Stamp News Australasia - January 2016

STAMP NEWS AUSTRALASIA

JANUARY 2016 EDITION

VOL.63 Number 1

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In November 2013, Australia Post released 250 x IMPERFORATE panes of 15 mini sheets of stamps. The “1913 Disaster & Isolation” issue, for the Centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911-14. The AAE left Hobart in December 1911 commanded by Douglas Mawson and returned in February 1914. Mawson was knighted for his achievements, and is regarded as one of the greatest figures of all Antarctic exploration.

You needed to phone the PO “800” number, or order online. Cost was well above face value, and the maximum order was ONE sheet a person. Sold out in super-fast time, as you’d expect - within hours I am advised. There will be near none in the secondary market, as collectors who got very lucky, will not be sellers - at any price. I’d guess there are easily 20,000 keen global collectors of AAT, but only 250 of these sheets to go around.

If 200 buyers hold on to their sheets for their collections, that leaves just FIFTY to service those 20,000 collectors worldwide. 99% of AAT collectors do not right now realise this IMPERF issue even exists! In the 56 years since AAT first issued stamps in 1957, I can’t recall any other *AAT* imperforates sold by the PO. Each sheet is hand numbered in top left margin, and also comes with a Certificate of Guarantee card from head of AP, confirming that only 250 panes in TOTAL were sold – globally. This is an Official Australia Post Australian Antarctic Territory issue.

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Contents Articles Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ...................................................6 Iraq: more than one stamp country: Christer Brunström.. 12 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 16 Postal Stationery: Ian McMahon ................................................ 26 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................... 44 Introducing the APF: Daryl Fuller .............................................. 48 Cinderella Corner: Vito Milana .................................................... 52 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 56

Information Stamp Quiz No. 9 ............................................................................. 31 Philatelic Trading Post.................................................................... 68 Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......70 Calendar.............................................................................................. 73 Products & Services Directory............................................... ......74 Internet & Email Directory...................................................... ......78 List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............82

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This month mostly relates to my personal assessment of best value for money buys in the Mossgreen Gray KGV auction. Predictably, as for the 2007 overview of the Gray Kangaroos, covers are my prime focus.

This was a sale where it is fair to say it was not obvious to determine an unchallenged “buy of the sale”, at least not in the eyes of my informed Trade onlookers and myself. Nevertheless, I Figure 1. Lot 3: The best of the handful of Engraved 1d FDCs? submit two contenders, one of which is my candidate for “affordable” buy covers extant. of the sale. Arthur would have been chuffed that The 1914 Unissued 2d and 1/- as Plate proofs virtually nothing slipped through the cracks!

(Figure 2) have been regarded as the most imporMy thanks to Gary Watson of Mossgreen for use tant items of Australian Commonwealth philately of the scans. Prices realised included buyer’s presince they first appeared on the market in 1940. mium.

However, The Royal Collection contains complete Engraved 1d FDCs are supposed to number elev- sheets of 120 of the actual issued stamps, a fact en in existence, one of which is in The Royal Collection. Mossgreen suggests they are more elusive than that number would indicate, with which I would agree. Figure 1 may be the only registered cover available, and although it realised slightly above ACSC catalogue, $7735 against $7500, I believe this is a good value for money buy, for what is probably the most desirable of Figure 2. Lots 18-19: Handsome stamps, particularly the 1/the small number of 6 - Stamp News

Figure 3. Lot 81: Australia’s most valuable FDC

Treaty catalogue, which included these exceptional items.

For the record, the Unissued group sold for $30000 to Ray Chapman collection (now part of Australia Post archival collection), and a U.S. collector paid $35000 for the unique 2d pair.

Estimated at $200000, the Gray Unissued examples realised $181000 (rounded). The buyer was the same person who had handled the phone bid for the mysterious buyer of the Hardy imperf Kookaburra minisheet. The present owner of the 2d Tête-bêche pair (not the person I sold to in 1980), incidentally, advised me at Melbourne 2013 that he had been offered £250000

which causes me to prefer the unique 2d Tête-bêche pair as the more suitable owner of that illustrious title.

In the 1970s I collected KGV, and owned the other Unissued 2d and 1/- Plate proofs, and the three beautiful Die proofs of the 1/-, as well as the 2d Tête-bêche pair. That may place me as an unbiased commentator on the subject of “most important”.

I sold my KGV in the late 1970s to concentrate on buying what I needed from the Purves Victoria, which commenced marketing in 1980. That year, for SYDPEX 80, I Figure 4. Lot 139: Modest realisation belies scarcity produced a Private

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for that item.

There were a few unique FDCs in the Gray collection, but none were expected to be able to compete with the highly emotive “1d Red”, Figure 3. Estimated at $18000, I would not have been surprised to see it double that amount, and at $33320 it came close. It’s puzzling why more of this item have not turned up, given it’s a Fred Hagen Figure 5. Lot 146: another unique FDC creation, and he First day, which some scoundrel affixed to a cover produced close to a and sold to Ray Chapman as a genuine FDC! dozen of the earlier 1d Kangaroo and 1d Engraved.

I rate Lot 81 as much better value for money I once found a Hagen 1d single on cover, which had than another unique 1d item, the violet Watermark missed the first day cancel, and was subsequently inverted (Lot 141), which made $45220. Those gapcancelled second day (!) Arthur Gray bought that fillers who collect everything in SG catalogue are item. I also had a block of four cancelled-to-order the pinups of Philatelic Auctioneers and Traders.

The 1d Die III is a remarkably scarce stamp on commercial cover; I’ve seen less than half a dozen in a long career. Figure 4 is a neat example, to Samoa and with uncommon local Censor handstamp for good measure. Catalogued $400, estimated at $200, still very good value for money at realised $523.

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Figure 7. Lot 291: Humble item goes unrecognised

of a stamp issued two days prior to end of World War I might be a rarity. And so it is with the 1½d black-brown, where it appears only noted philatelist, Bill Wakefield, was on hand to produce the only recorded FDC for this stamp.

Figure 5 catalogues $12500, and realised $7735. Not a great amount of money for a unique, highly exhibitable item I must not be the only observer to comment.

The first of my two “best buy” candidates, Figure 6 is the unique FDC for 1½d green. Yes, there is flap damage, but the item presents well for exhibition purposes, and only one exhibitor can lay claim to that possibility.

Catalogue $10000, estimate $5000, realisation $4522. Many more readily available items in the Gray sale achieved better than this result. My nominee for “buy of the sale” title. Re-

textbook example of why I often struggle to comprehend the collecting preferences of some, two other Die III Gray items I cannot resist commenting upon. Lot 130 was the unique Plate proof, spectacularly exhibiting the White flaw on “S” of “AUSTRALIA” [56]. Catalogued $25000, estimated $10000, it went unsold.

A major exhibition item . . . unsold. Then along comes Lot 134, a mint block of four with second state of Thinned “US” [40], catalogue $5200, estimate $1500, realisation $16660! I surrender.

One can quite understand why a FDC Figure 8. Lot 350: Last of the FDC “best buys”

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member, the unique 1d Red FDC went for $33320; such a monumental gap dividing two unique items of the same kind appears inexplicable.

My “affordable” buy of the sale is Figure 7. The Large multiple wmk. 1d is scarce on cover, rare as a solo franking. Extremely rare, possibly unique, is this punctured “OS” solo. It’s a late commercial use of May 18 1932, from Government House, Adelaide, where the stamp pays Printed matter rate, after having languished in postage folder for perhaps twelve years. Catalogue $750, estimate $300, realised $404. Not a lot of money for a very special “1d Red” item. Figure 9. Lot 383: Canberra Officials on cover rarities Common Pre-substituted cliché singles (off cover, of ously is uncatalogued in ACSC. I would suggest course) sell for this kind of money. $8000 should be the price. This realised $2618 There are three FDCs recorded for CofA wmk. against an estimate of $2500. Real value for money, overprinted “OS” ½d. Figure 8 is one, and curiin my opinion.

Figure 10. Lot 430: The best of the few Kingsford Smith Official covers?

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I suspect that an element of intention may have been involved, but there is no denying that this use on a The Senate envelope is Official, and commercial.

You will wait a lifetime to find a better example of these stamps used on cover, in period. I have seen just one other, in two generations of searching.

In the 1990s someone wandered in to my auction business with a large display unit, affixed to which were the c1935 current series of Australian stamps, ½d to £2. This was a display unit, once mounted in a frame at Melbourne G.P.O. A few stamps, notably the CofA wmk. Kangaroo 10/-, were faded in varying degrees. The 1934 1/6d Hermes was a stand out, however, Figure 11. Lot 485: Contentious, but needlessly so and although to some extent affected by natural and/or unnatural lighting, it was obvious that this was no ordinary A real “sleeper”, 1927 Canberra punctured “OS” on commercial cover has been underrated; I’ve seen stamp. The shade was dull blackish lilac, completely unlike the issued dull claret. It was determined just three covers. Figure 9 may be the best there that this was no colour changeling, nor could it be is, a double-rate cover The Senate cover Brisbane physically; another was in a complete frame in the to Geelong May 27 1927. Catalogued at $600 on Australia Post archival collection. Figure 11 is the cover, this realised $892. The optimal manner in which to collect Official stamps is on Official cover. Gray example, which realised $1011 against an estimate of $1000.

I found it interesting, and telling, that the Gray

Mossgreen mention other examples of this collection exhibit contained no Official use of 1928 3d Kookaburra or 1930 3d Sturt. There may be such item, including a cover, with the comment “almost certainly colour changelings of the issued stamp”. items in the material yet to be auctioned, but make Figure 11A is that cover, which was compared with no mistake, such usages on cover are extremely identical shades in the Australia Post Archive, kind rare. courtesy of A.P. Historian, Richard Breckon, and Much fuss is made over mint Kingsford Smith was found to be identical. The cover received an “OS” 2d and 3d . . . genuine or not? They are nothing special, even when proven genuine. Mean- RPSV certificate based upon that comparison.

So concludes the second of the ongoing series of while, the great rarity of the series, the stamps the Arthur Gray remarkable collection. Arthur was commercially used, largely is ignored. Figure 10 one of those rarities in Philately . . . a true acquisais the stand out usage item I know of for the Official stamps. Arthur Gray paid $1400 for this cover tor. Over lunch on one occasion, I mentioned to Arthur that the “A” in my middle name was “Arin the 1990s; it went unsold with an estimate of $1500. This is an important item, which ought to be thur”, named after my father. I suggested that as we were both tragic aquisators, perhaps we should worth multiple thousands. Mossgreen suggest the coin a phrase to encompass our mutual afflictions. apparent overpayment of 3d may be attributed to “Arthuritus” was that outcome. intended registration of the article: quite feasible.

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IRAQ: more than one stamp country For years the world’s mass media have been filled with depressing news from Iraq. It has been wars, gas attacks, perpetual conflicts between different clans and religious groups not to speak of today’s murderous Islamic State terrorists.

With this in mind many stamp collectors might want to stay away from Iraq. But Iraq is in many ways a most interesting philatelic area with many different collecting approaches.

Some of the world’s first advanced civilisations developed in the area between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris thousands of years ago. Today the Islamic State is busily at work trying to destroy many of the cultural relics of these early periods in the

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history of mankind.

Present day Iraq was part of the Ottoman Empire until the end of World War I when it became a British mandated territory. During the latter part of the war, British forces occupied parts of Iraq. A number of Ottoman stamps were overprinted “BAGHDAD IN BRITISH OCCUPATION” in 1917. All in all there were slightly more than 20 different stamps some of which some are very rare. Then in 1918 Ottoman stamps were overprinted “IRAQ IN BRITISH OCCUPATION”. In 1918 there was also a special set of stamps for the oil rich Mosul province.

In 1921 Iraq became a kingdom with King Faisal I as its reigning monarch. The British mandate

Christer Brunström came to an end in 1932 when the country became an independent. An Iraqi republic was established in 1958. All these periods can be collected separately.

This article is devoted to the long set of Iraqi definitive stamps released in the 1941-1947 period.

Most of the kingdom’s definitive stamps featured portraits of the reigning monarch but the 1941 issue was devoted to various historic monuments and other Iraqi topics.

In 1941 the king – Faisal II – was just a young boy and the country was ruled by his uncle Emir Abdul Illah. Faisal II was shown on numerous Iraqi stamps beginning in 1942.

The 1941 definitive set comprises 22 values from 1 fils to 1 dinar. There were six different designs but more about them later.

The stamps were printed by De La Rue in England and as the need arose there were additional printings often resulting in perforation varieties.

In fact, almost all values in the long set exist with two different perforations. There were postage rate hikes in 1946 and 1947 resulting in the printing of the most used denominations (8, 10, 15 and 20 fils) in new colours to correspond with the UPU colour scheme for different classes of mail.

King Faisal had ruled Iraq until his death in 1933. The mausoleum built to house the remains of

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IRAQ: more than one stamp country the king is depicted on three low values (3, 4 and 5 fils).

The 1 and 2 fils denominations show the octagonal tower at the Sitt Zubaidah Mosque in Baghdad.

The famous Lion of Babylon is shown on the values from 8 to 20 fils. It was originally in the Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II. The sculpture of the lion dates back to the 6th century before Christ.

Two of designs feature buildings in the ancient city of Samarra. First we have the Spiral Tower (Malwiye) at the Grand Mosque of Samarra. The minaret was built circa 850. It is depicted on the values from 25 to 75 fils.

Today the population of Samarra is mostly Sunni

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Muslim but many of the religious buildings in the city are considered to be extremely holy places for Shia Muslims. The Mosque with the Golden Dome is one of these holy places for the Shia. It is known as the Al-Askari Mosque and it was completed in 944. The mosque is shown on the ½ and 1 dinar values.

The dome was blown to pieces on February 22, 2006. This led to riots throughout Iraq. The remains of the mosque have been the target of other attacks which have completely destroyed the mosque. It is believed that these bombings are the work of Sunni extremists in collaboration with the al-Quaida terrorists.

Christer Brunström Oil was discovered in the Mosul area of Iraq in 1908 and oil remains Iraq’s major export product.

The struggle to control the country’s oil riches has certainly contributed to the country’s current problems. Many religious and ethnic groups in the country feel that they don’t get their rightful share of these riches.

Oil wells are depicted on the 100 and 200 fils stamps.

All the stamps also exist overprinted “On State Service” in English and Arabic to be used as official stamps. The 5 fils value has also been overprinted to serve as an obligatory service stamp. With all the perforation varieties there are about 100 stamps in

this long set.

After 1948 King Faisal’s portrait dominated on the Iraqi definitive stamps.

Two of the designs from 1941 returned to Iraqi definitive stamps in 1963 when the Republic of Iraq issued a set of 16 stamps. The Spiral Minaret of Samarra and the Lion of Babylon were used on some of the values of this set printed in Czechoslovakia.

It is of course possible to collect Iraq from the start in 1917 until today but it is a very large collecting area. For those wanting a more limited collection may I suggest the 1941-1947 definitives or one of the other more limited areas indicated in this article.

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Stamps in the News - Globally!

To infinity and beyond……

Reported at www.mirror.co.uk

An aspiring astronaut who wanted to send a Christmas card to Mars but was worried he did not have enough money for stamps has received an out of this world response from the postal service.

Five-year-old Oliver Giddings had bosses at Royal Mail scratching their heads when he penned his unusual request.

But the company were determined to find an answer and enlisted the help of the NASA Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA, to get it.

Oliver received his own note back from Royal Mail which laid out that taking into account the weight of his letter, the 567 million km distance from Mars to the earth and the cost of rocket fuel, sending such a correspondence would set the youngster back a cool £11,602.25.

That’s the equivalent of 18,416 first class stamps or 21,466 second class stamps.

Oliver, who lives with his family in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, said: “Wow! That’s a lot of money. Thank you Royal Mail for working out the answer, I enjoyed reading it.

“It’s very expensive to send a letter to Mars. You would need so many stamps!”

Andrew Smout, senior customer advisor at Royal Mail, said his team spoke to NASA’s Mars outreach unit to come up with a total.

NASA worked out it would cost about £12,000, to fly a letter weighing up to 100g to Mars. Andrew’s total, which he sent back to Oliver in a letter, also included the £2.25 it would cost for Royal Mail’s international team to send the envelope to NASA’s launch site.

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The last NASA visit to Mars, when the Curiosity Rover set off for the red planet in November 2011 as part of a science mission, cost £465million in total.

Andrew said: “The team reached a conclusion about the price and decided that, if you wanted to send a normal letter to someone living on Mars, it would cost £11,602.25.

“We always like to answer every query we get from our customers. This one took a bit longer but we enjoyed the journey to find out!”

Mum Mel said: “Oliver has always been an inquisitive little boy and is very keen on anything to do with space, stars and planets.

“He was so excited to get such a great letter back from Royal Mail.”

Festive favourites

Stampboards members have carried on the tradition of voting for their favourite Christmas stamp of the year from a selection of 36 countries.

This year Greenland resounding won the poll with a polar bear themed stamp designed by Christian Fleischer Rex:

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Runners up were Aland, Canada (with another polar bear) and Finland

Voices from the past....a treasure chest of undelivered C17th mail discovered in the Netherlands Reported at www.theguardian.com

An appeal for help from a desperate woman has been opened and read more than 300 years after the man it was sent to refused to accept delivery – not surprisingly, since the wealthy merchant in The Hague must have suspected it contained the unwelcome news that he was about to become a father.

The letter is part of an extraordinary trove of thousands of pieces of correspondence, never delivered, many still unopened and sealed closed, found packed into a leather trunk and stored away for centuries in the Netherlands.

The collection includes letters from aristocrats, spies, merchants, publishers, actors, musicians,

barely literate peasants and highly educated people with beautiful handwriting, and are written in French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Latin.

One of the letters that has been transcribed and translated is from a woman writing to a merchant in The Hague on behalf of “a mutual friend”. The friend was a singer with the Hague opera who had left for Paris, where she discovered the disastrous truth. She needed money from the merchant to return.

“You can divine without difficulty the true cause of her despair. I cannot put it into so many words; Content yourself with thinking on it, and returning her to life by procuring her return,” it says.

The letter is marked “niet hebben”, indicating that the man refused to accept it. The fate of the poor singer is unknown.

The linen-lined leather trunk, covered in official seals, was presented to a postal museum in The Hague in 1926, but the 2,600 letters it held, 600 of them unopened, are only now being studied by an international team of academics, including scholars from Leiden, Oxford, MIT and Yale.

Special scanning techniques will be used to examine the contents without opening the sealed letters or damaging the ingenious variety of ways in which the pages were folded to so that the letter became its own envelope. The letters were sent between 1680 and 1706, a time of constant war and political upheaval in Europe, and were kept by a married couple, Simon de Brienne and Maria Germain, the postmaster and mistress in The Hague.

