Stamp News Australasia - October 2023

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NSW 1853 8d Dull Yellow imperf Diadem nicely used PAIR!

Even a SINGLE of this stamp is scarce, and pairs are near unheard off - paying a strange 1/4d rate. With bold upright ‘107’ Barred Numeral, rated ‘Rare’ by Hugh Freeman, from remote inland rural speck of ‘DUNDEE’ (population today 85!), which is 16 Km from ‘Deepwater’ according to Freeman - and population of that today 220! Clean and fresh, and totally free of the usual gook and gunk and thins, and tears, and old hinges and foxing etc after 170 years. Guaranteed by me to be free of any of the usual repairs found on these after 170 years.

SG 79 £1,300=A2,600 as 2 singles, with a common numeral cancel. Clearly a UNIQUE pair with this cancel, yet $2,000 UNDER SG cat! About $US385 as I type now, at $A595 - Stock 459AK

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Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ......................................6 Science Stamped : Ian Briggs ...................................................... 14 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 20 Philatelic News ................................................................................. 42 Fakes, Forgeries, Facsimiles & Fantasies : Darryl Fuller ....... 40 Women on Stamps : Christer Brunström.....................................50

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Information Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......54 Events .................................................................................................. 55 Products & Services Directory............................................... ......56 Subscriptions .............................................................................. ......58 List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............62

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Front cover: These five stamps, released on 4 September, highlight some of the over-sized statues of animals, produce and objects we have come to know affectionately as “Big Things” : The Big Tasmanian Devil, Mole Creek, Tasmania; Big Swoop, Canberra, ACT; Giant Koala, Dadswells Bridge, Victoria; Giant Murray Cod, Swan Hill, Victoria; The Big Jumping Crocodile, Wak Wak, NT.

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Stamping their feet in Australia Reported at www.theage.com.au

Australia Post plans to close the Glenroy post office in Melbourne at the end of this month. It has closed 13 post offices across Victoria in the past year, including in Hampton, Essendon and Box Hill.

Some 200 residents protested the proposed closure outside the Glenroy post office on Friday morning having only found out about it via a notice posted on the post office’s door.

Resident Matthew Jones told the protest Protesters outside Glenroy Post Ofice the post office was part of the community and so much more than a place to send letters. “In an increasingly digital world it is his job and spend the next 3 years of his life on a a trusted institution providing face-to-face services bike riding 80,000 kilometres. with staff that we recognise,” he said.

Hu commented, ”When I was young, because my “Glenroy just has this massive new train station family was poor, I was very envious when I saw othand the post office is right next to the train station – er children riding bicycles, and I wanted to own one, ironically in a street called Post Office Place.” so cycling became a childhood dream”.

Residents also organised a petition against the All along his long journey, Hu would use a drone closure with more than 2000 signatures. to take pictures of the local scenery and share them A spokeswoman for Australia Post said the Glenon social media, attracting over 800,000 followers. roy shop had consistently traded at a loss over the Hu showed reporters his map, which was specialpast five years and that the area was still well serly customised before the tour. At more than 2-metres viced, with six post offices within three kilometres of long and 1.8-metres wide, now the map is densely the Glenroy shop. covered with post office stamps.

The Broadmeadows state MP said Australia Post “When I first went to a post office to get it had not bothered to do a social or economic assessstamped, the staff was not surprised. But as there ment of the impact of the closure. were more and more stamps, so they became very “I am here to tell Australia Post just how strongsurprised, and were very careful when stamping. ly we feel about them treating our community with such contempt,” she said.

The Australia Post spokeswoman declined to comment on plans for further post office closures in Victoria.

Stamping their map in China Reported at www.thenanjinger.com

From 2018 to 2021, a Suzhou man toured China by bicycle, getting his map stamped at 334 post offices.

Hu Hao turned 30 years old in May, 2018.

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They were worried that the stamp would be crooked or that it may be out of position”, Hu said.

But Hu’s comment himself is one of regret. Due to COVID, his cycling trip failed to make it to Taiwan. Today running his own gym in Suzhou, he said, “I’m working hard to prepare for the next trip. Be sure to add the stamp of Taiwan!”.

Italian Post hacked

Reported at www.marketscreener.com Postel Spa, a Poste Italiane company that operates in the field of document management services and data-driven marketing communications for businesses, has suffered a hacker attack by cybercriminal group, Jellyfish Locker.

It is reported that a countdown has been set at eight days, after which, the data will be published on the dark web unless the company agrees to the cybercriminals’ ransom demand of USD500,000.

After criticism rained down from several quarters, Poste Italiane issued a statement explaining that “Postel has detected anomalous activity on its systems, attributable to an unauthorized external actor.

The company has therefore precautionarily halted production activities and the operation of some servers as well as some workstations distributed throughout the country.”

It appears Poste Italiane have failed to notify affected customers of the hacker attack.

lift the current price cap and raise its postage stamp prices in 2024. According to the company, the €0.85 (US$0.93) cost of a stamp for a standard letter in Germany was below the European average, despite high salaries.

The regulator has responded: “We recognize the challenging environment in the letter and parcel business, but Deutsche Post was unable to prove that reduced mail volumes led to cost increases per letter item – the average unit costs are even slightly below the 2021 forecast.”

Malta Post approved

Reported at www.maltatoday.com.mt Maltapost is to increase its postal rates for the third time in as many years.

The company announced that it was increasing its rates for local and foreign mail in a statement on Tuesday and said the increases had been authorised by the Malta Communications Authority.

The revised rates will come into force on August 28, it said.

Maltapost is marginally raising the cost of a local postage stamp by 1c, to 38c. Prices for foreign mail are rising by a slightly higher margin.

MaltaPost registered a €640,000 profit in its 2022 financial year, down from €2.35 million the

German Post denied

Reported at www.parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com Deutsche Post’s request to raise the price of a postage stamp has been rejected.

This decision has led the company to threaten to reduce its sustainability investment program, saying the inability to raise prices would massively slow its climate-neutrality efforts.

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previous year.

In its annual report for that year, the company’s chairman said that the company was “still delivering a number of regulated postal services at significant losses” and argued that “entry-level postal service tariffs remain significantly low in Malta as they simply do not reflect the true cost of providing such services.”

Islanders cheated in Jersey

Reported at https://jerseyeveningpost.com ROYAL Mail has apologised after scores of Islanders on Jersey reported major delays in receiving post from the UK – within weeks of the withdrawal of the daily plane service.

Some first-class letters are now taking almost a week to reach Jersey, with Royal Mail conceding there had been some ‘congestion’ and that it would be monitoring delivery times in future.

At the time the axing of the mail plane was announced, the UK company said that using a ferry for deliveries would be likely to add an extra 24 hours to delivery times.

But numerous Islanders have reported much longer delays – even those who sent their mail via special delivery.

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will be delivered to Jersey by 5.30pm, two days after posting.

‘We are committed to ensuring mail is delivered to the Island on time using the pre-existing ferry service – we encourage anyone who has concerns about their deliveries to please get in touch with Royal Mail customer service.’

Royal Mail has previously said that Islanders with concerns about post they had sent to the UK should contact Jersey Post.

A Jersey Post spokesperson said, ‘There’s been absolutely no delay as far as we are concerned – everything has been on a normal time-scale, and any delay would have come on the other [Royal Mail] side.’

Royal Mail has previously stated using ferries rather than planes to deliver mail to the Channel Islands and Isle of Man would be more “cost-effective and environmentally friendly

Islanders cheered in the Pacific Reported at www.miragenews.com

The first shipment of equipment delivered as part of the Australian Government’s commitment to supporting Pacific nations improve the efficiency of their postal services has arrived this month in the Solomon Islands.

It included two Electric Delivery Vehicles, ten motorbikes, personal protective equipment, computers, scanning and sorting equipment, uniforms, and other supplies.

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foot, horseback or cycling - could often be required to travel 10 to 20 miles on their daily rounds.

In mid and north Wales, as in many other parts of the British countryside, they were provided with “postmen’s huts”, so that they could rest and feed themselves mid-journey.

Now what was thought to be the last surviving example in Wales, and one of just seven or eight in Australian and Solomon Is Ministers for Communications at the equipment the UK, has been saved by handover in Honiara the community in Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion.

The local history soThe Pacific Postal Development Partnership - anciety, Cofnodion Cwmystwyth, has raised £4,700 to nounced in August 2022 - aims to boost the efficienrestore the corrugated iron hut and transform it into a cy and security of postal services between Australia visitor attraction. and the Pacific.

Brython Davies of the society said that whilst the Equipment deliveries to Fiji, Papua New Guinea, “glorified garden shed” might not be much to look Tonga and Vanuatu will follow progressively over at, it was a symbol of the way life used to run in a coming weeks with deliveries to Kiribati, Nauru, bygone age.

Samoa and Tuvalu later this year.

“I was a child in the 1950s, and can remember The Australian Government has provided Austrajust what a lifeline the post service was to people lia Post with a $450,000 contribution to target imliving in some of the most remote and isolated parts provements to postal systems, processes, technology of the country,” he said. and training in the region.

“Come rain or shine, brave young men and womAn Australia Post spokesperson said “We’ve en tackled all terrains in order to deliver letters twice worked closely with our Pacific postal partners to a day, and even collect outgoing post from those who provide them with equipment and training that meets their specific needs and helps them every day to improve efficiency and reduce safety risks.”

UK - Posties protected in the past Reported at www.bbc.com Thanks to Stampboard’s member Norvic for forwarding this story From the late 19th until the mid20th century, rural postmen - on Stamp News - 9

Stamps in the News - Globally! didn’t have a post box nearby.”

The huts originally included a stove, bench and cupboards, as well as a nearby supply water Built of a wooden frame with corrugated iron walls, the huts included a potbellied stove for cooking and heating, a bench to relax on, cupboards for storage, and a nearby well to supply water.

He added: “The huts were a vital part of the way in which this well-oiled system used to work, and we felt we needed to preserve it as a part of our rural heritage.”

The huts were sometimes used by postmen to make money between deliveries through things like repairing shoes or clocks.

The system of postman’s huts endured until the 1960s, when all rural delivery staff were provided with vans.

UK: Posties persecuted in the present Reported at www.bbc.com

at all”.

He said he was told new management did not approve of how staff were spending their tea and coffee break and suspended them.

He added: “This sort of macho management from Royal Mail is unacceptable. These workers work hard in all weathers to deliver the post, they are entitled to a cup of tea and a break.

Diamonds in Botswana

Reported at https://botswanapost.post BotswanaPost have announced the release of the 12th definitive stamp issue, “Diamonds of Botswana” in collaboration with Debswana Diamond Company. The issue coincides with the commemoration of the 54th Anniversary of Debswana as a leading global diamond company that has been at the forefront of shaping Botswana’s diamond industry.

The definitive Issue, comprises of 16 stamps that tell the story of Botswana’s rich diamond history, highlighting the evolution of the company since the discovery of diamonds in the 1960s and its significant contribution to socio-economic development in Botswana.

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Eleven postal workers have been reportedly suspended from their jobs for having a cup of tea at a local pub.

It led to major disruption to services in the Oxton and Prenton area on the Wirral, UK, with some residents claiming post was a week late.

The company declined to comment on internal affairs but apologised to those experiencing delays.

The suspension action was reportedly taken after postal workers were found to have been taking their breaks at the Caernarvon Castle pub in Prenton, though a regular claimed he only ever saw them drinking tea and coffee in the bar.

An Oxton councillor said the suspensions meant existing staff were unable to cope with delivering the postal service from the Prenton depot resulting in “ Oxton residents receiving important letters late or not Caernarvon Castle pub – scene of the contentious tea break 10 - Stamp News

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years and presents a unique opportunity for stamp collectors, history enthusiasts and diamond aficionados to explore the narrative of Botswana’s diamond mining sector.

Saints in Peru

Reported at https://www.gob.pe

delivered by Serpost on August 30 to the wishing well of the Sanctuary of Santa Rosa de Lima.

St. Rose of Lima, who died in August 24, 1617 was the first person born in the Western Hemisphere to be canonized by the Catholic Church. She is the patron saint of Peru and all of South America as well as of embroiderers, gardeners, and florists.

Born into a noble family, Rosa was drawn to pen-

In August, a postmark in honour of Santa Rosa de Lima was launched in Peru and the Peruvian postal authority, Serpost, simultaneously launched a campaign Write your petitions to Santa Rosa de Lima.

Serpost circulated letter forms free of charge to the 37 postal administrations nationwide, giving the Catholic faithful the opportunity to approach the post office closest to their town and write their petitions to later be sent at an affordable rate to Lima and Stamp News - 11

Stamps in the News - Globally! itential practices and a spiritual life at a young age.

Her mother wanted her to marry and initially refused to allow her daughter to pursue religious life. To deter suitors, the beautiful Rosa cut off her hair and blistered her skin with hot peppers.

In 1606 Rosa became a Dominican of the third order, enduring a life of severe -she regularly wore a crown of thorns, practiced fasting, slept only a few hours a night on a bed of potsherds, self-flagellated, and experienced numerous visions.

