Stamp News Australasia - December 2023

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Kangaroo 1929 10/- Small Multiple Watermark, GU in Wellington NZ: *UNIQUE* !

A rare stamp - SG 112, missing from near EVERY collection. In my long experience with Roos, this is at least TEN times scarcer than the Third Wmk or CofA Watermark 10/- values. There were in fact only 240,000 of this printed v/s over 1.2 million of the Third Watermark 10/-, yet Cat value is near the same - absurd with a higher than 5:1 ratio. This was the 10/- stamp on national issue all during the Great Depression, and was used on heavy parcels and Telegrams - the latter were destroyed under audit. Indeed there was the exact same low print number of this, than of the super expensive 1913 £1 & £2 First Watermark Roos - 240,000 on all 3 of those. Nice bright colour as you can see, for this 95 y.o. issue. SG 112, £500=$A1,000. My retail for VFU is now $800. Weirdly has been cancelled only in New Zealand! With double ring cds - ‘WELLINGTON - N.Z. - 12 AUG : 29 - 10.15am’. Have NEVER seen a high value Roo cancelled overseas. Yes, letters and postcards often were dropped into street side or dock side mail boxes, by cruise boat passengers franked with ozzie stamps. But 10/was near a week’s wages then, and was only used on heavy parcels - impossible to drop into a NZ mailbox slot! Franking on heavy parcels almost never left a PO here without a cancel, so no idea of the background story here, but it will be UNIQUE thus. Good used grade, a very clean and flat stamp, that will suit most collectors - no old hinge remains or foxing or thins etc. Bought well in a collection today, so out this goes for just - $A395! - Stock 629KR)

Hutt River Province 1974 Mini Sheet #1 x **440** Retail $3,080 just $A245!:

These were issued in the Stamp Boom, and investors bought quantities of many things. These included, clearly! Someone decided to buy 440 of these attractive Miniature Sheets. Face value is $1.20 a sheet - so FACE alone is $528 alone. He could have bought a mint £2 Roo for that money 50 years back! And dealer retail is $7 a set = $3,080 as you can see here - www.tinyurl.com/HuttMS Bought well to sell FAST, at a fraction of what he paid 50 years back, and you pay just 7% of current retail. Doing 100+ hour weeks now, and just no time to break these down as I really SHOULD! He had a few other issues in duplicate full PO sheets that he bought at the same time if anyone is interested, also at a low % of retail - ask me! Brilliant lot for someone on eBay to offer per sheet, or per 10 or per 100 (you have 440 sheets!) and make a real killing. This Hutt River material is enduringly popular. A few single sets sold for $510 on eBay - to many bidders.. Pay near 7% of current retail, and just 44% of face! $A245 or US$155 (Stock 462BX)

SAUDI ARABIA MUH hoard blocks 1960s-1980 Cat $A3,500 for $A650!

WHAT a juicy hoard, from this super popular area. An immensely wealthy local population, who are very keen on stamps, and buying of them as New Issues has not been the case, until recent times. More pix and checklist here - www. tinyurl.com/SaudiMUH - These older issues ARE ‘Liquid Gold’. Inc 5 x scarce 1984 Solar Village Mini sheets, cat £100 each for starters! Full checklist on link above. Total SG Cat £1,766=$A3,500. Fresh MUH, bought as New issues. A goldmine lot for an eBay reseller at way under QUARTER cat, set by set, or in MUH blocks 4, which Saudis like enormously. No-one else has this material for sale - go check. Total £1,766 in SG 2022 Catalogue - for near $US410 as I type, at just $A650! Stock 746DC Order via: www.tinyurl.com/GlenOrder All Cards accepted with ZERO fee - even Amex! Bank Deposit fine, or Money Orders.

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Contents Articles Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ......................................6 Science Stamped : Ian Briggs ...................................................... 14 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 20 Introducing the APF : Russell Boylan........................................ 40 Reviews : Mike Lee .......................................................................... 44 Beginners, please. : Michael Dodd ............................................ 46 Faroe Islands : The first issue : Christer Brunström ......................50

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Front cover: On 2 November, Gibraltar released their Christmas stamps for 2023. In addition to Santa and his reindeer, these stamps feature an expectant robin, a beloved harbinger of winter and symbol of hope. A majestic Christmas tree, adorned with lights and ornaments, represents the heart of many homes during the holiday season, while a charming snowman, a symbol of winter’s magic, completes this collection.

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Stamps in the News - Globally!

Wartime post: Ukraine Reported at www.sbs.com.au

Six postal workers have been killed and at least 14 injured in a Russian missile attack that hit a postal distribution centre in the war-devastated northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

“Russian missiles hit the Nova Poshta centre - an ordinary civilian building,” President Volodymyr Zelenksiy said.

He posted a video showing a building with windows blown out and construction materials strewn about, with red trucks with Nova Poshta written in Ukrainian in front of it.

Those killed and injured were employees of the postal centre. Police said the workers did not have time to run to the shelter, because the siren sounded a second before impact.

There was no immediate comment from Russia.

Wartime post: Palestinian Territory

Jordan Post announced on Saturday that it is ready to provide closed transit services for inbound and outbound Palestinian mail in light of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

The JPC has addressed the Universal Postal Union to inform its member states of the decision, while the UPU affirmed its readiness to deliver all types of mail through its postal network based on the union’s protocols that stipulate support for countries in exceptional situations.

The postal transit services, would enable mail to be transported by Jordan Post via the King Hussein Bridge border crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.

In the past mail to the West Bank and Gaza via Jordan has been held up for up to eight years by Israel.

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raiser for civilian relief in Gaza. See Stampboards discussion https://tinyurl.com/4fmc749e

Australia Post the core of Orange?

Reported at www.dailymail.co.uk

Post office customers can now grab a barista-made coffee, do some shopping and try on their new online purchases while sending mail and paying bills

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all in one place.

Australia Post has launched its first ‘community hub’, which looks more like a department store than a post office.

The first one-stop shop has opened in Orange in central-west NSW, with more to be rolled out in Williamstown in Melbourne, Burnie in Tasmania and Noosa Heads on Queensland in 2024.

The concept store has its own cafe and sells an extended range of goods, from coats and jewellery to electronics.

Change rooms allow customers to try on their online purchases to make sure they fit before taking them home.

Australia Post will also trial digital queuing where customers can scan a QR code and browse in store until they receive a text message when it’s their turn.

The revamp has been 12 months in the making after the postal service recorded a $200m loss in the 2022-23 financial year, the second loss since 1989.

‘The way Australians use their local post office is very different to what it was 10 years ago. We are reinventing how the post office operates to support the changing needs of our customers, and readying Australia Post for the future.’

‘The launch in Orange will

allow us to assess what resonates and adapt our approach to inform what is standard across our post office network in the future.’

‘We feel customers are looking to come to a one-stop shop for services whether it is paying bills, banking, parcels, mail, and in regional towns where people can travel some distances to get to the post office,’ a spokesperson said.

Luxembourg pivots to parcels Reported at https://today.rtl.lu

Luxembourg recently released its 2022 postal service statistics. Notably, the number of letters sent last year decreased by 8.5%, compared to 2021, still totalling nearly 140 million.

In contrast, the parcel sector exhibited a steady upward trajectory, with 16.5 million parcels despatched, marking a 7.8% surge over the previous year.

This growing reliance on parcels has translated into a significant impact on the postal market, with parcels now contributing to 46% of its total turnover.

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The postal sector employs around 2,000 people in Luxembourg, 62% of whom work for POST Luxembourg.

Stamp celebrations: Thailand’s 140 years of post Reported at www.thaipbsworld.com

“Thais do not seem to enjoy writing and mailing a letter to communicate with friends and family like they used to” said the chief commercial officer of Thailand Post.

The number of letters distributed in the country has declined by 9% per year on average.

Thailand Post has streamlined its operations in a bid to boost its revenue through innovation. The agency has also run creative activities and events to try and increase public interest in philately.

“Thai postage stamps are special. They attract a lot of attention from both local and foreign philatelists. That’s why they should be promoted as a soft power of the nation,” he said.

Thailand Post has issued a comprehensive range of stamps with a wide variety of themes including the ‘iStamp’ service that enables people to create their own stamps via their smartphones that can be used for mailing.

Thailand Post is working to create an online platform that will serve as a community for philatelists to exchange stamps and information.

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for collections or NFTs (non-fungible tokens) is also part of its plan. In 2022, Thailand Post issued collectible crypto stamps, the first NFT stamps in ASEAN. This year, Thailand Post is celebrating 140 years of its operations and development which can be traced back to the reign of King Rama V when the royal government established the Post and Telegraph Office in 1883 and issued the country’s first set of stamps – “Solot”.

To mark the special occasion, Thailand Post has printed two sets of the Solot series.

Stamp celebrations: Singapore’s 165 years of post Reported at www.singpost.com

Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) has issued a set of stamps to commemorate the 165 years of postal services in Singapore - Singapore Postal Services Over the Years. This stamp issue showcases how Singapore’s postal services has transformed from the colonial days to nationhood, and a globally connected city today.

60c – The Colonial Heritage In the early 19th century, mail was administered by the military when the British first arrived. As the colonial outpost prospered, demand for mail services surged. In 1858, an independent postal department was formally established to manage an ever-increasing mail volume.

80c – The First Airmail Arrives

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In 1919, the first airmail landed in Singapore. The Vickers-Vimy biplane made a pit stop on the island while enroute from England to Australia. Letters that flew with it even had their covers hand stamped with a local cancellation. It was a decade later in 1928 that the first official airmail flew direct from the city to London. After World War II ended, regular flight services resumed and a new airport was opened in 1955 to cater to burgeoning air traffic.

90c – Making Every Delivery Count The first postal codes were introduced in 1950, with the island being demarcated into twenty-eight districts. Rapid development tripled the number of sectors to eighty-one. With this, postal codes that used

to be in two-digit codes were adjusted to four-digit codes in 1979, and to a six-digit system in the mid90s. In 1992, the postal administration was fully corporatised into Singapore Post. $1.15 – Integrating New Technologies The dawn of the new millennium paved the way for a new Mail Processing Centre, with an automated, state-of-the-art mail and parcel sorting facility.

Changing lifestyles and the evolving business landscape also heralded a new generation of post offices, with 24-hour self-service kiosks offering essential services at any time of day. A self-help smart locker station was launched in 2013 to meet the demands of of eCommerce customers. $1.50 – A Smarter and A More Sustainable Future SingPost embraced technology to stay ahead and build a smarter, highly connected, and more sustainable future through innovation.

Stamp celebrations: Colombia’s 100 years of Banco de la República Reported at https://thecitypaperbogota.com

The Colombian national postal carrier, National Postal Service 4-72, celebrated the 100th anniversary of Banco de la República with a new stamp issue which highlights the Bank’s efforts in conserving Colombian cultural heritage that serve as icons of its cultural memory.

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The stamps feature pre-Columbian artifacts like the Gold Museum’s Poporo Quimbaya, the colonial monstrance La Lechuga, Fernando Botero’s Mandolin on a Chair, the Concert Hall of the Luis Ángel Arango Library, and newly renovated museums - the Zenú Gold Museum in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Gold Museum in Armenia, and Casa de Moneda Museum in Bogotá’ historic La Candelaria.

Stamp celebrations: Turkey’s 100 years of the Republic Reported at www.raillynews.com

The Turkish national postal authority, PTT, has issued a series of stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the Republic.

The stamps include mega projects such as Marmaray, Eurasia Tunnel, Çamlıca Tower, Çanakkale Bridge, High Speed ​​Train.

A spokesman said: “PTT has modernized its postal services since 1923 and has succeeded in putting its own postage stamps into circulation by masterfully designing them. With the development of printing technologies, postage stamps are being tried to be visually rich, and they have been on the letters of our citizens full of love and longing for years.”

Stamp celebrations: Greenland’s 18 years of Prince Christian Reported at https://royalcentral.co.uk

Greenland has unveiled a new stamp in honour of Prince Christian’s 18th birthday, revealing the young 10 - Stamp News

prince in traditional Greenlandic dress in the stamp portrait.

The Danish Royal House shared a photo of the stamp, which features Prince Christian in a white anorak, the upper clothing of the Greenlandic male national costume.

The last time Prince Christian was featured on a Greenlandic stamp was in 2016, when the Crown Prince Family were celebrating Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary’s copper wedding anniversary.

Sporting stamps in Uruguay Reported at https://olympics.com

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo for the unveiling of an Olympic postage stamp featuring his portrait and that of the founder of the modern Olympic Movement, Pierre de Coubertin.

The stamp celebrates the centenary of the Uruguayan Olympic Committee.

The IOC President said “Sport can create a better

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Sporting stamps in Spain world where we can all prosper, where all people are treated equally and there is no place for discrimination.” He added: “Sport can help all countries to build together a peaceful, healthy, egalitarian and sustainable world.”

Sporting stamps in China Reported at www.chinadaily.com.cn

Among the unique postal memorabilia available at the Asian Games Village post offices in Hangzhou, China, are personalized postcards, some of which include pictures and audio recordings.

Jia Cheng Low, from Malaysia, cannot help but cherish the soundwave postcard in his hands. Whenever he scans the QR code on the postcard, he can hear the sounds he recorded, bringing back the memories of games.

According to postal staff, making a customized soundwave postcard is user-friendly: scan the QR code, record a message or sound for up to 40 seconds, upload a photo and confirm your choices.

Once printed, you’ll hold a special postcard in your hands.

In addition to the soundwave postcards, the temporary post offices at the Hangzhou Asian Games also offer AI-generated postcards and customized stamp services, as well as special stamps, postcards, and limited-edition envelopes.

Reported at www.sportskeeda.com

Rafael Nadal’s foundation recently announced that it is releasing new postcard stamps featuring the 22-time Major winner’s face. The proceeds from the stamp collection, which is being branded as the “Charitable Philatelic Pack”, will go toward the Spaniard’s charities in Spain and India.

The collection was created in collaboration with Correos, one of the largest postal services in the world.

“This pack is not just a collection of stamps and postcards, it is an opportunity for everyone who shares our vision to help change lives through sport.

Each pack is a small gesture of support that will allow us to expand our impact,” he said. “Thank you again to the entire Correos team for giving us this magnificent opportunity.”

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Nadal, started his charity, “Fundación Rafa Nadal,” in 2007 in his hometown of Mallorca.

The Spaniard soon set up subsidiary facilities in not only Spain but all across the globe in a bid to support and develop the youth through sports and education.