They were a canny business couple who spent a period in England as court officials to the newly crowned William III before selling their positions for £1,550 and a barrel of Burgundy and returning home.

At the time the delivery of letters was paid for by the recipient, and many may have been undeliverable because the recipient had changed address or even died. They may have been kept in the hope that one day they would be collected and paid for.

‘Something about these letters frozen in transit makes you feel like you’ve caught a moment in history off guard,” a spokeman said. “Many of the writers and intended recipients of these letters were people who travelled throughout Europe, such as wandering musicians and religious exiles. The trunk Stamp News - 17

Stamps in the News - Globally! fidelity which you promised me and which I have given with all my soul”. Whoever the faithless lover was, he never got the letter.

Thailand afloat

Reported at http://www.bangkokpost.com

preserves letters from many social classes, and women as well as men.

“Most documents that survive from this period record the activities of elites – aristocrats and their bureaucrats, or rich merchants – so these letters will tell us new things about the kinds of people whose records frequently don’t survive, so this is a fantastic opportunity to hear new historical voices.”

Many of the letters, he said, even preserved the quality of spoken language of the day, frequently written down without punctuation.

Many of the letters refer to the political turmoil of the time, with reports of highway robbery, religious discrimination and other perils. One man wrote from Nancy, in France, in 1702 warning his musician brother not to attempt to travel via Paris as a fellow musician had been conscripted into the army there. He added the warning: “If you come here, do not bring your instrument or anything else.”

Often the anguish was more personal than political. One woman wrote enclosing a cut-out paper dove holding a flaming heart, bitterly recalling “the

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The mail will always float through Postal deliveries are defying the modern age, and one mailman revels in his daily rounds.

Despite the inroads of email in Thailand mail services remain important and some waterfront communities with mostly older residents would be cut off from correspondence without the floating mail service.

For Anucha Nuchphadung, his routine trip on a boat to deliver letters and parcels is a matter of great pride. He has done the canal run for the past 18 years.

There are currently 22 water mail delivery zones in Bangkok and surrounding provinces. Surprisingly the volume of deliveries has increased since Anucha started this work. On some days, he says with a cheery smile, he has to do extra rounds to cope with the workload.

Many waterfront houses have restricted access to the nearest roads and rely solely on mail brought to them by the floating postal service.

Every day, Anucha delivers the mail and picks up items posted by canal-side residents. The mailed letters are taken to his office to be sorted before they are

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placed in waterproof boxes, ready for delivery the following day.

Navigating the canals requires considerable skills as a boatman….but the biggest risk comes not from the canals but rather from dogs residing around the 700 households he visits daily. Anucha bears several scars as evidence.

He has also had a dramas with his boat- running aground in low tide, breaking down and having to paddle kilometres home, getting caught up in peak hour water traffic and having to suspend deliveries during torrential downpours.

But there are advantages: “Also, driving a boat to deliver mail means less chance of accidents than by delivery on the road. There’s less pollution and I don’t get stuck in traffic,” Anucha said.

A philatelic empire Reported at www.linns.com

Christoph Gaertner is the head of the successful German auction firm that bears his name. If there’s a secret to his success, it’s a simple one: He is arguably the hardest working person in the stamp business.

In just a few years, Gaertner has built his firm from scratch to the point where, three or four times a year, he conducts what is probably the world’s largest philatelic auction by volume.

The scope and breadth of the business is evident in some of the numbers touted by the firm: •• The latest auction catalogue ran to 11 volumes, including sections devoted to Asian philately, postcards, coins and medals.

•• Customer base includes 138,000

philatelists.

•• On the almost 40,000 lots from 1,300 worldwide consignors, more than 4,000 bidders spent a total of $9.25 million.

Gaertner traces his lifelong passion for stamps to the moment when, as a 9-year-old, he was given a cigar box of stamps by his father. The box had belonged to an uncle who died in World War II. “I was fascinated by their graphic design, their history and their value,” Gaertner recalled.

Gaertner’s father had left the eastern part of Germany after the war and settled in a small town north of Stuttgart. Christoph has remained there his entire life, and his firm is based there today.

He began dealing stamps at age 13 or 14. As a young collector trying to build up his exhibit of Germania-series postal stationery, he needed extra cash to pay for some coveted items.

He remembers “running around post offices after school” gathering up West German definitive coil and booklet stamps to resell to customers seeking specialized items.

In school, he would spend his free moments reading stamp catalogs to learn as much about the hobby as possible.

His Germania collection eventually won the ultimate accolade: Judges had a hard time believing it was a youth exhibit.

Gaertner continued dealing in stamps while doing his required military service. His workday would last from 5:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. After that, he turned to running his mail-order business from 5 p.m. until midnight, dealing in coils, booklets and

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Stamps in the News - Globally! postal stationery.

By 2006, sensing a shift in the marketplace, Gaertner gave up his retail practice and turned to auctions. “The mentality shifted, thanks to eBay and the Internet” allowing customers to comparison shop, he said.

The auction business grew rapidly, from revenues of $12 million in 2008 to about $35 million by 2012.

Gaertner is sanguine about the future of philately.

“We cannot close our eyes. The numbers will decrease. The younger generation won’t fill the holes” left when older collectors put down their tongs.

Still, Gaertner remains optimistic enough to invest heavily in promoting stamp collecting, especially among young people. His firm hosts thematic exhibits and gives away almost as many stamps as it sells — 24 million during the last four years, with a catalog value of more than €15 million.

Many are bundled into boxes and sent to schools.

More than 3,000 boxes, each containing 10 albums with more than 10,000 stamps, have been distributed through a program endorsed by one of Gaertner’s customers, the world-class chess player and philatelist Anatoly Karpov.

“I believe in stamps, otherwise I would not invest this way,” Gaertner says. “Stamps will always be collected and dealt.”

the first batch.

The Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLPost) had to reprint the stamps after the first design was disapproved. The first batch of 200,000 stamps is in the vault and will be destroyed.

Nov. 10, the new designed stamps started selling for P30 instead of P10 each to compensate for the cost incurred in printing the first batch, a source in PHLPost revealed.

In the first batch, the New design of APEC flags of the 21 memberstamp released November economies were added, while the second batch bears the official logo of APEC 2015, the source said.

“They were in such a hurry to come out with the APEC stamp that they made a mistake in the design,” the source said. “They did not thoroughly discuss it during the PHLPost board meetings, there was no consultation.”

However, a PHLPost pokesman, denied allegations that no consultation was made.

Flagging a problem- The Philippines “The first stamp was one year in the making,” he Reported at www.philstar.com said.

As a marketing strategy, PHLPost wanted the Collectors might have to buy the Asia-Pacific EcoAPEC stamps to be included in their APEC sounomic Cooperation (APEC) 2015 stamps at twice venirs, he added. They were even lobbying for a the price to shoulder the cost of the misprinting of personalized “selfie” APEC stamp, but this suggestion was not approved.

“We really tried our best to coordinate with the other agencies concerned, we had a meeting with the Department of Finance Department of Tourism and the Department of Foreign Affairs, but no one complained,” he said.

He was “surprised” when they were told to coordinate with the National Organizing Committee (NOC).

Rumours in Manila has it that NOC, supposOriginal design reproduced from PHLPosts’ online buledly, did not approve of the stamp design beletin. This page has now vanished from their website 20 - Stamp News

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cause two of the flags featured are not State/Country flags; they are flags of member “economies” not of member States, therefore, should have not been included. Can we take a guess?

Last October PHLPost hurriedly printed 101,000 copies of the correct version of the APEC stamps.

It was not the first time that PHLPost printed stamps and never sold them. Stamps were printed for the expected visit of Pope John Paul II, but he did not arrive, so the stamps were never sold.

Flagging a problem- Sri Lanka Reported at www.sundaytimes.lk

Sri Lanka’s most recently issued stamp with its first-day cover has run into controversy on the basis that it has failed to meet the requirements of the Sri Lanka Standards Institute.

The controversial stamp was launched to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Thailand Post also issued two stamps the same day using designs similar to the Sri Lanka stamp.

However, experts on stamps and national flag claim the depiction of the flag in these stamps is incorrect and disrespectful.

“In these stamps we see the Sri Lankan flag being bent out of shape to make a zero in the 60. This is outrageous. A national flag cannot be used this way,” researcher Bede Nimal Perera said.

He said by twisting the flag, the designers had caused the bo-leaves to appear disproportionate.

According to the Code for the use of the National Flag, the Sri Lankan flag cannot be used as a fes-

toon, rosette or bunting or in any other manner for decoration.

The code also states that the National Flag displayed should conform to the Sri Lanka Standard Specification relating to design, dimensions and colour.

Mr. Perera said the flags in the new stamps did not conform to these criteria and were placed at the bottom of the stamp, instead of at the top. Expressing his dismay over this issue, another expert, who wished to remain anonymous, said the twisting of the flag had taken away a key part.

The yellow border depicting harmony among different communities had been erased and this was disrespectful, he said.

Deputy Postmaster General W. A. G. Wickramasinghe said they had not received complaints about the stamps.

Cinderella’s stirred up a storm Reported at www.ydr.com

The controversy raised by promotional stamps put out by a US County Tourist agency was recalled in a recent forum in York, Pennsylvania.

The stamps depicting York County sites, some familiar and some obscure, or even now non-existent were the brainchild of Fred J. Bailey, president of the Colonial York Tourist Bureau. They were part of a broader campaign in the early 1960s to promote the recognition of York as the first capital of the US. They sometimes turn up at public sales, squirreled away long ago, but brought again to light when people downsize or an estate is settled. These examples are from the sizable “York as First Capital” file at the York County Heritage Trust Library/ Archives. That file of differing views also has a pamphlet describing the sites on the stamps and giving the reason for the stamps’ creation. It reads: THE STORIES OF THE STAMPS HISTORIC YORK, PA …and a word of thanks for your interest in historic York, Pennsylvania. The deeper one delves into the past of this fine old town, the richer and more vital appear the events which transpired here. York indeed belongs among the early shrines of the founding of this country. Your generous purchase of Historic York stamps will help raise the Stamp News - 21

Stamps in the News - Globally! funds necessary to tell more Americans about our beautiful and historic landmarks. You can take real pride in supporting such an important and worthy cause. Won’t you use these stamps on the outside of your letters and packages and also on your stationery and letterheads. We are sure they will help arouse new interest in our city. You will also be interested in the 25 thumbnail descriptions of the 25 stamp subjects on the following pages. Remember, every stamp sold will help us toward nationwide recognition of York’s important place in American history. Yours for a better-know York, Fred J. Bailey” A York Dispatch article of July 22, 1961 in the same file extensively quotes Fred J. Bailey, president of the Colonial York Tourist Bureau, on why the tourist bureau is promoting York as the first capital with these newly issued stamps. The article is headlined: “‘FIRST U.S. CAPITAL’ TAG MAY PRODUCE WIDE CONTROVERSY.” They got that right!

Does York have a solid claim to the First Capital of the United States?

The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, a forerunner of the U.S. Constitution, while meeting in York Town in the fall of 1777. The Articles named the colonies “The United States of America.” The sum of all this, some contend, is that York is rightfully called “The First Capital of the United States.” Those disagreeing with this view believe evidence does not support the

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claim.

The First Capital claim has helped orient York’s view of itself as a Colonial town. Some believe the area’s rich Revolutionary War history justifies this emphasis and that York’s Colonial heritage should be promoted. As one gauge, about 20 businesses included “First Capital” into their names in the year 2002, and more than 30 other businesses used some variation of “Yorktown.”

Despite the success of the stamps in raising the profile of York, most researchers studying and writing about York County history today do not accept York as the first capital of the United States.

Stamps that divide

Reported at www.linns.com Want to collect Bosnia Herzegovina? Be prepared to be confused- the three ethnic regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosniak [Muslim] government in Sarajevo, Croat administration in Mostar, and Serb administration in Banja Luka) issue their own stamps.

Located in southwestern Yugoslavia, the regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina were a hotbed of political strife for centuries. The provinces were ruled by the Ottoman Turkish Empire until 1878, when they were placed under Austria-Hungary control.

Bosnia and Herzegovina issued its first stamps a year later, in 1879.

In 1908, Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina, sparking tension with the Serbian nationalists, whose goal it was to annex the region to Serbia.

In 1914, a Serbian nationalist assassinated Austrian Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, in Bosnia. The assassination led to the outbreak of World War I. Following the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

The war resulted in a strengthening of the ethnic and religious tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina among the Croats, Serbs and Muslim Bosnians, today referred to as Bosniaks.

In 1991, the Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Margo Campbell Since 1998, the stamps of the three regions are denominated in pfennig and marks.

Will the three ethnic groups cease issuing their own stamps in the future? Time will tell. Stamps are a convenient way to promote ethnic pride.

Stamps that unify parliament declared independence. Civil war broke out with the Croat and Muslim factions, backed by NATO and Croatia, fighting against the Serb-dominated Yugoslav army. The army targeted the Croats and Muslims in an ethnic cleansing that resulted in thousands of deaths among non-Serb minorities and the displacement of millions.

On Nov. 21, 1995, during the Dayton Accords, a peace agreement was signed by the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia at Wright Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton, Ohio.

Today, Bosnia and Herzegovina are seeking membership in the European Union. The European Union peacekeeping troops (EUFOR) currently assist in security operations.

The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina rotates every eight months among three members of the presidency (one Bosniak, one Croat and one Serb).

Because of the lengthy civil war and the unsettled status of mail delivery in the region, the Scott editors were reluctant to list the stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1993 until 2001.

With the 2001 edition, the editors began listing the stamps issued by the Muslim government in Sarajevo (whose stamps are inscribed Bosna i Hercegovina), the Croat administration in Mostar (whose stamps include the inscription Herceg Bosna) and the Serb administration in Banja Luka (whose stamps are inscribed in Serbian Cyrillic and with letters that can be loosely written as PENYbnHKA CPNCKA.

Reported at www.moroccoworldnews.com Sounds like the start of a good joke. A Rabbi, an Inman and a Priest walk onto a postage stamp. But that is exactly what a postage stamp in Belgium will depict to promote religious pluralism and peace.

Three faith leaders agreed to have their likeness on the stamp and posed for it, holding hands. They are the Bishop Johan Bon of Antwerp, Rabbi Albert Guigui of the Great Synagogue of Brussels, and Iman Kahlid Benhaddou of the Al-Fatah Mosque of Ghent. Flemish photographer Lieve Blancquert captured the group shot.

BPost, the Belgian Post Office, will be releasing the stamp next year with the caption, “Everybody equal, everybody different.

The stamp shows that in Belgium, despite what is happening and what people hear in the news, there are good relations between the faiths. The photo shows us holding hands, united and working together,� said Guigui, who is 70 years old and has been chief rabbi of Belgium for the past 30 years.

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Postal Stationery In this month’s column I would like to provide a brief overview of Australia’s modern stamped postcards which Australia began issuing in 1988.

Modern Australian Stamped Postcards

The sale of the humble stamped postcard which was first issued in Australia by each of the Australia colonies commencing in the period 1875-82 and which had been issued (Figure 1) by the Commonwealth of Australia since 1911 (two years before the Kangaroo and Map adhesive stamps) was discontinued by the Post Office on 30 June 1959. The discontinuation of the sale of postcards was due to falling demand, no doubt hastened by the decision to increase the postcard rate to the same as the letter rate from 1 October 1956. The ‘last’ postcard was the 4d on 3d green Queen Elizabeth II postcard shown in Figure 2. Some 304,367 of these cards

Top: Figure 1 1911 King George V postcard Above: Figure 2 4d/3d Queen Elizabeth II postcard Right top: Figure 3 Postcard for the 1988 Bicentennial Exhibition Right: Figure 4 Postcard for Expo 88 26 - Stamp News

were delivered to post offices, only 33,252 of which were in 1958-59.

Ian McMahon

Above left: Figure 5 Postcard with adhesive stamp cancelled First Day of Issue Top right: Figure 6 Postcard for the Melbourne 1996 Olympic Bid Above: Figure 7 Uluru postcard with printed image of $20 stamp Left: Figure 8 Mt Isa postcard In 1976 Australia again issued postcards. A set of 36 7c postcards showing different views on the reverse and with the imprinted stamp showing the same view was issued in a wallet. Four such sets were issued over the period 19761982 before they too were discontinued.

At that stage one may reasonably have assumed that Australia Post would issue no further stamped postcards.

However, in 1988 Australia Post again commenced issuing stamped postcards issuing cards for the Australian Bicentennial Exhibition (Figure 3) and a set of twelve cards for Expo 88 (Figure 4). The new postcards reflected Stamp News - 27

Postal Stationery

Top left: Figure 9 Uluru postcard without printed image of $20 stamp Top right: Figure 10 Greetings from Christmas Island Left: Figure 11 Ian Thorpe Below left: Figure 12 Alex Hadley postcard

the changes in society and printing methods in the almost thirty years since the 4d postcard with

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coloured stamp impressions and pictures on the reverse.

Beginning with the Australia Day issue of 1990, Australia Post began the practise of issuing stamped postcards with each Australian and Australian Antarctic Territory stamp issue. This practice continues to the current day. These postcards are sold by Australia Post as Maximum Cards with an adhesive stamp placed on the reverse of the card and cancelled on the day of issue (Figure 5) but they are also stamped postcards with an impressed stamp which prepays postage world-wide.

In addition to these postcards Australia Post began issuing stamped postcards for special occasions. Early examples of these included the 1990 Melbourne bid for the 1996 Olympic Games (Figure 6), a ‘computer-gen-

Ian McMahon

Top left: Figure 13 Year of the Dragon Top right: Figure 14 Postcard from the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee postcard booklet Left: Figure 15 Australian native wildlife postcard booklet BElow left: Figure 16 Gardens postcard folder erated’ postcard issued for sale at the National Philatelic Centre Melbourne showing a picture of the 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge stamp on the reverse and the 1993 Spring Racing Carnival in Melbourne.

From the 1994 Australia Day issue, Australia Post began issuing stamped postcards which had a printed image of a stamp (rather than an actual adhesive stamp) on the reverse of the card. These were originally issued in conjunction with an adhesive stamp issue but from 1995 they began to be issued with a wide range of pictorial views on the reverse focused on the tourist and general postcard market (Figure 7). The views included Australian animals, plants, city views Stamp News - 29

Postal Stationery and landscapes. Many of the cards were only issued at limited locations. For example, a card showing a view of Mt Isa (Figure 8) may only have been available from selected post offices in Queensland.