Churches in Belarus

an outside authority, the pope, as head of the church, as well as by the close historical ties of the church in Belarus with Poland.

In 1989 the five official Catholic dioceses, which had existed since World War II and had been without a bishop, were reorganized into five dioceses (covering 455 parishes) and the archdiocese of Minsk and Mahilyow.

In the early 1990s, figures for the Catholic population in Belarus ranged from 8 percent to 20 percent. The church had one seminary in Belarus.

Reported at www.belpost.by

Trees in Malaysia

This month Belarus has issued a souvenir sheet “Architecture of Belarus. Catholic churches. Archcathedral Catholic Church of the Holy Name of Blessed Virgin Mary in Minsk”. The imperforated souvenir sheet was also printed.

Archcathedral Catholic Church of the Name of Blessed Virgin Mary is the main catholic church in Minsk. It was built in 1700–1710 as a church attached to a Jesuit monastery.

In 1798, after Minsk became part of the Russian Empire and the Minsk diocese was founded, it received the status of a cathedral and was named after the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Soviet policies toward the Catholic Church were strongly influenced by the Catholics› recognition of

The 5th stamp issued by Pos Malaysia in 2023 features the largest Cengal tree (Neobalanocarpus heimii) in Peninsular Malaysia, as recognised by Malaysia Book of Records in 2001.

The tree can be found in Pasir Raja Forest Reserve, Dungun, Terengganu and has been recorded to possess a height of 65 metre with a girth of 16.75 metre. It is estimated to be over 1,300 years old.

Able to grow taller than a 10-storey building, the Chengal tree, is a species that can only be found living in Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.

Timber from the tree is prized for its quality and durability, and is strong enough to be used in heavy construction such as building bridges as well as for

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Joseph Waldherr and his lucky cat.

making boats.

The Chengal is classified as an endangered species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red list with its population on the decline.

The tree’s growth is now restricted to patches of protected areas and forest reserves.

In 2010, it was estimated that some 279,000 adult chengal trees remained in the country.

Lucky cat in the US

recently when he heard the miaowing of a kitten but couldn’t locate the source.

Waldherr said he heard the same miaowing in the same area the following day and discovered the kitten was wedged into a small space.

“He put the kitten in the pocket of his sweatshirt, where it slept for the rest of his shift,” Washington’s Lottery said in a news release.

Waldherr said the kitten rescue left him feeling lucky, so he stopped into a convenience store and bought a Hit 5 ticket.

The postal worker checked his ticket with his wife a few days later and discovered he had scored the $717,500 jackpot.

Waldherr credited the lucky kitten with his win and ‘Peaches’ now has a new home at his house.

Reported at www.upi. com

A Washington postal worker’s efforts to rescue a trapped kitten led to his winning a $717,500 lottery prize.

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A Better Way to be Treated The diagnosis and subsequent treatment of illness dates back many centuries but it is only in recent history that the tools to take the fight to disease have emerged. Throughout the history of stamps, health, medicine, and treatment have been portrayed extensively and monies have been raised via the issuing of stamps to support the sick in times when access to healthcare was limited. Medicine and postage stamps are inextricably linked.

Allegorical images of angels and saintly New South Wales 1897 Queen Victoria figures pervade the earliest representations of Diamond Jubilee charity issue (SG 280-81) illness on stamps suggesting that the likelihood of surviving illness and disease was in the lap of the Gods.

Imaging, prostheses (a prosthetic – is an artificial body part The medical profession of the 19th, and early 20th, essentially), and equipment (for example recording instrucenturies do not escape this sense of resignation and helpments and systems that support/aide body functions.) lessness. The USA 1947 commemorative issue entitled Some 75 years before Fildes painted “The Doctor”, “Physicians of America” exemplifies this. The stamp was arguably the first significant piece of medical technology designed by Charles R. Chickering and is based on an came into being. In 1816 Renné Laennec, a French physi1890 painting by Sir Luke Fildes. Beginning his career as cian working at the Hôpital Necker in Paris, invented the an artist, Charles Chickering designed almost 80 stamps stethoscope. Faced with the inability to hear the heartbeat for the US postal service whilst working for the Bureau of of a larger lady who was exhibiting signs of heart disease, Engraving and Printing in Washington D.C. Chickering’s Laennec realised that by placing a tube on the patient’s rendition of “The Doctor” in this stamp design is close to chest, and his ear on the other end, he could easily distinthe original and maintains the sense of helpless resignation guish the sounds of her heart without having to resort to on the part of the doctor in the image - there was nothing placing his head directly on the woman’s chest. Practicality more to be done but sit by the child’s beside and hope for and sensitivity all at once. The stethoscope immediately the best. improved patient outcomes by being able to diagnose heart and lung complaints more easily. Renné Laennec had piTechnology – the early years oneered a more practical, less invasive, diagnostic tool – a Medical technology, and how it supports diagnoses and revolutionary piece of medical technology. treatment, can be broadly split into 3 main categories.

Rather surprisingly, the next major cab off the rank was the development of the ECG, or electrocardiogram in 1887. I say surprisingly, because to my mind I would have thought the ECG would have been developed later than

Left : USA 1947 “Physicians of America” block 4 (SG 946) Right : France 1952 Famous People (series 2) Renné Laënnec (SG 1157)

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Japan 1958 Congresses on Chest Diseases and Bronchoesophagology – Tokyo (SG 785) The first image of a stethoscope on a postage stamp.

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Left : Netherlands 1993 Willem Einthoven (SG 1691) with image of ECG trace Right :Albania 1972 World Health Day (SG 1509) Patient, ECG machine, and ECG trace

Left : Austria 1983 World Symposium on Cardiac Pacemaker (SG 1961) Stylised ECG trace Right :Germany 1951 50th anniversary Wilhelm Röntgen awarded Nobel Prize in 1901 (SG 1073)

that. Its inventor Willem Einthoven was born in Java, then part of the Dutch East Indies, in 1860 where his father was a medical officer in the army. The family moved back to Holland following the death of his father in 1866. Willem was already carving out quite the career in medical physiology when he began to study the electrical impulses of the heart. Building on earlier work, Einthoven used a capillary electrometer to measure small differences in electric potential and was able to record an ECG using complex mathematics. He further refined the design using a ‘string galvanometer’ (a sensitive recording instrument that uses a single fine filament suspended in a strong magnetic field) and recognised that each heart contraction exhibited 5 distinct deflections on the instrument. He called the deflections P, Q, R, S, and T – names that are still in use today.

In 1924 Willem Einthoven was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for “his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram” – a truly game-changing diagnostic tool.

The year 1895 was to prove quite the landmark-year for medical technology. In November 1895 Wilhelm Röntgen, in his laboratory at the University of Würzburg (Bavaria), noticed that whilst testing the properties of a number of vacuum tubes, cathode rays were causing a fluorescent effect when aimed at a cardboard screen painted with a phosphor compound. Röntgen determined to test to see if, by placing different materials between the cathode tube and the screen, there was any effect on the shimmering images he had seen. In one experiment, whilst placing lead between the source and the screen, Röntgen observed the first radiographic image – a flickering image of his own skeleton

on the screen. Probably somewhat freaked out by this discovery Röntgen decided to conduct more tests in secret to protect his reputation in case what he had seen could not be repeated. You can almost see the headline: “crazy scientist sees his own skeleton whilst blasting himself with rays!”

Röntgen called his discovery X-rays (shorthand for ‘rays of unknown origin’) and in late December of the same year Röntgen produced the first radiograph – an X-ray of his wife’s hand. In 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in physics – the citation reads “for the discovery with which his name is linked for all time: the discovery of the socalled Röntgen rays or, as he himself called them, X-rays.”

Wilhelm Röntgen is known as the father of diagnostic radiology – an indispensable tool in medical diagnosis.

Imagine that…

Today we take the use of medical imaging for granted.

With the wave of a pen GPs, and doctors in emergency departments, send us off to have our pictures taken by all manner of machines in pursuit of a diagnostic edge.

Ultrasound – there are 3 countries that celebrate being the first in this field: Australia, Sweden, and the UK. Clearly all 3 can’t be right. Or can they? 1950s, Glasgow.

Ian Donald (Professor Obstetrics, University of Glasgow), John MacVicar (obstetrician Glasgow Western Infirmary), and Tom Brown (engineer) worked together throughout the 1950s to see if high-frequency soundwaves could be used to differentiate between different tissues in the human body; ultrasound had been used for years in the nearby shipyards to look for faults in welding. They published a seminal article, “Investigation of Abdominal Masses by Pulsed UlStamp News - 15

genuine claims of being first in their particular field.

CT Scan – are essentially X-rays with a very clever twist. CT Scans, or Computed Tomography to give its full title, use a narrow beam of X-rays that are rotated at high speed around the body of the patient. The X-ray source rotates around the opening of the doughnut shaped hole Left : Brazil 1995 150th birth anniin the scanner and as the patient is manoeuvred versary Wilhelm Röntgen (SG 2725) through the X-ray beam digital sensors detect Above : Germany 1995 150th birth the rays as they leave the patient, sending them anniversary Wilhelm Röntgen (SG to a computer. Using incredibly sophisticated 2625) algorithms the computer generates 2-dimensional trasound”, in the revered medical journal, ‘The Lancet’, in ‘slices’ of the patient’s bones, organs, and tissues 1958 and the impact was immediate and significant. with great clarity. Computed tomography was invented by Sweden 1953. Inge Edler (Director Cardiovascular Lab. British biomedical engineer Godfrey Hounsfield. Along Lund University Hospital) and physicist Hellmuth Hertz with physicist Allan Cormack, he was awarded the Nobel (the unit of frequency, Hertz, was named after his uncle!)

Prize in Physiology/Medicine in 1979 for the development demonstrated that ultrasound could be used to detect move- of the computed axial tomography scan. The impact of ment in heart muscle – the echocardiogram was born. the CT Scan on medical diagnosis and intervention was Australia 1961. Physicist George Kossoff and Dr David immense and it significantly improved clinical and patient Robinson AM build the first commercially practical ultraoutcomes immediately. sound scanner – the CAL Echoscope. From 1970, the CAL MRI – or magnetic resonance imaging to put it techEchoscope was modified to enable greyscale scanning a nically. The story begins with the study of how electrons world first. Grayscale scanning gives us the ultrasound imand atoms respond in a magnetic field. How they behave ages we are all familiar with today. And so, yes, all 3 have is called magnetic resonance. During the 1940s two physicists working independently of each other, Felix Bloch and Edward Purcell, studied the magnetic resonance of liquids and solids. Their work not only laid the foundations for the development of the clinical applications, but it also earned them the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics. It was Dr. Raymond Damadian, a doctor and professor at the University of New York, though who first hypothesised that there could be a medical application for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR.) Using NMR he was able to distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy cells and went on to be the first to capture an NMR image – a cross-section image of his assistant Larry’s chest in July 1977. Damadian patented the technology, renaming it MRI, and went Sweden 1961 60th anniversary of the fist year of the Nobel Prize in 1901 (SG 449-451) on to produce the first commercialFDC 16 - Stamp News

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Left : GB 1994 Discoveries and Inventions (Europa CEPT series): from the top, ultrasound, electron microscopy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT scans), SG 1839-42 Above : Australia 2004 Australian Innovations FDC, 2nd stamp on top row – ultrasound (SG 2382)

ly available MRI machine in 1980.

Bermuda 1994 from the 100 years of hospital care series: patient and dialysis machine (SG 720)

name of Barney Clark in 1982. Unfortunately, Barney died 4 months later, but not because the artificial heart failed, that was still working when he died!

I confess to having more than a passing interest in the next piece of medical technology. I was the recipient of a bionic ear (cochlear implant) a few months ago. The story of the development of the cochlear implant is a remarkable one.

The story begins way back in 1800 when the Italian physicist and chemist Alessandro Volta, famous for inventing the electric battery, managed to stimulate his inner ear

Kidneys, Hearts, and Bionic Ears Today, all manner of body parts and organs are able to be replaced, sometimes with a completely artificial unit.