In 2010, he set up a centre in Anantapur, India which serves hundreds of children from the most vulnerable areas of southern India every year, with the objective of strengthening their social cohesion and integration.

Postal award is Morocco bound

Reported at www.moroccoworldnews.com The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has recognized Morocco for achieving the most remarkable progress in the 2023 Postal Development Index (2IDP) globally and within the Arab world.

Morocco jumped by an impressive 30 positions in this year’s ranking, securing the 45th position out of 172 countries, compared to the 77th spot in 2022, the Moroccan Ministry of Culture announced.

The North African country was awarded for this leap during the 4th Extraordinary Congress of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The congress brought together decision-makers and experts from more than 192 countries to address major challenges in the postal system.

Bulgarian black swans over the UAE Reported at https://seenews.com

Bulgarian cargo drone manufacturer, Dronamics, said it has signed a letter of intent with Dubai-based Emirates Post Group to run a pilot project on sameday middle-mile and long-range deliveries in the United Arab Emirates.

Under the terms of the agreement, Dronamics will be able to carry out proof-of-concept flights for postal and express business delivery services in the UAE in 2024 using its Black Swan cargo drone which can 12 - Stamp News

fly at a distance of up to 2,500 km, carrying cargo weighing up to 350 kg.

The new agreement foresees the development of a cargo drone delivery network in the UAE and later in the other countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The GCC is an economic cooperation body set up in 1981 and comprising the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

No flights over the Isle of Man Reported at https://channelx.world

In their latest efforts to streamline their services, Royal Mail and the Isle of Man Post Office have made the joint decision to remove the postal flight service, and instead use the road and pre-existing ferry service to send and receive post from the island.

This was implemented on the 16th of October.

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year.

The effect of these changes are that postal service to and from the Isle of Man and Jersey are now effectively two day services. Royal Mail have said that the decision to end the postal flight service will reduce costs for Royal Mail, amid a steady decline in letter volumes, and reflects a commitment to reducing the business’ reliance on flights as it works towards a 2040 net zero target.

It’s worth noting that as the IOM and the Channel Islands jurisdictions aren’t technically part of the UK, they are not covered by the Universal Service requirements that apply to mainland Britain and islands such as the Isle of Wight.

Man Gets Postal Job After 28-Year Wait Following Supreme Court Order Reported at www.ndtv.com

Twenty-eight years after a man applied for a job in the postal department in India, the Indian Supreme Court has ordered his appointment noting that there was an error in holding him ineligible for the post.

Ankur Gupta had applied for the post of postal assistant in 1995. After being selected for pre-induction training, he was later excluded from the merit list on the ground that he completed intermediate education from the “vocational stream”.

Gupta took his case to the Central Administrative Tribunal which ruled in his favour in 1999.

The postal department challenged the tribunal’s order and approached the Allahabad High Court in 2000. The high court dismissed the petition in 2017 and upheld the CAT’s order. A

review was filed in the high court which was also dismissed in 2021, following which the department approached the Supreme Court.

The Supreme court found that “if the candidature is not rejected at the threshold and the candidate is allowed to participate in the selection process and ultimately his name figures in the merit list though such candidate has no indefeasible right to claim appointment, he does have a limited right of being accorded fair and non-discriminatory treatment.”

“As the facts reveal, the appellant had considered the respondent eligible, allowed him to take part in the various tests in the selection process, interviewed him, placed his name high in the merit list, and sent him for 15 days’ pre-induction training,” it said.

The court directed that Gupta be offered appointment on probation, in a post of Postal Assistant within a month and if no post is vacant, a supernumerary post shall be created for him.

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Christmas Science I figured, why not do something a little different for the festive season. So, here’s my run-down of 12 famous people that have a scientific or medical Christmas connection.

12. Dr Inna Dobruskina – paleobotanist, born Christmas Day 1933 in Moscow.

She was born into the political classes. Her paternal grandfather was the Soviet Chief of Staff in Siberia during the Civil War, and her parents were Communist Party members. Inna Dobruskina studied geology at Lomonosov Moscow State University, graduating in 1957. She then became part of the team that studied the Amur River (Hielong Jiang, in Chinese) that flows through Russia and China on its way to the north Pacific. The planned Sino-Soviet dam project never materialised but Inna found she had sufficient data on the stratigraphy (how rock layers relate to the geological timeline) and flora of the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous to warrant a doctoral dissertation. Her doctorate was awarded in 1964 for this famous work. Disenchanted with Russia, Dr Dobruskina settled in Israel in 1989 and was professor of geology at the Hebrew University until retiring in 1999. Dr Inna Dobruskina died in Jerusalem on 4th January 2014.

(In Nov. 2008, British Antarctic Survey issued a set of four stamps depicting fossil ferns from the Cretaceous period found on Snow Island.)

11. Linus Yale Jnr. – mechanical engineer, inventor, and founder of Yale Lock Company, died 14 - Stamp News

on Christmas Day 1868 Linus Yale Jnr. came from the same family bloodline as Elihu Yale (1649-1721) the benefactor of Yale University which was duly named in his honour. Linus Yale’s father opened a lock shop in Newport, New York during the 1840s specialising in bank locks. Like his father, Linus Yale was an inventor and he soon specialised in handmade bank locks. After his father’s death in 1857, Linus opened his own shop and was soon receiving orders from highly prized clients such as the United States Treasury. He improved the existing designs of combination safe locks and key operated cylinder locks and was the first locksmith to create modern locks that used a pin-tumbler design. Linus Yale Jnr., patented his pin-tumbler design for a variety of lock applications and in 1868, along with millionaire Henry Towne, founded the Yale Lock Manufacturing Company – a company that, by the early 20th century, became an international conglomerate with customers in over 120 countries.

(Feb. 1978, Netherlands Antilles issued a set of three stamps to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Netherlands Antilles Bank – the top value of the set depicts a bank vault door.)

10. Dr Ephraim McDowell – physician and surgeon, first successful removal of an ovarian tumour, Christmas Day 1809.

Ephraim McDowell was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, on 11th November 1771. His father had fought in the French & Indian War

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(1754-1763) and was a Colonel in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783.) McDowell studied medicine in Virginia and also travelled to Edinburgh University where he studied for a year, 1793/4. In 1795 he returned to America and settled in Danville Kentucky where his father had become a Land Commissioner. He began practising as a surgeon and was something of an expert in the then modern surgical technique of removing stones from the urinary bladder. In December 1809 McDowell was called to Green County to visit a Mrs Jane Crawford. Her family doctor thought she was pregnant and very late in giving birth. On examining Jane Crawford, Dr McDowell diagnosed an ovarian tumour. Frightened she would endure a slow and agonising death, Mrs Crawford begged McDowell to help her. McDowell agreed provided she came to his surgery in Danville. Jane Crawford consented and made the sixty mile trip from her home on horseback! McDowell subsequently removed a tumour weighing 10kg on Christmas Day thereby being the first to attempt, and achieve, a successful ovariotomy.

(Dec. 1959, USA issues a stamp to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first ovariotomy.)

9. Dr Gerhard Herzberg – Winner of the Nobel Prize, Chemistry 1971, for “contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules” – born Christmas Day 1904.

Gerhard Herzberg was born in Hamburg in Ger-

many and studied physics at Darmstadt, receiving his doctorate in 1928. His post-doctoral work was completed at the University of Göttingen and at Bristol University in England. Herzberg married spectroscopist and fellow researcher Luise Oettinger in 1929. In 1933 against the backdrop of the Nazi Party banning men with Jewish wives from teaching at Universities, the Herzbergs emigrated to Canada in 1935. They settled in Saskatoon and got work at the University of Saskatchewan with the help of a Canadian colleague who had worked with Herzberg. A few short months after arriving, Gerhard Herzberg was made research professor in physics – a position he held until 1945. After Saskatoon they were on the move again. This time he took up the position as professor of spectroscopy at University of Chicago, returning to Canada in 1948. He used spectroscopy to determine the structures of a large number of molecules and also applied these studies to the identification of substances in planetary atmospheres and in comets.

(Canada, Oct. 2004, stamp issued commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of Dr Gerhard Herzberg, Nobel Laureate.)

8. Dr Edward C. Kendall – scientist and biochemist, the first to successful isolate thyroxine on Christmas Day 1914.

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and went to work for the research firm of Parke, Davis and Company. The first thing he was tasked with at Parke-Davis, once America’s oldest pharmaceutical company, was to isolate the hormone associated with the thyroid gland. This he successfully did on Christmas Day 1914. And while this was the most famous of his discoveries, it was his work on the hormones of the adrenal glands (a small gland that sits on top of the kidney) that he received the most accolades for and in fact the 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this work. Kendall isolated several steroids from the adrenal cortex (the outer layer) and working with physician Philip Hench, one of the compounds, “Compound E”, was used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. “Compound E” would later become known as cortisone.

(Spain, April 1969, a stamp issued to commemorate the 6th congress of the European Federation of Biochemical Societies held in Madrid.)

7. Dr Richard Shope – physician and virologist who identified Influenza virus A, born Christmas Day 1901.

Richard Shope was born in Des Moines, Iowa, where his father was a well known physician.

Richard qualified from medical school in his own right in 1924 and went on to be an instructor in pharmacology at the University of Iowa. He was later invited to join Dr Paul Lewis at the laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute in Princeton.

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when tested and they drew a blank. Realising that he must have missed something, Shope then tested to see if samples from sick pigs (minus any bacteria) could cause an infection and success – the agent must be much smaller than a bacterium and so had to be a virus. Richard Shope was eventually able to isolate the virus, Influenza virus A. Shope wondered if there were parallels with flu in humans and voiced his suspicions which were very controversial at the time – it was still believed in the late 20s that human flu was caused by bacteria. In 1933 he was proved to be correct. Flu in humans is caused by a virus. This fundamentally changed the approach to infections in humans.

No longer the assumption that all infections were caused by bacteria.

(Sept. 1984 Japan issues a stamp to commemorate the holding of the 6th international congress on virology at Sendai.)

6. Dr Ernst Ruska – Nobel Laureate, physicist, and inventor of the electron microscope, born Christmas Day 1906.

Ernst Ruska was born in Heidelberg in Germany to Professor Julius Ruska and his wife Elisbeth.

Ruska studied electronics at the Technical College in Munich and finishing his studies in Berlin.

While in Berlin he began working on high voltage and vacuum technology and together with other doctoral students researched the development of

Ian Briggs high performance cathode ray oscilloscopes. It was around this time that Ruska became interested in the optical behaviour of electron rays which have a wavelength about 1000 times shorter than the wavelength visible light. The wavelength of visible light is 400-700 nanometers. Ruska postulated that electron rays could be harnessed to build a microscope that would be able to have a much higher resolution that traditional light microscopes which were limited in their maximum magnification. When the size of objects being magnified by light microscopes become as small as the wavelength of light an image is no longer produced. In 1933, using a magnetic coil to act as a new type of lens, Ernst Ruska constructed the first electron microscope and revolutionised the way microscopes could be used. For the first time it was possible to view viruses – typical size of a virus particle is 20-250 nanometers. (A nanometer is a billionth of a meter.)

(Romania, Sept. 1999 as part of a set of commemorative stamps honouring famous people of the 20th century, the high value in the set depicts Ernst Ruska winner 1986 Nobel Prize for physics.)

5. Claude Chappe – inventor of the telegraph, born Christmas Day 1763.

Claude was born in Brûlon, 40kms west of Le Mans, France. He was born to Marie, daughter of a prominent physician and Ignace a public official and was educated in Rouen. It was intended that Claude entered into the service of the church but the French Revolution of the 1790s put an end to that with the abolition of the ‘sinecure’ system (a

sinecure is an office, or title, that requires little to no work but receives payment.) Claude had a famous uncle, Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche, an astronomer who is famous for observing the Transit of Venus in 1761. Claude and his brothers decided to develop a system of semaphore relay stations, something that had been proposed for decades but which had never been realised. One of the brothers worked for the Legislative Assembly of the Revolution and he persuaded the Assembly to support the building of a relay between Paris and Lille 200km away to the north west. In the final design two arms were connected by a cross-arm. Each arm had seven positions and the cross-arm four more giving a possible 196 combination code. After several attempts, the system was given the name ‘telegraph’ by the army meaning “far writer.”

(August 1944, France issues a stamp to commemorate 150 years of the telegraph, stamp depicts a

portrait of Claud Chappe 1763-1805.)

4. Sir Isaac Newton – mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and alchemist, born Christmas Day 1642.

Probably one of the greatest scientists of all time and one who should certainly take credit for driving the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment that followed. Newton was the first to develop calculus, formulated the laws of motion and gravitation, conducted ground-breakStamp News - 17

ing research into optics, developed colour theory, and used his mathematical theories to account for tides, paths of comets and eradicated all uncertainty that the sun really was at the centre of things.

Born three months premature, as Newton was, in the mid 1600s it is in itself remarkable that he went on to become a distinguished scholar and Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705, became Master of the Royal Mint 1699-1727, and President of the Royal Society 1703-1727. Newton died in his sleep 20th March 1727 and was buried amongst the Kings and Queens of England in Westminster Abbey.

(March 1987, Great Britain issued a set of 4 stamps commemorating 300 years since the publication of Newton’s Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica in 1687.)

3. Clara Barton – hospital nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, born Christmas Day 1821.

Born Clarissa Harlowe Barton in North Oxford, Massachusetts was one of five children born to Stephen and his wife Sarah. Clara began her career as a teacher in a one-room school house in her home town. The story goes that she began teaching to try and cure her of shyness. After teaching there for about twelve years, Clara moved to 18 - Stamp News

Bordentown, New Jersey, where she opened her own school. Shocked to find that a man had been appointed at twice her salary to run the school she founded, Clara resigned and moved to Washington D.C. in 1854 where she was employed as a clerk in the patent office. She was one of the first female employees in a US government department. The Civil War intervened in 1861 and when a train load of Union soldiers were set upon by Confederates in Baltimore Clara rushed to the new Capitol Building where the injured had been taken. She spent the remainder of the war bringing aid and care to the wounded at the sites of some of the most ferocious battles and earned the nickname, the ‘Angel of the Battlefield’. In 1881, after travelling extensively at home and overseas lecturing about her experiences she founded the American Red Cross to provide civilian disaster relief.

(USA, Sept. 1948 issued a stamp to commemorate the founding of the American Red Cross by Clara Barton.)

