Stamp News Australasia - June 2023

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£231 face of GB £5 Blue Machins uncancelled, for just £80! - Might be handy for

someone? Mostly Fivers - plus a few other odds, as can be seen. I usually mail this sort of stuff to a dealer colleague at around half face who sends a lot of heavy parcels, but he is on vacation for 5 weeks. Someone cheeky, might glue them onto the current white GB swap for new issues. So out they go for 80 quid to get them off my desk - payment into my UK account if anyone prefers, saving currency exchange rate hassles and overseas credit card fees etc. The very prettiest stamp of the entire Machin era in my view. Two Hagners of them - this is one, the other is at tinyurl.com/231Quid - £80 – Stock 387TW (I also have a bunch of UK COMMEMS as well - miles under face - ask me!)

French Polynesia superb collection 1954-2000 in Lighthouse. Retail $10,000 for just $A2,500! - An outstanding

collection, on fresh and clean and new ‘Lighthouse’ Hingeless album pages, all in a German Binder and matching hard slipcase. As can be seen, pages and binder and slipcase retail for about $A1,000 ALONE! A magnificent collection of stamps inside, from the first issue, to end of 2000. Fresh and clean - a few earlies MVLH, the rest all superb fresh MUH, including all the key items and scarce mini sheets. Many more pages shown here - tinyurl.com/Poly-Fra - There are two sets of superb MUH mini sheets here cat £400 alone! A **NEVER** seen area offered locally, and it is nearly complete - 670 stamps, plus sheets. Catalogue value of them is lightly marked in erasable 4B pencil for your very easy checking. That totals £4,520 = $A9,000. Add the superb new album and pages, and we are at about $10,000 retail here. A truly GORGEOUS collection of recess printed, intaglio printed material, NEVER seen here, in terrific condition, and all housed in a quite EXQUISITE finest quality album. (That of course can be added to if required) Retail prices locally for this material are VERY high - tinyurl.com/Fr-Poly - Have NEVER had a decent collection of this era to offer. $10,000 retail for just $2,500 Just $US1,650 now - Stock 764VF

ICELAND the rare 1950 Mega Top Value 25 Krona in a **MUH** Block 4 - This was about a week’s wages back then in the Post War period! MEGA face

value - the next highest was FIVE Krona. Depicting the historic Parliament Building, this is SINGLE LINE perforated as can be seen, with good perfs and centering. USED are not too hard to source off parcel mail, but **MUH** in a Block is near unheard of, due to massive face - from over 70 years back. SG #308, cat £900=$A1,800 as 4 singles, and a large premium in a BLOCK. Bought well, so priced to sell fast at $1,150 UNDER SG ... $US440 $A650 - Stock 824LK

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Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ......................................6 Montevideo Maru Wreck Discovered : Kevin Morgan ........ 14 Reviews : Mike Lee .......................................................................... 19 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 20 Introducing the APF : Russell Boylan........................................ 40 Beginners, please! Michael Dodd .............................................. 46 Real & Bogus British Island Posts : Christer Brunström ...........50

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In a resplendent formal ceremony, on 6 May 2023 King Charles and Queen Camilla were crowned in Westminster Abbey, where all but two British monarchs have been crowned in the past 900 years. Featuring images from the coronation, this special commemorative sheetlet was created in Wellington by NZ Post shortly after the ceremony.

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A letter taken to the grave

Reported at https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk A postal worker on the Isle of Mull went the extra mile to find the relatives of a woman who died almost a quarter of a century ago.

After being “unsure” where to deliver a letter to Mrs Peggy Stewart , staff from Tobermory Post Office took it to a gravestone on the Isle of Mull.

In a post on social media, the card was laid at the side of the grave with a note, hoping that the family of Mrs Stewart would see that it had been delivered.

The card was addressed to Peggy Stewart nee MacLean, who died in February 2000.

Staff carefully laid the letter by her graveside and called on anyone who knew her to pass on that the letter was there.

A post on Facebook from Tobermory Post Office read: “This card arrived in the post yesterday but the posties were unsure where to deliver it.

“After a wee bit of detective work and a walk round both cemeteries, the card has now been delivered to the right place.

“I hope this message reaches Peggy’s grandchild/ ren.”

Many locals posted their appreciation for the post

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office going above and beyond.

At the same time, the island is said to be suffering from lack of postal workers and appeals have been made to the mainland for more staff.

Royal Mail has yet to comment.

Coronation stamps: cool or crude Reported at https://www.theguardian.com

Four new stamps and a special postmark are being issued to mark the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla, with the stamps embracing causes close to the king’s heart.

Presented in a miniature sheet, it is only the third occasion in history that Royal Mail has issued coronation stamps, the previous two being for George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. The four stamps depict: the coronation, diversity and community, the Commonwealth, and sustainability.

The coronation stamp depicts the moment when the St Edward’s crown is lowered on to the king’s head as he sits in the Coronation Chair. The scene is set in front of Westminster Abbey, with fireworks above, and a gun salute in the background, while celebrating crowds attend a street party and watch the ceremony on a giant screen.

The diversity and community stamp, reflecting the multi-faith community and cultural diversity of Britain, features figures representing the Jewish, Islamic, Christian, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist religions. The background shows aspects of rural and urban Britain including many places of worship.

The Commonwealth stamp reflects the themes of global trade, cooperation, democracy and peace.

Images include an imagined Commonwealth meeting, Commonwealth Games, some flags of Commonwealth nations and a Commonwealth War Graves cemetery.

The sustainability and biodiversity stamp depicts natural landscapes alongside sustainable farming methods and features renewable sources of energy.

Images of diverse forests, wildflower meadows and pollinating insects highlight conservation, while traditional crafts such as hedge-laying and beekeeping also feature.

The miniature sheet background design, also

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featuring a newly commissioned wood engraving by Davidson, depicts intermingling foliage, symbolic of the four countries of the UK: the rose, thistle, daffodil, and shamrock.

Not everyone has been a fan of the new minisheet.

Various comments in the British press include: “They’re like a GCSE art project showing miserable people at a funeral.”

“Sir Roland Hill must be turning in his grave.”

“Yokels with sickles and crowds watching the circus whilst the main characters chat together elsewhere.”

“The design/artwork could be depicting Tractor Factory 3784 in Tobolsk, USSR.” “Why are Charles and the Archbishop of Canterbury black? It looks like an old time minstrel show.”

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Skaife, Dick Johnson and Allan Moffat.

“It is an enormous privilege to be recognised for my contribution on and off track,” said Lowndes.

“The Australia Post Australian Legends Award stamp series is a renowned, so to be included in this prestigious group is very humbling.”

Lowndes’ stamp shows his 2015 Red Bull Racing Holden Commodore VF as it appeared at the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

Lowndes was inducted into the Supercars Hall of Fame at the end of 2022 and the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame in 2019, and was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2012.

The Australia Post Australian Legends Award has been awarded since 1997, when Sir Donald Bradman became the first living Australian to be honoured on an Australian stamp.

Skaife’s stamp will show his 2002 Holden Racing Team VX Commodore.

Dick Johnson’s stamp depicts his 1981 ‘Tru-Blu’

Hitting the road in Australia Reported in https://www.speedcafe.com

This year, the Australia Post Legends Award recognises four Supercars racing greats, including Craig Lowndes, Mark Stamp News - 7

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Ford Falcon XD in which he won the first of three Bathurst victories.

“To be recognised for doing something that has been a lifelong job, of which I’ve enjoyed every single moment, is a great honour,” said Johnson.

Allan Moffat’s stamp will portray the four-time Bathurst winner’s most famous victory, leading a crushing one-two at Bathurst 1977 in the XC Falcon Hardtop.

“Supercars racing is the top category of Australian motorsport and unique to this country,” said Australia Post Philatelic Manager, Michael Zsolt.

“This year’s Australia Post Australian Legends are also being recognised for their achievements off the track, including their continued involvement in the industry and in advocacy, education and charity work,” he said.

Hitting the skies in Finland Reported at https://airlinergs.com

To celebrate Finnair’s centenary, the airline has partnered with the Finnish postal service to create a special stamp.

The stamps can only be used for post within Finland and, like all domestic Finnish stamps, don’t have currency values printed on them.

Featuring a classic blue and white colour scheme and emblazoned with a design to evoke flying and the Finnair logo, the stamps will be available to collectors around the world.

The special centenary stamps are the third time

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the airline has partnered with the Finnish post office, having earlier done so to celebrate its 50th and 70th anniversaries in 1973 and 1993, respectively.

Finnair CEO, said: “Since our first flight in 1924, Finnair has had a close relationship with the Finnish postal service.

“We have come a long way since that first commercial flight from Helsinki to Tallinn in Estonia and gone on to deliver exceptional service to our passengers and to companies looking to fly mail and cargo around the world.”

The Posti partnership also highlights the significant role played by the Finnish postal service which provided mail for Finnair to carry on its first commercial flight, from Helsinki to Tallinn in Estonia in 1924.

Puffin along in Guernsey Reported at https://www.bbc.com

Stamps featuring puffins that arrive in the Channel Islands in spring have been released by Guernsey Post.

The stamps have been designed by Guernsey-based artist James Colmer.

A Guernsey Post spokesperson, said about 100 pairs of Atlantic puffins “reunite on a rocky island called Burhou” every spring.

She said the stamp designs “capture the beauty of these striking creatures” as they gather on Burhou, 1.4 miles (2.2km) northeast of Alderney.

In Spring, the puffins’ grey bodies brighten to a costume of striking black and white and their beaks begin to glow with red, yellow and black stripes.

Each pair is incredibly loyal to each other and will often return to the same home every year where they will raise a single baby puffin, known as a puffling, until it fledges.

Guernsey Post said pollution, dwindling fish stocks and extreme weather variation all posed a threat to the Atlantic puffin and between 2012 and 2017 the island’s population declined.

The RSPB said the puffin was included on the Red List of UK Birds

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of Conservation Concern after being listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Motherly love in Canada Reported at https://www.linns.com

On April 18, Canada Post issued two extraordinary animal stamp designs created with embroidery and beadwork techniques.

“Issued in the lead-up to Earth Day and Mother’s Day, two new stamps celebrating the bond between

sea otter and red-necked grebe mothers and their babies showcase beautiful First Nations embroidery and beadwork techniques — and help raise awareness of the importance of protecting our wild species,” a spokesperson for Canada Post, said.

Mother sea otters are highly devoted to their pups, a trait captured on the first stamp.

The second stamp image shows two baby rednecked grebes riding on their mother’s back.

The two species face many threats, including fishing gear entanglements, boat strikes, oil spills, pollution and other human disturbances.

Blushing brides in India Reported at https:// bittergrounds.com

The Indian Postal Department has issued a set of eight stamps based on the Bridal Costumes of India.

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a bridal dress because according to our culture, red colour means new beginnings and also red colour represents the Hindu goddess Durga.

According to Indian culture, a woman leaves her entire family and goes to a new life to build a new family with the man she is married to.

This is the biggest change for a woman. The Indian bride wears a saree or a lehenga as per tradition in her century. Usually, the bride’s dress is taken from the groom’s house as a shogun.

Kashmiri brides complete their steps with woven sarees that are particularly attractive because of

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their ornate work. The bride adorns your face with a matching dupatta.

According to Indian culture, bridal jewellery includes many ornaments like a turban, anklets, bangles and mangal sutra.

A Punjabi bride wears a salwar kameez like a lehenga for her wedding.

Never on a Sunday in the US Reported at https://www.pbs.org

The US Supreme Court has been wrestling with the case of a Christian mail carrier who refused to work on Sundays when he was required to deliver Amazon packages.

While the court seemed in broad agreement that businesses like the Postal Service can’t cite minor costs or hardships to reject such requests to accommodate religious practices, it was less clear what they might do about the particular worker’s case.

The case before the court involves Gerald Groff, a mail carrier in rural Pennsylvania. He was told

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that as part of his job he’d need to start delivering Amazon packages on Sundays. He declined, saying his Sundays are for church and family. U.S. Postal Service officials initially tried to get substitutes for the man’s shifts, but they couldn’t always accommodate him. When he didn’t show, that meant more work for others. Ultimately, the man quit and sued for religious discrimination.

A federal law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, requires employers to accommodate employees’ religious practices unless doing so would be an “undue hardship” for the business. But a Supreme Court case from 1977, Trans World Airlines v. Hardison, says in part that employers can deny religious accommodations to employees when they impose “more than a de minimis cost” on the business.

Three current justices have said the court should reconsider the Hardison case. And on Tuesday other justices also suggested the “more than de minimis cost language” was problematic.

The case is continuing with no determination to date. Groff v. DeJoy, 22-174.

Israeli Post under attack

Reported at https://www.timesofisrael.com A hacker group attacked the websites of Israel’s national mail service and major banks Friday, briefly bringing them down in an assault seemingly timed to coincide with a day of Iranian-promoted anti-Israel events.

The attack was quickly squelched, authorities said, with apparently no significant harm or data leaks, though the websites of two telecoms and more banks later went down, indicating that the cyber assault was not over.

The attack was claimed by a group of hackers that goes by “Anonymous Sudan,” in a telegram message

posted by the shadowy collective.

The National Cyber Directorate said the site for Israel’s national mail service was back up and running after a few minutes.

The directorate noted that the hackers did not gain access to internal documents or files, but merely the customer-facing interface.

In recent months, Anonymous Sudan has claimed several short-lasting attacks on government services, healthcare and other operations in European countries. Some experts have speculated they may be linked to Russia’s Killnet hacking group rather than Sudan.

Your drugs are in the mail in The Netherlands Reported at https://nltimes.nl

The Dutch Parliament has recently drawn attention to the vast quantities of drugs being disseminated through its postal system.

There have been calls for improved detection and reporting of “unusual shipments” and for postal companies to annually disclose the quantity of drugs seized with employees to be better equipped to handle such situations.

In 2009 the Dutch postal sector was deregulated which allowed multiple postal companies to enter the market.

Dutch Customs officers found drugs in nearly

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27,000 pieces of outgoing mail last year, significantly more than the 15,500 mailed drugs intercepted in 2021. The majority of the seizures consisted of ecstasy or MDMA (the raw material for ecstasy) smuggled from the Netherlands to countries like the United States and Australia.

Customs officials attributed the rise in intercepted drug mail partly to their enhanced monitoring efforts. Moreover, smugglers are increasingly using letter mail over package mail as it allowed them to remain anonymous.

South African Post on the ropes Reported at https://www.mondaq.com

The Pretoria High Court has placed the South African Post Office under provisional liquidation, signalling the end of the state-owned entity.

A recent court case revealed SAPO had total liabilities exceeding assets by R4-billion making the once-proud institution technically insolvent.

A final liquidation order, however, hasn’t been issued just yet. Management, workers, and creditors have until 1 June 2023 to argue their case against such a fate. If they fail the Post Office would fall under a liquidator’s control, with workers losing their jobs and over 7 million citizens who rely on the service for monthly grant collections left in the lurch.

The provisional appointed liquidators are tasked with managing the Post Office’s assets, verifying creditors’ claims, and determining the nature of those claims, all while collecting outstanding debts.