The closest we have to an artificial, transplantable, kidney is the dialysis machine. Such is the complex nature of the kidney, a highly sophisticated filter, that we have yet to artificially master its function at a sufficiently small scale. In 1943 a young Dutch doctor constructed the first artificial kidney – the dialyser. Extraordinary then to think that Willem Kolff used sausage skins, old orange juice tins and a washing machine to make a device that went a long way to replicating a kidney’s function – filtering the blood and clearing it of toxins. Obviously, the technology improved since then. Not only did Kolff invent kidney dialysis he was also heavily involved in developing the heart-lung machine that surgeons now use to take over the functions of the heart and lungs in some complex procedures, and he was also involved in the development of the Left : Fiji 2016 80th anniversary of Rotary series: dialysis machine (SG 1545) artificial heart. The first of which was transplanted into a guy by the Right : Austria 1990 27th Congress of European Dialysis, maxi card (SG 2239)

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Above : Diagram showing cochlear implant device, including detail of the intra-cochlear array Right : Australia 1987 from the Australian Achievements in Technology series: bionic ear (cochlear implant) SG 1082

with an electrical current. Don’t ask, but definitely do not try this at home! Fast forward to 1957 and a professor of medical physics (André Djourno) and an otologist (Charles Eyriès – a highly specialised ear, nose, and throat doctor) discovered that a deaf patient, on whom they had tried to repair the function of their facial nerve, using a wire with electrical current, reported experiencing auditory (hearing) sensations. 1967 and an ENT professor from Melbourne, Graeme Clark, formed a team to research profound deafness. The result was that in 1984 the Cochlear company was formed to commercialise the implants pioneered

by Professor Clark and they produced the world’s first multi-channel cochlear implant system here in Australia. A cochlear device is incredibly complex yet deceptively simple. It consists of an external device consisting of a microphone(s), and a processor which turns sound into electrical signals. These signals are transmitted to the inner, implantable device, which in turn receives the signals and transmits them via an electrode to the auditory nerve fibers in the cochlear. The electrode, or intra-cochlear array, is placed inside the cochlear, threading it inside the spiral reaching ¾ of the way in. Surgery lasts approximately 2 hours culminating in a tiny incision being made in the cochlear apparatus. Medical imaging is used during surgery to ensure that the electrode is situated in exactly the correct spot.

A Measured Dose of Life The sensation of not being able to breathe enough air into the lungs, the sensation of running out of air and not being able to inhale deeply enough must be incredibly alarming. These are sensations asthma sufferers will be able to 18 - Stamp News

identify with all too well. Asthma was first described as being separate from other respiratory disorders in 1698 by the English doctor Sir John Floyer. That is extraordinary given we perceive asthma to be a very ‘modern’ affliction.

In fact, it is said that the first documented case of asthma was recorded in a Chinese book of medicine in about 2600 BCE. I confess that before I began researching this month’s column, I was of the belief that asthma had developed around the time of the industrial revolution. Clearly not so.

The first reference to asthma I have been able to find in the postage stamp record is in the late 1800s. Given the condition has been known about for millennia it is perhaps not surprising that postage stamps were used to convey messaging in relation to asthma only some 40-50 years after their introduction. By way of contrast, tuberculosis, the stalwart of semi-postals, first made an appearance in 1904 in the “Svenska nationalfoereningen mot tuberkulos” issue. (The Swedish National Association against Tuberculosis.)

In 1893 the New Zealand government contracted out the rear of their postage stamps for advertising purposes. The contract was due to last for 4 years, but after 12 months the advertising firm that won the contract, Truebridge Miller and Reich of Wellington, exercised their right to terminate.

Things obviously hadn’t gone well. As it turned out, the public hated the idea. It seems that in the haste to get the stamps out to the public the early printings had the adverts printed on top of the gum. Always a winner. Probably as a result of this public distain the advertising company struggled to get repeat business for the ‘ad stamps’ and soon the venture became unsustainable financially. These stamps became known as ‘Adson’ stamps.

The adverts were printed on the reverse of the 1882 QV 2nd side-face definitives issue. There were 93 different adverts in all across 240 stamps (4x 60 panes) per sheet and

Ian Briggs mountain air’ and inhaling all kinds of concoctions from smoking opium to inhaling the smoke from burning herbs.

The metered-dose inhaler, invented by chemists Charlie Thiel and Irv Porush of Riker Laboratories, L-R New Zealand 1882 2nd Sideface series: SG 210 issued 1890, was introduced in 1956 and it has improved the lives of Reverse with Bonnington’s asthma advert, literally hundreds of millions of people. All from an inSG 218 issued 1891, nocent question posed to her father by a 13-year-old girl, Reverse with Macbean Stewart’s asthma advert “why can’t they put my asthma medication in a spray can like they do hairspray?” The young girl’s father was clearly there was repetition. Asthma was specifically menPresident of Riker Laboratories and Riker’s parent compationed in 2 adverts. Firstly, for Bonnington’s Irish Moss. ny made, amongst other things, hairspray.

“For asthma use Bonington’s Irish Moss.” This has 2 poMedical technology touches all our lives in one way sitions on a sheet and therefore comparatively scarce. Secor another.

From X-rays of broken bones, the ultrasound ondly, for Macbean Stewart, “Macbean Stewart’s new cure images of our unborn children, to the diagnosis of serious for Asthma, Diphtheria, Croup” which is has 6 positions on illness and even the replacement of diseased and worn-out a sheet. Adverts spruiking cures for lung complaints more body parts. The developments that have been made in a generally account for 10 different adverts and a total of 24 relatively short space of time are staggering. positions on the sheet. Beecham’s and Sunlight Soap were These changes in medical practice have altered our runaway winners with 45 individual adverts between them perception of medicine and those that seek to heal us. After accounting for the majority of the sheet. Nonetheless, it is all you can’t fix that which you can’t see; you can’t treat clear that in the 1890s asthma was occupying the minds of without being certain it needs fixing. This change in perthe public. ception is also reflected in the postage stamp record, from Prior to the invention of the metered-dose inhaler, or the initial angels and guardians to modern technology. The ‘puffer’ as some like to refer to it, asthma sufferers had use of medical technology to guide diagnosis and enhance to rely on all manner of passive treatments such as ‘fresh treatment have improved clinical outcomes and the quality of life immeasurably.

Below : Australia 2003 National Asthma Week Campaign (SG 2343)

Right : GB 2010 Medical breakthroughs series: from top left (clockwise), heart-regulating beta blockers, antibiotic penicillin, total hip replacement, artificial lens, malaria parasite, computed tomography scanner (SG 3115-3120)

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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for October 2023. In this month’s column I write about the Queensland 1898 pictorial postcards.

Queensland 1898 Pictorial Postal Cards For many years after postal cards were first introduced by Austria and Hungary in 1869, only postal stationery cards could be used to obtain the special postcard rates. During the 1890s, however, countries began allowing private postcards to be used provided they met the strict regulations applying to postcards. While most of the early postal cards were plain cards without illustrations, the 1890s also saw the introduction of illustrated cards, some on postal cards but many on private postcards especially in Europe and the USA. For example, the 1893 cards issued for the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago (Figure 1) and the 1897 New Zealand cards with coloured views on the reverse (Figure 2).

The use of illustrated cards occurred later in Australia. In 1898, however, the Queensland Government saw the opportunity of promoting the colony’s agricultural and mining industries through the issuing of pictorial postal cards. To this end the Department of Agriculture worked with the Post Office to provide a series of views which could be used on the cards. During this period, the Department appointed two ‘illustrators’, Frederick Willis and Henry Mobsby both of whom were also versed in the still relatively new art of photography.

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Figure 1 1893 Postcard for the World’s Columbian Exhibition, Chicago Figure 2 New Zealand Reverse of 1897 Postal Card

Figure 3 Proof of the 1d ‘Medallion’ Indicium

Ian McMahon The Postmaster General’s Report for 1897 (released 1 July 1898) comments on ‘Pictorial Post Cards”’: The desirability of bringing the Colony, together with its products and scenery, under the observation of people residing beyond its limits has been recognised by me, and the advantages to be derived from utilising the machinery of an institution like the [ Post Office], with exchanges penetrating every part of the world, for the purpose of assisting in the work of what might be termed advertising the Colony appeared to be beyond question. It has, therefore, afforded me much pleasure to introduce the first of a series of pictorial post cards, with views illustrating the various phases of settlement and of life appertaining to Queensland, together with some of its most attractive scenery. These cards, which have been produced wholly within the Colony, and at very little expense, are sold for the face value of the postage stamps thereon. They have already attained a large circulation which bids fair to increase to much greater dimensions. The advantages to the Colony arising from the circulation of these cards cannot be over-emphasised. and it is my intention to considerably enlarge and improve the series.

Figure 4 1898 1d Postal Card with view A Queensland Schoolhouse Figure 5 1898 1d Postal Card with view Cane-field and Selector’s Home Figure 6 1898 1d Postal Card with view Fitzroy Bridge, Rockhampton Stamp News - 21

Postal Stationery Rather than place the illustrations on the reverse of the postal card, the Post Office decided to place them on the left-hand side of the front of the cards in order to leave the reverse of the cards free for correspondence as at that time the postcard regulations allowed only the address to be written on the front of the cards.

On about 25 June 1898, Queensland issued thirty-six postal cards with illustrations on the lefthand side of the front of the card, sixteen cards at 1d for use within the Australasian colonies and sixteen 1½d cards for use to the United Kingdom and other countries which were members of the UPU. The cards were printed by lithography in shades of brown (1d) or black (1½d) on cream card with the indicium being the ‘medallion’ design (Figure 3) based on the 2½d adhesive stamp of 1895. The views were rectangular (Figures 4 and 5), although some of the larger views had a circular ‘cut away’ (Figure 6). The views on both the 1d and 1½d cards were the same so there were 16 different views in all. However, the title of the view ‘Charleville, S. and W. Railway’ on the 1d was changed to ‘Charleville, Terminus of S. and W. Railway’ on the 1½d card (Figure 7) although a small number of mint cards are known with the title the same as the Figure 7 1898 1½d Postal Card with view Titled Charleville, Terminus of S and W Railway Figure 8 1898 1½d Postal Card with view Titled Charleville, S and W Railway Figure 9 1898 1d Postal Card with view Arrowroot Drying, Coomera River

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Ian McMahon 1d card (Figure 8). The change in title on the 1½d card may have been the results of complaints about the original title.

The 1898 cards were also notable because of the use of processes to transfer photographs on to a printing plate to produce the view rather than the use of drawings with the inscription ‘[From Photo.’ recorded under each illustration.

This was unusual at the time with most illustrations on European cards still based on drawings for some years to come.

All cards carry the remark ‘Date stamp on reverse side’ at their lower left sides. This was contradictory to the usual instructions as the Post Office wanted to ensure that the viewer’s impression of Queensland created by the view was not affected by a heavy postmark. In practice this instruction seemed to be often ignored.

The 1d cards issued in June quickly sold out and a second set of 1d cards with 17 different views were issued in November 1898 (Figure 9, 10 and 11). The use of additional views was also related to the opinion of the Government Printer that the first set of views were not as good as they might have been as they were based on the limited selection of photographs that were available Figure 10 1898 1d Postal Card with view Corner Queen and Edward Streets, Brisbane Figure 11 1898 1d Postal Card with view Pineapple Plantation, Nundah near Brisbane Figure 12 New Zealand Postal Card with Boer War Scene, A Refresher Newtown Park Stamp News - 23

Postal Stationery at the time. While the cards were still printed in sheets of 18, the card depicting Parliament House appears twice on the sheet so there were only 17 different views. The views all had rounded-top corners. The cards were printed on cream paper although later printings were on a very poor-quality buff stock. The 1½d cards were not issued with these views, presumably because there were sufficient 1½d cards to meet the postal needs at the time.

Some philatelists of the day were somewhat less complimentary with the “Australian Philatelist” reporting on 25 November 1898 that: We are informed that the first series of illustrated postcards, which comprised 18 different views, has been exhausted, and a fresh series numbering 17 new pictures has been issued. For philatelic purposes we consider it should be sufficient to chronicle only the two cards themselves. To catalogue each separate view of a possibly indefinite number of successive series would be altogether too much for our philatelic patience. Perhaps the writer was fearing a never-ending range of views, however, in the end the number of views remained at thirty-five, although there were Figure 13 New Zealand Postal Card with view of Wanganui River subsequent changes in the headings Figure 14 4S Austria Postal Card with View on the Front of the cards over the following years.

It is unlikely there would be many of first-class order; a new machine has been specialcollectors today who would be happy ly ordered - a Cottrell for this fine process illustrative with only a single 1d and a single 1½ d card. work. One of the contributing causes of our success The Queensland Government was very pleased in this Department has been the appointment of a with the issue of the pictorial postal cards. The Report of the Government Printer for 1898 (dated 12 Lithographic Artist and the appointment of an OffiJuly 1899) stated: The desirability of making the out- cial Photographer in the Department of Agriculture.

The Postmaster-General at the time, the Hon H W side world better acquainted with the abundant and varied resources of the Colony has made it advisable Wilson, was very proud of the issue commenting in to avail ourselves of the large use now being made of a speech given in 1899 that: The continental cards various photographic and other processes of illustra- had the views on the side reserved for writing, which left very little room. The Queensland cards had tion .... To this end and that the illustrations may be the views on the same side as the address. This was 24 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon Figure 15 70th anniversary of the Melbourne Theatre Company Stamped Envelope

a distinct improvement. A thing that struck [Wilson] was that Sir Horace Tozer [Agent-General for Queensland in London] was endeavouring to advertise this colony through pictorial representations, but that gentleman had not the audience that [the Post Office] had, and he adopted the pictorial card system to show people abroad what life in Queensland was like. He knew that in England many people had not the least idea of what our life was like. They were delighted to see loads of wool drawn by bullocks. The cards had been sent throughout the United Kingdom.