2. Anders Celsius – astronomer, mathematician, and physicist, introduced the centigrade scale on Christmas Day 1742.

Born in Uppsala, Sweden, on 27th September 1701 Anders Celsius was part of a family full of famous scientists, astronomers, mathematicians, poets, and actors. Anders studied at Uppsala University where his father was an astronomy professor. He became a professor of astronomy at Uppsala in 1730 and published a monograph on ‘Observations on Determining the Shape of the Earth’ in 1738. The monograph was a result

Ian Briggs honour of Anders Celsius in 1948. Anders Celsius truly was the ‘Newton of the North’.

(Sweden, April 1982, issued a stamp as part of that year’s CEPT Europa issue commemorating famous people. The Swedish issue depicts a portrait of Anders Celsius and his temperature scale.)

of work undertaken in 1736 to measure arcs of the meridian in different places along a degree of latitude. One measurement was taken close to the North Pole in Lapland, the other in modern day Ecuador near the equator. The mathematics of the undertaking outlined in the monograph confirmed Newton’s belief that the Earth was an ellipsoid – a sphere slightly ‘squashed’ at both Poles. Celsius wanted to create a universal temperature scale and after finalising his experiments he announced his inverted centigrade temperature scale on 25th December 1742 (his boiling point was set at zero degrees, freezing point of water at 100.) The scale was ‘re-inverted’ after Celsius’ death by countryman Carl Linnaeus, in 1745, to the scale we are more familiar with – the temperature scale used in countries globally, well apart from one!

The centigrade scale was changed to Celsius in

1. Edmond Halley – physicist and astronomer correctly predicted that ‘Halley’s Comet’ would return to the Inner Solar System on Christmas Day 1758.

Edmond Halley, working alongside the Astronomer Royal, began studying the stars whilst at Oxford University. By the age of 20, Halley had constructed an observatory on the island of Saint Helena to study the stars of the southern hemisphere. While on Saint Helena, Halley recorded the transit of the planet Mercury across the Sun and realised that a similar transit of Venus could be used to calculate the distances between Earth, Venus and the Sun. On his return to England, Halley was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He was only 22. Edmond Halley realised that recorded sighting of comets throughout history were, in fact, sightings of the same comet. From observations he had made in 1682, Halley used Newton’s new law of universal gravitation to predict the periodicity of Halley’s Comet in his 1705 paper on the ‘Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets’. On 25th December 1758, right on cue and as predicted, the comet dutifully came back into view. Unfortunately, Edmond Halley died in 1741 and did not live to see his prediction come true. It seems fitting that the comet named after the scientist Halley, one that features in the Bayeux Tapestry, a tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings in 1066 should round out our festive look at scientists and their achievements. (Halley’s comet ‘returns’ every 76 years.)

(Great Britain, Feb. 1986 a set of 4 stamps were issued to commemorate the appearance of Halley’s comet in 1986 – I’ve picked my favourite from the set “Maybe twice in a lifetime.”)

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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for December 2023. In this month’s column looks at new Australia Post Issues including issues for the 100th anniversary of Disney.

100 Years of Disney The Walt Disney Company (Disney) was founded 100 years ago on 16 October 1923 and since then has entertained millions of Australians with cartoons, films and much else besides. To mark the occasion, in September and October Australia Post has released over 100 adhesive postage stamps featuring a wide range of Disney characters from Mickey Mouse to Star Wars and the Mandalorian. Perhaps, fortunately for postal stationery collectors, Australia Post has issued only four small format and nine large format postal cards to mark the occasion. The four small format postal cards (Figure 1) were issued to accompany the traditional gummed adhesive stamps and were sold as a set for $7.80. The cards featured Disney characters at Sydney (Little Mermaid), Red Centre (Kanga and Roo), Great Barrier Reef (Nemo) and the Great Ocean Road (Mickey and Minnie) and were issued on 3 October 2023. They were preceded on 19 September 2023, by six postal cards in the large format featuring Australian landscapes and a Disney character: Horseshoe Falls, Mt Field National Park and Tinkerbell; Twelve Apostles and Mickey Mouse; Kosciuszko National Park (Figure 2) and Olaf; Great Barrier Reef and Nemo (Figure 3); Kings Park and Cinderella; and Kings Canyon and Buzz Lightyear.

On 19 September 2023, two large-format postal cards were issued bound with self-adhesive stamps into a ‘Disney 100’ stamp booklet which was sold for $49.95. The two cards depicted collages of Disney Characters and were joined together (Figure 4) and bound into Figure 1 Red Centre, Kanga and Roo Postal Card the booklet (Figure 5). They Figure 2 Kosciuszko National Park and Olaf Postal Card were rouletted to enable them 20 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon Below Left : Figure 3 Great Barrier Reef and Nemo Postal Card Left: Figure 4 Postal Cards from Disney 100 Stamp Booklet

ber 1973 and designed

by Danish architect Jørn Utzon. The small-format cards depict views of the Opera House and were sold as a set for $5.70. The large format cards (Figure 7) show the Opera House in daylight and at night and sold for

$2.55 each.

A single postal card was issued 26 September 2023 to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Edwin Flack, Australia’s First Olympian (Figure 8) and another was issued on 17 October 2023 postal card for the Centenary of Broadcast Radio (Figure 9) with both cards selling for $2.55 each. Three cards were issued on 24 October 2023 showing Poppies of Remembrance: white, red and purple poppies for peace and all war victims, for service and sacrifice and for animals in war.

The cards sold as a set for $5.85. to be detached separately. A further card was issued on 3 October 2023and sold in a pack titled Disney 100 - 100 Years of Wonder with adhesive stamps for $35.95 and featured a collage of 4 groups of Disney Characters (Figure 6).

Other New Prepaid Postal Cards Two large format postal cards and two small postal cards were issued on 10 October 2023 for the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House which was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 Octo-

2023 Reissue of Beyond Blue Prepaid Postcards In 2021 and 2022, Australia Post distributed free postcards to suburban and regional households’ letterboxes and at selected post offices around the country ‘helping Australians to check in and support one another ahead.’ Martin Walker reported a 2023 version of the card (Figure 10) which had been delivered to his post office box on 14 September 2023. It differs from other cards having three tips for well-being on the back - Stay Connected, Keep Active and Stamp News - 21

Postal Stationery Figure 5 Cover of Disney 100 Stamp Booklet Figure 6 Postal Card from Disney 100 Years of Wonder Stamp Pack Sleep Well. The other side is the same as last year’s version. Copies have since been reported from Adelaide, Melbourne, Bundaberg and Canberra.

USA Northern Cardinal Stamped Envelopes On 9 July 2023, the US Postal Service issued Northern Cardinal stamped envelopes (Figures 11). The USPS describes the indicium of the envelopes as “highly realistic stamp art based on photographs and features an illustration of a northern cardinal perching on an evergreen branch”. The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is one of the most popular songbirds native to North America. Seven US states have chosen it as their state bird—more than any other species. Male cardinals are immediately recognizable by their crimson-colored feathers and black facial markings while the females are a plainer gray brown with a dusting of red. Cardinals are favorite images celebrating Christmas and the New Year and are the mascots of numerous professional, high school, and college athletic teams. Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamped envelope using an illustration created by Kandis Vermeer Phillips. The Northern Cardinal stamped envelope is being issued as a Forever® stamped envelope. Its postage will always be equal to the value of the stamped envelope rate in effect at the time of use, even 22 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon

Figure 7 Sydney Opera House in Daylight Postal Card Figure 8 Edwin Flack Postal Card Figure 9 Broadcast Radio Postal Card

if the rate changes after purchase. As is the usual practice with definitive stamped envelopes in the US, the envelope was issued in nine different formats: three sizes, each in plain and window formats, and with either self-adhesive (‘pressure sensitive gum’) or traditional gummed (‘water-activated gum’) flaps.

Some of the envelopes also have a security overlay inside the envelopes (Figure 12).

Estudo Dos Aerogramas do Brasil: Nacionais, Internacionais e Servico 1974-2015 by Reinaldo R Macedo, Miguel R Magalhaes and Ygor P Chrispin 2nd Edition This book (Figure 13) now in its second edition and

published for Project Filigrana, covers in detail the aerorgammes of Brazil issued from 1974 to 2015.

It covers aerogrammes for national, international and official use and provides for each aerogramme provides details of the date of issue, the indicium, the value, dimensions, printer and other information.

Both the front and rear of each aerogramme are illustrated in colour. In Brazil, aerogrammes were first issued in 1974 and were initially printed by the Casa da Moeda do Brasil. From 1977 until 1999 they were designed in the post office’s own graphics section in Rio de Janeiro. Many of the aerogrammes depict Brazil’s wildlife including macaws and monkeys. A presentation on Brazilian aerorgammes given by ReStamp News - 23

Postal Stationery

Figure 13 Brazilian Aerogrammes 1974-2015

inaldo Macedo can be found on the Mi Oficina Philatelic Society YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=aJGLc_GHgiM .

Published 2023, 179 pages, hardbound, in Portuguese with an English summary and preface provided by Lars Engelbrecht RDP, Chairman of the FIP Postal Stationery Commission from 20122018. The second edition has ten additional pages due to new fluorescence studies and the inclusion of new images to make the identification of the aerorgammes easier. For 24 - Stamp News

Figure 10 Reverse of 2023 Reissue of the Beyond Blue Postcard Figure 11 USA ‘Forever’ Northern Cardinal Stamped Envelope

Ian McMahon 1898-1908 Pictorial Postal Cards and Uprated Post Office Wrappers of Australasia. For further information on the Postal Stationery Collector please contact me on ian.mcmahon4@bigpond.com.

Taipei 2023 Taipei 2023 was a FIAP exhibition held in Taipei, Taiwan on 11-15 August 2023. There was a postal stationery class of 13 exhibits.

There was only one Australian entry: Ian McMahon Envelopes and Postcards of Canada which received a Gold medal and a Special Prize.

Figure 12 USA Northern Cardinal Stamped Envelope with Window an Security Printing Figure 14 1½d King George V ‘Star’ STO Lettercard for Burford and Sons Adelaide aerogrammes included in the first edition, all additional information is highlighted with the use of a new type of letter. If you are interested in this book, please contact Reinaldo Mace reinaldo_macedo@ uol.com.br .

Postal Stationery Collector The November 2023 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector (Journal of the Australian Postal Stationery Society) included articles on: Victoria Postal Stationery Packet Bands; Australia - Registration Envelope – A New Discovery; An Update on Australia Letter Cards Stamped to Order (Figure 14); the last part of a series of articles on Australia 18-Cent Embossed PSE Reverse Designs: Summary of Die Use on Standard Post Office Issue 18c PSEs, Queensland

2024 International Exhibitions 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. For details, email: kiwibrooce@yahoo.com.

Canberra Stampshow 2024 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. The exhibition’s theme is the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union. For further information including the prospectus, on-line entry form and Bulletin 1 please visit the website at https://canberrastamps.org/canberra-stamp-show/.

Toowoomba 2024 The 2023 National one-frame Exhibition will be held from 11 - 13 October 2024 at Toowoomba.

For further information please contact: secretary@ toowoomba2024.com.

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PRINZ STOCKBOOKS Classic-Line stockbook These Classic-Line series of stockbooks are made from specially selected materials. All versions in the 230 x 305 mm format are equipped with a double linen hinged and double glassine inter-leaves.

The smaller books in the format 165 x 220 mm are offered with single hinge and one glassine interleaf The books with black stock sheets are made in the format 230 x 305mm with 9, in the format 165 x 220mm with 6 transparent strips The books with white stock sheets, on the other hand, are equipped with 10 glassine strips in the 230 x 305 mm format and 6 glassine strips in the 165 x 220mm format.

Classic-Line stockbook, black pages

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Black card sides covered with clear foil strips made of PP, with linen hinge and glassine interleaves

White card sides covered with glassine strips, with linen hinge and glassine interleaves

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32 leaves/64pp, 9 foil strips, Book cover 230 x 305 84.50 in linen look Available in Black, Red or Blue Additionally, 64 page stockbooks are available in Green & Brown

8 leaves/16pp, 6 glassine strips, grained book cover 8 leaves/16pp, 10 glassine strips, grained book cover 16 leaves/32pp, 10 glassine strips, grained book cover 24 leaves/48pp, 10 glassine strips, grained book cover 32 leaves/64pp, 10 glassine strips, grained book cover 32 leaves/64pp, 10 glassine strips, grained book cover, center divide

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Collections, Lots, Packets & Mixtures 1. Spain & a few colonies in large black stockbook. Most postally used, some mint and mainly large pictorials, with a lot of Engraved issues. 750 – 850 with only minor duplication. Well worth 12c a stamp, $96 (CMN2) 2. Indonesia, mainly mint with many complete sets in large green stockbook, 1959 – 1998. Little duplication, a very good lot. 750 – 850 all up. Well priced at 10c a stamp, $79 (CMN4) 3. Yugoslavia, early to modern, mainly postally used or cto, few mint.

Light duplication here & there, a nice clean lot. Plenty of complete sets.

950 – 1000 plus here. Really has to be worth 10c a stamp, $98 (CMN5) 4. Czechoslovakia, used collation earlies to about 1980 in large blue stockbook. Mix of postal and cto here, with many complete sets. Many nice engraved issues. Looks like 950 – 1000 all different. Well worth 10c a stamp, $95 (CMN6) 5. ZZZZ! Zambia, Zaire, Zanzibar & Zimbabwe, mint & used in large red stockbook. Mostly modern with minor duplication. Very colourful.