Most of these postcards were issued without any notice in the philatelic bulletin or promotion by Australia Post. Coupled with the limited availability of many of these postcards, collectors of stamped postcards were faced with a challenge to find, record and obtain the postcards. As no one could cover all post offices, collectors formed a network of collectors around Australia to monitor the postcards issued

by Australia Post. This situation remains today. In the over 20 years since the cards began to be issued Australia Post has issued many hundreds of these postcards and while some are now recorded in the Philatelic Bulletin, many are not. In recent years Australia Post has increasingly focused the cards on the tourist market. One recent change was to remove the picture of the adhesive stamp from the reverse of previously issued cards (Figure 9). This was most likely done to reduce confusion on the part of purchaser of the cards caused by the picture of the stamp on reverse. Finding many of the reissued postcards has proved a real challenge for the collector.

To facilitate tourist sales of postcards many have been issued with the inscription ‘Greeting from’ and the name of city, town or even Australia. The first of these were issued in 1995 mainly from Queensland towns including the Gold Coast and Cairns but in 2009 Australia Post encouraged postmasters particularly in New South Wales and Victoria to order postcards for their local areas. Recent cards have been the 2013 set of Christmas Island views some of which were overprinted “Greetings from Christmas Island” (Figure 10).

From 1993, Australia Post began issuing stamped postcards as a marketing tool. These cards have been focused on Olympic (Figure 11), Paralympics (Figure 12) or Commonwealth Games and athletes sponsored

by Australia Post but other occasions have included the Stawell Gift, the Noosa Festival and stamp exhibitions such as Australia 99 and Australia 2013.

Australia Post in 1996 started issuing stamped postcards for the lunar New Year (Figure 13). These cards are issued in conjunction with the annual Christmas Island adhesive stamp issue and have a 30 - Stamp News

similar design on the reverse of the postcard.

Not content with the issue of single postcards, Australia Post has issued a range of postcards packs, folders and booklets. Examples include the 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee booklet (Figure 14), the 2006 Native Wildlife postcard booklet (Figure 15), many postcard folders (Figure 16) and packs of Australian trees, landscapes and animals, a series of postcard folders on golf courses and most recently a postcard folder on animals in war.

Stamped postcards have also been issued in prestige booklets with adhesive stamps such as the 1998 Leunig Teapot of Truth Booklet and the 2006 AFL booklets.

Personalised stamped postcards have been issued for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and for Australia 2013. The Melbourne Commonwealth Games postcards were sold in Snapshot! Personalised booklets produced from a photograph taken at the Australia Post booth at the Commonwealth Games.

The photograph of the customer appeared on the reverse of the card. In contrast in the Australia 2013 personalised postcards the customer’s image appears on the stamp itself.

Finding information about these stamped postcards can be difficult. While this can be frustrating, it also provides the collector with a philatelic challenge and the ‘thrill of the chase’. Some of the cards do appear in catalogues, for example, the cards sold

by Australia Post as ‘maximum cards’ are listed in some general catalogues of Australian stamp issues.

One source of information is a consolidated new issue listing produced by the Postal Stationery Society of Australia which can be found at http://www. postalstationeryaustralia.com/Catalogue-2010.htm .

If you are interested in a later version of this listing please email me at ian.mcmahon4@bigpond.com for a pdf version of the listing up to mid-2015. Because of the number of postcards issued in conjunction with issues of adhesive stamps the listing is best used with your favourite catalogue of Australian adhesive stamps.

Future columns

If you have interesting items of Postal Stationery you would like to share with readers of Stamp News or postal stationery topic you would like me to write about please contact me by email.

The Stamp News Quiz No. 9

by David Keane 1. Name the famous ‘Mailman’ who delivered along the Birdsville Track (19361957) ?

2. Starting out with the bird series what is a PSE ?

3. What type of mail, originated in 1962, was officially launched in the UK in 1993 ?

4. Which country provided Greenland with its first stamps ?

5. In which building is the Queen’s ‘Royal Philatelic Collection’ of 328 red albums housed ?

6. In 1879, Liege in Belgium, which domestic animal delivered the letters to the villagers ?

7. In 1964, who was the first non Royal to appear on a British postage stamp ?

8. In which country would you deliver post to the area known as Poonch ?

9. In what modern day country did ‘South West Africa’ once appear on their stamps ?

10. In which year was Australia’s first ‘mini-sheet’ introduced ?

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25 AAT..............................................................$ 3.00 50 AAT ...........................................................$ 25.00 100 AAT .........................................................$ 99.00 25 ADEN ..........................................................$ 6.00 50 ADEN ........................................................$ 12.00 50 ADEN – ......................................................$20.00 100 AFGANISTAN.................................................$ 15 100 AFRICA ......................................................$ 6.00 200 AFRICA ....................................................$ 13.00 50 AITUTAKI ...................................................$ 40.00 150 AITUTAKI ...............................................$ 140.00 200 AITUTAKI ................................................$180.00 100 ALBANIA .................................................$ 24.00 25 ANDORA - SPANISH MINT U/H ...................$ 20.00 50 ANDORRA - SPANISH MINT U/H .................$60.00 25 ANDORRA - FRENCH MINT U/H ..................$ 20.00 50 ANDORRA - FRENCH MINT U/H ..................$ 50.00 25 ANTIGUA .....................................................$ 5.00 50 ANTIGUA BARDUDA ..................................$ 20.00 200 ARAB STATES ..........................................$ 12.00 100 ARGENTINA ...............................................$ 6.00 25 ASCENSION ..............................................$42.00 100 AUST. (DEC MINT U/H) ............................$ 55.00 100 AUST. (PREDEC.MINT U/H) ......................$ 60.00 100 AUSTRALIA ...............................................$ 4.00 200 AUSTRALIA ...............................................$ 6.00 300 AUSTRALIA ...............................................$ 8.00 400 AUSTRALIA .............................................$ 13.50 500 AUSTRALIA .............................................$ 16.50 600 AUSTRALIA .............................................$ 27.50 800 AUSTRALIA .............................................$ 40.00 1000 AUSTRALIA ...........................................$ 65.00 25 AUSTRALIAN STATES .................................$ 16.00 50 AUSTRALIAN STATES .................................$ 56.00 100 AUSTRALIAN STATES ..............................$150.00 200 AUSTRIA .................................................$ 18.00 500 AUSTRIA .................................................$ 45.00 100 AUSTRIA (LRG.COMMEMS) ......................$ 50.00 200 AUSTRIA (LRG.COMMEMS) ....................$ 100.00 1000 AUSTRIA .............................................$ 119.00 1000 AUSTRIA (MINT U/H) ...........................$ 295.00 2000 AUSTRIA .............................................$ 465.00

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100 BAHAMAS ...............................................$ 90.00 25 BAHRAIN ..................................................$ 33.00 50 BAHRAIN ..................................................$ 72.00 100 BANGLADESH ..........................................$ 11.00 25 BARBADOS ................................................$ 12.00 50 BARBADOS ................................................$ 24.00 100 BARBADOS ..............................................$ 70.00 50 BAVARIA ...................................................$ 28.00 100 BAVARIA .................................................$ 84.00 200 BAVARIA ...............................................$ 210.00 100 BELGIAN CONGO ......................................$ 32.00 200 BELGIAN CONGO ....................................$ 100.00 500 BELGIUM .................................................$ 40.00 100 BELGIUM COLONIES .................................$ 13.00 300 BELGIUM COLONIES .................................$ 80.00 25 BERMUDA .................................................$ 15.00 25 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ....................................$ 2.00 50 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ....................................$ 8.00 100 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ................................$ 24.00 150 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ...............................$ 55.00 25 BOLIVIA ......................................................$ 6.00 50 BOLIVIA ....................................................$ 13.00 25 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA ..............................$ 20.00 50 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA ..............................$ 33.00 150 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA ..........................$ 170.00 100 Br. AGENCIES .........................................$ 100.00 25 BR. SOLOMONS .........................................$ 10.00 100 BRAZIL ....................................................$ 17.00 200 BRAZIL ....................................................$ 36.00 1000 BRAZIL ................................................$ 350.00 100 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ........................$ 6.00 200 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ......................$ 10.00 500 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ......................$ 30.00 100 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH (MINT U/H) ...$ 27.00 100 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KGVI (MINT U/H) .$ 60.00 1000 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH( MINT U/H ) .$ 190.00 50 BRITISH HONDURAS (LRG.COMMEMS) ......$ 40.00 25 HONDURAS AND BELIZE ..............................$ 9.00 25 BRITISH VIRGIN ISL. ..................................$ 22.00 50 BRITISH WEST INDIES ................................$ 10.00 100 BRITISH WEST INDIES ..............................$ 14.00 500 BRITISH WEST INDIES ..............................$ 75.00 200 BULGARIA ...............................................$ 17.00 300 BULGARIA ...............................................$ 22.00 800 BULGARIA ...............................................$ 88.00 1000 BULGARIA ...........................................$ 120.00 100 BURUNDI ................................................$ 20.00

C

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

J

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

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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

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JANUARY OFFERS LATEST ARRIVALS IN COLLECTIONS, SINGLES, LOTS AND MIXTURES: Wishing you and your families very happy and joyous festive season.

We will be working here right up until 5pm Christmas Eve, to answer your queries and take your orders.

This month we are extending our offer of a chance to win up to $25,000 with all orders above $100, plus a free holiday voucher with orders above $250.

In addition all orders over $500 will be post and insurance free!

Many items later in the printed list are marked down in price, so look through and find the bargains. Further Discounts are as follows: Items prefixed MSP, SE, MJ or JN deduct 20% unless already reduced, in which case deduct a further 10% Remember that any order above $500 can be put layby for up to 6 months, and that all of our items carry our 14 day satisfaction guarantee.

D1) Australia 5/- Harbour Bridge, lovely Commercially used example, these are 10 or 20 times scarcer than cto, yet are only about 50% more expensive! Well centred,m full perfs and with partial light cds cancel. Easily expect to pay $450 elsewhere. My price just $369 D2) Discounted packets, mostly just one of each of these lot: a) 100 diff. Brazil was $17, now $12.75 b) 300 diff Great Britain, was $27, now $19, c) 100 Iran, was $10, now $7.50, d) 200 diff Spain, was $20, now $15, 100 diff Switzerland, was $15, now $11 D3) Pre-loved Seven Seas Australia Albums complete Hingeless 1913 Kangaroos and KGV heads to 1990 (no Kangaroos) in two padded binders. Retail when new a massive $495. At under One Third retail, price $159 D4) 3 as new three ring A4 Size padded Binders in deep Blue, retail new $22.50 each, these for just $22.50 the lot.

D5) Two stockbooks with mint (much of it unhinged) pre-decimal Australia 1934 – 1965, many complete sets, lots of blocks of 4 and bigger. Values to 2/- Must be around 1000 stamps here. Super value at under 10c each, $98 D6) Two Older Worlde albums, “Everyland“ and ”Victory” containing a wide variety of early World, strength in GB and Australia (States) Condition very mixed as is usual with these lots, some nice pickings. 100s of stamps. Took this in part exchange, so virtually at cost, price $79 D7) Ireland, used duplicates in green stockbook, with values to 10/- (2) and One Pound (3) About 250 stamps, price $39 D8) World Collection in 4 big stockbooks, early to modern, nothing remarkable, but appears all different, looks to be 5000 plus stamps here. $235 D9) Collection of the Engraved Stamps of Australia. Produced by Australia Post in 1999.

Album and slipcase with Posthumous plate proofs in black. Starting KGV 1d Engraved, through to 1964 Navigators. These proofs are listed in the specialist catalogue and sell at $25 to $30 each. 28 Proofs in a superb and informative album. Retail for the proofs alone $750 plus. My price just a half, $375 the lot!

D10) Gibbons China Catalogue, just superceded 2012 edition, RRP $115, one only $59 D11) Gibbons France Catalogue, brand new 2015 edition, RRP $75, one only $59 D12) Gibbons current Australia Catalogue, 9th Ed. RRP $59.95, my price $54.95 D13) Red stockbook with USA duplicates, mostly used, plus some Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand, earlies to 1970’s. 500 plus stamps, just $39 D14) Australia 1914 6d Claret Kookaburra, vfu commercially used, retail $60, this one $45 D15) Ausralia 1931 Kingsford Smith 3d Blue, ovpt. OS, cto Melbourne cds, retail $50, this one $39 D16) Australia 1915 5/- Grey & Yellow, 3rd Wmk Kangaroo superb cds used, with registered cancel, well centered and full perfs. Retail $175, this one $125 D17) Australia 1915 One Pound scarce Chestnut & Blue shade, 3rd wmk Kangaroo, with

Nimbin cds, well centred, with large Telegraph Puncture. Retail for fine used would be $2250. This one just $450 D18) GB KEVII 1/- Dull Green & Carmine, SG 257 DLR printing, mint lightly hinged, fresh and well centered. Cat $210, my price $109 D19) GB Queen Victoria 5/- Rose, SG 180, nice fresh fine used, cat $525. Very cheap at $129!

D20) GB 1855, 4d SG62, small garter wmk, missing from 99% of all collections! Nice used example, cat $950, very cheap at $215 D21) Australia 5/- Arms, thin paper Imprint Block of 4, very rare! MLH/MUH. Fine and fresh, ACSC $2500. Price $1750 D22) Australia 1927 Canberra 7 1929 Swan Commemoratives, perf OS, Mint Unhinged, retail $50, price $37.50 D23) Australia 1915 2/- Pale Brown Kangaroo, 2nd wmk, nice full perfs fine used example with neat partial Stock Exchange cds to right, clear of Kangaroo. Cat $350, my price $179 D24) Australia 1915 5/- Grey Black and Chrome yellow Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, with socked on nose George St. West, NSW cds, 2 DE 18. Cat $225, my price $149 D25) Australia 1932 5/- green Sydney Harbour Bridge, mint very lightly hinged merest trace of a hinge) good centering and perfs. Retail $550. This one $425 D26) Austrlia KGV Heads, ovpt. OS group mint lightly hinged, complete face different set ex. 2d C of A wmk, retail $105, my price $79 D27) Australia 1915 5/- grey & Yellow Kangaroo 3rd wmk, nice used example with full perfs and well centered. Retail $130, this one just $79 D28) Australia 1913 1st wmk 1/- Emerald Kangaroo, very fine postally full perf example Part Registered 1914 cds, Watermark Inverted. Nice bright colour. Cat $500.

Nicest I have seen! Price $349 D29) Australia 1918 3rd wmk 1/- Emerald Kangaroo, very fine postally full perf example Part cds, Watermark Inverted. Cat $200. Price $110 D30) Australia 1929 6d Brown multiple wmk Kangaroo, ovpt. OS, mint lightly hinged.

Retail $75. Price $56 D31) NSW 1/- Large Diadem, fie used vertical pair, grossly misperfed and with preprinting paper crease, must be seen! Price $149 D32) Spain 1930 Charles Lindberg 1pta Green, 2 examples, 1 missing Lindbergs head, and other with inverted head, very striking error! $159 the two.

D33) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, perf large OS, cat $475, this one $239 D34) Australia 1913 3d Olive Kangaroo, perf small OS DIE II, with Perth reg. cancel. Full perfs and centered right. Cat. $350, this one just $115 D35) Australia KGV Heads, overprinted OS, fine complete used set 7 values, retail $90, this lot just a half! $45 D36) Australia 1915 2d Grey Kangaroo, 2nd wmk, mlh, well centered with full perfs, Cat $150, price just a half! $75 D37) Australia 1927 1/- Emerald Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, die IIb SIDEWAYS, mlh, full perfs, with jumped perf at top, making for a “Jumbo” stamp. Gum evenly toned. Cat $200, very cheap at $65 D38) Australia Kangaroos, simplified set to 5/-, good to fine used with both colours of 6d and 2/- 14 stamps, good starter lot, price $195 D39) As above, but to 2/- only, 13 stamps price $85 D40) Large Red SG Stockbook, plus stocksheets, album leaves etc, with mint & used remnant collection/accumulation pre-decimal Australia, with KGV Head and Kangaroos, to end of KGVI period 1952. Values to 10/-. 250 plus stamps. Condition a bit

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JANUARY OFFERS mixed. Would suit re-seller. Great value at $395 the lot.

D41) 400 Different Russia, all mint unhinged, lovely lot. Under 20c a stamp $79 D42) 1000 Different Czechoslovakia all large! $119 D43) Great Britain QV, KEVII & KGV Collection. Over 120 stamps to include 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue plus a splendid range of Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian stamps.

Good to fine used also includes a £1.00 value, a Victorian 10/- value and KEVII 5/-. (SG cat £4800+ = $10,000 plus!) Under 25% cat. $2495 D44) Great Britain QV-KGVI Collection, around 150-200 assorted stamps including all reigns to KGVI and to includes QV 5/- and KEVII 5/-. Not the best quality throughout, but at a tiny fraction of the SG Catalogue value. (SG Cat £2800 = $5900) Price under 10% SG at $567 D45) Great Britain.The complete 1858 2d blue collection. SG plates 7-15(7). All good fine used examples. Cat 368 pounds = $775. Price just $189 D46) Australia off paper, only 2000 to 2014 issues, mainly letter rate. So hard to find this recent stuff. Last time we had some it was sold out in a matter of days! Approx 1000 for $49.

D47) Vast accumulation of Romania, early to modern off paper, mint & used. Probably 10,000 stamps here, $125 the lot.

D48) France off paper accumulation, early to modern, approx 1000 for $24.50 D49) India off paper accumulation, early to modern, approx 1000 for $29.50 D50) Italy off paper accumulation, early to modern, approx 1000 for $24.50 MN1) Kangaroos sale at 50% retail! We just purchased a dealers stock, and can offer values to 2/- mint hinged, fine used and good used at HALF our normal retail. (Higher values will be offered individually via this list over the next few months) So, if you have gaps in your collection, send in your wants list now! If you are new to collecting Kangaroos, or simply want a mixed lot, let us know, we can supply lots from $50 to $5000.

MN2) Victoria, 1878 – 1900 postal fiscals nice range of postally used 1d to 10/- Green, condition a bit mixed, and the 4/- is a spacefiller, plus a One Pound George and Dragon fiscally used thrown in for nothing. (11 stamps total) Retail if all fine used would be $250. This lot just $75 MN3) As above, the Two Pound Blue, nice Melbourne Duplex used, normal retail $200, this one under a half, $98 MN4) Australia One Pound Grey Kangaroo, C of A wmk, Ovpt. Specimen, mint lightly hinged. Specimen overprint misplaced left and extends well outside the left frame.