The South African Post Office’s inability to adapt

has created a vacuum, quickly filled by private companies offering speedier, more reliable postal services. And as the clock ticks toward 1 June, the state-owned enterprise clings to the hope of a government bailout and a chance to restructure.

Liberia on the up and up

Reported at https://frontpageafricaonline.com Liberia has launched its first National Digital and Postal Address System which is expected to have a wide impact on service delivery.

It is planned that after the project’s implementation, the technology will become the foundation for the development of other digital solutions to solve specific challenges within the country.

“A computer science student can develop an eCommerce application on top of the NDPAS; a fashion student will be able to easily set up an online business delivering orders to customers on time and to their doorstep; and a Dumboy seller will be enabled to advertise their street stall to a larger market online,” a spokeman said.

A local postal worker explained –“before the system we would often have to spend hours searching for addresses, which has resulted in many missed deliveries and unhappy customers.”

With its improved addressing system, healthcare providers will be able to easily locate and reach patients in remote areas and slums, for example, a resident of West Point slum, Monrovia, who has fallen critically ill will be able to simply give their 6-digit address code to a helpline operator and receive first aid medication right at their front door.

Qatar goes robotic

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mobile robot (AMR) technology developed and supplied by Libiao Robotics.

Installation of the new system is set to commence this month and is expected to be completed in four weeks. Sortation robots provide an alternative to the fixed tilt-tray and crossbelt conveyor-based sortation systems that have historically been used within parcel service operations.

Designed to be cost-effective and flexible, sortation robots require a smaller floor than a conveyor-based sorter to achieve the same throughput. Furthermore, with no fixed infrastructure requirements, they are scalable and, because additional robots can be introduced as and when they are required, they

warehouse technology.

offer the flexibility needed to cope with spikes in demand.

Robot sorting is in operation at a number of sites in the Middle East. In Dubai, for example, the introduction of 156 robots has led to increased productivity and workflow efficiency have increased since the switch to robotic

Revenge of the turkeys

Reported at https://www.nbcboston.com Two turkeys attacked a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Massachusetts, last month, according to the man, who had to have his hip replaced, and neighbours who helped shoo the birds away.

The mail carrier is recovering, but he says the aggressive behavior is becoming a big problem.

“I was horrified when they came flying in my face,” Eddie Mitchell, who’s carried the mail for roughly 20 years.

“They started to gobble gobble,” Mitchell said. “I was like, let me get back to my truck. I turned my bag to defend myself. I walked back to my truck and that’s when they started making noises.

Then they flew right in my face and knocked me over.”

A neighbour helped get the birds away from Mitchell when she heard a scream.

“They were sitting there acting like they wanted to be near him some more,” she said. “I think they were attracted to his mail bag.”

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Montevideo Maru Wreck discovered after 80 years!

The wreck of the Montevideo Maru has been discovered after 80 years! The remains of Lark Force Australian personnel were on board.

The shipwreck of Australia’s largest loss of life at sea was found on 18 April 2023, more than 80 years after it sunk. An estimated 979 Australians died, along with 33 Norwegian sailors and 20 Japanese guards and crew.

The Japanese merchant vessel the SS Montevideo Maru was sunk on 1 July 1942 off the coast of the Philippines after setting sail from the former Australian territory of New Guinea.

The ship was carrying approximately 1,060 prisoners from around 16 countries, including 850 Australian service members from Rabaul. The ship was not marked as a Prisoners of War transport.

The number and identity of those on board the Montevideo Maru was not fully revealed until after the war, but the location of the shipwreck has remained a mystery.

Now, 81 years after its final voyage, the resting place of the Montevideo Maru has been discovered.

The search was led by notfor-profit Silentworld Foundation, deep-sea survey specialists Fugro, and supported by the Department of Defence.

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The Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP said of the discovery: “At long last, the resting place of the lost souls of the Montevideo Maru has been found.

“We hope today’s news brings a measure of comfort to loved ones who have kept a long vigil.

“The extraordinary effort behind this discovery speaks for the enduring truth of Australia’s solemn national promise to always remember

and honour those who served our country. This is the heart and the spirit of Lest We Forget.”

The history

Lark Force was an Australian Army formation established in March 1941 during World War II for service in New Britain and New Ireland. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Scanlan, it was raised in Australia and deployed to Rabaul and Kavieng, aboard SS Katoomba, MV Neptuna and HMAT Zealandia, to defend strategically important harbours and airfields The objective of the force, was to maintain a forward air observation line as long as possible and to make the enemy fight for this line rather than abandon it at the first threat as the force was considered too small to withstand any invasion.

Most of Lark Force was captured by the Imperial Japanese Army after Rabaul and Kavieng were captured in January 1942.

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Montevideo Maru Wreck discovered after 80 years! torpedoed and sunk by the USS Sturgeon. Only a handful of the Japanese crew were rescued but none of the 1,050 or so prisoners survived, because they were still locked below deck.

The units involved were: • 2/22nd Battalion Australian Infantry Battalion • 17th Antitank Battery • A detachment of Royal Australian Artillery • A company of Royal Australian Engineers • An anti-aircraft battery • Supply, signals and medical detachments • 80 militiamen of the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles • 1st Independent Company (Kavieng, New Ireland) • 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps Little correspondence is known to have survived from Lark Force, however I have been able to locate a few covers from this period and ascertained the sender, and their war record in some cases.

Others I do not believe were aboard the ill fated ship and may not have survived by the date that it sailed.

There may still be relatives of these men, maybe children or grandchildren, so if any readers are aware of any or may even be related I would be very interested to hear from you.

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Those I have identified who were aboard, all from the 2/22nd Battalion are: Corporal Robert William Russell born at Brighton 28.2.1920 and lived in Moonee Ponds Victoria, enlisted 13.6.1940 at Caulfield Victoria. Aged 22 Private John Henry Parsons VX30375 born at Glasgow, Scotland 20.5.1906, enlisted 5 June 1940. Died Aged 36 Warrant Officer Class 2 Robert Loftus Hastings Moran VX40323 born at Mornington, VIC, 20 May 1905, enlisted 1.July 1940. Died precisely 2

years after enlisting aged 37 Lance Corporal Charles Andrew Campbell Brown VX25915 born at Brighton Vic. 19.3.1910, died aged 32

A.I.F. 2/22 Battalion, Regimental Band

Nearly every member of the 2/22 Battalion Regimental Band was originally a Salvation Army Bandsman. All enlisted together as non-combatants and served as stretcher bearers and medical orderlies. Brunswick Victoria Salvation Army Corps alone lost 7 members, including their Bandmaster, who was a noted composer for brass bands.

Of the twenty-four who enlisted, only one survived their deployment to New Britain in 1941.

Jack Stebbings was killed on the 23 January 1942 while riding. William Haines and Ronald Cook died at Tol Plantation on 4 February 1942. A. Creed lost his life on one of the mountain tracks of New Britain. Frederick Meyer died on 27 April 1942 of illness at a mission station and Stanley French died on 15 February 1942. Bandmaster William Gullidge and bandsmen Wilfred Trigg, Raymond Cairns, Kenneth Drew, Albert Fry, T.Henderson, Harry Harvey, Mervyn McPherson, Francis Meddings, B. Morgan, Stanley Parker, Harold Pannell, John Robertson, N. Smith, M. Thomas and Reginald Watkins were listed as being on board the Stamp News - 17

Montevideo Maru Wreck discovered after 80 years!

Top Left : Warrant Officer Class 2 Robert Loftus Hastings Moran Top right : Corporal Robert William Russell Left: William Arthur Gullidge

Montevideo Maru when it was sunk on 1 July 1942.

The only survivor was Fred Kollmorgen.

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morning playing bright and happy tunes. On a few of those occasions the drummer, a short, rotund man with a big bass drum balanced out in front of him, would march along wearing only a towel. What a sight! The band, most being Salvationists, naturally took part in the life of the local Salvation Army Corps. Some opposition arose from the military hierarchy regarding their playing at the Salvation Army open air meetings. Eventually the order came through that no Army personnel were to stand at street meetings. After that they marched around in big circles during the street meetings until they were finished!

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SG Poland 2023 Edition Paperback, 210 pages, 2nd edition RRP A $44.75 Nearly eight years have passed since the publication of the first edition of this catalogue arrived back in 2015, so it’s no surprise that we find 36 of the 210 pages in this volume are taken up with new issues, which are covered up to the Lost Architectural Treasures issue that was released at the end of June 2022. The publishers advise that there have been 100’s of price increases.

Apart from the issues of Poland we also find listings for German Occupation of Poland 1915-1918, Polish Military Post, Polish Occupation – Central Lithuania, Polish Post Offices Abroad (Constantinople and Odessa), Allenstein, Danzig, Polish Post Office in Danzig, Marienwerder & Upper Silesia.

On page iii we find a listing of 20+ altered catalogue numbers and a couple of added stamp listings. Also on this page is a listing of two Polish Specialist societies, one in the UK, the other in the US. Poland itself has now issued more than 5000 stamps so it’s odd that, unlike most SG catalogues, this one doesn’t have a design index. Ah well, maybe it will be there for the next edition. What is included is an excellent 6 page article by Adrian Keppel entitled ‘Engraving is a matter of light and shadow’ which tells the story of the life & work of master stamp engraver Czeslaw Slania. This is a fascinating read, even if you aren’t one of the legion of collectors who already collect the stamps created by Slania (there are more than a 1000 of them from many countries!)

If Poland holds any philatelic interest for you, this volume is a must have.

cember 2022, as well as comprehensive listings of the Convention & Feudatory States issues. The publishers tell us that ‘Prices have been extensively revised with many substantial increases’ and that there are ‘dozens of newly listed errors & varieties’ and ‘numerous additional notes to aid collectors and a number of new variety illustrations’ But there’s much more including fully priced listings of Indian stamps used in Abyssinia, Aden, Bahrain, British East Africa, Dubai, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Muscat, the Straits Settlements and Zanzibar, with extended notes of their use in Burma.

Also included are listings for China Expeditionary Force, Indian Expeditionary Force, Indian Custodian Forces in Korea, Indian U.N. Force in Congo, Indian UN. Force in Gaza (Palestine), International Commission in Indo-China, Indian National Army with detailed notes & Japanese Occupation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

New for this edition are the India used abroad listings for Dubai and Kuwait and there is an abbreviated listing of Indian stamps known used in the sub-offices of Aden.

The listings of the 1971 Refugee Relief Fund overprints have been extensively revised, with a number of new overprints and varieties listed for the first time and extended notes on their use. Also several new plate, watermark and other varieties have been added throughout the catalogue.

Unlike the Poland catalogue, the new India edition does include a 7 page design index for issues from 1947.

The 7 page article at the front of this catalogue is entitled ‘The King-Emperor’s Head: Mackennal’s other sculpture of George V’ by Douglas N. Muir RDP and deals with the design, production & issue of India’s first KGV stamps.

Given the great philatelic popularity of this area I can imagine this catalogue may well sell out, so don’t take the chance of that happening and grab one as soon as you can!

Both of the catalogues reviewed here are available as Digital versions, check the SG website under ‘Stamp catalogues’ for full details

SG India 2023 Edition Paperback, 312 pages, 6th edition RRP A $62.95 This immensely popular collecting area is well served by this new 6th edition of the SG catalogue. Indian new issues are listed up to the Shri Visamanbapu issue of De-

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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for June 2023.

This month’s column looks at Australia Post new issues, an enigmatic Queensland postal card, literature and forthcoming exhibitions.

Queensland 1909 1d Official Postal Card – A Masterpiece in frugality and improvisation An unusual official postal card was issued for use in Queensland in about 1909.

This postal card (Figure 1) on first appearance appears similar to the 1888 1d sideface postal card with a colonial era British coat of arms and a scroll heading on poor quality paper but with a 1d Queen Victoria numerals in four corners indicium. Closer inspection however shows that the scroll differs in having no ornament above ‘POSTCARD’ and is similar to the scroll used for the 1891 UPU postcards and the Queensland Intelligence and Tourist Bureau (QITB) unstamped cards.

The indicium is perforated Figure 1 1d Queensland Official Postal Card Perforated ‘OS’ Figure 2 Reverse of 1d Queensland Official Postal Card Perforated ‘OS’ Showing Missing Pin in ‘O’ Figure 3 Bush Sunset aerogramme

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Figure 4 Beaches are Calling! Poster Postal Card

Figure 5 Sidney Nolan: Volcanic Bridge Postal Card

OS as was the practice for adhesive stamps used by Queensland Government Departments from 1906.

The card is also known perforated OS with one pin missing (Figure 2). The reverse of the cards is printed with a form used by the Department of Public Lands. This card is very scarce with four known copies, all used. Known used cards are used on: 7 Dec 1909, 15 Dec 1910 (OS complete), 3 Aug 1910, 13 Mar 1911 (missing pin). A true masterpiece in the printer’s art of frugality and improvisation.

one Sakinofsky from the Australia Post Design Studio and was sold for $2.85.

Bush Sunset Aerogramme A new aerogramme was issued on 1 March 2023 (Figure 3). The indicium features an illustration by Boychenko Alexey entitled Bush Sunset and features a range of Australian animals including a kangaroo, a cockatoo, a koala, and numbat as well as a range of flowers. The cachet on the left features a stylised Cockatoo. The aerogramme was designed by Sim-

Prepaid Postcards Three prepaid postcards were issued on 7 March 2023 depicting The Golden Age of Travel Posters: Mildura (Figure 4), Western Australia and the Beaches are Calling! Sold in the small format as a set for $5.85. Four postal cards were issued on 14 March 2023 illustrating Sidney Nolan’s Antarctica paintings: Volcanic Ridge, Bird, Antarctica and Explorers.

Sold in the small format as a set for $10.20. A postal card was issued for the Centenary of Legacy on 21 March 2023 and was sold for $2.55. Four postal cards were issued entitled ‘Sidney Nolan’s Antarctica’ on 14 March 2023 (Figure 5).

Australian Animal and City Postal Cards A further set of ten postcards depicting Australian Stamp News - 21

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Figure 6 Western Rosella Postal Card Figure 7 Emu and Chicks Postal Card Figure 8 Hobart Waterside Postal Card

animals (Figures 6 and 7) and city views (Figures 8 and 9) in a curved border were issued about 14 March 2023 and sold for $2.55 paying postage anywhere in the world. The topics were Koala in Branch, Kangaroo and Baby, Kookaburra on Branch, Platypus on Log, Emu and Chicks, Tasmanian Devil, Darwin, Bungle Bungles and Perth City.

Total Solar Eclipse Postal Cards Four postal cards were issued on 11 April 2023 on the theme of Solar Eclipses. One card (Total Solar Eclipse) was issued in a large format and sold singly for $2.55 (Figure 10) while three cards were issued in a small format and sold as a set for $5.85 depicting Annular Solar Eclipse, Total Solar Eclipse 22 - Stamp News

and Partial Solar Eclipse. This issue was released in the lead-up to a hybrid eclipse (a rare annular–total eclipse), which occurred on 20 April 2023, viewable at 11.29am over a small part of the west coast of Western Australia, the Exmouth peninsula.

New Zealand 40th anniversary of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy Postal Cards Five $3 postal cards (Figures 11 and 12) have been issued by New Zealand to mark the 40th anniversary of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy written and illustrated by Dame Lynley Dodd. The postal cards depict the canine characters and story from the series. Related adhesive stamps were issued on 1 March 2023 with the postal cards likely issued later.