Nice cheap lot of around 500. $49 (CMN7) 6. USA in large green stockbook. Mostly commems., 4c to 37c period plus a few higher value airmails. Some minor duplication and includes some blocks of 4. Nice clean lot, 1250 – 1350. Cheap lot at about 6c each, $79 (CMN8) 7. Liberia, mint & cto used in large green stockbook. Early to modern with many complete sets. Rich in nice thematics. 250 to 300 all large, all different. Very colourful, and well worth 15c a stamp, $45 (CMN9) 8. USA mainly used collection 1922 – 1996 in Green Davo 64 black page stockbook. Included are some mint unhinged including blocks of 4, minisheets & booklet panes. 75 – 80% complete for the period. About 1500 here, organised chronologically. Very cheap at around 10c a stamp. $149 (CN01)

9. Unified Germany. Post 1990 with a few earlier in large blue stockbook. Postally used collection, mostly large to about 2002. Needs organising. 400 – 450 with only very minor duplication. Fair number of semi-postals noted. Good value at about 20c each. $85 (CNO2) 10. Australia very modern large $1 & $1.10 mostly commemoratives on single paper as collected by church charity. A few overseas issues have crept in too. A very scarce mix. About 400 grams. $98 (CNO3) 11. Australia Mission mix, from new source, on close clipped single paper so high count. Good ranges of definitives and commemoratives mainly 45c – 70c letter rate period. Good value at about 2c a stamp, $89 per kg, 2.5kg for $1219, 5kg for $419, 10kg for $749 (CNO4) 12. Singapore. Nice clean and with many recent mix on close clipped single paper…very hard to obtain. Mainly commemoratives, includes some complete sets. Very colourful lot. 100g for $69, 250g for $169 (CNO5) 13. Singapore, KGVI to recent off paper mix. Lovely lot of about 1100 – 1200 stamps, very colourful mostly large. Price $49 (CNO6) 14. Papua New Guinea 1988, 1898 & 1990 year books, lovely condition as issued in original plastic sleeves. Cheap at less than $40 each, $119.50 (CNO7) 15. Poland, modern mint unhinged sets 1994 – 1999 on Hagner page.

Very colourful lots appears all complete sets & minisheets. 100 plus stamps & 5 minisheets. $59 (CNO8) 16. World collection mostly used early to modern in 3 large old stockbooks. Noted lots of Olympics, plus decent ranges of Canada, Hungary, PNG, USA, GB, Zimbabwe, Finland, Malayan States & Straits Settlements, Poland, Germany, Early Netherlands & more. A bit disorganised but a nice clean lot. Nothing startling spotted, but you never know! Looks like 3000 plus stamps and mainly all different.

Only about 6c a stamp. $179 (CNO9) 17. Zimbabwe postally used collection in large green stockbook.

Issues from 1980 – 2014 with some areas of near completeness. Some hyper-inflation issues to $30,000 seen. 550 – 650 here and appear all different. Scarce assembly, cheapest we could find elsewhere for 500 different is $260. Price $235 (CNO10) 18. Vanuatu, lovely mint collection on Gibbons Senator leaves 1985 – 1998. Appears complete for the period with many nice thematic sets and minisheets. 550 – 600 stamps plus 21 minisheets. Very fresh mint lightly hinged, great if you don’t look at the back of your stamps very often!

Super cheap at around 25c per stamp & $1 per minisheet. $169 (CNO11) 19. Vietnam mint & used, clean lot on leaves 1957 – 1976. Appears reasonably complete for the period. 275 – 300 all different. Cheap at about 20c a stamp, $59 (CNO12) 20. World letters U – Z, mint & used on quality leaves in blue springback binder. Early to reasonably modern. Noticed decent ranges of Uruguay, Vatican, Venezuela, Wurttemberg, Yemen (Lots of thematics & some 3D stamps) Zambia & Zanzibar. 750 – 800 all different, nice

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COLLECTIONS SALE DECEMBER 2023 clean lot and priced well at about 15c a stamp. $119 (CNO13) 21. Small collection World letters M & N on quality leaves mint & used, earlies to 1970’s. Decent ranges of Morocco, Nepal & New Hebrides, plus some Muscat. 350 plus all different. Well worth 15c a stamp, $52 (CNO14) 22. Belgium on & off paper, as traded to us. Wide range of issues to about 2000. Nice close clipped single paper. Likely some postmark potential here too. Price per 100g, $29, 250g $69 (CNO15) 23. Nauru 1937 – 2002 mostly mint lightly hinged on quality album pages. A few are cto. 1954 definitives are present both mint & cto.

Mostly complete sets & minisheets and must be virtually complete from 1975 on. 400 to 450 all different. Very cheap at about 30c a stamp, great if you are not fussed about them being unhinged. $125 (CNO16) 24. Solomon Is. 1977 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $319. Stamps retail $960 plus. Total retail $1279. Price $849, save $430 on replacement cost! (CFE20) 25. Samoa 1969 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $395. Stamps retail $1000 plus. Total retail $1395. Price $945, save $450 on replacement cost! (CFE21) 26. FRANCE: 1849-2007 mint or used collection in six hingeless Lighthouse albums (retail $1000+) with imperfs to 1fr in very mixed condition, 1863 5f used (creasing, filled thin), 1876-1900 Peace & Commerce to 5r, 1917 Orphans 35c+25c used, 1922 Surcharged Orphans set incl. 5fr + 1fr mint, 1927 5fr + 1fr mint, pre-stamp ‘POSTES/PARIS’ 1921 5c green mint and 1922 5c orange unused, 1927 2f & 5fr Air overprints mint, 1927-31 Sinking Fund overprint sets complete mint or used, late 1920s-40s era reasonably complete inc.

1928 Sinking Fund 1Fr & 8.5Fr used, 1931 1.5Fr & 3.5Fr mint, 1937 PEXIP m/sheet with exhibition h/stamp, with full gum, 1950’s – 2007 largely complete with many MUH sets & m/sheets plus back of book with dues, officials, pre-stamp covers etc. Some of the earlies are mixed condition, 1930s onward generally fine. Huge cat./retail. Many 1000s. Price $7495 (CFE25) 27. To complement the above, a luxury blue padded official 1980 US Olympic Committee cover album with 12 covers commemorating Olympics from 1932 to 1980, with mint stamps from each year attached with a stamp mount to the cover. Superb lot for the Olympics Afficionado. Just $39 (CMO4) 28. Hong Kong 1912-1962 duplicated remainder collection, mainly used with KGV Mult Crown CA wmk 6c (4), 20c & 30c (2 each), 50c various papers/backs (5), $1, 1921-37 Script wmk 8c perfin, 12c (2), 25c (3), 50c & $1 (3 each) all used, 20c, 25c & 30c Mint, 1935 20c Jubilee Used, 1937 Coronation set (2) Mint, 1938-52 KGVI definitives

values to $1 Mint & $5 Green & violet Used, 1941 Centenary $1 (2), 1949 UPU set Used, few 1954-62 QE II definitives to $2 (2), condition a little mixed, still an attractive lot with plenty of pickings, Cat £570+, Price $449 (HK587) 29. Omnibus issues, 1972 Silver Wedding & 1973 Royal Wedding mint unhinged plus some Halley’s Comet 1986 all mint unhinged sets/minisheets in an as new Lighthouse Blue 32 page stockbook $35 retail. Plus some used GB Machins values to £5. 1972 SW & RW appears Crown Agents complete with some extras. 100 plus complete sets/minisheets.

Selling at cost price (Was a trade in from a customer) $250 (CMJ11) 30. United Nations, New York & Geneva 1961 - 76 mint unhinged in as new Gibbons $100 plus “Philatelic” Burgundy Springback Album, complete with as new Gibbons United Nations Catalogue, retail $60.

Comprises single sets & corner blocks of 4, plus a few FDC’s & Souvenir Cards. Appears complete 1967 - 1976. Around 325 sets, 3 minisheets, 5 fdc’s & 9 souvenir cards. Very cheap at about $1.30 per set, and the very useful Album & Catalogue are free! $429 (CMY10) 31. Australia 1956 Olympics, complete set of 52 “Royal” covers with pictorial cancellation for each event. Each bears either a 4d Green Koala, or 4d Olympics stamp, as some handstamps were authorised for use before the stamps were! Also 1 cover with the full set of stamps. Many different events pictured on the different coloured and varied cachets. Rarely seen these days, a few are a bit aged. All neat typewritten address. A very scarce assembly, price $795 (CMY15) 32. Australia 1947 - 52 range of KGVI era. Illustrated FDC’s plus 3 x 1950 National Philatelic Exhibition covers, 1 with large exhibition label in red-brown attached. Priced up to sell at over $350 based on Rod Perry’s website price list. includes 3 registered items, two of which are from the exhibition. Issues included at Scouts, Stamp Centenary, UPU, Federation 50th anniv. etc. 14 covers. Price under a half, $149 (CMY19) 33. Scouting 1938 - 1968 approx. mostly complete Mint Unhinged sets in near new Maroon Springback Album. Noted several imperf. sets and minisheets from places like Togo, Burundi & Bhutan. Other countries represented include Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Greece, Great Britain, Belgium, Taiwan etc. 55 complete issues, Cat. £325 plus. Album alone to buy today would be around $100. Price for the lot just $5 per issue $275 (CMY27) 34. Worldwide picture postcards, some used, unused, earlies moderns and in betweens. Mostly street scenes & architecture. 100 different for $89 (MF2) 35. Nice little starter collection of 50 different Australian States. On our list at $56, special price $49 (AP17) 36. Australian States, new lot just arrived. Values to One Shilling. All States represented. A very good range unchecked for postmarks, perforations, varieties, or watermarks. No more than 2 or 3 of the same stamp in the 100 pack. Price $99 per 100, 200 for $189, 300 for $269,

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COLLECTIONS SALE DECEMBER 2023 400 for $339, 500 for $399, 1000 for $765 (PM114) 37. Australia magnificent OFF PAPER MIXTURE. Just arrived and simply brimming with better values. Starts 1930’s to about 2005. Huge variety. About 1000 for $59. 2500 for $139, 5000 for $265. (PM115) 38. As above but Decimals only 1966 – 2005. Same prices as above. (PM115a) 39. World off paper…huge variety mostly postally used gathered from 3 different sources and mixed to together to give you the best early to modern mix we can muster! About 15- 20,000 per kg. Buy from as little as 1½c per stamp! 100g for $35, 250g for $79, 500g for $149, 1kg for $285, 5kg for $1275. (PM102) 40. Christmas Is. & Cocos (Keeling) Is. off paper mixture, many high values and recent to about 2016. Many very fine used with circular cancels.

50 different for $49, 100 mixed no more than 3 the same for $98 (PM104) 41. Terrific World mainly postally used collection in Red, Green Gold Rapkin “Triumph” album with 10 full page maps. Many thousands of mostly all different stamps here from early imperfs to about the mid 1960’s. Little, if anything removed, a few may have fallen out and are loose between pages. Very good Austria, Belgium, Canada with some nice mine imprints and blocks, Czechoslovakia, France & Colonies, Germany, Great Britain with Seahorses to 5/-, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia Airs & Red Cross, Romania with 1931 Scouts set mint lightly hinged, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Tuva & USA. 350 plus pages.

Must be 3000 to 3500 stamps at a guess. Still, plenty of spaces to fill.

Good value at around 35c a stamp. $1175 (CMD8) 42. Papua New Guinea 1961 – 1975 Complete Mint Unhinged in as new Green Gibbons Tower Springback Album, original cost over $100 plus 50 additional new leaves, worth $65. Stamps retail approx. $375 so replacement cost would be around $540. Great value at under 50%, $269 (CO1) 43. Norfolk Is., 1953 - 1975 Complete Mint Unhinged in as new Red Gibbons Tower Springback Album, original cost over $100 plus 50 additional new leaves, worth $65. Stamps retail approx. $550 so replacement cost would be around $715. Great value at under 50%, $349 (CO2) 44. Nauru 1953 – 1976 complete mint unhinged on Gibbons simplex leaves. Retail approx. $115. Great starter collection of this popular area. Price $79 (CO3) 45. World Letters S & T mint & used, early to modern in top quality Schaubek Red Padded Springback Album, early to modern. Very good ranges of Spain, South Africa & SWA, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Tchad, Togo, Transvaal, Tunisia, Turks & Caicos Is., etc, etc. About 2250 – 2500 here, appear all different. Excellent lot for under 15c a stamp, price $349 (CO4) 46. Thick stack of quality album pages containing wide range of World, early to modern, letters A – K. Good ranges of Aden, Algeria, Angola, Antigua, Argentina (several pages), Armenia (mint), Ceylon, Cook Is., Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Ghana, Gold Coast,Greece (several

pages) GB (several pages with KEVII to 5/- & 1948 Silver Wedding £1 and mint to £5!),Iceland, India & States, Indonesia (several pages), Iran (several pages) Iraq (several pages), Eire, Italy (several pages), Jamaica (several pages), Japan (several pages), Jugoslavia (many pages) & Kenya. Mostly postally used and also some nice mint. Must be 5000 – 6000 stamps here, all appear different. A lovely clean lot of about 140 pages. Has to be worth 20c a stamp. Price $1095 (CO6) 47. World Letter M on stack of quality album pages containing wide range of early to modern, with emphasis on nice mint & used thematic sets from Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Monaco, Mongolia & Montserrat (many pages). Lovely clean lot of about 80 pages containing 3000 – 3500 stamps appearing all different. Good value at around 20c a stamp. $649 (CO7) 48. Newfoundland, Queen Victoria to KGVI period on album page, mint & used. 41 stamps. Great starter collection of this under-rated colony. Under $2.50 a stamp, with values to 30c. Price $98 (CO9) 49. Australia KGV Heads, mostly bundles of 100. Stated unsorted for postmarks, shades, watermarks, varieties etc. 1d Greens (900), 1½d Browns (100), and 2d Reds (1300). 2300 all up. 400 2d Reds stated to be inverted wmk., minimum cat. of $10 each for these, that’s $4000 alone! Cheap at 40c each, $920 (CO10) 50. Australia KGV period, mostly in bundles with 1931 2d Kingsford Smith (50) 1932 6d Typo. Kookaburra (50) , 1934 1/6d Hermes (50), 1934 2d Vic. Centenary (100), 1934 2d MacArthur Dark Hills and Light Hills (100 of each), 1935 2d Jubilee (50) , 1935 2d Anzac (150), 1936 2½d Cable (700) and 1936 2½d South Australia (100) All stated to be unchecked for varieties, the 2d MacArthur Dark Hills alone cat. $1200!

Very cheap at 20c a stamp, 1450 in all. Price $290 (CO11) 51. 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) 52. 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) 53. 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

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COLLECTIONS SALE DECEMBER 2023 the stamps are unhinged. 900 to 950 different here and priced very cheaply at around 25c per stamp. $229 (CS9) 54. 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) 55. 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) 56. 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) 57. Czechoslovakia, mostly used on leaves, earlies to about 1970.

