that timespan. Arthur Gray at the exhibition walked with me through my exhibit, keen to learn something new, and at the conclusion muttered, apparently sincerely, “This will win!” Now, even I wasn’t that bullish, but I was expecting to do well, buoyed by Charles Leski and Torsten Weller who, unusually but most welcomely, specifically took the time to approach me to say how much they enjoyed my exhibit. Arthur, of course, went on to win the Class, which he deserved.

Later at that exhibition, perhaps in a vain attempt to clutch a positive from this deflating episode in my modern era exhibiting career, I suggested to a number of movers and shakers that ideally “Usage” needed to be seen as a subcategory of Traditional, rather than that other Class, P.H. That suggested determination, I’m pleased to conclude, appears to have gained some

traction in the interim.

So what determines if a subject is better suited to a Usage or a P.H. collection?

Opinions may vary, given the subjective nature of the disciplines and, as mentioned above, Usage/P.H. are of course not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Generally, however, most commercial postal articles lean more readily towards one discipline over

another.

Drawing upon my aforementioned KGVI Usage exhibit, specifically from the 1937 N.S.W. Sesquicentenary pages, this month I’ll endeavour to explain just why I’ve included the selected subjects as being more valuable for a Usage category exhibit, rather than for P.H. or other category.

Commemorative/souvenir covers, often with dedicated cancellations, rightly are a popular collecting field, usually exhibited under Philatelic Class. Not so widely known are the commercially used equivalents, which may lend themselves to Usage, P.H. or even Social classes. Figure 1 found its way in to my Usage collection, as an example of solo use of the 2d of the selected series for this tutorial. I like the connection between the stamp issue and the specific commem envelope produced for the 150th anniversary event. Also, it is an unusual use of this item to Kenya, paying 2d British Empire rate. Auction estimate: $75 In a Usage exhibit one endeavours to present items which are more than ordinary. The 2d is Stamp News - 7

generally common solo, so another unusual use is welcome. Figure 2 was posted after advertised closing time for mails at Adelaide Railway, and a 1d Late fee was required if the article was to be included in that day’s despatch. The Late Fee cds tells us this, and a 3d stamp denomination ideally should have been the franking.

However, the pencilled “1” suggests the required 1d was paid Figure 3. Quite at home equally in Aerophilately in cash, the additional strike of Late Fee cds be a “T”, for “Tax”, but the double-deficiency having been applied to attest that action. At first penalty for underpaid mail would have required glance the pencilled marking would appear to “2d” to have been expressed. A useful item for a P.H. collection, but given the difficulty in finding unusual singular usages of the 2d I opted to place it where it now is. Auction estimate: $50 My final selection for the 2d denomination could be comfortably placed in an Aerophilately exhibit (under Australia, New Guinea or Papua), or P.H. rates/ destinations.

Figure 4. Low survival rate article delivers rare solo 8 - Stamp News

Figure 5. Distance no tyranny for Tasmania

an “oversize” envelope which once contained a no doubt sought-after advertising brochure, a much more likely survivor than the “useless” envelope which conveyed it. The cover could be allocated to advertising in Social or rates in a P.H. collection, but as a particularly rare example of usage of the 3d denomination, for 8-12ozs. Printed matter rate (1d per 4ozs.) it appealed to me as an eye-catching item for my exhibit. Auction estimate: $250 The tyranny of distance was not about to preclude Tasmania from the rapidly developing

Figure 3 is a pair used Melbourne to Wau paying 2d Empire rate + 2d Papua/New Guinea internal airmail service. Note the endorsement “From Port Moresby” beneath air mail etiquette upper left.

The article would have travelled surface mail to Port Moresby, thence airmail to Wau. Multiple use of this stamp, for a scarce rate/destination item was my motivation for entering this under Usage.

Auction estimate: $100 Figure 4 is one of those unlikely philatelic survivors; Figure 6. One for the Stationery aficionado

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airmail services of the 1930s. The Australian Post Office obligingly from October 1937 abolished the 3d airmail surcharge on letters and postcards carried from Tasmania to the mainland.

However, there was no reciprocal privilege; the 3d surcharge applied to airmail destined for Tasmania. Figure 5 is an unusual exception, sent from Melbourne to the venerable

Figure 7. Less usual postal article for another rare 3d solo

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Tasmanian firm, Henry Jones & Co. It should have been franked at 5d (2d letter rate + 3d airmail), but was permitted to travel untaxed, by chance or by design? An interesting example of underpaid mail for P.H., but I like unusual usages in a Usage collection.

Auction estimate: $125 Postal Stationery specially printed for use by Local Council is rather popular amongst Stationery aficionados, and Figure 6 could also

Figure 9. Luxury item for Rates exhibit

associated with registered mail, for which the fee was an additional 3d.

The KGVI 3d stamp is more usually seen employed for this service, and a collector of P.H., or Post Office forms, would probably prefer to include that much less expensive franking option for their respective collections. Auction estimate: $100

comfortably “fit” in to other collecting categories, such as Registered, Official or Unclaimed mail under P.H. I’ve included it as a character-filled Usage item, a specific uprate of Stationery for registration, utilising the 3d for that service.

Auction estimate: $75 The 3d denomination as a solo franking is most often encountered used for the Foreign letter rate. Figure 7 is a rare solo use for “A.R.”, the Acknowledgement of Delivery service Figure 10. Expensive Christmas card

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The final of the four selected solo 3d denomination, Figure 8, could be consigned to P.H. categories of rates and/or destinations, or Social Philately for the handdrawn motif or the notable addressee, Dr Sherwood Hall, who founded the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Haiju (now in North Korea); the cover Figure 11. 9d x2: highly preferable to alternative 1/6d Hermes includes original correspondence also find this a useful item. I like it for my Usage within. I have collection, as an attractive example of the Foreign no idea what the Korean manuscript characters relate to, but a collector of North Korean P.H. may letter rate to a most unusual destination. Auction estimate: $150 On now to the elusiveon-cover 9d denomination.

This is a very scarce stamp as a solo franking; it may be found in that form for airmail rate to parts of Asia, including Hong Kong and Malaya, and the domestic Parcel (Scale 2) rate.

Figure 9 is an attractive solo to Hong Kong, the “20� within Figure 12. Impressive 9d multiple franking 12 - Stamp News

circle to left of stamp is a local Postal Delivery marking. A P.H. collector of rates/destinations most likely would prefer a less “luxurious” franking, such as the relatively inexpensive 9d Platypus. A less attractive 9d N.S.W. solo to Malaya realised $700 at a Melbourne auction a few years ago. Auction estimate: $750 The 9d denomination on cover is usually found in franking compositions for overseas airmail, notably to U.K./Europe. Domestic use is rare; Figure 10 is particularly unusual as a specific uprate for triple airmail surcharge (3d per ½oz. x3). The cover is unsealed and could have been sent at 1d Printed matter rate. However, the sending date of Dec 23 suggests it contained a Christmas card, and would not have made the journey from Port Pirie to Tumby Bay within two days without airmail acceleration. Important item for a P.H. rates or commercial airmails collection, but much cheaper frankings for those purposes could be located, and such a rare (unique?) specific uprate utilising this 9d is an irresistible addition to a Usage collection, in my opinion. I featured this cover in February 2005, when I valued it at $150.

Auction estimate: $500 I particularly enjoy the “chance” element inherent in commercial postal articles. If Figure 11 had utilised a common-on-cover 1/6d Hermes, rather than 9d N.S.W. x2 I would have no hesitation in relegating it to a P.H. rates/destination or commercial airmails collection. The fact that the 9d’s specifically paid the 1/6d airmail uprate to Germany for an otherwise bog standard 3d surface mail article renders this an obvious choice for inclusion in a Usage collection. Auction estimate: $250 Figure 12 has the record franking I’ve recorded for the 9d, and reposing in a Usage collection should be an obvious placement. The 4/6d aggregate franking was for PanAm Clipper service, which went by surface Melbourne to N.Z. (note “Via Mariposa” endorsement), thence via Hong Kong to U.S. This high rate, which was actually 4/8d per ½oz., is elusive and soughtafter by commercial airmail collectors, who

would probably prefer a less expensive franking composition. The rate was 4/6d N.Z./U.S., which may have caused confusion, and the article travelled untaxed. Auction estimate: $400 My entire KGVI Usage collection exhibit, from which the illustrated subjects have been selected, together with supporting material, is for sale, intact only: (go to www.ebay.com.au and search for KGVI National standard Usage exhibit for sale intact) Stamp News readers interested in owning a best-of-kind collection should contact me (rod at rap.com.au) for a special offer.

To conclude this month, the eminent Queensland Philatelist, Joan Orr, has suggested an alternative franking interpretation for the Navigator 7/6d Cook solo I featured last month.

Joan believes the rate comprises double airmail (4/6d) + Compensation fee for insured package “Up to £40” (3/-). This is a possibility, although in the absence of any specific Post Office indication of Compensation it is difficult for me to speculate.

The sender was a known collector, and I believe the franking exercise was orchestrated to deliver a fine used example of the then elusive (used) 7/6d.

My thanks to Joan for her informed comment.

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.

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SLOVAKIA’S Stamp History Ever since the 900s, the Slovak people has lived on the territory which would eventually become Hungary. This certainly explains why modern Slovakia has a Hungarian minority which comprises almost 10 % of the population.

Slovakia is in many ways a very new nation.

After World War I, parts of Hungary with a mainly Slovak population were united with the Czech lands of Bohemia and Moravia to form Czechoslovakia.

The Slovaks probably didn’t feel that they were treated equally in this new state. After all, Prague and not Bratislava became the national capital of the new republic.

Bohemia and Moravia had a large Germanspeaking minority. The “Sudetenland” in the west of the country had already been incorporated in Germany in late 1938. The following year the Nazi régime in Berlin went one step further by invading Czechoslovakia. Bohemia and Moravia became a German protectorate and Slovakia an independent

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state for the first time in its long history (albeit with very strong ties to Germany).

The independent Slovakian state was governed by Dr. Jozef Tiso, a man who did not really subscribe to a democratic way of government. From 1939 until 1945, Slovakia was a stamp-issuing nation and Dr. Tiso was featured on some of the postage stamps.

It all ended after World War II when Czechoslovakia was resuscitated as an independent and unified state. This lasted until January 1, 1993, when Czechoslovakia was peacefully divided into two independent states – Slovakia and the Czech Republic. This despite the fact that there are many similarities between the two peoples and that they share a long history.

Slovakia is a mountainous country with the Carpathians and the Tatra Mountains in the northern part. This is where numerous winter sport resorts are located. Ice hockey is one of the more popular winter sports in the country.

Christer Brunström Slovakia is heavily forested and the forests and mountainous areas are home to a rich and varied wildlife.

Slovakia has been quite successful in developing its economy. The country is a member of both the European Union and NATO. The euro was introduced as the country’s currency in 2009. By offering low taxation, Slovakia has attracted lots of foreign investments. Three major car manufacturers have established factories in Slovakia.

But not everything is perfect in Slovakia. The Roma of Eastern Europe have always been treated as second-class citizens and this is certainly still the case in Slovakia which is home to some 80.000 Roma.

The independent state of Slovakia issued its first stamps in March 1939 by overprinting contemporary Czechoslovakian stamps with the words “Slovenský stat/1939”. Today this is quite an expensive set where some of the more valuable

denominations exist with forged overprints.

Then followed definitive stamps and a variety of commemorative and special stamp sets. Several stamp sets had surcharges going to various charitable organisations.

In 1939, there was a set of two stamps honouring J. Murgas (1864-1929). He had worked as a radio technician and had made many important discoveries in this particular area.

In May 1939, Slovakia had planned to release a set of four postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of the passing of General Rastislav Stefánik (1880-1919). He had died in an air crash just outside Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital, in 1919.

Stefánik was a well-known Slovakian astronomer, diplomat and politician. After completing his studies in astronomy in Prague, he left the country for France where he became a respected astronomer. He was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French government in 1917.

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SLOVAKIA’S Stamp History As a politician he worked restlessly for an independent and unified Czechoslovakia. As a military man he took part in the struggle against Austria-Hungary and Germany in the Great War. Stefánik’s anti-German stance and his strong support for an independent Czechoslovakian state was certainly not politically correct in 1939. This was the main reason why the set was never issued despite having been printed. At a later time, stocks of this interesting issue have reached the philatelic market-place.

Since 1993, Bratislava’s international airport carries the name of M. R. Stefánik.

When Slovakia resumed its stamp issues in 1993, the very first issue featured the new state’s coat of arms.

Czechoslovakia has always been famous for producing some of the world’s most attractive postage stamps enlisting the help of extremely

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talented artists and engravers. The independent Slovak postal service carried on these traditions. In 1994, a new series featuring famous paintings and other works of art was begun. These are all very attractive stamps as testified by the example shown nearby.

Other popular topics in Slovakia’s modern stamp-issuing programme include flora and fauna and different sports.

So far Slovakia (1939-1945 and from 1993) has released some 1.000 stamps and some 30 souvenir sheets which is more than reasonable. Slovakia is the perfect collection area for all those who would like to learn more about Central Europe and who enjoy stamps of exceptional artistic and technical quality. I should not at all be surprised if many Australians have roots in Slovakia as so many people left Europe for a better future on other continents in the late 19th century.

Christer Brunström Lundy and The Landmark Trust Since 1929, the tiny island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel between England and Wales has operated its own local post. In fact, it is the world’s longestrunning privately operated local post of its kind. The Lundy Postal Service links the island with the British mainland. The local post serves some 30 permanent residents and many thousands of tourists who visit the island each year.

Until 1969 the island was privately owned but following the death of Albion Harman, the last owner, Lundy was offered for sale. Thanks to a gift of £150,000 from the philanthropist Sir Jack Hayward, the National Trust was able to purchase Lundy. The Landmark Trust then agreed to take on the lease of the island. It also agreed to restore and maintain the island keeping it tranquil and peaceful for visitors to enjoy.

The Landmark Trust had been founded in 1965

by Sir John and Christian Smith. The aim of the charity was to prevent the deterioration and loss of old and frequently overlooked historic buildings.

These buildings were not to be turned into museums but would be living places where people could spend their holidays.

Today the Landmark Trust is in charge of some 200 buildings and properties all over the UK and abroad. Lundy is somewhat of an exception as the trust runs an entire island with numerous smaller properties and a medieval castle.

The Landmark Trust’s lease on the island runs for 60 years and it will hopefully be renewed in due course. Much has been done to restore and modernise the many buildings on the island turning them into attractive holiday properties. The island’s infrastructure has also been considerably improved.

This year The Landmark Trust celebrates its 50th

Lundy & the Landmark Trust anniversary and this was of course something that the Lundy Postal Service wanted to commemorate with a set of stamps. The assignment to design the new stamps went to two Swedes – Lars Liwendahl and Lars-Erik Wellerfors who have been responsible for many other Lundy stamp issues. The new stamp designs are based on photographs provided by The Landmark Trust.

The commemorative stamps were printed in a sheetlet of nine different stamps featuring eight different Landmark Trust properties as well as a photo of Sir John and Lady Smith. The six secondclass stamps carry a denomination of 49 pence and the three first-class stamps have a value of 62 pence.

Three of the designs feature properties on Lundy and the other five show historic buildings in other parts of the UK. For the very first time in Lundy’s philatelic history the sheetlet has the commemorative text printed in gold. The stamps were printed by Cartor

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Security Printing, Meaucé, France in a quantity of 12,000 sheets. They were released on May 16, 2015 and Lars Liwendahl was on hand on the island. He reports that interest in this new issue was very strong.

Lundy now also has a new franking machine replacing the old one which had served the island well for some 20 years. The Lundy postage rates include the Royal Mail fee. As a rule of thumb the postal rates on Lundy are those of Royal Mail + 10 puffin (or pence). Shown nearby is a cover featuring the new franking machine which was introduced in early June 2015.

Readers who would like to purchase the new stamps can contact the Lundy Postal Service, Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, Devon EX39 2LY, England.

First Day Covers and presentation packs are also available. I am sure that Lundy postmaster Ceri Stafford will attend to your orders for these or older stamps with great efficiency. Payment is easy as major credit cards are accepted.

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Stamps in the News - Globally!

Mao rolls in his grave

Reported at www.shanghaidaily.com China Post through its affiliate, Shanghai Post has issued its first Disney stamps.

People were lined up to purchase the stamps for an entire block in front of stands in Jing’an Park recently. The first person in line arrived 12 hours before the stands opened.

Every stamp has a face value of 1.2 yuan. Its Chinese designer says he included many traditional Chinese elements.

“I used the classical three circles of Mickey Mouse and Chinese auspicious cloud. People can see from the first sight that it’s a Chinese stamp. I also used colours such as gold and red to represent the best wishes,” said Ni Qingfeng, the stamp designer.

An unlimited number of stamps will be sold at post offices around Shanghai, but people were lined to get special envelopes and seals that were only available on the first day.

Shanghai Post, alongside Walt Disney Co, have agreed to jointly develop various Disney related products in future.

Margo’s note: On reflection, it will not just be Mao rolling in his grave- across the hemishphere Walt will be rolling in his too. Hard to say which of them would be the most outraged.

Walt Disney was a founding member of the anticommunist group Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals.

In 1947, during the Second Red Scare, Disney

testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, where he branded 3 former animators and union organizers as Communist agitators.

Disney also accused the Screen Cartoonists Guild of being a Communist front, and charged that the 1941 strike was part of an organized Communist effort to gain influence in Hollywood.

On January 12, 1955, Disney was approved from the Federal Bureau of Investigation as an official SAC (special agent in charge). The title was used in-house by the Bureau for a trusted person they could contact for information or further assistance.

Memos indicate that he remained a source of information to his death.

Elvis is back in the building

Reported at www.music-news.com In 1993, the US post office issued the first stamp of Elvis Presley which went on to become the biggest selling in the organisation’s history. On August 12, they will issue a brand new Presley commemorative forever stamp as part of their music icons series.

Postmaster General Megan Brennan said “Elvis is a natural addition to our Music Icon Series. His life and talents are an incredible story.

Spanning from his humble beginnings in a Tupelo, Mississippi, two-room house to becoming one of the most legendary performance artists of the 20th Century, Elvis Presley’s works continues to resonate with millions the world over.”

The image for the stamp will be released at a later date.

Roos rule

Reported at www.smh. com.au 2013 was a milestone for collectors of Australia’s Kangaroo and Map stamps. The one penny variety was first issued on January 2, 1913, in Sydney. Variations of this classic design continued until 1948.

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One of two similar stamps, with printer’s monogram attached, as bought from the Arthur Gray sale in 2007. The low probability that any survived with the printers stamp attached makes these extremely desirable.

Centenary celebrations peaked in May 2013 at the World Philatelic Exhibition in Melbourne.

The Roos, as they are commonly called, are more popular than ever, although some collectors have been pushed out of the market by rising prices. Still, a good selection of rarities feature in the Mossgreen sale in June, in Melbourne.

This auction is a combined effort by Charles Leski and Prestige Philately, the third since the two dealerships merged into the Mossgreen group last December.

Gary Watson from the Prestige side says that the spike in interest in the Roos was in February 2007 when the collection of the late Arthur Gray sold through Shreves auction house in New York

for more than $A7 million, setting a world record for the highest total achieved for a single stamp issue. All 849 lots sold. Top individual result was $265,000 for a block of four 1919 £1 brown and blue Kangaroos bearing the imprint of the printer, T.S. Hamilton.

A single stamp, a 1913 £2 black and red stamp bearing the monogram of J.B.Cooke, sold for $A176,930.

Offerings at the Mossgreen auction include two £1 brown and blue Kangaroos with printer’s monograms attached, listed with estimates of $75,000 each. Both were bought at the Gray sale.

Lot 108, with CA monogram, was bought for $87,800 at the 2007 sale.

Lot 109, with JBC monogram, was bought for $79,800. The low probability that any stamps had survived, unused with the printer’s imprint intact, makes them so valuable. Only one stamp on each sheet has the monogram.

In a lower price range is a strip of three pale blue/green one-shilling stamps, again with JBC monogram attached, described in the catalogue as “extremely rare and desirable: only one other strip has been recorded”. Estimate is $10,000, which puts it at the lower end of the elite range of prices.

Even counterfeit Kangaroos are worth something these days.

Lot 114 is a £2 black and rose Kangaroo, a rare example of the only forgeries executed on Commonwealth of Australia stamps by master forger Jean de Sperati.

His method was to fade out the design of a genuine low denomination stamp then re-print the higher denomination using photolithography. The paper and postmark are genuine but experts can spot the fakes by the small white flaw off Warrnambool.

These have become a cult item among Kangaroo collectors. A similar one sold at a 2004 Prestige auction for $4140. The 2015 estimate is $5000, again conservative.

Watson says that buying the most expensive items is not necessarily the best option for investors.

Anything above $1000 in value can achieve good results if bought wisely, although Watson says that some collectors recently have been scared off by inflated values for Kangaroo stamps listed in the latest edition of the Australian Commonwealth Stamp News - 21

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As a result, some collectors have swapped their interest to the more affordable King George V stamps. These are now the hot category.

Margo’s note: Auction catalogue showing reserves and prices realised available at http://tinyurl.com/o6pbnne

Size DOES matter: Singapore

Reported at www.channelnewsasia.com Sir Stamford Raffles, Singa the Lion, and Singaporean athletes featured in a life-sized stamp parade during the 28th SEA Games closing ceremony at the National Stadium in June.

The parade was one of the highlights of the ceremony with live-sized floats of Singapore stamps from past till present. Familiar figures and landmarks such as Sir Stamford Raffles, Singa the Lion, the iconic Changi Airport and Singapore Airlines aircraft appeared.

There were also stamps featuring Singapore’s athletes from water polo, football, badminton and swimming. One life-sized boat was based on a stamp from the 1993 SEA Games sports stamp series.