Ian McMahon cards commemorating the 100th anniversary of the independent conservation organisation, Forest & Bird (Figure 13). The four cards featured the native forest birds kōkako, tīeke, kākāriki and tūī representing Kāpiti Island; the tautuku gecko, Gollum galaxias fish, giant southern rātā flowers, and pekapeka long-tailed bat representing the Catlins; the tāiko black petrel, kauri, tohorā southern right whale, werewere-kōkako blue mushrooms, neinei (spider wood) and Cook’s petrels representing New Zealand’s seabirds; and a forest ringlet butterfly is pictured with an Avatar moth, a giant land snail, pygmy pine, windswept mānuka and eyebright flowers representing the Buller Plateau. The indicium on each card depicts the; the tautuku gecko, Gollum galaxias fish, giant southern rātā flowers, and pekapeka longtailed bat. Sold as a set for $13.73.

Figure 9 Cullen Bay Marina Darwin Postal Card Figure 10 Total Solar Eclipse Postal Card The indicium features the canine character ‘Bottomley Potts’ while the designs of the cards feature ‘Bottomley Potts’, ‘Hairy Maclary’, ‘Hercules Morse’, ‘Muffin McLay’, ‘Bitzer Maloney’, and ‘Schnitzel von Krumm’.

New Zealand Forest & Bird 100 Years Postal Cards On 5 April 2023, New Zealand issued four $3 postal

Papua New Guinea Christmas Stamped Envelopes Steve Zirinsky has sent images of the 2022 Christmas stamped envelopes from Papua New Guinea are illustrated in Figures 14 and 15. The envelopes are primarily used by the Philatelic Bureau and both domestic and international envelopes are produced.

Postal Stationery of India CutOuts Used as Adhesives by Madhukar & Savita Jhingan (Figure 16), 40 A4 color pages, Limited Edition of 100 individually numbered copies. 40 pages, colour, softbound.

Covers and illustrates the use of cut-outs from Indian postal stationery from 1856 when postal stationery was first issued, through 1869 when they were first prohibited, through their acceptance in 1905 and their prohibition in 1907. The use of cut-outs of postal stationery stamps is an interesting sideline of postal stationery collecting. The study of the use Stamp News - 23

Postal Stationery of cut-outs and their acceptance to pay postage requires a detailed knowledge of the postal regulations for each country studied. As this work demonstrates the regulations for each country vary over time with cut-outs allowed for a period and then prohibited. In addition, in some countries, envelope stamps may be accepted for postage while postcard stamps are not. In British India after 1907, envelopes could be used as wrappers for newspapers etc. Often cut-outs will appear to have been accepted even when prohibited by the regulations. This work covers the regulations of British India during this period. Many examples are illustrated of cut-outs legally and illegally used including examples where the cut-outs have not been accepted and the cover taxed. USD$35 for orders and enquires please Email mj@stampsofindia.com https://stampsofindia.com/shop/ distribute.html Postal Stationery Collector May 2023 The May 2023 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector included articles on: Queensland Pastoral Supplies Pty Ltd STO Envelopes, The New South Wales Postal Stationery Catalogue and Handbook for Envelopes, Queensland: 19091912 1d Single Postal Cards, NSW Scenic View Postal Cards – Part 2, Australia 18-Cent Embossed PSE Reverse Designs (Part 5): Envelope Contract ATB 18420/75 – Post Office Preferred (POP)

Figure 11 New Zealand Hairy Maclary Postal Card Figure 12 Reverse of New Zealand Hairy Maclary Postal Card Figure 13 Forest and Bird 100 Years Postal Card

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Figure 14 Papua New Guinea 2022 Christmas Domestic Stamped Envelope Figure 15 Papua New Guinea 2022 Christmas International Stamped Envelope Figure 16 Postal Stationery of India Cut-Outs as Adhesives

Symbol Top Right, Listing Of Australian Decimal STO Envelopes Users, “Not Seen and Rare” Used Post Office Wrappers: A Worldwide Sample, Listing of Australian Non-Denominated Postal Stationery and Literature.

Exhibitions 2023 and 2024 There are a range of opportunities in 2023 and early 2024 to exhibit your postal stationery as well as to enjoy the postal stationery exhibits of other collectors: • 11 -15 August 2023 Taipei 2023 FIAP. – entries closed, website https://taipei2023.post. gov.tw/post/taipei2020/en/

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• 2 - 5 November 2023 Perth 2023 Full Australian National – entries open see https://www.perth2023stampshow.com/.

23-28 November 2023 Thailand 2023 FIP (Full World). Contact Commissioner for details. Peter Allan email: hesperus@netspace. net.au Melbourne 2025 FIAP exhibition: Melbourne 2024 has been postponed to 2025.

Dates to be announced.

Postal Stationery at Forthcoming Exhibitions The next Australian national postal stationery competition including an international postal stationery challenge will be at Perth 2023 to be held 2 - 5 November 2023 in Perth. For more information see https://www.perth2023stampshow.com/.

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Collections Sale June 2023

Just a small selection of the many collections we have in stock currently!

21st Century Auctions PTY LTD

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PO Box 1290, Upwey, VIC, 3158 Australia Tel: 0425 795 693 email: kevinmorgan2@live.com www.21stcenturyauctions.com.au

COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 Visit us at our premises by appointment, Opposite Upper Ferntree Gully Station. 9.30 – 4.30 Monday – Friday and weekends by appt. to view any of the lots in this sale, plus a whole lot more! Suite 1, 1174 Burwood Highway Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. 3156 Orders up to $100 are strictly net. $101-$250 deduct 10%, $251-$500 deduct 15%, $501-1000 deduct 20% Orders over $1000 deduct 25% Orders over $2500 deduct 30% Layby welcome for orders above $500 however we do not offer discounts on layby sales. Scans or colour photocopies of individual items are available on request.

Many smaller items, including many that are not on this list may be found in our eBay listings. Our store name is 21st-century-auctions Postage and insurance extra, Free within Australia above $500 for items purchased at full price. We accept Visa, MasterCard & American Express at no fee. Hours generally 9.30am – 4.30pm Mon – Fri, but we will often answer the phone after hours.

Collections, Lots, Packets & Mixtures 1. Cocos Keeling Islands Complete 1963 – 1998 mint unhinged in Green Padded Seven Seas Hingeless Illustrated album. Album new cost $170.

Nice clean collection, fresh MUH (Just the 7 pre-decimal stamps are MLH. Includes 1990 $5 Airmail, 1990-1991 provisional overprints set of 7 with the 90c CTO as usual. Sydney retail $1100 +, plus value of the album, replacement cost $1270. Price $895 (CMMY1) 2. Australia & AAT, used collector’s duplicates 1970 – 1990 approx.

Housed in near new $75 Ka-Be Brown 32 black page leather stockbook.

Some nice high value commems. & defins. $5 noted. 1100 – 1200 stamps. Very cheap at $89 (CMMY2) 3. France & Colonies, early to modern mint & used collector’s duplicates.

Housed in near new $75 Ka-Be Brown 32 black page leather stockbook.

Commences Ceres & Emperor’s heads (no imperfs) through to late 1970’s, but most are pre. 1939. Colonies are most, if not all pre-independence.

Noted Syria, Indo China, Algeria, French Oceania & Polynesia, New Caledonia, Cameroon, Dahomey, Senegal, Central Africa, Congo, Togo, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Tchad, Tunisia, Niger, Gabon, Madagascar, Mali, Somalia, Martinique & Mauritania. The Colonies number about 650 – 700 and are mostly all different. The France about 700 – 750 with duplication in the earlies.

Great postmark/variety potential. A very nice clean lot for $245 (CMMY3) 4. British Commonwealth & Empire mainly all different collection mint & used, Queen Victoria – about 1986. Also a few foreign. Housed in near new $75 Ka-Be Brown 32 black page leather stockbook. Neatly organised alphabetically or by region & chronologically. No Australia, Canada or New Zealand but plenty of the smaller countries and islands. Noted good ranges of Barbados, Jamaica, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, Egypt, Ceylon/Sri Lanka. 1650-1750 at a guess.

Probably would yield 125 – 1500 different. Plenty of earlies in this lot.

Neat, clean and well worth $289 (CMMY4) 5. Australia Decimal & Pre-Decimal used collector’s duplicates. Housed in

near new $75 Ka-Be Blue 32 black page leather stockbook. Commences around 80 KGV Heads, values to 5d, also a few Kangaroos to 2/-. Other pre-decimals to 1/6d double globe Hermes and decimals to late 1980’s.

1250 – 1500 stamps. Condition mostly ok. Good value at $149 (CMMY5) 6. Christmas Island collection 1958 - 1999 in Seven Seas Hingeless Green padded album new cost $290. fresh MUH lot. (1958 Defins are MLH) missing only Birdpex ‘90 ovptd. MS but includes 1993 Taipei & Indopex MS. Sydney retail $1125, plus album value of $290 = a replacement cost of over $1400. Price $975 (CMMY6) 7. Canada & New Zealand used collector’s duplicates, neatly organised.

Housed in near new $75 Ka-Be Brown 32 black page leather stockbook.

Canada commences Queen Victoria small heads, through to late 1980’s with values to $5, about 750 – 850. New Zealand a similar period, with 350 – 400 stamps. Nice clean lot, with duplication. Very good value at $149 (CMMY7) 8. GB, USA + World, in old 1950s stock album - just $110. GB, USA + World, in old 1950s stock album - just $A55! Interesting old lot from estate, untouched for near 50 years It looks like. Sold as received. This is an early old post war blue linen covered stockbook that leaves half of each stamp covered in the manila card strips – much X-RAY peering needed!

No glassine or cello strips available back then. Useful Singapore (a good deal of SG value there) and French Polynesia – latter alone retail $40 or so. Also useful NZ and a fair amount of Japan. There is duplication in this lot, virtually all postally used. Could be anything in here when carefully checked. $110 (CMMY8) 9. USA made dark green ‘Whitman’ 1935 hardcover World Album. Sparsely filled oldie that arrived in an estate lot. Looks like quite a bit of interesting looking stuff in here, even though it has been raided! A few reasonable bits of India, Japan, Straits Setts. & Malayan States & USA plus a few others, also a bag of about 500 mixed World pre-1950. Nice stuff to play around with on a Winter’s day. 750 – 1000 here for $98 (CMMY9) 10. Papua New Guinea FDC collection 1958 – 76, mostly official un-addressed, plus some Pope John Paul II covers. Housed in 2 bulging red Gibbons Pioneer Cover Albums. Spotted many better inc. 1961 Legislative Council, 1964 Birds Defins. to 10/- plus 1966 Butterflies Defins., Shells & Panorama Defins. Looks compete for the period. Very clean and attractive lot. 114 items all up, has to be worth well over $2 each, price $225 (CMMY10) 11. USA 1893 – 1995 approx. mint & used collection. Housed in 2 near new Lighthouse 32 black page stockbooks, dark green & dark grey with marbled effect covers. Current retail of these $54.95 each. Book one contains mainly used, with light duplication. Nothing towrite home about in the earlies but there are plenty of high value airmail stamps, some of which are quite scarce. Values here to $13.65 and with a total face value for the airmails and other high values alone of around US$160. The mint unhinged also has a high face value of US$250 plus again with high value airmail issues. A near compete run through I believe from 1927 – 1995 of mint, with most being fresh unhinged and including imperfs. and minisheets. Guessing around 3000 – 3250 mostly different here,

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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 with a huge retail/catalogue value. A neatly set out and clean lot. A good deal at not much more than 20c a stamp. Price $695 (CMMY11) 12. Australis Post’s fabulous collections of die proofs, posthumously reproduced from the original plates and presented in lavishly illustrated albums with interleaving, brass corners and slipcases. This is the first lot for these we have handled as a complete group for a decade or more! About 80 in all, these are each fully listed in the Specialist Catalogues for $20 to $30 each and often sell for more than this for the more popular stamps.

So around $2000 catalogue value here not including the lavish albums.

As a group we can offer these at well under a half, $875 (CMMY12) 13. Australian Stamp Replica Card Collection 1984 – 1993 from SRC1 – SRC28. Neatly presented in a near new Brown Padded Seven Seas special album alone retailing at $50. The Sydney retail for these is over $270, so we have a replacement value of $320. Save 40%, and buy at under issue price! Only $189 (CMMY13) 14. Australia World Wildlife Fund Collection including 1998 Birds, 2006 Whales, 2009 Dolphins and 2011 Mammals in a WWF padded black stockbook with matching slipcase. Each set includes stamps, m/sheets, FDCs and fact sheets. Price $200 (WWF1) 15. Australian Antarctic Territory World Wildlife Fund Collection including 2001 Leopard Seals & 2007 Royal Penguins in a WWF padded black stockbook with matching slipcase. Each set includes stamps, m/sheets, FDCs and fact sheets. Price $150 (WWF2) 16. Australia Collector’s Duplicates, 1937 – 2005 in 2 Binders of Hagner pages plus near new Blue 32 page Lion Brand Stockbook. These alone would cost $125 plus to replace. Many complete sets & High Values. Mostly used, a few mint. Must be around 4000 stamps. $259 the lot. (CM17) 17. British Empire Queen Victoria on quality Lighthouse style pages, mostly fine postally used. Comprises Bechuanland, Br. Honduras, Ceylon, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Labuan, St. Lucia, Sierra Leone & Trinidad.

Catalogue some years ago at £2545. Checked a few, most have gone up in price by around 10% or more, the odd one has gone down, and a few SG numbers have changed. A very clean lot. Stand out items are Ceylon SG 18 £180, sg 193, £160, Cyprus SG 16 £500, Gibraltar SG 5 & 6 £325, SG 25 £100, SG 33 5 Pesetas, top value £120, etc, etc. Well above the condition usually seen. 104 stamps, price under 40% $1795 (CMN4) 18. Europa, wonderful lot of unaddressed FDC’s dating from 1958 – 1964. A very clean lot of illustrated covers, which sell at $5 to $15 each.

All countries appear present. Could well be some complete year sets, no time to check, some minor duplication, but usually different cachets.

Around 200 here, cheap at around $2 each, price $395. (CMY3) 19. Vietnam collection mint & used on stock pages, earlies to 1988 said to cat. £300. Looks to be about 300 different. Also, a page of Sri Lanka, not counted in value. Good clean lot, price $269 (CMY5) 20. Norfolk Island, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY10)

21. Papua New Guinea, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY15) 22. Nauru, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions!

The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY16) 23. Samoa, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY19) 24. Wholesale parcels of Australia pre-decimals, made up to order at approx. half current retail. 1913 – 1965. These lots will contain some duplication. State whether you require mint unhinged, mint hinged or used or a mixture of all three. Lots from $50 to $5000 (CMY21) 25. Australia or Worldwide, your choice. Mishmash of stamps, covers, post office packs, recent incoming mail from overseas etc, booklets, complete mint unhinged sets, minisheets etc. You name it, it may well be here! 1kg lot for $95, 2kg for $179, 5kg for $425, 10kg for $795. Massive 20kg lot for $1495 (CMF10) 26. Shipping covers and postcards, all from Europe inc. GB & Ireland.