Lovely variety, $135 MN5) One for the Coin Collector. USA 1889 Morgan Silver Dollar, Uncirculated. Lovely! $179 MN7) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, C of A wmk, nice fine used with 2 partial cds cancels. Retail $275, this one only $169 MN7A) As above, but with partial Darwin cds, skilful corner repair at lower left. Only $98 MN8) Australia 1932 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, nice fine used with partial Ararat Victoria cds, this one in the scarcer pale shade. Retail $175, this one only $110 MN9) Australia 1st wmk 2.5d Kangaroo, perf small OS, with scarce FEDERAL PARLIAMENT cds. Lovely looking stamp price $249 MN10) Another as above with a partial cds of the same cancel, not quite so well centred, cheap at $195 MN11) Western Australia, 1d Black Swan Imperf used, good 2 margin spacefiller example, looks nice form the front, sadly is thinned where a hinge has been carelessly removed. Normal retail $130, good value at $42 MN13) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, ovpt. Specimen TYPE C, fine fresh

mint and well centered with full perfs, only 1200 of this type printed, cat $650, MY PRICE $525 MN14) 5/- Kangaroo on advertising cover! Lovely Hutchinson Books Melbourne advertising cover, to their head office in London, bearing 5/- C of A wmk Kangaroo, plus 1/- lyrebird and 1d Green Queen Elizabeth Die I. Cancelled with clear Late Fee Melbourne cds, dated 8 MR 38. Quadruple rate UK airmail cover with 1d for the late fee.

Very fine and scarce, price $1175 MN15) Australia 1932 Two Pound Red & Black Kangaroo, C of A wmk. Very fine used, well centered and full perfs, apart from one nibbed at base. Light partial cds. Cat $750, this one just $565 MN17) Australia 1964 Navigators, complete set of 8, including white papers, good to fine used, usual retail for fine used $225, very cheap last set to clear at $98 MN18) Australia 1930’s ovpt. OS selection, inc. 2d & 3d Harbour Bridge, 6d Airmail and 1/- Large Lyre, all mint with light hinge, retail $140. My price $110 MN21) Australia 1915 One Pound Grey Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, ovpt. Specimen type C, mint hinged. Cat $375, two nibbed perfs at right. Price $195 MN22) As above, type D, centered to lower left and some gum toning, cat $275, just $135 MN23) Australia 1915 One Pound Grey, 3rd wmk, cds used example with good centering and perfs. Sadly has a hardly visible tear at base, cat $500, this one just $169 MN24) Australia 1931 One Pound Grey Kangaroo, C of A wmk, well centered with full perfs, 2 partial cds cancels, cat $420, this one just $269 MN25) Cardboard Envelope Box, full of mostly complete sets of stamps, mint and cto used, from a worldwide variety of countries mainly 1980’s period. Wealth of thematics, suite ebay trader,m hoarder or dealer. Weighs 2.5kg, must be close to 15,000 stamps here. This really must be seen to be believed, refund if not delighted. Very colourful lot Price $395. Super double sized lot $749 MN26) Box of World on paper, amazing variety, mostly well clipped, and appears all large with much recent. Must be about 4000 here, under 5c a stamp, $195.

MN28) New Zealand 1934 Silver Florin Uncirculated price $195 MN30) Neat packet of 1000 different British Commonwealth, mint and used included.

Very cheap at under 5c per stamp, price $49 MN31) As above, but Western Europe. Price $69 MN32) 1500 Different Spain, magnificent lot, currently on my packets list at $275, save $100, now only $175 MN33) Lovely Old SG Ideal Album, up to 1915, in decent condition. (Spine has been repaired with cloth tape) Mint and used. Strength is in foreign. Highlights include GB KEVII to 5/- (private perfin), a superb used 2/6d 1918 Seahorse, India 1911 KGV complete HVs to 25 rupee used, good ranges of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Dahomey, Dominican Rep., Durch Indies, Equador, France & Cols.

Germany and Cols., Haiti, Holland, Honduras, Hungary, Indo China, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Nicaragua mint, Iran used, Portugal and Cols., Romania, Russia, Salvador mint, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, and much much more. Many thousands of stamps, and plenty of good pickings here, ideal to expand or add to your own collection. I AM SELLING THIS ON CONSIGNMENT, THEREFORE ANY LAYBY ARRANGEMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE BY NEGOTIATION WITH THE VENDOR. Price $4250 MN34) 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 MN35) 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 MN36) 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

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JANUARY OFFERS MN37) Australia Kangaroo, 9d Purple 2nd wmk, fine used, normally $65 each, now just $59.

MN38) Australia Kangaroo, 5d Chestnut 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged, well centred , normal retail $140, plus premium for the better centering. This one just $98.

MN39) New Zealand 1940 Centennial set, mint unhinged, sg 613/25, normally $100, price $59 MN40) 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!

MN41) 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?

MN42) West Berlin, complete collection Mint Unhinged 1960 – 1990 30 years of stamps and minisheets. Bargain! $275 LAST ONE! Now reduced to $225 MN43) 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.

MN44) As above, but better quality we have 3 better grades of World on paper Mission at $75, b) Super Mission at $125 and c) All large and Commemoratives $295 per kg.

MN45) 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 MN46) 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.

Prices per the World Mixture, MN46 above.

MN47) PNCs (stamp & coin covers) Recently acquired 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 MN48) 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! Was $785, my final price $549 MN49) 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, Final price $139

MN50) 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 MN51) 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 MN53) 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! NO3) World collection, mint & used on 73 Hagner pages, in Seven Seas padded binder in very good condition, cost of these alone more than $125, lots of mint sets. Around 1000 stamps it looks like, these are free…just pay less than the original Hagner and Binder cost. $110 the lot.

NO10) As above, decimals only, SG 8 – 18, advertised retail $65, my price under a half…$32 (2 available) NO11) As above, the top value $1 Mock Sun in bottom right corner single. Retail $30, my price only $18.

NO12) Australia 1937 Animals Perf 13.5 x 12.5 Mint unhinged, (6) Retail $125, my price just $89, one only.

NO14) Australia 1924 One Pound Grey 3rd wmk, superb cds postally used, retail value $475, this one just $395 NO15) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, perf Large OS, mint unhinged, perfectly centred with full perfs, looks great! Just some very minor toning on reverse.Cat $800, very cheap at under a third…$265 NO16) As above, small OS, mint lightly hinged, again well centred and full perfs, suntanned gum. Cat $550, again under a third, price $179 NO17) Australia 1913 2.5d Kangaroo Indigo, perf Large OS, mint unhinged, cat $800.

This one centred top left, and faults include gum crease, invisible from the front, rounded top left corner (only minor) and lightly suntanned gum. A steal at $149!

NO18) Australia 1913 6d blue Kangaroo, perf Large OS, mint lightly hinged, , well centred and full perfs. Gum somewhat toned. Cat. $425, just $99 NO19) Australia 1915 2/- Brown Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, perf OS, well centred and with good perfs, mint lightly hinged, gum a little toned. Cat. $1250! Price under a third, $395 NO20) Great Britain Commemoratives complete mint unhinged, 1964 Shakespeare – end 1967. Retail $37.50, one lot only, be quick! $24 NO21) Israel, 1948 1st Flight Cover to Australia, bearing 1st coins series, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 Agorot, the 4 higher values with tabs. Nice 5 colour cover, flap is sadly missing. Very scarce, first I have seen and not listed in the Australian Airmails Catalogue. Price $74 NO22) Australia 1932 10/- Grey And Pink Kangaroo, fine used, with perfect perfs and centering, medium Ship Room Melbourne cds cancel. Cat $300. Good value at $229 NO24) Austria, lovely clean collection in 3 stockbooks. Earlies to approx 1990. Ealier is postally used, with 1960’s onwards mint unhinged. Good degree of completeness and many complete sets it seems, with around 1000 stamps. Price well under 25c a stamp, $228 NO25) GB Royal Mail First Day Cover collection in 2 big black binders, 1969 – 1992, looks nearly complete. Lovely lot of approx 200 covers, All with full sets. Cheap lot at

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JANUARY OFFERS under $1.45 a cover, $289 NO26) West Germany, Berlin and DDR somewhat haphazardly organised in 3 binders on hagners, and in 2 stockbooks. 1950’s to early 1990’s. Many mint unhinged sets, and lots of used, need a bit of work, but is a very clean lot. 1000s of stamps! $339 the lot.

NO27) Australia Schaubek Hinglesss Album, pre-decimal 1913 – 1965 plus AAT 1957 – 1988 in good clean condition. Red padded binder with original cardboard slipcase, approx. new price $250, without the AAT. Sold a similar one last month for $125. Great value at $119 NO29) Australia 1913 1st wmk Kangaroos, lovely handpicked for centering and nice clear cancels, dated where possible set of 10 values to 1/-, very tough to assemble.

Retail is $195, plus premium for centering etc. My price for this set just $139 NO30) Australia 1915/16 Kangaroos 2nd wmk, fine used set with circular cancels 2d – 1/- Retail $195, not quite as nice as the 1st wmk set above, price $125 NO31) Australia 1927 3rd wmk Kangaroo Die IIb 1/- Emerald with sideways wmk, postally used Melbourne cds, cat $500. As usual for this stamp it is not centered to top left. One of the most difficult kangaroos to find postally used. Price $375 NO32) Australia 1916 1/- Kangaroo Die II, 3rd wmk, nice lightly hinged mint, centred left. Cat $90, my price $59 NO33) Austrlia 1931 One pound Grey Kangaroo, C of A wmk, nicely used, with two partial cds cancels of Melbourne Ship Mailroom. Well centered and with good perfs. Cat $420. This one just $269 NO34) Queensland 1860 1d Imperf SG1, mint with gum, near 4 margins, just touched top right. Lovely stamp, so rare in this condition. Cat $13,000. My price under one third catalogue $3995 NO35) Kiribati & Tuvalu complete collections mint unhinged 1976 – 1989 in Brown Lighthouse padded black 32 page stockbook. Includeds all definitive, commemorative and postage due sets for the period, plus official overprints. Approx 125 complete sets, very nice lot, price well under $1.50 per set $179 NO36) Australia 1932 1/- Large Lyrebird, overprinted OS, mint lightly hinged. Retail $60, this one just $44 NO37) Australia 1932 Large Lyrebird as above, but with overprint misplaced approx 3mm to the left, and weak strike of the S in ovpt. Scarce and unusual. Price $82.50 NO38) FANTASTIC COLLECTION/ACCUMULATION OF WELL OVER 3,000 AUSTRALIA USED. THIS LOT HAS KANGAROOS SIMPIFIED SET TO 10/- , PLUS A COMPLETE SET OF 1932 HARBOUR BRIDGES TO 5/- , there are at least 1500 different, so only light duplication. Price for the lot $749. (Under 25c per stamp!)

NO40) Australia 1915 5/- Grey & Yellow, 2nd wmk Kanagroo, perf OS, good/fine used with circular cancel and well centred. Really hard to find in nice condition. Cat $700, this one just $449 NO41) Australia 1913 1st wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, mint lightly hinged, and well centred with full perfs, very scarce thus. Cat $650, price $525 NO42) Australia 1916 One pound Chocolate and Dull Blue Kangaroo, nice used with registered cancel, and well centred with good perfs, cat. $2250, my price, $1695 NO43) Australia 1913 10/- Grey & Pink 1st wmk Kangaroo SG 14 Cat. $2000 very fine lightly hinged mint. My price just $1100 NO44) Australia 1964 Two Pound Navigator, very fine used, retail $80, my price just $69 NO46) GB 1920 KEVII One Pound Green, overprinted Specimen, lovely mint light hinge example, with full perfs. Cat. $2700, price under 30%, just $795 NO47) Australia 1920 KGV 1/4d Turquoise single wmk, mint lightly hinged, well centred and with full perfs. Retail $200, my price just $149

NO48) British West Indies, amazing collection of 1500 different, appear pretty well all mint unhinged. Many, many sets, vast range of themes and very colourful. Hard to assemble. Price only 25c per stamp, just $375 NO49) GB 1883 5/- Rose Pink QV, SG 180, lovely well centred mint light hinge example with fresh white gum. Cat $2350, my price just $795 NO50) Australia 1915 3rd wmk Kangaroos set to 5/-, good to fine used. Other dealers list price for fine used $325. My price only $185 MOC2) Queensland 1860 SG3 6d Green x 3 on piece, to make 1/6d letter rate. Each with 3 good margins. Superb item and catalogue $5160 + . My price under one third…$1695 MOC5) Australia 1913 9d Violet Kangaroo 1st Wmk, superb well centred and unhinged, cat $850, my price just $625 MOC6) Australia 1932 6d Chestnut Kangaroo C of A wmk, Ovpt. OS, with Complete Row of Double Perfs. At top. Just a hinge touch at top left, but is Post Office Fresh otherwise, well centred with full perfs. Cat $500, my price $349 MOC7) Australia 1929 9d Violet Kangaroo, multiple wmk, fresh mint lightly hinged, cat $125, this one just $89 MOC8) Australia 1931-6 Two Pound Kangaroo, Black and Rose Crimson, superb used cds, and well centred with good perfs. Featuring the vignette plate variety “Fox Faced Roo” Cat $1750. Scarce and sought after variety, in way better than usual condition Price $1325 MOC9) Spain, very nice used collection, in red padded hanger binder on 40 as new stockpages, retail $65 alone. The collection starts with 1860’s imperfs, nice range of 24 of these, then through to 1991, all appear postally used. 1500 plus stamps. Also Brand New Lighthouse Illustrated pages 1967 – 1994, these alone worth $150. Price $359 MOC10) East Germany DDR, 64 Black Page Posthorn Stock Book containing a fairly complete collection of this now quite popular country, mostly postally used. Around 1000 stamps, many, many complete sets. Plus a further Springback album with a number of cto sets. Price $525.

MOC13) C1915 Herald Airmail Label, in brown, with full perfs and some gum has been stuck down at some time. Better than average. $115 MOC15) Germany, all periods, very good collection in big brown padded stockbook.

Fairly extensive, with mint and used in earlier, and mainly postally used in post war issues. Close to 2000 stamps I would estimate. Good value at $449 MOC16) Canada in Blue Prinz Stockbook, KGV _ QEII with a lot of Control singles mint unhinged. Many complete sets to around 1984. Approx 300. Nice lot at $149 MOC19) Australia 1948 Arms, One Pound Blue overprint Specimen, Mint Unhinged.

Retail $85, my price just $64 MOC20) As above, the Two Pound Green, same price $64 MOC26) Printing, amazing collection covering the history of printing and publishing, in 5 Lindner Maroon Ring Binders, as new (These worth $350 retail) 2 stockbooks and a springback album, plus hundreds of covers, mostly commercial and two further stockbooks with collections of Capt. James Cook, Ships and Shipping, and Railways.

Massive lot which took the original owner 30 years to accumulate. Price $1650 the lot, great value at this!

MOC28) New Zealand High Values on paper, a new lot just arrived from the UK, this mix is in very short supply. Only 400g in stock.100g for $129, 200g for $245 MOC29) Great Britain 1840 SG5 2d Blue, magnificent strip of 3 on piece, each with neat red Maltese Cross cancel, letterd BH – BJ, and showing deteriorating B on second stamp and broken B on third stamp. Spectacular variety. Each stamp has three generous margins, with second & third stamp with very nearly 4. Cat. Price as singles near

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JANUARY OFFERS $6000, strips are very rare. Price $4500 MOC30) Australia 1915 2/- Brown Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, mint unhinged, full perfs. Nicest example I have owned in a while. Cat now $2500! Price $1695 MOC31) Australia KGV 1d Red, Die II, smooth paper, 2 examples in widely differing shades, both mint, one without gum, the other with patchy gum. Fresh and bright visually. Cat. Minimum $750 each as mint hinged. Ideal for study purposes, and very cheap at $149 the two.

MOC35) 1966 Navigators specimen overprints, set of 6 inc. the scarcer perfs, mint lightly hinged, retail elsewhere for MUH $450, my price just $149 MOC36) Australia 1929 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, multiple wmk, with superb socked on nose “PP Postal Hall”, Melbourne cds. (date unclear) very attractive full perf nicely centred example. Cat $225, price $165 MOC37) Australia 1915 2/- Brown 2nd wmk Kangaroo, the most superb examp[le I have ever seen, full perfs and perfectly centred, with unframed Horsham cds of SE 26 16. unashamedly asking full catalogue for this! $350 MOC38) Australia 1915 6d Pale Utramarine Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, with BROKEN LEG variety. ACSC20(3)d, nice fine used with indistinct cds cancel, full perfs. Very scarce variety, seldom offered. $559 MOC39) Australia 1913 6d Ultramarine Kangaroo, 1st wmk, with inverted wmk, ACSC 17Aa, Cat $1000, lovely well centred, full perf example, with partial light parcel cancel to right, kangaroo is clear of cancel. Brilliant example of this rarity. $749 MOC40) Australia 1915 6d Ultramarine Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, with inverted wmk, ACSC 19Aa, Cat $275, well centred, full perf example, light parcel cancel. Very nice example of this scarce variety. $179 MOC42) Australia 1932 One Pound Grey, C of A wmk, ovpt. Specimen type D, mint unhinged gum toned. Full perfs. Cat $120. Very cheap at $49 MOC43) Australia 1932 Two Pound Black & Red, C of A wmk, ovpt. Specimen type D, fresh mint unhinged gum centred high. Full perfs. Cat $140. Very cheap at $64 MOC44) Australia 1929 10/- Grey & Pink, Multiple wmk, ovpt. Specimen type C, fresh mint hinged, well centred and full perfs. Cat $375, price $279 MOC46) Australia 1913 3d Olive 1st wmk Kangaroo, Die II, cto, cat $500. Attractive nicely centred stamp, very scarce. $329 MOC47) Australia 1923 6d Chestnut Kangaroo, with Broken Leg, ACSC 21(3)d, postally used, centred to lower left, cat $200, hard to find postally used. $110, or cto (fluffy perfs) $99 MOC48) Australia 1915 9d Pale Violet 2nd wmk Kangaroo, mint lightly hinged, full perfs, centred high. Cat $350, under half just $169 MOC49) Australia 1915 9d Violet 1st wmk Kangaroo, mint lightly hinged, full perfs, well centred Cat $175, lovely! $129 SC 58(V @ position38 MOC50) 300 DIFFERENT GERMANY ALL ERAS MANY OLDER INCLUDES STATES AND THIRD REICH This superior selection includes early to modern stamps including 19th century, with commemoratives, definitives and higher values. Includes stamps from German States then Germany through all eras including Third Reich and occupation post war through to Modern, condition is generally excellent. Last lot of these. Price just $32.75 Oct6) Large brown paper carrier bag, with world accumulation on paper, early to modern. Who knows what lurks in here! We have had several of these from the same source, and all sold very quickly. Weighs 2.2kg. $165 the lot.