If he had done nothing else during his term of’ office he had done something for [the Post Office] by this departure.

1d cards with the second group of views continued to be sold until the issue of the 1910 postal cards with views on the reverse. There were, however, a number of design changes and these will be covered in a future column.

Queensland was the second country to issue postal cards with views on the front of the cards after Argentina (1897). Countries such as New Zealand (1901, Figures 12 and 13), Cape of Good Hope (1898), South Australia (1909), South Africa (1941) and Peru ((1898) followed but the largest number of such cards were issued by European countries such as Austria (Figure 14) and Switzerland which continuing issuing cards of this type long after Australia had stopped.

Melbourne Theatre Company Stamped Envelope On 8 August 2023, Australia Post issued a stamped envelope for the 70th anniversary of the Melbourne Theatre Company, Australia’s oldest professional the-

atre company still in operation, and one of the largest theatre companies in the English-speaking world. The indicium shows a stage light and the text Melbourne Theatre Company.

The cachet shows the 1955 performance of the Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, the first Australian play to be performed by the Company. The envelope (Figure 15) sold for $1.45.

Exhibitions Taipei 2023 was an Asian (FIAP) exhibition held in Taipei from 11-15 August 2023. The only Australian postal stationery exhibit was Envelopes and Postcards of Canada (Ian McMahon) which received a Gold medal.

Perth 2023 will be held on 2 - 5 November 2023 and is a full Australian National including a postal stationery class and the International Postal Stationery Challenge – a team-based competition between Australia, UK, New Zealand and other countries. This should mean that some great postal stationery exhibits will be on display. Plan now to attend!

There will be two FIP international stamp exhibitions in 2024. The first to be held 16-19 April 2024 will be EFIRO 2024 to be held in Bucharest, Romania.

Contact Commissioner for details. Entries are now open. For details, email: john_dibiase@yahoo.com.

The second to be held 15 - 19 August 2024 is PhilaKorea 2024 to be held in Seoul South Korea. Entries should open later this year.

The National exhibition in 2024 will be Canberra Stampshow 2024 to be held 13-15 September 2024 at Thoroughbred Park (the Canberra racecourse). Canberra Stampshow 2024 will be a full National exhibition including the Postal Stationery Class. For further information email: exhibitscanberra2024@canberrastamps. org or view the website at https://canberrastamps.org/ canberra-stamp-show/. The exhibition’s theme is the 150th anniversary of the Universal postal Union.

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Collections, Lots, Packets & Mixtures 1. Gibraltar 1800’s to 2004 mostly mint on leaves. Sparse in earlies but appears fairly complete 1983 onwards. Lightly hinged on quality pages in full sets & minisheets, ideal if you are not often looking at the back of your stamps! 750 – 800 appear all different. Huge cat. and retail value. Has to be worth 25c a stamp. Values to £2. Price $195 (CMS1) 2. Germany earlies to about 1985 mint & used collection on leaves wide variety from all areas and periods. Appear all different, about 1200.

Very clean lot which must be worth 10c a stamp, price $119 (CMS2) 3. Jersey 1973 - 2000 mostly mint on leaves. Appears fairly complete 1983 onwards. Lightly hinged on quality pages in full sets & minisheets, ideal if you are not often looking at the back of your stamps! 900 - 1000 appear all different. Huge cat., face value alone estimated to be close to $1000! retail value would be at least twice that. Has to be worth 40c a stamp. Values to £10! Price $395 (CMS3) 4. Malta earlies to 2004 on quality leaves mainly used to 1980’s then fresh mint lightly hinged, ideal if you are not often looking at the back of your stamps! 900 - 1000 appear mostly different. Huge cat., and a lovely clean lot. Great value at around 25c each stamp. Price $235 (CMS4) 5. Switzerland William Tell issues to 2003, mostly mint lightly hinged on leaves. Very good degree of completion from 1976 onwards. Huge catalogue and face value of around $800. Must be 950 -1000 stamps, all different it seems. Very good value at about 40c a stamp. Price $395 (CMS5) 6. Wonderful lot of Papua New Guinea mostly large commems. postally used off paper just received, mainly post 2000 through to 2008.

A few pre-decimal & pre-independence issues spotted, and higher values to 2 Kina in the entire lot. Also some surcharge overprints. A very rare find! Around 10,000 to the kg. Cheap at around 12c a stamp.

50g for $69, 100g for $129, 250g for $315, 500g for $599. (CMS6) 7. Papua New Guinea, 100 different postally used, mostly large modern commems. issued after 2000. Price $57.50 (CMS7) 8. Papua New Guinea, 100 different, in complete mint unhinged sets 1970’s & 80’s. Price $49 (3 lots available) (CMS8) 9. Australian Territories, New Zealand and Pacifics mint unhinged collection in 3 large photo albums and on pages. Noted NZ 1967 Definitives with $2 Multicoloured Geyser, appears complete with Health’s, minisheets etc. to 1980. Christmas Is. 1963 – 1972 appears complete with 3 long sets of defins. inc. Fish & Ships. Nauru 1966 – 1973 appears complete. Norfolk Is. 1966 – 1976 appears complete with 5 complete sets of defins. inc. Butterflies, Birds & Ships. Papua New Guinea 1966 – 1976 appears complete with Butterflies, Shells, Panorama defins. A very useful lot, with huge catalogue/retail. Less than $100 per country. Price $495 (CMS9) 10. Turkey, very useful postally used lot on album leaves early to modern, with some revenues which are rarely seen. Nice clean lot of 700 – 750 & mostly different. Don’t know much about this country, but must be cheap at $99 (CMS10) 11. Australia “shaped” stamps. Very recent lot of these mostly on close clipped paper. Very hard to find and includes AFL teams, disaster relief, Peanuts & Disney cartoons, Christmas star shaped etc. Mostly $1.10 values. About 150 all up. Price $59. (CMS11) 12. Great Britain First Day Covers etc. 1960’s to 1980’s. About 50 covers and some other nice things in here inc. Official Portsmouth 1970 Museum cover, cancelled at Charles Dickens’ birthplace, with informative insert card and se-tenant block of 4 Dickens stamps. 1965 Churchill set on pictorial FDC, 1966 Westminster Abbey set similar, 1968 Royal Tournament, 1969 Battle of Britain anniversary flight cover, Battle of Hastings, Battle of Britain set of 6, Royal events and much more.

Priced very cheaply at under $1.50 each, price $89 (CMS12) 13. World off paper in envelopes & packets, sorted by country/region.

Little if any Australia, GB, USA & Dominions. Could be anything. 1.2kg approx., must be 12,000 – 15,000 stamps. Price around 4c a stamp $595 (CMS13) 14. Australia Replica Cards, No’s 3 – 33 and near new dark blue cover album. Issue price $5 each, 31 items plus the nice cover album comes free. Well under issue price $98 (CMS14) 15. USA off paper 150g plus on well trimmed single paper 160g. Early to modern. Anything could lurk in here. Must be around 3000, good variety. Cheap at under 3c a stamp. $89 (CMS15) 16. Canada off paper mix, early to modern. About 125g, close to 2000 stamps. Good variety. Under 3c a stamp $59 (CMS16) 17. New Zealand on paper mix, well trimmed, mostly decimals with modern and better values. 190g. Elusive mix these days. Around 1000

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COLLECTIONS SALE OCTOBER 2023 with good variety. Cheap lot for about 3c a stamp. $29 (CMS17) 18. New Zealand off paper. Great sorting mixture with KGV to modern, but with emphasis on pre-QEII. Postmark, shade & variety potential here. Fair amount of duplication, but some nice surprises almost certain to be found. Cheap and cheerful at around 2c a stamp, with 100g (About 1500) for $29, 250g for $69 (CMS18) 19. Australia pre-decimals on well trimmed single paper. Saw a few Kangaroos & KGV heads, inc. 2/-. Decent mixture with some better values 300 plus grams (1500 plus) just $39 (CMS19) 20. British Empire & Commonwealth off paper mostly earlier with plenty of KGV & VI spotted. Good clean mix with 200g assorted stamps here. Nice variety, no GB or Australia. About 3000 stamps for about 6c each. $179 (CMS20) 21. Japan, mostly modern used off paper mix, large & small, very colourful lot. 650 – 750 stamps here. Good value at $35 (CMS21) 22. Germany West and Re-unified, mostly large on single well trimmed paper. Noted issues to 2014 plus some semi-postals. Attractive lot of 275g, 1150 – 1250 stamps is my guess. Priced well at about 6c per stamp, $75 (CMS22) 23. Germany all periods used off paper, mainly modern large. Noted a few minisheets and semi-postals. 175grams. Must be about 2000 here for under 5c a stamp. $98 (CMS23) 24. Australia charity/mission mix mostly on single well trimmed paper, widest range we have ever offered with some better values. About 5000 to the kg, price per kg $89, 2.5kg $209, 5kg $399, 10kg $759. (CMS24) 25. Australia large & commemoratives only, on single close clipped paper.

Wide range up the $1 period. Limited quantity, 500g $79, 1kg $149. (CMS25) 26. Great Britain, magnificent collection in 3 as new Black Windsor Hingeless albums, COMPETE FRESH MINT UNHINGED 1971 – end of 1999, inc. Millennium Issues plus some extras, like Smilers booklets and panes. Retail $2550 plus, and the albums $900, total $3450.

Priced to sell at $1000 under replacement cost $2450! (Even less after discount!) (CMS26) 27. Great Britain Yearbooks, 1984 – 1997 complete. The first 14 volumes issued! Magnificent lot, in superb condition as purchased, some in original cellophane and unopened! Catalogue price is a whopping £780 = approx. $1530 at time of listing. Face value is very high too.

Sydney retail is $745, Our price a bit over $45 each, $649, much less after discounts! We also have some extras of some the above years, please enquire. Great if you need to fill in a few years, priced from $45 each. (CMS26) 28. Great Britain Commemorative Year sets, 1979 – 1997 complete fresh mint unhinged. Retail approx. $1295, price before generous discounts $965. (Individual, enquire for those you need). (CMS28) 29. Great Britain Commemorative Year sets, 1979 – 1997 complete

fresh mint unhinged BLOCKS OF 4. Retail approx. $5180, price before generous discounts JUST $3850 (CMS28a) 30. Worldwide bundles of album leaves from various collections, no rubbish and plenty of decent pickings. Early to modern, mint & used. Roughly 100 pages and 2000 plus mostly different stamps per kg weight. Priced from 6c per stamp. $139 per kg, 2.5kg for $329, 5kg for $629. (CMS29) 31. Germany, mint & MUH collection of all periods and areas in Dark Blue 32 page stockbook. A few minor condition issues and some without gum. Commences Germania issue overprinted “Bayern”, then inflation period, 3rd Reich, Allied Occupation, West Germany, Berlin & DDR. Appears all different, with many sets and better items. 650 plus, sellers original price $230. Our price around 25c per stamp, $159 (CS4) 32. Samoa 1920 – 2000 mostly mint collection on leaves, commencing 1920 Victory. Appears mostly complete 1976 – 2000. Very fresh lightly hinged, so if you are not concerned about looking at the reverse of the stamps then this is for you! Huge face value & catalogue.

Includes many mini sheets of which the stamps are unhinged. 700 to 750 different here. Very low price of 25c per stamp. $179. (CS8) 33. Solomon Is. 1937 – 2000 mostly mint collection on leaves, commencing 1937 Coronation. Appears mostly complete from decimals onwards . Very fresh lightly hinged, so if you are not concerned about looking at the reverse of the stamps then this is for you! Huge face value & catalogue. Includes many mini sheets of which the stamps are unhinged. 900 to 950 different here and priced very cheaply at around 25c per stamp. $229 (CS9) 34. New Zealand used collection/accumulation in two large blue stockbooks. Commences Queen Victoria to 1980’s. Noted several 1935 1/Green Bird, Fair number of 1d Dominions too. Decimals to $5. There is a lot of duplication in the flowers & other small definitives series and these are not included in the count of around 1600 – 1700. Postmark & variety potential here. Cheap at about 15c a stamp. $247.50 (CS11) 35. Thematics, Ajman & Albania. Pretty pictures for those who like them, mainly cto, some mint. 1960’s – 1980’s. Nice clean lot of all different on leaves. About 500 Ajman & 250 Albania. Mainly complete sets, appear all different. Cheap around 10c per stamp. $74.50. (CS13) 36. Australia 1913- 1984 on leaves, useful mostly used collection.

Noted KGV to 1/4d, Kangaroos to 5/- , Navigators 10/- etc. QEII would be pretty near complete for the period. 600 – 650 mostly all different.

Very good value at about 25c a stamp. Price $159.50 (CS14) 37. Magnificent lot of AAT, Christmas Is. & Cocos (Keeling) Is., plus some Norfolk Is, PNG & Nauru. Approx. 500 different, some on album pages, some loose. Inc. mint & minisheets. Covers the period approx. 1958 – 2000 maybe a few more recent. Well worth 50c a stamp. Price $249 (CS15) 38. Czechoslovakia, mostly used on leaves, earlies to about 1970.