Would make a nice display Naval / Nautical / Ship Mail / Paquebot, etc.

Many Germany plus Poland, UK, France, Netherlands and Scandinavia, most with Special cachets & Postmarks. Very attractive lot from the mid.

1980’s. Cheap at under $2 an item, price $269 (CMN4) 27. Burgundy Australia Post Padded Binder with Africa &Omnibus issues on Hagners & Vario sheets. Noted Katanga ovpts on Belgian Congo MUH Some adhered to page. (29), Silver Jubilee used sets (6 plus odds), 1937 Coronation used (c50 sets MLH/used) & 1949 UPU (c24 sets MLH/used) plus odd later Omnibus to 1981. Zanzibar 1957 set of 15 MLH, useful Ethiopia, Basutoland surcharges to 1R (2 different), Somaliland KGVI surcharges to 5/- & QEII to 10/- MLH, S. Nigeria KEVII to 2/6d MLH & Northern Rhodesia KGVI 3/- used plus Rhodesia 1905 2/6d Falls used plus others in mixed cond. (many 100s) Some very good pickings in this lot.

Price $1495 (CMN6) 28. Worldwide Forgeries & Facsimiles plus a few Cinderellas, exhibition labels etc. and a page of Stamps on Stamps (some forgeries may be genuine) Mainly 19th Century, in red 32 black page stockbook and on album pages etc. Plus, forgeries catalogue of 237 pages by Dorn of Haymarket London. Strength in German States, but also good ranges of British Guiana (inc. The World’s rarest stamp) British West Indies, Cape Triangulars, Newfoundland (inc. Bisect on cover), Mauritius, Italian & Papal States, Tibet and much, much more. Counted 950 plus items. Many of these sells between $10 - $25 each or more. Great reference lot! Around $3.75 each, price $3600 (CMN8) 29. Great Britain, mini collection of 25 different mint unhinged complete sets. Nice mixture of Decimal and Pre-decimal sets. Price $49 (CMAU4) 30. As above but all decimal, price $59 (CMAU5) 31. San Marino lovely mini collection of 25 different complete mint

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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 unhinged sets, some great thematics here. Price $49 (CMAU6) 32. Italy, mini collection of 25 complete mint unhinged sets, price $49 (CMAU7) 33. Vatican, mini collection of 25 complete mint unhinged sets, price $49 (CMAU8) 34. San Marino, Italy & Vatican, 75 complete mint unhinged sets, great selection. Price $139 (CMAU8a) 35. British Commonwealth, 50 different mint unhinged minisheets, fine lot. Price $98 (CMAU9) 36. World weird lot in 4 ring binder on stack of about 80 as new 5 to 7 strip Hagner pages, new price $1.75 each = $140. Good ranges of United Nations mint unhinged sets & Sheetlets, Mint unhinged sets of Sharjah, Solomon Is. Decimal Overprints to $2 mint unhinged, useful used Hong Kong about 100 different postally used QEII, France used with some nice Art stamps plus various other odds and ends. Probably 1500 or so, mostly all different. $365 the lot. (CMAU18) 37. British Commonwealth minisheets 1974 - 2000. A very nice collection of 50 different mint unhinged from around the Commonwealth.

Very colourful thematic lot with emphasis on Pacifics. Noted Christmas Is., Norfolk Is., Pitcairn Is., Samoa, Solomon Is., Falkland Is. etc. (2 lots available) Price $98 (CJE8) 38. Australian States, starter collection of 50 all face different, includes Imperfs, Perf OS, State Perfins, OS Overprints etc. May include shade varieties, but unchecked for perforations or watermarks. Very good lot with no heavy cancels, thins tears or creases. Under $2 each, price $98 (CJE11) 39. Australian States, large starter collection of 100 all different, includes Imperfs, Perf OS, State Perfins, OS Overprints etc. May include shade varieties, but unchecked for perforations or watermarks. Very good lot with no heavy cancels, thins tears or creases. Under $2 each, price $195 (CJE12) 40. Worldwide carton lot, with Albums, Covers, Post Office Packs etc. Literally could be anything here, weighs 16kg. Contains 100s of Worldwide covers, commercial & first day, old fast bound Illustrated albums, Seven Seas Albums etc. etc plus some loose stamps. A REAL SORTERS PARADISE! Price $749 (CMM1) 41. Iceland 1876 - 1957. Very nice collection on 20 Hagner pages in near new Red Padded Hagner Binder. Most postally used with some mint.

High degree of completion with a catalogue price of £3270 in SG Simplified Stamps of the World. However, there are many shades and perf. variations here that would bring that up to around £4000. Very good value at around 30% cat. $2225 (CMM16) 42. Massive Worldwide Postcards Collection 19th Century to quite recent, apparently all different (approx. 1200 items), many postally Used to Australia, may include inc. Cook Islands, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, Turkey, Vatican & Vietnam.

Wide range of views & scenes inc. many Tourist Attractions. Mixed Unused /Used. Good overall condition. (1200+ available) Suit collector, hoarder, re-seller or Ebayer! Just see what this stuff sells for online!

Under $1 each! 100 for $89, 250 for $210, 500 for $399, 1000 for $759, the lot of 1200 for $869 (NO59)

43. Christmas Island First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1970 – 2000. 50 different for $89 (CMN4) 44. Papua New Guinea First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1967 – 2000. 50 different for $89 (CMN8) 45. Cocos (Keeling) Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1981 – 1988, Inc. Coconut Minisheet. Great value and huge retail value. Price $99 (CNO18) 46. Christmas Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1996 – 2010, Inc. Chinese New Year issues & minisheets. Great value and huge retail value.

Price $125 (CNO20) 47. Christmas Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1983 – 2006, Inc. Chinese New Year issues & minisheets. Great value and huge retail value.

Price $119 (CNO21) 48. France. 1946 – 1960 Complete fresh mint unhinged. On as new Safe Dual pages. (Excludes the 1960 “back of book item” Council of Europe set). Cat. £3000 plus. Pages cost $250. Priced very cheaply at under 40% cat. $2195 (CNO21) 49. GREAT BRITAIN: 1968-2015 COLLECTION NEATLY PRESENTED in 16 mostly 16-to-64-page Lighthouse or Ka-Be Black page STOCKBOOKS WITH DECIMALS LARGELY COMPLETE FOR THE PERIOD MUH INCLUDING M/Sheets & SOME BOOKLETS, PLUS REGIONALS, IN ADDITION MANY SETS ARE DUPLICATED in very fine used to 2003 TOTAL Retail Value well exceeds $6,000 (1000’s) Amazing lot for the avid collector or re-seller. Price $3995 (CMS24) 50. San Marino 1967 – 1989. 103 x large Registered airmail covers to Melbourne from the San Marino Philatelic Bureau bearing multiple frankings of nice complete sets. Similar covers have been seen on eBay for as much as $60 each! Commences 1967 Flowers to 1989 Architecture block of 4. Lovely lot! Price just $15 each, $1545 (MJL8) 51. Luscious leftovers! Stuff we do not know what to do with. May contain any or all of the following: Small collections not large enough to offer individually, packets and loose both on and off paper, complete sets and minisheets mint unhinged, covers both philatelic and commercial, some from our own incoming mail, Post Office Packs, stockbooks of stamps early to modern. Ask for Australia only or all World. 5kg for $139, 10kg for $259, 20kg for $495 (MJL11) 52. Australia & Victoria Postal Stationery collection, 104 items, mainly postally used in album. Highlight is 1d Red octagonal envelope uprated to Celebes, Dutch Indies, (addressees name deleted. Nevertheless very scarce) Most of this is KGV, with some nice uprates to Holland. Terrific value at under $20 per item, $1950. (FE78) 53. Amazing off paper hoard of Asia, many early up to quite modern large and small. As received from deceased estate and unchecked by us. Includes Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan plus smaller amounts of China & Vietnam. About 500 stamps for $65 (Around 13c per stamp) Double lot for $119. (NM65) 54. Superb off paper sorting mix, mostly pre-WWII Australia with Australian States, Kangaroos, KGV Heads etc, plus a smattering of foreign and the odd more recent. Great for postmarks, varieties etc. Never know what you might

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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 find in this, roughly 30c a stamp, around 250 for $79, 500 for $149 (NM66) 55. Australian Antarctic Territory off paper mixture. Pre-decimal to mid-1990’s, maybe a few later 100g, approx 1500 stamps for $59 (3 lots available) (PM109) 56. Wide ranging Australia off paper, with Australian States, Kangaroos, KGV heads, High values, Decimals and Pre-decimals. Approx 12,500 per kg, and a guarantee of 1500 – 2000 different in the mix. There are values to $10 in the decimal and 5/- in pre-decimal, possibly even some $20 and 10/- stamps. This mix is the best we have seen in a while. % wise reckon on roughly 1% each of States, KGV and Kangaroos, 10% pre-decimal, 5% high values, the remainder will be a very good mix of lower and letter rate values. A great sorting lots! Roughly 2000, under 15c per stamp for $295. (MN34) 57. As above but decimals only, at half the above price, Approx 2000 for $147.50 (MN34a) 58. PNCs (stamp & coin covers) Recently acquired stock, with most at issue price of $19.95, let us know your needs. We can also offer all different lots at under issue price a) 10 Different for $140 b) 25 Different $395 (MN47) 59. 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 a few months ago, and all sold very quickly. This looks to be a better than average mix. Weighs 2.2kg. $265 the lot. (OCT6) 60. Foreign & Commonwealth countries, vast accumulation of complete sets and minisheets, in complete sheets, blocks of 4 etc. Mostly mint unhinged, with a few cto, mainly 1980’s period, some later. Must be 1000 - 1250 sets or so here, good variety, great for the re-seller at under 25c per set! Weighs around 1kg $249 the lot. (OCT6) 61. Australia Mission Mix, an older lot, to the 45c period with good variety, most on single well-trimmed paper. As much as we can cram into an Australia Post 3kg satchel! Very Cheap Price $59, 5kg Satchell for $95 (OCT6) 62. Large shoebox with very nice World off paper mixture old and new, small and large. As donated to leading charity. Weighs 2.15kg inc. the box, must be 25,000 stamps with a great variety here. Has to be worth 2 cents a stamp, price $495 (MAP19) 63. 1500 different Australia, back in stock again, only 5 available. New content, price $109 (MF6) 64. Bulk lot of mainly Australian stamps, covers, albums etc, decimal and pre-decimal as cleared ex deceased house recently. Nothing spectacular noted but heaps of fun especially if you love stuff in bulk to sort! This is quite an amazing varied lot. We are parcelling out in 3 sizes: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449 (FE69) 65. A similar lot to the above, but all World: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449 (FE70) 66. Old tyme dealer’s packet stock, mostly single sets in Glassines priced to sell at up to $1.50 each some 30 odd years ago. These are Worldwide mainly thematic sets, in cto condition. A chance to buy at a HUGE DISCOUNT, there will be some duplication in these lots. 100 packets mixed, $150 retail for $49, Triple sized lot, $450 retail for $99. (FE74)

67. Older Australia off paper lot sold as received. This is an all-new lot, sold as received by us, and totally unchecked for watermarks, perforations, shades, varieties etc.

Pack A) 50 Kangaroos, 75 KGV Heads, 75 Australian States, values to 5/Price under $1 per stamp $195 Pack B) 200 Kangaroos values to 10/-, under $2 per stamp price $395 Pack C) 200 KGV Heads, values to 1/4d, well under $1 per stamp, price $179 Pack D) 200 Australian States, values to 9d or 1/-, well under $1 per stamp, price $179 Pack E) One of each of packs B, C & D, special price $675 (PM30) 68. Germany 2000 – 2014 FDC collection mainly official un- addresssed, very clean and almost impossible to source era. 60 different, many of these sell individually at $5 - $8 each. Price under $3 each, $179 (CMF1) 69. East Germany stack of Maximum Cards, with stamps affixed, and special cancels. All very clean un-addressed with many full sets, and nearly all nice thematics. 93 here, mainly all different. Retail at around $20 for a set of 4. These are mid to late 1980’s towards the end of the Soviet Block era. Well priced at $3 each, $279 (CMF2) 70. Canada 1976 Montreal Olympics, set of official un-addressed covers, each for a different event, stored in heavy duty cover pages. 24 in all, each with own envelope. Cheap lot for an Olympics fan. $69 (CMF3) 71. Australia Mint & Used collection 1914 – 1970 on 20 near new Hagner pages in Burgundy Padded binder, new cost around $90. Commences KGV with values to 4d, nice looking AIF 6d with partial double perfs at left, many blocks of 4 mint unhinged in QEII plus booklet panes, Primary Industries in MUH blocks of 4 plus AAT 1966 defins. complete to $1 mint unhinged. Many hundreds. Very cheap at $149 (CMF5) 72. Australia 1988 Expo, official collection of Pavilion Postmark Covers in near new black folder on 14 double sided Hagners, alone cost $65. 31 covers, 1 aerogramme & 6 postcards. Seldom seen. Price $115 (CMF6) 73. Australia 1966 – 87 in dark blue “Royal” springback album on leaves, near complete mostly fine used, some mint. Includes 1970 Cook Minisheet & 1971 Xmas block of 7 both mint & used, plus 100’s more. Previous well known dealer had price at $130. Very cheap at $97.50 (CMF7) 74. Australia 1913 – 1970 in small blue stockbook, mostly fine used, a few mint unhinged. Noted Kangaroos x 32 to 5/-, KGV Heads x 50 to 5d inc. 1913 1d engraved both mint & used, 1d Red Die II Smooth paper, 1d Green no watermark perf OS, 1/- Vic. Cent perf. 11.5 fine used, 1/- Anzac fine used, Arms set to £2 fine used, Navigators 10/- & £1 and 5/- Cattle in both cream & white papers, also fine used. About 550 all up and appears nearly all different. A great buy at 90c per stamp. $495 (CMF8) 75. Great Britain 1880 1d Venetian Red small covers x 11, neatly hand addressed, all to Andrew or Mrs Mitchell, Edinburgh. Born in 4 North Richmond St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland on 07/14/1848 to Henry MITCHELL and Margaret Lamb. Andrew Mitchell had 10 children. SG 166 cat. £33 each on cover = £330. Family, 6 with nice Scottish numerals 280 or 284

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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 of Perth, plus Glasgow, 1 with Armathwaite cds on reverse plus 3 x Hastings Squared circles inc. one Gensing Station Rd., Hastings. Some are black bordered Mourning covers, and some have backstamps. Price $195 (CMF11) 76. BMA 1947/48 ovpt. on Straits Settlements small covers from 31st Company Royal Engineers Captain to his parents in Sussex. Various frankings inc. multiples of 2c 3c, 6c, & 10c. Also one unstamped sent from Kirkee, India. These are not easy to find nowadays, and this group could certainly make the start of a collection or display. 9 covers, price $135 (CMF14) 77. Australia & AAT 1994 – end of 1999 Complete MUH in New Seven Seas Dark Blue Hingeless Album with matching Slipcase. Includes all mint sets, gutter pairs, Peel & Stick, Framas & Minisheets as issued and includes the scarce AAT Whales & Dolphin ovpt. Singapore& Capex together retail $100 plus. The retail for the entire collection is $225 for the AAT plus $1215 for the Australia. The very nice New Album and Slipcase is an additional $295, so a total retail value here of $1735. Our price saves you $460, at $1275 (CMF16) 78. USA off paper early to reasonably modern to 37c period. Contents of a shoe box, must be 3000 – 4000 stamps here, weighs 250g, sold as received. Could be anything. Price $149 (CMF17) 79. Germany earlier on paper mix, late 1940’s – about 1970 with a few later. Includes Allied occupation issues & West Germany. Many better noted inc. Posthorns to 90pf, Pres. Heuss to 2dm, Mona Lisa marginal block of 4 etc, etc. 1500 to 2000 here, weighing 400g. Total unpicked, from retired school teacher. Around 15c a stamp, price $259 (CMF19) 80. Germany, West. Off paper mixture mostly large commems, values to 3DM, mostly 1960’s to 2000. Very wide ranging colourful lot. About 10,000 to the kg. Around 6c per stamp. Price per 100g $69, 250g $159, 500g $295 (CMF20) 81. Germany States through Germanias, 3rd Reich to Allied 1945 – 49 Occupation issues off paper mainly used. Terrific variety, and totally unchecked by us. About 20,000 to the kg. Under 10c per stamp 100g for $195 200g for $369. (CMF21) 82. Germany mostly West & a few Berlin off paper 1950’s to around 2007 Mixture of large & small. About 15,000 per kg. Around 2c per stamp!