Includes 1940’s German Hitler Head Occupation issues. 650 – 700 appears all different. Cheap at $79 (CS17) 58. 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) 59. As above, but with about 25% Great Britain, 100g $39.50, 250g $95, 500g $179, 1kg $349 (CS18a) 60. 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) 61. NZ Health mini-sheets 1957 to 1983 x 52 MUH housed in large blue stockbook. Retail value $NZ777. Condition a little mixed but most of the key items very fresh MUH. Some faults, most minor, so expect varied condition. Each priced with retail in neat pencil on stock page. Very cheap at just AUD$269 (CAU1) 62. World Wildlife Fund 1976/79 Official unaddressed FDC’s collection on 144 covers. Very clean lot. With certificate of authenticity. Original Issue price 4.95 per cover = around $700! Cheap at under $1 per cover, $135. (CAU3) 63. Great Britain 1902 – 1999 used collection in large blue ring

binder. KEVII – 1/-, KGV to 10/- with Re-engraved Seahorses set. KGVI complete with all High Values inc. Silver Wedding £1. QEII virtually complete commems., plus many Wildings and Machins to £5, plus the different printings of the Castles series to £1. Low value Wildings are simplified. Includes all of the Millennium series, 12 sets, 48 stamps to the end of 1999. 100’s of sets, al in nice clean condition. Has to be worth $10 per year of stamps from 1937 -1999. Plus heaps of extras as back. Price $625 (CAU4) 64. Canada Collection 1870’s to 1999 mostly postally used, some MUH in 3 large stockbooks. Earlies are sparse but very high degree of completion 1930 onwards., with dates and SG No’s pencilled in margins of the books. Guessing 2500 – 2750 stamps mostly all different and in complete sets. Very clean lot with values to $8 Polar Bear. Has to be worth 25c per stamp average, price $649 (CAU5) 65. New Zealand mostly mint 2 volume collection 1920 – 1980 in good condition Gibbons Green Simplex Springback album. Stamps are nicely displayed in black mounts on pages and annotated with year of issue and cat. Nos. Commences 1920 Victory set, then mostly complete with all health & airmail issues inc. 1931 Smiling Boys., Dunedin 1925 Ex. set is very fresh lightly hinged. From 1960 much appears fresh mint unhinged, but excluding minisheets. Mostly a very clean lot with much potential for continuance. Many 100’s. Very high catalogue/retail value. Albums alone would cost $1250 new. Price $745. (CAU6) 66. Hong Kong 1969 – 2004, lovely clean postally used plus a few mint collection all different in large green stockbook. All annotated in pencil in album margin with year & SG Cat. No. Mainly complete sets with values to $50 and would be 75 – 80% complete for the period.

600 – 700 all up, must be worth 50c a stamp. $325 (CMO1) 67. Red ring binder with South Africa mainly postally used collection, some mint, 1910 to early 2000’S to on Hagners and album leaves. Includes many good thematics and many complete sets, values to 10/- and 20 Rand. Mostly all different. Also some Mauritius mint & used definitive full and part sets to 10 Rupees. 1650 – 1750 here and would likely yield at last 1500 different. Well worth 20c a stamp, price $425 (CMO2) 68. Great Britain dealer stock of used housed in $75 when new Prinz Red 64 page stockbook., mostly 1971- 2000 but with some 1950’s & 60’s Castle High Values to One Pound. Nearly all are large size, Commemoratives and High values with many, many complete sets. Noted 5 pound values x 24, 10 pound Brittania x 3. Maximum duplication seems to be 3 of anything. Also plenty of Millennium issues and better values to 1.28. Must be 2250 – 2750 here, and should easily find 1000 different. Has to be very cheap at about 15c a stamp, price $375 (CMO3) 69. Medium size red stockbook of Austria 1970’s – 2007 with a modest collection of used, all large & commems. 350 – 400 all different.

Nice clean lot. Good value at about 20c a stamp, $75 (CMO4)

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COLLECTIONS SALE DECEMBER 2023 70. Arch Lever binder with early to modern USA mint & used collection/accumulation on stockleaves. Fairly minor duplication, some blocks of 4 , values to $5. 3750 – 4250 here, ought to yield 2000 – 2500 different. Nice clean lot, some faults in earlies. Got to be worth 10c a stamp, $395 (CMO5) 71. GB gummed barcode Machin window booklet collection 1987 to 1990 , 93 different. GB QE2 booklets collection latter 1980s - SG Cat £1,100 plus = over $2000 at current exchange rates. All on Lighthouse ‘Vario’ pages. Some reprints and different printers – all identified by SG numbers and cat val. Mostly Machin series, plus the popular Teddy Bear Greetings Booklet. Retail around $1350, price $795 (CMY1) 72. British Empire, pre-QEII off paper mix, new lot just received, very varied with little Australia but a good mix of most other areas. Noted a few mint, blocks of 4 etc. Values to 10/- noted in the overall mix. Good value at around 15c a stamp. Priced per 65 grams, about 1000 for $165, 2500 for $389 (CMY9) 73. GB 100 Complete used mainly Commemorative sets, 1940 – quite recent. Organised into individual acetate packets. Noted 1940 Centenary, 1953 Coronation up to quite recent £1.22 values. Would sell individually from $2 to $12 a set. Very cheap at $199 (CMY10) 74. AAT packet of 100 different postally used pre-decimal – very recent. Includes complete sets and better values to $1.50 or $2. 5 available. Price $69 (CMY11) 75. Fiji in 3 Seven Seas Hingeless albums 1954 -2017, Mint collection, mostly fresh MUH but some lightly hinged and some with gum tropicalised (Those are not counted in the retail value) The collection has many gaps to 2000, high level of completion through the 2000’s, but no stamps after 2014. Fresh and clean. Pages and binders alone cost $700+ to buy new. Sydney retail for the stamps $2085, plus $700 for the albums = $2785 effective replacement cost. Save $1000. Price $1785 (CMY16) 76. New Zealand 1989 – 2001 Seven Seas Hingeless Brown Padded album, pages bulging! Mint Unhinged, near complete collection (No Framas), Only very few gaps, mostly booklet stamps. We estimate 95% complete. Fresh and clean. Album alone cost $325 to buy new.

Also includes Lighthouse issues from 1947 & Ross Dependency most issues. Advertised retail of the stamps is $3670. Total replacement cost $3995. Priced very cheaply at well under 50%, price $1895 (CM18) 77. Europe in $85 64 Black Page Lion Brand Black stockbook as new. Contains very nice clean collection of Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary & Poland, most used postally or cto. Good range of thematics, all appear different and most are large pictorials. 1000 to 1100 all up. Price $269 (CF1) 78. Australia 1928 – 1936 KGV Commems. Bulk lot as received recently in packets. Quantities are approximate, comprises 3d Kookaburra x 100, 3d Kingsford Smith x 25, 3d Victoria Centenary x 100, 3d Jubilee x 200, 3d Cable x 350, 3d Sth. Aust. x 200, 1/- Sth. Aust. X 100. Min. SG Cat. £5485, approx. AUD$9650 at time of listing. Unchecked by us for

shades, varieties, postmarks, perforations or watermarks. About 1075 stamps for around 80c each. Price $849 (CF6) 79. Worldwide and Australia Clearance Lots. We now have 3 standards for these, Standard, Superior and Super. As with anything you get what you pay for. You can expect complete or part collections, Hagner pages, covers, stamps on or off paper, packets, individual stock cards containing single or part sets, literature including magazines or catalogues. Each lot tailor made. Ask for Australia or World, or a mixture of both. The all World lots will necessarily contain a small % of Australia in most cases. (CF7) 80. Standard 20kg $595, 10kg $315, 5kg $165 (CF7a) 81. Superior 20kg $895, 10kg $475, 5kg $245 (CF7b) 82. Super 20kg $1395, 10kg $729, 5kg $385 (CF7c) 83. Superb “Oxford” Blue padded FDC album, as new, cost $50.

Contains 39 Unaddressed British Commonwealth First Day Covers with descriptive text for 1981 & 1982. No Australia, but most are better countries like Falkland Is, Ascension, Gibraltar, St. Helena, Singapore etc. Just $89 the lot! (CF8) 84. Australia 1970 Captain Cook themed collection in blue album with Australian Coat of Arms inc. Post Office small FDC with 30c stamp cancelled Ballarat (Rare!) Then 3 other small plain FDCs cancelled Chadstone Vic, & Bedgerebong NSW. Plus 4 different Royal FDC’s with full sets or minisheets asl 2 x Sigma FDC’s. Various sets and minisheets mint & used, inc. Anpex x 5 some with special cancels, 1 x Rouletted, 3 x Melbourne Airport Ovpt., 2 x Royal Visit Ovpt., Eucharistic Conference Ovpt., Holey Dollar Ovpt. Set of 12 commemorative covers with different dates and towns around Australia and the same on Minisheets used with gum inc. Thursday Island etc. 60 items, plus a number of sets mint & used and 2 PO Packs not included in this count. Would be almost impossible to assemble today! Priced around $15 per item plus the nice album comers free. $895 the lot. (CF13) 85. New Zealand & Ross Dependency FDC collection 1990 – 1997 in near new Blue 4 Ring Binder on quality pages. Commences 1990 Heritage Ships – 1997 Cattle, plus Ross Dep. 1990 & 1992 sets all on Official Unaddressed covers. Noted many booklet panes of 10 different, plus $20 definitive. All in all 29 covers which retail at anything up to $40 each! Fabulous lot, not many seen from this period. Retail easily $450 if sold individually. Price $249 (CF15) 86. Worldwide Minisheets by weight! A long time since we had any of these. A mix of mint unhinged and cto used from a wide range of countries, spanning several decades. 75 to 100 sheets per 100g.

Expect duplication in the larger lots above 250g, the 100g will be all different. Vrtually all good thematics. 100g for $69, 250g for $159, 500g $295, 1kg for $575 (CF17) 87. 1972 Munich Olympics, plus 1 for 1964 Tokyo. Wide range of First

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COLLECTIONS SALE DECEMBER 2023 Day & Event Covers plus a few Maximum cards mostly from Germany but also Austria, Greece, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Romania, Turkey & Yugoslavia. All clean unaddressed Illustrated Covers. Most of these sell between $5 - $12.50 each, so priced very cheaply at $189 (CF18) 88. Air NZ 1965 set of 10 Official First Flight Covers for the DC8 service, inc. Sydney/Christchurch and return, plus American Samoa (8) with flights from Fiji, USA & NZ. All official with printed addresses. Many have pictorial cancels. Scarce assembly, cheap lot for $98 (CF19) 89. Winter Olympics 1924 – 1972 on Borek Hingeless pages with complete mint unhinged stamp & minisheet issues commemorating each year from the host countries etc. Just missing 1 low value stamp from Turkey. 29 issues & minisheets. Highly attractive & clean lot.

Cheap at $92.50 (CF20) 90. Australia stamp replica cards 1984 – 1987 (No’s 1 – 37 ex. No. 36) in superb near new Seven Seas Blue Padded Album (Cost $130) These are official reprinted proofs/colour trials from the original dies which if contemporary are worth $1000’s each! Price $195 the lot. (CN1) 91. Great Britain 1997 – 2000 Royal Mint & Royal Mail Sumptuous Royalty cover album in padded Royal Blue and Gold with slipcase. Contains Royalty Covers, PNC Coin Covers and a 3/4 ounce Silver Ingot Cover replicating the 1951 Ten Shilling Festival of Britain St. George & Dragon Stamp. 19 items in all, with many of the coin covers selling at around $30 each. Several of the covers are signed by the designer too. $329 the lot. (CN4) 92. Asia, used collection in Importa “Victoria” red leather bound album coast $200 plus, near new. Includes Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Ceylon & Burma. 1800’s to about 1990. Mostly used, some mint, nicely set out with spaces for you to complete. Very fine condition overall, many 100s, price $439 (CN5) 93. Holland 1993 – 1998 mint & used well organised collection in near new Blue & Gold Leather Bound Importa “Victoria” album (Cost $150 plus) Includes booklets & sheetlets as well as about 95% completion in stamps for the period. Plenty of spare pages for continuation. Original seller’s price, $220. So cheap now at our realistic price of $110 (CN10) 94. Christmas stamps from around the World mint & used housed in large brown stockbook. Many complete sets and minisheets, mostly all different. 1950’s to late 1990’s. Around 500 stamps plus 20 minisheets. Most of the mint is fresh unhinged. Great value at 25c per stamp & $2 each for the minisheets. Price $165 (CN12) 95. Latin America (Central & South) plus Caribbean & Atlantic mint & used collection in Black & Gold leather bound Importa “Victoria” album with slipcase. Includes Aruba, Curacao (cat. £600 alone), British West Indies, Falklands Is. & Dep. BAT, early French Guiana & Venezuela. Nice lot, worthy of expansion, 100s. Original dealer’s price $825, we reckon at $595it’s very good value. (CN13) 96. Austria 1925 – late 1980’s mint & used nicely written up on pages

and divided into themes Black Spiral Binder. Noted 1950 Birds Airmail set & 1925 Postage Dues set of 27. Near 200 stamps, all up cat.

Around £750. Price $375 (CN15) 97. THE DROSS BOX! I think every dealer has one or more of these, anything we cannot find an immediate use for goes in here. Loose stamps we cannot find time to sort, covers, complete sets, minisheets, Hagner pages of stamps, collection remainder, juvenile collections, you name it, it may be here! Choose Australia, Worldwide or a mixture of both.

1kg parcel for $98, 3kg for $275, 5kg for $395, 10kg for $775. (CN17) 98. THE GROT BOX! Empty albums, stockbooks, stock sheets, stamp catalogues, auction catalogues, handbooks etc. (No stamps) Very cheap at just $195 for a $20 parcel. (NO DISCOUNTS ON THESE AND POSTAGE IS ALWAYS EXTRA) (CN19) 99. Germany 3rd Reich, 1933 – 1945 Brand New Hingeless Album, German made, in Black Blue & Gold. Spaces for all 3rd Reich stamps with illustrations and Michel catalogue numbers. Superb! Price $295 (3R1) 100. Australia, International Stamps used on 50 covers and postcards to Switzerland. Wide variety of stamps and frankings used 2000 to 2012. Noted issues with tabs, gutter pairs, Christmas Is. issues etc.

