Stamp News Australasia - July 2024

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Queensland 1860 6d Green, Perkins Bacon London print.

Imperforate, Large Star Watermark, at $1,500 *UNDER* SG! -

MOST attractive used, with unusually light ‘sunburst’ rays sharp metal cancel, that as usual has lightly ‘pricked’ the wafer thin paper, leaving truly microscopic pinholes, mentioned for strict accuracy. Clean and fresh and flat, NO old hinges or remains, and with no usual aging or foxing, and deep bright colour as can be seen. Razor sharp plate impression from these London prints. AND I guarantee it is SG #3! 99% on ebay are simply the common later 6d perforated SMALL Star Wmk, with scissor cut off perfs! Value NIL. But the Clueless Bunnies still gleefully BUY them as ‘SG #3’. The impressions were set very close together on the printing plate, and good margins on these are most unusual. From RH margin of the sheet, with 3 massive margins - and a large chunk of adjoining stamp at left! Top copies are getting 4 figures these days.

Superb eye-appeal as you can see. SG #3, £950 = $A1,900. SG Cat $1,900 - $1,500 UNDER cat $US260 at $A400 - Stock 572LQ

FIJI 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee 1/- Slate and Purple, major variety *MUH* ‘Frame Printed Double, One ALBINO’ - Cat $A3,200++ for $A1,250 -

A major, and seldom offered variety. The albino overprint is clearly visible in lower and left margins, fresh *MUH* - NEVER seen thus! SG #245a, Cat £1,600=$A3,200 as HINGED. For MUH you can add 100%+ for *anything* MUH, so a $6,500 type rarity in the real world. Clear RPSL Photo Certificate (1994) - ‘SG 245a, Frame Printed Double, One ALBINO - is Genuine’. These errors are readily spotted when in your hands, but are of course very hard to show on scans, so a clear Certificate is 105% ESSENTIAL on them. Attractive and very well centred, and with good perfs as you can see - at $1,800 *under* the HINGED SG cat price! Just $US925 at $A1,400 - Stock 692KA

Hoard of modern Australia peel and stick flat booklets face $340 - for just $A250!

- Juicy and unusual lot from Estate. Wide range of designs and subjects and topicals as can be seen. SG cat is high on these of course probably $1,000 or so. So an ebay seller would do well offering these. HEAPS of images here - tinyurl.com/Oz-Bklt - Owner had wisely bought and kept these FLAT - most booklets are folded over into 3 sections. All are peel and stick, so fast and easy to use - indeed for anyone sending large letters ($7.50) or small parcels etc, you can glue one down, clear tape it on, or do as I’d do, have them cancelled, then placed in a cheap clear face 6’’ x 4” cello, so they stay protected and flat! Mostly 60c and 70c booklets of 10, but noted a few very recent $1.20s!

FACE alone is $340 - out they go at just $A250 - save nearly $100 over his PO cost. Postage lots are NEVER seen under face, in modern peel and stick postage lots are generally 40 year old gummed issues, that by now often have little or no adhesion when licked, and are of weird and useless low values like 18c, 22c, 24c, 27c, 33c, 36c, 37c, and 41c etc, and are near impossible to use up.

These will sell FAST at $A250 - Stock 654HG

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Contents Articles Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ......................................6 Philatelic News : Abacus Auctions Summary ........................ 14 Why Collect Postal History? : Kevin Morgan ................... 18, 42 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 20 Greetings from Great Britain : Michael Dodd ........................ 46 San Marino - a Philatelic Giant : Christer Brunström............50

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Front cover: The Red Arrows : 60 Seasons. Royal Mail The Red Arrows this year celebrate 60 years of service as one of the world’s most famous aerobatic teams.

Date of issue: 20 June 2024

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Royal Mail: Czech takeover a step closer Reported at www.newstatesman.com

In April 2024, the owner of Royal Mail, International Distribution Services (IDS), received a takeover approach from Czech billionaire, Daniel Křetínský.

The 320p a share offer was rejected by IDS. However, on 29 May 2024, the owners of Royal Mail accepted an offer of 360 pence a share, and the sale awaits government approval.

The agreement comes a week after the UK general election was called and it promises to be an election issue.

IDS is really two companies: GLS, a successful European parcel delivery company that made an adjusted operating profit of £320m last year, and Royal Mail, a public-service provider that is more than 500 years old, has a strongly unionised workforce, and made an adjusted operating loss of £348m last year.

Kretinsky has promised £400m of investment in IDS, much of which will likely go into new innovations such as parcel lockers. The offer also contains undertakings in the agreement to protect Royal Mail and ensure it upholds its responsibilities to provide a universal public service for 5 years.

However, the other way to reduce Royal Mail’s losses is for it to reduce its obligations to the public.

Ofcom is currently considering plans including cutting deliveries to three days a week; the regulator has said that postal services are “unsustainable” in their current state.

It would be a huge headache for an incoming Labour government if a new owner of the Royal Mail

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took measures that led to even more union action, which might mean a need for government intervention. It would be still worse if a future owner decided to split IDS into two companies and dispose of the loss-making one.

Already a number of commentators are concerned that Royal Mail “should remain British” and unions are warning that the Royal Mail brand could be gone forever in just five years with the proposed takeover.

Labour’s shadow business secretary, commenting on the development in the sale of Royal Mail, said: “Royal Mail is an iconic British institution with a unique place in our society and infrastructure. Labour will take the necessary steps to safeguard its undeniable identity and place in public life.”

The acquisition will take Royal Mail’s parent company off the London stock market 11 years after it was privatised.

The billionaire, aka the “Czech Sphinx” has various other investments including shares of West Ham Football Club and Sainsbury’s.

In a speech in 2015 Kretinsky said “We want to make money in industries that are dying because we think they’ll die much more slowly than the general consensus says.”

Royal mail: Ghana

Reported at www.forbes.com Ghana Post has announced a “digital asset collection” that commemorates the 25th anniversary of the reign of His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, or ruler of the Ashanti people of Ghana.

This blockchain-based project consists of a postal collection featuring commemorative stamps that blend traditional philately with digital blockchain technology.

“It’s not only the first crypto stamp for Africa, but it is also the world’s first crypto stamp to be a commemorative stamp for a king or a leader,” said a Ghana Post spokesperson. “The crypto stamps have a physical part, and a digital twin in the blockchain… it is a digital archive that will last

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as long as the technology lives. With this commemorative Stamp, Otumfuos’ legacy of global and local impact will live on to serve generations unborn.”

Ghana boasts one of West Africa’s more diversified and robust economies, ranking in the top 10 in Africa in GDP at $73.77 billion in 2022.

Posties to the rescue #1 Reported at www.linns.com

On May 7, Jay Wilkey was in his fifth month as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service.

As he passed the home of one of his regular customers he noticed a slip of white paper peeking from the box.

“There were two pieces of paper in the mailbox,” Wilkey recalled.

“Two notes.”

“The first one said, ‘Call 911. I have OD’ed [overdosed] inside on pills,’ ” Wilkey said. “The second one said, ‘No service. Cremation only. My sister will pay for it, she

owes me money. I’m dead inside.’ ” “I got a little nervous and I put my nose to the glass and saw a man’s legs on the floor. I called 911. The medics and fire and police arrived on the scene very quickly.

I only took a picture of the scene so I could show my postmaster what had happened. She wanted me to go home. I said, ‘I’m fine.’ Thirty minutes later, I called in and went home.”

The writer who left the notes was taken to a local hospital and is recovering.

Wilkey’s response? “I was just doing my job. I did what anybody in the world would have done.”

Posties to the rescue #2 Reported at www.wtok.com

Every May in the US, National Association of Letter Carriers carries out its annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. It’s one of the largest one-day food drives in the country.

Every year on the second Saturday of May, NALC

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Stamps in the News - Globally! asks anyone that can to leave a bag of non-perishable items by their mailbox for their carrier to pick up.

Last year the food drive collected over 2700 pounds of non-perishable foods and NALC hopes that the number will only increase this year.

“We ask anyone that is willing to participate to leave in a bag. It could be a plastic bag; we ask for plastic bags because sometimes it rains when we’re doing this. Anything that is non-perishable, not expired, but non-perishable food items. And all you have to do is simply put them in your bag, sit them by your mailbox and your letter carrier will do the rest. And with everyone’s help, we can make this year’s drive an even bigger and better one than we had last year,” said Maria Gavin, a city letter carrier.

Israel offloads

Reported at www.timesofisrael.com A group of investors led by Milgam Ltd. and Phoenix Insurance has won the tender to buy Israel’s Postal Company for $US125 million, as part of a much-sought privatization process of the financially indebted state-owned firm.

The consortium of buyers will receive government financial backing and has an option to cut another 500 employees.

The privatization of Israel’s postal services comes after the firm underwent a major reorganization and recovery plan, including workforce reduction, to save it from financial collapse. The completion of the deal still awaits regulatory and ministerial approvals.

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“We will work so that the privatization is completed as soon as possible, in order to open the market to real competition,” said Communications Minister. “I am sure that the winner will bring with him a new management, a new approach and above all a faster and better quality service for the benefit of Israeli citizens.”

The government has been seeking to privatize its state-owned postal services since at least 2018.