Includes 1940’s German Hitler Head Occupation issues. 650 – 700

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COLLECTIONS SALE OCTOBER 2023 appears all different. Cheap at $79 (CS17) 39. Western Europe off paper, new supplier, mostly large and commemoratives. Superb mixture 19th Century – fairly modern, nearly all postally used plus a few mint. Virtually no Great Britain, but plenty of all the larger nations plus some of the smaller, and islands such as Belgium, Finland Malta etc. Very high count with about 12,500 per kg.

Good value from around 4c per stamp. 100g for $59, 250g $139, 500g $269, 1kg $519. (CS18) 40. As above, but with about 25% Great Britain, 100g $39.50, 250g $95, 500g $179, 1kg $349 (CS18a) 41. Papua New Guinea, pristine MUH Collection 1952 - 1999 in new Burgundy Hagner Binder and on 50 genuine Swedish Made Hagner pages, these cost $135 alone. Virtually complete collection excepting only the expensive $300 Birds Overprints of 1995, all of the other overprints are there. Beautifully set out, this collector was very particular. Sydney retail of the stamps alone $2450 plus, and the album at $135 makes a replacement cost of very close to $2600. Save over $1100 at only $1495. (CEJ1) 42. Papua New Guinea, fabulous hoard of commercial airmail covers mostly DL size and to the same family in Switzerland 1976 – 2006 with a wide variety of frankings, many multiples and with values to K5.25. Great condition overall and nearly all neatly slit open at the top. A scare destination to boot! 48 covers in all and at well under $10 each, price $429 (CEJ2) 43. Papua New Guinea on paper hoard 1952 – 2010 approx, a fabulous mix, emanating from a family in Switzerland. About 10% is pre-decimal, this lot is neatly clipped and with a wide variety of issues with higher values to 2/- or K2.50 spotted. We only have 500g of this.

About 350 to the 100g. 100g for $137.50, 250g for $325. (CEJ3) 44. Australia 1966 -2003 Complete Decimals very fine used with extras in 3 as new Seven Seas Green Hingeless Albums with slipcases. Cost of these alone $795. Includes many extras such as booklet panes, tabbed stamps, reprints etc. Also the scarce perf. $1 Navigator.

Appear handpicked for quality, with some minisheets mint unhinged as commercially used are virtually unseen. Also Internationals to the very scarce $20. Retail of the basic stamps without the extras is $2900 plus, so $3695 replacement value at the very least. Save a lot of effort trying to fill all those gapes yourself and paying through the nose in the process! Also save over $1000 in the process…price $2650. (Layby is of course available) (CEJ7) 45. 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) 46. 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) 47. Western Europe off paper, great mixture of early to modern, large & small. Pretty much all postally used. Very high count approx. 12,500 – 15,000 per kg. Price per kg $369, 500g $195, 250g $99, 100g $43.50 (CMMY14) 48. Australia High Values only on paper, mostly close clipped single paper, with a wide range of issues inc. many Internationals. Values to $5. Approx. 4000 per kg. Price per 500g $535, 250g $279, 100g $119, 50g $62.50 (CMMY15) 49. Australia Internationals only on paper, mostly close clipped single paper, with a wide range of issues inc. Approx. 4000 per kg. Price per 250g $535, 100g $239, 50g $124.50 (CMMY16) 50. Ireland Charity Mix on paper. 1st lot of this we have received since the outbreak of Covid. As usual with Ireland the trim varies, but a higher % this time of close clipped single paper. Wide range of issues with some quite recent. Cheap & cheerful lot with 3000 – 3500 per kg. Price per kg $110, 500g $59, 250g $32.50 (CMMY17) 51. South Africa Charity Mix on paper. 1st lot of this we have received since the outbreak of Covid. Wide range of issues with some quite recent. Noted the odd minisheet and complete set on piece. Well trimmed single paper, very high count of around 4500 – 5000 per kg.

Very well priced. Per kg $125, 500g $65, 250g $35 (CMMY17) 52. Our own incoming mail, mainly Australian, some from overseas.

Always popular with recent & latest issues, registered mail etc. Always popular, 1 lot only, 1 kg for $95 (CMMY20) 53. New Zealand World Wildlife Fund Collection including 1991 Tuatara, 1993 Birds of NZ, and 2005 Kakapo in a WWF padded black stockbook with matching slipcase. Each set includes stamps & FDCs. Includes fact sheets for Tuatara and Birds issues. Price $85 (WWF3) 54. Jamaica World Wildlife Fund 2006 Black-billed Amazon stamps, FDCs and factsheet. Price $33 (WWF7) 55. CHRISTMAS ISLAND: 1958-2008 collection approximately 85% complete in two Seven Seas albums cost $445 (with slipcases), including gutter multiples, M/Sheets, sheetlets & International Stamps; predominantly MUH, with some hinged mint or used issues mostly amongst the earlier issues; generally fine. Stamps retail $1500 plus, so a total replacement value of $1950 or so. Price $1165 (CEM1) 56. COCOS (Keeling) ISLANDS: 1963-2006 collection largely complete in as new Seven Seas Blue album retail $200 plus (with slipcase) vast majority are MUH including 1990-91 Postage Paid Overprints set of 7

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COLLECTIONS SALE OCTOBER 2023 (Retail $295+, 43c on 90c Coconut CTO as issued), later issues incl. M/ Ss and sheetlets; only stamp that appears to be missing is 1990 70c Map (SG.187a); generally fine/very fine. Stamps retail approx. $1325.

A total replacement value here of over $1500. Price $1140 (CEM2) 57. NEW ZEALAND: A valuable collection 1912 – 2014 in Black 32 page Lighthouse Stockbook. album. Noted 1920 Victory set Mint; 1931 Smiling Boys Mint; 1935 Pictorials to 3/- M/MUH; 1935 Jubilee set MUH; KGVI defins to 3/- MUH; 1940 Centennial to 1/- Mint; 1953 QE2 series to 10/- incl. Officials to 3/- MUH; 1967 Pictorials to $2 MUH; plus many other sets, mainly MUH. By no means complete, but huge retail and includes a number of plate blocks. About 500, mostly all different. Price $1275 (CEM3) 58. South Africa 1938 Hardbound Lavish Cigarette Card Album, with Green & Gold Cover. Contains a complete set of 200 full colour large cigarette cards produced by The United Tobacco Co. The individual cards can be found on eBay at $5 to $8 each, full sets are scarce. The book contains an extensive history of South Africa with accompanying maps.

Potential retail if sold individually up to $1600! Price just $325. (CEM5) 59. Japan Collection/Accumulation mint & used from earlies to 1970 in large Red Stockbook. Includes many mint unhinged with a lot of complete sets, minisheets, sheetlets & blocks. A fair amount of Expo ’70 items, inc. pre-publicity Cinderella sheets. A very good lot of about 700 – 800 stamps. Must be worth 50c a stamp plus, price $375 (CEM8) 60. Papua New Guinea Year Books 1985-1990 in superb condition as issued. Sydney retail $306, price $229.50 (CEM15) 61. Papua New Guinea 1985 Year Book, plus a large stack of 40 Post Office Packs ranging from 1984 – 1990. Just 3 appear to be duplicated. Very cheap at $110. (CEM16) 62. Pitcairn Is. 2003 -2013 Superb Official Unaddressed FDC’s x 65 plus many with minisheets and top values to $6 in as new Blue Padded Lighthouse Album and Slipcase on 24 double sided Vario Pages. These alone cost $125 plus. Beautiful presentation and all good thematics.

The covers look to be a complete run of 10 years of what is an impossible period to buy on the secondary market. Retail for this era is huge around $20 to $30 each, totally about $1600…if you can find them!

So a total cost to replace of $1725 for just $995 (CEM17) 63. Norfolk Is. 2009 – 2013 Superb Official highly thematic FDC’s x 23 inc. minisheets and with top values to $10 in Burgundy Hagner Binder, on 12 double sided Vario pages, cost $50 alone. This is an impossible era to find on the secondary market, and retail for around $15 to $20 each, when you can find them! A total replacement cost of around $450 for just $269 (CEM18) 64. Shop packets, from closed down dealership. Worldwide from 1940’s to 1990’s, some mixed, some thematics, some single country.

Most professionally made, some made in house. Great variety, mostly

all different. Range from 10 different to 200 different. About 1000 for $149, 2000 for $285, 5000 for $675 (CEM21) 65. Belgium, very nice on paper mixture to about 2000. Most are 1990’s with some earlier. Very hard mix to source from a country of only around the population of Paris! Many commems. & better values.

Maybe also some postmark interest particularly for small towns and villages. 4000 plus per kg. Because of the proximity to France & Germany there may be a few of these countries mixed in. Price per 100g $63.50, 250g $159, 500g $295 (CEM29) 66. Ceylon, virtually all pre-QEII off paper mixture. Mostly KEVII – KGVI plus the odd QV. Population up to 1930 was sub 4 million, compared to India of around 280 million! Really scarce mix, we have never had this before and even now only 125 grams. 1250 to 1500 in the 100 grams.

Mostly letter post rates but a few higher values to 15c to 25c. Price around 20c per stamp. per 25g $72.50, 50g $137.50 (CEM30) 67. Ceylon/Sri Lanka, mainly on paper mix of stamps, 1950’s to about 2000. Noted many better values inc. the 1998 50R Elephant stamp in the overall mix there are none of these, even mint on eBay Worldwide! Neither is there any kiloware. A fabulous mix. About 500 stamps per 100g. 100g for $55, 250g $129, 500g $249. (CEM31) 68. 4kg Carton of World, ex deceased estate. Early to modern In packets, envelopes, small takeaway containers, Ice Cream Cartons etc.

Some on paper, some off, a few mint. Noticed decent quantities of Germany, Japan, Switzerland, USA, Spain, Denmark, Norway etc., plus lots of smaller amounts from smaller areas, all sorted into countries.

A lifetime accumulation! Must be 20,000 plus stamps here. Will split evenly into 1kg lots for $349, or take the lot for $1249. (CEM32) 69. Australian States used collections values to 1/-, all are visually different. 25 different $49, 50 Different $87.50, 100 different on Hagner pages, all States represented. $185 (CEM37) 70. China, People’s Republic. 1997 Mint unhinged year set complete.

23 sets + 5 M/Sheets. One lot only, be quick! $115 (CD1) 71. Australia pre-decimal first day covers, various cachets 1940’s – 1960’s neat hand or type written address. 25 different for $149, 50 different for $329. Unaddressed 25 different for $298, 50 different for $649 (CD2) 72. Gilbert & Ellice Is., virtually complete mostly Mint Unhinged 1953 – 1979 on near new Ka-Be hingeless pages. These alone cost $100.

Previous owner state she paid $575 for this. Just a very few minor condition issues, but very good value at $345 (CD8) 73. East Germany 1949 – 52, the hard period. Collection on leaves mostly fine used, some mint once lightly hinged. 75% - 80% complete for the period. About 80 stamps, cat. £650 = approx. $1150 currently. Priced previously at $425, very well priced at under 25% cat. at $279 (CD13) 74. Lovely New Zealand 1874 - 1966 mint & used Pre-decimal Collec-

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COLLECTIONS SALE OCTOBER 2023 tion in as new Ka-Be Hingeless pages, worth $180 alone to buy today.

Noted 1882 Queen Victoria 2nd Sidefaces 1/- used, 1898 2½d & 5d pictorials unused, 1931 Arms type 10/- & £1 fine used, also the 5/- ovpt.

Official, 1935 pictorials complete, mix of mint & used, plus officials to 9d used. 1952 – 1966 near complete inc. many health minisheets plus lots of extras affixed to left hand pages. A great lot that would be fairly easy to complete. Price $375 (CD15) 75. Europe 1964 - 83. Black ring binder with themed stamps, covers and mint unhinged sheets for a United Europe. Some stunningly attractive items here with sheets/sheetlets from Cyprus, Berlin, United Nations and Bulgaria and similar on cover from Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man & Gibraltar. Also some 1972 Olympics related covers. Several hundred stamps & covers. Originally priced at $550, now half price $275 (CD16) 76. Papua New Guinea 1952 - 1992, plus some earlier New Guinea & Papua mainly mint in near new Blue Padded Seven Seas Album.