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The small community of Boys Town, Nebraska is the home to the world’s largest ball of stamps.

The ball is a relic from a time when people had more hobbies and less entertainment. And people mailed things to each other using stamps. The sphere is 32 inches in diameter, weighs 600 pounds, and contains a reported 4,655,000 cancelled stamps.

It was stuck together, layer upon layer, by the sticky tongues and fingers of the Boys Town Stamp Collecting Club starting in 1953.

But why? A Visitors Centre manager, speculated that “It must have been an exceptionally cold winter”. Apparently the Ball was originally thought to have been started around a pencil stub, but is now believed to have been wrapped around the core of a golf ball.

By July 1955 the Ball had just about reached its current size, and it was featured in the syndicated newspaper column of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. Work on the Stamp Ball essentially ceased at that point, and it has remained as it was, still the World’s Largest Ball of Stamps after almost 60 years.

Unlike most rare objects, the World’s Largest Ball of Stamps is displayed in the open. You can touch it if you want to. But adding to it, or picking off stamps, is forbidden. The Ball sits on a low pedestal in front of a colourful wall mural, also made of stamps. The mural gives the Ball a sunburst diadem when it’s viewed just right.

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Brought to life by New Zealand artist Jason Kelly, this kitschy stamp issue combines wellknown Kiwi dishes with Kelly’s signature humour.

Each stamp was originally painted on a wooden panel, and together they make a unique sheet of 18 stamps.

India celebrates yoga A few feet away from the Ball is the “penny bin” of Boys Town, where philatelists of all ages can rummage through boxes of loose stamps to their hearts’ content.

New Zealand celebrates Kiwi cuisine

Reported at http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz New Zealand is home to loads of weird and wonderful recipes that combine simple, but flavoursome ingredients to create home and party staples that can only be described as quintessentially Kiwi.

NZ Post has released a special stamp issue consisting of 18 items to underline its cuisine traditions, celebrating dishes such as Southland cheese rolls, cheerios, mouse traps, pikelets, fairy bread – even the pavlova, previously thought to have been an Aussie dish!

Reported at www.indiatvnews.com The Indian government has brought out a set of two stamps and a miniature sheet on International Day of Yoga in June, but its first attempt to boost yoga via a stamp issue in 1991 was a failure.

The 1991 set of four multi-coloured stamps in the denominations of Rs 2, 5, 6.5 and depicted four yoga postures.

“That was a time when yoga was not popular among the masses. They were meant to take yoga to people through letters but there was little interest in the issue,” said a spokesman from the Philatelic Congress of India.

“The stamps were circulated and then disappeared.

Yoga was not replicated on stamps in India after that.

This particular set of four stamps now fetch around Rs 500 in the market,” he said.

“Stamps can help in popularising yoga, but unfortunately not much attention has been given on it.

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it. Apart from India, China is the only country to release stamps on yoga.

The Chinese postal department released a set of eight stamps portraying famous yoga guru B K S Iyengar doing various ‘yogasanas’. The eight stamps were released on the occasion of China-India yoga summit at Guangzhou in 2014.

Slovenia celebrates Postcrossing

Reported at www.postcrossing.com Slovenia has issued a new postage stamp to celebrate Postcrossing, a worldwide postcard exchange community. The popular hobby has over half a million members in 216 countries and is also a big hit in Slovenia, where fans eagerly anticipated this stamp release.

The Postcrossing community celebrated the launch of the Postcrossing stamp at the Maribor main Post Office in May. Paulo Magalhães, who started the Postcrossing project in 2005 commented: “It’s a real honour for us that the Postcrossing community has been deemed of such a high distinction

by Slovenian Post.

The Slovenian stamp has already become a real hit among postcrossers and collectors from around the world.

Croatia celebrates hemp

Reported at www.post.ba Croatian Post Mostar has released a special stamp dedicated to hemp – one of the sacred plants in many world 24 - Stamp News

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Hemp is one of the sacred plants in many religions. In ancient Germanic culture, it was associated with the goddess of love Frey. In magical works hemp serves to combat evil forces and demons, storms and hail. Hemp shirts were woven to protect the wearer from the plague. In folk medicine it was used against fever, shortness of breath and stomach pain. Folk legend about buried treasure in Herzegovina holds that the treasure will be found by a girl with a knitted black hemp shirt.

San Marino celebrates toilets

religions. This plant is often mentioned in Balkan myths, hence this item was issued as a part of Myths and Flora stamp series in May. Hemp is an annual herbaceous plant from the Cannabaceae family.

The Gutenberg Bible was printed on the hemp paper in 1455, as well as the American Declaration of Independence in 1776. Hemp has leaves like a fist which has led to the belief that it is of divine origin. According

Reported at www.aasfn.sm San Marino Post has dedicated its next stamp issue to World Toilet Day. The philatelic set was designed by a French artist, Geneviève Gauckler.

The set depicts colourful figures using toilets but despite the playful graphics, the set has a serious message- the importance of making access to sanitation for all a priority of global development.

In 2013 the UN General Assembly declared November the 19th “World Toilet Day� to

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Stamps in the News - Globally! remind developed western countries that access to sanitation, which we take for granted, is still a dream for a third of mankind. 2.5 billion people don’t have access to proper sanitation, including toilets and latrines, with dramatic consequences on human heath, dignity and security. Every day 2,000 children under 5 years old die because of diarrhoea due to poor sanitation. The most affected areas are India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Young girls are at particular risk as their search for privacy can make them vulnerable to assault.

For the bookworms…..

Reported at www.linns.com A new philatelic mystery novel, The Stamp by Brian Hawkins, has recently been published. The new novel has an intriguing plot: A single strange Nazi postage stamp — hidden for decades — surfaces in Paris, threatening to expose a shameful secret of World War Two that

could rewrite history.

On a holiday in Europe, New York ad man Ted Oakley and his girlfriend Jennifer Swanner become innocently entangled in a web of international intrigue when they unknowingly buy a vintage object concealing the stamp.

The work of a master Czechoslovakian engraver in 1940, this solitary stamp is sought after by an unscrupulous Zurich rare stamp dealer, a Japanese millionaire collector, the Deputy Private Secretary to the Queen and MI-5.

In Paris, Zurich, London and Tokyo, their frantic search for this philatelic time bomb takes the reader into the rarified world of big-league stamp collecting.

In their pursuit of Ted Oakley and the stamp, three people will be murdered, and the final fate of this tiny paper rectangle takes a sudden turn that no one could have predicted.

Meticulously researched by its author, Brian Hawkins, The Stamp is a dazzling historical novel, full of intrigue, adventure and philatelic facts.

Published April 16th 2015 Kindle Edition, 289 pages

The dark secret of Plauen Post Office revealed

Reported at www.dailymail.co.uk A researcher has uncovered evidence that American soldiers looted 25 million pounds in Nazi gold from a secret treasure trove hidden by S.S. overlord Heinrich Himmler in the closing days of WW2.

The gold, money and silver ingots weighing 150lb were hidden in a post office that doubled as a clandestine vault for the Reichsbank in the small German town of Plauen.

It is thought Himmler stashed the treasure in Plauen to be used as fallback funds for S.S. men seeking to escape Allied justice after the collapse of Nazism.

The Reichsbank often used the large strongroom of the Plauen post office throughout the war to store gold and money from 1944 onwards as bombing raids on Berlin took their toll on its buildings.

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five week search of the U.S. National Archive in Washington.

He is making a film about the town’s liberation

by American soldiers on April 16 1945.

‘Originally I was looking for film shot by the RAF on 16mm film which was rare for the day,’ said Hentje. ‘Then I came across the sensational Himmler document.’

‘I also found a document detailing the interrogation of a postal official on April 26. He confirmed the almost 900kg of gold, silver and coins which was hidden in the town.’

As well as the Himmler order for the hiding of the loot in Plauen the archive threw up details of Americans shipping the loot out of the town to Frankfurt.

Plauen lay in the east of Germany and had already been assigned by Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to the Russians at the Yalta conference earlier in 1945.

‘All trace of it was lost after that,’ said Hentje.

He believes that the Americans considered it

a ‘reparations payment’ and shipped it back to Washington. It is also likely that individual soldiers helped themselves to chunks of the loot.

Mirror, mirror on the wall. Whose Facebook’s fairest of them all?

Reported at www.stampnews.com This year the StampNews.com site has done an audit and ranking of the Facebook pages of the Post Offices around the world.

They found a total of 73 official Facebook pages from around 150 post offices in different countries.

The ranking was based on three parameters: 1. Content attractiveness -sum of the like, share and comment values on each subscriber. The higher the value, the more interesting posts are for subscribers (or the higher the value, the more active subscribers are); Most interesting content, by the subscribers’ opinion, is published by Österreichische Post AG (Austria), Deutsche Post (Germany) and Georgian Post (Georgia).

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2. Likes – the number of subscribers; The Facebook pages with the largest number of users are in Italy (Poste Italiane: 207 659 subscribers), Australia (Australia Post: 192 411 subscribers) and the United States (US Postal Service: 130 703 subscribers).

3. Content regularity – frequency of posts’ publication.

The most active on publishing content is India Post (an average of 4 posts a day), followed by Saudi Post (an average of slightly more than three posts a day) and US Postal Service (an average of 2 posts per day).

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own.

The Postal Service said in a statement “We believe this incident is isolated and should not undermine public trust in the integrity of the Operation Santa program.”

Criminal prosecutions are in progress.

And a postscript to last month’s story of the Post Office thefts in Sydney

Reported at www.smh.com.au A man has been charged over a series of thefts at post offices across Sydney in which more than $300,000 worth of postage stamps, as well as mobile phones, sim cards and cash, were stolen.

In Sydney, the robberies occurred at post offices in Mortdale, Mosman, Crows Nest, Drummoyne, Haberfield, Annandale, Kingsgrove, Artarmon, St Peters, Alexandria, Ermington, Panania, Wahroonga, Concord and Avalon.

During a robbery at Five Dock Post Office on December 29, officers arrested a 42-year-old man.

Police allege that a second man involved in that robbery was able to evade police.

The 42-year-old man was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal, and has since been held at Silverwater Correctional Complex.

On Tuesday, detectives charged the 42-year-old man with 21 further counts of aggravated break, enter and steal. He was refused bail to appear at Burwood Local Court on July 8.

Police have released a CCTV image of another man they are still searching for over the robberies.

Reported at www.nytimes.com In the grand James A. Farley Post Office in Manhattan, a century-old Christmas tradition unfolded, as workers playing the role of benevolent elves sorted gift lists from needy children and addressed boxes from Secret Santas.

But it now appears that three Postal Service employees used their jobs with Operation Santa to fill their own stockings instead.

As part of Operation Santa, which began in 1912, workers receive hundreds of thousands of letters from children to Santa. Some of the letters are then placed in a public “adoption” area for donors, with the children’s identities and addresses redacted. When the donor returns to the post office with the gift, workers put it in the mail to the lucky child. Of the more than 300,000 letters received during the 2013 holiday season, the complaint says, just a few thousand were ultimately fulfilled.

From November 2013 to January 2014, it is alleged that the workers wrote letters on behalf of family members or fictional children, and then made copies of them to raise the chances they were chosen by a Secret Santa. Their haul included laptops, iPads and bedding.

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Centenaries of Three Cities 1971 A set of three stamps featuring the Coats of Arms of cities celebrating various centenaries was issued on 12th May 1971.

Palmerston North

This city, the seventh largest in New Zealand, is located 140 km north of Wellington on the plain of the Manawatu River. It is a rich agricultural area, the reason for siting the Massey Agricultural College there (today expanded to Massey University). When first settled by Europeans in the mid-nineteenth century, near the site of a small Maori village, it was called Palmerston for the former Prime Minister of Britain. In 1871, the Post Office designated it Palmerston North to distinguish it from Palmerston

in Otago, South Island. At that time, with the South Island’s prosperity from gold mining, the North Island settlement would have been the lesser in importance, particularly as conflicts with Maori over land ownership in the North Island would have restricted settlement during the 1860s. Apart from the University, the city is also known today for having the largest electricity-generating wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere with 154 wind turbines on its surrounding hills. In 2010, the philatelic exhibition Palmpex used an image of a wind turbine as its logo.

Auckland

In 1971 Auckland celebrated the centenary of its declaration as a city. The Auckland area had been a major site of Maori settlement in pre-European times, with an estimated 20,000 people enjoying its fertile soils, great sea food resources and defensible volcanic hilltops. With unregulated European settlement by whalers, sealers and timber-cutters further north in the Bay of Islands from the 1820s, northern Maori tribes with European weapons and axes conquered the Auckland tribes and inflicted considerable loss of life. The first European settlers in the future Auckland city area bought land there in 1832, well before the formal establishment of British sovereignty in 1840.

The first Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson, established his administrative capital on the southern shore of Waitemata Harbour in 1841 – 1842 and named it for his friend the Earl of Auckland. The capital Left: Palmerston North

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to-day government being exercised from Wellington. In 1871, the Auckland Provincial Government conferred city status on Auckland and this was ratified by the national Municipal Corporations Act of 1886. The Auckland City Council was also formed in 1871.

Left: Old Auckland Above: Auckland

was transferred to Wellington in 1865 but Auckland continued to develop to be New Zealand’s major commercial centre by the end of the nineteenth century.

During the mid-nineteenth New Zealand was divided into Provincial Government areas because communication difficulties prevented much day-

Invercargill

The 5 cent stamp marked the centenary of local government in Invercargill in the far south of the South Island.

The area was first settled in the 1850s. The town and port expanded with the Otago gold rushes in the 1860s. In later years, fishing and dairy farming for the butter and cheese export industry have been the main activities.

The stamps were designed by R M Conly and printed in five-colour photogravure by the Japanese Government printing Bureau on chalksurfaced unwatermarked paper. The perforations gauged 13 x 13½. The plate numbers T205, T206 and T207 were in the bottom of the left selvedge and the designer’s and printer’s imprints in the bottom margin.

References: Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, Auckland, Campbell Paterson, 1952 – .

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, vol. 6, Wellington, RPSNZ, 1975.

Graeme can be contacted through his website, www.stampsmw.top1.com.au .

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25 CAMBODIA ................................................$ 10.00

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100 CAMBODIA ............................................$ 115.00 500 CAMBODIA ..............................................$ 65.00 100 CANADA ....................................................$ 6.00 100 CANADA (MINT.COMMS) .........................$ 50.00 25 CAPE VERDE ................................................$ 6.00 25 CAYMAN ISL ..............................................$ 15.00 50 CAYMAN ISL ..............................................$ 36.00 100 CHANNEL ISLANDS ..................................$ 19.00 150 CHANNEL ISLANDS ..................................$ 80.00 300 CHANNEL ISLANDS ................................$ 130.00 200 CHILE ......................................................$ 24.00 500 CHILE ....................................................$ 110.00 100 CHINA .....................................................$ 19.00 200 CHINA .....................................................$ 48.00 325 CHINA ...................................................$ 130.00 500 CHINA P.R.C ...........................................$ 300.00 100 CHINA (LRG, MINT, COMP.SETS)................$ 50.00 25 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..................................$ 14.00 50 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..................................$ 33.00 75 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..................................$ 50.00 100 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..............................$ 100.00 150 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..............................$ 150.00 200 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..............................$ 230.00 500 CONGO ..................................................$ 140.00 25 COCOS ISLAND ............................................$ 8.00 50 COCOS ISLAND ..........................................$ 38.00 75 COCOS ISLAND ..........................................$ 60.00 100 COCOS ISLAND ......................................$ 132.00 300 COLOMBIA ..............................................$ 60.00 900 COLOMBIA ............................................$ 370.00 300 COOK ISLANDS ......................................$ 350.00 400 COOK ISLANDS ......................................$ 560.00 500 COOK ISLANDS ......................................$ 650.00 750 COOK ISLANDS ....................................$ 1280.00 1000 COOK ISLANDS .................................$ 2,000.00 50 CROATIA (PRE WAR) ..................................$ 20.00 300 CUBA ......................................................$ 30.00 200 CUBA (LARGE PICT.) ................................$ 18.00 25 CYPRUS ....................................................$ 12.00 50 CYPRUS ....................................................$ 30.00 100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ......................................$ 3.00 200 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ....................................$ 15.00 500 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ....................................$ 34.00 100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (MINT U/H) .................$ 17.00 200 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (MINT U/H) .................$ 20.00 100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (POST WAR) ................$ 11.00 400 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (MINT U/H) .................$ 30.00 1000 CZECHOSLAVAKIA ..................................$ 85.00

D

50 DANZIG .....................................................$ 29.00

Pay cents, not $ per stamp!

100 DANZIG ...................................................$ 66.00 100 DENMARK .................................................$ 6.00 300 DENMARK ...............................................$ 20.00 500 DENMARK ...............................................$ 60.00 25 DOMINICA BR. .............................................$ 4.00 50 DOMINICA BR. .............................................$ 6.00 100 DOMINICA BR. .........................................$ 30.00 50 DOMINICA BR. (KGVI & QEII) .....................$ 40.00 50 DOMINICAN REP .......................................$ 18.00 200 DOMINICAN REP. .....................................$ 33.00 300 DOMINICAN REP. .....................................$ 70.00 90 DUTCH EAST INDIES ................................$ 100.00

E

300 ECUADOR ................................................$ 77.00 400 ECUADOR ................................................$ 80.00 500 ECUADOR ..............................................$ 110.00 700 ECUADOR ..............................................$ 250.00 100 EGYPT .....................................................$ 10.00 300 EGYPT .....................................................$ 70.00 1000 EGYPT .................................................$ 155.00 50 EGYPT (MINT/UH, COMPL. SETS) ...............$ 30.00 50 EGYPT + 4 M/S .........................................$ 30.00 50 ESTONIA ....................................................$ 66.00 25 EQUATORIAL GUINEA (M/SHEET CTO) ........$ 11.00 1000 EUROPE ...............................................$ 50 .00

F

20 FALKLAND ISL. COMPL. MINT SETS ..........$ 100.00 25 FALKLAND ISLAND ....................................$ 18.00 50 FAROS ISLAND ..........................................$ 60.00 100 FAROS ISLAND ......................................$ 130.00 50 FIJI ............................................................$ 18.00 100 FIJI ..........................................................$ 50.00 150 FIJI ..........................................................$ 70.00 200 FIJI ..........................................................$ 80.00 250 FIJI ........................................................$ 140.00 400 FIJI ........................................................$ 300.00 100 FINLAND .................................................$ 18.00 400 FINLAND .................................................$ 80.00 500 FINLAND ...............................................$ 140.00 10 FIUME ....................................................... $ 7.00 100 FRANCE .....................................................$ 6.00 200 FRANCE ...................................................$ 16.00 100 FRENCH COLONIES .....................................$ 7.50 300 FRENCH COLONIES ...................................$ 30.00 50 FRENCH COLONIES (PRE INDEPENDENCE) ..$ 12.00 100 FRENCH. MORROCO .................................$ 25.00 50 FRENCH POLYNESIA ...................................$ 50.00

G

50 GERMANY 3RD REICH ................................$ 13.00 25 GERMANY ...................................................$ 5.00 100 GERMANY .................................................$ 7.00 300 GERMANY ...............................................$ 18.00 1000 GERMANY .............................................$ 50.00 50 GERMANY (PRE WAR) ...............................$ 11.00 100 GERMANY (PRE WAR) .............................$ 22.00 500 GERMANY EAST ......................................$ 40.00 50 GERMANY INFLATION (MINT U/H ) ............$ 10.00 100 GERMANY INFLATION (MINT U/H) ...........$ 20.00 500 GERMANY WEST ......................................$ 50.00 100 GERMANY WEST(LRG.COMMEMS) ............$20.00 100 GHANA ...................................................$ 50.00 200 GHANA .................................................$ 120.00 25 GIBRALTAR ................................................$ 17.00 50 GIBRALTAR ................................................$ 45.00 25 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .........................$ 12.00 50 GILBERT, KIRIBATI,TUVALU .........................$30.00 150 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .......................$ 90.00 200 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .....................$ 100.00 300 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .....................$ 150.00 360 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .....................$ 190.00 400 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .....................$ 225.00 500 GILBERT, KIRIBATI, TUVALU ...................$ 270.00 25 GREAT BRITAIN ............................................$ 2.00 50 GREAT BRITAIN ............................................$ 7.00 100 GREAT BRITAIN ..........................................$ 9.00 1000 GREAT BRITAIN ....................................$ 176.00 1200 GREAT BRITAIN ....................................$ 230.00 100 GREAT BTITAIN (LARGE COMMEMS) ........$ 12.00 200 GREAT BRITAIN (LARGE COMMEMS).........$ 20.00 100 GREECE ...................................................$ 14.00 200 GREECE ...................................................$ 30.00 100 GREENLAND ..........................................$ 100.00 50 GRENADA ....................................................$ 8.00 100 GRENADA (MINT U/H) .............................$ 10.00 50 GUATEMALA .............................................$ 14.00 100 GUATEMALA ...........................................$ 32.00 300 GUATEMALA .........................................$ 150.00 25 GUINEA M/S ..............................................$ 10.00 50 GUINEA REP. ................................................$ 6.00 100 GUINEA REP. (LARGE PICT.) ......................$ 10.00

H

500 HOLLAND ................................................$ 50.00 1000 HOLLAND ............................................$ 120.00 50 HONDURAS ................................................$30.00 100 HONDURAS .............................................$ 50.00 200 HONDURAS .............................................$ 80.00 400 HONDURAS ...........................................$ 140.00 25 HONG KONG ................................................$ 6.00 50 HONG KONG ..............................................$ 12.00 100 HONG KONG ............................................$ 20.00 200 HONG KONG ..........................................$ 100.00 50 HUNGARY ...................................................$ 2.00 500 HUNGARY ...............................................$ 20.00 1000 HUNGARY .............................................$ 65.00 2000 HUNGARY ...........................................$ 150.00 3000 HUNGARY ...........................................$ 440.00 300 HUNGARY (LARGE PICT.) .........................$ 24.00 1000 HUNGARY (LARGE PICT.) .......................$ 85.00