Israel’s postal service, notorious for its poor customer service and long lines, with letters arriving, if at all, with delays, has since 2022 undergone a NIS 1.7 billion recovery and financial stabilization process, and formulated a strategic and financial plan for the coming years.

As part of the recovery plan, 1,050 full-time employees or about 20% of the postal company’s workforce were being cut, and postal offices were shut mainly in big cities.

Australia delivers intermittently Reported at abc.net.au/

Australia Post has effectively halved its letter delivery frequency with the roll out of the policy to only deliver letters every second day, as a generational shift in the nation’s postal services takes effect.

That means within the same state, letter delivery times will be four or five business days, depending on location, and six to eight business days for interstate letters.

Requirements for Australia Post to maintain a minimum presence nationally and in rural, regional and remote areas will remain unchanged.

The federal government agreed to change the law to loosen Australia Post’s requirements for letter delivery, acknowledging Australians send far fewer letters than they used to The postal service had warned without the change its “long-term viability” was at risk.

Australia Post says the changes will allow it to focus on expanding parcel posting and collection places, which have become its major business.

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Trials of the change resulted in postal workers being able to carry 20 per cent more parcels on each delivery.

Italy drops the ball

Reported at https://au.news.yahoo.com A commemorative stamp honouring the founder of AS Roma soccer club, who was also an infamous fascist, was unveiled recently at the industry ministry, drawing criticism from Jewish groups and opposition parties.

Italo Foschi founded AS Roma in 1927. He was also an active militant in Benito Mussolini’s National Fascist Party and involved in several well-documented attacks against political opponents.

He was temporarily removed from top positions in the party because of his taste for violence, only to be reinstated and later given a senior role in the fascist administration established in Nazi-occupied northern Italy in 1943.

The industry ministry is headed by Adolfo Urso, a member of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, which traces its roots back to a post-fascist group.

Both the ministry and AS Roma rejected any political motivation behind the stamp, saying Foschi’s fascist affiliation had not been taken into consideration.

Fascism “was a youthful mistake on Foschi’s part, like many others,” a spokesperson said.

A member of the industry ministry’s advisory committee that selects personalities worthy of appearing on stamps protested that the committee was not told about the choice of Foschi.

The issuing of the Foschi stamp comes shortly after the announcement that a stamp will be issued later this month of Silvio Berlusconi, one of the most influential but also divisive figures on the right wing of Italian politics.

Switzerland shoots through Reported at www.linns.com

Switzerland released a commemorative card in May autographed by Olympic champion shooter Nina Christen. She shot 200 cards through the target pictured on the stamp marking the 200th anniversary of the Swiss Shooting Sport Federation.

Switzerland issued a new stamp May 1 for the

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200th anniversary of the Swiss Shooting Sport Federation.

The stamp was printed using gold ink, and it includes small perforated bullet holes throughout the design, which features a target.

The Swiss Shooting Sport Federation has almost 130,000 members and is the country’s fifth largest sporting federation.

Then Swiss Post took it one step further for a commemorative collectible. It had Olympic shooting champion Nina Christen use the stamp as a target on a collectible card. Christen won gold and bronze medals for Switzerland at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.

After the stamp was issued, Christen shot through 200 examples of the new commemorative affixed to cards. She also autographed each of the 200 numbered cards created.

conservators rescuing celluloid films in danger of being lost forever.

The foundation preserves a growing collection of about 700 films currently on celluloid and have an archive of about 200,000 objects of film-related memorabilia.

India goes to the flicks

Japan tightens its belt

Reported at https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com On its 10th anniversary, the Film Heritage Foundation has added another feather in its cap. In recognition of the FHF’s efforts to save, preserve, restore, and showcase India’s rich and diverse film heritage, India Post, will be releasing a postal Special Cover and stamp.

The Special cover is a foiled and embossed cover with a Rs. 5 stamp that features an illustration depicting Film Heritage Foundation Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and the Film Heritage Foundation

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Reported at www.japantimes.co.jp Japan Post plans to raise postage rates for sealed items and postcards by 30% as early as October to help make up for losses resulting from the declining number of deliveries due to the growing use of digital communication.

The increase in postage for sealed letters and other documents will be the first in 30 years, excluding adjustments for consumption tax hikes. For postcards, it will mark the first rate hike since 2017.

“The fee hikes are the minimum necessary,” said a government official. Still, the magnitude of the increases is unprecedented in 40 years and likely to accelerate the decline in the tradition of exchanging nengajō New Year’s greeting cards.

According to the ministry, the number of domestic postal items in fiscal 2022 stood at 14.4 billion, down by nearly half from the peak of 26.2 billion in fiscal 2001. Squeezed by soaring personnel costs, which account for three quarters of the total expenses, and higher fuel costs, the postal business incurred

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A whole lot of shaking going on in the US Reported at https://about.usps.com

an operating loss of ¥21.1 billion in fiscal 2022. It was the first loss since the privatization of Japan’s postal services in 2007.

The ministry estimates that the loss will continue to grow without the price hikes, reaching ¥237.6 billion in fiscal 2025. But it said the price hikes this fall are expected to return the business to profit, to the tune of ¥6.7 billion.

The fee hikes are likely to have the biggest impact on New Year’s cards, which constitute a large portion of household postal spending. The tradition of sending New Year’s greetings on postcards began in 1873 with the introduction of postcards, and New Year’s cards started being treated as special mail in 1899.

New Year’s greeting cards with lottery numbers to win prizes, including stamps and regional delicacies, have been issued since 1949, with 4.459 billion such cards sold for 2004.

In public comments on the proposed fee hikes, many people said they would not be able to afford sending New Year’s greeting cards with the postcard fee increase.

It may only be a matter of

The U.S. Postal Service will issue Shaker Design stamps to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in America. The set of 12 stamps celebrates the refined, timeless beauty of Shaker design and features photographs of items that highlight its core elements: simplicity and utility.

Devoutly religious and committed to simple living, the Shakers imbued everything they made with uncommon grace. From modest oval boxes to furniture, textiles and even architecture, they creat-

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Stamps in the News - Globally! ed pieces renowned worldwide for their impeccable quality.

The 12 Shaker Design stamps feature photographs

by Michael Freeman and are arranged in three rows of four stamps each.

The stamp pane selvage features a black-andwhite photograph of Brother Ricardo Belden (18681958) in his workshop at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield. The photograph was taken by Samuel Kravitt circa 1935.

Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps with the photographs by Michael Freeman.

Liechtenstein celebrates a long disenfranchisement Reported at https://www.philatelie.li/

The 40th anniversary of the introduction of women’s suffrage in the Principality of Liechtenstein is being celebrated with the issuing of an embroidered commemorative stamp “The Cross - a Powerful Symbol.”

Liechtenstein was the last European country to grant full voting rights to women, finally conceding to pressure in 1984.

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In 1981, 24 committed women launched the “Sleeping Beauty Campaign”. Through their persistent activities such as effective public relations work, talks with the Government and parliamentarians and a campaign at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, their wish to vote finally succeeded in 1984.

Two years later, women across the country were allowed to put their own crosses on the ballot paper for the first time and also stand for election themselves. One female candidate immediately made the leap into the then Landtag consisting of 15 members.

The cross symbolises the cross used to mark ballots.

Austrian embroidery manufacturer Hämmerle & Vogel handled the delicate job of “printing” the stamp.

Kenya flicks the fakes

Reported at https://techcabal.com Five months after the Kenyan government directed state corporations to audit their employees’ qualifications, the cash-strapped Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) fired over 29 staff with fake academic papers.

The corporation sent the academic qualifications of employees to the Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA) for verification. The investigations are ongoing and could weed out more people who falsified documents to get jobs.

This comes as the corporation readies a turnaround plan that will see it lay off over 500

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workers as it rejigs its workforce to invest in new areas like e-commerce and cargo clearance.

PCK’s business model has taken a beating after reductions in letter mail volume and new entrants like bus companies taking over the courier business.

According to government disclosure, the postal service has accumulated $45.9 million (KES6 billion) in losses over the past decade.

To stay afloat, the government has handed the company contracts to provide last-mile delivery of medical supplies and passports. It also has an agreement with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

The dramas come hot on the heels of the Posta Kenya blunder where a promotional photo of customer service staff revealed two with three hands and one with a missing finger, causing much mirth on Kenyan social media.

7. Large enough within allowable size limits to support the customer’s daily mail and package volume If you have not replaced your mailbox in a while, the United States Postal Service is suggesting you upgrade your mailbox to avoid delivery problems.

Some of the most common damage mailboxes endure over time include loose hinges, rust, peeling paint, a loose post or lost or deteriorated numbers, according to the USPS. While replacing rusted hinges or remounting loose posts will help ensure safe package safety, people should also consider upgrading their mailbox so that it can hold more packages.

“Today’s newer mailboxes are wider and taller to accommodate delivery of items you’ve ordered online and reduce the need for notices left and trips to the Post Office to retrieve a package,” a spokesperson said.

Mailbox Improvement Week – it’s a thing Reported at www.masslive.com/

An official bulletin from USPS states: Each year, the US Postal Service designates the third full week of May as “Mailbox Improvement Week” to encourage customers on city motorized, rural, or contract delivery service routes to examine and, where necessary, improve the appearance of their mailboxes. Neat, attractive mailboxes make a significant contribution to the appearance of the countryside and streets in suburban areas.