Commences Lakatois and Birds of Paradise etc, to 5d (24)) Then near complete mint inc. 10/- Rabaul & £1 QEII Specimens 1958 - 1992, unhinged from 1987 (No 1952 set) A nice clean lot, priced years ago by major dealer at $525. Our more realistic price is under half that, $259 (CD17) 77. Mostly pre-Independence French Colonies in Africa mostly mint also some Indo China in 1940’s Junior Globe Album. 500 to 600 appear al different. Great lot, and much cleaner than usually seen. Price $275 (CD19) 78. French Colonies, pre-independence great range of 500 different mint & used with brand new Prinz 32 page stockbook. Fast seller, we can never get enough of these! Price $329 (CD20) 79. NETHERLANDS 1960-93 mint collection in older Blue Schaubek hingeless album, virtually complete including definitives, Phosphors, M/Ss and sheetlets, fresh mint unhinged, stated Cat £1780+. (Many 100s) Very good value at $885 (CS1) 80. Worldwide early to modern 19th century onwards Postally used blocks and pairs inc. many high values. Huge variety and great value at under 25c per stamp. 1000 stamps, every block or pair will be different. (No Australia unless requested) Price $249 (CS7) 81. Worldwide early to modern (Mostly 1950s- 1980’s) Mint unhinged Blocks and Minisheets including many complete sets. Huge variety and great value at around 25c per stamp. 500 stamps, every block or pair will be different. (No Australia unless requested) Price $129 (CS8) 82. AUSTRALIA, KGV Heads 1916-21 group of covers with University of Melbourne printed covers with perf. ‘OS’ issues comprising 1d Red (4), 1½d Brown (3), 1½d Red (2) & 2d Orange; also Dept of Labour front with perf. ‘OS’ 1½d Red & 1919 use of “THREE/HALFPENCE” on 1d Postal Card to USA uprated with ½d Green with two-line “RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK/DAMAGED” handstamp in red; generally fine. Scarce assembly. 11 items. Price $459 (CJE3)

83. AUSTRALIA: KGV Heads. 1924-33 group of 1d Green covers, predominantly single frankings, noting three double-rate covers, also 1925 redirected OHMS cover with Large Mult perf ‘OS’ and three covers with SMW P13x12½ perf ‘OS’. Varieties noted, condition variable.

Includes 3 advertising covers for Canada Cycle and Motor Company, Latrobe St. Melbourne, 1 x Dept of Health CSL, Royal Park Melb., and 1 x British Medical Association. East Melb. 19 items. Price $795 (CJE4) 84. Take both lots of covers as above for $1195 (save $59) (CJE4a) 85. 1977 QEII Silver Jubilee mint unhinged collection of Commonwealth issues in lovely quality Thick Schaubek Burgundy Padded Springback Album. Appears complete Antigua to Turks & Caicos Is. with sets, minisheet s& sheetlets. Huge original cost. Price $329 (CJE39) 86. Australia, 1944-45. Three amazing covers from Avoca Beach NSW to Oberlin, Ohio. All addressed to Mrs. Alice Wright Bryson – Wilbur, a former director at the Carnegie Library. (CJE53) 87. Great Britain 1940’s to late 1990’s complete fine used Commem. sets. 25 different for $49, 50 for $110, 100 diff. for $239 (better sets in the larger lots) (CM4) 88. Our own incoming mail, mostly form the last 6 months plus other bits & pieces from here & there. Lots of nice frankings including very recent, registered mails etc. Australia only. 1kg for $95 (CM8) 89. China mint unhinged complete sets, very recent from around 2012 up to 2016. This is a new lot just received. And will differ slightly from the last consignment we received. About 25 sets in each lot, around $2.75 per set. Many nice thematics. 5 lots only $69 each. (CM9) 90. New Caledonia mint unhinged collection 1989 – 1999 complete on as new Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Pages cost $200 alone!

Stamps retail $645 plus. Total retail $845, price $565 (CM14) 91. 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) 92. 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) 93. Europa, wonderful lot of unaddressed FDC’s dating from 1958 – 1964. A very clean lot of illustrated covers, which sell at $5 to $15

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COLLECTIONS SALE OCTOBER 2023 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) 94. 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) 95. 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) 96. 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) 97. 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) 98. 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) 99. 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) 100. 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) 101. 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) 102. 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) 103. 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) 104. Great Britain, mini collection of 25 different mint unhinged complete sets. Nice mixture of Decimal and Pre-decimal sets. Price $49 (CMAU4) 105. As above but all decimal, price $59 (CMAU5) 106. San Marino lovely mini collection of 25 different complete mint unhinged sets, some great thematics here. Price $49 (CMAU6) 107. Italy, mini collection of 25 complete mint unhinged sets, price $49 (CMAU7) 108. Vatican, mini collection of 25 complete mint unhinged sets, price $49 (CMAU8) 109. San Marino, Italy & Vatican, 75 complete mint unhinged sets, great selection. Price $139 (CMAU8a) 110. British Commonwealth, 50 different mint unhinged minisheets, fine lot. Price $98 (CMAU9) 111. 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) 112. 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) 113. 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) 114. 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) 115. 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

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COLLECTIONS SALE OCTOBER 2023 albums, Seven Seas Albums etc. etc plus some loose stamps. A REAL SORTERS PARADISE! Price $749 (CMM1) 116. 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) 117. Christmas Island First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1970 – 2000. 50 different for $89 (CMN4) 118. Papua New Guinea First Day Covers all official unaddressed covering the period approx. 1967 – 2000. 50 different for $89 (CMN8) 119. Cocos (Keeling) Is. 50 different official unaddressed FDC’s 1981 – 1988, Inc. Coconut Minisheet. Great value and huge retail value. Price $99 (CNO18) 120. 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) 121. 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) 122. 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 (CNO41) 123. 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) 124. 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) 125. 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) 126. 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) 127. 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) 128. 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 find in this, roughly 30c a stamp, around 250 for $79, 500 for $149 (NM65) 129. 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) 130. 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) 131. As above but decimals only, at half the above price, Approx 2000 for $147.50 (MN34a) 132. 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) 133. 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) 134. 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. (MJL3) 135. Australia Mission Mix, an older lot, to the 45c period with good vari-

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COLLECTIONS SALE OCTOBER 2023 ety, 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 (JL16) 136. 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) 137. 1500 different Australia, back in stock again, only 5 available.

New content, price $109 (MF6) 138. 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) 139. A similar lot to the above, but all World: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449 (FE70) 140. 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) 141. 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 (PM30) 142. Two Hagners of GB 1880’s on piece, with full duplex postmarks.

Mostly 6d Grey-Brown with large coloured corner letters. Also 6d on 6d overprint x 2 one with the ”Slanting dots” variety cat. from £450! and some 3d Rose in pairs. Mainly London NW, SW different types, also Brighton & Brixton. Huge catalogue of £3400 plus as simply used stamps. Great research material, 36 pieces, 39 stamps in all. Priced at around 10% of catalogue for the stamps alone. Price $675 (CMAU2) 143. 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) 144. Australis Post’s fabulous collections of die proofs, posthumously reproduced from the original plates and presented in lavishly illustrat-

ed 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) 145. 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) 146. 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) 147. 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) 148. 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) 149. 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) 150. 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) 151. 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 (CMF6) 152. 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) 153. 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)

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COLLECTIONS SALE OCTOBER 2023 154. 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) 155. 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) 156. 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) 157. 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) 158. 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) 159. 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) 160. 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. (CMN16) 161. Australia 25 different complete mint unhinged issues, all pre-decimal. Includes values to 2/3d. Great starter lot, Price $49 CMN20) 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 parcels and presents. We sell these individually at $10 each, but as a lot under half price $39, 5 lots for $175. (CMN17) 162. 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 (CMAU1) 163. 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) 164. 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) 165. 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) 166. 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 (CEN1) 167. 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) 168. 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. (CMJL18) 169. India FDC’s as above, smaller lot of 40 going to 1977 for $29. (CMJL20) 170. Australia High Values, both commems. & defins. Build your

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COLLECTIONS SALE OCTOBER 2023 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) 171. 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) 172. 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) 173. 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) 174. 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) 175. 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) 176. 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) 177. 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) 178. As above, but lot of 500. Price $259 (CF6a) 179. 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) 180. 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) 181. 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) 182. 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) 183. 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) 184. 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) 185. 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) 186. 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) 187. 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 (NM62) 188. 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) 189. 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)

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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

New Zealand 1909 1d Red ‘Universal’ Fresh **MUH** IMPERFORATE pair $A250 -

The Cowan paper, with WHITE original gum, and genuine **MUH**. Excellent margins and bright and fresh. SG 410a, £250=$A500 as HINGED! And MUH for pre WWI material is 300% extra generally from NZ, as it here, and in NZ is highly sought after thus. Show me another pair for sale globally, at ANY price. This collector liked this variety and indeed managed to obtain THREE different horizontal imperf pairs MUH of this stamp - so he also has SG 405a, £500=$A1,000, and the SIDEWAYS watermark SG 408b, Cat £350=$A700, if anyone is interested - also super attractive MUH - let me know and I’ll do a deal for you. As a trio of imperf pairs are probably UNIQUE! All this material has been in Canada for 60 years, and never been seen since on the market. About $US160 at $A250 - Stock 473KC

Aust. Pre-Dec coll on Lighthouse pages. Retail $1,250 just $A375! -

Handy lot on clean set of expensive German ‘Lighthouse’ pages 1927-1966. These would cost you over $100 to buy. And then Juzwin retail of the stamps is $A1,150 - lightly pencilled next to each set, for your easy checking. 1937/49 ‘Robes’ Thick AND scarce Thin paper sets 3 to £1, 1948 ‘Arms’ £2 Green, 1963 Navs to £1, and loads of other high retail stuff. Quite well filled Mint and used collection - many more pages shown here - tinyurl.com/PreDec-LH to give a better overview. From 1927 Canberra, right to end of pre-decimal in late 1965. Lots of good sets - the key 1930s commems are superb used etc. Estate steal at just $US250 at $A375 Stock 939CK

1932 5/- CofA watermark John Ash Imprint Block - terrific looking *MUH* -

As you can see, very attractive perfect centred *MUH* on all stamps. ACSC 46c, Grey and Yellow Buff, with the constant variety on stamp 56 - ‘Open Mouth Kangaroo’. (Roo ears getting wet on same stamp, being misplaced into Bonaparte Gulf!) ACSC 46za, cat $22,000 as a MUH imprint block.

Cat even as 4 x MUH singles ACSC 46c is $7,000 before adding double for the plate variety! If you visited the GPO in 1935, and were handed 100 PO sheets, and were invited to tear out the BEST looking Imprint block among them - it would be this one! IMPOSSIBLE to improve on looks.

Amazing centering for ANY imprint block, as the LH units are mostly poor centred. Perfs and centering one NEVER sees in any Roo imprints, which as all know, ordinarily has the left unit centred well to side, due to layout of comb perforating head, which was not exactly the same size of the stamps. I keep *EVERY* Australian stamp in stock, 1913-1980, and in FIVE grades for each, from Spacefiller to Superb Used, to suit EVERY budget. I have EASILY the world’s largest stock of used Roos, normal and ‘OS’. Contact me re all your ‘wants’. Totally MUH Bi-Color stamps, after near a Century, are most unusual. Time payment arrangements ALWAYS fine for pricier pieces. A GEM looker at $18,000 under catalogue - $US2,600 at $A3,999 - Stock 642LJ

Order via: www.tinyurl.com/GlenOrder All Cards accepted with ZERO fee - even Amex! Bank Deposit fine, or Money Orders.

PayPal is accepted in ANY major currency, saving you fees - contact me first. LayBys/Layaways always OK with me!

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Fakes, Forgeries, Facsimiles and Fantasies (Caveat Emptor)

by Darryl Fuller This article was prompted by the apparent sale of the item in Figure 1 on eBay for $2,850. This item is not what it purports to be - an essay or trial for a kangaroo issue. It is a complete affectation made by someone with some design skills, a printer and the ability to add reasonable perforations. It bears some minor similarity to one of the Kangaroo essays (Figure 2) that sold in the Arthur Gray sale for many tens of thousands of dollars. It is not an unrecorded essay or trial - it is a pure fantasy. It was sold with the following heading “Australia GV 20sh (£1) essay or trial for the Kangaroo issue. MNG RARE$$$$ (IT)”. The $2,850 was the start and end price and it is not possible to know whether the lot was actually bought by someone at this price, or whether it was a shill bid, designed to create a market price. It was sold by an Australian seller who most likely purchased it off a supplier in Taiwan who creates many fantasy stamps. Indeed, you can buy complete sets (½d to £5) of perforated and gummed stamps of this design for around $A10. You can also get sets of the Kangaroo essays (of the type shown in Figure 2) gummed and perforated for a similar price, all on eBay. At least the Taiwanese seller calls the items gummed reproduction stamps as required by eBay. The Australian seller of Figure 1 did not do this and effectively broke eBay rules.

Figure 3 2d KGV red forgery (left)

Why are these items a problem? After all, anyone can produce and sell a gummed label without breaking any selling rules, or the law. It is only when you represent the item as something it isn’t that this is an issue. I just hope no naïve collector actually paid $2,850 for an item that cost less than a $1 to produce. Any reasonably knowledgeable stamp collector would not fall for this item. In the long run, all of these fantasy items are going to be a problem for future collectors. They will end up in collections and in 10-20 years, someone will come across these items and not be able to find them in a catalogue. They will do an internet search and should one of the essays from the Gray collection come up, with its 5-figure price, then the person may then be under the impression they are sitting on a fortune.

Whereas they are in fact sitting on labels with little except curiosity value.