Oct8) Australia 1932 1/- large lyrebird, overprinted OS, in horizontal pair, cds used in the scarcer Yellowish Green shade, supplied with normal for comparison in the deeper shade. Scarce in pairs, and cat. $100 each as singles. $119 the pair.

Oct10) Australia KGV 1/4d Turquoise. C of A wmk, fresh mint lightly hinged, centred right. Cat. $150, this one just a half…$75 Oct11) Australia 1936 SA Centenary 3d solo use on Surface Mail cover to Denmark. Scarce usage. Launceston 21APR37 cds, with slogan “Post Early Each Day” Cheap at $29 (I have lots of other nice commercial covers if interested, ranging in price from $5 to $500) Oct12) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 4d Orange 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged, well centred.

Retail $140, my price $110 Oct13) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 5d Chestnut 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged, well centred. Retail $140, my price $110 Oct14) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 9d Violet 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged. Retail $140, my price $110 Oct15) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 1/- Emerald 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged, Retail $140, my price $110 Oct19) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 4d Orange 1st wmk, perf Large OS mint lightly hinged, Cat $500, my price $285 Oct20) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 9d Violet 1st wmk, perf Large OS mint lightly hinged, Cat $550, my price $315 Oct21) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 1/- Emerald 1st wmk, perf Large OS mint lightly hinged, Cat $600, my price $345 Oct22) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 3d Olive Die 1 1st wmk, perf Small OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $400, my price $225 Oct23) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 6d Blue 1st wmk, perf Small OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $425, my price $255 Oct24) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 9d Violet 1st wmk, perf Small OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $600, my price $345 Oct25) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 1/- Emerald 1st wmk, perf Small OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $600, my price $345 Oct26) Australia 1915 Kangaroo 2d Grey 2nd wmk, mint lightly hinged, retail $140, this one just $105 Oct27) Australia 1915 Kangaroo 2.5d Deep Blue 2nd wmk, mint lightly hinged, retail $90, this one just $72 Oct29) Australia 1915 Kangaroo, 6d Brown, 3rd wmk mint unhinged, marginal example, very fresh, retail $50, this one $45 and well worth it!

Oct31) Australia 1915 Kangaroo, 2/- Maroon, 3rd wmk mint lightly hinged, retail $175, my price $139 Oct33) Australia 1915 Kangaroo, 10/- Grey & Analine Pink, 3rd wmk, perf OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $2000. Suspect this may have been reperfed, so very cheap at under a quarter cat. Price $495 Oct34) Oct33) Australia 1915 Kangaroo, One Pound Grey, 3rd wmk, perf OS, COMMERCIALLY USED, cat $750 as cto, this one used with heavy cds, but amazingly scarce stamp, thought for a long time not to exist. This has been repaired at some time in the past, but looks fine from the front. Very cheap example of a rarity, price $595 Oct35) Australia 1929 Kangaroo 2/- Maroon small multiple wmk, mint unhinged, cat $850, this one off centre, so only $495 Oct40) New South Wales, 1/- Red Diadems imperf, lovely fine used 4 margin example, two are huge! Price $75 Oct41) Australia 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge, fine used cto with good perfs and well centred, they do not come better than this! $285 Oct46) Australia 2nd wmk 2.5d Kangaroo, well centred lovely block of 4, with 2 mint unhinged, two lightly hinged, retail as singles $780. Magnificent piece. $585

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JANUARY OFFERS MSP9) Australia 1955 1/6d no wmk Hermes, in a muh block of 4, retail $80, my price $59 MSP10) Australia 1949 10/- Arms, in a bottom right corner marginal block of4, muh.

Very fresh, retail is $120 as singles, my price just $89 MSP12) 1949 Robes Thin Paper set, 5/- to One Pound, nice used. Retail $125, my price just $95 MSP22) Dark Blue padded as new Seven Seas Binder, with standard pages for 1983 – 2000. New price $195, my price under one third! $59 the lot.

MSP23) Australia Seven Seas Green Padded hingeless album in as new condition, with pages for 1953 – 1987. New cost $280, my price well under a half, $119 MSP28) NZ Seven Seas Hingeless pages1983 - 93 in binder with some extras standard pages, mainly the Health Minisheets, not counted $59.

MSP29) Czechoslovakia, mint unhinged collecti0on of 200 different, mostly large commemoratives, on our packets list at $20, (only 6 left) at $14.95 each. Great value!

MSP30) New packet collection of 1500 different Australia, including many top values and complete sets, retail elsewhere $150 plus, my price just $89 (6 available) MSP31) New South Wales, 1/- Red Diadems Imperf. With 4 good margins and light cancel, retail is $100 for 3 margin examples. My price for this just MSP33) Prinz Imperial Stockbooks, top of the range 64 white pages, padded cover, brand new shrink wrapped, in Red or Dark Blue, (only 2 of each available) Usual retail $79 each price just $49 each MSP34) Handy A4 size 8 page stockbooks, with glassine strips and interleaving.

Normally $12.95 each, now just $7.95 each (24 available) MSP35) New packet of 125 different Australia Pre-decimal, nice lot. Only $8.95 (17 available) MSP36) Nice packet of 500 different Australia, on our packets list for $16.50, a few surplus to clear at $9.95 (20 available) MSP37) Lucky dip packets, made up by a local part time dealer soon to retire to Queensland, lucky bloke! Each contains a different assortment, comes with a free postcard or maximum card, these are sold unopened as received and is priced at $14.95 per pack, 5 packs for $69, 10 packs for $135, 15 packs for $189 Choose from: a) 25 different worldwide minisheets mint and used, b) 50 grams Animals thematics off paper, c) 50 grams World off paper, d) 50 grams USA off paper, e) 50 grams Australia off paper, f) 50g World on and off paper inc fdc clippings, g) 50g Australia inc. sets clipped from fdcs, h) 50g Europe off paper, i) 35 grams Space Thematics off paper, j) 35 grams Africa off paper, k) 35 grams Middle East & Arab States off paper, l) 30 grams Russia off paper, m) 50 grams Europe off paper, n) 40g GB appears mostly large, off paper, o) 50 grams Czech. Off paper, p) 40 grams Asia off paper.

MSP39) Australia Decimals, mostly recent cto with gum, lovely lot of 300 different, inc blocks and strips as issued, plus Internationals. Very hard to assemble, great value at under 20c per stamp, price $59 (6 available) MSP41) Australia 1966 – 1987 mainly complete and mostly cto in Seven Seas Hingeless Album, 140 plus complete sets, plus the album, has to be worth $149!

SE2) Seven Seas Australia Hingeless Album, in 2 padded binders, 1913 – 1990 complete, from KGV Heads except for the Kangaroo pages. Very good condition, most pages being as new. New cost would be $436.50, my price, under one third at $139.

SE3) Renniks Coin Albums, brand new, complete with pages and backing sheets to fit all Australian coin sizes, spaces for 227 coins. Retail is $32.50 each, One lot of 10 only at Half Price $162.50 the lot.

SE4) Lindner 22 Ring Padded Binders and Slipcases, almost as new, will take standard 22 ring pages. Retail $90 each, One lot of 6 only, under a third of retail, price $175 SE6) Australia 1931 6d Brown Airmail, Overprinted OS, on First Day Cover, 1st Flight

Airmail to England, this is the only way you will normally find this FDC, and is extremely scarce, cat. $1500. Missing form 99.999% of all Australia FDC collections! The first I have handled, indeed the first I have seen in over 40 years. Frank Pauer the well known Melbourne FDC collector agrees. With additional franking of a 3d green airmail, two normal 6d Airmails, plus 2 x Halfpenny Orange, 1 x 1d Green & 1 x 3d Blue KGV Head. The cover, an official printed one, is a bit World Weary, however the important stamp is intact with a clear Ship Mailroom Melbourne CDS Cancel, of 17 NO 31. Probably your only chance to secure one of these….Cat. $1500, price would be full catalogue if in a little better condition, this one just a half $750.

SE7) Australia 1949 Lovely 10/- Arms on neat clean small typed address First Day Cover, with neat GPO Sydney 9-A3 - OC 49 cds cancel, not obscuring design. A very scarce cover, cat. $450, my price $329 SE8) Australia 1949 5/- & 10/- Arms on similar neat covers as above, each with clean Burwood NSW cds of 11 OC 56, Cat $185 if commercially used, but assuming these are philatelic. $49 the pair.

SE9) Australia 1913 1st wmk 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, lovely fresh mint unhinged, well centred top marginal example, cat $550. Nicest I have owned, $475 SE10) Australia 1913 1st wmk 1/- Blue Green Kangaroo, superb postally used example, with Inverted wmk. Socked on nose with Melbourne dated cds of 29 JA 14. Usually these come with faults, or perfs missing. This is the best I have ever seen. Cat $500. Price $450 SE11) Australia 1915 3rd wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, perf OS, lovely postally used example, Inverted Wmk, with Melbourne cds. Again the nicest I have ever seen. Cat $1500, price $1125 SE12) Australia 1931 3rd wmk One Pound Grey Kangaroo, nice attractive postally used with light cds cancel, minor perf fault at bottom. Cat $420, my price well under half $189 SE13) Australia 1914 6d Kookaburra, beautiful well centred Melbourne cto example, cat $80, my price just $59 SE16) Australia 1935 Anzac Pair, 2d & 1/-, mlh, cat. $52, price $39 (3 available) SE17) Australia 1915 2nd wmk, 6d Blue Kangaroo, perf OS, mint unhinged. Cat $1750, and missing from 99% of all Australia collections. Nice looking stamp, but does have a diagonal crease, hardly visible from the front, hence below 20% catalogue. Price $349 SE19) Australia 1921 3rd wmk die IIB 6d Pale Ultramarine Kangaroo, from the Harrison Printing, mint unhinged, perf OS. Centrered high. Nice looking stamp, with great colour, nice white gum and full perfs. Under 60% cat. Price $249 SE21) Australia 1918 2d Grey 3rd wmk Kangaroo, Die I, Inverted wmk, nice attractive cds used example, perfect centering and perfs, wmk from the top left cornet of the sheet (bottom right if not inverted) Cat $60, price $49 SE22) Similar to above, with neat corner cds cancel. Not quite so well centered. Price $39 SE23) Australia 1913 3d Olive Green Kangaroo, Die II, perf small OS, nice well centred example, with cds cancel. Cat $350. Price $249 SE24) Australia 1913 3d Olive Green Kangaroo, Die I, inverted wmk, nice well centred example, with cds cancel. Odd minor perf fault, but very attractive example. Cat $225.

Price under half $99 SE25) Australia 1918 3rd 3rd wmk , Yellow Olive Kangaroo, Die 1, mint unhinged full perf. example. Hard to better! Cat $125, price $99 SE26) Falkland Is. 1d Brown, SG1, reasonable 2nd grade copy, good spacefiller at under 10% catalogue. Cat $900, price $89 SE27) Australia 1915 3rd wmk, 9d Purple Kangaroo, fine used with inverted wmk.

Braidwood 4 JL 20 Cancel. Retail $250, my price $185 SE31) Australia 1934 MacArthur set of 4 inc. 2d Dark Hills, mint unhinged, retail $125, my price $95

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JANUARY OFFERS SE32) Australia 1937 10/- Robes thick paper mint unhinged retail $35, my price just a half! $17.50 SE33) Australia 1937 Robes thick paper set, 5/- to One Pound fine used, retail $60, my price just a half! $30 SE35) Australia 1946 BCOF overprint on 1d Queen, overprint double. Not recorded on this value. The 3d value catalogues at $2500. Fine used with slightly blunt top right corner perf. Very rare item, price $1495.

SE38) Western Australia 1861 4d Vermillion, with Perth cds, SP 27 1867 cleanly struck cds, SG40 retail $350, minor perf faults, but a scarce stamp. My price $198 SE39) Western Australia 1860 -64, 6d Sage Green Imperf, SG28, Local Printing, 3 margins, postally used. Cat. $800, rare stamp, but with repaired tear at top where hinge has been carelessly removed. Nice looker. My price $159 SE41) St. Lucia KEVII 5/- , as SG 76, but in Grey and Carmine instead of Green & Carmine, mint lightly hinged. Not a colour changeling, but most likely a colour trial proof, on watermarked. Cat $170 as normal. Unusual. Price $98 SE45) Australia 1914 6d Engraved Kookaburra, and 1d Red Die 1, KGV fine used on piece, very unusual to find. 6d Kooka on cover is almost impossible and cat. $2500, selling this at 5% of the cover price, $125 SE46) Australia 1/4d KGV small multi wmk perf 13.5 x 12.5 horiz. Pair on parcel piece, along with 1/- Kangaroo and 3d Airmail making 3/11d, with Use The Airmail slogan cancel. Single 1/4d stamp on cover cat. $400. Attractive piece for rates collector too.

Price $249 SE47) Australia 1948 Arms, 5/-, One Pound and Two Pound, cds used on parcel piece, making a 65/- rate. Attractive and scarce, the two higher values cat at $350 and $1250 respectively. Priced at just 5% of the on cover price. Nice piece for the rates collector.

Price $80.

SE48) Australia 1937 3d Die I, mint unhinged, well centered and with good perfs. Retail $75, this one with ever so slightly toned gum, half price….$37.50 SE50) Australia 1938 1d Green Queen Die II, in coil strip of 3, central stamp is mint unhinged, others have been lightly hinged. Well centered and with full perfs. Cat $150 as a hinged pair. My price for this, just $119 MAU2) USA, great lot of Charity Mix, just received on single paper, very wide variety covering many decades, 1940’s to quite recent. Best mix we have seen out of the USA in quite a while. 250g for $22, 500g for $39, 1kg for $74.50. Be quick and take the lot! around 10kg for $695 MAU3) English Speaking Countries on paper mix, comprises Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, South Africa, Canada, USA, Ireland. 250g for $22, 500g for $39, 1kg for $74.50, 5kg for $349, 10kg for $695 MAU4) As above, but without the USA, same price MAU8) Australia 1909 10/- Green & Red Postage Due, SG D72, lovely mint example retail $470, my price $365, NOW REDUCED TO $289 MAU9) New South Wales Queen Victoria 10/- Mauve and Claret Long Type, SG 241c perf 12 x 11, superb used with neat central cds strike of Hurstville 19 MR 1900. Full perfs and fresh, a lovely stamp. Unpriced in Gibbons! $95, NOW REDUCED TO $76 MAU10) New South Wales 20/- Ultramarine Carrington, SG 264c, Magnificent fine used example with Broken Hill cds of DE 31 1900. Nicest you will find! $139, NOW REDUCED TO $189 MAU11) Stanley Gibbons “The Philatelic” album. This is the Rolls Royce of stamp albums, a magnificently leather bound peg fitting binder, plus slipcase in Green and Black Leather, with Gold blocking on the spine. Comes with 50 leaves, which have previously been used to house postcards, so the photo corners are still in place. This album retails at an astounding $775 new, this one is in great condition, for under 25%

of the price. $189, NOW REDUCED TO $149 MAU14) WWI Cinderellas on Hagner. Inc. full colour military types, Loyal North Lancs, Third Dragoon Guards, The Queen’s Own, Prince of Wales Royal Lancers, Royal Fusiliers, The King’s Own Malta Regiment of Militia and The Royal Garrison Artillery, plus 3 different large War Savings Certificate types, and 3 French military types. (13) Nice lot. We had a similar lot a few months ago which were snapped up very quickly by a dealer! $89 the lot.

MAU15) Massive lot of Cigarette and trade Cards, Around 1200 in albums, in bundles and loose. Many complete sets, including early Victoria Football League and Australian Cricket cards. Noted Don Bradman. I know next to nothing about cigarette cards, except that many of these popular themes sell for 100s of dollars per set, and up to $50 for a single card. In much better than average condition generally, and got to be very good value at under $1.50 per card. $1650 the lot, NOW REDUCED TO $1195, under $1 per card!

MAU16) New South Wales, 1867 4d Red Brown Imperf Plate Proof horizontal pair on ungummed watermarked paper, from left hand edge of the sheet. Attractive and scarce piece. $295. NOW REDUCED TO $236 MAU17) South Australia 1860 – 69 4d (Gibbons type 3) Imperf plate proof pair, on ungummed, unwatermarked paper in the rose-carmine colour of the 2/-. A pair in black and a block of 4 as per this example was estimated $300 and sold for $650 at a Prestige auction. Horizontal crease, but still an attractive pair. Price $195. NOW REDUCED TO $149 MAU18) Switzerland, lovely postal history collection, well written up on album leaves, dating from 1832 – 1944. 30 items including many scarce, inc. some 1st flights, interesting markings such as “DETAINED IN FRANCE DURING GERMAN OCCUPATION” Also includes seated Helvetias on cover both perf an imperf. A really fascinating lot. Very cheap at average $20 per item. $600 NOW REDUCED TO $479 MAU19) Australia, valuable stock of pre-decimal mainly mint unhinged pre-decimal in hagners, noted Sturt Pair in blocks of 16, Robes 5/- Imprint Blocks (4) 1940 AIF set imprint blocks, many, many other imprint blocks and masses of complete sets, inc. many in blocks of 4. Priced to sell at $1750 plus, this lot is great for an Ebayer or re-seller.

Price $695, NOW REDUCED TO $549 MAU46) As above, the set of plate/imprint blocks in strips of 10 from the bottom of sheets, hinged/unhinged, includes both plates of the 3d and 4 plates of the 6d, one of these only being in a block of 6. Possibly Unique. Cat $675 as single stamps. Price $395.

NOW REDUCED TO $315 MAU47) Pitcairn Is. 1953 Coronation, imprint/plate number strips of ten, hinged/unhinged, for both plates. (20 stamps) Cat $80 as single stamps, price $49 NOW REDUCED TO $39.

MAU48) Pitcairn Island, 1963 Red Cross, plate/imprint blocks of ten for both plates of each value, hinged/unhinged (40 stamps) Cat. $120 as single stamps, price $59. NOW REDUCED TO $49 MAU49) Pitcairn Island, 1964 Return set, in sheet number top right blocks of 4, as issued on the Island. Hinged/unhinged. Plus 1965 ITU 8 pairs in corner blocks of 4, Cheap lot, $29, NOW REDUCED TO $24 MAU50) Australia 1929 Long Airmail Envelope bearing Small Multiple Wmk perf 13.5 x 12.5 2d, 4.5d and 1/4d, all tied by Perth 10 DE 29 cds cancels, to Yalbalgo Station.