Mailbox Improvement Week calls attention to the need for providing mailboxes that are: 1. Approved by the Postmaster General®.

2. Fully operational.

3. Designed to protect the mail from weather.

4. Safe to use.

5. Conveniently located.

6. Neat in appearance.

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Jaw-Dropping Result At Abacus Auctions May Sale Abacus Auctions Sale 255 21-24 May 2024

Described by auctioneer, Gary Watson, as “one of the most remarkable events” of his 45-year career, Test cricketer Alan Davidson’s Sydney Cricket Ground Life Member and Melbourne Cricket Club Honorary Member badges offered in a group of six medallions sold for 350 times estimate at Abacus Auctions.

Two local collectors in the room slugged it out, neither saying a word nor even looking at one another. When the dust had settled, the final price was a remarkable $84,000 (including the 20% Buyer’s Premium).

Abacus Managing Director, Torsten Weller,

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said “This result took everyone by surprise. Our policy is to provide what we call ‘realistically conservative estimates’. Obviously, we were wide of the mark on this one, but the enthusiasm of our loyal clientele provided this fantastic result for our vendors.”

The Abacus sale ran for four days from Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 May. Over 2800 lots with total estimates of $2,035,000 went under the hammer. Almost 80% of the lots were sold, for $1,612,000 (+BP) or just over 80% of the presale figures.

The first two days were devoted to stamps

and postal history of the Australian Colonies up to 1912. A marvellous collection of New South Wales essays and proofs included three classic progressive die proofs with combined estimates of $14,000 that were bid up to $25,320 (all in-

dividual prices include the 20% BP). Also from NSW, a significant collection of forgeries, offered in twenty lots with estimates of $8700 did very well, selling for a total of $14,550.

Until 1859, what became Queensland was known as the Moreton Bay District of NSW. No fewer than 45 lots were offered by Abacus, with most finding new homes. The highlight was one of only two pre-1842 letters from the interior, when the area was still a penal colony. Estimated at $5000, it went for $8700.

Following on from the firm’s notable success with three auctions devoted to Dr Don Pearce’s collection of South Australia, on this occasion the very fine collection of De La Rue issues formed by Adelaide philatelist Harry Lower had been consigned. Proofs, specimen stamps, varieties & errors, multiples and Officials all did well. An appealing section of Departmentals, all on DLR 2d oranges, produced several strong results including $10,800 for the ‘M.R.G.’ (= Main Roads Gambierton, now Mount Gambier).

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philatelic news Three covers were included: estimated at $2500 $2500 and $1000, they went for $3000, $4560 and $2880 respectively.

Amongst the Tasmania, Malcolm Groom’s Stamped to Order Postal Stationery included the marvelous unused set of 12 pictorial Postal Cards that were never issued, which sold for $3600, and his Tasmanian Mail ‘quadrupleton’ wrapper used as a parcel label fetched $2280. Tasmanian postal history produced a couple of outstanding results: $16,200 was paid for the 1854 Penny Courier cover to Canada (estimate $5000), and a newly discovered 1858 cover with the stamps cancelled with pen-strokes, estimate $1000, was bid up to $5040.

The ‘Doncaster’ Collection of Victoria was one of the best offered in Australia for many years. The extensive array of mostly used HalfLengths, including rare shades and some huge examples, attracted much interest and prices that ranged from solid to very strong. The very

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attractive SG 1b that graced the front cover of the catalogue (estimate $1000) went for $4080.

A large 1d SG 23 sold in 2012 for $288, on this occasion brought $810.

Day Three opened with Commonwealth of Australia collections, for which there was energetic bidding. The best result was $6000 for an array of plate number and imprint blocks (estimate $1750).

Unusual lots included the recently authenticated proof of the 1931 6d Airmail stamp in greenish brown. This more than doubled the estimate, at $6900. A completed World War I War Savings booklet, a rare survivor, went for $1800.

Remarkably, there were three 1919 Ross Smith England-Australia flight covers in the sale, from three different vendors. The two ‘standard’ examples sold for $5040 and $5520. The other, with a KGV 1½d brown added, had never before been on the market and made $8700.

Australian Postal History included five covers with State/Kangaroo combination frankings.

The average estimate was $600 but they sold for an average of $1007. A gorgeous pre-decimal/ decimal combination franking bested the $500 estimate, selling for $900.

From the Territories, a New Guinea 1937 Coronation presentation booklet sold for $720

against the $200 estimate. A wonderful Norfolk Island parcel tag with three Ball Bay values, listed at $750, did rather better at $2520.

In the Rest of the World sections, numerous single-country offerings, mostly from a collection formed in South Africa up to the 1930s, attracted often strong bidding. The leading result was for the Cape of Good Hope Triangles that included nine of the famous ‘Woodblocks’. Estimated at $5000, this lot was forced up to $8400.

The Militaria & Medals sections included a British Military Medal awarded to an Australian that made $1680 and a rare 1941 Atlantic Charter Medal that was invoiced for $3360. The Coins & Banknotes featured many collections & accumulation lots that were hotly contested. A modern Australian $50 ‘Mis-Cut’ error banknote offered as part of a consecutive run of five that doubled its $500 estimate to finish at $1020. In the Worldwide section, an 1825 Central American Republic 8 reales bronze coin reached $960 (estimate $200) and a 1977 Hong Kong Chartered Bank $500 banknote made $1260 from its $800 estimate.

As indicated at the top of this release, Sporting Memorabilia of all flavours continues to sell well. A 1902-03 Melbourne Cricket Club

medallion, only the second such issue, more than doubled estimate at $2160. A very elusive but dilapidated souvenir booklet from the Australian cricket team’s visit to Malaya in 1927 dwarfed the $200 estimate, selling to a local enthusiast for $2040. “The rarest Bradman cricket card”, the 1932 Friends Temperance Union issue, estimated at $3000, reached $4800.

Cigarette & Trade Cards featured a strong section of popular ‘Scanlens’ Australian Rules Football issues. Virtually all the complete sets and rare singles sold, most of them above estimate. The in-demand 1963 Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer card was the top performer at $4560, almost matching the Bradman result. Oft-discarded wrappers & packaging are gaining appreciation also: a small group of store-display boxes, in rather mixed condition, reached a staggering $2520.

A number of quality consignments are already to hand for Abacus’ sales later this year, but further material is always welcome. The next auction, scheduled for late-August, will include an array of “Early Stamps of the World”; the Cocos and Christmas Island postal history collections of Bruce Haynes from Perth; and the exceptional display collection of ‘WWII Mail to and from Civilian Internees & POWs of the Japanese’ formed by New Zealander Lindsay Chitty. Also on offer will be the usual wide range of single items, small groups, collections & accumulation lots to be found in each sale.

Abacus Auctions online catalogues are available at www.abacusauctions.com.au Readers who would like a printed copy of the August sale should contact the firm by phoning (03) 8513 0595 or emailing info@abacusauctions.com.au Stamp News - 17

Why Collect Postal History?

Following on from last month, where we looked as solo usages of Kangaroos, it’s now the turn of the KGV Heads which were issued concurrently. A comprehensive collection of solo KGV Heads with all watermarks, perforations,dues etc would be well nigh impossible. A simplified approach would be much more easily attained and of course way more affordable. The 1/4d value is of course the hardest of all to find...but they are out there! I have also included an O.H.M.S. cover with OS perfinned stamp. So let’s look at a few examples and their possible values.

Fig. 1) Australia 1914 cover Brisbane to the UK with KGV 1d Carminered Engraved BW 59C tied by Brisbane machine cancel, some toning on perfs, scarce on cover, Cat $300. Value approx. $175 Fig. 2) Australia 1935 small advertising cover for C.W. MacLeod & 18 - Stamp News

Kevin Morgan advertising cover for “The Queen’s Club”. Sent Sydney to Narellan. Bears 2d Orange KGV cancelled by Sydney machine canceller of MY 1 1921. Neat hand addressed cover. Value approx. $40 Fig. 4) Australia 1930 small official envelope printed H.I. (His Imperial) Japanese Majesty’s Consulate Adelaide S. A. Bears solo Son, Mercantile Brokers & Manufacturers use of 2d Red KGV SMW. Stamp has Agent, Melbourne, to Ballarat. Bears striking pre-printing paper crease from 1d Green KGV C of A wmk cancelled

by Melbourne slogan of 31 JAN 1935 “PREVENT BUSHFIRES” Neat typewritten cover, minor aging around edges.

Attractive. Value approx. $30 Fig. 3) Australia 1921 small Above : Figure 3 Right : Figure 4

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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for July 2024. This month’s column looks at Australia and New Zealand new issues, International Reply Coupons of the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, new literature on postal stationery and forthcoming exhibitions.

Picturing War Postal Cards Besides the four postal cards in the Picturing War issue reported in the last Postal Stationery Column, a fifth card (Figure 1) was issued on the same day, 16 April 2024. The reverse of the card showed a photograph of three Australian Army soldiers entitled DIGGERS GRIN WHEN A CAMERA WAS POINTED THEIR WAY. The soldiers are identified as Snowy Nugent, Corporal Piper and Paddy Mitchell. The photograph was taken

by George Silk who was appointed during World War II. He arrived in the Middle East in May 1940 and produced images in Greece, Syria, Lebanon and Tobruk, before photographing the war in the Pacific.