The rest of this article will be an overview the differences between forgeries, Left : Figure 1 Fantasy item fakes, facsimiles and fantasies with the aim Below : Figure 2 Kangaroo essay (ex to help educate newer Gray) collectors.

Postal Forgeries Postal forgeries are stamps forged to defraud the post office of revenue. While not common they have occurred almost since postage stamps were invented.

Recent examples include forged stamps used on the Nigerian scam mail of the 1990s. These

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Figure 4: Spiro brothers Virgin Island facsimiles. (ex Argyll Etkin)

Figure 5: Sperati forgery (ex Gray) quite rare. Overall postal forgeries, especially those correctly used on cover, are quite sort after and exhibitable. scam letters were sent out in vast quantities, before spam emails, and eventually the scammers decided to print their own stamps. They are not rare items and even I managed to receive one and keep it. The stamps are quite poor quality.

With improved printing techniques the UK Machins were also forged in large quantities. These are quite good forgeries and a number of values were produced. These stamps were often sold to convenience stores, which often sell basic postage stamps, at bargain prices and the store made a greater profit than the same items bought through the postal service. From what I gather this was a large-scale forgery ring. You will find further information on both these forgeries online.

Australia also had some well-known forgeries back in 1932. A group which operated a lottery scam through the mail decided the cost of postage was too high, so printed their own stamps. They printed the 2d Sydney Harbour Bridge stamp and the 2d red KGV head. They came undone because a philatelist queried the Post Master General’s Department about a new perforation on the 2d KGV head stamp. Figure 3 illustrates the forged stamp on the left and the original on the right. They are a reasonable copy and it was the perforations that initially gave them away, plus no watermark. The group was caught and charged.

Some of the stamps ended up on the market and are highly collectable. They are not overly expensive selling for some hundreds of dollars in mint condition, although the 2d Bridge is far more expensive. On a genuine cover they are

Stamps Forged for Collectors People have been forging stamps for collectors ever since the hobby started. There are many monographs and articles on forgeries, and it pays to find this information in the area of your collecting interest. Some stamps have a number of forgeries and the ones from the earlier days of the hobby are often collected by philatelists. One might include some in an exhibit, but often they are left out unless important in some way to the story being told. Many early forgeries were quite crude with some forgers using catalogue illustra-

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Figure 7: Fournier overprint forgeries

Above : Figure 8: Earliest known date ex Mizuhara sale (Spink January 2016) Right : Figure 9: ex W. Hancock correspondence, Lurgan (Interasia June 2016) tions as the base design. These forgeries turn up in old time collections all the time and are usually easy to tell from an original. The postmarks are often ‘wrong’, just groups of dots or bars, and this is often the simplest way to tell (Figure 4 illustrates a sheet of a well-known Virgin Islands stamp with typical non-descript postmark (refer addendum to the article also)). Stamp forgeries were so common that by 1863 a book was published called “Forged Stamps: How to Detect Them”. Therefore, there are many forgeries and much information out there, so it pays to research the items you buy. There was a lot of junk produced by such forgers as Panelli and the Spiro brothers. They in fact produced the stamps as facsimiles because collectors wanted to fill the spaces in the printed stamp albums that were beginning to become popular. They were not sold as fakes per se, but they are

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still commonly found in old collections and most collectors consider them forgeries. Some forgeries are so good that it takes an expert committee to tell the fake from an original.

The best forger was Jean de Sperati and another important forger was François Fournier.

Sperati was without a doubt the most dangerous stamp forger ever. He would take a genuine cheap stamp of the same vintage (paper, watermark etc) and bleach it, leaving the postmark in place. He then had a method to make the paper pervious to ink and use photolithography to print a new stamp through the postmark. He did this to over 500 rare stamps and he was so good that the forgeries tend to sell for more than the originals. Only one Australian stamp was forged by Sperati, the £2 Kangaroo and map stamp (Figure 5). He also forged a 2/6d Papua Lakatoi, the Tasmania £1 tablet stamp and the WA £1 orange stamp.

It was not illegal to sell forged stamps at the time as long as the stamp was marked as such. Sperati got around this by signing on the back in easily erased pencil, “facsimile”. He fooled many experts with his forgeries. The British Philatelic Association considered Sperati’s work so dangerous that it paid him $US40,000 in 1953 to purchase his stock. This was a great deal of money at the time. The stamps in his stock were then marked by the BPA as shown in Figure 6.

François Fournier was not as good as Sperati in forging stamps (Sperati produced a few copies of high quality material) but he did produce a lot of forged material. Fournier came to philately late in life and in fact did not produce forgeries but rather facsimiles. His business grew rapidly

Figure 11: 1875 cover from Shanghai to England & its reverse showing added Customs House marking post its sale in 1983 and he was, for a while, on good terms with both stamp dealers and societies. He claimed over 10,000 customers and his last price list had 3,671 different stamps for sale, although not all were his creations. Despite the fact that they were facsimiles he refused to mark the stamps as such. This created problems as unscrupulous dealers (and collectors) started to pass his creations off as genuine. His advertising of his wares was banned by most stamp journals so he created his own journal, with some success. However, WWI created problems with sales and Fournier died in 1917. His huge stock, over 800 pounds in weight, was bought from his widow by the Union Philatelique de Genève to stop it falling into the wrong hands. An extensive five volume collection of his works was kept by the Union. The Union then used students from the Geneva School of Arts and Crafts to create 480 representative albums of Fournier’s work. Each item has Faux or Facsimile printed on the reverse. These were sold to dealers and collectors. The remainder of the stock was burned in 1928. The albums do come up for sale now and again and sell in the low 4-figure range. However, complete albums are getting scarce as many have been cut up and the items sold off individually.

While Fournier was not as good as Sperati, he did produce a lot of relatively good forgeries of overprints on stamps. The Leeward Island produced a set of over-

printed stamps for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee that have been extensively forged with a 20-page monograph produced on the forgeries. The author, J.A.C. Farmer, considered one of Fournier’s overprint forgeries on this issue the most dangerous, with only a few quite minor differences. Indeed, for many years the well-known Stanley Gibbons British Commonwealth stamp catalogue used one of Fournier’s forgeries to illustrate the overprint! A pair of overprint proofs, taken from a Fournier album, is illustrated in Figure 7 For a good overview of the various forgeries of Australia go the website https://stampforgeries.com/forgedstamps-of-australia/ as it covers a variety of forgeries especially the overprints where many forgeries exist. The OS overprints on the two low value Kingsford Smith stamps have been extensively forged, some quite well. The late Rod Perry, back in the 1970s, outed one forger who had bought sheets of the basic stamps of him which then turned up overprinted OS. These forgeries were quite good except that the forger used a genuine overprint to copy that had a small flaw in the O. It had a small nick at about the 8 o’clock position, which meant all the stamps had the same flaw. These days the Kingsford Smith stamps appear on eBay with often quite poor overprint forgeries. This is one set of stamps that should always be bought with a certificate of authenticity.

Postal History Forgeries This is a very large topic that I will cover by using one specific example of a postal history

Figure 12: Jamaican cover with added “error”.

Figure 13: Samoa Express remainders.

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Figure 14: Official reprint (courtesy Richard Juzwin) forgery. Postal history only really became popular in the 20th century, mainly thanks to the late Robson Lowe. Early forgers forged stamps and rarely covers. However, as postal history became more valuable, forgers began forging covers. They might add a stamp, replace a stamp, add postal markings, embellish markings or even remove something from a genuine cover, and in the process creating a more valuable item. Such material can be difficult to confirm as completely genuine as the starting point is often a genuine cover. The American Philatelic Society has an expertising service and has had a series of articles in 2020 in their magazine, The American Philatelist, discussing the lengths they go to expertise a cover. They make fascinating reading.

The rise of Chinese philately has led to a rise in forgeries in this area and postal history is no exception. Forgeries of postal markings are relatively common with examples

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Figure 15: 2010 Royal Mail facsimile. going from the crude to dangerous. The following comes from an unpublished article by Dr Andrew Cheung on Fake Shanghai Custom House markings. There are two types of this marking, shown in Figures 8 and 9 with the Chinese characters in the second meaning Shanghai Customs. They are relatively rare with 17 known of the paid handstamp and only seven of the second.

The markings were applied to mail carried by Customs Post’s courier service operating between Peking and Shanghai, which accepted mail from members of the foreign legations (Ed: There were a number in China at the end of the 19th Century) and Customs officials in Northern China. Fake covers have been recorded bearing these two markings in the last decade, and the following illustrates two extremes.

Figure 10 shows a 1910 incoming U.S. 1c postal stationery card from La Crosse, Wisconsin with added 2c George Washington adhesive to Shanghai. It has a fake Customs House Shanghai PAID datestamp in Figure 16: Facsimile penny black ink, applied on black block of six & its reverse. arrival. Judging by the appearance and the inking, the datestamp could be made of rubber and the fake datestamp copied from an illustration in a reference book. The fake is quite crude and in the wrong period,

Figure 17: Chinese Cultural Revolution facsimiles Figure 18: Propaganda stamp.

therefore it is unlikely to deceive anyone!

The second cover, Figures 11 & 11a, is a more dangerous forgery. It is a letter dated 11 November 1875 from Shanghai to Aylsham, England franked with a Hong Kong QV 30c stamp paying the half ounce Packet rate, cancelled with a blue ‘S1’. Sent by French Packet Tigre, it left Shanghai on 12 November to Hong Kong and then via Suez to Europe, arriving at Aylsham on 25 December. According to Richard Gurevitch (well-known Australian Hong Kong specialist who maintains meticulous records of Hong Kong QV covers), the original cover came from a John. Bull sale in 1983. The catalogue description did not mention the Custom House Shanghai datestamp on reverse, which would indicate that it was added at a later date. This is a dangerous forgery.

The above cover illustrates the importance of old auction catalogues, and now, the saving of images from the internet. Otherwise a cover like this is likely to be sold as a genuine usage of this handstamp, because everything else about the cover is genuine. One other type of postal history affectation that is starting to appear is where a facsimile stamp is added to a genuine cover. An example is shown in figure 12. It is a perfectly good Jamaican registered cover worth $5-10 at most, with a facsimile of the very rare 1-shilling inverted centre, worth $20,000+. No copies are known on cover and adding this to this cover adds nothing, except to ruin a perfectly good cover. The simple question is why? It adds nothing, destroys something useful and can’t be used in this form. This is one of those items that I do not understand at all. Whoever is doing this need to stop.

Facsimiles and Reprints Facsimiles are what Fournier produced although many

were passed off as original stamps. However, in addition there were a variety of facsimiles and official reprints produced over the years. A good example are the Samoa Express stamps of 1877-1881 (Figure 13 shows examples of the remaindered stamps). These stamps were for a private mail service and the stamps were printed in Sydney. These stamps were very popular and are one of the most frequently encountered forgeries and reprints in the world of stamps. The original stamps are relatively rare but “remainders’ of these stamps were sold to a stamp dealer in 1882 after the service was closed. They are genuine stamps but from a fourth state of the printing stones. A UK company, Whitfield King & Co. obtained the rights to have reprints made and sold vast quantities over the years.

They are easily identifiable as they were made from new lithographic printing stones and had a different sheet size.

Despite the quantities produced, the reprinted stamps were very popular – so much so they were also forged, with at least six different forgeries known. Therefore, if you come across these stamps, chances are they are a reprint or a forgery, most with minimal value ($1). The remainders have a higher value and the original stamps are probably under catalogued. The stamps only paid for local postal services so covers exist with both an Express stamp and stamps from New South Wales, which paid the international postage. One such cover sold for over $US57,000 a few years ago. For further information on these stamps go to www.filatelia.fi/forgeries/samoa-express.html which was also the source of Figure 13.

Postal administrations also produced reprints of stamps when they did not have enough copies available to use in presentation sets, or specimen sets. The Australian States did this a bit and Figure 14 illustrates an example of a Victorian high value stamp with reprint on it. Not all reprints have minimum value with this stamp priced at $750. More recently the Royal Mail produced a facsimile reprint of the 1929 Postal Union Congress £1 stamp (Figure 15). These are perforated and gummed and currently sell for around £7 each.

More recently there are many more facsimiles being

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Figures 16 & 16a illustrate an example of one of these types of facsimiles. It is a classic 1d black block which no-one would mistake for an original and is clearly marked FACSIMILE on reverse. You find many classic stamps on eBay that are facsimiles for sale. They should have an indication of such on them but not all do, so beware. Some are clearly sold as facsimiles in the listing but may not have an indication on them. Some are simply sold as is, which is a clear sign of buyer beware, but despite this seem to sell at higher prices at times. The stamps of modern China are one area where you need to be especially careful. There are many Chinese stamps that exist as originals and also as official reprints. The reprints have a much lesser value. However, there are also many of the expensive Cultural Revolution stamps of the 1960s that have been extensively forged and many forgeries are quite good at first look. Figure 17 illustrates facsimiles of three of these stamps for sale on eBay. In this case they have a printed black line through the value to indicate they are a facsimile. They are not expensive to buy. They may provide a cheap space filler in an album, but my concern is that in 20 years or so, people will be fooled by them. There are also high-quality forgeries out there so never buy expensive Chinese stamps except from a reliable dealer, auction house or with a certificate of authenticity.