I

200 INDIA .......................................................$16.00 300 INDIA ......................................................$ 24.00 25 INDO - CHINA ..............................................$ 8.00 50 INDO - CHINA ............................................$ 30.00 100 INDONESIA ................................................$ 6.00 300 INDONESIA ..............................................$ 56.00 300 IRAN .......................................................$ 30.00 50 IRAN ............................................................$6.00 500 IRAN .......................................................$ 30.00 500 IRAQ .......................................................$ 60.00 50 IRELAND .....................................................$ 9.00 100 IRELAND .................................................$ 18.00 350 IRELAND ...............................................$ 120.00 400 IRELAND ...............................................$ 194.00 500 IRELAND ...............................................$ 250.00 600 IRELAND ...............................................$ 360.00 200 ISRAEL ....................................................$ 36.00 25 ITALIAN COLONIES .....................................$ 15.00 50 ITALIAN COLONIES .....................................$ 24.00 100 ITALIAN COLONIES ...................................$ 75.00 200 ITALIAN COLONIES .................................$ 160.00 100 ITALY .........................................................$ 6.00 200 ITALY .......................................................$ 16.00 500 ITALY .......................................................$ 80.00

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100 HAITI ......................................................$ 30.00 200 HAITI ......................................................$ 55.00 100 HOLLAND ..................................................$ 7.00 200 HOLLAND ................................................$ 14.00 300 HOLLAND ................................................$ 30.00 400 HOLLAND ................................................$ 40.00

100 JAMAICA ..................................................$50.00 200 JAMAICA ...............................................$ 130.00 50 JAPAN .........................................................$ 4.00 1000 JAPAN .................................................$ 140.00 100 JAPAN (MINT U/H) ..................................$ 60.00 50 JERSEY ......................................................$ 13.00

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Pricefighter Packets, ready made collections K

50 KOREA NORTH (LARGE PICT.) .......................$ 6.00 100 KOREA NORTH (LARGE PICT.)....................$ 10.00 500 KOREA NORTH .........................................$ 80.00 50 KOREA SOUTH ...........................................$ 14.00

L

25 LAOS ...........................................................$ 4.00 50 LAOS ...........................................................$ 7.00 500 LAOS .......................................................$ 70.00 20 LAOS PRE WAR ............................................$ 6.00 300 LATIN AMERICA .......................................$ 19.00 50 LATVIA ......................................................$ 22.00 200 LATVIA ..................................................$ 170.00 75 LATVIA (Pre War) ....................................$ 100.00 100 LEBANON ................................................$ 40.00 200 LEBANON ..............................................$ 100.00 50 LIBERIA .......................................................$ 9.00 200 LIBERIA ...................................................$ 35.00 300 LIBERIA ...................................................$ 70.00 25 LIECHTENSTEIN .........................................$ 10.00 50 LIECHTENSTEIN .........................................$ 30.00 25 LITHUANIA ................................................$ 10.00 50 LITHUANIA ................................................$ 30.00 100 LITHUANIA ............................................$ 100.00 50 LUXEMBOURG .............................................$ 8.00 100 LUXEMBOURG .........................................$ 21.00 2000 LUXEMBOURG .......................................$ 50.00

M

50 MACAU .....................................................$ 60.00 200 MALAYA AND SINGAPORE .......................$ 20.00 500 MALAYA AND SINGAPORE .......................$ 96.00 1000 MALAYA AND SINGAPORE ...................$ 400.00 25 MALAYSIA ...................................................$ 2.00 100 MALAYSIA ...............................................$ 13.00 100 MALDIVES ...............................................$ 24.00 100 MALTA ....................................................$ 10.00 500 MALTA ..................................................$ 140.00 650 MALTA ..................................................$ 270.00 50 MAURITIUS ...............................................$ 24.00 100 MAURITIUS .............................................$ 30.00 200 MEXICO ...................................................$ 54.00 500 MEXICO .................................................$ 110.00 25 MONACO .....................................................$ 6.00 100 MONACO .................................................$ 40.00 500 MONGOLIA ..............................................$ 65.00 25 MONTENEGRO ...........................................$ 20.00 50 MONTENEGRO ...........................................$ 50.00 100 MONTSERRAT ........................................$ 114.00 50 MOZAMBIQUE ...........................................$ 10.00

200 MOZAMBIQUE .........................................$ 55.00 400 MOZAMBIQUE .......................................$ 270.00 500 MOZAMBIQUE .......................................$ 300.00 50 MYANMAR ................................................$ 20.00

N

25 NAURU ......................................................$ 11.00 50 NAURU ......................................................$ 33.00 100 NAURU ....................................................$ 93.00 150 NAURU ..................................................$ 134.00 200 NAURU ..................................................$ 160.00 50 NEPAL .........................................................$ 8.00 100 NEPAL .....................................................$ 16.00 25 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ..........................$ 20.00 500 NEVIS (MINT U/H) .................................$ 260.00 50 NEW CALEDONIA ......................................$ 36.00 100 NEW CALEDONIA ..................................$ 150.00 10 NEWFOUNDLAND .......................................$ 8.00 25 NEWFOUNDLAND .....................................$ 16.00 50 NEWFOUNDLAND .....................................$ 44.00 100 NEWFOUNDLAND .................................$ 190.00 50 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .........................$ 40.00 100 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .......................$ 90.00 200 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .....................$ 260.00 300 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .....................$ 440.00 400 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .....................$ 600.00 100 NEW ZEALAND ..........................................$ 5.00 150 NEW ZEALAND ..........................................$ 6.00 200 NEW ZEALAND ........................................$ 14.00 300 NEW ZEALAND ........................................$ 28.00 400 NEW ZEALAND ........................................$ 33.00 1000 NEW ZEALAND ....................................$ 105.00 25 NICARAGUA ................................................$ 2.00 50 NICARAGUA ................................................$ 5.00 100 NICARAGUA ..............................................$ 8.00 500 NICARAGUA ............................................$ 70.00 25 NIGERIA ......................................................$ 6.00 100 NIGERIA ..................................................$ 60.00 25 NIUE .........................................................$ 20.00 50 NIUE .........................................................$ 40.00 100 NIUE .......................................................$ 88.00 150 NIUE .....................................................$ 140.00 200 NIUE .....................................................$ 200.00 25 NORFOLK ISL. ............................................$ 11.00 50 NORFOLK ISL. ............................................$ 26.00 100 NORFOLK ISL. ..........................................$ 90.00 200 NORFOLK ISL. ........................................$ 150.00 300 NORFOLK ISL. ........................................$ 270.00 50 NORTH BORNEO ........................................$ 50.00 100 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH ................$ 190.00 120 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH ................$ 200.00

KEVIN MORGAN STAMPS & COINS Postal: PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Tel: 0425 795 693 Fax: 03 9758 7506

150 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH .................$ 240.00 200 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH .................$ 360.00 250 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH .................$ 460.00 300 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH .................$ 700.00 100 NORWAY ...................................................$ 9.00 500 NORWAY .................................................$ 80.00 25 NYASALAND ..............................................$ 50.00

P

50 PACIFIC IS (BR) ............................................$ 8.00 100 PACIFIC IS. (BR) ........................................$16.00 200 PACIFIC IS. (BR) .......................................$ 56.00 600 PACIFIC ISLANDS ...................................$ 250.00 50 PANAMA ...................................................$ 13.00 25 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...................................$ 5.00 50 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...................................$ 7.00 100 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...............................$ 26.00 150 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...............................$ 62.00 200 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...............................$ 88.00 500 PAPUA NEW GUINEA .............................$ 400.00 600 PAPUA NEW GUINEA .............................$ 750.00 800 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...........................$ 1900.00 100 PARAGUAY (MINT U/H)) ..........................$ 20.00 150 PENRHYN ..............................................$ 184.00 500 PERU .....................................................$ 170.00 600 PERU .....................................................$ 250.00 700 PERU .....................................................$ 470.00 100 PHILIPPINES ...........................................$ 17.00 800 PHILIPPINES .........................................$ 250.00 900 PHILIPPINES .........................................$ 330.00 1200 PHILIPPINES .......................................$ 500.00 1500 PHILIPPINES .......................................$ 700.00 25 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H) ...................$ 20.00 100 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H) ...............$ 150.00 150 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H) ...............$ 170.00 200 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H)................$ 324.00 50 POLAND ......................................................$ 2.00 100 POLAND ....................................................$ 4.00 300 POLAND ..................................................$ 12.00 500 POLAND ..................................................$ 30.00 1000 POLAND ................................................$ 60.00 150 PORT AZORES ........................................$ 190.00 200 PORTUGAL ..............................................$ 39.00 50 PORTUGAL COLONIES ..................................$ 6.00 200 PORTUGAL COLONIES ..............................$ 40.00

R

50 RHODESIA .................................................$ 16.00 200 RHODESIA .............................................$ 140.00 300 RHODESIA .............................................$ 240.00 400 RHODESIA .............................................$ 400.00

Pay cents, not $ per stamp!

50 ROMANIA ....................................................$ 2.00 100 ROMANIA ..................................................$ 3.00 200 ROMANIA ..................................................$ 5.00 500 ROMANIA ................................................$ 31.00 1000 ROMANIA ..............................................$ 73.00 100 ROMANIA (LARGE PICT.) ............................$ 6.00 200 ROMANIA (LARGE PICT.) ..........................$ 11.00 300 ROMANIA (LARGE PICT.) ..........................$ 18.00 100 RUSSIA .....................................................$ 7.00 300 RUSSIA ...................................................$ 20.00 1000 RUSSIA .................................................$ 90.00 500 RUSSIA (LARGE) ......................................$ 40.00 100 RUSSIA (MINT SHORT SETS) ....................$ 11.00 100 RUSSIAN INDP.STATES (MINT U/H)...........$ 33.00

S

50 SAAR ........................................................$ 33.00 50 SALVADOR ................................................$ 20.00 100 SALVADOR ..............................................$ 80.00 25 SAMOA .......................................................$ 7.00 50 SAMOA .....................................................$ 26.00 100 SAMOA ...................................................$ 66.00 400 SAMOA .................................................$ 272.00 500 SAMOA .................................................$ 380.00 600 SAMOA .................................................$ 780.00 25 SAN MARINO ..............................................$ 6.00 100 SAN MARINO ..........................................$ 30.00 50 SARAWAK .................................................$ 45.00 100 SARAWAK .............................................$ 200.00 500 SCANDINAVIA ..........................................$40.00 50 SERBIA ......................................................$ 40.00 25 SEYCHELLES ..............................................$ 40.00 100 SEYCHELLES ............................................$ 90.00 50 SINGAPORE ...............................................$ 12.00 100 SINGAPORE .............................................$ 30.00 200 SINGAPORE ...........................................$ 100.00 75 SLOVAKIA ..................................................$ 17.00 150 SLOVAKIA ................................................$ 30.00 50 SOLOMON ISL. ...........................................$ 20.00 100 SOLOMON ISL. .........................................$ 60.00 150 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 100.00 200 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 160.00 300 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 300.00 400 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 520.00 500 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 700.00 25 SOUTHERN RHODESIA .................................$ 6.00 150 SOUTHERN RHODESIA .............................$ 70.00 300 SPAIN ......................................................$ 30.00 500 SPAIN ......................................................$ 66.00 1000 SPAIN ..................................................$ 135.00 1500 SPAIN ..................................................$ 275.00

50 SPANISH COLONIES ...................................$16.00 100 SPANISH COLONIES .................................$ 35.00 200 SRI LANKA ..............................................$ 30.00 10 ST. HELENA .................................................$ 9.00 50 ST. KITTS ...................................................$ 26.00 75 ST. KITTS ...................................................$ 36.00 100 ST. KITTS .................................................$ 54.00 100 ST. LUCIA .................................................$ 30.00 50 ST. THOMAS ................................................$ 8.00 100 ST. THOMAS ............................................$ 14.00 50 ST. VINCENT ..............................................$ 18.00 100 ST. VINCENT ............................................$ 30.00 25 SURINAME ................................................$ 12.00 100 SURINAME ..............................................$ 56.00 50 SWAZILAND ..............................................$ 20.00 100 SWAZILAND ............................................$ 60.00 500 SWEDEN .................................................$ 70.00 200 SWEDEN ..................................................$16.00 100 SWITZERLAND ........................................$ 15.00 300 SWITZERLAND ........................................$ 44.00 800 SWITZERLAND ......................................$ 150.00 1200 SWITZERLAND ....................................$ 600.00 1300 SWITZERLAND ....................................$ 900.00 1500 SWITZERLAND ..................................$ 1600.00 50 SYRIA ..........................................................$ 9.00

T

200 THAILAND ...............................................$ 70.00 300 THAILAND .............................................$ 130.00 400 THAILAND .............................................$ 180.00 600 THAILAND .............................................$ 370.00 800 THAILAND .............................................$ 800.00 100 TOGO ..........................................................$7.00 50 TOKELAU ...................................................$ 60.00 25 TONGA ......................................................$ 16.00 50 TONGA ......................................................$ 36.00 100 TONGA ..................................................$ 110.00 10 TRISTAN DA CUNHA ...................................$ 10.00 50 TRISTAN DA CUNHA ..................................$ 60.00 100 TRISTAN DA CUNHA ...............................$ 170.00 35 COMPLETE SETS TRISTAN DA CUNHA .............$110 25 TUNISIA ......................................................$ 4.00 50 TUNISIA ....................................................$ 12.00 100 TUNISIA ..................................................$ 36.00 100 TURKEY .....................................................$ 5.00 300 TURKEY ...................................................$ 18.00 25 TURKS & CAICOS .........................................$ 6.00 50 TURKS & CAICOS .......................................$ 20.00 100 TURKS & CAICOS (MINT U/H) ...................$ 70.00

U

100 U.N.O ......................................................$ 24.00

300 U.N.O ....................................................$ 110.00 400 U.N.O ....................................................$ 170.00 200 URUGUAY ................................................$ 36.00 100 USA ..........................................................$ 4.00 200 USA ..........................................................$ 8.00 1000 USA ......................................................$ 80.00 300 USA (COMMEMS) ....................................$ 14.00 100 USA (MINT COMMEMS) ...........................$ 50.00 200 USA (MINT COMMEMS) .........................$ 100.00

V

25 VATICAN ......................................................$ 6.00 200 VATICAN ..................................................$ 90.00 300 VATICAN ................................................$ 132.00 25 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) .....................................$ 16.00 50 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) .....................................$ 40.00 100 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) ...................................$ 80.00 200 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) .................................$ 180.00 50 VENEZUELA ...............................................$ 17.00 700 VENEZUELA ...........................................$ 250.00 800 VENEZUELA ...........................................$ 350.00 100 VIETNAM .................................................$ 30.00

W

25 WALLIS & FUTUNA ......................................$ 6.00 50 WALLIS & FUTUNA ....................................$ 20.00 200 WALLIS & FUTUNA ................................$ 300.00 300 WORLD .........................................................$10 1000 WORLD .......................................................$35 2000 WORLD .....................................................$100 5000 WORLD .....................................................$300 10,000 WORLD ..................................................$800 25 WURTTEMBERG ........................................$ 16.00

Y

100 YUGOSLAVIA .............................................$ 9.00 200 YUGOSLAVIA ...........................................$ 17.00 300 YUGOSLAVIA ...........................................$ 20.00 500 YUGOSLAVIA ...........................................$ 80.00

Z

50 ZANZIBAR .................................................$ 76.00

THEMATICS

500 BIRDS .....................................................$ 80.00 500 CATS & DOGS ................................................$80 500 PAINTINGS ....................................................$37 300 SHIPS ......................................................$ 40.00 500 TRANSPORT ............................................$ 90.00

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AUGUST OFFERS Prices valid to end August 2015 or until sold out.

LATEST ARRIVALS IN COLLECTIONS, SINGLES, LOTS AND MIXTURES: JY1) World collection in 6 large and 3 small stockbooks, plus springback album. Nice clean lot, appears pretty well all different, with plenty of nice pickings, must be 6500 to 7500 stamps here. $395 the lot.

research etc. approx 180 priced to sell by part time dealer for near $900. My price just $295 the lot!

JY17) Saar & Danzig, on around 50 Hagner style sheets in binder, commencing Germania issues, mint and used with duplication, organised by SG number. Looks like 600 – 650 stamps, lovely lot, well worth $295

JY2) USA, massive dealer stock in 3 binders of Hagner type pages, looks ot be about 300 pages in all loaded with stamps, from early to modern, most postally used, some mint

JY18) Germany WWII occupied territories and WWII Plebiscite issues etc in Red 64 black page padded Lighthouse stockbook. Nice ranges of mint and used with some duplication. Some nice complete sets included. About 300. Great value at uinder 50c per stamp.$149 the lot.

with loads of better values, complete sets, airmails etc. Organised and numbered by catalogue, and priced to sell at a small fortune. My price is an even smaller fortune, 6000 odd stamps here I would say! $1099 the lot.

JY19) New Zealand Dealer stock in 2 Green 64 page stockbooks, organised by SG number and priced.

Duplication with around 5 or 6 of some stamps. Strength in KGV period onwards, goes to around 2008.

Many 1000s, with values to $10. Excellent lot for re-seller, hoarder or researcher! $675

JY3) Papua New Guinea, 1952 plus a few earlier to mid 1990s in near new 64 page stockbook, this is an ex dealer stock, with 3 – 5 of most sets mint unhinged, plus some hinged and used. Noted One Pound Fisherman Specimen, MNG, looks like around 1250 – 1500 stamps probably 300 – 400 sets. vals. To 5 Kina (several of those) Very clean lot, and great value at about $1.50 a set across the board. $495 the lot.

JY20) Germany, dealers stock from SG1 through to 1945 in Green 64 black page stockbook. Magnificent lot, all organised by SG and priced. Many 100s of complete sets, mint and used, 1000s of stamps and lots of items rarely encountered these days. A valuable lot! $995

JY4) VERY DESIRABLE CHINA DEALER STOCK, in 2 binders of Hagner style pages plus one large and one medium stockbook, commencing earlies, throught to quite recent, with some Manchuria, mint and used with plenty of unhinged, and used strips of 3 etc. Lots of complete sets and minsheets, huge bargain for someone in the know, I have to say my knowledge of Chinese stamps is a bit scanty at best! I would say there must be 1750 – 2000 stamps here. Great buying at $1195 JY5) I just have 3 packets left of 500 different China, all eras, mint and used. Great starter collection and supplied with a new 32 black page stockbook. To clear these last 3 at $250 each, 50c per stamp for China all different, WOW! and a free stockbook to boot.

JY6) Massive Russia collection, on leaves in 4 ring albums. Commencing 1875, with all periods well represented through to 1980. Mainly used or cto, looks like around 250 pages or so all up with an average of 2 sets per page, so around 500 different sets, maybe 2000 stamps for well under 40c per set….$189 for this lot.

JY7) Greece off paper mix, very wide ranging with early to modern small and large. Massive variety, I have never before been able to offer a Greece off paper mix before!

100 grams, roughly 1500 stamps for $49, 250g for $115, 500g for $219, 1 lot only of 1kg for $425 JY8) Sweden off paper, back in stock, nice ranges of defins and commems might be the odd Norway or Denmark floating around too.100g, about 1500 stamps for $37.50, 250g for $89. Be quick I only have a small amount of this mix.

JY10) World Coins, inc a lot of holiday change, with spendable currency from countries like UK, USA, NZ plus plenty of Europe and Asia in here too. Around 150 coins to the kg, these sell in dealers shops for 50c to $1 or more per coin. My price to clear the last 20kg, $29.50 per kg, 5kg for $139, 10 kg for $265 JY11) GB used collection on leaves, commences 1902 KEVII with set to 5/- nicely used, KGV with 1924 Wembleys and 5/- Seahorse, KGVI 1939 HVs set of 6 complete, plus 1948 Silver Wedding One Pound and 1951 Festoival HVs complete, then QEII appears mostly complete to 1967 with HVs to One Pound (3) Nice lot for expansion, great value at $149 JY12) Australian States on leaves, nice starter collection, identified by SG catalogue, all States represented, except Victoria. Very nice clean lot with values to 1/-, approx 250, wonderful value at less than 75c per stamp. $185 the lot JY13) Black padded Seven Seas Hingeless album (this colour no longer produced, which is a pity because it is really attractive) with virtually complete mint unhinged collection of Australia 1966 – 1981. Includes all the scarce sets, Beef, 1972 Xmas etc., Navigators complete to $4, Paintings definitives complete to $10 etc, etc. In the few cases where an item is not present in mint a used stamp has been put into place for the time being. Really lovely clean lot. Album alone is worth close to $200 plus around $550 retail value in stamps, my price around a third of retail for the stamps alone, the album is free! $189

JY21) West Germany dealer stock in 64 page and 48 page stockbook. Organised by SG and priced.

Commences Posthorns with most issues present right through to 2005, many in multiples. This is a very valuable stock , most being fine used with circular cancels. Many, many 100s of stamps and 100s of complete sets here! $649 the lot.

JY22) West Berlin, dealer stock in 64 page blue stockbook, all priced and organised by SG. Companion book to the above. Again many, many complete sets fine used and approx. 3000 stamps. Excellent lot. $395 JY23) Great Britain dealer stock in 2 x 64 page, 1 x 48 page and two smaller stockbooks, commencing reasonable examples of 1840 1d black and 2d blue, then Queen Victoria 1d reds, most issues represented from KEVII except for the high values. KGV with values to 2/6d and 5/- Seahorses, 16 in total, then QEII to 2000. One volume is mint unhinged, the rest mainly fine used. Many 100s of sets and 1000s of stamps.