Figure 1 War Photographers Postal Card The photograph was identified as ‘Austra- Figure 2 Australia Post Beyond Blue Card 2024 lian diggers, AlexanFigure 3 Reverse of Australia Post Beyond Blue Card 2024 dria, Egypt. 1 June 1941’ and was reproduced in sepia. The photograph is from the Austra2024 Beyond Blue Postcard lian War Memorial Collection (007786). This card Beginning on 13 May 2024, Australia Post began was sold for $29.95, making it an expensive postal circulating a new Beyond Blue Postcard (Figures card, although it was issued in a pack accompanied 2 and 3). Australia Post reported: Together with by sixteen adhesive stamps.

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mation to 5 million households in regional Australia to help people connect. To help people look after their mental health and wellbeing, Australia Post is proud to partner with Beyond Blue to distribute prepaid postcards encouraging connection and raising awareness of mental health services. If a ‘ding’ on your phone is known to give you a little hit of dopamine, then what about a hand-written note in the post? Sending a postcard or a letter to someone is a great way to lift their spirits. Yet, sadly, postcards and personal letters are few and far between in most letterboxes. Posties slip plenty of bills and business mail through letterbox slots, but not enough handwritten notes. Australia Post and Beyond Blue want to change this. It’s why, for the past few years, we’ve been running a postcard campaign.

“It all started during the lockdowns in 2021 in a bid to help address the growing mental health crisis in Australia. We wanted to use our national network to connect more people with mental health information,” says Jessie Downs, Community Relations

& Partnerships Manager, Australia Post. “Based on the wonderful feedback we received that year, we decided to keep it going.” The postcards contain two parts. The first includes mental health tips and strategies from Beyond Blue that anybody can apply to their everyday lives.

The second section is detachable— it’s a beautifully illustrated, prepaid postcard that people can use to write a thoughtful note to someone they hold dear. Sending postcards like the ones supplied by Australia Post and Beyond Blue isn’t just a nice thing to do. It leaves people with a positive glow. Last year, 73% of those who sent the card to others felt that it had a very positive effect on their own wellbeing.

The cards prepay postage within Australia as ‘Australia Post supported mail’. The reverse of the card and the attached information portion have an image of a fairywren on the reverse.

Around Australia Flights 100 Years Postal Cards Two postal cards (Figures 4 and 5) were issued on 21 May 2024 as a set for $4.50 in the standard small format and entitled. The issue marks the centenary of the first two flights, by seaplane and landplane, around mainland Australia. The first began on 6 April 1924, when Wing Commander Stanley Goble

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Postal Stationery and Flying Officer Ivor McIntyre set off from Point Cook, Victoria, in a Fairey IIID seaplane, A10-3. Travelling anti-clockwise, they battled poor weather and constant engine trouble.

On 19 May, after 44 days and 13,600 kilometres, they landed near St Kilda beach, Victoria, to a warm welcome from a 10,000-strong crowd. The second round-Australia trip, this time in a landplane, was conducted by the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of Defence to inspect air routes and to test the long-distance efficiency of the De Havilland D.H.50 aircraft. The crew comprised expedition leader Lt Col HC Brinsmead, pilot Captain EJ Jones and mechanic RH Buchanan. They departed Point Cook on 7 August, travelling anti-clockwise around the continent for 12,324 kilometres and arrived back at Point Cook on 29 August. The cards were designed by Andrew Hogg.

UPU 150th Anniversary International Rely Coupons (IRCs) This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) which was established in 1874 as the General Postal Union to standardise international mail delivery Figure 6 150th Anniversary of the UPU IRC from Macau by establishing uniform international postal rates and equal treatment Figure 7 150th Anniversary of the UPU IRC from Vatican City between domestic and foreign mail.

Before the establishment of the UPU, 150th Anniversary commemorative version of the countries had to negotiate individual current ‘Abidjan‘ IRC. While I understand that Auspostal treaties with each country with which they tralia Post has no intention of issuing the new IRC, wanted to exchange mail. In the absence of a treaty other countries commenced doing so during May providing for direct delivery of letters, mail had to 2024. Figure 6 shows an IRC from Macau with the be forwarded through a third country. Such arrange150th Anniversary logo added. ments resulted in complex and overlapping postal The Macau IRC shows the expiry date as 31 delivery arrangements and sometimes required the December 2025. The UPU has announced that the use of stamps of intermediate countries. The name of the GPU was changed to UPU in 1878 and it became date of validity of all of the current ‘Abidjan’ IRCs has been extended to 31 December 2026 including part of the United Nations in 1948. those on which the date is shown as 31 December To mark the occasion, the UPU has released a 2025. A second version of the 150th Anniversary IRC 22 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon Figure 8 Reverse of the Vatican City IRC with Exchange Date of 31 December 2026 Figure 9 Queensland 1891 1½d Postal Card Paying the rate to UPU Countries Figure 10 Essay of Queensland Reply Postal Card for use to UPU Countries (Figures 7 and 8). The text on the reverse has the text ‘Must be exchanged by 31.12.26’ shown in the official languages of the UPU; Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Australasian Colonies and the UPU The British colonies in Australasia (Fiji, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia) joined the UPU in 1891 as a single member, the Australasian colonies. On doing so the postage rates to other countries were standardized at 1½d for postcards and 2½d for letters. As a result, a number of new postal stationery items were issued such as the 1½d international rate postcard (Figure 9) and the 1½d + 1½d internation rate reply card (Figure 10) issued by Queensland in 1891. Besides the change in the postcard rate, the cards also had to meet the UPU’s specification as to the size of the postcard and include a heading in French. The Queensland cards included the text UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION – UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE CARTE POSTALE.

has appeared with the date of validity changed to .31 December 2026 on the front and back of the IRC

King George V Oval Die Postal Stationery Envelopes by Earle L Covert King George V Oval Die Postal Stationery Envelopes (Figure 11) includes a full coverage of the King George V postal stationery issued by Canada between 1916 and 1931. Published February 2024 by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS), Spiral bound, 158 pages, 11 × Stamp News - 23

Postal Stationery 17, colour. Price: C$57.00 plus postage. Available from https://longleyauctions.com/. The Book covers the complete scope of Canadian King George V envelopes – Flat Plate, Embossed and Lined Hair varieties. These comprised Canada’s first full range of Regular. Precancelled, Private Order, Official and Election Envelopes. Included are the many revalues on the stamps, as well as those with an additional stamp added to the envelope from other issues.

A People-Centered Philately: Canadian PreStamped Post Card Advertising Series by Chris Ellis.

A unique look at a series of postal stationery post cards from a different point of view. Published February 2024 by BNAPS. Spiral bound, 212 pages, 8.5 × 11, colour. Price: C$53.00 plus postage.

Available from https://longleyauctions.com/. The goals of A People-Centered Philately: Canadian Pre-Stamped Post Card Advertising Series (Figure 12) are twofold: 1) to document the series of address/ front side advertising produced by several private companies on official issue, pre-stamped, Canadian postal stationery post cards; and 2), to contextualize these series by placing them in a human-centered and historical context, focusing on the human beings and companies behind the post cards. An interesting foray into social philately.

New Zealand Split Enz True Colours Postal Cards On 1 May 2024, New Zealand Post issued four $3.30 postal cards (Figures 13 and 14) entitled Split Enz True Colours. Split Enz was New Zealand’s first internationally recognised band. The indicium features an abstract design in yellow, blue and black.

The reverse of the cards features similar designs in a number of colours. The cards were sold as a set of four for $18.20.

Canberra Stampshow 2024 Canberra Stampshow 2024 will be held 12-15 SepFigure 11 King George V Oval Die Postal Stationery Envelopes Figure 12 A People-Centered Philately: Canadian Pre-Stamped Post Card Advertising Series

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Ian McMahon and plans to hold a meeting there.

Toowoomba 2024 – Enter Now! The 2023 National one-frame Exhibition will be held from 11 - 13 October 2024 at Toowoomba. For further information please contact: secretary@ toowoomba2024.com. One-frame exhibits are a great way to try your hand at exhibiting. Entries are now open.

Royalpex 2025 Royalpex 2025 is a New Zealand National Stamp Exhibition being run by the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand and will be held 7 – 9 March 2025 at the Barber Hall, Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North. It will include all National level classes including postal stationery. Australian exhibitors interested in entering should contact Tony Griffin, lakatoistamps@gmail.com.