Denominations from 50c to $2.60, with rates up to $4.00. All from a single family correspondence. A bit over $5 each, price $269 (CAU1) 101. Hong Kong superb MUH collection 1953-1999. SG cat. close to £1500 on stack of Scott pages in hingeless mounts - Starts at the 1953 Coronation. From 1972 onwards, it appears near complete, and includes relevant booklets, and all the mini sheets. SG cat noted aside each set in erasable 4B pencil, for easy checking. A Red Hot collecting area, with many complete hi-cat Definitive sets to $50 in different watermark and papers etc. Totally untouched as received from Estate. A GEM of a collection, try finding another! Over 25 years near complete, for $1495 (CAU4) 102. New Zealand Post Office Blue Leather with Coat of Arms embossed in gold on the cover. Stockbook presented to delegates to the 16th U.P.U. Congress held in Tokyo. Contains NZ & Territories Mint Unhinged. Noted pre-decimal issues 1975 – 1967, 1st decimal definitives to $2 multicoloured Geyser, Arms High Values $4 to $10 (4), 1969 Capt. Cook Set etc. Also Niue decimal ovpt. To $2 Arms, plus Ross Dep. 1st decimal set. Total 2022 ACS catalogue (retail) value of the contents alone for this rare item is NZ$270 = A$245. We have never ever had one of these before, let alone 2! Binding is a little detached in last couple of pages. Price $199 (2 available) (CAU5) 103. Retired Australia Post Executives 1970’s & ‘80’s accumulation of UPU related items etc. Includes Barbados Passport Style 1979 blue folder with coat of arms in gold, UN 1974 folder, plus items from Australia, Nauru, NZ, Jersey, Malaysia, Norway etc. Includes special Australia Post Office Pack for opening of New Parliament House by HM The Queen. 20 -plus items, price $149 (CAU8)

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COLLECTIONS SALE DECEMBER 2023 104. Malaysia 1963-96 collection in 4 albums, mainly mint unhinged but some of the earlier issues used and later issues are both mint unhinged and used, plus many extra sets and part-sets of the 1965 Birds, 1970 Butterflies, 1979 Flowers & Animals, and 1986 Fruits. (Qty 1000s) Very good value at $1350 (CFE2) 105. New Zealand commercial mails, small and medium envelopes, mainly pre-decimal KGVI & QEII to Australia. Good variety of postmarks plus some higher values. Price $95 per kg (5kg available) (CFE4) 106. New South Wales plus a few ACT 1980’s – 1990’s commercial mails, mainly stamped small envelopes with a wide variety of cds cancels, many smaller towns noted. Pretty well all clear strikes. Could be some rarer items here. We just do not have time to check. Price $95 per kg. (8kg available) (CFE5) 107. Australia plain FDC’s 1951 – 1972, appears mostly complete for the period, all nice clean typewritten covers. Weighs nearly 1kg. Duplication up to 5 of each. Great source for fine used sets, with values to 2/3d or 25c in decimals. Priced well under $1 each. About 300 for $249 (CFE9) 108. Solomon Is. 1977 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $319. Stamps retail $960 plus. Total retail $1279. Price $849, save $430 on replacement cost! (CFE20) 109. Samoa 1969 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $395. Stamps retail $1000 plus. Total retail $1395. Price $945, save $450 on replacement cost! (CFE21) 110. FRANCE: 1849-2007 mint or used collection in six hingeless Lighthouse albums (retail $1000+) with imperfs to 1fr in very mixed condition, 1863 5f used (creasing, filled thin), 1876-1900 Peace & Commerce to 5r, 1917 Orphans 35c+25c used, 1922 Surcharged Orphans set incl.

5fr + 1fr mint, 1927 5fr + 1fr mint, pre-stamp ‘POSTES/PARIS’ 1921 5c green mint and 1922 5c orange unused, 1927 2f & 5fr Air overprints mint, 1927-31 Sinking Fund overprint sets complete mint or used, late 1920s-40s era reasonably complete inc. 1928 Sinking Fund 1Fr & 8.5Fr used, 1931 1.5Fr & 3.5Fr mint, 1937 PEXIP m/sheet with exhibition h/ stamp, with full gum, 1950’s – 2007 largely complete with many MUH sets & m/sheets plus back of book with dues, officials, pre-stamp covers etc. Some of the earlies are mixed condition, 1930s onward generally fine. Huge cat./retail. Many 1000s. Price $7495 (CFE25) 111. To complement the above, a luxury blue padded official 1980 US Olympic Committee cover album with 12 covers commemorating Olympics from 1932 to 1980, with mint stamps from each year attached with a stamp mount to the cover. Superb lot for the Olympics Afficionado. Just $39 (CMO4) 112. Hong Kong 1912-1962 duplicated remainder collection, mainly used with KGV Mult Crown CA wmk 6c (4), 20c & 30c (2 each), 50c various papers/backs (5), $1, 1921-37 Script wmk 8c perfin, 12c (2), 25c (3),

50c & $1 (3 each) all used, 20c, 25c & 30c Mint, 1935 20c Jubilee Used, 1937 Coronation set (2) Mint, 1938-52 KGVI definitives values to $1 Mint & $5 Green & violet Used, 1941 Centenary $1 (2), 1949 UPU set Used, few 1954-62 QE II definitives to $2 (2), condition a little mixed, still an attractive lot with plenty of pickings, Cat £570+, Price $449 (HK587) 113. Omnibus issues, 1972 Silver Wedding & 1973 Royal Wedding mint unhinged plus some Halley’s Comet 1986 all mint unhinged sets/minisheets in an as new Lighthouse Blue 32 page stockbook $35 retail. Plus some used GB Machins values to £5. 1972 SW & RW appears Crown Agents complete with some extras. 100 plus complete sets/minisheets.

Selling at cost price (Was a trade in from a customer) $250 (CMJ11) 114. United Nations, New York & Geneva 1961 - 76 mint unhinged in as new Gibbons $100 plus “Philatelic” Burgundy Springback Album, complete with as new Gibbons United Nations Catalogue, retail $60.

Comprises single sets & corner blocks of 4, plus a few FDC’s & Souvenir Cards. Appears complete 1967 - 1976. Around 325 sets, 3 minisheets, 5 fdc’s & 9 souvenir cards. Very cheap at about $1.30 per set, and the very useful Album & Catalogue are free! $429 (CMY10) 115. Australia 1956 Olympics, complete set of 52 “Royal” covers with pictorial cancellation for each event. Each bears either a 4d Green Koala, or 4d Olympics stamp, as some handstamps were authorised for use before the stamps were! Also 1 cover with the full set of stamps. Many different events pictured on the different coloured and varied cachets. Rarely seen these days, a few are a bit aged. All neat typewritten address. A very scarce assembly, price $795 (CMY15) 116. Worldwide picture postcards, some used, unused, earlies moderns and in betweens. Mostly street scenes & architecture. 100 different for $89 (MF2) 117. Nice little starter collection of 50 different Australian States. On our list at $56, special price $49 (AP17) 118. Australian States, new lot just arrived. Values to One Shilling.

All States represented. A very good range unchecked for postmarks, perforations, varieties, or watermarks. No more than 2 or 3 of the same stamp in the 100 pack. Price $99 per 100, 200 for $189, 300 for $269, 400 for $339, 500 for $399, 1000 for $765 (PM114) 119. Australia magnificent OFF PAPER MIXTURE. Just arrived and simply brimming with better values. Starts 1930’s to about 2005. Huge variety. About 1000 for $59. 2500 for $139, 5000 for $265. (PM115) 120. As above but Decimals only 1966 – 2005. Same prices as above. (PM115a) 121. World off paper…huge variety mostly postally used gathered from 3 different sources and mixed to together to give you the best early to modern mix we can muster! About 15- 20,000 per kg. Buy from as little as 1½c per stamp! 100g for $35, 250g for $79, 500g for $149, 1kg for $285, 5kg for $1275. (PM102) 122. Christmas Is. & Cocos (Keeling) Is. off paper mixture, many high val-

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COLLECTIONS SALE DECEMBER 2023 ues and recent to about 2016. Many very fine used with circular cancels.

50 different for $49, 100 mixed no more than 3 the same for $98 (PM104) 123. 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) 124. 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) 125. 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) 126. 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) 127. 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) 128. 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) 129. 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) 130. 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) 131. 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)

132. 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) 133. 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) 134. Butterflies on 50+ as new Hagners in Aus. Post black padded binder.

Great collection of all different with many compete sets, minisheets etc.

Binder & Hagners alone cost $110+. Must be around 1000 stamps here.

Mint unhinged and used. Value at about 30c a stamp. Price $295 (CJL3) 135. 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) 136. Australia High Values, both Commems. & Defins. (No internationals) We have just a small amount of this. About 4000 stamps on single well-trimmed paper. Values to $10, $325 per kg, 500g for $169, 250g for $89, 100g for $37.50 (PM105) 137. Papua New Guinea, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM81) 138. Norfolk Is., 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets.

Price $49 (PM81) 139. Samoa, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM83) 140. Nauru, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM84) 141. 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) 142. 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) 143. 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) 144. 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) 145. Worldwide Junk lots, anything could be tossed in here, schoolboy collections, album leaves, Hagners of stamps, stamps on and off

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COLLECTIONS SALE DECEMBER 2023 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) 146. India FDC’s as above, smaller lot of 40 going to 1977 for $29. (CMJL20) 147. 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) 148. 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) 149. 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) 150. 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) 151. 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) 152. 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) 153. 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) 154. 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) 155. USA 1893 – 1995 approx. mint & used collection. Housed in 2 near new Lighthouse 32 black page stockbooks, dark green & dark grey with marbled effect covers. Current retail of these $54.95 each.

Book one contains mainly used, with light duplication. Nothing towrite home about in the earlies but there are plenty of high value airmail stamps, some of which are quite scarce. Values here to $13.65 and with a total face value for the airmails and other high values alone of around US$160. The mint unhinged also has a high face value of US$250 plus again with high value airmail issues. A near compete run through I believe from 1927 – 1995 of mint, with most being fresh unhinged and including imperfs. and minisheets. Guessing around 3000 – 3250 mostly different here, with a huge retail/catalogue value. A neatly set out and clean lot. A good deal at not much more than 20c a stamp. Price $695 (CMMY11) 156. Australis Post’s fabulous collections of die proofs, posthumously reproduced from the original plates and presented in lavishly illustrated albums with interleaving, brass corners and slipcases. This is the first lot for these we have handled as a complete group for a decade or more! About 80 in all, these are each fully listed in the Specialist Catalogues for $20 to $30 each and often sell for more than this for the more popular stamps. So around $2000 catalogue value here not including the lavish albums. As a group we can offer these at well under a half, $875 (CMMY12) 157. 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) 158. 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) 159. 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) 160. 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) 161. 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)

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COLLECTIONS SALE DECEMBER 2023 162. 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) 163. 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) 164. 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) 165. Australia 25 different complete mint unhinged issues, all pre-decimal. Includes values to 2/3d. Great starter lot, Price $49 (CMN17) 166. 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. (CMN20) 167. 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) 168. 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) 169. As above but decimals only, at half the above price, Approx 2000

for $147.50 (MN34a) 170. 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) 171. 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) 172. 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) 173. Australia Mission Mix, an older lot, to the 45c period with good variety, most on single well-trimmed paper. As much as we can cram into an Australia Post 3kg satchel! Very Cheap Price $59, 5kg Satchell for $95 (JL16) 174. 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 (JL16) 175. 1500 different Australia, back in stock again, only 5 available.

New content, price $109 (MF6) 176. 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) 177. A similar lot to the above, but all World: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449 (FE69) 178. 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) 179. Older Australia off paper lot sold as received. This is an all-new lot, sold as received by us, and totally unchecked for watermarks, perforations, shades, varieties etc.

Pack A) 50 Kangaroos, 75 KGV Heads, 75 Australian States, values to 5/- Price under $1 per stamp $195 Pack B) 200 Kangaroos values to 10/-, under $2 per stamp price $395 Pack C) 200 KGV Heads, values to 1/4d, well under $1 per stamp, price $179 Pack D) 200 Australian States, values to 9d or 1/-, well under $1 per stamp, price $179 Pack E) One of each of packs B, C & D, special price $675 (PM30)

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Glen Stephens Rarity Offers For 30 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

Kangaroo 1929 10/- Small Multiple Watermark, *MUH* Part John Ash Imprint, $1,000s under cat - A rare stamp SG 112.

In my long experience with Roos, is at least TEN times scarcer than the Third Wmk or CofA Watermark 10/- values. There were in fact only 240,000 of this printed v/s over 1.2 million of the Third Watermark 10/-, yet Cat value is near the same - absurd with a higher than 5:1 ratio.

This was the 10/- stamp on national issue all during the Great Depression, and anyone who HAD a job this was a week’s wages. Indeed, there was the exact same low print number of this, than of the super expensive 1913 £1 & £2 First Watermark Roos - 240,000 on all 3 of those.

Nice bright nice deep rich colour as you can see, for this 94 y.o. issue. *Guaranteed ORIGINAL gum*, with feint zoned ‘suntanning’. Small ‘island’ pink flaws off Broome and Perth as a Bonus.

SG 112, And ACSC 49, $3,000 as a MUH single and $12,000 for an imprint pair. Centred low, as all position 60 imprint copies are, with the very attractive pink Interpanneau ‘Jubilee Lines’.

Real eye candy! bought very well in a collection today, so out this goes for just - $A995 Stock 482EK

Australia 1973 (ERROR) 1¢ Coral Shrimp **MISSING BLACK** superb MUH 1¢ Coral Shrimp ‘Missing Black’ - hence losing the country name, the face value and all the inscriptions! Absolutely STUNNING error. Very scarce - 50 years old now. Fresh and fine Mint unhinged. SG 545a £450 - $A900 and ACSC 635c. Only 3 or 4 rows were affected with this TOTAL black colour omission - some stamps have just part black missing, and have lower catalogue value. Many are VERY poorly centred. Ex the famous Tom Pierron/Richard Monteiro, British Commonwealth ‘Missing Colour Error’ collection. Always super popular with global Marine Life collectors too. Never owned one in 45 years of dealing - SUPER RARE. Only $US390 at $A600 - Stock 485JP

Estate carton of Australia Post Year albums **42% under retail!** Bought an estate that had a nice clean run of these super popular items. Many now buy these to easily keep up to date, year by year, or buy them for the kids etc. NO very expensive hingeless albums needed then - and all in hard, matching, protective slipcases. I have THE largest stock of AP Annual Books on the planet - I have a complete listing of all years here if you are missing any tinyurl.com/APYearBk - Buy 1991-2000 together - 10 books for $A635 - That’s about 30% off my already low prices, and very near issue price. (Stock 451WD) Buy 2001 to 2010 inclusive - 10 books - my usual retail as can be seen on link above, is $A1,455. SUPER discount, well over 35% off my retail of this red hot era, at just $930 (Stock 451WL) Or, all buy all 20 books, and pay 42% under my $2,360 cheap retail - save a cool $1,000! 20 Books will ship in 1 large carton.