Very, very good value at $1750, or without the 1d back and 2d blue, $1350.

JY24) Hong Kong, plus some other Asia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand etc, on Hagner type pages in two binders, commencing KEVII through to 2003, some duplication but a very good lot, with some mint unhinged sets and minisheets. Very good value lot, several 100s. $149 the lot.

JY25) Fiume, rarely encountered, blue stockbook with nice ranges of mint and used. Some better items noted. Also some Italy ovptd. Libya. Nice lot of 88 stamps, inc. SG148, 157 mint & used, SG158, SGE164, M147 etc, etc. Priced to sell at $430, plus some not priced. The lot $275 JY26) Carton of Coins ex deceased estate, mostly World, some Australia, in 2 albums, plus coins pages, loose, in plastic coinholders etc. Heaps of coins here even noted the odd silver coin, weighs well over 5kg.

Great start to any collection. $149 the lot.

JY27) Canada, mostly used dealer stock in binder of 37 Hagner type pages and some album leaves, commencing Queen Victoria and going to around 2006, plus 1979 UPU Delegates book of Mint Unhinged, very high retail lot and many 100s of stamps, good value at $249 JY28) DDR (East Germany) dealer stock in 3 x 64 page and 2 smaller stockbooks. Organised by SG number and priced up, starting with SG1, through to the end of the era.

Mostly fine used, with much postally used, which is quite uncommon to see, usually we just get the cto.

Many, many 1000s of stamps and 100s of complete sets, minisheets etc. Magnificent lot! $1100 END OF FINANCIAL YEAR MIXTURE CLEARANCE! All of the following are at approx 30% to one third off our normal prices: JY29) World off paper, normally $300 per kg, vast variety here and about 15,000 to the kg. So well under 2c per stamp, $199 per kg, 500g for $109, 250g for $59 JY30) New Zealand Charity, an older mixture on close cut single paper with issues covering the period 1975 – 1995 approx, plenty to interest here in postmarks etc. Normally $90 per kg, now $60 per kg, 500g for $35, 250g for $20

JY14) Collection of 500 different Finland, with new 32 black page stockbook, worth $32.50. The 500 Finland on my packets list is $140 alone, so at $129 this is a great deal!

JY31) Ireland Charity, a mainly recent lot from our friends in a Co. Cork convent. As usual is on heavier paper. Normally $70 per kg, now only $49 per kg, $30 per 500g, $20 per 250g

JY15) French Colonies, collection, accumulation in 3 big stockbooks, looks like around 600 stamps from all periods mainly pre-independence, mint and used, some minor duplication, but a nice clean lot. Great for expansion. $149 the lot.

JY32) South Africa genuine mission mix, on close cut single paper, very high count per kg, with mostly recent issues, but odd nice surprise from earlier times to be found here and there, very colourful mix.

Usually $70 per kg, now $49 per kg, $30 per 500g, $20 per 250g.

JY16) Australia Framas in big green stockbook,. Commencing 30c barred edge x 3 sets of 7, then moist issues represented all mint unhinged, plus various errors such as no value, blank paper in singles and strips, no postcode, inverted paper, caught in machine, quadruple print! etc. Fascinating lot for study/

Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks, just uncovered a nice little hoard of these, did you know the Chinese are buying these up like crazy?

JY33) Superb 4 even, margin example in the scarce Intense Black shade, from the more scarce plate 8,

KEVIN MORGAN STAMPS & COINS Postal: PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Tel: 0425 795 693 Fax: 03 9758 7506

AUGUST OFFERS lettered KJ (My initials!) with centrally struck bright red Maltese Cross, stunning example, with no faults.

Cat. $1050 + +, amazing quality stamp, hard to find better. $639 JY34) Another very nice quality 4 margin example, this one from plate 7 another better plate, and in the normal black shade. Also with red Maltese Cross, lettered RI. Cat $750 plus. Price $449

Cat $2300. Very scarce stamp, under 20% catalogue, $495 MJ15) Great Britain 1847 1/- Green Embossed, SG 55, cat. $2000. Nice 3 margin example cancelled with clean barred numeral. Under 20% catalogue at $395 MJ16 Great Britain Queen Victoria 1891 One Pound Green SG 212, fine well centred registered used with full colour, unusually with private perfin “DB” Cat $1600 for used. Very cheap at $470

JY35) Similar examples, unplated, and just a little closer on the margins, but still very nice stamps.

Letters available are : SG (Stanley Gibbons!) or KI Cat $750. Price $399 each

MJ17 Great Britain 1902 KEVII One Pound Green, SG 266, fine used with FE 11 07 cds cancels of Hull.

Well centre with full perfs and good colour. Cat $1600, well under 40% catalogue at $595

JY36) Similar to the above but this one identified as being from plate, and in the Grey Black shade.

Lettered BE, Cat. $1000. Price $439

MJ18) Great Britain 1919 5/- Rose Red Seahorse, SG 426, a brilliant perfectly centred fresh example with full perfs, lightly hinged. Cat $900, a steal at this price under one third catalogue! $295

JY37) Another example in the scarce Intense Black shade, with red Maltese Cross, unplated and lettered JD, Cat $1050 price $449 JY38) These next two are all with Black Maltese Cross, 4 margins and lettered NE or SF Price $399 each

MJ19) Great Britain 1934 10/- Indigo Re-engraved Seahorse. SG 452, fine used well centred and full perf example with cds cancels. Cat. $160, my price under 25% cat. just $39

JY39) A superior example, with 4 nice even margins, unplated, lettered OK! Price $449

MJ20) Papua New Guinea, 1952 Definitive set complete to 10/- mint lightly hinged, just $39

JY40) Now we come to the three margin examples, Intense Black, lettered FK, unplated and with centrally struck Black Maltese Cross, Cat. $1050. Price $295

MJ21) As above, the top value, One Pound Fisherman, mint unhinged, only $99 MJ27) Australia 1913 1st wmk Twopence Halfpenny Indigo Kangaroo, mlh, retail $70, this one centred low, half price, just $35

JY41) In Grey Black, with bright red Maltese Cross, stunning looker from plate 6, but with minor faults not visible from the front. Cat $1000, price $249 JY42) Two further 3 margin examples, each with red Maltese Cross, Cat $750 lettered JB or RB. Price $329 each JY43) We have 3 other examples, which have minor faults, not visible from the face, if you just want a nice looking stamp to fill a gap. Lettered AA (Top left corner of the sheet), EA or IC, these priced very modestly at $149 ea.

MJ32) Australia 1913 1st wmk Grey and Pink 10/- Kangaroo, good colour and perfs with

JY45) 1915 5/- Grey & Yellow 3rd wmk Kangaroo, perfect centering and full perfs, cancelled with rubber Hobart cds. Attractive stamp, retail $175, this one just $119

Telegraph puncture, retail minimum $800 without puncture, this one $159

JY46) Twopence Halfpenny 1st wmk Kangaroo, superb used, full perfs, colour and well centred with clear Rialto Vic cds of AP 17 14. Price $26 JY47) 6d 1st wmk Kangaroo, superb used, full perfs, colour and well centred with clear Yarram Yarram Vic cds of 6 NO 14. Price $24 JY48) 1/- small multi wmk Kangaroo, superb used, full perfs, colour and well centred with clear Bridgetown WA cds of 6 – OCT 31. Price $32

JY50) Great Britain, 1918 5/- Bradbury printing Seahorse, well centred and full perfs with nice partial cds cancel. Cat $270, my price just one third, $90

MJ6) Australian States mixture, mostly off paper, all States represented, few hundreds, noted better values and some S. A. long types. Unpicked, $179 the lot.

MJ8) Australia KGV Heads, Kangaroos and pre-decimal sale Discounts from 10% to 40% off normal prices, send for our list, or supply your own wants list. The more you spend, the bigger the discount!

MJ33) Australia 1915 1/- Emerald 3rd wmk SIDEWAYS Kangaroo, mint lightly hinged, and with better perfs/centering than is usual for this stamp. Retail $110 +, this one $99 MJ34) Australia 1915 3rd wmk 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, with variety “White faced Roo” not listed as such in the ACSC. Fine used with good perfs and corner cds of Ararat. Retail $225 + Price $169 MJ35) Australia 1915 3rd wmk Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, perf OS and cto Melbourne, with gum. Retail $200 Price $149 MJ36) Australia 1929 Small multiple wmk 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, very lightly used, attractive stamp with very minor perf faults. Retail for fine used $225. This one under half, $98

JY49) Nauru, GB 5/- Seahorse, ovpt. Nauru, superb well centred lightly hinged example with full rich colour . Retail $165, my price $119

MJ5) World collection, 1000s of mainly different in 5 big stockbooks. Early to modern, well presented lot, just $295

MJ29) Australia 1913 1st wmk 3d Olive, Die 1, perf small OS, mlh, retail $250, this one centred high, just half price $125 MJ30) Australia 1913 1st wmk 5d Chestnut perf large OS, very fine used, well centred and with full perfs, and with centrally struck (socked on nose) Melbourne Registered cds of 1913. Additionally with unlisted G for C in Postage. Lovely! $125

JY44) Australia 1915 10/- Grey & Pink 3rd wmk perf OS, cto used. Now Cat $200, my price for reasonable examples $119 each

MJ4) Great Britain mainly used collection/accumulation KGV – QEII in red 32 page Ka – Be stockbook.

Many high values and complete sets, to around 1994. 1600 plus stamps, bargain at $72

MJ28) Australia 1913 1st wmk 3d Olive, Die 1, perf large OS, well centred example with full perfs, unusally with partial registered cds cancel in red! Retail as normal $60, this one just $49

MJ37) Australia 1929 Small multiple wmk 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, perf OS cto with gum, very attractive stamp. Retail $225. My price $169 MJ41) Australia 1964 Navigators 4/- to Two Pounds, mint unhinged set of 6, usual retail $175, my price just $129 JN1) GB QV 1848 Embossed 10d. Brown ON COVER TO YORK Die 2 Cat. £3000 SG 57. Lovely example of local usage on solictors letter. Cat near $6000. My price under 12.5% catalogue $749 JN6) Australia 1913 Halfpenny Green 1st wmk Kangaroo, in mint unhinged strip of 5, superb! retail $125, my price just $85 JN7) Australia 1913 Halfpenny to Twopence Halfpenny, 1st wmk Kangaroo, in mint lightly hinged group of 4, 1d is Die IIa. Retail $165, my price under half just $80 JN8) Australia 1913 6d Blue 1st wmk Kangaroo, mint lightly hinged, retail $130, my price just $85

MJ9) Great Britain. Magnificent Postal Stationery collection, KEVII and KGV with many uprated and double imprint types, some are very scarce. Includes Military cancels, unusual destinations etc. plus a range of rarely seen mint items. Would make a great addition to any collection GB, or a nice sideline collection. 96 items in all, great value at $950. (Under $10 per item)

JN10) Australia 1915 3rd wmk Kangaroos set, 2d to 1/-, mint hinged, retail $390, my price under half $189

MJ11) West Berlin, postally used collection of 600 different on stocksheets. Noted black Berlin Overprints to 84 pfg, (8) and red overprints to 60 pfg, (7) 40 pfg Furtwangler, etc, etc. Great lot, very cheap at under 30c a stamp, $179

JN12) Australia 1932 6d Brown C of A wmk Kangaroo, mint unhinged, retail $50, my price just $35

MJ12) Great Britain1840 Queen Victoria 2d Deep Full Blue, SG 4, fine used 3 margin example with black Maltese Cross cancellation, lettered R C . Cat. $2200. Under 20% catalogue at $425

JN9) Australia 1915 6d Ultramarine 3rd wmk Kangaroo, mint unhinged, retail $130, my price just $85 JN11) Australia 1915 Twopence Halfpenny Indigo 3rd wmk Kangaroo, mint unhinged, retail $70, my price just $49 JN13) As above, but this one superb fresh and well centred, price $45 JN14) ) Australia 1915 6d Ultramarine 3rd wmk Kangaroo perf OS, mint hinged, retail $120, my price under half just $59

MJ13) As above, but SG 5a, with variety, double corner letters, 4 margins, close in places lettered O A .

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AUGUST OFFERS JN16) GB 1925 Wembley set, fresh mint unhinged. Retail $75, my price $60 JN17) GB KGVI period Commems complete, ex 1940 centenary and one pound Silver Wedding, plus QEII Commems. 1953 – 1963 complete, all mint unhinged. Retail $55, my price $39

j) Schaubek Australia Hingeless album, in Maroon, still with dustcover and cardboard slipcase. Lovely condition, retails approx $260, this one $125

JN18) New Zealand, High Values, mainly Commems, on paper, we get very little of this. Attractive and scarce mix on single close clipped paper, count is approx 400 per 100g. Price under 30c per stamp. 50g for $69, 100g for $119

MMY14) Western Europe, all large and commemoratives superb off paper mixture. Just received we only have 2 kg of this, and the only consignment of this we have had in the past 2 years. Very wide ranging, and at about 12,000 to the kg works out at about 6c per stamp, 100g for $79, 250g $187.50, 500g $372.50, 1kg $740

JN20) World Wildlife Fund, officlal collection in Black Padded Binder/slipcase with Panda Logo for 1998.

Includes a wealth of information plus 36 first day covers and 9 complete sets of Mint Unhinged stamps.

Price $79

MAY1) Really superb and guaranteed unpicked off paper mixtures just received, you will be extremely pleased you purchased these, from under 2c per stamp. Supplies are very limited.

MMY15) New Zealand starter collection of 200 different, our list price, $14, price $10, two only at this price

JN21) More secondhand albums, most of the last lot sold really quickly. These are all in good serviceable condition, many are almost as new.

a) Australia, b) Worldwide

b) Green real Leather Elbe Ambassador album, with gold trim. Includes hand produced hingeless pages for New Guinea and Papua 1884 – 1953. Superb presentation, cost $350. Just $98

MAY2) Amazing lot of old British Empire, mint unhinged, in blocks of 4. Just surfaced after major dealer’s retirement, this lot is all 65 years old or more, all issued from the 1920’s to around 1950. Absolutely No India, Pakistan, Great Britain or Australia. This lot will include smaller islands, complete sets, and some semi-postals. Countries like Cyprus, Mauritius, Seychelles, NZ, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tonga, Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Values to 1/- and priced from under $2 per block, you could easily pay $5 to $10 per block for many of these if purchased singly.

c) Lindner GB brown padded hingeless album, with illustrations in colour 1987 – 1990, with some spare pages and space to expand.

Really nice quality album, new price $169, just $79 d) Seven Seas dark blue padded hingeless albums (2), with pages for Australia pre-decimal, 1927 – 1982. No Kangaroos or Georges. Retail $290, just $115 e) Ka-Be Red padded peg fitting binder, with large all poymer pages for banknotes, covers etc. in configurations of 1 to 4 strips, spaces for 124 items. Real luxury item. Cost $149 new, this one just $69 f) Australia Seven Seas Hingeless Album with Brown Padded Binder and pages for 1981 – 1988. New cost $85, just $39 g) Australia Two Volume Seven Seas Hingeless Albums with Green Padded Binders and pages for 1966 – 1996. New cost $395, just $159

Approx 1000 for $24.95, 2500 for $59.50, 5000 for $110, 10,000 for $199, 15,000 for $295.

My clearance price, and we only have a few lots is as follows, the larger lots will have better values and scarcer stamps included.: a) Sample lot of 25 different blocks, $49, b) 50 different blocks $99, c) 75 different blocks $159, d) 100 different blocks $219 and finally we have one lot only of e) 120 different blocks for $279.

MAY3) Tasmania, 1892 Tablets, 2/6, 5/- & 10/- high values, good to fine used trio. Usual; retail $125, these just $79 MAY4) Australia 3d Harbour Bridge, overprinted OS, mint unhinged, usually $30, only $15.

h) Seven Seas Australian Territories album, with blue padded binder and pages AAT 1973 – 1996 New cost $62.50, just $25

MAY5) Australia 1934 MacArthur, mint unhinged set of 3 (no dark hills 2d) usually $120, now just $89, or the set of 4 with dark hills usually $145 for $109

j) VST Hingeless Australia Album with Dark Blue padded binder, and pages from 1997 – 2001. (2000 & 2001 are Seven Seas pages) New cost $149, price $59

MAY7) Australia 1929 6d Small Multi. Wmk, perf OS, Mint Unhinged, normally $75, now just $55

MMY3) Fabulous Canada packets just arrived, all different collections:

MAY9) Australia 1934 Victoria Centenary, 1/- perf 11.5, mint unhinged marginal block of 8, some faults, 5 stamps are fine, two have minor toning, and one with an ink spot. Normal price $120 per stamp. Very cheap at $450

a) 1000 Different, my normal list price is $100, just $75 only 2 available at this price b) 1200 Different one only available $105 c) 1800 different one only available $159 d) 2000 different one only available, contains two thirds of all Canadian Stamps $259 MMY4) Canada off paper mixture, nice lot with little duplication (no more than 3 of any stamp) approx 3000 for $225 MMY5) 400 Different Sports, all large, one lot only $22.50 MMY6) 500 Different Chile, on my list at $110, one only, $99 MMY7) New South Africa Mission Mix, on close clipped single paper just arrived. 250g for $25, 500g for $40, 1kg for $70 MMY8) Ireland, Commems and large on paper, from our “other” source, ghuaranteed unpicked, but is on heavier paper. We only have 1kg of this, be quick! 250g for $90, 500g for $170, or take the lot for $325

MAY8) Australia 5d C of A wmk, Ovpt. OS, mint unhinged, usually $75, now just $55

MAY15) Australia 1931 Brown 6d Airmail, ovpt. OS, mint unhinged, normally $50, now $35 each (2 only at this price) MAY18) Australia 1920 Herald and Pals Airmail Vignettes, both mint. The herald label with original gum, the Pals is without gum. Both attractive examples, with minor faults. $115 MAY19) Queensland, attractive collection of postal stationery comprising Postcards (14) Lettercards (9) Reply Cards (2) and the scarce 4 corners reply card, H & G 6a (unpriced in the catalogue) Clean and fresh original lot all mint, 26 items. $795 MAY22) Bulk lot of mainly Australian stamps, covers, albums etc, decimal and pre-decimal as cleared ex deceased house recently. Nothing spectacular noted but heaps of fun especially if you love stuff in bulk to sort! This is quite an amazing varied lot. We are parceling out in 3 sizes: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449

MMY9) Channel Is. / Isle of Man on paper, nice close trimmed, single paper, mostly large. Once again we only have 1kg of this. 250g for $49, 500g for $85, or take the lot for $165.

MAY23) A similar lot to the above, but all World:

MMY10) PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA, just arrived, and we could only get 5 of these, 500 different mostly used, a few mint unhinged. Last time we sold out of these in double quick time. Supplied with brand new 32 black page European Quality stockbook in which to house them plus FREE 100 recent mint unhinged in complete sets, total price $295

f) SG Favourite Spring Back Binder in Green, almost as new, retail $58.50, under half $29

MAY27) Great Britain collection of KEVII and KGV postal stationery. Very clean and fresh lot in glassine envelopes, 62 items in all, many uprated. Comprises 62 items. Some have military usage, including 1st Bn. Durham Light Infantry registered letter to Lloyds Bank, with oval regimental rubber stamp and Army Post Office Reg’d label. Another reg. envelope to 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers, Br. Exp. Force France, 1918, another to 18th King’s Royal Rifle Corps. 41st Divisional Signal School, BEF France 1918. Other destinations include Guernsey, Germany, Switzerland, Saxony, Austria. 50 items used, 12 mint, all in superb condition. Under $9.50 each $575 the lot.

g) SG Senator Spring Back Binder in Black with 50 pages, almost as new, retail $58.50 for the binder alone under half $29

MAY36) GB, 1952 QEII Wilding Definitives, Tudor Crown wmk set, mint unhinged. retail $100, very cheap at $59

MMY11) Albums, mostly nearly as new, or brand new simply just been on the shelf to long! Prices to clear:

a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449

KEVIN MORGAN STAMPS & COINS Postal: PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Tel: 0425 795 693 Fax: 03 9758 7506

AUGUST OFFERS AP2) Bulk Prinz mounts, buy at big discounts. Each pack contains a variety of sizes at around ONE THIRD of what it would cost to buy individual packs.

now at $75

Please note that this offer is for CLEAR MOUNTS. A 500 Gram Pack contains around the same amount of mounts as in 15 regular packs of strips. Elsewhere these are selling at up to $89, my price 500 grams just $74, 250 grams $39, 1kg for $159. (I do carry a full range of Prinz Mounts both clear and black so just let me know what sizes you want if you prefer to buy in individual packs)

AP27) GB 1951 Festival HVs set of 4, SG 509/12 MLH, cat 100 pounds, price $57.50, equally stupid, just pay $45

AP3) Tweezers, famous Solingen German Manufacture, the one dealers prefer, 150mm pointed ends supplied in protective sheath. RRP $16.50 per pair, my price NEAR HALF at $8.50, or two pairs for $15.

(Dealer special 10 pairs for $62.50) AP4) French Colonies, old packet of 100 different, mostly if not all pre-independence. Made up near 50 years ago! Usual retail around $12, my price just $7.50 per pack, or two for $12!

AP5) Old tyme dealers packet stock, mostly single sets in Glassines priced to sell at up to $1.50 each some 30 odd years ago. These are Worldwide mainly thematic sets, in cto condition. A chance to buy at a HUGE DISCOUNT, there will be some duplication in these lots. 100 packets mixed, $150 retail for $49, Triple sized lot, $450 retail for $99.