Yalbalgo Station is a sheep and goat farm in Carnarvon of 86,499.00ha (213,743.69 acres) (approx) Scarce tri-colour cover, price $395, NOW REDUCED TO $315 AU11) The Numeral Cancellations of NSW, on CD Rom, by Hugh Freeman, the Hardback Book is out of print, and sold out. Original price for the bookwas $225, and 2nd hand copies are non-exisitent. I have just 1 copy of this, price $49 Invaluable!

AU12) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo, Die IIA, fresh used example, with large part original gum, and Strong Offset on reverse under the gum. Cat $600 for mint, unpriced

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JANUARY OFFERS used. Lovely item. $495 NOW REDUCED TO $395 AU14) Great Britain 1840 1d Black, plate 4, in horizontal pair, (Pairs are scarce!) cancelled with nicely struck Red Maltese Crosses, AU14) unplated, lettered CI – CJ, this pair both with 4 margins. Price $1100. NOW REDUCED TO $880 AU15) Final of these pairs of 1d blacks, this in the scarcer Grey Black shade, and with Black Maltese Crosses. Lettered EC – ED, both are 4 margin examples, close at bottom.

Price $1175. NOW REDUCED TO $939 AU16) Australia 1920 3rd Wmk 1/- Blue-Green, SIDEWAYS WATERMARK, lovely block of 4, top tow very lightly hinged, lower two are unhinged. Centrered a little high, as is usual for this stamp. Cat. $200 each for hinged, and unpriced for unhinged, but other items in this periods are normally near 3 times the price, so around $1600. Never seen a block so nice before! Price $975. NOW REDUCED TO $779 AU17) Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st Wmk. Kangaroo, lovely postally used, with partical cds at base. Centred low, but such a nice stamp! Cat $250, my price just a half, $125, NOW REDUCED TO $99 AU20) Australia 1908 5/- Green Postage Due, with stroke. SGD59, Cat. $95. Lovely well centred, ful perfs and “socked on nose” with scarce Perth Poste Restante cds, 7 AUG 09.

Price $72. NOW REDUCED TO $57.50 AU21) Australia 1964 10/- Navigator, overprinted 15.5mm Specimen, on cream paper mint unhinged. OVERPRINT MASSIVELY MISPLACED INTO PERFS AT LHS. Never seen this before and is not catalogued. Stamp is perfectly centred. STRIKING ERROR! Cat. $1500 as normal, Unashamedly asking $3000. NOW REDUCED TO $2395 AU23) GB 1955 Waterlow Castles 2/6d to One Pound, mint lightly hinged and well centered. Retail $125, my price $75! NOW REDUCED TO $59 AU24) GB 1840 1d Black, nice 4 margins, approaching the Intense Black shade, unplated, lettered CB, and bearing TWO Red Maltese Crosses, contrary to regulations!

Price $895. NOW REDUCED TO $715 AU25) Australia 1948 5/- Arms, thin paper horizontal strip of 3 POSTALLY USED! Never ever seen a multiple of this in 50 years of stamp dealing, must be a very rare usage. Left hand stamp thinned at top, otherwise fine. Cat $125 each as singles. Must be worth full catalogue. Supplied with normal for comparison. $375. NOW REDUCED TO $289 AU26) Australia 1948 5/- Robes, thin tinted paper Imprint Block of 4, mint unhinged, cat $150. Price $110. NOW REDUCED TO $89 AU29) Australia KGV 4d Orange, Inverted wmk, MLH, Cat $80, cheap at $45 NOW REDUCED TO $36 AU30) Australia KGV 4d Purple, single wmk, perf OS, MUH, cat $375, with what appears to be a vertical doctor blade line in gum. My price $195. NOW REDUCED TO $149 AU31) As above, but MLH. Cat. $200, my price under a half, $98, NOW REDUCED TO $79 AU33) Australia KGV, 4d Orange, perf OS, MLH, minor gum toning. Cat $250, under a half at $119 NOW REDUCED TO $95 AU34) Australia KGV, 1d Red single wmk, rough paper, perf OS, MLH. Cat $50, price $39, NOW REDUCED TO $31 AU35) Australia KGV, 1d Green C of A wmk, Overprinted OS, in a mint unhinged left marginal block of 8. Centered low, with appearance of almost imperf between the vertical rows. Nice fresh appearance. Cat $160. Price $119, NOW REDUCED TO $95 AU37) As above, on 1d Green. Cat $40, price $25 AU38) As above, but on 1d Violet, in horizontal pair with normal at left. $39 AU43) South Africa, shoebox of collectors duplicates in envelopes, plus some loose in packets with earlies, between SG3 – 834. Also some Zimbabwe. $69 the lot.

AU45) As above, Canada, some on album pages, $49 the lot

AU47) Carton of Philatelic and other Literature, includes: History of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Americas Story as told in Postage Stamps, US 19th Century Fancy Cancels, Paper Ambassadors (the politics of stamps), Dietz Confederate States catalog and handbook 1959, The Blue Mauritius, Billigs Philatelic Handbook, vol 33: 19th Century US Fancy Cancels. Essay – Proof Journal 1944, A Historical Catalog of US Essay and Proof, the 1847 Issue, plus many others. 14 items, fascinating and educationsal lot for the avid reader…you can put down your Harry Potter! price $129. NOW REDUCED TO $99 AU50) Australia 1966 Navigators Specimen Overprints, the Scarce 75c & $1 smaller 15mm overprints, mint unhinged, retail $350, my price just a half $175. (I also have the same in MLH if required for $89) MJY1) Mostly mint unhinged, collection/accumulation of Norfolk Island 1960’s to 1990 approx mainly in pairs, counted over 100 complete sets and minisheets including 4 definitive sets to $3, plus ranges of other British Commonwealth countries in big green stockbook. Many 100s, great value at $375, NOW REDUCED TO $295 MJY5) Part Contents of huge shipping carton, with mass of World on paper, just as received from local charity appears unsorted, could be anything in here. Many 1000s.

Weighs 2kg Another cheap lot $149 MJY8) British Commonwealth off paper newly received mixture, this is much better than the average with stamps from Queen Victoria to quite recent. Must be 15 - 20,000 to the kg. Lovely lot at under 4c per stamp, appears unpicked. Around 1500 – 2000 stamps, 100g for $69, 250g $159, 500g $295 Few lots only.

MJY11) Silk Cigarette Cards, in ancient album, features dogs, coats of arms, Military Crests, Flags etc. approx 95, must be worth $1 each…album is free. $95, NOW REDUCED TO $76 MJY12) 1000 different Finland, have never been able to offer this size packet before, and mostly circular cancels! 500 diff. is on our list at $140, so these are a bargain at $185, two only, be quick!

MJY13) Australia 1929 3d Airmail in Commercially used block of 6, which is extremely rare. Melbourne 17 SE 34 cds cancels, price $96. NOW REDUCED TO $77 MJY14) Australia 1916 5/- Pale Yellow and Grey Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, perf OS, cds used, Sydney Rly Stn, Late Fee, 28 OC 21. With Kangaroo Misplaced downwards, in exactly the same position as the known 10/- of this issue, though not recorded for this value.

The 10/- cat. Price is $5000. This one $2950. NOW REDUCED TO $2350 MJY15) Australia 1915 5/- Grey and Yellow Kangaroo, 2nd wmk, mint lightly hinged, showing Albino Kangaroo on reverse, and also Double Perfs at left, which is unrecorded for this stamp. Lower left corner a little blunt, mentioned for accuracy only, as this is due to the double perforation. Catalogue price for a normal mint example is $1500.

Price for this $1250. NOW REDUCED TO $995 MJY17) Australia 1913 10/- Grey and Pink 1st wmk, cto with neat Melbourne corner cds. Centred a bit high, but a very attractive stamp in a deeper pink shade. Cat. Minimum $1700. My price $1250 NOW REDUCED TO $995, MJY21) Australia 1937 KGVI 3d Die I, mint unhinged, retail $75, my price $56, NOW REDUCED TO $45 MJY23) Australia 1915 3d Olive Green Kangaroo, DieII, fine used with Melbourne cds, 23 JY 23 cancel. Very scarce stamp. Retail $120, my price $89, NOW REDUCED TO $69 MJY24) Great Britain 1951 One Pound Brown Arms, in used block of 4, with circular cancels. Attractive piece, cat $145 as singles, cheap at one third, $49, NOW REDUCED TO $39 MJY31) Australia 1913 1st wmk 3d Yellow Olive Kangaroo, Die I, perf small OS, neat cds cancel. Cat. $100, my price $75, NOW REDUCED TO $59 MJY32) As above but 3rd wmk, Die IIb, with partial Federal Parliament cds, Cat. $60, my price $49, NOW REDUCED TO $39

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Looking at New Zealand Centennial of British Administration, 1940.

Part 1: Introduction In 1840, the chiefs of most of the Maori tribes ceded sovereignty of New Zealand to the British crown by signing the Treaty of Waitangi. Planning of suitable celebrations to mark the centennial of this event began four years before they took place. Although World War II broke out before the celebrations began, it was decided that they should continue to raise morale and encourage national pride during wartime.

Celebratory events were spread throughout New Zealand to avoid regional rivalry and communities received grants to erect memorials to the centenary, particularly in the form of useful buildings such as childcare clinics and public facilities. To avoid antagonizing Maori, the emphasis of the celebrations was on the progress and modernisation that had occurred

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over the previous one hundred years rather than on the transfer of government from Maori to British.

Nevertheless, some Maori took the opportunity to protest the compulsory acquisition of their lands, particularly during the celebrations at Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands, and at Akaroa, where sovereignty over the South Island had been

proclaimed. Books and a documentary film were produced on New Zealand’s history and also a 30-part series of weekly magazines, Making New Zealand.

The main event of the celebrations was a major exhibition held at Rongotai, the site of the present-day Wellington Airport on the western side

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Looking at New Zealand of Wellington harbour, from 8th November 1939 to 4th May 1940.

Impressive temporary buildings were designed in the art deco style by Edmund Anscombe and featured an iconic central tower and electric and neon lighting effects.

The buildings contained displays of industry, transport, government welfare services and there were Maori and women’s courts. There was also a large fun fair adjacent.

A set of twelve stamps was issued (later increased to fourteen to reflect postal-rate changes by re-issuing one design with a new denomination and overprinting another). A total of thirty-two commemorative stamps had been issued between 1906 and 1937 and this set increased that total by over a third. The stamps were recess-printed by Bradbury Wilkinson on esparto-based paper watermarked ‘NZ & star’.

The Philatelic Society of New Zealand (later the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand) organised a major event: the New Zealand Centennial and Ninth Australian Philatelic Exhibition which was opened by the Governor General, Viscount Galway, on 15th April 1940. It ran until 23rd April. The Society issued special covers and also a sheetlet of twelve cinderella poster stamps featuring New Zealand scenes. The cinderellas were designed by James Berry and photogravure printed in green

by Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie in Dunedin.

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

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vol. 2, Wellington, RPSNZ, 1951.

Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand - http://www. teara.govt.nz

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

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation 2016 A Big Year in Philately

2016 is shaping up to be a very busy year for philately, both in Australia and worldwide.

There are eight national or international exhibitions that Australians can enter or attend this year. Who says philately is dying? This month’s article gives an overview of the major events for the year. In addition to these major events we have State level exhibitions and many local stamp fairs put on by the many willing volunteers across Australia. Remember, if you support these events you are supporting the hobby.

Australia Post Basic Letter Price Rise

As I sat down to write this month’s article I read that the ACCC had approved Australia Post moving the basic letter rate to $1, and taking two days longer to deliver the mail. This follows on from the Government’s agreement to allow a two–class mail system, which was approved in March 2015. What does this mean for philately and stamp collectors in general? The issues affecting Australia Post (and post offices across the world) are real and will not go away. Several years ago I worked for the Department of Communications in a section that had oversight of Australia Post. Whilst I cannot discuss in detail my time there, it is important to understand that there are a number of issues other than falling letter volumes that impact the Australia Post delivery network. There will continue to be changes in Australia Post that go beyond price rises.

Many collectors look at modern Australian stamps and say they no longer collect the stamps. This price rise may add to this growing group. However, I think collectors are making a mistake. Consider the first 20 years of decimal currency stamps. These have lost value, both in nominal and real terms over the last 10 years especially with large quantities having been bought, which are now being used for postage rather than collected. In most cases this is not

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true of the stamps of the last 20 years where few people buy sheets of stamps and put them away for the future. It is this material that will be in demand in another 20-30 years because stocks will be low, especially for material that is not available in year albums.

So what does the postage stamp price rise have to do with this? Put simply it represents an opportunity to start a new collection of stamps and postal history. Instead of saying I stopped collecting Australia at decimal currency, or 1988 (the Bicentenary) or even more commonly the year 2000, you can say I started collecting Australia when they introduced the two–class mail system in 2016. The United Kingdom has had a first and second-class mail system for many years and this has led to many interesting stamps and usages on cover. Will Australia be the same? Will we have different stamps for first and second-class mail like the UK? After all we already have International stamps, which few other countries have. For example, if you need to use special stamps to get the new priority service what does this mean for the stock of old mint decimals you currently use? Will they be demonetised? After I wrote these comments I found out that Australia Post is issuing a special priority label that will need to be placed next to the stamps. It has a QR code, which I assume the sorting machine will read. The labels will cost 50 cents each and come in sheetlets of five.

This will, to some extent, impact using older stamps on this mail. The question also arises are these labels considered postage stamps? They simply state Priority and have no indication that they are valid for postage, yet they pay for a service and have a cost. This is a very grey area. The other question that arises is whether these labels are our second non-denominated stamps? Will they still be useable to pay for the priority service when rates rise again? It could be a fascinating time for modern postal histo-

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Philatelic Development Officer, APF

rians and smart ones will get in on the ground floor. After all we will have three postage rates for a basic letter, 60 cents for seniors, $1 for a basic letter and $1.50 for priority mail. It is rare to get an opportunity to start at the beginning of a service, and I do not believe many collectors have done it in the past, not even with the International rate stamps. After all, just look at the prices that early decimals correctly used on cover are achieving, and you realise that modern postal history may also offer such opportunities.

So look for the positives in change rather than the negatives.

Australian and New Zealand Exhibitions

Canberra Half National, 18-20 March – this will be the 19th biennial exhibition that the Philatelic Society of Canberra has held. The longest run in Australia. As Chair of the organising committee

it is hard for me to make unbiased comments but it has turned into a very popular show with collectors, dealers and exhibitors. We have a great venue and an excellent range of dealers from Australia and overseas. This is a halfnational exhibition with the major exhibiting classes of postal history, postal stationery, open, youth, maximaphily, frugal and first day covers.

This year’s themes are the links between Malta and Australia, which started strongly in 1916 (through the nursing of Australian Diggers and the “Children of Billy Hughes”) plus the 50th anniversary of decimal currency. There will be the usual range of philatelic souvenirs, which have proven popular over the last few exhibitions.

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation the Postcard Challenge where teams from each State and Territory plus both North and South islands of New Zealand compete for trophies, will be held as a separate event in Adelaide. The Drill Hall in Adelaide is a good venue for this size of exhibition and with a strong organising team I can recommend attending. You get to see some of the best exhibits across Australia and New Zealand as philatelic teams compete for the Ed Druce Memorial trophy. It is also an opportunity to see some great postcard exhibits, which continue to be a growing area of interest to many people.

Christchurch Stamp and Postcard Exhibition, 18-20 November – every year New Zealand holds a national exhibition. Australian and New Zealand exhibitors have reciprocal rights to enter each other’s exhibitions. It is just a pity that this exhibition clashes with the Hobart oneframe exhibition. Despite the earthquake damage to Christchurch the organising committee has an excellent venue available for the show. It will have all FIP classes and postcards. Australia likes to support New Zealand exhibitions so go if you can and once again it is a great excuse for a holiday across the ‘ditch’.

Mandurah Half National, 4-6 November – this is the other half of the 2016 National exhibition to be held in Mandurah in Western Australia. It is about 80 kms south of Perth and easy to get to on the suburban train network. In addition to having the other half of the national exhibition classes – traditional, revenues, thematics, polar, postcards and literature – it will also feature numismatics and banknote displays. Again an excellent organising committee will ensure this is a great show, having previously held one in 2010. The major themes for the exhibition are the 400th Anniversary of the Landing of Dirk Hartog and the 50th anniversary of decimal currency. Overall, an excellent excuse to visit Western Australia and combine a holiday with an exhibition.

Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) Exhibitions

Hobart One Frame National, 18-20 November – every year Australia has a national one-frame exhibition usually held in a regional area. The team from Hobart held a national one-frame exhibition in 2012, which was very successful and they were keen to hold another, so the APF didn’t take much convincing to let them have another. Again, this is a very good excuse to combine a holiday in wonderful Tasmania with an exhibition.

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Bangkok, 10-15 August – this will the 33rd FIAP exhibition and will have all FIP exhibition classes. Thailand put on good exhibitions and if you have never been to an international exhibition this would be a good place to start. Bangkok is a very popular tourist destination and is both easy to get to and relatively cheap to stay. The food is also a bonus. I have no doubt there will be many Australians at this exhibition. The Australian commissioner for the exhibition is Charles Bromser (see www.apf.org.au for details).

Nanning, December – this will be the 34th FIAP exhibition, put on by the Chinese Philatelic Federation. I do not have the exact dates but as soon as they are available they will be on the APF website. China is a little different in the way it goes about international exhibitions. Cities in China actually bid to hold exhibitions and this time Nanning won out. It is a city of about 7.5 million and is down near the Vietnam border. It is a relatively popular tourist destination I gather. I am very hopeful of attending, as it is a good excuse to see a part of China you might normally never consider. The APF has not appointed a commissioner yet but they should be

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Philatelic Development Officer, APF on the website by early January. The photograph shows a group of Australians at the last Chinese FIAP exhibition in Wuxi in 2011.

Federation of European Philatelic Federations (FEPA)

Seven Nations Challenge, London, 17-20 February – it is unusual for Australia to be involved in a European exhibition but we will field a team of four exhibits in the 7-nations challenge held at Autumn Stampex. Australia started this challenge series in 2012 in Perth with a 6-nations challenge. It was won by Sweden who then held a challenge in Malmo in 2014. This challenge was won by the UK who is holding the latest challenge. The challenge involves four 8-frame exhibits almost all of which are large gold collections. - a good way to see some amazing material.

Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP)

New York, 28 May – 4 June – every 10 years the USA holds a full world exhibition. Next year it will be in New York. It will have over 4,000 frames of exhibits compared with Melbourne’s 3,300 odd. It will also have many dealer and postal administration stands plus tables for specialist societies. There will also be many specialist meetings. Australia will have a significant presence at New York with 157 frames of exhibits plus seven literature entries. We will be the second largest contingent after the USA and I expect many Australians to attend. I was lucky enough to attend their last world exhibition in Washington DC in 2006 and if New York is half as good it will be a great exhibition.