Just $A1,360 - Stock 451WZ

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation News and Views form the Australian Philatelic Federation The Australian Philatelic Federation held its Annual General Meeting on 30 September 2023 in Brisbane at QPC House, home to the Queensland Philatelic Council. Results of the election and Appointment of State Commissioners are as follows: President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Philatelic Development Officer International Officer

Frank Pauer Stephanie Bromser Ian McMahon David Figg Darryl Fuller

VIC VIC ACT SA TAS

Glen Stafford

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Appointment of State Commissioners to National Exhibitions ACT: Ian McMahon, John Vassallo, Christopher Smith, Alberic Rozario NSW: Yung Benson, David Benson, Peter Brigden, Steven Browne, Bruce Chadderton, David Collyer, John Gibson, Tony Griffin, Geoffrey Kellow, Linda Lee, Geoffrey Lewis, John Moore, Lionel Savins, Ed Wolf.

Queensland: Joan Orr, Philip Levine, Russell Boylan, Paul Xavier South Australia: David Figg, Tony Presgrave, Martin Walker, Jennifer Roland, and Linda Welden Tasmania: Malcolm Groom, John Panckridge, Peter Allan, Darryl Fuller Victoria: Charles Bromser, Stephanie Bromser, Alan Grey, Peter Leitch, Frank Pauer, Tim Schofield Western Australia: John Dibiase, Ross Duberal, Ray Todd, Glen Stafford, Rod Kantor, Mike Kouwen Wishing all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year THUMBNAIL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE EXHIBITION CLASSES “How best to show my material” In previous editions collectors have been introduced to the excitement, benefits and frustrations of exhibiting.

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of each of the exhibition classes to assist prospective exhibitors in deciding the appropriate class to most advantageously present their material.

A class is a description of the type of material or the method of presentation of that material. Some of these classes are very specific, such as Traditional Philately which relates purely to stamps, or restrictive such as Aerophilately which limits the type of material which may be included. There are also classes which allow for a wide range of material such as Thematic Philately, as well as classes which permit the inclusion of non-philatelic material, such as the Open Philately and Polar Philately classes.

These classes are split between those that are available on a world-wide basis, and those that have been initiated by the APF and are generally limited to Australia, The World-Wide Classes Traditional Philately relates to all aspects of the production and use of postage stamps, from the initial design through to their being used for the purpose for which they were issued. This is the most popular class.

Postal History has three sub-classes: Postal History, Marcophily and Historical, Social & Special Studies.

It focuses on the study of the postal system in operation, and invariably invovlves the accumulatioin of used stamps, letters and documents that together tell the story of how an aspect of the delivery of mail was conducted.

Postal Stationery is postal matter which either bears an officially authorized pre-printed stamp or device or an inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage or related service has been prepaid. The most familiar items of postal stationery are stamped envelopes, aerogrammes, stamped postcards, letter cards, and newspaper wrappers.

Thematic Philately is collecting stamps and other philatelic items that illustrate a theme: birds, soccer, history, art, way of life, trees, etc. The term “theme” has a dynamic meaning implying the personal elaboration by the collector, who develops a full story around it. Collections that do not develop a theme but simply accumulate philatelic items with a common subject are far from the essence of thematic philately, since they present no “story”, or little personal study of the theme.

Russell Boylan

Philatelic Development Officer, APF Aerophilately is the branch of philately that specializes in the study of airmail. Philatelists have observed the development of mail transport by air from its beginning, and all aspects of airmail service have been extensively studied and documented by specialists.

While most of the study of airmail assumes transport by fixed-wing aircraft, the fields of balloon mail, dirigible mail, zeppelin mail, missile mail, and rocket mail are active subspecialties. Airmail as a collecting area mirrors aviation history and the airplane’s impact on the world’s communication systems.

Astrophilately is a very interesting and exciting class.

Among its special characteristics are the use of envelopes and cards cancelled at the post office near the place and on the exact date of the special events related Collector Series Brochure No. 9 Copyright : Australian Philatelic Federation Ltd www.apf.org.au to space exploration, i.e. launches, landings, or other space activities. It also includes mail carried on manned space vehicles, rockets, and commemorating stratospheric balloon activity.

Youth Philately relates to exhibits prepared by collectors under 22 years of age. There are three age groups, A, 10 to 15 years, B, 16 to 18 years, and C, 19 to 21 years, with increasing requirements as the collector ages. Youth Philately is a classification of the exhibitor and carries its own marking scale. The material in a youth exhibit can be in any one of the remaining classes.

Revenues comprise stamps used by governments at all levels to signify the payment of a wide range of taxes and fees. `Stamps’ in this context can be adhesive ie. similar in style to postage stamps, or embossed or imprinted onto documents. The range of revenue stamps is especially large with most governments not only having a basic Stamp Duty series used for general revenue purposes but at various times have issued stamps specifically designed for individual taxes. Among these are Unemployment, Health provision, Betting Tax and a range of agricultural taxes that have included Cattle, Pigs, Sheep, Goats and Eggs. Another tax of note is that on Beer but not for wines and spirits.

Open Philately allows the exhibiting of material that does not comfortably fit within any other exhibition class. By allowing up to 50% of non-philatelic material, the class provides much flexibility and scope for

innovation in both content and presentation, and allows for the development of a subject according to the choice of the collector, giving him almost total freedom in the inclusion and arrangement of the material.

However, the non-philatelic material must be no thicker than 5 mm to fit into the standard exhibition frames.

Maximaphily is the collecting of Maximum cards.

A Maximum card is made up of three elements; the postage stamp; the picture postcard; and the postmark, which are joined together in a fascinating way conforming to the very precise regulations adopted by the International Philatelic Federation (F.I.P.). The concordance of the above three elements has a close visual relationship.

Literature uses narrative works and illustrations from all other competitive classes to record, explain and illustrate a wide range of the aspects of philately.

As well as books, Literature includes monographs, journals, columns, priced catalogues, special auction catalogues, and electronic media: Modern Traditional Philately is an experimental class and follows the traditional philately rules except that exhibits are restricted to stamp issues during the previous 50 years.

Australian Classes (Not available at International Exhibitions) Cinderellas are non-postage stamps. A Cinderella may look like a stamp, but it won’t carry the mail. The category includes locals, labels, tax stamps, fiscals, poster stamps, charity seals, forgeries, fantasies, phantoms, revenues, etc. Some are more elaborately designed than the postage stamps they imitate. An exhibit could include such items as private local issues, bogus and phantom issues, labels and other items associated with philatelic exhibitions, advertising labels and covers, Christmas and TB seals and perhaps forgeries of postage stamps and other official postal items. Such Cinderella material is not normally an integral part of the payment of charges for official postal delivery or stamp duty. The class does NOT include all forms of revenue stamps (ie. Government issues used as receipts for a range of taxes and charges).

Polar Philately looks at mail and postal services in the Polar regions. The class covers the ambit of all other classes of philately and includes items such as private Stamp News - 41

Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation cachets, labels and signatures from expedition members. Polar philately is an area where you can acquire interesting material at reasonable cost and undertake your own philatelic research. The items in an exhibit can include up to 50% of non-philatelic material.

First Day Covers includes three sub-classes: First Day Covers, Souvenir Covers & Postmarks and Thematic or Topical Exhibits, and relates to an accumulation of material evidenced to be the date of issue of a stamp, cover, postmark, or other philatelic item.

The range of acceptable material is quite wide, and the inclusion of thematic or topical exhibits provides a great scope for the exhibitor’s innovation.

Frugal Philately provides an opportunity for collectors to prepare an exhibit comprised of interesting philatelic material of low cost and in doing so enhance their philatelic skills. It is intended to encourage those who might be put off exhibiting by the high

Australian Philatelic Federation Web: www.apf.org.au Postal Address: The Secretary PO Box 891 Jamison Centre ACT 2614.

Email: Ian.mcmahon4@bigpond.com State Council Addresses ACT: ACT Philatelic Council, GPO Box 1840 CANBERRA ACT 2601 NSW: Philatelic Development Council - NSW, PO Box 220 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 QLD: Queensland Philatelic Council, PO Box 9471 Wynnum Plaza PO Wynnum Plaza QLD 4178 SA/NT: South Australian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 10159 Adelaide Business Hub Adelaide SA 5000 TAS: Tasmanian Stamp Council, 59 Derwentwater Ave, Sandy Bay Hobart TAS 7005 VIC: Victorian Philatelic Council, PO Box 1, Carnegie Vic 3163 WA: Western Australian Philatelic Council, PO Bos 886, Subiaco WA 6904 42 - Stamp News

cost of items needed to compete in some of the other classes. The Frugal Philately class concentrates on the criteria of treatment, importance, knowledge, research and condition. The exhibit can be in any of the other FIP or APF Classes, except for Youth and Literature, but is restricted to 3 to 5 frames. The wholesale value of the exhibit should not exceed $1,000.

Picture Postcards. A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. In some places, it is possible to send them for a lower fee than for a letter. Stamp collectors distinguish between postcards (which require a stamp) and postal cards (which have the postage pre-printed on them). While a postcard is usually printed by a private company, individual or organization, a postal card is issued by a relevant postal authority. Postcard exhibits allow for the inclusion of up to 25% of other material to compliment the display.

Further Information For more information regarding any of the above classes, visit the APF website’s Exhibition Classes page at www.apf.org.au/apf-exhibition-classes. This page provides links to the rules for all classes, the Commission websites for the FIP (world-wide) classes, and email contacts for any further information on any class.

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Well, it’s getting towards the end of the year, Christmas decorations and treats have been in the shops for a while now, and best of all, the latest SG ‘Part One’ has arrived! I should of course refer to it by it’s full title: The Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840-1970 catalogue.

As I mentioned in last year’s review of the 2023 edition, this catalogue has been my favourite for many years (well, unless there’s some new Irish catalogue in the works, which SG tells us there is – yay!), and I must say I still do a mental countdown to it’s scheduled release date each September.

Just a quick recap of what is included in this annual flagship catalogue: all stamps issued by the British Commonwealth/Empire from 1840 to 1970 with listings of different watermarks, perforations, shades, papers, printings, many errors & plate varieties. Other features include information about unusual usages, overprint settings, forgeries (and forged postmarks) and guides for valuing stamps on commercial covers up to 1945, and much more interesting information.

Before you start reading and using the catalogue, turn to page xv and take a few minutes to read (and digest) the six page article entitled ‘The Importance of Condition’. If you don’t read this excellent article it will be very difficult to use this, and pretty much any other, catalogue correctly. Why spend six pages on the topic of condition? Because the publishers realise how it impacts almost every aspect of what and how you collect. Obviously, the greatest impact of the condition of any given stamp is on it’s value, but this article will help to clarify the terms used when dealers, auction houses and other collectors are describing a stamp or other philatelic item. It may also help you to decide where your budget and the condition of a stamp cross over, ie: a faint crease may be fine on an expensive stamp as long as the price is right, but an ugly ‘pulled’ perf may rule it out of being acquired for your collection, no matter the cost! And on the subject of perforations, could you describe the difference between a ‘short perf’ a ‘missing perf’ and a ‘pulled perf’? If not, turn to page xvi, where a clear answer awaits you.

So now to the 2024 edition. There are two BIG new inclusions in this year’s edition, with the first being very close to home for some collectors of Australia Colonies, particularly if your interests include South Australia. For some years now the catalogue has included an unpriced listing of the Departmental official overprints. For readers unfamiliar with these stamps, a quick run-down: between 1868 and 1874, no less than 54 government departments had stamps overprinted with their initials for official correspondence. For example, stamps for use by the SA Treasury Department were overprinted ‘T’.

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In total just under 600 different stamps were overprinted with the 54 different letters. The SG listing runs from SG DO1 to SG D590!

This year, for the first time, the vast majority of these have now been priced in Used condition, with several also priced for Mint. These are mostly scarce stamps with the most in the three figure+ range. The lowest valuation I noted was £60 for couple of values, while the highest was £20,000 for the 1873 4d Dull lilac overprinted ‘VN’ (Vaccination) Used. Not a collecting field for the faint hearted! The editor says about this new priced listing: ‘The most important development this year, and arguably, in the last ten years, is the addition of a priced listing for the Departmental Official stamps of South Australia. Thanks go principally to Anthony Presgrave for his original listing, to Gary Watson and Abacus Auctions, who, through the sale of the Dr Don Pearce collection of these fascinating stamps provided the catalyst for the project – and to the Commonwealth team at Stanley Gibbons who laboured long and hard to bring it to it’s published form’ This is something that has indeed been a long time coming, and is sure to be welcomed with delight by collectors of the classic issues around the world.

Second on the list takes us to Rhodesia, where we find that a new note refers to the remainder cancellations applied to unsold stocks of British South Africa Company stamps on the creation of Northern and Southern Rhodesia in 1924. Nearly 3,000,000 stamps were cancelled in this way with handstamps specially made for the purpose, and which are very similar to the regular postmarks used for postal purposes. The catalogue now marks the stamps known cancelled in this way with an asterisk, and the prices quoted assume the stamp has a remainder cancel.

When it comes to prices this year, the publishers tell us that ‘The large number of price increases reflects the continuing demand for Commonwealth stamps in fine condition, but there are a few reductions as well, so it will pay to have the new catalogue to refer to if you are buying or selling’ As has become standard practice in most SG catalogues these days, we have an interesting article dealing with some aspect of collecting the stamps etc of the countries featured – in fact we have two here! First is another ‘close to home’ feature, a four page article found on page xxxiv entitled ‘The Australian BCOF Japan overprint issues’ by Malcolm Price FBSAP, this is followed by ‘Sierra Leone: A Royal Visit’ by Majed Halawi, an article covering philatelic aspects of the late Queen & Prince Philip’s visit in 1961 As I said in the review of the 2023 edition, there is much, much more in this catalogue than I could write about here, and with the addition of much new information in this edition, I would suggest that if you only update your ‘Part 1’ every ten years, this would be a great year to do it!