2024 - 2025 International Exhibitions A FIAP exhibition, China 2024 will be held in Shanghai China on 29 November – 3 December 2024. Further information can be obtained from Philip Levine bullo9@hotmail.com respectively. The first FIP exhibition for 2025 will be URUGUAY 2025 Specialized World Stamp Exhibition, which will commemorate the 200th Figure 13 New Zealand $3.30 Split Enz Postal Card anniversary of the declaration of Figure 14 Reverse of New Zealand Split Enz Postal Card independence of Uruguay and will take place from 17-22 February 2025, tember 2024 at Thoroughbred Park (the Canberra at the MACA Museum in Punta del racecourse). Canberra Stampshow 2024 will be a full Este, Uruguay. Australia has been invited to enter National exhibition including the Postal Stationery Europhilex 2025 which is due to be held in BrimingClass. The exhibition’s theme is the 150th anniversary ham, United Kingdom from 8-11 May 2025. This of the Universal Postal Union. For further inforexhibition is a European international exhibition mation visit the website at https://canberrastamps. to which Australia has been invited. Further infororg/canberra-stamp-show/. Souvenirs are now also mation on the exhibition can be obtained from the available with details on the website. The Postal Australian Commissioner Geoff Lewis, glewis@ Stationery Society of Australia will provide a prize custom-made.com.au. at the exhibition for the best postal stationery exhibit Stamp News - 25

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Collections, Lots, Packets & Mixtures 1. Amazing AAT Collection 1988 - 2001 housed in 4 top quality Gibbons Red Springback Albums. 2 x Senator and 2 x Philatelic. Comprises mint unhinged sets, minisheets and sheetlets, plus sets of Base FD Covers, Postcards and Maxicards. Appears complete for the period with se items in blocks of 4. Also Mawson’s Hut souvenir items, signed cards & cover to stamp designer etc. 360 plus distinct items, with very high original cost, face value and retail. Beautiful! Less than $5 per item. $1795 (CMM1) 2. New Zealand 1953 - 1966 in Red Padded Seven seas Hingeless Album pages 1953 to 1986, cost new near $300 alone! Stamps are near complete mint unhinged, inc. Healths, some of the minisheets and a few other are lightly hinged. No Queen on Horseback but plus a few decimals not counted. Retail of stamps is $325. Offering at $249, the album comes free! (CMM6) 3. Bundle of 5 near new Lighthouse 32 black page stockbooks, retail $50 each. 3 black, 1 green 1 red. These contain modest collections of mostly different used Jamaica, Monaco, Myanmar, Nepal, Slovenia & Sri Lanka, plus a few others. Asking the new price of the albums only, all of the stamps (Around 500) come free. $249. (CMM8) 4. Nauru, 1914 - 1988 mint & used, most unhinged in near new $295 Green Padded Ka-Be Hingeless Album. Many extra too, inc. used stamps to 1998.

Noted KGV to 9d, Freighters to 2/6d etc, very god degree of completeness.

Just pay for the album, the lovely collection is free! $295 (CMM10) 5. Straits Settlements, Malaysia huge mainly usedcollection on leaves in Black Arch Lever folder. Commences 1892 with Straits x about 100, values to $1, then a whole page of tigers to 50c, 35 to 40 here. Good degree of completion in Malaysia then to about 2005, then lots of

States with much earlier, values to $1, and a few Japanese Occupation issues. 2400 - 2500 here, mostly all different. Has to be worth 20c a stamp. $489 CMD2) Australia 1913 – 2008 on Seven Seas Hingeless Pages and on Hagners plus some homemade, in 5 ring binders. Kangaroos & KGV Heads are sparse, with values to 2/- & 1/4d respectively.

Noted 1914 6d Claret Kookaburrra cto. Later includes most KGVI values to £1 Robes & £2 Arms mint unhinged or used, then QEII Pre-decimal mint unhinged, near complete to £1 1953 - 1965. (Navigators are used, with 10/- & £1 White Papers) Decimals are near complete fine used, some unused 1966 - 2008, with some minor duplication (no more than 2 of anything) Noted a full set of 2006 Commonwealth Games fine used. Also many Internationals. A fine lot, with 1000’s of stamps neatly organised. Very good value at $1195 (CMM13) 6. 1977 Royal Commonwealth Society, collection QE2 Silver Jubilee FDC’s. Every time we get one of these it sells almost immediately. Very nicely designed covers from the Crown Agents Omnibus. Originally priced at $6.95 each plus $50 for the very nice Silver & Red Album = over $400 45 plus years ago! Many good complete sets and values to £1.

Retail I have seen elsewhere is DOUBLE this. All are UNADDRESSED and with full page write-ups as you can see. 54 different covers, all in Mylar protective sleeves. Around a THIRD of the issued price. $149 (CMD3) 7. Bulk lot of Hong Kong used in Large Blue Stockbook. 1980’s/90’s x many sets/part sets of Wilding Machin & Annigoni portraits of HM QEII to $50 X 16 example. Also pages of KGV – QEII small definitives with values to $1 and some 1930’s to 1960’s commems. at the back.

Guestimate of around 1400 – 1500 stamps all up. Great for the postmark/variety hunter! A steal at about 10c a stamp. Price $149 (CMD4) 8. APO 88 Australian World Exhibition Issue of The Collection of 1987 Australian Stamps. Only sold at the Australian Pavilion in Brisbane.

Includes all MUH stamps as issued. Seen elsewhere on eBay at $350.

Price $295. (2 available) (CMJN6) 9. Br. Solomon Is., decent clean collection, mint & used in large green stockbook. Organised chronologically. A few KGV era, then probably around 75% complete QEII 1953 – 2006 with many complete sets, much is postally used. A few minor condition issues but most are fine.

Postally used is rarely seen. Must be around 600 all different. Got to be worth $295 (CMJN7) 10. Malta. Very nice mint & used collection 1902 – 2009 in two large stockbooks. Organised chronologically. Noted 1949 UPU MUH, but most nice postally used and appears 75% – 85% complete with many, many complete sets. A lovely clean lot. 1350 -1450 all different.

Well worth $695 (CMJN8) 11. World pre-1952 off paper mix, a very good mixture of Empire & Foreign, very high count with approx. 15,000 per kg. Great for searching perfs, varieties, shades, postmarks etc. Approx 500 $59, per 1000 $110 (CMM1)

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COLLECTIONS SALE JULY 2024 12. Tasmania Pictorials, 1d Rose Red Mount Ellington Pictorial bulk unchecked by us but appear to be all Electrotype 1905 – 1911 printing. Could be postmark interest, variety & perforation variances. Did notice the odd perf. T. 100 for $29, 250 for $69, 500 for $129 (CMM2) 13. Tasmania Pictorials, 2d Plum Hobart Pictorial bulk unchecked by us but appear to be all Electrotype or Litho. 1905 – 1912 printings.

Could be postmark interest, variety & perforation variances. 100 for $29, 250 for $69, 500 for $129 (CMM3) 14. West Germany 1956- 1969 in as new Safe Black Hingeless Album retail $350 plus. 1956/7 a bit sparse, but 99% complete from 1958.

Has come in from Germany, so we know how fussy they are over condition, and this is superb! Retail of the stamps is $680, plus the album = a replacement value of over $1000. Price under 60% of that, even less after our generous discount scheme! $595 (CMM5) 15. West Berlin 1949 – 1976 fine postally used cds examples in Burgundy Safe Hingeless Album, retail $350 plus and near new. Postally used is of course much harder to locate than mint or cto. Would be about 90% complete for the period. Has come in from Germany, so we know how fussy they are over condition, and this is almost all superb! Retail of the stamps is $850 plus and with the album we have a replacement cost of around $1200. Very good value at $659 (CMM6) 16. Denmark 1852 – 1979 fine postally used plus a few mint in Burgundy Lighthouse Classic Album & Slipcase, near new, cost $300 plus. Also 2 x 2004 Royal Wedding packs. Listed retail of the stamps is $3000 plus and would be 75% complete. A total replacement value here then of $3300 +. Price less than a half $1595 (CMM7) 17. China, People’s Republic. Brand new collection 2016 – 2021. 200 Different Mint Unhinged in complete sets & minisheets. We previously had similar 100 different 2012 – 2015, these sold put very quickly. Roughly 50 different sets, Priced around $3.30 a set, $165 (5 available) Save $15 and pay only $150 if purchased with a new 32 or 64 page stockbook! (CMS4) 18. Southern Africa 1980 – 1984 FDC coll. in 3 large FDC albums in 3 x near new padded FDC albums – 2 x Gibbons and retail $50 each new.

Superb attractive collection of 120 different FDC inc Mini Sheets and gorgeous sets of stamps, the great albums are ‘Free’! An almost NEVER seen offered area out here, and the early issues are REALLY scarce.

Bought well in an Estate of Southern Africa. Comprises South Africa x 52, SWA x 16, Ciskei x 10, Venda x 11, Transkei x 19, Bophuthatswana x 13. Includes a few 1st Flight Covers. 123 in all, mostly official unaddressed covers. We also have a good stock from the same source of later issues, if you wanted to carry on the collections. Priced a tad over $2 a cover, with 3 very nice albums thrown in. $269 (CMS19) 19. World Mish-mash, on & off paper, in packets, odd cover etc. Most postally used, few mint & cto. Exactly as received from Nationwide Charity Appeal. About 1kg, could be anything. Probably 10,000

stamps. Has to be worth 2.5c a stamp. About 1kg for $249 (CMJE3) 20. Channel Islands Guernsey, Jersey & and maybe a few Isle of Man, great selection of 25 different unhinged complete sets. Price $49. 50 different sets for $125, 100 different sets for $295. (The 50 and 100 different sets will include better, and minisheets) (CMM5) 21. 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 mint 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) 22. Santa Tin, very colourful! Contains Worldwide booklets, with emphasis on Switzerland Charity issues. Also, Finland, Denmark, USA, Germany, Gibraltar, IOM etc. 67 booklets from about 1960’s to 1996.