100g for $29.50, 250g $69, 500g $129 (CMF22) 83. Hong Kong amazing on paper mix from parcels & letters to the UK, very modern, noted up to 2020 issues here. Mostly large commems. in blocks of 4, minisheets and sheetlets, with many top values. Usages appear to be from 2013 right through to mid. 2022 all well trimmed and mainly on light weight white single paper, some on thin card. You will never see this again!

Remember the old Bank Packets sold in the 1950’s and ‘60s? Well this is it!

A sample 100 grams yielded 260 stamps. Not a lot of duplication either.

If there is anyone who is not THRILLED I will be amazed! Absolute money back guarantee on this lot. Priced from around 40c per stamp, per 100g $129, per 250g $295, per 500g $579, per kg $1100. (CMF23) 84. Christmas Is. 1958 – 1996 in Blue Binder on Printed Pages. Mostly fine used or cto. Commences 1958 & 1963 Definitives complete, then

1968 Fish 1972 Ships, 1977 Famous Visitors, 1980 Phosphates complete, plus many others, inc. some corner blocks of 4. Quite a few gaps 1988 – 1991 but worthy of completion. About 200 mostly all different. Nice clean lot at around 50c a stamp overall. Price $95 (CMN3) 85. Australia Decimals used, 1983 – 1986 duplicated dealer stock in bulging near new European Black 48 black page stockbook, alone worth $80 new. Many better inc. booklet stamps, Framas etc. 2000 plus stamps, all appear clean many with light cancels. Under 10c each plus the very nice stockbook is free! Many complete sets here. $179 the lot. (CMN5) 86. Papua New Guinea dealer stock of complete sets mint unhinged 1966 – 1983 mostly 5 of each in date order contained in Burgundy “Alligator” Leatherbound 64 page stockbook weighing in at near 2kg. Includes many definitive sets like Shells, Panorama, Head Dresses etc. Probably 300 plus sets here, retail would be huge! Originally priced at $675, our knockdown price $435 (CMN11) 87. Worldwide Balloon flown covers & cards. Amazing collection of 130 flown covers & cards, 1965 -1995. Most of these sell for $5 to $10 each maybe more. Some are pilot signed. Very clean lot, some minor duplication of a few items, no more than 3of each. Countries include New Zealand, France, Czechoslovakia, Aitutaki, GB, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, USA, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Jersey and Vietnam. Wide variety of cachets & frankings. Very cheap at under $3.75 per item. Take what you want and sell off the rest! $485 (CMN13) 88. Poland Cycling covers, nice early lot 1949 – 1971. These are Peace Cycle Race covers x 55 mostly all different a couple of East Germany included. Also includes the very scarce unaddressed FDC for the 1948 Cycling set. Most of these will sell around $5 to $10 each, very cheap at under $3.75 apiece. $199 (CMN14) 89. Very useful World lot, ex part – time stamp fair dealer who used to sell everything at 10c per stamp. They knew little about stamps. So we have 15 large stockbooks, each containing about 1000 different mainly postally used plus a few loose where he was in the process of filling gaps. Definitely will be some pickings here, each book is a bit different.

You really could get anything! Price per stockbook, and each weighs close to 2kg is $65, 3 for $185, 5 for $295 or take the whole lot of 15 books which includes around another 1000 loose stamps for $749 (sent in 2 cartons) (CMN15) 90. Channel Islands and Isle of Man, 75 different mint unhinged sets for $159, or choose 25 different sets of Jersey, Guernsey or Isle of man for $49. (CMN15) 91. Australia 25 different complete mint unhinged issues, all pre-decimal. Includes values to 2/3d. Great starter lot, Price $49 (CMN17) 92. Netherlands 1867 – 2006. Lovely clean Extensive collection of mostly postally used, but with some mint unhinged sets, in nice condition $80 Burgundy Lion Brand 64 page stockbook. Well organised chronologically and appears nearly complete for the period. 1800 – 2000 stamps, all different. Very good value at around 20c a stamp, $395 (CMN18) 93. Brisbane Lions Club Christmas Seals, 8 different mint sheets of 20 or 25 issued 1984 – 1991. Very colourful, and even good to use today on

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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 parcels and presents. We sell these individually at $10 each, but as a lot under half price $39, 5 lots for $175. (CMN20) 94. AUSTRALIA, AAT, COCOS, XMAS IS a rather large 6 volume collection of FDC’s covering the period—AAT 1979-2013, Xmas Island 1996-2013, Cocos 2011-2013—some base cancels AAT, the lot contains Mini sheets, sheetlets. Australia covers the period 1994 -2013 plus some earlier issues starting 1971 Xmas. Housed beautifully mostly on very expensive Vario pages and in ring binders—includes peel and stick issues, miniature sheets, Internationals—looks most comprehensive if not complete for the periods mentioned. The face value alone for the 6 large folders is almost $1,950 and for anyone who is prepared to even soak the stamps off the covers (which are in fact perfect!) still a bargain lot and also brilliant for a reseller. 600 + + covers for just $1625 (CMN20) 95. Br. Commonwealth mainly used Queen Victoria to 1978 mint unhinged in near new Royal Blue Padded Hagner Binder on around 45 Hagner pages.

Good ranges of Straits Settlements with QV Tablets to 50c, KGVI to $2 Malaya Tigers to 20c, BMA to $5 then Jamaica 1919-21 to 2/- cat. £35 (rounded corner) QEII to £1 (2), Kenya, with some nice modern sets & m/sheets, KUT to 10/- QEII then Gilbert & Ellice/Kiribati shells, Capt. Cook etc. A nice clean lot, mostly all different. Close to 1000 stamps here. Has to be worth 50c a stamp. Hagners & Binder cost $155 new. & Price $495 (CMAU3) 96. CANADA: PRIVATE COURIER STAMPS & LOCAL: 1960s-1990s in mostly unused assortment in Lighthouse Vario Pages inc. many Juan De Fuca Despatch 1965-1987 issues, all with specialised catalogue references, many issues in sheetlets or strips, also 1981-89 ‘British Columbia/Private Courier’ issues, plus Canada Strike post, Kaulbach Island and Winnipeg-Pembina Courier emissions etc. etc. Suit specialist or re-seller. 750 or so. Very cheap at around $1 per stamp. $749 (CMY14) 97. French Polynesia, 1954 – 2000 Complete Mint Unhinged on as new Lighthouse hingeless pages in Burgundy Album & slipcase. (1st two pages are lightly hinged) Album alone cost $500 plus! Retail of stamps approx. $3400. $3900 replacement value here for just $2575. (CMF3) 98. British Commonwealth Minisheets, mint unhinged. All different inc. some better countries like Australia, Great Britain, Channel islands, Malaysia, Pitcairn Is., Norfolk Is., Papua New Guinea, South Africa, South West Africa etc. 25 different for $49, 50 different with great variety for $119. (CMF5) 99. New Zealand used collections 1900 to 1980 x 2 in Tasman & Seven Seas both only partially filled, would be good to combine. Good degree of completion in KGVI & QEII pre-decimals. Noted £1 Magenta Geyser horizontal pair, $2 Multicoloured Geyser very fine used. Many 100s, price $195 (CMF8) 100. French Colonies pre-independence issues. Collection of 500 different mint & postally used with a brand new $52 Prinz Dark Blue 32 black page stockbook. Very hard to fine nowadays. Price $325 (CMF8) 101. Australia Yearbook: 1987/88 Bicentennial edition with grey cover (Sydney retail listed price $325) Not in stock anywhere. We rarely see these, maybe 1 every 5 years. Price $375 (CMJ12)

102. Worldwide Junk lots, anything could be tossed in here, schoolboy collections, album leaves, Hagners of stamps, stamps on and off paper, odd packets, first day covers, modern new issues, accessories, outdated catalogues, our own incoming mail etc. any or all of this could be in there. Really do not know what you might get! Not really that bad, but too small to list as individual lots. 1kg for $95, 2 kg for $179, 5kg for $395. (CMJ12) 103. India FDC’s as above, smaller lot of 40 going to 1977 for $29.

(CMJL20) 104. Australia High Values, both commems. & defins. Build your collection for under 50c per stamp. Fine used most with cds cancels. Pre-Decimal to £2, Decimal to $10 or $20. All above letter rate at time of issue.

100 different for $49 (CMAP4) 105. Australia High Values, both commems. & defins. Decimals only. Fine used most with cds cancels. Values to $10 or $20. All above letter rate at time of issue. Only values $1 and above. $400 face value for $49, expect duplication 2 to 5 of each. (CMAP5) 106. World cover accumulation predominantly 1970s-2000s some earlier including 1930’s flight cover, Ross Dependency 1959 Scott Base illustrated and 1963 regal visit covers, Christmas is 1959 set on FDC; Also, Australia pre-decimal FDCS (foxing), special event covers, and other FDCS from AAT, NZ and PNG; few stamps seen incl. MUH NZ Health M/S. Great lot for re-seller/eBayer etc. All housed in 13 as new/near new quality FDC albums Inc. Lighthouse, Gibbons, Lindner. Cost of albums alone to buy now around $325 (many 100s of covers) Price $449 (CEJ1) 107. Australia - first day & commemorative covers: 1970S- early 2000S FDCS array in kiwi fruit carton, ALL appear unaddressed, many of the 1990s-2000s covers still in their Australia Post display packs, a few internationals also a few PSES; generally, very fine. (FEW 100s) Great re-seller lot. Price $285 (CEJ2) 108. Australia - first day & commemorative covers: 1970S-2000S decimal array with earlies including 1971 Christmas 7c BLOCK OF 7, plus many others early sets on non-generic APO covers; noughties era with M/S to $10, sheetlets etc, all in very fine unaddressed condition. Huge retail potential!

(About 1250) very cheap at around 50 cents each. Price $645 (CEJ3) 109. Australia. Deceased New Issue Dealer’s FDC new issue stock. 1971 – 2007 all unaddressed Post Office covers. Quantities vary from 1 to 5 or more of each. Very clean re-saleable stock. Around 3000 covers. Price under 60c each, $1795 (CEJ4) 110. Germany WW1 Feldpost Postcards, inc. Real Photographic, many groups of soldiers, cavalryman with horse and sweetheart etc. Many clear date readable cds postmarks and various Feldpost markings. As usual for these, no stamps, as not available in the field. 92 items in way better than usual condition for these. $1150 the lot (MOC22) 111. Papua New Guinea Big lot of 1000 mint unhinged, 1952 - 2000 values to 5K. Includes blocks, minisheets etc. Many, many complete sets.

Price $495 (CF6)

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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 112. As above, but lot of 500. Price $25 (CF6a) 113. KGV Heads C of A wmk. Extensive collection mint & used on Hagner Pages inc. plate blocks, imprint pairs and blocks, large positional blocks, annotated varieties etc. 2093 stamps inc. well over 100 x 1/4d value.

Price $9895 (CJL9) 114. Great Britain Mint Unhinged Collection 1989 -1999 in near new Red Lighthouse 48 Page Stockbook. Includes Definitives, Commemoratives, Regionals and Booklet panes. Retail approx. $1150. Also includes a fair bit of used in blocks which has not been valued. Around 1200 stamps.

Price $595 (CMA4) 115. France. Substantial 99% complete used collection to 2001 in 3 Lighthouse Illustrated Hingeless Albums, with slipcases. Huge catalogue/ resale value, persons interested in a purchase into 5 figures which could be split into several payments should contact us. Price is negotiable.

(CS29) 116. Mystery or Clearance boxes, seems every dealer has these, we are no exception! Stamps, Covers, Collections, Packets, huge variety & value.

Better than the average clearance lot. Ask for Australia, Worldwide or Mixed. 2kg lot for $169, 5kg for $395, Best value lot 10kg for $695 (MJL5) 117. Olympics and Sports, 1924 – Modern Collection in Brown Leather-look 32 page stockbook. Includes both mint & used sets, and is a bit disorganised, but I managed to count at least 175 complete sets. Most are Olympics but there are other sports issues and some bits and pieces of other countries/topics which are not counted in the value. Has to be easily worth $1.50 a set across the board. Price $259 (MJL9) 118. Papua New Guinea mint unhinged stock 1952 – 2002 in 2 x Brown Davo 64 page stockbooks. Massive lot ideal re-seller, Ebayer or hoarder!

Pre-decimals are sparse, but then later sets up to 20 of each. I guestimate there would be 2500 sets total her if not more, with the average retail per set around $5. So that is around $12,500 retail. This is a real steal for someone at ONLY 20% OF RETAIL $2495 FOR THE LOT! (MJL24) 119. Australia Post 2006 Commonwealth Games folder, containing 17 sheetlets and 5 stamps released for the Commonwealth Games. The stamps are selling fine commercially used for around $2.50 each, which gives you a vast retail of $325, and these are mint unhinged. My price for the lot of 130 plus stamps is $195 (CO10) 120. Japan modern mission mix, about 50% Commems by weight. Very well trimmed single paper and around 6000 per kg. Around 7c per stamp. $44.50 per 100g, $105 per 250g (NM60) 121. Australia off paper, widest possible range. Mostly decimal with recent, up to 2000 different this mix mostly large and with many better values. So cheap at about 2c per stamp! Around 12,500 to 15,000 per kg, 250g for $82.50, 500g for $155, 1kg for $295 (NM60) 122. Japan Commems. on paper. Large modern mix, in high demand.

Modern mix on very well trimmed single paper, we only get about 1kg of this every 2 to 3 months. About 3750 – 4000 per kg. $59 Per 100g, $145 per 250g (MN49)

123. World & Australia on & off paper, wide ranging ex deceased estate.

Last time we had some of this about 3 – 4 years ago we were inundated with repeat orders. We only have about 3kg currently, and believe me it will sell fast. Wide range or early to modern, large and small. Count would be around 4500 per kg. Price $119 per kg, 500g for $62.50 (MN50) 124. Australia High Values, both Commems. & Defins. (No internationals) We have just a small amount of this. About 4000 stamps on single welltrimmed paper. Values to $10, $325 per kg, 500g for $169, 250g for $89, 100g for $37.50 (PM105) 125. Australia Mostly International High Values on paper. Nice range.