This catalogue is also available as a Digital version, so if

mike lee that is your preference check the SG website under ‘Stamp catalogues’ for full details Pricing is always of interest, and for the 2023 edition the publishers tell us ‘Prices have once again been revised from cover to cover. The market for fine Commonwealth stamps remains strong, with increases in most sections, some of them quite substantial. Areas of particular strength are to be found in Great Britain used abroad, India and states, Malaya and South Africa, while in New Zealand there are significant increases, right through from the Chalon Heads to the Second Pictorials’ One caveat about the catalogue prices shown is condition. This is critical when it comes to understanding the catalogue values shown, and there is a six page article included to underscore this fact! So yes, you guessed it, Read it!

The introduction is another must to read, particularly if this is your first ‘Part One’ or you haven’t had a new one for a while. Included here for the first time are illustrated notes on line and comb perforators which I’m sure many readers will find useful.

There is much, much more in this catalogue than I could write about here, and as they say, ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’. On a personal note, this is the only catalogue that I buy every year, and I see it as being indispensable! It’s not the cheapest catalogue at A$160, but for what you get it is fantastic value. If you collect British Commonwealth, this catalogue is essential.

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Apart from another 12 months of new issues, not a lot has changed since the 2022 edition. The new issues are very up to date with the Tutankhamun issue, released on Nov 24 last year being the most recent listing, and as usual, the publishers tell us that ‘Prices have been carefully reviewed throughout’.

The publishers describe this as a ‘simplified’ catalogue, and for a simplified catalogue it goes into quite a bit of detail. For example, it lists most watermark & perf changes, and most visible plate numbers on the QV line engraved & surface printed issues, the two main variations of the KGV ‘Seahorse’ issues and the QE II Wilding design graphite line & phosphor changes are also there. While it doesn’t go into the level of detail that the ‘Comprehensive’ catalogue does, calling it simplified is probably selling it a bit short!

There is much more here too, including Regionals (or Country Stamps as they are now known), Officials, Postage Dues, Royal Mail Postage Labels and Post & Go stamps, and simplified listings of Prestige & Sponsored booklets and PNC’s/Philatelic/Medallic covers. There is much useful information in the preface such as a list of date changes for the

effective face value of 1st & 2nd ‘NVI’ stamps from 1988 to 2022, and a similar list for the ‘Large’ 1st & 2nd Class stamps introduced in 2006. Oddly, in what is obviously a minor boo boo that has slipped through, the preface is headed ‘The 2022 edition’! Two more interesting articles are found after the preface entitled ‘Collecting Stamps – The Basics’, and ‘Stanley Gibbons Numbers’, these are followed by the ‘Great Britain Stamp Collector’s Glossary’. I find that even though I’ve been involved with stamps for 50+ years, these introductory articles are still usually well worth reading.

This is a great catalogue, and quite suitable for most collectors of GB, at least until your collection advances to the point where the yearly SG Comprehensive, or even the SG Specialised catalogues are needed!

SG Germany 2022 Edition

Paperback, 429 pages, 13th edition RRP A $79.95 The 13th edition of this catalogue brings us up to date with Germany’s new issues – well up to May 2022 anyway. The SG Germany catalogue really does include pretty much all aspects of German stamp collecting, from the earliest German States issues, through the Empire & 3rd Reich period, then East Germany, West Berlin and so much more along the way.

And all in English, and all in one volume!

Some of that ‘much more’ includes: German Occupation Issues, 1914-1918, Allenstein, Danzig, Marienwerder, Memel, Saar, Schleswig, Upper Silesia, German Occupation Issues, 1939-1945, German Occupation of the Channel Islands & Allied Occupation of Germany & all of the German Colonies.

Booklets etc are also included.

As usual, there have been a number of changes, and one of the more interesting from recent times is the updating of the popular 2005-2020 Flower definitive listing (for this issue, SG has a ‘Y’ prefix to the catalogue numbers which as of this edition run from SG Y3306 to SG Y3374c). The Germany design index has been updated, and another interesting aspect of this catalogue is that contact details are provided for two societies with an interest in Germany on page vii, and on the same page can be found short lists of ‘Numbers added’ and ‘Numbers altered’ Finally (although it’s actually located on page xxiv at the front of the catalogue!) we have an informative six page article entitled ‘Berlin Airlift 1948-1949’ where the author, John Roe covers various philatelic aspects of the Airlift, including illustrations of many contemporary & commemorative Airlift related covers which I found most interesting.

Another great catalogue, and a must for any collector of any aspect of German stamps.

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

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Beginners please!

Hello and welcome to another in my series. After Tasmania let’s move around the world a little and visit Ubekistan.

Until researching material for this piece I knew absolutely nothing about the country. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did reading about their stamps and history.

Uzbekistan, is officially the Republic of Uzbekistan. It is a doubly landlocked country in.Central Asia, and was formerly part of the Soviet Union.

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Figure 3 We can learn so much from stamps – for example, a country that is doubly landlocked is one that is surrounded only by landlocked countries (that is, requiring the crossing of at least two national borders to reach a coastline). Uzbekistan has been an independent republic since December 1991.

The first stamp of Uzbekistan was issued on 7 May 1992. Before then, Uzbekistan used stamps of the Soviet Union.

The first stamp is cerFigure 2 tainly not what

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Figure 4 one might consider to be a traditional first issue.

It features the poetess Princess Nadira (Fig 1) and marked the 200th anniversary of her birth in 1792. I won’t digress too much, but I recommend taking time to read about her. A child prodigy and rather amazing woman who led a very public life and who achieved so much in her short life. Sadly she was hanged during the during the Kokand-Bukhara wars, She is now considered a martyr and national heroine.

During 1992 there were five more issues, each with just a single stamp including one to commemorate the first anniversary of independence (Fig 2) In February 1995 the first commemorative set was issued. This had 7 stamps showing various fauna.

The first definitive stamps were issued in 1993. These were stamps of Russia with a

surcharge overprint.

Perhaps readers will enjoy the designs.

Here are three Fig 3, Fig 4 and Fig 5 In fact the first two definitive issues, both in 1993 and then again in 1995 issued by the Uzbekistan Post Office were stamps of Russia overprinted because supplies of the new Uzbeki stamps ran low.

The stamp issuing policy was, I believe, conservative through the 1990s with single stamp issues and a Figure 5 few commemorative issues on traditional topics and events including flora and fauna,

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Beginners please! by Michael Dodd architecture, sports, trains and a rather nice aircraft issue in 1995. Fig 6 But things seemed to change in 2000. A new definitive issue reprinting a 1998 issue with additional values added during the period 2001 to 2004 saw a set ultimately of 23 stamps.

Over 3 years this may not be seen as too proliferate an issuing policy but in 2001 there started a series of issues celebrating the anniversary of independence. 15 issues during 2001 totaling 97 stamps and 10 Miniature sheets. A similar trend continued in 2006 and by 2010 there was an issue of 38 stamps to commemorate the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Governors of Asian Development Bank. Surely one might conclude an excessive stamp issuing policy. During the last ten years some lovely stamps for the thematic collector have been issued, again flora, fauna, birds, animals of many species, buildings, sports, transport and even a reprint of 5 of the original 1992 stamps with value surcharges overprinted.

But perhaps most important for sellers to be aware of - there have been many illegal issues, counterfeit stamps or as some refer to them, fantasy labels. The Uzbekistan Postal authorities wrote to the UPU in 2009 specially advising this matter. The following is part of their communication: “Unidentified individuals have once again been seeking to discredit our country by carrying out illegal postage stamp issues. We have discovered that there are illegal postage stamps in existence on the international philatelic market bearing the inscription ‘O’ZBEKISTON’. These stamps, whose face value is shown in Uzbekistan sums (UKS), have not been issued by the designated operator of the Republic of Uzbekistan” The full detail can be found here: https://www.upu.int/UPU/media/upu/ 48 - Stamp News

Figure 7 DL.PHIL/Circulaires/2009-061/English.pdf. If you are unsure, have a look at Hipstamp. You will see them by the hundreds. I note this because as members of the IPDA we should be aware of such matters and ensure at all times we abide by our code of conduct.

But let’s finish on a more positive not and enjoy this more recent issue, from 2017 which was issued to showcase the Tashkent metro. (Fig 7) Like most of the recent stamps it seems from a quick review that Uzbekistan likes to issue miniature sheets and stamps for the thematic market.

Perhaps that is more and more of the trend these days?

As always I welcome feedback and commentary.

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Faroe Islands - The First Issue Located in the North Atlantic, the Faroe Islands has always had a strong connection with Denmark. Today it enjoys a large degree of independence in internal matters but the Danish influence remains very strong. On 1 April 1976, the Faroese independent postal administration was inaugurated and this important event was marked by a set of three stamps issued on that day.

However, independent Faroese stamps had been introduced on 30 January 1975 and they gradually replaced Danish postage stamps.

Although strong relations between Denmark and the Faroes have existed since Viking times, Danish and Faroese are two very different languages but I should think that many of the 49,000 islanders have a good knowledge of Danish and the ties with the other Nordic nations are very strong.

The economy of the Faroes is traditionally based on the fishing industry but in recent years tourism has become increasingly important. The islands offer stunning landscapes and an exciting birdlife.

When news spread to the worldwide philatelic community that the Faroes was about to join the world’s stamp-issuing nations there was a lot of interest and excitement.

Thousands of collectors wanted to start from the beginning and many writers touted the investment potential. Selling stamps to collectors was obviously one of the reasons why the independent postal administration was formed and it

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was extremely successful.

When the first issue went on sale in early 1975, interest from worldwide collectors was enormous. In the Nordic countries, many collectors decided to add the Faroes to their existing collections. For the first several years face values were low and the number of new issues was rather limited. Many dealers offered the stamps for sale and they were covered in detail in the philatelic press.

The 1975 definitive set had 14 different values ranging from 5 to 500 oyru and huge quantities were printed and sold. The 300 oyru value had the lowest printing with 1.1 million copies.

At a recent stamp club auction I was he only bidder on a small collection of Faroe stamps comprising the 32 first stamps in unmounted mint condition and in sometimes two sets of blocks of four and at a dirt cheap price that I don’t really want to reveal as it bore absolutely no relation to face value and to what the previous owner must have paid for the lot way back in the 1970s.

It is a rather interesting fact that many collectors must have believed that starting a new Faroe collection would turn out to be an excellent investment opportunity promising future financial rewards. Today we know that they were totally wrong in their predictions.

Most collectors at the time purchased not only complete sets but also blocks of four and in many cases also complete sheets. When the time came to sell (usually by family

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Christer Brunström members who had inherited the stamp holdings) there was very little demand as most collectors already had all the Faroe stamps they needed to complete their own collections. I suppose that was the reason why I was able to pick up the collection at our club meeting for next to nothing.

On the other hand, this also represents a fantastic opportunity for anyone wanting to start a collection of the early years of Faroese stamp issues. Shopping around it should be possible to add most of the stamps at a very low cost.

Faroese postage stamps truly reflect all aspects of life on the islands and it all started with the 1975 issue. There were seven different designs and all the values from 5 to 300 oyru were recess printed with the engraving being the work of Polish-Swedish Court Engraver Czeslaw Slania.

The sheets had a “plate number” in the top left margin starting with Ø 001 for the 5 oyru denomination. This went on all the way to Ø 0014 for the 500 oyru top value. These printed numbers were not really plate numbers but rather a way of indicating the order in which the stamps were released. The 1976 set of three referred to at the beginning of this story had the numbers Ø015 to Ø017.

This system was changed with the 1977 Fishing Vessels set. The new format for the “plate numbers” was now FR 018 with FR standing for the Faroes.

Collecting these “plate number” blocks became very popular and numerous collectors added not only the basic set but also blocks of four and “plate number blocks” of four to their collections. The end result was that many had nine copies of exactly the same stamp!

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Let’s now take a closer look at the seven different designs.

Four of stamps in the set (5, 50 and 90 oyru) depict a Map of the Faroes (Fig. 1) from 1673 by Lucas Jacobsøn Debes (1623-1676), a Danish priest and topographer. In 1652 he arrived in the islands to occupy a position as priest and school teacher. He married his predecessor’s widow (obviously a custom at the time) who had no less than nine children. In 1673 he published the first book about the Faroe Islands. It also included the first detailed map of the islands.

The second map design features part of a 1573 map of the north-western part of Europe and the Atlantic Ocean (Fig. 2). It was the work of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), a Brabantian (in today’s Belgium) cartographer who created the first modern atlas. His map is shown on the 10, 60, 80 and 120 oyru stamps.

I suppose Slania used a photograph when he engraved A View of Sandoy on the 70 and 200 oyru values (Fig. 3).

Sandoy or Sand Island in English is located in the centre of the archipelago and it is the only Faroese island with a sand beach! Some of the 1200 islanders work in agriculture with potatoes being one of the most important crops.

A view of Streymoy (Stream Island) and Vágar (Wave Island) is shown on the 250 and 300 oyru stamps (Fig. 4).

Streymoy is located in the north of the group and it is the largest island with a population of some 23.000. It is also home to the capital of Tórshavn.

Vágar (Wave Island) is the most westerly of the larger islands. It has the islands’ only airport. Seen from above, it

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Faroe Islands - The First Issue looks like a dog’s head.

A view of Vidoy (Wood Island) and Svinoy (Swine Island) is based on a painting by Eyvindur Mohr (19262005), a prominent Faroese artist. His painting is shown on the 350 oyru value (Fig. 5). Vidoy is a particularly curious name as the island has absolutely no trees but driftwood from North America can sometimes be found along the shores of the island.

The 450 oyru value (Fig. 6) has a painting of Nes (Cape in English), a tiny village on the island of Eysturoy. It is the work of Ruth Smith Nielsen (1913-1958). She was born in the Faroes but later moved to Denmark where she studied and married. She returned to the Faroes and settled in Nes. Ruth was a passionate swimmer but sadly she drowned while swimming in the nearby fjord in 1958.

Figure 5

The last stamp in the set features a View of Hvítanes and Skálafjórdur, a painting by Sámuel Joensen-Mikines (1906-1979), one of the more prominent Faroese artists.

His painting is shown on the 500 oyru value (Fig. 7). Hvítanes (White Point) is a small coastal village on the island of Streymoy and Skálafjordur is the longest fjord in the islands. Mikines and the other painters mentioned in this story have had their work featured on Faroese stamps on multiple occasions.

A closer study of a stamp issue almost always reveals a lot of interesting information which adds to our general knowledge about the word. The Faroese 1975 definitives are certainly no exception to this rule. They are not only educational but also very nice to look at and to add to our albums.

Figure 6

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