Taipei, 21-26 October – Taipei held a FIAP exhibition in 2015 and it went so well that Chunghwa Post agreed to help fund a full world exhibition. It is stated to be a specialised world

exhibition but I note it appears to have all FIP classes and Modern. Australia’s commissioner is Malcolm Groom. Personally, I have never been to Taiwan but I gather the exhibition in 2015 was well run and I have no doubt that 2016 will be the same. Again the exhibition is a good excuse to visit a country that you might not have considered in the past.

Some collectors never visit exhibits and say they have nothing to do with me. They are just for rich collectors who are medal hunting. Nothing could be further from the truth. Exhibitions are the focal point of philately. They bring together collectors, dealers and postal administrations. It is your opportunity to see philatelic material that you never hope to see any other way.

Personally I am glad there are rich collectors out there who can afford to put together great exhibits. There are many other great features of exhibitions. You meet collectors who collect those obscure things you thought only you were interested in. I have made many friends around the world at exhibitions and met people I had corresponded with for years but never met.

These aspects of the hobby are to me far more important than just filling another gap. However, don’t forget the dealers. Not everything goes through eBay and the better you know a dealer, the more likely he is to offer you that rare piece before he offers it to others. It is also a delight in going through cheaper boxes of material at overseas exhibitions and finding usages of material from the country you collect to unusual destinations. The sort you never find in Australia.

So if you do nothing else this year, try and attend at least one exhibition, especially if you have never been to one. They will delight I am sure and given the locations of this year’s exhibitions provide a great excuse for a holiday as well. If you need any further information see www.apf.org.au or contact me at Darryl.fuller@ home.netspeed.com.au Stamp News - 51

Cinderella Corner Welcome to the first issue of Cinderella Corner for 2016 and my first as a regular writer for Stamp News Australasia. I begin by extending my thanks and appreciation to Tony Presgrave for his hard work and commitment towards providing incredible Cinderella Corner pieces over the years. His dedication has helped develop and cement the important place that cinderellas have in philately and, through their exposure, to also help safeguard their longevity in the years ahead.

As an avid collector and researcher of Australian cinderellas and labels, I hope to offer much to Stamp News and welcome the opportunity to regularly present information with other collectors. If you have an item (or perhaps several) that you wish to share and discuss, or have any general comments about Australian cinderellas, please email me at: vitomilana@hotmail.com I anticipate that Cinderella Corner will continue to run as a regular inquiry into many of the countless cinderellas from around our Nation and, in doing so, build upon the body of knowledge that exists on them. It never ceases to amaze me how many new labels are regularly unearthed and help to redefine our understanding of them and how they were utilised across the decades. Com-

ments on the scarcity of some of the discussed labels will also be offered alongside some suggested prices. I also welcome suggestions and robust feedback on how best to approach future Cinderella Corner articles in the future.

While this January issue serves as a commentary on a few cinderellas from my own collection, future Cinderella Corner pieces will most likely also feature items from other collectors. I look forward to a healthy partnership with Stamp News Australasia and its readers throughout 2016 and beyond.

Essex Motor Cars

The following four illustrated advertising labels share a common Essex theme. Their association with cars and car products serves as an early example of motor and vehicle-themed cinderellas from Australia that are, currently, a popular collecting interest. If not for only one of the four Essex labels that presents the slogan ‘Australia’s Rising Sun’, it would be questionable if they were truly Australian. Thankfully, the rising sun label, with its iconic image of the enlarged sun and horizon, helps lend support that they are most likely of Australian origin. Arguably, however, having the name Aus-

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Vito Milana tralia as the only text on the label would have been less affirming, as several early cinderellas produced abroad, especially in the United Kingdom, have the word Australia embedded somewhere in the label’s frame for the purpose of inciting international patriotism and allegiance.

The labels are tall and atypically rectangular shaped at a healthy 55mm by 32mm and are all rouletted 7; thus they would have served as prominently-sized seals affixed to the reverse of letter and envelope correspondences.

Each of the four labels are richly coloured with white margins and texts. They also draw upon different states of nature and the environment, including a brightly sun-lit road, and a dark evening in the open air. The text found on each label is as following: Label 1: ESSEX COACH for Sunny days and Wet days Label 2: ESSEX MECHANICAL MASTERPIECE Label 3: ESSEX MOTOR CARS The SIGN OF EFFICIENCY Label 4: AUSTRALIA’S RISING SUN - ESSEX Without at least one of these labels tied to a

cover with a clear complete (or partial) postmarked date, it is difficult to ascertain a year of origin, given that Essex was foremost a beloved American car (founded in Michigan) with little international export and productivity. Thankfully the written texts that adorn the vignettes serve as opportunities to help establish the time period in which these colourful labels likely entered in the Australian cinderella arena.

Some initial research on Essex vehicles uncovered that the brand of car had a relatively small lifespan. It was introduced at the end of World War I in 1918 and retired from productivity just over two decades later in 1933. This leaves a coverage of some 16 years. Closer inspection of each label’s text then helped to refine this scope.

Label 1 presents the image (and text) of an Essex Coach model, which began production in 1922 and peaked in 1926. The closed door model of the Essex appears in both Label 1 and Label 4 (heading away from the rising sun). The starting point of the timeline of production thereby narrows 4 years or so from 1918 to 1922.

Label 2, unfortunately, yields no further help towards locating the year of these labels. The expres-

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Cinderella Corner sion ‘mechanical masterpiece’ appears to serve as an advertised testimony of satisfaction and praise towards the vehicles moreso than a slogan that offers some historical information about the cars.

Label 3 continues to build the profile. The image towards the base is a hexagon, which encases the words ESSEX MOTOR CARS: while Essex vehicles ran in production until 1933, it was in late 1922, after only around 5 years of production, that they were manufactured by Hudson Motor Company (until 1933). As such, the slogan suggests that the labels were produced under the auspice of Essex Motor Cars rather than Hudson, and the window of possible production of these cinderellas dramatically shrinks to the year 1922 or thereabouts.

Label 4 is where a credible link to Australia is achieved. It illustrates the glorious expression AUSTRALIA’A RISING SUN and the familiar namesake image which first featured on Army Corp badges in 1902 to mark Australia’s involvement in the Boer War. The word ESSEX appears inside the rising sun, with the vehicle driving away on an open plain. The message appears unmistakeable and clear: The American-made Essex vehicles had developed their own iconic place in Australia, entrenched in a patriotic culture forged a few decades earlier. While the written information certainly points to this conclusion, further research established that Essex vehicles were very popular in Australia in the early and mid-1920s and were even sold out at one point. They were, in fact, imported for sale as early as 1919. So alongside a tentative yet plausible production year of around 1922, it appears that these labels are genuinely Australian.

When considered collectively, the four Essex labels advertise a rustic and scenic Australia and illustrate an American car that was hugely popular abroad. They are an attractive set of four cinderellas that showcase two models of the Essex vehicle range and were most likely produced sometime in the early 1920s when the post-war vehicle was a prime seller in Australia. Furthermore, they were adverts that were likely issued for free.

I have personally cited only two sets of these labels with the same four types in each. It is uncertain if other designs exist. They are scarce and valued at around $100 - $150 for the set. If anyone has other examples of these attractive cinderellas or knows anything more about them, please let me know.

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Examples Of Colonial-Era Australian Cinderellas

I am hoping that another occasional feature of Cinderella Corner will be discussions on labels that pre-date World War I, including some early Colonial ones. To begin, I offer four different cinderella items.

Walter Akhurst & Co

This pair of red and white cinderellas are certainly interesting. They are each rather small (measuring 21mm by 19mm) with perforation 14 on all four sides. An image of a corner street building adorns the centre of the frame and is encircled by the text: WALTER AKHURST & CO. KENT ST. SYDNEY. In addition to this, as seen with the help of a magnifying glass, the façade of the building also sports the words AKHURST & CO. These labels advertise the printing business of Walter Akhurst & Co. Walter Akhurst was born in North Adelaide on January 2nd 1854 and died in Sydney on the 6th April 1904. He established his Sydney firm after another printing and lithographic business run by Charles Troedel relocated from N.S.W. to Melbourne. It was opened in April of 1881 and remained active on 307 – 309 Kent Street in Sydney for close to 20 years.

Of further note, Walter appears to have won a stamp design competition run in N.S.W. in 1887.

Through his business, he contributed regularly to printing processes, including some of those responsible for the design and production of Australia Colonial stamps and stationery items.

The labels are scarce and likely dates to the final years of the 1800s.

Vito Milana A.J. Nettlefold

Several copies of this pre-WWI label exist in collections. This example bears a striking postmark from Hobart dating July 28th 1904. The cinderella illustrates the text: A. J. NETTLEFOLD – TAILOR – OUTFITTER in a centre image with HOBART printed above and QUEENSTOWN printed below.

In striking pink and white, the cinderella is perforated 11 on all sides and measures 31mm by 25mm.

In Hobart, Alfred John (A.J.) operated as a tailor and outfitter on Liverpool Street, Hobart, and opened another store in Queenstown (also in Tasmania). One well-centred example of the label recently sold for $100 and they should be regarded as scarce.

Intercolonial Exhibition

This small, circular, brown and white cinderella label has a diameter of 28mm and is wonderfully embossed. The example provided is gummed on the reverse. At the base, printed in white, is INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION VICTORIA. 1866. It is one of, if not the earliest example of an Australian exhibition label.

The Intercolonial Exhibition was an important event as it was the first time Australian colonies came together, in Melbourne, to exhibit and showcase a range of items and achievements guided by specific categories. There were representations from all over Australia and other parts of the world, including New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand. The cinderella itself is an exact replica of the medal awarded to winners at the exhibition.

Like all items relating to this prominent event, this label is scarce and few examples have survived.

International Exhibition Labels (1879/1880)

Like the Intercolonial cinderella, this label also exists as one of the earliest exhibition labels from Australia (research has confirmed that while there is no English text present, they were in fact produced here). Intricately embossed, these seals present the German text: AUSTRALISCHE WELTAUSSTELLUNGEN 1879/80 – REICHS – KOMMISSAR and the English translation is AUSTRALIAN WORLD EXHIBITIONS 1879/80 – EMPIRE– COMMISSIONER. The label is 36mm in diameter and exists in two distinct shades of red. It celebrates the German’s efforts to exhibit a range of products, especially pianos, at the International Exhibition in Sydney (1879) and Melbourne (1880). Several examples have been cited and prices range from $70 to as high as $200.

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Market Matters “Let Them Eat Cake”

Whilst letter, and parcel, and overseas mail prices skyrocket, and local mail delivery time performances schedules are in total disarray due to near non-functioning new sorting equipment - the Boss of Australia Post is splurging out $4.5 million expanding his massive mansion!

Australia’s highest-paid public servant, Ahmed Fahour, plans to spend $4.5 million - the value of a most sizeable prestige home anywhere in this country - just on extending his Hawthorn mansion in the Massive AP salary buys Mansion.

Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. Shades of - “Nero Fiddles, Whilst Rome Burns.” complaint it might still be blocked - stranger things Fahour bought the “Invergowrie” Manor two have happened. Add YOUR say! years ago for just over $A20 million, reported the Domain property tracking website in November. A Letters $1.50 - Media hoodwinked. few year’s pay, bonuses, and the inevitable massive First Class or “Priority” Letters (defined by them as payout when he is sacked/flicked, will have paid for anything up to 5 working days from mailing!) will it, pretty much it seems. Nice work if you can get NOT cost $1 from January 4, as the PO PR spin it. soothingly implies. They will actually cost $1.50, As well as a new pool and landscaped garden, for exactly same speed that costs 70¢ now. The methe Australia Post chief executive has applied to dia does not realise this, as the detail was buried in expand the internal area of the colonial gothic-style the schmooze wording. Pass the link to this column riverside homestead, which was built in 1846 for on to them - tinyurl.com/GlenJan16 James Palmer, the first Speaker of the Victorian There would be a mini-riot if they did know, and Legislative Council.

I do hope someone reading this, can get “Current It reminds me of that alleged Queen Marie AntoiAffair” or someone in mass media interested in nette phrase “Let Them Eat Cake” when the poor highlighting this truly massive hike. people of France complained the cost of bread was By far the LARGEST increase in our 228 year getting too expensive. We can all learn from histopostal services history. From 60¢ to $1.50 in under ry, and Mr Fahour might do well to read up on what 2 years. The new price is near TREBLE last year’s happened to Marie Antoinette! price, whilst the CPI inflation rate has been just a WE are all paying for this mansion of course. few % in same period.

Mr Fahour has just somehow almost succeeded in These are lodged in normal mail roadside red hoodwinking the Government to approve the cost of letter boxes, or normal PO mail bags as always, are a normal first class letter to more than DOUBLE to not tracked, and I have zero doubt they will take as $1.50 from January 4, and has obfuscated the media long or longer than 70¢ mail does today, or indeed so cunningly, that it has barely been reported. as long as 60¢ letter mail took last year. The Express The FINAL approval from ACCC and ComPost Mail system with Gold mail boxes and envemunication Minister has yet to be given, but both lopes still exists at high cost, and this alleged “Priorappear formalities in normal situations. Maybe if ity” system does not replace that, or even pretend enough people read up on this, and lodge a formal to. These new stamps have sideways “V” shape 56 - Stamp News

Glen Stephens

Uninspired new design. months this $1.50 letter mail absolute con was firmly in the wings, and urged dealers and collectors to write to the ACCC and Communications Minister, to try and have it blocked or modified or scaled back. It seems few if any bothered, sadly.

Issue of “Priority Stamp” Bungled.

Brave New World. slits x 4 - 2 on each side, and 4 x vertical slits as well more centrally. All designed to stop these being peeled off and re-used it seems clear. Whether they have used permanent (non-soakable) adhesive, I am not sure.

The PR spin of course is that “Concession Stamps” are unaltered in cost. Most mail users do not qualify for those, and of course that price anomaly will quietly be amended as soon as they are able to - late 2016, is my strong prediction. They’ll likely double too, the very next time they can swing it. AP do not want to deliver mail for 60¢.

All they need to do is quietly cease printing the current design, and only supply a “Priority Concession Stamp”. “Due to strong public demand we are delighted to announce that the new design $1.20 Concession Stamps will now be valid for Priority letters, saving our valued pensioners a huge 20% off the normal cost, and ensuring speedy delivery.”

I have written their PR spin for them up front.

I have warned loudly here in print for SIX

Like many things at AP lately, even the release of these red “Priority Mail” stamps was bungled and chaotic and confused. They were for sale on the PO website in November in sheets of 5 for $2.50, and many stampboards members ordered in November, and received them days later.

The Pamphlet at the POs early December stated these “Priority” stamp labels would be available at POs December 14 (in sheets of 20), and also buyable online on same date. Why they were freely buyable in November is anyone’s guess. A portion of that pamphlet is shown nearby.

And many used them on mail. Some with 70¢ stamps, and some with no 70¢ stamps - full discussion and interesting photos here - tinyurl. com/150stamp I received a cover weeks back from Noel Almeida mailed December 2 from Melbourne, and he feels it will be one of the very earliest covers bearing this new “stamp”.

Then AP panicked and removed them for sale from their website. And a week later added them back on Dec 9. So it seems there was no official First Day Of Issue, and it appears they will not actually be required/legal until January 4. Philatelic Stamp News - 57

Market Matters

Near TREBLED letter cost in <2 years.

Now you see them - then you don’t!

Department missed a huge bonus on these for not offering a formal “FDC”.

Why play silly games?

Why they are playing games, and not just issuing a “First Class” stamp and a “Second Class” one as the UK has done for decades, only the Multi Million geniuses as AP would know. Many folks will simply buy these labels for 50¢ and affix to an envelope, with no other stamps, deliberately or in ignorance.

So AP is costing itself a fortune then, as those users will be getting Priority Mail for 50¢ and not $1.50.

Mr Fahour somehow, despite these genius decisions, gets paid TEN times what the Postmaster General of the USA gets paid, to head a Corporation which due to his litany of poor business deci-

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sions, posted a LOSS for the first time, in the last reporting season. I suspect most of us could have achieved the same loss result, or indeed a profit, for a small fraction of the $A4½m a year this fellow gets.

Hare brained ideas announced breathlessly by Fahour that lost them gazillions I am sure, like “Digital Mail Boxes”, and all kinds of regionalised parcel lockers seem to have been greeted with a vast yawn in the main, from the general public.

As Australia Post is majority owned by the Federal Government - i.e. the taxpayers, WE are all paying for his Hollywood renovation, and goofy products that do not work. It was a perfectly profitable Corporation before the disastrous Fahour era, and it delivered a PROFIT to taxpayers. Management was experienced, the system worked smoothly, and it priced services at a reasonable cost. And

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DELIVERED mail fast.

Whomever decided an ex banker with zero experience in running any Post Office, should be paid much more than many successful CEO’s of very large PROFITABLE companies here get paid, has some big explaining to do. This man seems near universally reviled by all PO employees I have spoken to. Never good for Corporate morale.

Fahour was paid more than the heads of Woolworths, Woodside Petroleum, Village Roadshow, Seven Network, Fairfax, David Jones and JB Hi-Fi received last year. They all run highly profitable, publicly listed companies, and have to answer to shareholders, while Fahour is in charge of a largely protected monopoly, and is paid by taxpayers.

our previous Post Office heads have done exactly that. Enter Fahour stage left, holding his wrecking ball.

ABC News reported this year that fully 20% of our national parcels are mis-sorted and misdelivered, due to the $500 million White Elephant new equipment Fahour presumably signed off on, and was fully aware of was being ordered. Delivery times have got terrible and cost has increased for 60¢ in early 2014 to $1.50 right now for the EXACT service. Near TREBLE. WHY Australia Post ordered this dud machinery from the Netherlands, then literally bolted on a half dozen different software systems that do not all talk to each other, according to ABC News, is a major mystery. Surely there are tried and proven complete systems that other major foreign POs use, that do WORK? Why didn’t we buy THOSE? Why buy some unassembled LEGO style kit machinery, for HALF A BILLION DOLLARS, and then play act with it, and bolt on all kinds of software that does not communicate with each other? It is all like a rejected Monty Python script. All WE are paying for it, all is the sad part. In both massive

POs have 2 VERY simple functions -

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It would be like Qantas deciding not to purchase Boeing jetliners that DO work, and are known to work, and instead, spending that same money on an IKEA kit set passenger plane, assembling it here, and bolting on all kinds of random software and then praying it flew 5000 miles safely. I’d not be flying to Los Angeles on THAT dumb experiment - would you?!