500g for $375, 250g for $195, 100g for $82.50 (PM106) 126. Papua New Guinea, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM81) 127. Norfolk Is., 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM82) 128. Samoa, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM83) 129. Nauru, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM84) 130. Europe in $85 64 Black Page Lion Brand Black stockbook as new.

Contains very nice clean collection of Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary & Poland, most used postally or cto. Good range of thematics, all appear different and most are large pictorials. 1000 to 1100 all up. Price $269 (PM84) 131. NZ plus some AAT, Cocos & Christmas Is. Queen Victoria to 2008 in Red 32 black page Lindner stockbook. Most used a few mint or cto.

Very good collection in nice clean condition, ordered by date. Many are complete sets and with values to $5. Probably about 1000 stamps, all different. Price $149 (CF2) 132. Australia 1928 – 1936 KGV Commems. Bulk lot as received recently in packets. Quantities are approximate, comprises 3d Kookaburra x 100, 3d Kingsford Smith x 25, 3d Victoria Centenary x 100, 3d Jubilee x 200, 3d Cable x 350, 3d Sth. Aust. x 200, 1/- Sth. Aust. X 100. Min. SG Cat. £5485, approx. AUD$9650 at time of listing. Unchecked by us for shades, varieties, postmarks, perforations or watermarks. About 1075 stamps for around 80c each. Price $849 (CF6) 133. Worldwide and Australia Clearance Lots. We now have 3 standards for these, Standard, Superior and Super. As with anything you get what you pay for. You can expect complete or part collections, Hagner pages, covers, stamps on or off paper, packets, individual stock cards containing single or part sets, literature including magazines or catalogues. Each lot tailor made. Ask for Australia or World, or a mixture of both. The all World lots will necessarily contain a small % of Australia in most cases. (CF7) 134. Standard 20kg $595, 10kg $315, 5kg $165 (CF7a) 135. Superior 20kg $895, 10kg $475, 5kg $245 (CF7b) 136. Super 20kg $1395, 10kg $729, 5kg $385 (CF7c)

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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 137. Superb “Oxford” Blue padded FDC album, as new, cost $50. Contains 39 Unaddressed British Commonwealth First Day Covers with descriptive text for 1981 & 1982. No Australia, but most are better countries like Falkland Is, Ascension, Gibraltar, St. Helena, Singapore etc. Just $89 the lot! (CF8) 138. Australia 1970 Captain Cook themed collection in blue album with Australian Coat of Arms inc. Post Office small FDC with 30c stamp cancelled Ballarat (Rare!) Then 3 other small plain FDCs cancelled Chadstone Vic, & Bedgerebong NSW. Plus 4 different Royal FDC’s with full sets or minisheets asl 2 x Sigma FDC’s. Various sets and minisheets mint & used, inc. Anpex x 5 some with special cancels, 1 x Rouletted, 3 x Melbourne Airport Ovpt., 2 x Royal Visit Ovpt., Eucharistic Conference Ovpt., Holey Dollar Ovpt. Set of 12 commemorative covers with different dates and towns around Australia and the same on Minisheets used with gum inc.

Thursday Island etc. 60 items, plus a number of sets mint & used and 2 PO Packs not included in this count. Would be almost impossible to assemble today! Priced around $15 per item plus the nice album comers free. $895 the lot. (CF13) 139. Australia 1984 Ausipex collection, inc. Green Padded Album, Official Catalogue, Die Proofs of the unissued 1914 KGV 2d & 1/- Swan stamps, A $35 Season Ticket plus the 3 overprinted Ausipex Minisheets inc. the very rare FIP, the set of 4 overprinted 1982 Commonwealth Games minisheets, the overprinted Americas Cup PSE’s, the Official Auspex PSE & Airlettter, the mint minisheet x 4, the Benham Silk minisheet First Day Cover, plus many others. 43 items in all. Priced at under $11.50 each, a very scarcer assembly $495. (CF14) 140. New Zealand & Ross Dependency FDC collection 1990 – 1997 in near new Blue 4 Ring Binder on quality pages. Commences 1990 Heritage Ships – 1997 Cattle, plus Ross Dep. 1990 & 1992 sets all on Official Unaddressed covers. Noted many booklet panes of 10 different, plus $20 definitive. All in all 29 covers which retail at anything up to $40 each!

Fabulous lot, not many seen from this period. Retail easily $450 if sold individually. Price $249 (CF14) 141. World Miscellany early to modern, mainly postally used in 100 quality 4 strip dealer display cards with removable clear heavy duty cover.

(Cost $95 alone to replace) Roughly 500 stamps with some duplication.

Nice clean lot and very cheap at under the replacement cost of the cards…the stamps come free! Price $82.50 (CF16) 142. Worldwide Minisheets by weight! A long time since we had any of these. A mix of mint unhinged and cto used from a wide range of countries, spanning several decades. 75 to 100 sheets per 100g. Expect duplication in the larger lots above 250g, the 100g will be all different.

Vrtually all good thematics. 100g for $69, 250g for $159, 500g $295, 1kg for $575 (CF17) 143. 1972 Munich Olympics, plus 1 for 1964 Tokyo. Wide range of First Day & Event Covers plus a few Maximum cards mostly from Germany but also Austria, Greece, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Romania, Turkey & Yugosla-

via. All clean unaddressed Illustrated Covers. Most of these sell between $5 - $12.50 each, so priced very cheaply at $189 (CF18) 144. Air NZ 1965 set of 10 Official First Flight Covers for the DC8 service, inc. Sydney/Christchurch and return, plus American Samoa (8) with flights from Fiji, USA & NZ. All official with printed addresses. Many have pictorial cancels. Scarce assembly, cheap lot for $98 (CF19) 145. Winter Olympics 1924 – 1972 on Borek Hingeless pages with complete mint unhinged stamp & minisheet issues commemorating each year from the host countries etc. Just missing 1 low value stamp from Turkey. 29 issues & minisheets. Highly attractive & clean lot. Cheap at $92.50 (CF20) 146. Australia stamp replica cards 1984 – 1987 (No’s 1 – 37 ex. No. 36) in superb near new Seven Seas Blue Padded Album (Cost $130) These are official reprinted proofs/colour trials from the original dies which if contemporary are worth $1000’s each! Price $195 the lot. (CN1) 147. Denmark, lovely used collection from SG1 (1851) – 1980 plus the 1st Greenland set of 1945 mint lightly hinged. Very clean lot and around 90% complete. Housed in superb Lighthouse Green Padded Hingeless Album as new, cost $350 alone. Stamps retail nearly $1700, so $2000 plus value here for $1195 (CN2) 148. Great Britain 1997 – 2000 Royal Mint & Royal Mail Sumptuous Royalty cover album in padded Royal Blue and Gold with slipcase. Contains Royalty Covers, PNC Coin Covers and a 3/4 ounce Silver Ingot Cover replicating the 1951 Ten Shilling Festival of Britain St. George & Dragon Stamp. 19 items in all, with many of the coin covers selling at around $30 each. Several of the covers are signed by the designer too. $329 the lot.

(CN4) 149. Asia, used collection in Importa “Victoria” red leather bound album coast $200 plus, near new. Includes Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Ceylon & Burma. 1800’s to about 1990. Mostly used, some mint, nicely set out with spaces for you to complete. Very fine condition overall, many 100s, price $439 (CN5) 150. Indonesia, 1960-1980 in manila folder on leaves. Mixture of mint & used with many complete sets. About 300 different. Original seller wanted $85 for this, we will be happy with a half of that and under 15c a stamp. $42.50 (CN7) 151. Holland 1993 – 1998 mint & used well organised collection in near new Blue & Gold Leather Bound Importa “Victoria” album (Cost $150 plus) Includes booklets & sheetlets as well as about 95% completion in stamps for the period. Plenty of spare pages for continuation. Original seller’s price, $220. So cheap now at our realistic price of $110 (CN10) 152. Superb “Rotary” 1950’s – 1980’s collection beautifully housed and presented in near new Blue Padded Binder on 31 Hagner pages, replacement cost of these alone around $90. 303 stamps & 17 minisheets including scarce Tonga, 1955 Iran & South Korea, RARE 1955 Panama 1c Black error of colour alone worth around $400 plus heaps more. A lovely lot. price $525 (We also have the Cayman Is. 75th Anniv. rare error stamp

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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 MUH available at an additional $750 if required) Just the album and the Panama would cost you close to $500 at retail level. Price $595 (CN11) 153. Christmas stamps from around the World mint & used housed in large brown stockbook. Many complete sets and minisheets, mostly all different. 1950’s to late 1990’s. Around 500 stamps plus 20 minisheets.

Most of the mint is fresh unhinged. Great value at 25c per stamp & $2 each for the minisheets. Price $165 (CN12) 154. Latin America (Central & South) plus Caribbean & Atlantic mint & used collection in Black & Gold leather bound Importa “Victoria” album with slipcase. Includes Aruba, Curacao (cat. £600 alone), British West Indies, Falklands Is. & Dep. BAT, early French Guiana & Venezuela. Nice lot, worthy of expansion, 100s. Original dealer’s price $825, we reckon at $595 it’s very good value. (CN13) 155. Austria 1925 – late 1980’s mint & used nicely written up on pages and divided into themes Black Spiral Binder. Noted 1950 Birds Airmail set & 1925 Postage Dues set of 27. Near 200 stamps, all up cat. Around £750. Price $375 (CN15) 156. Australia Ausipex 1984, 2 as new luxury padded albums containing what appears an exhaustive collection of these popular issues. Fresh mint unhinged organised alphabetically, plus a few covers and maximum cards. Has the official labels sheet of 20 Counted plus the 2 Tonga minisheet black prints. 44 minisheets, 40 complete sets/issues, 11 cards and 3 covers. Got to be worth $3 apiece, and the very expensive albums are free! Price $295 (CN16) 157. THE DROSS BOX! I think every dealer has one or more of these, anything we cannot find an immediate use for goes in here. Loose stamps we cannot find time to sort, covers, complete sets, minisheets, Hagner pages of stamps, collection remainder, juvenile collections, you name it, it may be here! Choose Australia, Worldwide or a mixture of both. 1kg parcel for $98, 3kg for $275, 5kg for $395, 10kg for $775. (CN17) 158. THE GROT BOX! Empty albums, stockbooks, stock sheets, stamp catalogues, auction catalogues, handbooks etc. (No stamps) Very cheap at just $195 for a $20 parcel. (NO DISCOUNTS ON THESE AND POSTAGE IS ALWAYS EXTRA) (CN19) 159. Germany 3rd Reich, 1933 – 1945 Brand New Hingeless Album, German made, in Black Blue & Gold. Spaces for all 3rd Reich stamps with illustrations and Michel catalogue numbers. Superb! Price $295 (3R1) 160. Australia, International Stamps used on 50 covers and postcards to Switzerland. Wide variety of stamps and frankings used 2000 to 2012.

Noted issues with tabs, gutter pairs, Christmas Is. issues etc. Denominations from 50c to $2.60, with rates up to $4.00. All from a single family correspondence. A bit over $5 each, price $269 (CAU1) 161. Hong Kong superb MUH collection 1953-1999. SG cat. close to £1500 on stack of Scott pages in hingeless mounts - Starts at the 1953 Coronation. From 1972 onwards, it appears near complete, and includes relevant booklets, and all the mini sheets. SG cat noted aside each set in erasable 4B pencil, for easy checking. A Red Hot collecting area, with

many complete hi-cat Definitive sets to $50 in different watermark and papers etc. Totally untouched as received from Estate. A GEM of a collection, try finding another! Over 25 years near complete, for $1495 (CAU4) 162. New Zealand Post Office Blue Leather with Coat of Arms embossed in gold on the cover. Stockbook presented to delegates to the 16th U.P.U. Congress held in Tokyo. Contains NZ & Territories Mint Unhinged. Noted pre-decimal issues 1975 – 1967, 1st decimal definitives to $2 multicoloured Geyser, Arms High Values $4 to $10 (4), 1969 Capt. Cook Set etc.

Also Niue decimal ovpt. To $2 Arms, plus Ross Dep. 1st decimal set. Total 2022 ACS catalogue (retail) value of the contents alone for this rare item is NZ$270 = A$245. We have never ever had one of these before, let alone 2! Binding is a little detached in last couple of pages. Price $199 (2 available) (CAU5) 163. Retired Australia Post Executives 1970’s & ‘80’s accumulation of UPU related items etc. Includes Barbados Passport Style 1979 blue folder with coat of arms in gold, UN 1974 folder, plus items from Australia, Nauru, NZ, Jersey, Malaysia, Norway etc. Includes special Australia Post Office Pack for opening of New Parliament House by HM The Queen. 20 -plus items, price $149 (CAU5) 164. Massive lot of German covers, 19th Century to quite modern (about 2014) You will find Registered mail, Express delivery, FDC’s, commercial mail, etc, etc. to a wide range of destinations. Most are West Germany but also some Berlin, inc. Occupation Issues, and East Germany. Around 425 covers for under $1 each, price $395 (CMY3) 165. Malaysia 1963-96 collection in 4 albums, mainly mint unhinged but some of the earlier issues used and later issues are both mint unhinged and used, plus many extra sets and part-sets of the 1965 Birds, 1970 Butterflies, 1979 Flowers & Animals, and 1986 Fruits. (Qty 1000s) Very good value at $1350 (CFE2) 166. Worldwide commercial mails, large & small envelopes, many with high values & airmails, inc. a lot from Stamp Auction Houses to a Melbourne Doctor. Only about 10% or so Australian. Mostly from the year 2000 to very recent. $95 Per kg. (6kg available) (CFE3) 167. New Zealand commercial mails, small and medium envelopes, mainly pre-decimal KGVI & QEII to Australia. Good variety of postmarks plus some higher values. Price $95 per kg (5kg available) (CFE4) 168. New South Wales plus a few ACT 1980’s – 1990’s commercial mails, mainly stamped small envelopes with a wide variety of cds cancels, many smaller towns noted. Pretty well all clear strikes. Could be some rarer items here. We just do not have time to check. Price $95 per kg.

(8kg available) (CFE5) 169. Australia plain FDC’s 1951 – 1972, appears mostly complete for the period, all nice clean typewritten covers. Weighs nearly 1kg. Duplication up to 5 of each. Great source for fine used sets, with values to 2/3d or 25c in decimals. Priced well under $1 each. About 300 for $249 (CFE9) 170. Solomon Is. 1977 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $319.

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COLLECTIONS SALE JUNE 2023 Stamps retail $960 plus. Total retail $1279. Price $849, save $430 on replacement cost! (CFE20) 171. Samoa 1969 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $395.