AP6) Victoria 6d Woodblock, 4 margins on 1858 small neat cover Melbourne to Dublin, tied by Barred Numeral 1. Melbourne oval departure cds Jan 6 1858 and Dublin arrival cds MR 16 1858 on reverse. Sent “Per Colombian” Stamp has been affixed inverted, which would probably be to alert the addressee of bad news.

We had a similar cover on last month’s list which I could have sold 3 times over, this one is nicer, as is to a way scarcer destination. $395, now reduced, just $295 AP7) Great Britain 1934 10/- re-engraved Seahorse, SG 452 cat 80 pounds each in postally used block of 4, cancelled by circular (unusual as these are normally oval) London W1 hooded registered cds cancels. Some minor faults but this is a very scarce block. Total cat around $600, under 25% at $149, now only $129 AP8) Bulk Australian States, ideal for searching postmarks, shades and varieties. We can now offer by State. In mixed packets of 100. Smaller States will contain more duplication. a) NSW b) Queensland c) South Australia d) Tasmania e) Victoria Price per 100 mixed $69, take different 3 packets for $189 AP9) Lovely collection of mainly Australia 1st flight and exhibition covers, many scarce items here including Pilot signed items, and AAT Base flown covers dating from 1929 to 1956. Highlights are 1933 “Faith in Australia” card, AAMC No. 348 signed by both Allan and Ulm, cat $200, and 1956 Olympics full set on official cover with OLYMPEX registration label. 93 items, Priced very reasonably at $15 per item. $1395. New low price, just $1100. New low price, now only $1100 AP11) Range of British Commonwealth Omnibus stamps for 1949 UPU, in a range of imprint and plate No. blocks of 4, and corner pairs mostly hinged on top two stamps, pairs are MUH. A total of 68 blocks and 43 pairs. Price $179. Price reduction, now just $149…buy now!

AP12) As above, but for 1948 Silver Wedding, the low values only. 59 Plate blocks of 4, price $118, reduced to $95 AP13) Bahamas 1948 Tercentenary set of 18 to One Pound, SG 178/93 MLH Cat 75 pounds. Price $49, reduced to $39 AP14) Malta, 1948 Self Government original set of 15 MLH cat 85 pounds, price $59, reduced to $49 AP16) Gambia 1922 set to 1/- fine used, inc. both 4d. Between SG 118-134, Min cat 80 pounds, price $49, new low price $39

AP26) GB 1955 Waterlow HV Castles, MLH cat 225 pounds, price $125, new stupid price $99

AP29) GB Phosphor issues 1962 NPY, 1963 Freedom from Hunger, 1963 Cable, 1963 Nature, 1964 Forth Road Bridge, 1965 Churchill, Parliament Salvation Army and Battle of Britain in blocks 4 (4d in block of 6) , generally 2 in each block are MUH. Price $195, under half retail now at $149 AP30) Australia & Victoria Postal Stationery collection, 104 items, mainly postally used in album.

Highlight is 1d Red octagonal envelope uprated to Celebes, Dutch Indies, (addressees name deleted.

Nevertheless very scarce) Most of this is KGV, with some nice uprates to Holland. Terrific value at under $20 per item, $1950. So cheap now, reduced to $1495 AP31) Heavy binder with Collections MUH of Fiji, Nauru & Norfolk Is. 1947 to 1998 stored in around 100 new double sided Hagners, retail of these alone $225. Absolutely huge retail! $1350, already a steal, but hey, I have to turn things over, give me $1099 MM1) No more bulges! If you like to fill your stockbooks to the utmost, then these are great! Just developed and manufactured in Germany by Prinz, this new design 32 black page stockbook is slightly wedge shaped, with the spine being a little larger than usual to allow for expansion. A magnificent innovative idea, at around the same price as normal stockbooks! Price $32.50 each, 5 for $159, 10 for $279 MM2) Lion Stockbooks, Made in Holland, 64 black page, with PADDED COVER. We have never been able to offer these on special before, just a few available, RRP $72, unchanged since 2012, when the Australian Dollar was a lot stronger, newly imported stock will be at least $79. My very special price, 1 for $59, 3 for $169, 5 for $269 MM3) Lion Stockbooks, Made in Holland, 32 black page, RRP $31.50, my price $29.50 each, 5 for $142.50, 10 for $275 AUSTRALIA KANGAROOS: MM4) 1932 Ten Shilling Grey & Pink C of A wmk, Imprint pair very fresh lightly hinged mint. Retail $2750, my price $2495. I challenge you to find another of this quality at the same price! NOW REDUCED TO $2295, final price $2100.

MM7) Two Shilling Brown. 2nd wmk, well centred lightly hinged example on THIN PAPER. Cat $4500. My price, well under half. $1950 NOW ONLY $1750, look here, buy now at only $1399 absolute final price.

MM16) 9d Violet, small multi wmk, Mint Unhinged, perf OS. Minor gum toning, Cat $450, this one $249 NOW ONLY $225. Final reduction $179 MM18) Twopence Halfpenny Indigo 1st wmk, mint hinged, cat $100, my price just $49, these now only $39 (2 available) each, or nice lightly hinged fresh example for $79 NOW ONLY $69. At rockbottom now, $54 Australia KGV Heads: MM26) 4d Ultramarine single wmk, mint unhinged, perf OS, gum evenly toned. Retail $180, my price $135 NOW ONLY $119, final reduction $99 MM30) C of A, ovpt. OS set Halfpenny to 5d, mint lightly hinged, retail $75, my price $59 NOW ONLY $52, must go, $42 MM36) 5d Chestnut, small multi wmk, perf 13.5 x 12.5 mint unhinged, perf OS, centring to top left as is usual for this issue. Retail $265, this one just $110, NOW ONLY $99, at $79, this is really cheap buying $69

AP17) New Guinea 1939 Airs to 2/- (11v) MLH, min cat is 360 pounds. Price $239

MM37) 4d Olive Green, small multi perf 14, perf OS, mint unhinged, centred low, as is usual for this issue. Retail $550, this one just $219, NOW ONLY $197, final offer $159

AP19) Jamaica 1921 -29 SG 94/106, complete to 10/- plus extra shades, 20v total, minimum Cat. 175 pounds. MLH, price $115,. Price slashed to $89

MM38) 2d Orange single wmk, perf OS, mint unhinged, centred left as is usual for this issue. Retail $125, my price just $89, NOW ONLY $79, got to be good at this price…$64

AP20) Papua 1932 Pictorials fine used set to 2/6d, SG 130 – 142, min Cat. 95 pounds, price $63. Ultra cheap now just $52

MM39) 4d Purple, single wmk, perf OS mint light hinge, centred to left as is usual for this issue. Retail $125, price $89, NOW ONLY $79, ok final deal $64

AP23) Antigua 1932 Tercentenary set to 1/-, SG 81-88 MLH, Cat. Min 50 pounds Price $33, bargain price now just $25

MM43) 4d Olive, small multi wmk, perf 13.5 x 12.5, mint unhinged, centred top left. Retail $275, this one just $119, NOW ONLY $109, just $89 now..wow!

AP24) Norfolk Is. 1947 Ball Bays, complete set of 12 to 2/- in MLH Blocks of 4. Cat min 80 pounds price $49, so cheap now, just $39

MM45) 1/4d Turquoise single wmk lightly hinged mint perf OS. Retail value $175, centred lower left as is usual for this issue. Price $79. Now only $69, now final price at $54

AP25) 1953 Coronation Omnibus, complete with extras MLH, Cat 140 pounds, price $93, absolute gift

MM46) 3d Blue Die Ia, Type A small multi wmk perf 13.5 x 12.5 perf OS, lightly hinged mint. Retail

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AUGUST OFFERS $150. Centred right. This one just $60, NOW ONLY $54, last offer $49 KGV Period: MM51) 6d Kookaburra, but horizontal used pair, very scarce in multiples. $139, NOW JUST $125, final price $119 MM52) 1931 6d Airmail in top right mint unhinged block of 4. Some gum wrinkling/creasing on lower pair, but a lovely block. Retail $160 as singles. $79, NOW JUST $69, last offer at $59 KGVI and QEII Period: MM55) 3d Blue KGVI Die 1 mint unhinged, retail $75, this one $59, NOW JUST $54, last price $49 MM56) As above, but Die II thick paper, retail $60, price $45, NOW JUST $39, look, now it’s only $35 MM57) As above, but thin paper, retail $55, price $39, NOW JUST $35, last chance at $29 MM59) 1964 Navigators, 4/- to Two Pounds, set of 6, fine used, retail $135, my price $95, NOW JUST $85, try this for price, $79, if you find cheaper elsewhere I will match it.

MM63) 1979 Steam Locomotives COLOUR TRIAL without value, based on the 50c design. Vertical block of 4, with part of 5th stamp, plus normal 50c stamp for comparison. Singles have fetched $275 plus buyer’s premium at auction. This piece is probably unique. Price $995. NOW ONLY $795, final offer, just $635 MM64) 1960 Girl Guides 5d, with offset, ACSC 377c, From a possibly unique block of 48 mint unhinged. Cat. $75 per stamp. I have seen a block of 4 on eBay recently offered by a well known Sydney firm for $175. Blocks of 4 at $149 or singles at $39.

Australian States: MM65) New South Wales: REPRINTS: De La Rue 1/- black block of 24 (12x2) from the top of the sheet with Current Number ‘7’, Plate Number ‘1’ & the sheet number, each unit overprinted ‘REPRINT’ in red, full unmounted o.g., superb! $595, NOW ONLY $535. Final price, over another $100 off $425.

MM67) Tasmania: Halfpenny on 1d red sideface, plate No. 1, in block of 12 on thin card, overprinted REPRINT from bottom left of sheet. Clean and fresh, superb! $359, NOW ONLY $325. Final price $259 MM68) Queensland Queen Victoria Chalon Head 1/- Grey, SG 29, mint hinged. Cat $650. Very rare mint, unpriced on most dealer lists. Retail $525, my price $329, NOW ONLY $295. Now an absolute giveaway at $245 MM70) Victoria, neat small cover, bearing 2d Lilac Laureates, with barred numeral 49 and unframed cds of Heathcote AP13 68 to Clerk of Court Heathcote. Very attractive. $99, NOW ONLY $89, reduced now to $74 MM81) Western Australia 1861 4d Vermilion, cds dated SP 27 1867. SG40, retail $350. My price $198, NOW ONLY $178, final offer $144 MM82) Western Australia 1909 One Pound Orange, SG 128a Cat $650. Fine postally used, with dated cds of Kalgoorlie, JUL 12 05. Superb! $399, NOW ONLY $359, cannot go any lower!

Australia pre-decimal mint unhinged lots, many in blocks of 4: MM83) Approx 250 mixed stamps, values to One Shilling, $49.

MM84) As above, approx 500 stamps values to 1/6d, $92 MM85) As above approx 1000 stamps values to 2/3d or 2/6d price $179 REST OF THE WORLD (Not in any particular order) MM86) Canada, Mint unhinged imprint and plate blocks covering a 40 year plus period from late 1940’s. All appear different, stored on around 300 x 3 strip stock cards, with and average of 3 blocks per card, so probably around 900 total. Plus around 20 booklets. Great value at around $1.50 per block, the stockcards worth $100 are thrown in, price $1350. now only $1150, final price $919 MM87) New Guinea Bulolo Two Pound and Five Pound Airmails, superb postally used. (Often seen cto) Lovely pair, Cat $1180 and retail $900 plus in this condition. My price $795, reduced to $695, last chance, cannot go any lower, $625 MM88) Spain, 1930 Lindbergh Airmail 1 peseta green stamp, SG650. Normal catalogues 900 dollars mint, these two are the famous missing head and inverted head varieties. Both mint lightly hinged. $595 the pair, reduced to $475 MM89) Papua 1/- Lakatoi, airmail overprint in dark carmine, scarce. Mint lightly hinged, $89, reduced to $79, final price $69

MM90) Zeppelin Cover. Germany 7 OKT 28 Airmail cover bearing 4RM brown Zeppelin, carried by LZ127 to New York. Excellent example. $169, reduced to $149, final offer $119 MM91) Brunei, 1942-44 Japanese occupation overprint (SG.J9) 8c grey-black, with overprint in blue fine used. Cat. $1700. Quarter catalogue Price $425, reduced now only $379, last offer $295 MM92) Sarawak, 1942 Japanese occupation overprints (SG.J11 & J16) 8c Carmine & 15c Blue with overprints in violet, FU on piece with Japanese cds. Cat $580, quarter catalogue $145, reduced now only $129, final reduction $105 MM93) Great Britain SG126, 5/- Rose, plate 1, used. Nice example for the price, Cat $1350, just 15% cat. $199, reduced now only $159. Final reduction $129 MM94) Great Britain 1883 Lilac and Green set, SG 187-95, cat. $2800 plus! Nice clean set, but green colours as usual are a bit washed. Priced as spacefillers at 5% catalogue, just $139, now only $129.

Last offer $99 MM97) Great Britain 1959 Castles High Values, 2nd De la Rue printing, mint unhinged SG 595/8, cat $390, my price just half, $195, now only $185, last offer $166 MM98) New Zealand KEVII Officials, SG between 059/77, halfpenny, 1d, 3d. 6d, 8d & 1/-. Mint Lightly Hinged, cat $240 at minimum, cheap at $59, now only $49, must go…now $39 MM99) New Zealand KGV Officials, between SG 0100/05, cat $150, lightly hinged mint, cheap at $39, now only $35, final price $29 MM100) New Zealand 4c Moth, SG 919ba, Green (wing veins) omitted, in imprint lower left block of 20, with 3 stamps showing colour completely missing, and 5 others with varying degrees of partial missing colour. Possibly unique piece, cat $500 per stamp. Excellent value 25% catalogue, $375, reduced $329, last offer $264 MA1) China Peoples Republic, nice colln. Of 300 diff. inc. MUH and Postally used. A very few are cto.

Very hard to assemble, and prices are quickly rising. $165, one lot only. Now reduced to $129, final price $119 MA5) USA off paper mixture, very wide ranging from 1940’s to 1980’s. Around 1000 for $24.50, 2500 for $57, 5000 for $110, one lot only of 10,000 for $199 MA6) China, Peoples Republic, mainly larger envelope pieces dating from around the mid 1980’s to about 2012. Mainly large Commems, scarce lot, but it is on heavier paper. 100 grams for $29.50 MA7) World on paper, our popular mix of mainly large, as received form overseas. We only get around 2kg of this each month. Close clipped single paper in the main. Count will be about 4000 – 5000 to the kg. 100g for $29.50, 500g for $129, 1kg for $250 MA12) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroos, each perf small OS, one showing dry ink, the other slurred print (kissprint) varieties. Neither is listed in ACSC. Uncommon. $125 the two or $65 each.

Reduced to $99, or $55 each, final price $89 or $49 each MA21) New Zealand 1925 Dunedin set, MUH, Retail $135, my price just $98, final price $88 MA22) GB 10/- Seahorse, SG417, nice mint example, cat 475 pounds = $950. My price just $360.

Now only $289. Final price $180 MA24) GB 1854 10d Brown Embossed, the hardest of this set. Clean stamp, not cut to shape as many of this issue are. Cat $3000, lovely stamp at just 15% cat. Value. $450. Reduced, now only $359, final reduction $325 MA25) GB 1883 1/- Dull Green, correct colour, with fine RANDWICK GATE EDINBURGH cds. SG 196, cat $650, nice lightly cancelled example worth a 100% premium according to Gibbons, but from me just 15% $195, now discounted to $155, final price $149 MMF16) Australia 1914 6d Blue War Savings stamp, mint unhinged, but creased, these usually sell for $240 or thereabouts, this one just $95, now just $75, final price $69 MMF17) Australia 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d Overprinted OS, cto used. Usualy retail $95, my price just $46, under half!

MMF18) Australia 1948 5/- Arms, thin paper, very fine used, retail $100, my price just $75, l;ast two now, reduced to $69, final price $59 MMF26) Tasmanaia Halfpenny on 1d Red sideface in imperf plate 1 block of 12, from the reprint sheet on thin card, rare and unusual! $420, now only $359, final price $329 MMF27) Australia Kangaroos: b) 9d Purple 2nd wmk, fine used, normally $65 each, now just $59, final reduction, few left only

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AUGUST OFFERS $49 c) 5d Chestnut 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged, well centred , normal retail $140, plus premium for the better centring. This one just $98, reduced now to $79 MMF30) Hong Kong, 1973 QEII Wilding Head definitives, SG283/96 Mint Unhinged, cat 100 pounds = $200, cheap at under a half catalogue, $98, last two of these to clear $79 each. Final price $69 MMF33) New Zealand 1940 Centennial set, mint unhinged, sg 613/25, normal retail $100, my price $59. Now under half retail, wow! $49 MMF35a) Australia KGV 1/4d Turquoise C of A wmk, Mint Unhinged, beautifully fresh. Retail $400, my price under half! $195. This price has to be the final reduction…$179 FE1) THE 2010 VST COMPREHENSIVE COLOUR CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN STAMPS - IN FULL COLOUR - CASE BOUND EDITION - IN 3 HUGE VOLUMES (3RD VOLUME IS WIRE BOUND) with TOTAL OF 580 PAGES! THIS CATALOGUE IS THE LATEST EDITION AVAILABLE, VOLUMES 1 & 2 HAVE NOW BEEN REPRINTED AND ARE IN A SINGLE HARDBOUND EDITION. VOLUME 1 Covers: AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, POSTAGE DUES, BCOF, PRE-DECIMAL AUSTRALIA, AND AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL ISSUES(1966-1988) and ALL RELATED FIRST DAY COVERS, POST OFFICE PACKS etc.

VOLUME 2 Covers THE LISTING OF AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL ISSUES (1989-2006) and ALL RELATED FIRST DAY COVERS, POST OFFICE PACKS etc.

VOLUME 3 IS THE NEW 2010 EDITION - THIS VOLUME HAS A COMPLETE Re-Pricing OF THE AUSTRALIAN PRE-DECIMAL ISSUES 1913-1936, PLUS NEW DECIMAL LISTINGS FOR 2007, 2008 & 2009. THIS IS THE COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE 3 VOLUME EDITION - COLOUR CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN STAMPS. The 3 Volumes are very detailed with COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS throughout.

Note that the prices here are pretty much up to date, there having been little price movement in recent years for most issues.

Originally priced at over $100, we can now offer the 3 volumes, currently being sold elsewhere for around $45 for just $24.50 BULK BUYERS SPECIAL: 5 sets for just $99!

FE2) Magnificent Magnifier: Large 110mm Illuminated Magnifier with Stand This magnifier can be used with or without the base. It is suitable for stamp and coin collectors as well as art and craft, artists etc. Magnification: 2.5x, plus 4x Spot. Diameter: 110mm, bigger than the Lighthouse similar product. Battery operated: 2 x AA (not included). Adjustable height up to 200mm and angle to 45 degrees. RRP $36.95. Price each only $15, under 50% retail! $69 per 5 why not give away to friends and relations, or do some trading?

FE3) West Berlin, complete collection Mint Unhinged 1960 – 1990 30 years of stamps and minisheets. Bargain! $275 LAST ONE! FE5) World El Cheapo on paper mixture! Plenty from the bigger countries, Germany, South Africa, USA etc, plus other bits and pieces tossed in from ends of ranges etc. As always you get what you pay for, but around 4500 – 5000 stamps to the kg, if you want bulk then this is it! Per kg $45, around 1c per stamp.(If you want better quality we have 3 better grades of World on paper at $75, $125 and $295 per kg. Call them FE5a, FE5b and FE5c) FE6) Australia El Cheapo Mission on paper, just bought 200kg of this, wide ranging and mostly on single well trimmed paper, great variety going up to 2009 or so…only $22.50 per kg. Or if you want better grade FE6a is a more recent mix with stamps up to around 2013, $49 a kg. ASK ABOUT BULK BUYS FOR BOTH OF THSE MIXES, PRICES WILL BE CHEAP AS WE NEED TO SHIFT IT! FE9) New World Off paper Mix, just received, much better variety than you see in most of these mixes, around 2000 for $39, 5000 for $89, 10,000 for $175 FE9) Australia very wide ranging off paper mix, from the same source as above, lots of better values, have noted values to 10/- in the pre-decimal, and $10 in the decimal, going very nearly up to date with recent 70c letter rate values spotted here and there.

FE10) Deep discounts on World and Australia Packets, just arrived. Mostly postally used with many better values, not your usual packets, these are quite a lot better.

FE10a 1000 different World, normally $24.50, now $16.50 FE10b 500 different World, normally $12, now $7.25 FE10c 250 different World, normally $5.50, now $3.95 FE10e 500 different Australia, normally $16.50, now $11.50 FE10f 250 different Australia, normally $6.95, now $4.95

Quantity and wholesale enquiries for all of the above packets are welcomed.

FE18) PNCs (stamp & coin covers) We have a brand new stock, with most at issue price of $14.95, let us know your needs. We can also offer all different lots at under issue price a) 10 Different for $110 b) 25 Different $259 c) 50 Different for $495 d) Our complete range, 56 different for $529 (under $9.50 each!)