AP has been making a FORTUNE on parcels and packets in recent years, due to enormous increases in on-line buying. AP hikes the rates for those services at will - generally 2 or 3 times a year, as it needs ZERO approval from Government or ACCC for parcel and overseas rates. Hence Fahour and his Incompetence running rampant. buddy Fat Cats obscene salaries are over TREBLE. funded by it all.

These new entrants of course cherry-pick only the profitable Capitals and large city routes, and Parcel Post Competitors move in. leave AP with the incredibly unprofitable ones Of course this Cash Cow has been noted by others, like Thursday Island to Karratha, or Longreach to and vast corporations like Wesfarmers, via their 7 Ceduna etc, which costs AP 10 times to deliver than day a week national Officeworks “MAILMAN” they are paid. Brilliant Business model. parcel network, and Japan Post/TNT are moving My own experiences shows Registered Mail in, as AP have priced themselves out of business on articles often take three weeks to reach destinations parcels too, due to rampant greed, and inefficient here this year since the new “ALDI Brand” sortdelivery. ing fiasco, that used to be next day. Often crossing “MAILMAN” offers low flat rate parcels. They the country several times before arriving at their are running heavy TV advertising campaigns. You destination. Sometimes coming back to me with no can drop them off generally up to 9pm, 7 days a markings, after 6 weeks of dispatch. week nationally, to a vast store network. Their deI had one Registered parcel this week aimlessly livery service appears reliable, and is advertised as a zig-zag from Sydney to Melbourne FIVE times. couple of days, versus the reality of AP of a couple Clearly and correctly addressed, with neatly written of WEEKS many times. postcode, this book was mailed at Castlecrag on the Their 10 kilo parcel for a flat $20 ($19 per 5 morning of November 16. The recipient has aplabel buy) is an example of how low they are. The proved me showing his name and address nearby. very CHEAPEST Sydney-Perth 10 kilo surface It then made FIVE journeys SYD-MEL-SYDparcel - a box of 10 stock books that I mail many times a week with AP, is $44.35. Sydney-Darwin is MEL-SYD-MEL as you can see, for reasons known $68.35 - Mailman is a flat $19 for either. AP is well only to these malfunctioning “sorting” machines, 60 - Stamp News

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Can anyone misread this “3502”? and their brainless Laser Beams. Before leisurely heading out to Bendigo, and onto Mildura, where it I’ve stopped writing my postcode on sendings arrived December 4. now, as the dopey machines read my “2068” and It would do things like arrive back in Chullora send parcels back to me. I’ve stopped writing my Mail Centre NSW on Wednesday, and sit there PO Box number “4007” too, and use just “7”, as the until Saturday doing nothing, and going nowhere, same clueless machines see that, and send it to Brisas you can see. Sender gets zero compensation for this mess. Buyer blames sender of course for being bane - “4007”. Look at the Mildura label nearby that took 3 weeks - HOW could that postcode slow in delivering. These zig-zags are happening “3502” be misread by either man OR machine? with MOST of my sendings. And I am not alone.

I was told the dud new machines were reading Tim’s Box “2210” as Sydney postcode “2210” Income $15. Outgoings $30. Brilliant.

(Peakhurst) and sending the box back from MelActual cost to Australia Post for this one parcel to bourne each time. Sorting is all done by laser zap around the country was probably $30, maybe beams now, that bombard each side of any parcel. a lot more, in REAL transport, fuel and labour and No humans to be seen. The minute a 4 digit number handling and wage dollars. I paid $15 to mail it.

So this parcel cost them at least TWICE as much to is “read” the parcel goes there. Whether that number is the sender postcode, or a Mildura Box numdeliver as they were paid. And they wonder aloud why they made a loss last report??? And more than ber, as in this case.

New technology takes a little time to bed in, doubled letter cost to make it up! we all know that. However these White Elephant The inmates are clearly running the Asylum, and machines have been in place for a year or so and get something has to be sorted, and sorted soon. AusWORSE, not better each month. Heads should roll. tralia Post will not HAVE a parcel business if this craziness keeps going. Sack the guy who bought these dud machines, and pay someone to get them working, or get new ones, or bring back the old ones. And sell the turkey ones on ebay to Zimbabwe Post or someone who deserves them.

Unique hoard turns up in Switzerland!

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NOT exist, and were unrecorded and totally unknown to philately. Even after 125 years.

The page of MINT Victoria 1880s high value “Postal Fiscals” shown nearby, is one such example.

Excuse the rather fuzzy photo shown here, but it is the only one that was retained of this “find’s” storage when it arrived at the auction house.

As can be seen it shows a set of the Victoria 1880s “Postal Fiscals” from 2/6d to £100. The 3 high values are all in the so-called “Mini Sheet” format with margins on all side. They were printed thus, one at a time, directly from the stamp die. All these stamps were valid for postal OR fiscal use.

Near every stamp on this page is a major rarity MINT. Lots of these stamps have had violet rubber fiscal cancels, or pen initials bleached off, and then re-gummed and are sold on places like ebay to the 62 - Stamp News

Cost 2+ years Bank Manager wages.

Bunnies as “mint”, and of course a rapid UV Lamp check will show they are NOT mint!

However this new find most certainly all had totally original gum. They turned up unexpectedly in Switzerland in the office of well-known stamp Auctioneers David Feldman. British Commonwealth area stamp describer there, Ricordo Verra posted on stampboards “They were hinged to what is best described as the interleaving in old stamp albums, by old paper hinges. So they’ve obviously been tucked away for a long time. Some were slightly stuck to the paper and the gum a little toned but apart from the £10, which has a little toning they all look great.”

We are talking about £230 face value, about 125

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One stamp from this amazing “Find”. years ago. To give this some perspective, £200 was about TWO years Gross wages for a steamboat Captain, or suburban Bank Manager. So probably in the order of $250,000 of 2015 money to buy these New Issues.

Rodney Perry posted on stampboards that is it known Stanley Gibbons sold 5 sets to wealthy clients as New Issues at a small mark up over face value. Count Ferrary purchased one set, and Bill Purves bought that WAY under face in the 1920s Ferrary “fire sale”. His law firm used them on stamp duty documents, hence getting full face

value.

There were a large number of different printings of these high value stamps. All outlined in great detail - different colours, watermarks and printing methods. Geoff Kellow’s superb hard cover book “Stamps Of Victoria”, that I still sell many copies of each year.

A classic.

High Values do NOT exist postally U.

The super high values £25 to £100 do NOT exist postally used of course - but superb looking CTO sets exist, and are good buying even at their current price levels. These were printed first by Recess Engraved, as were the trio sold here, and also later via the far cruder looking Electotyped method.

The £100 pictured nearby I sold recently and I love the look of these stamps. It had a totally unrecorded CTO date according to the recent Kellow/ McCredie handbook, and was a nice looking and clean example as well. These pieces are stars of the

Unrecorded date on £100 Victoria.

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Feldman offered the high value trio as one lot, at vendor request, being the £25, £50 and £100 values with outer margins. They sold for £160,000 plus 20% “Buyer Commission” at their auction earlier this year. At the time, that was about $A325,000.

And is even higher now! tinyurl.com/Vic1880s has the detailed discussion on this amazing modern find, from the time they first were reported to the stamp world, to the auction sale, and the later discussion on how are likely existing etc - interesting reading.

Posting fresh apples to USA!

Artist Peter Liversidge in the UK sends unwrapped items covered in postage stamps to people around the world “The first thing I ever sent was a piece of toast when I was 11” he said in the UK “Observer” newspaper.

In summary, he will send people things through the post (from yo-yos to axe handles) completely

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unwrapped. In place of packaging, the objects themselves are covered in postage stamps with the address painted alongside.

“It’s strange to think about all the people who interact with the letters we send. There’s a certain level of trust you have to have with the postal service, one which I personally never thought of, until I got sent a brush covered in stamps” said Liversidge.

This December 4 article shows images of many of the really strange unwrapped items Liversidge has sent like paint cans, footballs, apples and other strange objects - tinyurl.com/UKmails Someone on stampboards asked HOW Royal Mail cancelled the items, and the linked article above shows other photos of items that arrived overseas and stamps had cds cancels, pen cancels, market pen cancels and some were totally uncancelled.

Season’s Greetings To All!

Last Christmas day we spent in Madrid, a city that really comes alive at that time of year downtown. Then a few days in Istanbul en route to Athens for a wild NYE. Then a flight then to Tirana ALBANIA, for my first visit to that country, seldom on any toursit maps, and also visited Montenegro and Croatia.

Mid year we made a visit to Mongolia for the bizarre Naddam Festival, and then flew out for a few days in the Gobi Desert, with zero

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Sunset in the deepest Gobi Desert.

was “Big Smoke” in comparison.

This Christmas we fly to Thailand, and then have a few days in Luang Prabang, Laos, a very pretty city that I like. A few days there, and off to Sri Lanka for New Year’s Eve, and driving around this not often visited country. Back home via New Delhi, and wade into the back-orders here in early January!

“Thank You” to all readers for the many phone calls and emails with comments - for AND against what has been written here!

“Merry Christmas and Happy New Year”, to one and all, and your families. Be safe - and enjoy the break!

internet access, and drinking fermented Mare’s Milk, and eating goat curd and sleeping in Yurts, which was all pretty weird. A few days in Beijing

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WORLDWIDE NEW ISSUES British Antarctic Territory – British Historic Huts An Historic Site and Monument (HSM) is a protected location of historic interest on the continent of Antarctica, or on its adjacent islands. The list of historic sites was first drawn up in 1972 and was most recently updated in 2013 to include 85 sites. HSM’s are protected under the Antarctic Treaty System, as one of three classes of Antarctic Protected Areas.

All of the huts included in this stamp issue were formerly British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research huts that are now under the care and management of the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT).

Weddell Seals, Damoy Hut, Dorian Bay:

The site consists of a well-preserved hut with scientific equipment and other artefacts. The hut was established by BAS in November 1973 and was used as a transit station for BAS staff and stores to be flown south from the skiway on the glacier above the hut to Rothera Research Station when sea ice prevented access by ship. It was last occupied by BAS in 1993.

It was designated as HSM No. 84 in 2009.

Adélie Penguins, Base W, Detaille Island:

It was established in 1956 as a British science base primarily for survey, geology and meteorology and to contribute to the International Geophysical Year in 1957.

The base closed in March 1959 when solid sea ice prevented the base from being restocked for the season. The ship was unable to break through the sea ice and reach the island so the men secured the buildings for winter and sledged over 25 miles across the sea ice in order to reach the ship, taking with them only the minimum of their belongings and scientific records.

As a relatively unaltered base from the late 1950s it provides an important reminder of the science and living conditions that existed when the Antarctic Treaty was signed over 50 years ago. The completeness of both the buildings and artefacts (there are an estimated 5,000 on site) provide an evocative insight into the way the base was occupied during this period.

It was designated HSM No. 83 in 2009 and was made

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structurally secure and weather tight by a UKAHT work party in the 2010–11 and 2012-13 seasons.

Skua, Base Y, Horseshoe Island:

It was established in March 1955 and closed in August 1960.

The scientific research carried out at the station included topographic survey, geology and meteorology. Extensive survey trips, often covering hundreds of miles and lasting several months, were undertaken from the station using dog sledges.

The excellent condition and completeness of both the buildings and artefacts are of considerable historical significance; together they provide a very special time-capsule of British life and science in the Antarctic during the late 1950s.

There are an estimated 10,000 artefacts on site and the nearby ‘Blaiklock’ refuge hut is considered an integral part of the site.

It was designated HSM No. 63 in 1995. Conservation work is scheduled to start during the 2016/17 season by the UKAHT.

Blue-eyed Shag, Base E, Stonington Island:

Base E is of historical importance in the early period of exploration and later British Antarctic Survey (BAS) history of the 1960s and 1970s. It was established in February 1946 and had two periods of operation from 1946–50 and 1960–75 when the base permanently closed. The famous polar explorer Sir Vivian Fuchs was the Base Commander in 1948 and 1949. The station closed in 1950 due to continuing difficulties in relief by ship, caused by bad sea ice conditions but reopened again in 1960 when a new hut was erected. The research in these later years focused on geology, glaciology and meteorology.

Stonington Island is also the location of the US ‘East’ base established in 1939 by the US Antarctic Service Expedition and then later reoccupied in 1947–48 by the private Finn Ronne Antarctic Expedition. This marked a period of cooperation between the two stations. The well trained British sledging teams provided ground control for the American aircraft carrying out aerial photography. The data was made available to both expeditions.

The site was designated HSM No. 64 in 1995. Conserva-

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tion work is scheduled to start during the 2017/18 season by the UKAHT. There are an estimated 500 artefacts on site.

Orca, Base F, Wordie House, Winter Island:

Base F (Wordie House) is of historic importance as an example of an early British scientific research station. It was established in January 1947 and the main hut, ‘Wordie House’, was named after the chief scientist on Ernest Shackleton’s epic 1914–17 expedition. This hut also stands on the foundations of an earlier building, used by the British Graham Land Expedition [1934–37], which was destroyed (possibly by a tsunami) in 1946.

The most important scientific research carried out here was in meteorology. Recording instruments were housed in meteorological screens, one of which can still be seen today a short distance to the east of the hut. The meteorological recording programme transferred to the larger base on Galindez Island, when Wordie House closed in 1954, where it continues to this day. This work has produced one of the longest and most important continuous scientific datasets from the Antarctic.

It was designated HSM No. 62 in 1995. The base was made structurally secure and weather tight by a UKAHT work party in the 2009/2010 season. There are an estimated 500 artefacts on site.

Gentoo Penguin, Base A, Port Lockroy (FDC):

Base A at Port Lockroy is of historic importance as an Operation Tabarin base from 1944 and for scientific research, includ-

ing the first measurements of the ionosphere, and the first recording of an atmospheric whistler, from Antarctica. Port Lockroy was a key monitoring site during the International Geophysical Year of 1957/58.

Following a conservation survey in 1994, British Base A Port Lockroy was recognised for its historical importance and designated as HSM No. 61. The buildings were renovated in 1996 by a team from BAS and are opened seasonally by the UKAHT to visitors during the Antarctic summer. This is made possible only by the proceeds of the small gift shop which all go towards conservation of historic sites in Antarctica.

Port Lockroy is not only an important natural and historic environment, but also a destination for many from around the world who want to come and learn more about the Antarctic.

One role of UKAHT in this is both as monitor and regulator.

UKAHT consistently monitor through a long-term environmental study, now running for more than a decade, the impact of visitors to the site; and, in conjunction with that study, regulate the number of visitors and ships visiting the area, as well as, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty, imposing strict site guidelines to ensure the environment is properly cared for.

The UKAHT also runs the Post Office at Port Lockroy on behalf of the Government of the British Antarctic Territory which donates a proportion of the Post Office revenue to the UKAHT. Around 70,000 cards are posted each year for over 100 countries. Mail usually takes 2-6 weeks to arrive. There is no express service available!

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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 4.30pm Bridgetown Library Ph 08 9761 4638 or 08 9761 2005 Busselton SC: Mtg 1st Mon, 5pm 7th Day Adv. Church, Alpha St; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.au Canning SC: Mtg 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. www.sass.asn.au Tamworth PS: Mtg 1st Mon ex. Jan. Tamworth Bridge Club, 7 Hilton St, Tamworth Sec. Graeme Mitchell. PO Box 678, Tamworth NSW 2340 Ph. 02 67664853 Taree RSL Club Ltd SC: Mtg 3rd Mon 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 Citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 4169 0256 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 PS Contact: K. Grey Tel: 08 8752 0446 or email cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894 City of Noarlunga PS: Mtg alternate thurs,-- Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, Contact 08 85566371 or PO Box 272, Port Noarlunga 5167 Eastern Districts PS: 2nd Thurs (ex. Jan), 7.30pm Senior citizens Hall, 47 Reid Ave. Hectorville; PO Box 240, Magill, 5072; Ph: 0400 156 796 Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608 Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; aydepe@bigpond.com; Ph: 08 8555 3311 SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074.

Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st 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)

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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1.30pm - 4pm. PO Box 2261,Mt Gambier.Ph: 08 8724 9474 Para Hills PS: Mtg 1st Sun; Community Hall Wilkinson Rd, Para Hills. PO Box 64, Para Hills; Ph: 08 8522 4345 Phillumeny SC: U3/26-28 Crozier Av, Modbury 5092. Ph: 08 8337 6533 Email: www.users.or.net/ figg/amccs Port Pirie PS: Mtg 4th Mon; PO Box532, Pt Pirie 5540; Ph: 08 8632 1105 Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Mtg last Tues, Julia Farr Cent. Canteen, Ground Floor, Fisher St. Ph: 08 8265 7395; PO Box 657, Enfield Plaza 5085 PS of South Australia:1st & 3rdTues; 22 Gray Ct. GPO Box 9800, Adelaide 5001; Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Aust. (Aus. Com. Spect.Grp.): Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm;22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Study Group):Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm; 22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8522 4345 Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Mtg 2nd Tues; SAPHIL House, 22 Gray Ct, Adelaide. email: psandph@arcom.com.au; Ph: 08 8260 3352 Riverland PS: Mtg 3rd Fri, 10am ;Whitmore Hall, Barmera Village; Ph: 08 8595 3023 SA Junior Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Sun 1pm - 3pm;Anyone over 5years, parents welcome. 22 Grey St, Adelaide. 08 8250 0484 Salisbury PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon;StJohns Church Hall. PO Box 336 Salisbury 5108; Ph: 08 8252 2392 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Fri 7.45pm, Old Railway Station (now Community Services Bldng.); Ph: 08 8370 2680 Strathalbyn PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 8pm; Rosa Hoare Room, Lutheran Church Complex Corner, Commercial Rd/North Pde; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 0429 693 747 Ukrainian Collectibles Club: Mtg Wed as per syllabus; PO Box 466, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8345 4033 Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Senior Citizens Club. Taylor St, Kardina. Mtg 3rd Wed ex. Jan; PO Box 178, Bute 5560; Ph: 08 8821 2906 Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 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 Jan 2 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754.

Jan 2 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW. Jan 2 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba.

Ph. 0417 802 754 Jan 2 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea.

Jan 17 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm, Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. 4971 3483 Jan 24 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Community Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm. Free Entry, 6 Dealers, Buy/Sell

victoria Jan 3 - (1st Sun) Western Suburbs Stamp, Coin & Banknote Fair, Strathmore Bowling Club, 40 Loeman St, Strathmore.

Enq: Chris. 0413355716.

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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

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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

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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, Specimen overprints, 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 PSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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