Stamp News Australasia - February 2021

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DISCOUNT SALE FEBRUARY 2021 art Double Cover Album. Imported by original owner from the UK. 29 covers and 4 packs. Most FDC’s are the Stuart brand, which are in higher demand, and much scarcer than the Post Office ones. Good degree of completion in FDC’s for the period. Cover album alone would be at least $40 to buy today. Very cheap at $89 (CSE22) 19. The Collection of Australian Postage Stamps of King George VI 19371952. This set of 2 Albums contains all 91 stamps issued during these 16 years, all in superb mint unhinged condition. This collection was assembled and sold by Sherwood Philatelic in the 1980s and was designed to complement the single year collections sold by Australia Post since 1981. The albums open up to reveal the stamps on special display sheets in the centre and with background information printed at the sides. The album size of 21cm x 30cm is of a similar size to the Australia Post year collections, and a protective slip-case and dust cover is included for the 2 albums. The price reflects the scarcity of the folders. These are now highly collectable, and rarely available on the secondary market. Seen on eBay for $2068.95. our price around 20% of that at $395 (CSE27) 20. Great Britain The Story of the Penny Black and it’s Contemporaries - a 56 Page Book PLUS a Genuine Penny Black Stamp, as packaged and sold by Sherwood Philatelic in 1987. The Penny Black was the world’s first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system and first issued in Great Britain in May 1840. This is a brand new 1st Edition book first published in 1980 by the National Postal Museum London. Leading Australian stamp and coin dealer, Sherwood Philatelic, added a small insert inside the front cover of this book containing a genuine Penny Black stamp, and only a strictly limited number of these were sold from their store in Camberwell Victoria in 1987. Seen on eBay at $6000, our price under 10% of that at $600 (CSE29) 21. Greenland 200 different Mint Unhinged. Great starter collection, price $145 (CJU4) 22. As above, but 100 different, price $69.50 (CJU5) 23. The 1983 Commonwealth Collection. As new Sumptuous Dark Blue & Gold Blocked Leather bound album with slipcase, for-word by HM Queen Elizabeth II. Contains full mint unhinged sets from 57 countries, plus Black Prints from Cana and Falkland Islands. Originally marketed at $625 in the 1st ever TV promotion of a stamp collection Worldwide. Price just 20% of the original price! $125 (1 available) (CJU8) 24. Great Britain used dealer stock 1953 – 2006. All organised by SG number and priced. Housed in 2 x 64 page stockbooks, 1 Schaubek, 1 Lighthouse. Many 1000’s of stamps and many 100s of complete sets. A wonderful lot for a re-seller. Quantities range from 1 to 10 of each. Noted Graphite lines, early Phosphor Commems. Many better high values rarely seen postally used and with Commemoratives to £1.12 and definitives to £5. Easily 5000 – 6000 stamps here. Great opportunity for someone at $795 (CJU9) 25. Australiana. Australian Trains & Paddlesteamers 1993 - 2003. 27 covers and postcards housed in as new Red Padded Hagner Binder and on 10 Hagner pages, some double sided. Cost of album & Hagners alone around $50. Very attractive lot at only $79 (CJU11) 26. Papua New Guinea, 1960 – 1978 semi specialised collection in Lighthouse as new Green leather grain album and Slipcase. Includes unhinged

and very fine cds used. Commences 1960 Postage Dues MUH & used, with surcharges complete ex. SG1. Shells defins. Complete to $2 used x 8 sets, plus some used blocks, 1973Stamp Anniv. used similar, then 1973 Self Govt. Blocks of 4, 6 & 10, both muh & postally used, 1974 Royal visit complete MUH sheets of 50, plus postally used 7t in block of 12, Large Birds Heads in MUH & used, plus blocks and pairs and much, much more. Counted 850 stamps, inc. 7 booklets. Also many imprint blocks. Very good value at under 60c per stamp. Album and slipcase alone cost $125. Price $425. (CJU14) 27. Australia Pre-Decimal mint unhinged collection in Seven Seas Green Padded Album & Slipcase as new. Commences 1914 6d Kookaburra and is NEAR complete (less Kangaroos & KGV Heads & perf OS issues) to 1965 ICY. Missing only 3d KGVI Die 1a & KGVI £1 Robes thin paper. 3 stamps have faults, the 6d Kookaburra and 3d Kookaburra Minisheet are creased. The Kookaburra minisheet is hinged in the margin and the 5/- Harbour Bridge is lightly hinged, with some light gum toning. The Kingsford Smith OS Overprints are cto. Other than that, here we have a very nice clean collection. The as new binder & slipcase retail at $50 and the Sydney Retail for the Stamps is $3925. So a total retail value here excluding the Album Leaves, which are little aged in places is $3975, Price $2625 (CJU16) 28. Norfolk Is. Decimals 1966-2002 compete mint unhinged, housed in as new Seven Seas Hingeless Album, with pages 1947 – 2002. Album new cost approx. $425. Stamps retail at $1695. Total value $2120. Price $1275 (CJU17) 29. West Germany 1950 – 1974 in as new Lighthouse Hingeless Album with Slipcase. Would be 95% complete, either postally used or mint unhinged with just the odd gap from 1954, and all mint unhinged from 1969. 1949 – 1953 is 75% complete used. A very nice lot. Album alone retails at $400 plus the stamps cat. very high. So we figure it at $575, that is around $15 a year for the stamps and half price for the nearly new album. $575 the lot (CJU18) 30. Western Australia 1882 - 1897 Internal revenue stamps, nice lot of mint & postally used on album pages. Comprises various printings inc. 1d x 7 used, 3 mint, 3d x 7 used, 6d x 2 used & 1/- x 1 MNG. 20 stamps in total cat. £492 = $925. Price $595 (CJU27) 31. Australia West-East Air Service 1929 - 1931. Range of 11 flight covers priced to sell at $860. Includes inwards mail from UK, with airmail advert. from booklet pane, Germany 1R Red Zeppelin on cover to Adelaide etc. Very clean lot extensively written up. Price $675 (CJU29) 32. Philatelic Literature, old reference books, magazines, catalogues & auction catalogues. 4.5kg lot for $45 (CAP10) 33. Br. Commonwealth in large green stockbook, Queen Victoria – QE II. Mainly West Indies, but with other bits & pieces and some World inc. early Cuba.. Mostly Mint/Mint unhinged. Noted Bermuda KGV to 1/-, KGVI to 12/6d, Cayman Is. KGV to 1/- etc. Not much if any after 1969. Many complete sets in QEII period. Some toning here & there. 500 plus, mostly all different. Has to be worth 50c per stamp, price $249 (CAP11) 34. Paintings on stamps. Lovely collection mint unhinged or cto on 58 as new Hagner Sheets and Burgundy 4 ring binder. These alone cost $125 plus to buy new. Would have to be 850 – 900 different here. Noted a very nice lot of French Art Stamps, a few of these have adhered to the pages, due to the Gum Arabic used. Also some nice Paraguay, Cook Is. etc. 500 different paint-

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