Good value lot with some high denominations. Great as a starter lot for World booklets. Price $449 (CMD9) 23. Australia Territories & Pacific Aerogrammes, by the Kilogram! Wide range of mint and FDC used decimal, some higher face values here.

Great value at about 25c each. Some duplication. Start a new collection at bargain basement prices. Roughly 250 in 1kg for $62.50. (CSE7) 24. Worldwide complete sheets, mostly good thematics. By the Kilogram. Wide range of mint unhinged and cto used. Some in complete sets. Sheet sizes from 15 to 50 of a stamp. Mostly 1970’s – 1990’s.

All large and colourful. No Arab States. Paper the Den or spare room!

Under 5c a stamp. Good value at $249 per kg. (CSE8) 25. Australian Territories and Pacifics, 100 different postally used. May include AAT, Christmas Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Norfolk Is., Nauru, Samoa, Pitcairn, Cook Is., Fiji. Very hard to find postally used. Price $49 (CSE9) 26. Norfolk Is. Commercial mail. All small envelopes mostly Airmail to Sydney, 1970’s and ‘80s. Includes a range of better values. Hard to source. Some a bit aged. Mostly to Doubleday Book club, plus councils, insurance companies and individuals. 28 pieces in total, cheap at under $3 each. $75. (CSE15) 27. Australia Pre-stamped envelopes, mint. Wide range of issues with values to 45c. Cheap lot, 100 different for $39 (CSE18) 28. Norfolk Is. Decimals 1966-2002 compete mint unhinged, housed in as new Seven Seas Hingeless Album, with pages 1947 – 2002.

Album new cost approx. $425. Stamps retail at $1695. Total value $2120. Price $1275 (CJU17) 29. Philatelic Literature, old reference books, magazines, catalogues &

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COLLECTIONS SALE JULY 2024 auction catalogues. 4.5kg lot for $45 (CAP10) 30. Papua New Guinea, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets just $49 (CMAP2) 31. Nauru, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP4) 32. Norfolk Is. 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 (CMAP5) 33. 125 different complete mint unhinged sets as above only $225, save $20 (CMAP6) 34. 250 different complete mint unhinged sets from the countries above, also including some Pitcairn Island. Normally $99, now save $50, Price $449 (CMAP7) 35. Commercial Mails from all over the World. Most if not all Airmailed Covers. All Very nice range of covers 1980’s to recent that sell for up to $3 each. Price per lot of 100 all different covers $98 (CMAP17) 36. Worldwide First Day Covers, all in nice clean condition. Many of these sells for up to $4 each. Price for lot of 100 all different $98 (CMAP18) 37. Amazing carton lot of mainly Australia Slogans on piece, 19291967, plus some Meter marks. Frankings range from 1d Green KGV – 5c Blue QEII. Also, some USA and a few GB Metermarks/Slogans. Must be 4000 – 5000 total with a huge variety of slogans and postmarks.

Has to be worth 10c and item. Price $449 (COCT1) 38. United States Forces in New Guinea, 1943 – 45. 15 covers & 1 front, most bear Australia 3d Brown KGVI postmarked Townsville Qld, but emanating from New Guinea. Most have boxed US Army Examiner censor marking, and with name & number of servicemen. Included are 2 x American Red Cross covers. Deployments include Milne Bay, Port Moresby, Admiralty Is., Goodenough Is., Finschhafen, Nadzab, Oro Bay, Dreyer Harbour & Dobodura. The Battle of Finschhafen was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign during World War II and was fought between Australian and Japanese forces. The fighting took place between 22 September and 24 October 1943 following the landing at Scarlet Beach, which was followed by a two-pronged advance on Finschhafen as the Australian 20th Infantry Brigade advanced on the town from the north, while the 22nd Infantry Battalion drove from the south, having advanced from the landing beaches east of Lae. After the capture of Finschhafen, the Japanese forces in the area withdrew towards Sattelberg where they sought to hold the Australians before launching a counteroffensive, which subsequently threatened the landing beach. This attack was repelled by American and Australian forces, with heavy casualties being inflicted on the Japanese. In the aftermath, the Australians went on the offensive, capturing Sattelberg, and then advancing towards the Wareo plateau.

Dreger Harbour was used by Allied forces after the capture of Finschhafen in October 1943. Very good lot at $479 (COCT4)

39. Vast lot of World and Australia! From Deceased Estates and other sources such as charities and auctions, also private purchases. We have 12 big shipping cartons which we are breaking down into smaller lots of 10 kg. Each will contain 15 – 20,000 stamps unchecked off paper plus albums, stocksheets, stockbooks, covers, minisheets etc. Virtually all is postally used with some mint, early to modern. There really is no telling what you might find in these lots. Price per 10kg lot, inc. Post and Insurance Australia Wide, around 3c per stamp $695. Supersized double lot for $1295 (post-paid) Half lot for $375 (post extra) Remember to choose World or Australia, or a mixture of both. (CMA1) 40. Papua New Guinea 1990 - 1998 50 different Official First Day Covers, all clean unaddressed. Very cheap at $99 (CJL5) 41. As above, but 1990 – 2001, price $110 (CJL6) 42. A similar lot to the above, these all on Artcraft Cacheted covers, mostly light penciled address to Brooklyn, USA. Included GB Set of 4, plus the sets of 4 for Kuwait, Bahrein, Muscat and Tangier. Includes re-addressed and registered items. 36 covers in all again at less than $6 per cover, price $198 (CMMY12) 43. Australia Internationals, new packets just arrived. 50 different with many better values to $2.75 or above. Under $1 each, price $49 (AI1) 44. Australia Internationals, new packets just arrived. 100 mixed with many better values to $2.75 or above. No more than 3 of the same stamp in each packet. Price $69. (AI2) 45. USA pre-cancels, 100 mixed for $22, 250 for $52, 500 for $98 (USPC2) 46. Australian Antarctic Territory off paper mix pre-decimal to 1990’s mostly postally used, maybe some cto. Inevitably a fair bit of duplication. About 12,500 to 15,000 to the kg. Around 4c per stamp, 100g for $59 (Only 2 lots available) (PM90) 47. World Minisheets by Weight! Many years since we first offered these.

Approx 1100 sheets per kg. Great mixture of mint unhinged and cto from both British Commonwealth and Foreign Countries. We keep duplication here to a minimum, depending upon our stocks at the time of ordering.

High catalogue/retail value. 100g for $33, 250g for $79. (PM77) 48. Australia decimals, cto with gum, mid 1990’s – 2011. Nice clean lot all with corner Melbourne cto cancels. Includes high values, Internationals, a few territories, se-tenant strips and blocks etc. Good variety, but expect duplication. Under 10c a stamp, pprox. 1000 for $98, 500 for $55 (3 lots available) (PM69) 49. Australia, off paper. Contents of a shoebox ex deceased estate. Must be close to 15,000 stamps here dating from 1913 with a few Kangaroos and KGV to quite recent with many higher values, Internationals etc. noted. Huge variety here and at about 2c per stamp. Price $295. (PM25) 50. Similar lot to the above, but worldwide, same price $295 (PM26) 51. Russia, 1974 - 2011int & cto used in 2 near new $90 Black Lighthouse 64 black page stockbooks... $180 replacement cost right

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COLLECTIONS SALE JULY 2024 here. Looks mostly complete 1974 - 1991 with many sets resent both mint unhinged and used. Sparce thereafter. Must be well over 2000 different here. Lovely clean lot. Has to be worth 15c a stamp, and the lovely stockbooks are a free bonus! $295 (CEM2) 52. Finland 1875 - 2018 mainly postally used collection in near new $90, Red 64 black page Lighthouse stockbook. Duplication only occurs where there is mint & used of the same stamp. Good degree of completion to 1997, sparse after that. Looks like 1100 - 1200 mostly all different. Hard stuff to find and well worth 40c a stamp with a free $90 stockbook! $459 (CEM5) 53. Singapore 1948 - 2018, lovely mainly postally used collection.

Housed in $90 near new Black Lighthouse 64 black page stockbook.

Noted KGVI & QEII to $5. Near complete to 2002. Postally used for recent is hard to find. Must be bear 1000 all different here. 40c a stamp for the lot and the very nice stockbook is free. $399 (CEM6) 54. South Africa 1800’s to 2017 mainly postally used collection in Red 64 black page stockbook & similar 32 page Black near new Lighthouse stockbooks. New price $140! Includes some SWA, Transvaal, OFS etc.