FE20) Fiji ON CLOSE CUT SINGLE PAPER EARLIER MIX with plenty of KGVI values to 1/- and $5 seen floating around in this mix, we have around 300g. 100g for $159, 50g for $85 price just reduced 100g now only $139, 50g, $79 FE24) New Zealand, 1981 – 1998 in 3 Warwick 22 ring albums, plus Green 48 page Lighthouse stockbook. Mostly mint unhinged and fine used of each issue, virtually compete for the period, with a little duplication. Great Lot! $785, now reduced to $629, final price $565 FE27) Malaya/Malaysia all different in packets: 50 different $5, 200 different $29, 500 different $79 FE30) 1984 Auspex Official Album, with Mint Unhinged sets from a wide range of countries, A – S. 54 mint sets and minisheets. Under $2.25 a set $119 NOW REDUCED TO $95. Final reduction $76 FE41) New Zealand 1967 $1 Glacier, top left corner marginal, mint unhinged, with double perfs, Campbell Paterson Catalogue NZ$450. Nice striking error! Under half catalogue $195, now reduced to $159. Final price $139 MMJ20) Australia 1929 5/- grey and yellow Kangaroo, perf OS, postally used. Normal price $160, we have four grades to offer: a) Fine used circular date stamp, with clear usage date $129 b) As above but date not clear. $99 c) Light parcel cancel $79 d) Slight seconds with heavier cancels/and or perf faults $39 MMJ31) Bulk World Coins, much of it holiday change…we regularly sell this at $37.50 a kg but are a little overstocked just now, so out they go! Around 150 coins to the kg, so under 20c each. Heaps of variety and some spendables from USA, UK, NZ Switzerland etc. 1kg for $29.50, 5kg for $139, 10kg for $259 JA6) Australia Navigators, 1964 pre-decimal set of 8, inc. White papers, normally $200, Fine used only $125 JA7) Australia 1948 Arms set to Two Pounds, mint lightly hinged, usually $125, two sets only to clear at $99 each JA9) Superb Iceland collections, just arrived from Icelandic Mission, one of each only: a) 200 Different $49, b) 275 Different $65, c) 300 Different $75, f) 200 Diff. Mint Unhinged $59, 300 Diff. Mint Unhinged $95 SA13) Pitcairn Is. 1966 World Cup, illustrated First Day Cover, un-addressed. Hard to find! Other dealers list at $55, my price just a half! $27.50 Now reduced to just $19.50! final clearance price, now only $15.

AA2) Worldwide mainly complete sets, mostly cto used but with some mint unhinged, plus some minisheets. Ex Fair Dealers Stock, mainly in multiples of 5. Ideal for re-sale on Ebay or through club sheets etc. Fantastic variety, and mainly the more popular thematics. We have three lots of this, sold by weight 2.25kg in each lot, but each lot estimate to contain around 2500 sets. Sell at 50c to $2 or more per set. Each lot for $750 (That is 30c per set) LAST TWO LOTS NOW, REDUCED TO $600 EACH. FINAL CLEARANCE NOW, $495 FOR THE LAST LOT LEFT, UNDER 20C PER SET! AA4) Great Britain 1924 Wembley set in Mint Unhinged blocks of 4, very fresh. Cat. Price is 100 pounds for hinged. Unhinged usually at least double, so around $375, cheap at 30% catalogue: Price $115, sale price now only $99! Final clearance price, now just $89

Thank you for checking out our offers for this issue, more bargains to come next month.

Let us know of your wants if nothing of interest here, as long as it is not too offbeat, we might have it in stock or be able to source it for you

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The first few months of 2015 has seen quite a few new editions of SG catalogues, including some of the more popular collecting areas, so let’s get started!

All of these catalogues are published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Rd. Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH U.K.

2015 Ireland

£2.50/50p!). The early booklet issues are another area with strong growth. If you check over the last two or three editions, you will discover that the catalogue value of some early key/expensive booklets have doubled or even tripled.

An excellent catalogue for the many collectors of the Emerald Isle!

2015 Bangladesh, Burma, Pakistan & Sri Lanka

Paperback, 144 pages 6th edition RRP A $39.50

Paperback, 264 pages, 3rd edition RRP A $52.70

Four years have passed since the publication of the 5th edition.

New issues are included up to the September 2014 Cats issue.

There’s not a lot of new additions to the catalogue.

What there is mainly consists of further listings of inverted watermark varieties in earlier issues, missing colours of later issues, and of course 3+ years of new issues. It’s also good to note that there have been some revisions and additions to both the recent Birds and Wildflower definitive issues. These are both large, complex issues, and this ‘fine tuning’ of the listings will be welcome by collectors I’m sure.

As the publishers note, prices, particularly for earlier normal issues and varieties are on the rise.

A quick glance through the early overprint listings reveal that there are now four variety listings valued at £5000+, in fact the top valuation in this area goes to the ‘No accent in Saorstat’ variety on the humble 1d scarlet, SG 53aa, coming in at a whopping £17,000 for a mint example, and £10,000 for used (normal stamp catalogue value:

This new 3rd edition of the catalogue, the first since 2010, provides a comprehensive priced listing of the stamps of Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, including the Parliament stamps, and also includes the British colonial and Japanese Occupation issues of Burma. New issues are covered up to May/ September 2014 As with the other recent catalogues in the series, the main new feature for this edition is the listing of government telegraph stamps. In Burma this comprises of just the 1946 set of 7 stamps, but the Ceylon listings run to 100’s of stamps over 8 new pages! You will find excellent, clear colour illustrations of the various overprint and surcharge types, together with watermark varieties. The telegraph stamps of India used in Ceylon between 1869 and 1880 are also listed.

As usual, there are comprehensive listings of booklets, official stamps, postal fiscals, major plate flaws, watermark varieties, errors, paper, watermark and perforation changes and

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mike lee ‘Specimen’ overprints.

The publishers note that there are ‘numerous additions and revisions to the listings of earlier issues’ and that ‘prices are fully revised and updated throughout’ If your collecting interests includes this fascinating area, then this catalogue is a must have!

2015 United States of America

Paperback, 576 pages 8th edition RRP A $99.50

As a collector of US stamps, I’d suspect that most of us bitten by that particular philatelic bug (myself included) tend to use the US published Scott range of publications for our cataloguing needs. After a good look through this latest edition of SG’s ‘Part 22’, I have to say I’m most impressed!

The layout of the catalogue is not what I’m used to (for US issues anyway), with all of the ‘back of the book’ issues such as Airmails, Officials, Special Delivery and even Newspaper stamps being listed chronologically in the ‘front of the book’ with the regular postage issues, but I have to say that with the good quality colour illustrations and clear listings, I don’t think I’d find the transition difficult at all except for the fact that the Scott catalogues include Revenue issues which SG do not, and this is a very popular collecting field amongst collectors of US stamps and one of my favourite areas. Oh well, I’d just have to buy both….

One of the first things I noticed perusing

this catalogue was the inclusion of a couple of types of listings that I don’t believe you’d find in any other SG catalogue, namely priced listings of recent Coil Plate numbers (PNC’s) and Commemorative Panels. I would have thought these (particularly the Panels) to be outside the normal scope of listings in an SG catalogue, but they are both very popular collecting fields, so there they are!

Another welcome variation from usual SG catalogue practice is that most (but not all) sets show an illustration of every value – excellent!

Now if Gibbons could consider extending this practice to at least some other catalogues, say the Australia and Irish catalogues to start with, many, many collectors would be delighted!

The basic US listings take up the first 250+ pages, with new issues included up to the December 2014 Wilt Chamberlain issue. There is also an updated design index. But it doesn’t end there. There are comprehensive listings for the Confederate States, Canal Zone, Cuba, Guam, Hawaii, Philippines, Puerto Rico and the United States Postal Agency in Shanghai. Also included are listings for the current stamp issuing countries of Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau and United Nations New York, with the latter having a design index.

There is a huge amount of information packed into this catalogue’s 576 pages, but will all of that be enough to tempt die hard Scott users away to try SG? I suspect it might be an uphill battle. Not because of any issues with the SG catalogue, it’s a great publication. But the lack of revenues may be a major issue. Another may be just how pervasive the use of the Scott numbering system is amongst collectors of US stamps.

Those issues notwithstanding, this is an excellent catalogue, and well worth your consideration.

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Revenue Review Vic Foils

I wrote about this amazing find some years ago, which resurfaced in auction last month. The unique used 9d Victorian Railway foil IMPERF between [fig 1], [dated 23 April 1879 from Ballarat Railway Station] must have had at least one sheet containing a row of imperf between the Railway Stamp and the Receipt portion. This 9d from the first issue without control number. A fabulous item, which is in amazing condition. Figure two, showing usage of a foil pair reunited by an early collector.

London Bus

Like a London bus, they all arrive at once and figures 3&4 are no exception. Figure 3 turned up in an auction selling for a tad over $1200. Nice

to see a pair of the ÂŁ5 Financial Tax, which, in itself is a rare stamp. When I say rare, I guess I mean scarce, as several are known in collections, but this particular one is the glamour stamp of the series. I am lucky enough to have the only recorded specimen overprint set, until more turn up in the future! Figure 4 was by coincidence sent to me by John DiBiase. This fabulous item was sold by Mack Stamps many years ago. Alas the item has since been split up. I wonder just how many of the ÂŁ5 have survived.

New Colour

Once upon a time you would get all excited about finding an error of colour. I still do, and did so when figure 5 [right stamp] was offered in auction by well

Fig 1

Fig 3

Fig 2

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Dave Elsmore known, loved Tasmanian collector Greg Howard.

Lots of theories shot around the email world in a flash, some saying ‘this is just faded’ others ‘it’s a colour changling’ some even going to the lengths of putting regular 7d values in the sun to see if it will fade to this new discovery! Well after all was said and done it still comes back to being a new colour to list. Two possibilities spring to mind 1. Error of Colour. 2. Trial Colour. I’m opting for number 1, the error of colour, as it is very close to the 8d value. I could not see the printer purposely printing a new value so close to another colour. Either way it’s a beauty and I would like to record it here in Revenue Review.

Mini

Nice to see a picture [fig 6] of a full sheet of the $25

Victorian stamp duty. Unusually a small sheetlet of 10 stamps. It does not appear to have come from a possible booklet either. Maybe you the reader know more on these issues, and if so can you please share your information with us all here.

Visiting Qld

Dean Procter sent me a couple of rather nice items to record. Figure 7 a Queensland Visiting Motorist ‘label’ to registration No 111. Judging by the 3084, label number, one would think a few more would have survived. Dean also sent me figure 8, a 5/3d New South Wales Promissory Note, which I had not recorded, and would like to do so here in Revenue Review.

Fig 5

Fig 6 Fig 4

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Revenue Review Stamp It

Spied on eBay was figure 9, the South Australian Impressed duty for the 1½d diamond. There I was, thinking all the South Australian embossed instruments were safely tucked away in archives when this turns up. Makes you wonder just what else has leaked out and who leaked it!! Either way it is linings someones pockets.

More

Yes I apologise, more items clipped from Government files of Western Australia prior to the furnace being sold off by Dzelme in Phoenix Auctions. Figure 10 is just one of several lots being offered. I’m over it as there is so much

revenue material now out there from Western Australia, the prices can only go down not up!

Slow

Figure 11 sent to me by John DiBiase was purchased in a local auction, and I’m guessing NOT from the Dzelme massive hoard, but saved by a collector of the time. This has to be the largest out of register long swan I have recorded. It looks as if the swan is a bit slow in catching up with the frame!

More Wine

Last month I reported that Mossgreen auction house had unearthed a super Wine & Spirit document bearing a 1½d bi-colour from Western

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Dave Elsmore Australia. This eventually sold for $1200 plus.

Quite an amazing sum of money for a wine levy issue, and must take the record!

Perfin Corner

Figure 12 emanated from the Conrad Graham sale

by Grosvenor Auction house in the UK. It was taken from a bulk lot purchased by a UK revenue dealer, and placed on eBay for sale. This is the first E.B/LTD.a [Elsmore Coath] to come to light on a railway stamp and I would like to record it here in Revenue Review. This found its way into the collection of a well-known Tasmanian Perfin collector, alas not finding its way to Qld! E.B. standing for ‘George Elliot’ who migrated to Australia in the late 1840’s with his two

brothers Frederick and James. In 1859 they took over Edward Youngman’s wholesale druggists and dry salting business. They expanded into the production of a range of drugs and chemicals as well as the importation and sale of surgical instruments. In 1873 their venture became the private company Elliot Bothers Limited [E.B./ LTD] and this became a public company in 1885.

This railway stamp is from the 1891 issue.

I can be contacted by mail: P O Box 66 Springwood 4127 Queensland or an Email link from my web site ozrevenues.com or perfins.com.au

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation This month I look at the Exhibition Class of Maximaphily as well as Australia’s success at Taipei 2015 and previous APF Classic Exhibits.

Taipei 2015 30th Asian International Exhibition

Australian exhibitors won both the Grand Prix D’Honneur and the Runner-up prizes at Taipei 2015, the 30th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition held in Taipei from 24 - 28 April 2015.

Stephen Browne won the Grand Prix D’Honneur, the top award of the Exhibition, for his exhibit The Postal History of New South Wales 18011849 while Darryl Fuller won the Runner up to the Grand Prix D’Honneur for his exhibit of Leeward Islands Postal Stationery. Arthur Gray won a Large Gold medal for his exhibit, The George V Commemorative and Pictorial Issues of Australia: 1927-1936.

APF Classic exhibits

Following the release of the latest in the APF Classic Exhibits, Tasmania: Imperforate Stamps from ‘Courier to Chalon Head by Koichi Sato, I had a query about the previous exhibits in the series. There have been five previous exhibits published as part of the APF Classic Exhibits series: • Tasmania Postal History by Michael Blake

Stephen Browne receiving the Grand Prix D’Honneur award at Taipei 2015 •

Postal History Of The Port Phillip District 1839-1851 by Ray Kelly • Postal History Of New South Wales

by Ed Druce • Whiskers by John Sinfield • Queensland Revenues by Dave Elsmore Only Whiskers and Tasmania: Imperforate Stamps from ‘Courier to Chalon Head are currently available from the APF Store at http://www.apf. org.au/products.htm .

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Exhibition Class: Maximaphily One of the less well known exhibition classes in Australia is the Maximaphily Class. Maximaphily is the collecting of

Ian McMahon

Philatelic Development Officer, APF

maximum cards. In philately, a maximum card is a picture postcard to which a stamp has been added on the picture side and cancelled with the intent of having the picture, stamp and postmark having as close a relationship as possible. For example, a maximum card showing the Parliament House in Canberra could have a postcard showing Parliament House, a stamp showing Parliament House and be postmarked at the Parliament House Post Office.

This relationship between the postcard illustration, stamp and postmark is known as the ‘concordance’ and maximum card collectors (and exhibitors) try to obtain maximum cards which have the maximum possible ‘concordance’.

While collectors of maximum cards may collect any such cards, if you are planning to exhibit maximum cards then you need to follow the FIP Maximaphily Class regulations.

These regulations are quite specific about the stamps, postcards and cancellations that can be

used in an exhibit and about the rules of ‘concordance’.

When exhibiting maximum cards the “postage stamp” on the cards should have been issued by a Universal Postal Union (UPU) member country or dependent territory and affixed only on the view side of the picture postcard.

Postage due stamps, precancels, revenue stamps, stamps violating the UPU “philatelic code of ethics” are not allowed, nor are official stamps unless they are available for the use of the public. Postage stamps which are cut out from postal stationery are allowed only if the issuing postal service permits their use. Postage stamps printed online by a customer are not allowed. Stamps, issued by postal operators (such as the New Zealand private mail Maximum cards showing Tea pickers, cancelled Colombo (above left); the Bald Eagle, cancelled St Pierre (below)

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation operators) authorised by the responsible governmental body, are admitted under the same conditions as postage stamps.

The stamp should be in perfect condition. In the case where a stamp has multiple, secondary or partial subjects, each subject must as far as possible, be dealt with separately.

The stamp (or the souvenir sheet it belongs to, if Maximum card showing the Legislative Building Manila, cancelled Manila it is stuck on the postcard) must not exceed a quarter concordance with the subject of the stamp. of the postcard Postcards fully reproducing the stamp, that is to say area. When the same subject is spread out on with perforation, face value, country name, should several se-tenant stamps making a panorama, the not be shown. The picture must emphasize the set can appear on a single postcard. However, subject of the stamp. Postcards can have margins when a subject is isolated on one of the se-tenant and a text directly connected with the subject. Old stamps only the one on which the treated subject postcards can have an area for correspondence is illustrated should be affixed to the postcard. The on the view side. With the exception of these old use of an illustrated postal prepayment impression postcards, the larger the picture is, the better the dispensed by automatic vending machines, affixed quality of the maximum card is considered to be. on the view side of the postcard, is allowed. In Postcards with multiple pictures as well as ones general, abstract or symbolic subjects do not suit with holograms are not allowed.

Maximaphily and are excluded from its field. For a The picture postcard should be as far as possible specific subject, the order of preference is a stamp on sale before the issue of the stamp or, if it has issued in the philatelic program of the designated been published specially, it should reproduce a prepostal authority, then a personalised stamp and last existing document. Only square and rectangular the stamp of an authorised postal operator. formats are allowed; all others are excluded. The The picture postcard must conform to following items cannot be used for maximum dimensions accepted by the “Universal Postal cards: collages, cut-outs, private photographs on Convention�. However, postcards of square or photo paper, colour or black and white photocopies, rectangular shape available on the market are photo-montages, drawings, documents specially accepted, provided that their size allows them to be devised for the stamp issue to be printed privately laid out on an exhibition page at a rate of two per on photo paper using a computer. sheet. Out of respect for its designer, the size of a The cancellation must be printed exclusively by postcard should not be reduced by cutting it. the authorised postal service. The pictorial design of The picture must offer the best possible 50 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon

Philatelic Development Officer, APF concordance of the place is respected. The cancellation must be carried out within the period of validity of the stamp and as close as possible to the date of issue.

The cancellation giving the name of the post office as well as the date must be legible. It must be whole and tie the stamp to the postcard. This applies to handstamped cancellations as well as to machine cancellations. Non-illustrated cancellations are acceptable on condition that they indicate the name of the locality where the post office is located and the concordance of place is respected.

Maximaphily exhibits can be classified by: • Country or group of countries including maximum cards created with stamps issued by one country or by a group of countries having geographical, historical or cultural links. Generally the chronological order of the issues should be avoided.

• Specialised field or study specialised and/or study collections are based, according to the exhibitor’s choice, either on the constituent elements of the maximum card, or on the different concordances, or on both, or on a specific period.

• Thematic exhibits include maximum cards related to one theme. They are limited neither in space nor in time.

The exhibit must be preceded by a plan on Maximum card with One Pound Jimmy stamp, cancelled a single page. It must describe the contents Alice Springs of the exhibit and clearly show the leading idea. It must be logical, well-balanced and in the cancellation and/or the text, as well as the place accordance with the chosen subject and title. of cancellation (name of the Post office) should It must be divided into chapters. A mere table of have a connection with the subject of the stamp and contents or a literal description cannot be regarded of the picture postcard, or with the purpose of the as a satisfactory plan. issue (event, charitable activity, theme of the series).

For Maximaphily exhibits, the following point However cancellations made by philatelic services scheme is used: Treatment and importance of the are accepted provided that the concordance of place exhibit 30; Knowledge and research 35; Condition is respected. The closer the connection between the and rarity 30; Presentation 5; Total 100. subject and the picture and/or the text of a pictorial The treatment and the development of an exhibit cancellation, the better is the concordance. requires a good concordance between the title, the Ordinary cancellations without illustrations are plan and the contents of the exhibit, and a logical valid provided that they indicate the name of the and judicious classification of the maximum cards, locality where the post office is located and the well adapted to the leading idea of the plan. The

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation written explanations should be concise, and give some supplementary information about the elements and/or the concordances. The importance of the exhibit is linked to the difficulty of the development of the chosen theme, according to the material known and the narrowness of the treated theme.

Knowledge and research is judged by the selection of the maximum cards, the demonstration Maximum card showing the Black Swan, cancelled Croydon North of knowledge of the chosen theme, the stamps, the postal markings and one of the nearest place. When the subject is a also the picture postcards. Knowledge of stamps person the cancellation should be made in a place is shown by the description including purpose, in connection with an event which concerns their date of issue, type, printing, variety, and date of birth, death, burial , work or aspect of their activity, the end of validity. Knowledge of postal markings posthumous homage etc. In the case where the covers the types of cancellations, the period of use, stamp commemorates an event, the cancellation and the justification of the use of the cancellation. should be made in a place related to it. When the Knowledge of picture postcards is judged according stamp shows for instance a plane, a train or a ship, to its concordance with the subject of the stamp, its the cancellation should be made in a place where quality and the rarity of the postcard. there is an airport, a railway station, a port or an onResearch in Maximaphily is based on the board post office related to the subject. Maximum observance of the three concordances: of subject, cards showing sporting activities are better if they of place and of time. The concordance of subject is are cancelled in places where these sports are the essential characteristic of a real maximum card. practiced. Maximum cards showing works of art This concordance between the illustrations of the such as paintings, sculptures, mosaics, enamels, stamp and the picture postcard must be as close as leaded glass windows, frescoes, tapestries, and, possible and visually verifiable. generally, all objects in museums or collections, The concordance of place requires a connection should be cancelled either in the place where they between the name of the place or the locality written are to be found, or in the place where they were in the postmark and the subject of the stamp and of created. When a Work of Art is an integral part of a the postcard. A “first day cancellation� can only be monument (sculpture, fresco, stained glass window, used when it is in accordance with these conditions. mosaic etc.), the preferred cancellation is that of the For monuments, landscapes and sites there is only nearest post office to the place where the monument one place that gives the required concordance. It is located. is the one where the monument, the landscape or The cancellation should be from a locality of the site is located. If the place has no post office, the stamp-issuing country where an event related the one serving that site should be selected or the to the purpose of the issue has been organised.

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Ian McMahon

Philatelic Development Officer, APF

Camels, cancelled Villa Cisneros (above) When the stamp commemorates an event or shows a landscape or a monument of another country, the realisation of maximum cards is impossible as there is a total lack of concordance of place.

The cancellations made abroad by post offices of a country (eg on the occasion of philatelic exhibitions or other) are allowed. The cancellation is all the more interesting when it has been made in a place closely connected to the subject, which completes harmoniously the stamp/postcard set by its illustration or its text, and it has been used for a more or less short time. The concordance of time is defined by the date of the postmark, within the

period of validity of the stamp.