Stamps retail $1000 plus. Total retail $1395. Price $945, save $450 on replacement cost! (CFE21) 172. FRANCE: 1849-2007 mint or used collection in six hingeless Lighthouse albums (retail $1000+) with imperfs to 1fr in very mixed condition, 1863 5f used (creasing, filled thin), 1876-1900 Peace & Commerce to 5r, 1917 Orphans 35c+25c used, 1922 Surcharged Orphans set incl. 5fr + 1fr mint, 1927 5fr + 1fr mint, pre-stamp ‘POSTES/PARIS’ 1921 5c green mint and 1922 5c orange unused, 1927 2f & 5fr Air overprints mint, 1927-31 Sinking Fund overprint sets complete mint or used, late 1920s-40s era reasonably complete inc. 1928 Sinking Fund 1Fr & 8.5Fr used, 1931 1.5Fr & 3.5Fr mint, 1937 PEXIP m/sheet with exhibition h/ stamp, with full gum, 1950’s – 2007 largely complete with many MUH sets & m/sheets plus back of book with dues, officials, pre-stamp covers etc. Some of the earlies are mixed condition, 1930s onward generally fine. Huge cat./retail. Many 1000s. Price $7495 (CFE25) 173. To complement the above, a luxury blue padded official 1980 US Olympic Committee cover album with 12 covers commemorating Olympics from 1932 to 1980, with mint stamps from each year attached with a stamp mount to the cover. Superb lot for the Olympics Afficionado. Just $39 (CMO4) 174. South Africa. 1961 to early 2000s ex-dealer’s mint stock on Hagners in three display books with many complete sets, 1990s-2000s era with sheetlets & M/Ss, some duplicated. Lots of thematic appeal with many stamps featuring Birds or Wildlife; predominantly MUH. (many 100s) Price $659 (CJL25) 175. Hong Kong 1912-1962 duplicated remainder collection, mainly used with KGV Mult Crown CA wmk 6c (4), 20c & 30c (2 each), 50c various papers/backs (5), $1, 1921-37 Script wmk 8c perfin, 12c (2), 25c (3), 50c & $1 (3 each) all used, 20c, 25c & 30c Mint, 1935 20c Jubilee Used, 1937 Coronation set (2) Mint, 1938-52 KGVI definitives values to $1 Mint & $5 Green & violet Used, 1941 Centenary $1 (2), 1949 UPU set Used, few 1954-62 QE II definitives to $2 (2), condition a little mixed, still an attractive lot with plenty of pickings, Cat £570+, Price $449 (HK587) 176. Omnibus issues, 1972 Silver Wedding & 1973 Royal Wedding mint unhinged plus some Halley’s Comet 1986 all mint unhinged sets/ minisheets in an as new Lighthouse Blue 32 page stockbook $35 retail.

Plus some used GB Machins values to £5. 1972 SW & RW appears Crown Agents complete with some extras. 100 plus complete sets/minisheets.

Selling at cost price (Was a trade in from a customer) $250 (HK587) 177. India 40 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1974 – 1978. Very clean lot, now becoming very popular. Price $79 (CMJ12) 178. United Nations, New York & Geneva 1961 - 76 mint unhinged in as new Gibbons $100 plus “Philatelic” Burgundy Springback Album, complete with as new Gibbons United Nations Catalogue, retail $60.

Comprises single sets & corner blocks of 4, plus a few FDC’s & Souvenir Cards. Appears complete 1967 - 1976. Around 325 sets, 3 minisheets, 5 fdc’s & 9 souvenir cards. Very cheap at about $1.30 per set, and the very useful Album & Catalogue are free! $429 (CMY10) 179. Australia 1956 Olympics, complete set of 52 “Royal” covers with pictorial cancellation for each event. Each bears either a 4d Green Koala, or 4d Olympics stamp, as some handstamps were authorised for use before the stamps were! Also 1 cover with the full set of stamps. Many different events pictured on the different coloured and varied cachets. Rarely seen these days, a few are a bit aged. All neat typewritten address. A very scarce assembly, price $795 (CMY15) 180. Australia 1947 - 52 range of KGVI era. Illustrated FDC’s plus 3 x 1950 National Philatelic Exhibition covers, 1 with large exhibition label in red-brown attached. Priced up to sell at over $350 based on Rod Perry’s website price list. includes 3 registered items, two of which are from the exhibition. Issues included at Scouts, Stamp Centenary, UPU, Federation 50th anniv. etc. 14 covers. Price under a half, $149 (CMY19) 181. Scouting 1938 - 1968 approx. mostly complete Mint Unhinged sets in near new Maroon Springback Album. Noted several imperf. sets and minisheets from places like Togo, Burundi & Bhutan. Other countries represented include Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Greece, Great Britain, Belgium, Taiwan etc. 55 complete issues, Cat. £325 plus. Album alone to buy today would be around $100. Price for the lot just $5 per issue $275 (CMY27) 182. Worldwide picture postcards, some used, unused, earlies moderns and in betweens. Mostly street scenes & architecture. 100 different for $89 (MF2) 183. Nice little starter collection of 50 different Australian States. On our list at $56, special price $49 (AP17) 184. Australian States, new lot just arrived. Values to One Shilling. All States represented. A very good range unchecked for postmarks, perforations, varieties, or watermarks. No more than 2 or 3 of the same stamp in the 100 pack. Price $99 per 100, 200 for $189, 300 for $269, 400 for $339, 500 for $399, 1000 for $765 (PM114) 185. Australia magnificent OFF PAPER MIXTURE. Just arrived and simply brimming with better values. Starts 1930’s to about 2005. Huge variety.

About 1000 for $59. 2500 for $139, 5000 for $265. (PM115) 186. As above but Decimals only 1966 – 2005. Same prices as above.

(PM115a) 187. World off paper…huge variety mostly postally used gathered from 3 different sources and mixed to together to give you the best early to modern mix we can muster! About 15- 20,000 per kg. Buy from as little as 1½c per stamp! 100g for $35, 250g for $79, 500g for $149, 1kg for $285, 5kg for $1275. (PM115a) 188. Christmas Is. & Cocos (Keeling) Is. off paper mixture, many high values and recent to about 2016. Many very fine used with circular cancels.

50 different for $49, 100 mixed no more than 3 the same for $98 (PM104)

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Glen Stephens Rarity Offers For 20 years, my ’Stamp Rarity Page’ has been a “must visit” place for many collectors and dealers, globally - www.tinyurl.com/RarityGlen Large clear photos, and lots of detail, and FIXED NETT PRICES. “Philatelic Porn” as one client jokingly described it as! No 20% “Buyer Fees” to add on top etc. All credit cards accepted - even Amex, and with NO insulting extra fees to you either!

Each month I’ll add here, a couple of items from that page, for the possible interest of readers. Choice material, and special collection offers etc, from all over the globe. Material on that page often sells FAST - within hours of being listed up, and it changes often - weekly mostly, so do bookmark this page, and check often - www.tinyurl.com/RarityGlen

JUICY Aust Decimal MUH coll from stamp #1 in 1966, to 1990s, Just $A325 -

on 37 Hagners. Fresh MUH incl all the goodies like 1971 Xmas Block 7. plus the 7 singles.

Defins to $10 etc. Soil/Medical Gutter pairs in both Thick and Thin lines versions (pricey) and the VERY scarce 1969 Flight Block 9, not just the usual strip of 3. Booklet TAB PAIRS of the booklet stamps etc. Retail of the pre-1972 alone is $250, and the FACE value alone of the post 1972 is $224.22. Retail of those is $450, plus the $250, plus $65 of Hagners = $665 retail.

Many more pics here - tinyurl.com/Oz-Decs - a clean and very solid complete collection, great Estate Buy at UNDER HALF retail. $A325 - Stock 535GY

30 years of GB FDC - 260 Diff - SG Cat $3,000 for $A400!

THIRTY years of GB FDC - 1975 to 2004. All official Royal Mail FDC - 260 Different FDC! All neat typed addressed, as was strict Royal Mail policy, and are cat by SG thus.

Expensive Mini Sheets, High value Defins, even a special £2 UK soccer coin, in a 1996 Soccer numbered PNC cover - not in SG or counted here, but a $40 retail item and very popular. SG cat £1,609 = $A3,000 - all neatly pencilled on reverse for your easy checking.

Even soaked off as VFU they are worth WAY more than $A400! A set of 4 are usually $5 in VFU! And some of the Mini Sheets like the 2000 Millennium are super scarce, and sell for $30 or so, mint or used. One man’s collection - from the Estate, at a crazy low price - they will sell FAST! Nice looking condition overall, and a wonderful and strong nucleus to add to. Only a few of them photo’d here - www.tinyurl.com/30YrsFDC - $US270 or $A400 Stock 195PS

Singapore 1969 150th Anniversary of Founding Sheet, Superb MUH:

The scarcest post-war item from Singapore. A tiny print run well over FIFTY years back, and of those, most are hinged, toned, or broken down into the expensive singles by now! Superb MUH, and the stamps are WELL CENTERED as you can see ... near none are, as you’ll know if you have looked about. FLAT and pristine gum - been in UK all its life - MANY are crumpled, and with bends from Asia sources. A Key QE2 era issue from anywhere, from a super popular country, and with high catalogue values globally. About $US325 at $A500 - Stock 372TA

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Following from the last couple of months looking at where to begin with stamp collecting, and just what areas or subjects you might like to focus on, this month we look at how you might display if you choose to exhibit at your Club or an Exhibition: Exhibiting – Display Sheets The APF is often asked for advice on the best display sheet to use for exhibits.

Display sheets come in different sizes, weights and colours. Each sheet is put into a lightweight transparent protector, with only one side open. The protector should not exceed the display sheet by more than 1 cm all round. Sheets without protectors will not be accepted into any exhibition.

Display Sheet Weight Standard paper is about 80 gsm and is too flimsy for exhibiting. By the time you affix a cover to the page it will need the additional support that a heavier grade paper gives. Try affixing any cover/ postcard to the top of a sheet of standard A4 paper and leave about 1cm of clear space above it. Now try standing it upright (as if it were in a frame).

Then turn the page upside down – so that the cover is at the base of the sheet. Although the sheet of paper with the cover at the base is more stable the overall appearance aspect of an exhibit would look odd if covers were only at the bottom of each sheet.

It will cost a bit more, but it is worth acquiring a heavier weight paper. A heavier grade paper page will be better able to support the cover in the upper position. Up to 140 gsm can still fit into a computer printer.

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sheets that were 230 x 290 mm in size. Since the mid-90s, with the introduction of personal computers and various types of printers, exhibitors were given more freedom to decide how to prepare, organize and print their exhibits. This included the use of other sheet sizes.

Exhibitors can now choose from the three sets of FIP approved exhibit sheet sizes. It should be

noted that these approved sizes include the protector that surround the sheet. See sheet dimension diagrams below.

• A4 – 210 x 297 mm or 230 x 290 mm • A3 – 420 x 297 mm or 460 x 290 mm • Square – 310 x 290 mm Even though the FIP has approved page heights of 29.7cm there are many exhibitions where the frames do not allow this height. We recommend that you should not use standard A4 (210 x 297) or A3 (420 x 297) as they are usually about 1 cm too tall to fit into frames. We recommend using sheets that do not exceed 283cm in height including the protectors. It is important that the height of exhibit does not exceed the frame height, or you may receive your pages back damaged.

The first option uses the smallest sheet. There will be 16 pages in one frame (4 rows of 4 pages).

The second option is the largest format, where there are 8 pages in one frame (or 4 rows of 2 pages). The third option is the so-called square or “Damian Läge” format (because he was the first to use the format). This uses 12 almost square pages per frame (or 4 rows of 3 pages). Examples of these can be seen in the following frame

Russell Boylan

Philatelic Development Officer, APF

layout options.

Which sheet size should I use?

Looking at exhibits in current exhibitions, I have noted that more than half of the exhibitors use the smaller size pages. If they choose to use larger

pages, it is more common for them to use the largest size and not the square sheets.

Exhibition frames can take pages that are wider than standard A4 or A3. However, exhibitors often use the narrower pages. Presumably the choice is made because their existing home printer will easily print these pages.

There are advantages to the exhibitor in using the widest of the small sheets, 230 x 283 mm. If you intend to exhibit often it is worthwhile reviewing the cost of a new printer to give yourself more flexibility.

It might be best for new exhibitors to start with option 1, the smaller size pages.

Unless you are an experienced exhibitor you will find the smaller sheets simpler to design and the text will flow naturally from left to right, top to bottom. They are also easier to manage when there is a need to modify or rework. However, there are at least two occasions when new exhibitors need to consider using larger pages: when displaying very large material and when they want to show several items on a single sheet that simply do not fit onto the

smaller page.

An exhibitor should never cut, shorten or fold covers. Mounting long covers at an angle or vertically should be avoided. It is relatively easy to place them upright or diagonally so that they fit

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on the page, but they don’t look right like that (see figures 1 and 2). You do not read an addressed cover leaning heavily to one side! With larger pages you can mount larger items horizontally, so your material can be seen easily. In Revenue and Open exhibits, due to the often large or unorthodox sizes of non-philatelic materials, mounting on the larger size sheets can often be advantageous to achieve a more attractive presentation.

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smaller sheets have four margins, but one large sheet has only two margins. With fewer margins you can use the expanded centre area of the page.

There are other considerations. With the largest sheet you only have half the number of pages and you may be limited in the number subtitles that you are able to use. However, in general, a larger page allows you to be more creative when writing up the text.

The largest sheet size is not easy to handle or to layout the material and text correctly. Some exhibitors use large sheets but still divide the page into two halves, sometimes even separated by a line in the middle of the page. This is not liked as it is poor treatment and difficult for the reader to follow. If you use the large sheets you need to manage to fill the whole page and take care of the fact that you should be able to read from left to right and from top to bottom.

The square sheet is gaining in popularity. It has the advantages of the additional width and can accommodate almost all the oversized items. Some classes such as postal history, postal stationary aerophilately, astrophilately and maximaphily have material that are mainly envelopes or cards. The danger of using the smaller sheets is that usually only two items can be placed on any sheet and the exhibitor can fall into a repetitive “tram track” layout, each page has two covers one on top of the other, or inappropriate overlapping. The square sheet overcomes these issues as the extra width encourages offset envelopes and allows more material

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per page. It is also easier to design than the larger pages and this can lead to improved treatment.

It is possible to use a mixture of sheet sizes in one exhibit. You do need to consider the overall balance or appearance of a random double page in an exhibit. You also need to be careful to plan the flow of your exhibit to take the layout of the frame into account. You must make sure that a double page will fit where you want it. You can have a double page at the start or end of a row with two small pages on either side, or have one small page, one large page and one small page in

one row.

When you have decided on the paper to use you should buy enough paper to see you through the life of the exhibit. It does not look good if newly mounted sheets are different to the original.

Display Sheet Colour Display pages should be plain with no lines. Many exhibitors use white pages.

Although white is a fairly harsh colour it is perfectly acceptable. Off-white, cream and pastel colours are not as harsh in appearance still give a good contrast to the material shown thereon.

You can buy paper in any number of strong colours and fancy pages with arty surrounds and headings.

This may be suitable for party invitations but not for exhibits because it detracts from the more important material on it. In effect you will more likely be penalised by judges if you use garish coloured paper because it will be difficult to focus upon what you are saying. Black pages are not allowed.