Quite an extensive lot and mostly well organised. A few Vanuatu at the back of the smaller one, not counted. Would be 2400 - 2500 here, with values to 10/- KEVII Transvaal postally used. A great lot, easily worth 25c a stamp. Plus $140 worth of stockbooks free! $619 (CEM7) 55. 1981 Royal Wedding of Charles & Diana, mint unhinged Crown Agents Omnibus. Housed in Max Stern Royal Blue & Gold padded album. Not often seen these days. Not quite complete but priced at less than it would cost to buy a similar empty album these days. The stamps come free! $49 the lot. (CEM10) 56. Nicaragua 1914 - 1990 mint & used colln. in Red 32 black page Lighthouse stockbook as new, current retail $50. Sparse to 1980, then mostly complete cto sets to 1990. Nice clean lot of about 400 all different, mostly good thematics. Must be worth 20c a stamp, and with a free $50 stockbook! $79 (CEM11) 57. Cocos (Keeling) Is. 1963 - Mostly postally used, some mint mostly on Ka-Be hingeless pages, a bit disorganised, housed in black arch lever binder. Would be relatively easy to complete. 350 to 400 mostly all different. Very hard to find postally used. $129 (CEM12) 58. Superb Christopher Colombus collection, 1893 - recent. Mostly mint unhinged collection in $50 near new Lighthouse Marble effect Grey 32 Black page stockbook. About 80 complete sets/issues and 88 minisheets. Many better countries noted inc. Australia, Bahamas, Falkland Is., Hong Kong, Italy, Jamaica, Fr. Polynesia, Guernsey, Iceland, New Caledonia, NZ, PNG, Portugal, Spain, USA, Sweden, Vatican and much more. Many of the sets are of 6 values or more. Good value at under $3 per set/minisheet and with a retail over twice our asking price, not forgetting the very nice stockbook which comes free! $495 (CEM16)

59. France, mostly postally used collection 1853 - 1990 in Massive Schaubek leather bound illustrated springback album, weighs 3.75 kg. Earlies are sparse, but good degree of completion 1900 - 1990 of 65 - 75%. 235 plus pages and around 3250 - 3500 all different stamps. Must be worth 15c a stamp. $495 (CEM17) 60. Cambodia & Kampuchea modern collection 1980 - 1997 with many nice thematics virtually all in complete sets, cto used. Housed in near new $90 Red Lighthouse 64 black page stockbook. Appears abut 500 all different. Lovely clean lot. $100 and n $49 for the really nice stockbook. $149 all up. (CEM19) 61. Australia, very latest available all Large & Commemoratives on single close clipped paper. Only includes $1, $1.10 & $1.20 values. Appears unpicked for unfranked. We only have a small amount of this so please be quick. High count, about 5000 to the kg. and good variety.

100g for $29.50, 250g for $69, 500g for $129. (CED1) 62. Japan Mission mix as traded in by one of our clients, do not think he has taken very much out. Close cut single paper with some off paper. Good range of commems. & defins. Do bear in mind that Japan is now producing most Commems. in small format. Very high count of about 5500 per kg. Less than 1kg available. Priced well at around 5c a stamp. $29.50 per 100g, $69 per 250g, $129 per 500g. (CED3) 63. Australia pre-decimal on close clipped single paper, must be 6000 to the kg at least. Mostly letter rate, with the odd higher value. Noticed a few KGV heads & Australian States in the overall mix. Less than 500g available. Worth searching for varieties, postmarks etc. Priced under 5c a stamp, per 100g $29, 250g $69 (CED6) 64. 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) 65. 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) 66. 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) 67. As above, but with about 25% Great Britain, 100g $39.50, 250g $95, 500g $179, 1kg $349 (CS18a)

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COLLECTIONS SALE JULY 2024 68. Papua New Guinea, pristine MUH Collection 1952 - 1999 in new Burgundy Hagner Binder and on 50 genuine Swedish Made Hagner pages, these cost $135 alone. Virtually complete collection excepting only the expensive $300 Birds Overprints of 1995, all of the other overprints are there. Beautifully set out, this collector was very particular. Sydney retail of the stamps alone $2450 plus, and the album at $135 makes a replacement cost of very close to $2600. Save over $1100 at only $1495. (CEJ1) 69. Papua New Guinea, fabulous hoard of commercial airmail covers mostly DL size and to the same family in Switzerland 1976 – 2006 with a wide variety of frankings, many multiples and with values to K5.25. Great condition overall and nearly all neatly slit open at the top. A scare destination to boot! 48 covers in all and at well under $10 each, price $429 (CEJ2) 70. Papua New Guinea on paper hoard 1952 – 2010 approx, a fabulous mix, emanating from a family in Switzerland. About 10% is pre-decimal, this lot is neatly clipped and with a wide variety of issues with higher values to 2/- or K2.50 spotted. We only have 500g of this.

About 350 to the 100g. 100g for $137.50, 250g for $325. (CEJ3) 71. Australia 1966 -2003 Complete Decimals very fine used with extras in 3 as new Seven Seas Green Hingeless Albums with slipcases. Cost of these alone $795. Includes many extras such as booklet panes, tabbed stamps, reprints etc. Also the scarce perf. $1 Navigator.

Appear handpicked for quality, with some minisheets mint unhinged as commercially used are virtually unseen. Also Internationals to the very scarce $20. Retail of the basic stamps without the extras is $2900 plus, so $3695 replacement value at the very least. Save a lot of effort trying to fill all those gapes yourself and paying through the nose in the process! Also save over $1000 in the process…price $2650. (Layby is of course available) (CEJ7) 72. Cocos Keeling Islands Complete 1963 – 1998 mint unhinged in Green Padded Seven Seas Hingeless Illustrated album. Album new cost $170. Nice clean collection, fresh MUH (Just the 7 pre-decimal stamps are MLH. Includes 1990 $5 Airmail, 1990-1991 provisional overprints set of 7 with the 90c CTO as usual. Sydney retail $1100 +, plus value of the album, replacement cost $1270. Price $895 (CMMY1) 73. Christmas Island collection 1958 - 1999 in Seven Seas Hingeless Green padded album new cost $290. fresh MUH lot. (1958 Defins are MLH) missing only Birdpex ‘90 ovptd. MS but includes 1993 Taipei & Indopex MS. Sydney retail $1125, plus album value of $290 = a replacement cost of over $1400. Price $975 (CMMY6) 74. Western Europe off paper, great mixture of early to modern, large & small. Pretty much all postally used. Very high count approx. 12,500 – 15,000 per kg. Price per kg $369, 500g $195, 250g $99, 100g $43.50 (CMMY14) 75. Australia High Values only on paper, mostly close clipped single paper, with a wide range of issues inc. many Internationals. Values to

$5. Approx. 4000 per kg. Price per 500g $535, 250g $279, 100g $119, 50g $62.50 (CMMY15) 76. Australia Internationals only on paper, mostly close clipped single paper, with a wide range of issues inc. Approx. 4000 per kg. Price per 250g $535, 100g $239, 50g $124.50 (CMMY16) 77. Ireland Charity Mix on paper. 1st lot of this we have received since the outbreak of Covid. As usual with Ireland the trim varies, but a higher % this time of close clipped single paper. Wide range of issues with some quite recent. Cheap & cheerful lot with 3000 – 3500 per kg. Price per kg $110, 500g $59, 250g $32.50 (CMMY17) 78. South Africa Charity Mix on paper. 1st lot of this we have received since the outbreak of Covid. Wide range of issues with some quite recent. Noted the odd minisheet and complete set on piece. Well trimmed single paper, very high count of around 4500 – 5000 per kg.

Very well priced. Per kg $125, 500g $65, 250g $35 (CMMY18) 79. Our own incoming mail, mainly Australian, some from overseas.

Always popular with recent & latest issues, registered mail etc. Always popular, 1 lot only, 1 kg for $95 (CMMY20) 80. New Zealand World Wildlife Fund Collection including 1991 Tuatara, 1993 Birds of NZ, and 2005 Kakapo in a WWF padded black stockbook with matching slipcase. Each set includes stamps & FDCs. Includes fact sheets for Tuatara and Birds issues. Price $85 (WWF3) 81. Jamaica World Wildlife Fund 2006 Black-billed Amazon stamps, FDCs and factsheet. Price $33 (WWF7) 82. COCOS (Keeling) ISLANDS: 1963-2006 collection largely complete in as new Seven Seas Blue album retail $200 plus (with slipcase) vast majority are MUH including 1990-91 Postage Paid Overprints set of 7 (Retail $295+, 43c on 90c Coconut CTO as issued), later issues incl. M/ Ss and sheetlets; only stamp that appears to be missing is 1990 70c Map (SG.187a); generally fine/very fine. Stamps retail approx. $1325.

A total replacement value here of over $1500. Price $1140 (CEM2) 83. NEW ZEALAND: A valuable collection 1912 – 2014 in Black 32 page Lighthouse Stockbook. album. Noted 1920 Victory set Mint; 1931 Smiling Boys Mint; 1935 Pictorials to 3/- M/MUH; 1935 Jubilee set MUH; KGVI defins to 3/- MUH; 1940 Centennial to 1/- Mint; 1953 QE2 series to 10/- incl. Officials to 3/- MUH; 1967 Pictorials to $2 MUH; plus many other sets, mainly MUH. By no means complete, but huge retail and includes a number of plate blocks. About 500, mostly all different. Price $1275 (CEM3) 84. Japan Collection/Accumulation mint & used from earlies to 1970 in large Red Stockbook. Includes many mint unhinged with a lot of complete sets, minisheets, sheetlets & blocks. A fair amount of Expo ’70 items, inc. pre-publicity Cinderella sheets. A very good lot of about 700 – 800 stamps. Must be worth 50c a stamp plus, price $375 (CEM8) 85. Papua New Guinea Year Books 1985-1990 in superb condition as

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

So a total cost to replace of $1725 for just $995 (CEM17) 88. Shop packets, from closed down dealership. Worldwide from 1940’s to 1990’s, some mixed, some thematics, some single country.