The rarity of a maximum card depends on the relative rarity of the three elements individually, the difficulty of making the card and/or its antiquity. The antiquity is defined by reference to three periods: before 1946, from 1946 to 1978, after 1978.

The presentation of an exhibit should be well finished and give a good general impression. Exhibitors should use sheets of a light colour, display the selected material harmoniously, with a maximum of two cards per sheet (avoid too empty or too crowded sheets, and overlapping items), write the accompanying texts concisely and in legible writing, without mistakes.

Although exhibiting in the Maximaphily class can sound easy, in practice it is often challenging to find cards which have the maximum possible ‘concordance’ between the stamp, postcard and postmark, especially maximum cards issued in the first part of the twentieth century. In addition while producing and collecting maximum cards has been quite popular in Europe, it was less so in Australia in part because the Australian post office frowned on the use of the stamps on the picture side of the postcard, requiring the stamp to be placed on the address side of the postcard. Have a look at the maximum cards illustrated with this article and consider the degree of concordance each shows between the postcard, postmark and stamp. Which would you include in your exhibit? Are there better cancellations you could have used? If you are interested in exhibiting this class, your next chance to enter the Maximaphily class will be in Canberra 2016 in March 2016.

Arthur Gray

It is with great sadness that I note that Arthur Gray passed away in May 2015. Arthur Gray was one of the most successful Australian exhibitors internationally winning Grand Prix awards for his exhibits of Australian Commonwealth Kangaroo and Map and George V stamps.

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Cinderella Corner

Mosman’s Bay New South Wales Blue Felling Timber Western Australia Blue Three of the images are printed landscape and the other three portrait style with Mosman’s Bay being inverted in relation to the other stamps.

The second issue, (before 1925), was also in miniature sheet format and featured Australian birds and animals; (Fig. 2).

Platypus Green Emu

Green Kangaroo Red Lyre Bird Red Kookaburra Blue Koala Blue A third issue in 1924 commemorated the circumnavigation flight of Australia by Wing Commander Goble, (fig. 3), and Flight Lieutenant McIntyre in maroon, blue and purple/brown and probably in a miniature sheet of six. I don’t know

Pals Labels. (Fig 1 To 6).

‘Pals’ was a children’s magazine produced by the Melbourne newspaper The Herald and Weekly Times and in the 1920s the newspaper published a series of attractive souvenir labels to promote the magazine. The labels had no postal connection and were purely publicity, but often found their way into the ‘back of the book’ in collections of the 1920s period.

There is no indication of the sequence of issue so I am taking Bill Hornadge’s notes from his book Cinderella Stamps of Australasia as the guide and listing the first issue as a set of six in miniature sheet format featuring rural scenes, one from each state; (Fig. 1).

A Settler’s Home South Australia Green Apple Harvest Tasmania Green Coaching in Victoria Victoria Red Sugar Cane Cutting Queensland Red 3

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Tony Presgrave

whether Flight Lieutenant McIntyre was given the honour of appearing on a stamp or not.

The fourth issue commemorated the visit of the American Fleet in 1925 and here we have two images so far found; Flagship USS Seattle, for which I don’t have an image, and Admiral Coontz, (fig. 4), in red.

I am going to hazard a guess that since the Goble label is in a miniature sheet of six, the other two will also be in the same format.

Bill made reference to them in March & July 1977, June 1978, March May September and December 1980, December 1983, October & December 1984, June 1999 and August 2000.

I have made reference to them in April & May 2001, August 2002, March 2004, March 2011 and February 2012.

The only variety I have seen involves misplaced perforating of a sheet where one vertical line of perforations is way off line. I noted one in February

2012 and with this latest Phoenix auction another pair have surfaced. (Fig. 5).

But wait! There’s more. There was also an airmail label, (fig. 6), used between September and December 1920 when the newspaper conducted a series of flights to advertise the magazine. The aeroplane used in New South Wales and Victoria was a Maurice Farnum piloted by R.G. Carey and in Queensland by C.R. MacPherson. Some mails were carried but no record of the amount was kept.

One of the airmail labels was affixed to each letter carried.

My thanks to David Wood and Phoenix Auctions for allowing me to use these images which appeared in their auction sale catalogue of 17 July 2015.

Red Cross. (Fig. 7, 8 And 9).

A South Australian collector has sent me these three stamps with a request for more information. I first checked Mosbaugh’s Catalogue of Red Cross

Fig. 5 Fig. 4

Fig. 6

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Labels, but they are not listed there so I went to Jackson’s WWI Patriotic Labels and found them as new discoveries in Supplement 1 of his book. They are listed under Part 1 Section 4 Australian Red Cross Fund Raising Issues.

There are six labels in the set all printed in the same sheet. Jackson suggests that these were a national fund raising issue dating from around 1915, but he also comments that if they were a national issue, meaning that they should be more plentiful, it is unusual that it should take about 70 years for them to come to light.

The three designs illustrated here are of A42 HMAS Sydney Red Cross Nurse and a wounded soldier, A43 Red Cross Field Ambulance and A41 two Army Medical aides with a wounded gunner.

The other three designs are A38 Hospital Ship, A39 Army Medical aide with a wounded soldier inside a wreath and A40 Red Cross Nurse. The labels are perforated 11.

Numbers A39, 40, 41 and part of 42 appear to be closely modelled on four designs used in the British Red Cross Society that was issued in 1914.

America On Guard. (Fig. 10).

I wrote about this stamp two years ago with no response from any readers so I decided to give them another run. Scott did list the first issue and illustrated it, but after that there were no further listings. After a lot of searching I found a reference to tham in the book “US Mail. The Story of the US Postal Service.” The Postal Saving Service was put into effect in 1 January 1911, but as with Scott, the book did not go into detail about any later issues of the stamps. I suspect that this particular issue dates from around the late WWII era judging by the inscription “America on Guard” on the stamp. This stamp has a 25c denomination so I guess it begs the question were there any other values, and what were they?

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The Stamp News Quiz No. 4

by David Keane 1. What did Sir Rowland Hill introduce to the post office in May 1840?

2. Which navigator was celebrated in 1970 with a strip of five Australian stamps ?

3. Which country issued the early stamps known as ‘cantons’ or ‘cantonal’s’ ?

4. Who publishes the annual catalogue “Collect British Stamps” ?

5. Which country once had “Costa Atlantica” overprinted on their stamps ?

6. What was an initial term for a ‘postmark’ beginning with the letter ‘O’ ?

7. Especially in France, what would a timbrologist collect ?

8. Which countries’ peninsula produced stamps under the ‘Strait Settlements’ ?

9. Which European country has RSM on their stamps ?

10. What was the first British Colony to issue postage stamps ?

The first all correct entry drawn will win a prize. Entries must be received

by September 1, 2015 This month the prize will be 1000 different all World stamps Please send your entries to Stamp News Quiz August 2015 PO Box PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic, 3158, Australia Don’t forget to include your name & address!

Answers for Quiz 3 1) Norge 2) Scotland 3) Master forgers 4) Archer, 1961 5) Plate seventy seven 6) British Commonwealth Occupation Force 7) Iceland 8) Bermuda 9) Cancelled to Order 10) Benjamin Franklin

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Market Matters New SG “Concise”.

The new Gibbons 2015 “Concise” catalogue of Great Britain postage stamps has just been released locally, and all main dealers will have stock.

If you collect or stock GB stamps, you MUST get a copy, or you will be way behind the market on current stamp prices.

Hugh Jefferies and co-editors of this huge full colour opus should be very proud, as it is now nearly 500 pages thick, and weighs in at a very impressive 1.2 Kilos.

Australian RRP is very similar to the UK retail of £35, so the local price of $A78.50 is most attractive, being near same as in England - most especially as they are heavy to ship here. I’ve pre-sold many so far.

The “Concise” will stay open on your desk without the need to balance something on one side. This makes it much easier to use, and the spine is likely to stay intact for a great deal longer.

Telegraph Issues Strong

On a quick look through, there are upward price fine tunes where warranted, through all Reigns and eras. Often in unexpected areas like the Telegraph Stamp issues,

“Concise” near 500 pages thick. which seem to be on a continually upward price graph.

I sold the QV imperforate 3/“Specimen” shown nearby last year for a quite tiny sum, and this kind of thing I feel sure will double in value in Modern GB stamps on the move.

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GB Telegraph Stamps popular. a very short time frame. Supply is negligle in this field, and demand is growing yearly.

This new 2015 “Concise” catalogue of course lists and prices all FDCs and PO packs, and PHQ cards, and watermark and missing colour variations where recorded, and that is a huge plus for collectors and dealers.

I was looking up some modern GB FDC’s which were up nicely over last edition - not bad, as I was working with a book of them!

Prices have been reviewed throughout this Edition, with increases in all periods, from QV line-engraved right through to recent issues. There are notable increases for varieties, errors, Machins, “Post & Go” stamps, and booklets.

items will likely still be $5 in 10 years’ time. Maybe less.

The $500 item might however become $1,000, and the $5,000 stamp might be $15,000. Or far more, in some instances I can think of.

And the same money in the bank will likely to have gone up less than 10% or so in 5 years after tax, the way low interest rate are globally right now.

And if left in the stock-market, or traditional funds, it may well have DECREASED, as we can all see from some recent annual returns!

As an example of how easy the pricier material is to sell, I have set up a “Rarity” page offering choice single items and covers priced mainly around $A1,000.

Shameless plug, but many items sell in a day or so of listing them - tinyurl.com/ StampRare - and other dealers report the

High flyers often up too.

Many already high priced stamps go up again. Mark my words - you will see this same pattern occur for several years to come in SG catalogues for better early GB. The lesson? Buy the stamps you need NOW in this better grade of material. The common $5 type

These will NEVER get cheaper!

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Market Matters same experience with top shelf material.

With the incredibly weak $A in recent months, most of what I list goes to the USA or UK, both of whom have strong currencies. A stamp priced at $A1,000 costs a Brit about £470, or $US740, so that one stamp is $100s less than last year to either buyer.

SG’s Hugh Jefferies gets MBE.

Hugh Jefferies, Stanley Gibbons Catalogue and GSM Editor, gets an MBE. The official wording in the June 12, 2015, Queen’s Birthday Honours List was:Member Of The British Empire (MBE) - Mr Anthony Hugh Mostyn Jefferies - Editor, Gibbons Stamp Monthly and Stamp Catalogues. For services to Philately.

A VERY well deserved award. Here is a short ‘YouTube’ promo clip that Hugh did for promoting Gibbons Stamp Monthly (GSM) - tinyurl.com/ HughSG - I lifted the photo nearby from that video.

I’ve known Hugh for decades, and how on earth one person juggles as many jobs and tasks as he does, and so seamlessly and professionally, continually amazes me, as I’ve commented on in the past, many times.

The endless stream of SG Catalogues of all types, shapes and sizes, would be a job most companies would have a big team of folks working on, and the huge “Gibbons Stamp Monthly” ditto, yet for very many years Hugh did the lion’s share of both, as far as I understand.

Hugh told me recently his attempt to ease into a more retirement based phase has not succeeded too well, and he is still working near as many hours as he always did, on the endless stream of SG catalogues!

Stamp Honours rare in Stamp World.

Great to see anyone in stamps getting these honours … I recall Max Stern got an MBE many years ago for “Services To Philately”, and there are precious few others globally on that esteemed list, to be honest.

Having a very steady, savvy, and experienced hand at the tiller for such important resources, is a stabilising and secure outcome, and do not EVER underestimate the value of that, for an ordered stamp market. Globally. tinyurl.com/HughMBE is a discussion on this award for those interested with several anecdotes from those who have also worked and consulted with Hugh Jefferies, MBE.

Get WRITTEN Insurance valuations.

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I am always amazed at how many otherwise very savvy collectors mention in conversation they have ZERO formal insurance documents covering their stamps. Often for 6 figure collections.

The USA seems pretty lenient on stamp insurance. In Australia Insurance companies are

Glen Stephens assume AFTER the event will be the case!

Penny Pinching brings $100,000 loss.

You MUST get stamps insured. (understandably) very hard-nosed and tough.

I do many Insurance valuations and claims matters every month, and have flown to all states to do this, for insurance and divorce and probate matters etc, as outlined here in detail - tinyurl.com/ GlenIns In Australia, in short, if your stamps are stolen, burnt, water damaged etc you generally have **ZERO** chance of getting a cent, unless you can furnish insurer with a detailed, dated, and signed assessment.

They ask that it be done by a qualified, independent stamp valuer, whom they recognise as such. A scribbled note from your mate at a stamp club etc, they will simply NOT accept, as many

One local client had about $100,000 real world value of mainly Kangaroo stamps etc purchased over the decades, from dealers, fairs, and on-line etc. He asked me what it would cost for a formal typed valuation, and told him the typical cost was $200-$300.

Mr. Genius snorted derisively, and told me that was far too high, as he had an Excel document listing them all in great detail along with catalogue values etc, so felt happy his detailed inventory was going to be sufficient.

He was burgled last year, and cheerfully emailed his inventory to Insurers after the theft, and they basically laughed, and said he might well have typed that up a few hours back, and paid him zero, and declined the claim entirely.

My Dad used to call that logic “Penny Wise, Pound Foolish” and this fellow’s “saving” of a couple $100, on a professional written valuation, cost him $100,000 more or less. The stamps are gone forever.

Anything less than that kind of detailed, dated and lodged with insurer in advance documentation, and you have no chance in general. (Here in Australia anyway, I can’t speak for overseas countries.)

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Market Matters Useful for Police & Dealer tracking.

The good thing about a detailed written valuation, is that it can be handed to Police and circulated globally to stamp dealer bodies.

I get regular advices from PTS/ ASDA/IFSDA listing stolen material, and stamp dealers are a small group, and we can often help recover the goods.

A common mistake is not to specify the replacement costs of your album and pages and catalogues etc. The 4 x “Lighthouse� albums shown nearby I sold to a client this month with Australia hingeless pages in them. Cost him $A1,800 alone.

You need to specify ALBUM values.

In his case my written valuation had $42,500 for stamps, insurance, yet the same folks cheerfully do not and $5,000 to replace the Hagners, albums and slipcases and catalogues and reference books. Many bother with stamp insurance! dealers fail to list those, and value them.

For all written valuations I do, I mail the client Written in the Gobi Desert.

TWO copies on letterhead. One copy I urge This column is being completed in mid July, collectors to keep filed safely, the other copy I urge literally in the middle of the Gobi Desert in Outer they mail Registered Post to their insurer to attach Mongolia, so it may be a little briefer than usual, to their file. due to time constraints, and almost total lack of THEN if your formal valuation dated August internet access.

2, 2015 is on their file, and your house is burgled, Been here for a few days staying in very basic flooded or burnt down etc in November 2015, and Ger/Yurts, drinking fermented Yak’s Milk, and the Police/Fire Department report confirms that riding the unique 2 hump Mongol camels, and event, they tend to accept that stamp loss as real and nimble steppe ponies etc. confirmed, and they pay up on it pretty fast.

Flew in via a long 24 hours of flights via One client got ~$50,000 back recently, based Bangkok to Beijing, population 22 million, for solely on my very detailed valuation letter of a year a few days of exploring, and climbing a remote earlier, which outlined the replacement value of his section of The Great Wall, hours from downtown. stamps, pages, and reference books and catalogues.

I stupidly spilt Champagne onto my laptop I am right now in the middle of a holiday to keyboard in Thailand airport, totally frying the Thailand, Korea, China, and then Mongolia. Trip motherboard, and spent days in Beijing, frantically insurance is just a few $100 also, and no-one SANE tracking down an authetic ASUS R505C board, would go on trips to places like that, with no travel at truly vast expense. And then the long flight to 62 - Stamp News

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“Glen goes Gobi” Ulaanbaatar, Outer Mongolia.

Overnight there, and up at 4am for a 1½ hour small plane flight into the Gobi Desert on Aero Mongolia to Dalanzadgad, the capital of remote Ömnögovi Aimag region in Mongolia. Population about 15,000. Altitude is around 5,000 feet - must be fun to visit in mid-Winter!

Then drove south for many 100s of kms south, in a tough 4WD, down unmade sandy, rutted tracks, deep into the Gobi Desert, to get a little taste of things that have been VERY largely unchanged and untouched by tourism for 1000 years.

Slept in the round traditional Gers/Yurts, with a small candle only, and no hot water anywhere etc,

and ate goat curd cheese, and drank fermenented mare’s milk etc.

We took the 2 hump camels to the base, and then barefoot climbed the huge “Singing Sand Dunes” - seemingly almost mountain range size, to see the sun set over the vast Gobi desert. When the sand avalanches down the dunes “sing”.

No internet access.

Internet and cellphone access was near TOTALLY non-existent in the Gobi. Then a flight back to Ulaanbaatar, for the annual NADAAM Festival, where Mongolian tribesmen gather to compete against each other in Archery, Wrestling and horse racing - the national top sports.

It is a 5 day public holiday, and THE biggest Stamp News - 63

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deal of the year. We were in the stadium to see the Wrestling final “wrestle-off”. The huge sized winner is an instant National superstar, and gets a Land Cruiser, a large box of money, and I understand, an apartment.

Have planned to visit NADAAM a couple times in the past, and the cards finally fell into place this year. Accommodation is the big issue, as it oversells out, as only a few (mediocre) Western standard Hotels there, and their rates go up to $A500 a night, as they know they CAN! I’ve visited many Deserts in my world travels over the decades. Had a Christmas day in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana in “Jacks Camp” sited right on the remote Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. Have ridden camels in the Sahara in Egypt, and Tunisia 64 - Stamp News

2 hump camels, in the wild.

North Africa.

And crossed the Nullabor and Simpson Deserts here, and spent New Year’s Eve in the flat coastal Atacama Desert region of Peru, and been twice to the Tierra Del Fuego desert in South Chile. The Mojave Desert in Utah, and oddly but accurately, the world’s largest desert - Antarctica. But never the GOBI Desert!

Mongolia stamps can get very pricey. The 1943 Definitive set shown nearby sold on eBay recently for approximately $A4,550 in mixed condition.

It attracted 65 bids starting at $1. Amazing, have never seen it before and have no idea of its catalogue value!

Glen Stephens

Mongolia stamps sell for $A4,550!

Better Mongolia stamps a “Sleeper”.

The philatelic material of Mongolia is in increasing global demand. From the quirky “Tanna Tuva/ Touva” material of the earlier 20th Century, to more modern issues, catalogue values can be very high.

Mongolian stamps have strong followings from both Russian and China collectors, as both heavily border the country, and both have had very close relations with the country in the past.

I seldom get anything better and earlier into stock, and was lucky to buy a few sets of the 1962 Genghis Khan quartet shown nearby when in Ulaan Baator, from a stamp contact there.

These seemed a pretty looking set to me, and with current SG cat only £52 a set, 1962 Genghis Khan stamp set.

would appear to have a ton of upside in the near future I’d suspect. Listed them into stock at a low price, in case anyone has a gap in their Mongolia collection!

There have been extensive mineral and oil discoveries here in Mongolia, and the economy will skyrocket ahead in years to come.

The people are fiercely nationalistic, and I suspect buying of stamps by the “new money” class will be strong.

1¢ British Guiana Buyer revealed.

Well the secret is just out. The buyer of the unique British Guiana 1856 1¢ Black on Magenta for $US9.5 million (today $A12.835m) in June 2014 was revealed this month - a year after he bought it.

New York fashion shoe-maker Stuart Weitzman, known for his expensive leg-thinning boots, and

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On Extended Public Display.

$13 million for one stamp.

The famous stamp will soon go on display at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum in Washington, until at least November 2017, the longest and most publicly accessible showing in its history. It will be on show at the huge New York “EXPO”in May 2016.

Weitzman seems to have gone on a stamp buying spree of some magnitude. The “New York Times” reports he also owns the $US5 million or so 1918 “Inverted Jenny” Plate number block 4 shown nearby.

This block was famously swapped by multi-billionaire Bill Gross in 2005 to obtain the unique in private hands, USA 1¢ Blue “Z” Grill stamp he needed to complete his USA 19th Century collection - which then went on to win top global awards.

The “swapper” was Donald Sundman owner of Mystic Stamp Company in New York, who

strappy sandals, is confirmed as the new owner of the most valuable item on earth for its size and weight.

Mr. Weitzman, 73, started collecting stamps at a young age, growing up in Queens, New York, but went on to fashion notoriety creating shoes for everyday wear, as well as special diamondencrusted and gold shoes etc for the “Red Carpet set”.

Weitzman told the “New York Times”, “I had an album, an American album but of world-famous international stamps, and 1856 1¢ British Guiana stamp.

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Glen Stephens million = $A6.75m) and, “it was a price I just couldn’t turn down.”

He told Linns back then, a secret caller phoned him, who represented a group of clients, who Sundman described as - “overseas” and “European” individuals who like to collect valuable things, not just stamps. They are neither philatelists, nor investors.”

Sundman claimed he met his “buyer” at a bank on October 4, 2014, and stated the buyer seemed to know very little about stamps. He stated he was paid by Certified cheque, that his bank verified was good and genuine.

Who knows what the real story actually was, but the “overseas” buyer appears to be simply a New York local like Sundman was. Nothing in American large ticket stamp deals ever seem to be straight forward!

Sold for around $A6.75 Million? is the supreme Barnum and Bailey showman of the US stamp business. ’Jenny’ prices have been super soft in the past year or two, and he might have decided to get whatever he could, and fire up the media machine.

Way back in October 2014 Sundman gave “Linn’s Stamp News” a breathless sounding story that now seems like partly or largely fiction of some curious kind, now the real NYC purchaser has just been revealed.