Fantasies This is a wide topic, but the section will focus on WWII propaganda stamps, bogus stamps from non-existent countries and modern fantasies such as the item in Figure 1. I am not including local stamps which usually had a purpose in that were designed to pay a fee for some sort of mail carriage.

Figure 19: Liquidation of Empire Singapore stamp.

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Figure 21: Bogus South Moluccas stamp Propaganda stamps were produced in WWII for political reasons with plans to flood the stamps into a country to either demoralise or the possible hope that the stamps would be used. One popular stamp is the Hitler skull stamp illustrated in Figure 18 together with the stamp it parodies. It was produced by Great Britain. Germany also produced propaganda stamps as shown in Figure 19. These stamps have a wide range of countries as the bottom of the overprint and are very collectable. They are so popular that they too have been forged!

Over the years, stamps have appeared purporting to be the stamps of a region or country that are pure fantasies.

Either the country did not exist (at least legitimately) or was a region that had no authority to issue stamps. Even more recently, regions or countries in turmoil have had stamps issued for them, and sold to collectors, that are not postage stamps because the issuing company had no authority to produce and sell them. Given the turmoil in the region involved, no Government (if there is one) has the time to chase this so the

Figure 20: Sealand fantasy stamp.

Figure 23: A pure fantasy.

Figure 22: South Ossetia ‘illegal’ stamp.

UPU keeps a track of all issued postage stamps to stop these illegal stamps. The World Association for the Development of Philately (WADP) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) joined forces to develop a WADP Numbering System (WNS) which was launched on 1 January 2002. You can look up recent stamps online to see if they are actual issues, which helps limit the marketability of these fantasies (see www. wnstamps.post/en).

Micronations often use a ‘postal service’ to help legitimize its claim for recognition. One example is SEALAND which is a metal platform off England that started life as a pirate radio station. It has produced a variety of stamps over the years, usually with a nautical theme, as illustrated in Figure 20. Most collectors would consider these items as Cinderella

stamps.

Bogus stamps are also issued that purport to be a stamp issued by a real stamp issuing entity but were not. Figure 21 illustrates one from the Republic of the South Moluccas which never issued stamps. They tried to break away from Indonesia but many of the stamps were in fact issued by a New York stamp dealer. Their history is more complicated than this, but these stamps are generally considered to be bogus and fantasies.

The UPU put out a bulletin on 30 April 2012 stating: “The regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have put into circulation illegal postage stamps bearing the inscriptions “Republic of Abkhazia” in English, Russian and Abkhazian, and “Republic of South Ossetia” in English and Russian. These stamps do not comply with the conditions for postage stamps

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Fakes, Forgeries, Facsimiles and Fantasies (Caveat Emptor) by Darryl Fuller set out in article 8 of the Universal Postal Convention but are nevertheless sold on various websites.” There is some debate that these stamps are actually being used within the breakaway region as local stamps, and that some countries recognise the region, but this is not easily confirmed. Figure 22 illustrates one of their stamps which are available online but are considered illegal stamps and are NOT allowed in competitive philatelic exhibit.

The final fantasy I would like to discuss are the fantasies made up by someone with a computer, a printer and some way to perforate the stamp. They are not forgeries created to deceive a postal administration, or a copy of a known stamp to deceive a collector, or even produced for political reasons as some of the bogus material is. They are just produced Figure B: Figure A to relieve collectors of money, as with Figure 1. I found an example on eBay as shown in Figure 23 which is a New of great importance to all philatelists. Where there is a dollar Hebrides stamp of a ridiculous value, £20, which never exinvolved someone will try something to relieve you of that isted. This is sold as a replica but serves no purpose. It can’t dollar, in this case by producing forgeries, fakes, facsimiles fill a gap in an album because it never existed. I strongly or fantasies. The FIP takes the issue very seriously and has recommend that collectors do not support those issuing these the Fight Against Forgeries Commission to help fight against fantasies as they add nothing to philately, and in the future these issues. The current Chair of the Commission is Austrawill most likely detract. lian Dr Geoffrey Kellow RDP FAP and as noted in the last APF News, this issue is taken very seriously at exhibitions.

Conclusion It pays to know your subject, as even the most knowlThis article provides an overview of a very large topic that is edgeable can be fooled, but knowledge is power. It can save you money particular when looking at items that seem a bargain, like the item which started the article. If this item was a genuine essay, proof or unissued item it would be worth ten times what was paid. As it is, it isn’t worth 0.1% of what was paid so ‘Caveat Emptor’ (buyer beware).

(My thanks to Dr Andrew Cheung for his help with the postal history section and supplying the images and words.)

Addendum After I finished this article, I was searching Delcampe (www. delcampe.net) a site that specialises in selling stamps and other items by auction, similar to eBay, for items of interest. I came across sheets of British Virgin Island forgeries for sale (as forgeries) by well-known English dealers Argyll Etkin, one of which is illustrated in Figure 4. I also came across the stamp shown in Figure A at left, for sale for €1,493.59 (over $A2,400). It claims to have four certificates of authenticity

by Oscar Corbella, Sebastion Grunberg and Torterolo at Autre. Now while I would not claim to be an expert, I have collected this area for over 45 years, and I have never seen this postmark used on a genuine Virgin Islands’ stamp. In figure B you will see an image of a very similar stamp that I excised from the sheet shown in Figure 4. I will leave it to the reader to make up their own mind on the genuineness of stamp A. Remember, caution is also needed with certificates of authenticity.

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These artists apparently felt that we live in a world dominated by men.

In the summer of 2023, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report in which the general public’s opinions on the role of women in society had been measured. The survey indicated that some 69% of the respondents felt that men are better suited as political leaders than women. Only 27% felt that it is important that women enjoy the same rights as men. The respondents also said that men should enjoy priority treatment in the job market and that men are better at running commercial businesses than women.

According to the UNDP report, no less than 25% of those who took part in the survey felt that it is OK for a husband to physically punish his wife for any perceived transgressions. If this is correct, the #metoo movement still has a lot of work to do.

Figure 1

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What about women’s presence on our postage stamps? This is a question which I want to address in this brief story.

Most readers probably already know that the world’s very first postage stamp went on sale on 6 May 1840 and that it featured the portrait of a woman – Queen Victoria. She then went on to completely dominate on British postage stamps until her death in 1901.

She was also featured on most of the stamp issues of the British colonies including the Australian ones.

When studying the designs of 19th century stamps it quickly becomes obvious that there were basically three major groups of designs: portraits of monarchs or presidents, coats of arms and numeral types. In the first category men dominated completely but there were a few exceptions with reigning queens. One such was Spain where Queen Isabel II ruled from 1833 until she was deposed in 1868.

Spain’s very first stamp was issued in 1850 and it had a denomination of six cuartos (Fig. 1). Like the English Penny Black, it was printed in black and there are two easily detected varieties. Queen Isabel II was shown on all Spanish stamp issues until 1868.

Figure 2

Christer Brunström Portugal’s first issues of 1853 depict Maria II who served as Queen of Portugal from 1834 to 1853. For the remainder of the 19th century, Portuguese definitive stamps only depicted kings.

Another theme which was often used on postage stamps, and particularly in the first decades of the 20th century, was women seen as symbols of fertility and usually in the form of ancient Greek or Greek goddesses and nearly always in connection with agriculture. Beginning in 1903, almost all letters in France were franked with a postage stamp depicting a women sowing. There are basically two varieties of the design – with or without a rising sun.

Ceres was the Roman goddess in charge of agriculture and she has been depicted on a huge number of Portuguese definitive stamps issued between 1912 and 1930 (Fig. 2). The French stamp shows sowing in the spring while the Portuguese version refers to the harvest in late summer.

Many of the artists who were commissioned to design stamps featuring prominent men frequently chose to prepare an impressive frame encircling the portrait. It was not that unusual that the frame included

Figure 3

a couple of scantily dressed women. Shown in Fig. 3 is such a stamp issued by Haiti in 1904. The man shown is Haitian president Pierre Nord-Alexis. The women were just added as suitable decorations.

All this reminds me of magazine pictures from motor shows where beautiful women serve as accessories in photo sessions when new car models are introduced or dressed in a minimal bikini at boxing matches carrying a notice indicating the beginning of the next round. I suppose this is now a thing of the past but I never attend any boxing matches so I could be completely wrong.

During the first half of the 20th century, numerous French and Portuguese colonies released stamps featuring women representing different ethnic groups.

These stamps frequently brought a certain degree of nudity to our stamp albums.

There have been suggestions (unsubstantiated) that these stamps were issued with the purpose of attracting young men from Europe to settle in the colonies or to work for the colonial administrations. Another reason was undoubtedly to increase sales to collectors. Shown nearby is a stamp issued by Portuguese Timor (Fig. 4)

Figure 4

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Women On STAMPS in 1950.

What about Australia? In 1902 the newly established Commonwealth of Australia granted full suffrage rights to Australian women and this was way ahead of most countries in Europe and North America.

However, the Australian aboriginal population was not included it seems and those women had to wait until 1962 for the right to vote.

It was only in 1927 that Australia issued a stamp featuring a woman or rather a symbolic female figure welcoming the opening of parliament. In 1940 a nurse was shown on a set of four stamps marking the Australian Imperial Forces (Fig. 5). There were also several stamps depicting female members of the British royal family. In 1955 a stamp honouring Florence Nightingale, a British nurse, was issued. As far as I have been able to determine, the first identifiable Australian woman to be pictured on an Australian stamp was Dame Nellie Melba in 1961. I am pretty sure that there must have been a number of prominent Australian

Figure 5

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women who would have deserved to be commemorated on postage stamps much earlier.

Are there any examples where men and women appear to have been treated as equals on postage stamps?

Perhaps the design introduced on Hungarian stamps in 1916 would fit the bill (Fig. 6). Once again the topic is agriculture and the design features a farmer and his wife busily harvesting. One certainly gets the impression that it very much was a joint effort.

When we analyze the choice of designs for older stamps we need to remember that they reflect the times when they were issued. Today many of the designs might appear to be outright puzzling or even misogynistic but the survey conducted by the UNDP mentioned at the beginning of this story indicates that even today many feel that women should remain in the background and certainly not be depicted on postage stamps (although that was not a question in the survey). A study of contemporary stamp issues from certain nations will reveal that this very much is the case.

Figure 6

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

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

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Australia Key Pre-decimals, buying and selling We have good stocks of all Australia and Territories, please enquire for your needs, wants lists serviced. Please note, confirm all transactions, whether buying or selling by email or phone. All prices subject to requirements, stock availabiity and market fluctuations. We will normally buy at 60% of our selling price for fine undamaged well centred items.Full sheets are of interest for all pre-decimals, enhanced prices may be paid, Please offer.

These are our selling prices for Mint Unhinged and Very Fine Used or Cancelled to Order. If no 2nd price is given the price is for Mint Unhinged.

6d Engraved Kookaburra ................ $145/$45 3d Kookaburra Mini-sheet ............ $170/$170 1/- Large Lyrebird .....................................$75 5/- Harbour Bridge From .............. $750/$245 Victoria Centenary set perf. 10.5 ..............$75 As above perf 11.5 ....................................$95 MacArthur set of 4 $90, set of 3 ...............$70 1/6d Hermes no watermark .....................$70 Anzac pair .................................................$60 Jubilee set of 4 $72,set of 3 ......................$67 Robes thick paper ...................................$115

Robes thin paper ....................................$150 AIF set of 4 ................................................$36 Arms set of 4 ..........................................$190 5/- Cattle White Paper ..............................$95 Navigators set of 6 ...................................$140 As above set of 8 ....................................$225

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Australia & Worldwide Stamps, Postal History & Picture Postcards, Melbourne Coins & Banknotes, Sporting Memorabilia & Collectables Auction December 2023 featuring the Dr Don Pearce South Australia Postal History & Postal Markings as well as an outstanding selection of Western Australia Postal History

See us at the Perth 2023 National Stamp Exhibition 2-5 November 2023 (Gloucester Park) for viewing of items from our December auction and to consign to our upcoming sales Contact us to receive email notifications of upcoming auctions, to request a complimentary catalogue, or for a confidential, obligation-free appraisal

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A few items from Auction 100 our 9th October 10 Vendors Rarities Sale

3d Blue Imperf at Base

½d Single Line Mint

4d Lime-Yellow JBC Monogram

4½d Die II Mint

4d Cooke Plates Harrison One-Line

Ross Smith Vignette

‘SPECIMEN’ Overprint

1942 3½d KGVI Unique FDC

9d Blue Double Print

2/6d & 5/- ‘OS’ CTO

1905 KEVII Composite Die Proof

Samoa GRI ‘1 Shilling.’ on 1m

Imperf at base Only mint Example

5c Cook Missing Black

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