Obviously, it is up to the exhibitor to choose his or her exhibition pages carefully, but please bear in mind that there are some other aspects that need to be considered before finalising one’s choice.

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation rial and will not damage the pages and material over time. Remember if the protectors are too large, they may not fit the frames and could be damaged or your pages may not be exhibited.

The word “archival” has become one of those terms used to sell products and make consumers feel safe. But with no regulations to control or define what constitutes an archival product, consumers must educate themselves. You should look for plastic that is polyester, polyethylene or polypropylene. Be wary of ‘vinyl’ or ‘polyvinyl chloride’ or ‘PVC’ as it is not safe and is highly reactive. This reaction will, over time, cause permanent damage. For better quality and protection, use Mylar sheet protectors (also called polyester).

Pages should be numbered. This is best done with a small sticky label on the back of the protector.

Australian Philatelic Federation

APF Store: The APF Store has display pages, sheet protectors and archival quality photo corners for sale.

The full list and associated prices can be viewed at the following website: https://apf.org.au/store/.

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Beginners please!

Hello and welcome to the next part in my tour of British Commonwealth stamps, although I am stretching it here as I have chosen Prince Edward Island to write about. Although different I hope it is interesting to you.

Prince Edward Island is today one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada but going back a few hundred years it was ceded to the British as the conclusion of the French

Fig 1 : SG 1 issued 1861 46 - Stamp News

and Indian War in 1763 becoming part of the colony of Nova Scotia and in 1769 the island became a British colony.

The island is located in the Gulf of St Lawrence about 600 kilometers east of Quebec City.

A little history might be of interest.

In September 1864, Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference, which was the first meeting in the process leading to the creation of Canada some years later in 1867.

Prince Edward Island found the terms of union unfavourable and balked at joining, choosing to remain a colony of the United Kingdom However, in the late 1860s, the colony examined various options, including the possibility of becoming a discrete dominion unto itself, as well as entertaining delegations from the United States, who were interested in Prince Edward Island joining the United States.

In 1871, the colony began construction of the Prince Edward Island Railway and, frustrated by Great Britain’s Colonial Office, began negotiations with the United States. In 1873, John MacDonald, the Canadian Prime Minister negotiated for Prince Edward Island to join Canada and on 1st July 1873 Prince Edward Island entered the Confederation.

So, for the period from 1861 through to 1872 Prince Edward Island had its own stamp issues.

Philatelically speaking the stamps are not what one might expect to find in an everyday collection as the prices based on SG catalogue listing are rather expensive, in my view, ranging from around £30 to many thousands although that is catalogue pricing, actual stamps

by Michael Dodd

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Fig 3

can be found for more reasonable prices if one spends time looking.

However, having said that, I think they are very interesting to see and learn about because some were printed in London while another was printed by the British North American Bank Note company in Montreal and Ottawa,

and there are two stamps which were authorised to be bisected and used for half their value.

The first issue was in 1863 and while we are all, I suspect, wary of stamps that have foxing these were issued on yellowish and toned paper and printed by Charles Whiting in London. A rather famous man.

He was the son of James Whiting who had set up Beaufort House Press. He was also famous for his use of the Congreve anti-forgery method of production (Whiting controlled the Patents). I wont digress any further but one paper I highly recommend reading is by the British Philatelic Bulletin – British Stamp Printers, Publication No 12.

So, lets see a few of the first issue stamps and to start with SG 1 issued 1861, perf 9. (Fig 1) There were three values in the issue, this 2d value plus a 3d and 6d value, both with slightly different designs, Fig 2 shows the other two designs. I realise I am showing SG 14, but it is the same design as the SG 3 just, with a different perforation. Something to always look out for in these stamps and others of course.

The next issues were from 1862 through 1869 and many with similar designs but different perforations as I mentioned above and a few with slightly different designs. Fig 3 shows two of these.

You will no doubt have noticed the cen-

Beginners please!

Top left : Fig 4 Left : Fig 6 Above : Fig 5

tering of the images is not always that well centered. This was a common feature of early printings as you may already know.

I mentioned bisects earlier so perhaps it would be interesting to see one. I found the one I show in Fig 4 while researching this piece. With acknowledgements to City Stamp of Montreal. This cover shows a Prince Edward Island SG 16a Used, dated Nov 5, 1870, Tied With “13” Grid Cancel, paying 2 pence, that is half of the 4d value of the stamp, which was the internal letter rate and it comes with a certificate. At the time of writing, it was avail48 - Stamp News

able for $ 2,295 USD. You can see it is the same design as the SG 16 above.

In 1870 the £ S D currency rate was replaced with the new dollar currency. This led to new issues. The first stamp and a rather interesting design was this one in Fig 5. It was printed by the British North American Bank Note Company.

In 1870 the Charles Whiting printings resumed with the designs we saw in the earlier currency but with some additional values and colours. Here are two values in Fig 6. If you do come across these issues do look out for the perforation varieties as there are a few printing differences.

I hope you enjoyed this slight digression from my traditional British Commonwealth theme. I welcome comments at cddstamps@ gmail.com Until the next time. Enjoy your philately Michael cddstamps.com

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Real & Bogus British Island Posts What can we require from a postal service? First of all we expect it to deliver our mail items promptly.

We probably also expect that it provides a rate schedule for its different services.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a rather strange country when it comes to the postal services. The Royal Mail not only issues national issues but there have also been regional issues for some of the countries making up the UK. Most collectors are familiar with the regional issues of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Also some of the larger island territories achieved postal independence in the 1960s and 1970s. Guernsey and Jersey established their independent postal services in 1969. Guernsey even has regional issues for the island of Alderney starting in 1983. The Isle of Man launched its independent postal service in 1973.

But there are so many more islands making up Great Britain. Some of them have established local postal services to link the tiny island communities

with the mainland when the Royal mail has refused to provide a mail service or only offers to provide a very limited service.

Most readers of this magazine have probably met with numerous stamps supposed to have been issued and used by British island local posts. Now we need to add a few more requirements before we brand them as bona fide local posts. The island needs to have a population of more than one family or to provide holiday accommodation for visitors. The local post must have a rate schedule for its services and the stamps should be available from some kind of local post office on the island.

Very few of the many British local island posts meet these requirements. In fact, the vast majority only exist to sell stamps to collectors as they are printed for islands with no human population at all or for islands which already have a functioning Royal Mail postal facility.

Let’s take a look at six such local posts: Lundy Island is located in the Bristol Channel between North Devon and Wales. This island has a

Figure 1

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Christer Brunström very long history and is home to a medieval castle.

Today it is run by the Landmark Trust on behalf of the National Trust. The island has a permanent staff of some 30 people and it is a most popular visitor destination throughout the year. In the tiny village there is a shop, a pub and a church. People come to Lundy to enjoy peace and quiet and long walks.

The British GPO used to have a post office on Lundy but it was closed in 1927. The owner then carried the mail for free and in 1929 he decided to charge a small fee on mail items. The first stamps went on sale in November 1929 and they had denominations in Puffin, the local currency unit which is equal to a British Penny. Lundy is believed to be an Old Norse name which is supposed to translate as Puffin Island.

The local post is still going strong today. During the winter period the mail is carried by helicopter a couple of times a week and during the summer period the mail sacks travel from Lundy to Bideford (North Devon) onboards the Oldenburg, the island’s passenger and cargo vessel.

The Lundy Postal service handles both incoming and outgoing mail but it is only the latter category which requires a local stamp. The current rates are based on those of the Royal Mail + some ten Puffins.

The Lundy stamp includes the Royal Mail postage which is indicated using a meter mark.

I have personally visited Lundy three times and I have both used the local post and studied how it functions. The philatelic service is located in the same building as the pub (Fig. 1) but the stamps are usually sold in the island’s shop. There is a mail box in the pub. This is very much a real local post which has been working well for a great many years.

Herm Island Located a short distance from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, Herm Island is a popular holiday destination (Fig. 2). After World War II, the British GPO refused to reopen its post office on the island.

The tenant decided to create his own postal service linking Herm with St. Peter Port. The local post was opened in 1949 and it carried mail to and from the

Figure 2

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Real & Bogus British Island Posts island until 1969 when the newly created Guernsey postal service opened a post office on the island.

At times the stamp issues of Herm were over-produced but it certainly was a very genuine service carrying tens of thousands of letters and postcards. The local stamps had to be affixed to the back of covers and to the upper left corner of postcards. Most British postal history dealers can usually offer a small selection of absolutely genuine Herm postcards.

Summer Isles The local stamps were used on Tanera Mór, the only permanently inhabited island in the Summer Isles located in the North-West Highlands of Scotland.

The resident population varies from eight to as many as 20 during the holiday season when many tourists occupy the properties on the island.

Tanera Mór is not served by the Royal Mail and a local post was started in 1970. It carries mail from the island to the British post office in Achiltibuie on

Figure 3

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the mainland. The first set featured fish and a map of the area (Fig. 3). Then followed new issues on a more or less annual basis until fairly recently. It certainly was a legitimate privately operated local postal service.

Pabay Pabay is a small island located off the town of Broadford on the much larger Isle of Skye in Scotland. When the first stamp was issued in 1962 (Fig. 4), the Whatley family resided on the island. During the summer holidays they offered a number of properties for visiting tourists. At times there certainly was a need for the local post as the British Post Office only offered a weekly subsidised delivery of mail and no collection. It was Mr. Whatley who operated the mail boat.

There have been at least two periods when the local post was a genuine one. However, most Pabay stamps with irrelevant designs were produced by

Figure 4

Christer Brunström a London stamp wholesaler. They are completely bogus.

Canna Many local post collectors include the Canna stamp issued in 1958. Canna is located in Argyllshire in Scotland and at the time had a British post office.

The stamp shows a view of the island and two shearwaters (Fig. 5). It was never intended to serve as a local post stamp but was sold in support of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society.

Staffa Most local stamps from a plethora of other British islands are bogus in nature (although there are a number of exceptions where a token service existed). Far more than 1000 stamps and souvenir sheets have been issued for the island of Staffa located off the west coast of Mull and to the north of Iona in the Hebrides. It is famous for the Fingal’s Cave (Fig. 6)

and its birdlife. Staffa has no population at all but is regularly visited by bird watchers and day trippers.

For the 1969 tourist season there was a letterbox on the island which was emptied by the boatman who also sold the stamps issued for the carriage of mail from Staffa to mainly the post office on Iona. I remember obtaining a cover posted on Staffa at the time. Although not strictly necessary, it seems the local post was indeed functioning during the first years. I believe the first issues were the only ones which actually served a (very limited) postal purpose with the subsequent myriad of issues being completely bogus.

The British private local posts serving isolated island communities constitute a most interesting collecting speciality. Unfortunately most of the stamps from islands not mentioned in this article did not serve any postal purpose but were rather printed to line the pockets of far from honest stamp dealers and a small band of enterprising stamp collectors.

Figure 6

Figure 5

philatelic clubs & societies new zealand

Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz

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

Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 5220311. Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington.

Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sun. John Mounce, President 649-291-9381 johnmounce@ihug.co.nz Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex Jan). Ph: 04 5899530; Email: office@rpsnz.org.nz; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS: Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri (ex Dec and Jan). Ph: 09 2682245; Email: elowera@orcon.net.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan), 3rd Tue (daytime) (except Jan). Email: antqgevi@es.co.nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 7546212; Email: murray-grimwood@ hotmail.com Tauranga & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec).

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

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

queensland

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

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

Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 4th Tues. 7.30pm Comm. Hall, 15 Kamerunga Rd., Stratford 07 4033 2211 Caloundra SC: Mtg. 4th Thurs. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 1.30pm. Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brisbane German Club; Email: ericwilson56@gmail.com

Maryborough and Wide Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Salvation Army Youth 7 Comm.

Ph: 0439977133 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. Avenues, 37 Red Hill Rd. 1-3pm Ph 0428 722 528 email gympiestampclub@gmail.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 Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, 5.30pm, Gracehouse Church, 123 Paradise Rd, Slacks Creek. Tel: 0435 854 680 Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433;

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Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 2nd Sat, 10:00am, Nanango RSL. Contact Ph: 07 3103 8938 or ema il: bowtell_harris@activ8.net.au Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or 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, 1pm Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 0456 788 932 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@ uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg. 2nd Sat 12 noon, Toowoomba Indoor Bowls Hall, Annand St, Toowoomba Ph. 0427463381 John Martin secretary@toowoombastampclub.org Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5535 3168 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi Sports Club, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815

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June 18 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am 3pm, Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. Ph : 4971 3483 June 25 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Community Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm.

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June 4 - (1st Sun) Western Suburbs Stamp, Coin & Banknote Fair, Strathmore Bowling Club, 40 Loeman St, Strathmore. 8am-1.30pm. Enq: 0410 538 039.

June 18 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, Clayton Senior Citizens Centre, 19 Mary St. Clayton. 8am-1.30pm. Dealers. Ph: 0410 538 039.

June 25 - (last Sun ex Dec) Ringwood East Stamp Fair Senior Citizens Hall, 2-8 Laurence Grove, (behind the shops, off Railway Ave.) Ringwood East. 8am-1.30pm. Ph. 0410 538 039

queensland June 12 - (2nd Mon) Gold Coast PS Sale, Rm 1, Southport Comm. Centre, Lawson St, Southport.

11.30am - 2.30pm Brisbane Table Tennis Assoc Centre

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Tasmania

The Stamp Place, Trafalgar on Collins, Shop 3, 110 Collins Street, HOBART TAS 7000, Ph: (03) 6224 3536 Fax: (03)6224-3536 e-mail: info@thestampplace.com Web: http://www.tazitiger.com

Victoria

Max Stern & Company, 271 Collins St, Shop 8B, Melbourne VIC 3001, Ph: (03) 9654 6751 Fax: (03) 9650 7192 e-mail: maxstern@netspace.net.au Web: http://maxstern.customer.netspace.net.au

Kevin Morgan Stamps & Coins, PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Tel: 0425 795 693 email kmorgan2@ live.com Shields Stamps & Coins, 52 Burgundy St, Heidelberg, Vic 3084 Ph. 03 9459 5953 21st Century Auctions Suite 1, 1174 Burwood Hwy, Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. 3156 tel. 0425 795 693

There are also about 4950 newsagencies in Australia, and most of the major stores carry a number of copies, alternatively you can arrange with your local newsagent to put one by for you each month.

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Stamp News Australasia Advertising Rates & Data Commencing January 2023 Publication details Stamp News Australasia is published

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Required submission format Advertisements should be supplied in digital format (on disk or via email). Advertisements should be provided as high resolution PDF files, with all fonts embedded. All images must be scanned at 300dpi resolution and sent as separate files, and must not be compressed by jpeg below medium quality.

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Stamp News is now available online To see how a back issue looks for FREE go to our website at www.stampnews.net.au Stamp News Australasia Magazine The cost is just AUD$4.95 for a single issue or a discounted AUD$39.95 for a 12 month subscription.

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Australia & Worldwide Stamps, Postal History & Picture Postcards Melbourne Coins & Banknotes, Sporting Memorabilia & Collectables Auction 28-30 June 2023

Contact us to receive email notifications of upcoming auctions, to request a complimentary catalogue, or for a confidential, obligation-free appraisal See us at IBRA Germany (25-28 May) for catalogues & viewing of selected items

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