Glen Stephens has written monthly ‘Stamp Tipster’ Columns for over 30 years - globally. A vast library of his past articles and photos are found 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

Some curious claims.

Sundman oddly claimed the sale of the block of 4 was for “North of $US4.8 million” (now widely stated to be $US5 Stamp News - 67

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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 Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Tues, cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Milton-Ulladulla SC: Meeting 1pm on 4th Monday of each month (ex Dec.) Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club, St. Vincent Street, Ulladulla Sec. POBox 670, Ulladulla, NSW 2539 Tel. Barbara Smith 0244555214 Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Enq: 4977 2525 (Jenny) 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

act Canberra, Philatelic Society of: 1st Thursday: General Meeting,3rd Thursday: Afternoon Meeting (IF REQUIRED),3rd Thursday: (Evening) Exchange Night, 2nd Tuesday: Postcard Group, 4th Monday: Machin Collectors Group. All meetings 7:45pm, Griffin Centre, Genge Street, Canberra City Postal Address:PO Box 1840,Canberra ACT 2601,Email:psc@netspeed.com.au www.canberrastamps.org

western australia The Airmail Circle of WA: Mtg 5th Monday “Wellington Fair” Unit 18, 40 Lord St. East Perth Tel: 08 9294 3356 Armadale-Kelmscott PS: Mtg 4th Tues; Ph: 08 9397 6525 email: fit.kanga@bigpond.com Bridgetown-Manjimup SC: Mtg 1st Thurs 7.30pm Masonic Hall, Hampton St, Bridgetown Ph 08 9761 4638 or 08 9761 2005 Busselton SC: Mtg 1st Mon, 5pm 7th Day Adv. Church, Alpha St; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.au Canning SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9457 7565 Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576 Denmark SC: Mtg 1st Weds Lions Lair Rivermouth Inlet Drive, Denmark. Tel: 08 9848 3325 email: fishneil@westnet.com.au Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, Tennis Club House, Parry St, Fremantle at 8pm; Ph: 08 6363 6415 Have a go SC: Mtg Last Thurs. 137 Edward St, East Perth. Tel: 08 9305 2073 email: nigan@iinet.net.au Kalamunda SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9291 8484 Mandurah PS PO Box 625 Mandurah WA 6210 2nd Tues 4.45 - 6.30pm Bortolo Park Pavilion Cnr. Bortolo and Murdoch Drives

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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 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: 2012 meetings: 2nd Wednesday of February, March, May, July, Sept and November held at Ryde Ex-Services Club 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW Tel: 9807 3344 (in Mackinnon room) starting at 8pm.Enq 0407 277 223 or email penviews@hotmail.com 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: Mtgs: 3rd Tues 7.30pm, daytime meetings 1st Weds, KGV Heads group 4th Weds. Jim Spence Sec. 02 4392 3610 email: dandasonter6@bigpond.com

northern territory Alice Springs SC: Meet Informally; PO Box 1529, Alice Springs, NT, 0871.

Ph 08 8953 3054 Darwin Philatelic Circle: 1st Sun. 10am - 2pm. 53 Flametree Crt, Rosebery; Ph:(08) 8931 2898; PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT, 0831; Email: Nadine.Tinsley@nt.gov.au-.

WA club information: WA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Perth, WA, 6001 Greenfields WA 6210 08 9581 1083 keithmich@bigpond.com Northern Districts SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9329 0117 Philatelic Forum: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9294 4277 Rockingham & Kwinana (PS of): Mtg 3rd Tues (NB 2nd in Dec) Pres. Malcolm Brown; Sec. Terry Boyd; PRO Lucie Schokker Ph. 08 9419 1604; email: malcolm.b@iinet.net.au PS of WA: Mtg 3rd Tues; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec); Clubrooms, Charles Riley Reserve, Wendling Rd, North Beach, Ph: 08 9447 7256 The Postmark Circle (WA): Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Victoria Park SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9472 8072 or 08 9450 5280 WA Study Group: Mtg 4th Thurs (ex Dec) 08 9384 1050 Wanneroo SC: Mtg 3rd Mon; Ph: 08 6106 0874.

philatelic clubs & societies new zealand Air Mail Society of NZ: Ph: 03 3584838; Email: alant@snap.net Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan). Ph 09 9853212; Email kiwibrooce@ yahoo.com; Website: www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tues; GB Machin 3rd Fri odd months; Postal History 1st Mon; Postcard 3rd Tues even months. Email: secretary@ cps.gen.nz; Website: www.cps.gen.nz Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph: 03 4557643; Email: davidallison2009@gmail.com; Website: www.dunedinstampclub.org.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph: 06 8765911; Email: clairemole@xtra.co.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Ph: 06 8439433; Email: dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 3689881; Email: michael.christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan). Ph: 04 5697439; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec). Ph: 04 2971197; Email: ian.burttt@yahoo.co.nz Manaia PS: Mtg (Hawera) 1st Sun. Ph: 06 2784292; Email: peter.williams@xtra.co.nz Manawatu PS: Mtg 1st Wed, daytime meeting 3rd Tues. Ph: 06 3584565; Email: mps@inspire.net.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec).

Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 07 8893199 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5469092; Email: paula.hucklesby@clear.net.nz North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz; Website: www.northshoreps.com NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed. Ph 03 3895511; Email: steve@ philatelic.org.nz; Website: www.nzeal.com/philately/nzscc.htm NZ Postcard Society: Ph: 03 3848463; Email: jenny-long@clear.net.nz; Website: www. postcard.org.nz

queensland Arana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermccloskey@bigpond.com Bayside Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281.

Bribie Island SC: Meeting 4th Wed; Ph: 07 3408 2238 Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 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. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 1.30pm. Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Ph: 07 3263 8573 (ah); email: desley@mycelebrant. com Collectors Club Queensland: Mtg 2nd Sunday each month 9am to 1pm - RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park. Contact 0409 130 266 or ccqueensland@gmail.com Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157 Gladstone and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed (Ex. Jan) & 4th Wed (Ex.Dec). Ph. Sec: 07 4978 1155 Ian Rippingale, Gold Coast PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 11.30am, Southport Community Centre, Lawson St, Southport. Ph: 07 5546 3801 Gympie SC: Mtg. 2nd Sun. Jessie Witham Centre 1 - 3pm Ph. 07 5483 9188 email: sandandan@bigpond.com Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983 Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3277 6724. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, righteo274@bigpond.com

Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 5220311. Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington.

Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sun. Ph: 09 2357737; Email: pukekohestampclub@ gmail.com Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex Jan). Ph: 04 5899530; Email: office@rpsnz.org.nz; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS: Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri (ex Dec and Jan). Ph: 09 2682245; Email: elowera@orcon.net.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan), 3rd Tue (daytime) (except Jan). Email: antqgevi@es.co.nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 7546212; Email: murray-grimwood@ hotmail.com Tauranga & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec).

Ph: 07 5765210; Email: beducker@hotmail.com Thames Valley PS: Mtg 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 07 8689190.

Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 2347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6880343 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec). Ph: 04 5284123; Email: teme. isaac@clear.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 4428865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 06 3427894; Email: g.p.phillips@xtra.co.nz Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 9 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 042347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs (except Jan) Ph: 07 3222054 or 07 3086193 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex.Jan) Ph 09 4348000; Email 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

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 Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or 07 3822 6987 Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336. email: rockystampclub@gmail.com Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096 Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384 Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: david.appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.au Sunshine Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 7.15pm 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 1pm, Salvation Army Hall, Cnr. West St. 7 Anzac Ave. Ph. 07 4635 5623 Email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5598 7629 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi SportsClub, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815

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philatelic clubs & societies south australia

Information about clubs in SA can be obtained from the SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Adelaide, SA 5001. Daytime Ph: 08 8212 3557 or 8223 4435

Australian Airmail Society: 1st Wed. 7.45pm 22 Gray Court, Adelaide. PO Box 395, Edwardstown 5039. Ph: 08 8276 3969 Barossa SC: Mtg 1st Tue 7.30 Greenock Luth Church Hall, Bevan St, Greenock; 19 Evans Street Ancaston 5353; email: ptomely1939@gmail.com; Ph: (08) 8562 8386 Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: teepee@teegee.com.au Bordertown & Districts PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Bordertown 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 SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074.

Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st 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; The Lions Den, Murray Bridge. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 lmphilsocsec@gmail.com Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan) 1.30pm - 4pm. PO Box 2261,Mt Gambier.Ph: 08 8724 9474

victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong 03 5996 9501 Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. PO Box 2477 Taylors Lakes 3038. PH. 0438 901 144. email: footscraystamps@gmail Frankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford.

Ph: 5996 3745 Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st Sat 7.00pm, 3rd Mon 1pm (ex Jan) Sat - Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. Mon - Belmont Library, High St, Belmont Ph: 0438578591 (Sec); PO Box 342, Belmont 3216 Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd Monday Hungarian PS: Mtg 2nd Wed

tasmania Derwent Valley PS: Mtg 4th Mon Devonport Junior SC: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon Devonport SC: 4th Fri, except Dec. 3rd Fri. 7.30pm, Oldaker Christian Centre, Oldaker St, Devonport, 03 6424 3449 devstampclub.org Devonport Stamp Group: Mtg 4th Fri, Public Library Mtg Rms, 7.30pm Ph. 03 6424 3449 Glenorchy SC: Mtg 1st Tues

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Para Hills PS: Mtg 1st Sun; Community Hall Wilkinson Rd, Para Hills. PO Box 64, Para Hills; Ph: 08 8522 4345 Phillumeny SC: U3/26-28 Crozier Av, Modbury 5092. Ph: 08 8337 6533 Email: www.users.or.net/ figg/amccs Port Pirie PS: Mtg 4th Mon; PO Box532, Pt Pirie 5540; Ph: 08 8632 1105 Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Mtg last Tues, Julia Farr Cent. Canteen, Ground Floor, Fisher St. Ph: 08 8265 7395; PO Box 657, Enfield Plaza 5085 PS of South Australia:1st & 3rdTues; 22 Gray Ct. GPO Box 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 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Study Group):Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm; 22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8522 4345 Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Mtg 2nd Tues; SAPHIL House, 22 Gray Ct, Adelaide. email: psandph@arcom.com.au; Ph: 08 8260 3352 Riverland PS: Mtg 3rd Fri, 10am ;Whitmore Hall, Barmera Village; Ph: 08 8595 3023 SA Junior Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Sun 1pm - 3pm;Anyone over 5years, parents welcome. 22 Grey St, Adelaide. 08 8250 0484 Salisbury PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon;StJohns Church Hall. PO Box 336 Salisbury 5108; Ph: 08 8252 2392 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Fri 7.45pm, Old Railway Station (now Community Services Bldng.); Ph: 08 8370 2680 Strathalbyn PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 8pm; Rosa Hoare Room, Lutheran Church Complex Corner, Commercial Rd/North Pde; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 0429 693 747 Ukrainian Collectibles Club: Mtg Wed as per syllabus; PO Box 466, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8345 4033 Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Senior Citizens Club. Taylor St, Kardina. Mtg 3rd Wed ex. Jan; PO Box 178, Bute 5560; Ph: 08 8821 2906 Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 Italian PS: Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan), 7.30pm, Veneto Club, 191 Bulleen Rd Bullen. (PO Box 166, Niddrie, 3042) Latrobe Valley PS: Mtg Last Wed ex Dec 7.30pm, St Lukes Uniting Church Hall, Princes Way, Morwell; Chris Zarb, Sec. ph. 03 5174 3394 Maryborough Stamp Club:Mtg mthly ex Jan 2nd Tues of month 8pm, St Augustine’s Hall, Maryborough. PO Box 295, Maryborough, 3465; Ph: 03 5464 2400. maryboroughsc@eudoramail.com. maryboroughsc.web1000.com Mildura PS: Mtg Last Thurs (ex Dec)Carnegie Building 74 Deakin Ave Ph: 03 5023 8789 Mooroolbark PS: Mtg 1st Tues; Ph: 03 9723 3304 Oakleigh PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan) Oakleigh Public Library, Drummond St, Oakleigh Ocean Grove SC: Mtg 4th Wed. 10am. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Clubrooms Melways: 234 A. Ph. 03 5255 1372 Peninsula SC: Mtg 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, Murray Anderson Rd, Rosebud. Ph: 03 5975 0574 Polish PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Prahran PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) Ringwood PS: Gen Mtg 1st Thurs; Daytime 3rd Mon Ph: 03 9725 0514 email hanszomer@bigpond.com Royal PS of Victoria:Mtg 3rd & 5th Thurs; Daytime 1st Tues Sale SC: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan) Shepparton PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Mechanics Institute, Shepparton. Ph. 0419 560 813 Sherbrooke PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs ex Jan Upwey Fire Brigade Hall, 8pm; Bob Cook Ph: 03 9758 3465 Upper Yarra SC: Mtg 3rd Tues Warragul PS: Mtg 2nd Fri Warrnambool PS: Mtg 3rd Wed 7.45pm St Joseph’s Primary School, Botanic Road;Ph: 03 5561 1470 Waverley PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs 7.30pm, Mt Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Cres, Mt Waverley; Daytime mtg the following Friday, 9.30am, Uniting Church Hall, 482 High St, Mt Waverley. Ph. 03 9898 4102 Obtain Tasmanian clubs information from: Tasmanian Stamp Council, GPO Box 9800, Hobart, TAS, 7001. Ph: 03 6278 7084 Hobart Junior Group: Mtg 1st Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Kingston Junior Group: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Launceston PS: 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 Aug 1 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754.

Aug 1 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW. Aug 1 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am -

victoria Aug 2 - (1st Sun) Western Suburbs Stamp, Coin & Banknote Fair, Strathmore Bowling Club, 40 Loeman St, Strathmore. Enq: Chris. 0413355716.

Aug 16 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, Bentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre, Higgins Rd, Bentleigh.

Dealers plus huge range activities. Ph: 0418 322 315.

Aug 30 - (last Sun ex Dec) Stamp, Coin & Phonecard Fair, Jaycees Hall, Silver Grove, Nunawading. 9am-3pm.

queensland

4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba.

Ph. 0417 802 754 Aug 1 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea.

TBA - Queensland Stamp & Coin Fairs, 8:00am -1:00pm,

Contract Bridge Club, 67 Ipswich Road,Woolloongabba.

Check ‘Weekend Shopper’ to confirm or contact 0428 450 616 day only.

Aug 16 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm,

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Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. 4971

grounds, Memorial Hall, Logan Rd. Free Entry 8.30am

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Aug 23 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Commu- Aug 10 - (2nd Mon) - Gold Coast PS Sale, Rm 1, Southnity Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm. Free Entry,

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We produce regular Postal Bid Sales featuring a varied assortment of Australian and British Commonwealth stamps, priced to suit all budgets - Lots are estimated from as $1 upwards.

Our sales are run fairly in accordance with best industry practices.

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Internet & Email Directory The following is an extensive listing of Stamp Dealer and Internet Website contact addresses worldwide.

Millions of dollars of stock is priced up ready to sell on these sites. All Dealers may list their contact details here for a very affordable $175 per year fee, prepaid annually or only $17.50 a month.

Contact the Advertising Manager on Ph: 0425 795 693, Fax: 03 9758 7506, or email: kevinmorgan2@live.com www.brusden-white.com Publishers of Australia’s Gold Medal catalogue series - The Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue. Order all volumes on line. Special offers also available. info@brusden-white.com

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

www.premierpostal.com PPA holds it’s auctions on the 3rd Sunday of the Month with around 4000 lots per auction. Our auctions include stamps, postal history, postal stationary, postmarks,postcards etc from around the world. We also provide a searchable Post Office reference database for Australia and several other counties. david@premierpostal.com

www.richardjuzwin.com The leading specialist dealers in Australasian stamps and the largest private dealer (non Auction) company in Australia. info@richardjuzwin.com.au

www.varisell.com Worldwide stamps, covers, errors, proofs, specimens, postal stationery, philatelic literature, postcards, paper money, signed FDC-s and more in our easy to use online store. Prompt, courteous service from America.

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www.rap.com.au The website for Australia, Australian Territories, commercial and philatelic covers, and informative articles on the subjects. rap@rap.com.au

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www.stampsale.com New Zealand and worldwide in our Ashford Stamps postal auctions. Ask for a catalogue, or view the website. Also ask for direct sales list of NZ Chalons. ashford@stampsale.com

www.sutherlandphilatelics.com.au Long-established mail order dealer comprehensively covering British Isles, Europe, Scandinavia, North America, Australasia and Japan.

Prompt courteous service and an extensive user-friendly website. sutherlandphil@bigpond.com

www.stampsaustralia.com.au Sydney Philatelics - Largest On-Line Shop in Australia ! – User-Friendly – 10,000 and more Philatelic Items – Just a mouse click away ! Over 100 Pages of Australasia, British Commonwealth, Booklets, Accessories.etc. Always Buying ! Est 27 Years. info@stampsaustralia.com.au

www.zirinskystamps.com Interested in a interesting monthly electronic stamp newsletter from New York?

Take a look at www.zirinskystamps.com/Newsletter

www.sevenseas.com.au Search our website for full listing of stamps and Seven Seas albums and pages and other accessories. We look forward to serving you. stamps@sevenseas.com.au

www.glenstephens.com Largest and most visited Stamp Dealer website in the Southern Hemisphere. 250 different pages of stamp bargains and archives! $4,000 prize always on offer. glen@glenstephens.com

BILBY STAMPS & COVERS _______ www.bilbystamps.com.au ann@bilbystamps.com.au HALLMARK STAMPS ______ hallmark@senet.com.au www.philatelyunlimited.com.au KENNEDY STAMPS P/L _ www.kennedystamps.com.au stamps@kennedystamps.com.au KEVIN MORGAN STAMPS AND COINS _ www.kevinmorgan.com.aukevinmorgan2@live.com VELVET COLLECTABLES ___________ Melbourne: mowbraysaustralia@ozemail.com.au Sydney: mowbraysaustralia@bigpond.com NORFOLK ISLAND PHILATELIC BUREAU _______________________ info@stamps.gov.nf PACIFIC STAMPS ___________ www.pacificstamps.com.au info@pacificstamps.com.au STAMP NEWS AUSTRALASIA ____ www.stampnews.net.au stampnewsaus@gmail.com STANLEY GIBBONS UK _______www.stanleygibbons.com sales@stanleygibbons.co.uk STATUS INTERNATIONAL _______________www.statusint.com auction@statusint.com

WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING, CONTACT US BEFORE OFFERING ELSWHERE! We want to buy collections, accumulations, dealer stocks, etc, etc.

Australia and States, Kangaroos, King George V Heads, Pre-decimal, Decimal, Covers, Great Britain, British Commonwealth, Foreign. Here are some examples of the prices we can pay: Australia C of A wmk Kangaroo High Values 10/- -Two Pounds, mint lightly hinged $120 Australia 5/- Harbour Bridge, MUH $795, MLH $295, Fine postally used $225, cto used with gum $150, without gum $135, slightly second grade (no bits missing please but may have minor thins, heavier cancel, short perfs etc) $65 Mint unhinged, pre-decimals in singles, blocks or sheets.

Definitives 1d to 1/7d we pay 4c per stamp, Low value Commemoratives, 2d to 1/- we pay 5c per stamp, High value definitives 2/- to 4/- we pay 10c per stamp, High value Commemoratives 2/- or 2/3d we pay 40c per stamp.

Decimals for postage including AAT, and postally valid issues from Cocos and Christmas Islands may be torn or damaged (no bits missing please) but must have gum.

Values 1c to 68c we pay 40% face value, 70c to $20 we pay 50% face value, must be sorted by value in packets/envelopes and supplied with a concise list. We reserve the right to counter offer on messy lots.

Post Office Packs and Year Books with stamps in place we pay 30% face value, year books with stamps in original stocksheets we pay 45% face value Mint PSE’s 20c - 60c we pay 30% face value, 70c pay 40% face value, no stuck down flaps please Recent Commemorative Bundleware, 55c values and above we pay $1 per bundle.

Small or Large format High value Definitives fine used 1989 to date with circular cancels $1 to $3 we pay 5% face value, $3 to $20 we pay 10% face value.

High value commemoratives, values $1 and above as above again from 1989 onwards, we pay 10% face value.

Coins, Medals, Banknotes We buy Australian coins, loose or in sets, decimal and pre-decimal, including Perth Mint and Royal Australian Mint Product. Also buying Worldwide Gold and Silver coins.

Pre-decimal and Decimal Banknotes also required in all grades, also military medal groups.

Our minimum purchase value is $200, smaller lots respectfully declined, please confirm all lots via phone or email before sending and send via registered/ insured mail, or contact us for an appointment, all transactions carried out in strictest confidence. WE PAY ENHANCED PRICES TO GST REGISTERED DEALERS WHO PROVIDE A TAX INVOICE.

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In 2015 we are making these new subscription offers to make your subscription even more affordable: For each 12 months of your new subscription you may choose 1 of the following: 1) 2 recent Australia PNC covers, our choice retail value $45‌or ask for a list of those available.

2) Approx 1250 Australian Stamps, unsorted, off paper, retail value $30 3) 110mm Illuminated Magnifier on stand, RRP $35 4) Approx 1250 World Stamps, unsorted off paper, retail value $30 5) 30 Eureka stocksheets, made in Australia on a Hagner machine, our choice of strip sizes, retail value $37.50 6) Australian Comprehensive Catalogue, 3 volumes complete, latest edition, RRP $99 7) A mixed selection of Prinz black or clear mounts (state which) retail value $45 8) A pair of European Made stainless steel 150mm pointed tweezers, in safety wallet, plus a perforation gauge RRP $20.00 9) Approx 1250 British Commonwealth stamps unsorted off paper, retail value $30 10) 500 Different Australian stamps, retail value $25 For a lifetime subscription you will receive all 10 gifts.

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