Most professionally made, some made in house. Great variety, mostly all different. Range from 10 different to 200 different. About 1000 for $149, 2000 for $285, 5000 for $675 (CEM21) 89. Belgium, very nice on paper mixture to about 2000. Most are 1990’s with some earlier. Very hard mix to source from a country of only around the population of Paris! Many commems. & better values.

Maybe also some postmark interest particularly for small towns and villages. 4000 plus per kg. Because of the proximity to France & Germany there may be a few of these countries mixed in. Price per 100g $63.50, 250g $159, 500g $295 (CEM29) 90. Ceylon, virtually all pre-QEII off paper mixture. Mostly KEVII – KGVI plus the odd QV. Population up to 1930 was sub 4 million, compared to India of around 280 million! Really scarce mix, we have never had this before and even now only 125 grams. 1250 to 1500 in the 100 grams.

Mostly letter post rates but a few higher values to 15c to 25c. Price around 20c per stamp. per 25g $72.50, 50g $137.50 (CEM30) 91. Ceylon/Sri Lanka, mainly on paper mix of stamps, 1950’s to about 2000. Noted many better values inc. the 1998 50R Elephant stamp in the overall mix there are none of these, even mint on eBay Worldwide! Neither is there any kiloware. A fabulous mix. About 500 stamps per 100g. 100g for $55, 250g $129, 500g $249. (CEM31) 92. 4kg Carton of World, ex deceased estate. Early to modern In packets, envelopes, small takeaway containers, Ice Cream Cartons etc.

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

A lifetime accumulation! Must be 20,000 plus stamps here. Will split evenly into 1kg lots for $349, or take the lot for $1249. (CEM32) 93. Australian States used collections values to 1/-, all are visually different. 25 different $49, 50 Different $87.50, 100 different on Hagner pages, all States represented. $185 (CEM37)

94. Australia pre-decimal first day covers, various cachets 1940’s – 1960’s neat hand or type written address. 25 different for $149, 50 different for $329. Unaddressed 25 different for $298, 50 different for $649 (CD2) 95. Gilbert & Ellice Is., virtually complete mostly Mint Unhinged 1953 – 1979 on near new Ka-Be hingeless pages. These alone cost $100.

Previous owner state she paid $575 for this. Just a very few minor condition issues, but very good value at $345 (CD8) 96. East Germany 1949 – 52, the hard period. Collection on leaves mostly fine used, some mint once lightly hinged. 75% - 80% complete for the period. About 80 stamps, cat. £650 = approx. $1150 currently. Priced previously at $425, very well priced at under 25% cat. at $279 (CD13) 97. Europe 1964 - 83. Black ring binder with themed stamps, covers and mint unhinged sheets for a United Europe. Some stunningly attractive items here with sheets/sheetlets from Cyprus, Berlin, United Nations and Bulgaria and similar on cover from Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man & Gibraltar. Also some 1972 Olympics related covers. Several hundred stamps & covers. Originally priced at $550, now half price $275 (CD16) 98. Papua New Guinea 1952 - 1992, plus some earlier New Guinea & Papua mainly mint in near new Blue Padded Seven Seas Album. Commences Lakatois and Birds of Paradise etc, to 5d (24)) Then near complete mint inc. 10/- Rabaul & £1 QEII Specimens 1958 - 1992, unhinged from 1987 (No 1952 set) A nice clean lot, priced years ago by major dealer at $525. Our more realistic price is under half that, $259 (CD17) 99. NETHERLANDS 1960-93 mint collection in older Blue Schaubek hingeless album, virtually complete including definitives, Phosphors, M/Ss and sheetlets, fresh mint unhinged, stated Cat £1780+. (Many 100s) Very good value at $885 (CS1) 100. Worldwide early to modern 19th century onwards Postally used blocks and pairs inc. many high values. Huge variety and great value at under 25c per stamp. 1000 stamps, every block or pair will be different. (No Australia unless requested) Price $249 (CS7) 101. Worldwide early to modern (Mostly 1950s- 1980’s) Mint unhinged Blocks and Minisheets including many complete sets. Huge variety and great value at around 25c per stamp. 500 stamps, every block or pair will be different. (No Australia unless requested) Price $129 (CS8) 102. AUSTRALIA, KGV Heads 1916-21 group of covers with University of Melbourne printed covers with perf. ‘OS’ issues comprising 1d Red (4), 1½d Brown (3), 1½d Red (2) & 2d Orange; also Dept of Labour front with perf. ‘OS’ 1½d Red & 1919 use of “THREE/HALFPENCE” on 1d Postal Card to USA uprated with ½d Green with two-line “RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK/DAMAGED” handstamp in red; generally fine. Scarce assembly. 11 items. Price $459 (CJE3) 103. AUSTRALIA: KGV Heads. 1924-33 group of 1d Green covers, predominantly single frankings, noting three double-rate covers, also

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Includes 3 advertising covers for Canada Cycle and Motor Company, Latrobe St. Melbourne, 1 x Dept of Health CSL, Royal Park Melb., and 1 x British Medical Association. East Melb. 19 items. Price $795 (CJE4) 104. Take both lots of covers as above for $1195 (save $59) (CJE4a) 105. 1977 QEII Silver Jubilee mint unhinged collection of Commonwealth issues in lovely quality Thick Schaubek Burgundy Padded Springback Album. Appears complete Antigua to Turks & Caicos Is. with sets, minisheet s& sheetlets. Huge original cost. Price $329 (CJE39) 106. Australia, 1944-45. Three amazing covers from Avoca Beach NSW to Oberlin, Ohio. All addressed to Mrs. Alice Wright Bryson – Wilbur, a former director at the Carnegie Library. (CJE53) 107. Great Britain 1940’s to late 1990’s complete fine used Commem. sets. 25 different for $49, 50 for $110, 100 diff. for $239 (better sets in the larger lots) (CM4) 108. Our own incoming mail, mostly form the last 6 months plus other bits & pieces from here & there. Lots of nice frankings including very recent, registered mails etc. Australia only. 1kg for $95 (CM8) 109. China mint unhinged complete sets, very recent from around 2012 up to 2016. This is a new lot just received. And will differ slightly from the last consignment we received. About 25 sets in each lot, around $2.75 per set. Many nice thematics. 5 lots only $69 each. (CM9) 110. New Caledonia mint unhinged collection 1989 – 1999 complete on as new Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Pages cost $200 alone!

Stamps retail $645 plus. Total retail $845, price $565 (CM14) 111. British Empire Queen Victoria on quality Lighthouse style pages, mostly fine postally used. Comprises Bechuanland, Br. Honduras, Ceylon, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Labuan, St. Lucia, Sierra Leone & Trinidad.

Catalogue some years ago at £2545. Checked a few, most have gone up in price by around 10% or more, the odd one has gone down, and a few SG numbers have changed. A very clean lot. Stand out items are Ceylon SG 18 £180, sg 193, £160, Cyprus SG 16 £500, Gibraltar SG 5 & 6 £325, SG 25 £100, SG 33 5 Pesetas, top value £120, etc, etc. Well above the condition usually seen. 104 stamps, price under 40% $1795 (CMN4) 112. Europa, wonderful lot of unaddressed FDC’s dating from 1958 – 1964. A very clean lot of illustrated covers, which sell at $5 to $15 each. All countries appear present. Could well be some complete year sets, no time to check, some minor duplication, but usually different cachets. Around 200 here, cheap at around $2 each, price $395. (CMY3) 113. Vietnam collection mint & used on stock pages, earlies to 1988 said to cat. £300. Looks to be about 300 different. Also, a page of Sri Lanka, not counted in value. Good clean lot, price $269 (CMY5) 114. Norfolk Island, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25

complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY10) 115. Papua New Guinea, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY15) 116. Nauru, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY16) 117. Samoa, breaking dealers mint unhinged stock into bite sized portions! The larger lots include many better and mini sheets 25 complete sets 1960’s on for $49, 50 different $119 (CMY19) 118. Wholesale parcels of Australia pre-decimals, made up to order at approx. half current retail. 1913 – 1965. These lots will contain some duplication. State whether you require mint unhinged, mint hinged or used or a mixture of all three. Lots from $50 to $5000 (CMY21) 119. Australia or Worldwide, your choice. Mishmash of stamps, covers, post office packs, recent incoming mail from overseas etc, booklets, complete mint unhinged sets, minisheets etc. You name it, it may well be here! 1kg lot for $95, 2kg for $179, 5kg for $425, 10kg for $795.

Massive 20kg lot for $1495 (CMF10) 120. Burgundy Australia Post Padded Binder with Africa &Omnibus issues on Hagners & Vario sheets. Noted Katanga ovpts on Belgian Congo MUH Some adhered to page. (29), Silver Jubilee used sets (6 plus odds), 1937 Coronation used (c50 sets MLH/used) & 1949 UPU (c24 sets MLH/used) plus odd later Omnibus to 1981. Zanzibar 1957 set of 15 MLH, useful Ethiopia, Basutoland surcharges to 1R (2 different), Somaliland KGVI surcharges to 5/- & QEII to 10/- MLH, S. Nigeria KEVII to 2/6d MLH & Northern Rhodesia KGVI 3/- used plus Rhodesia 1905 2/6d Falls used plus others in mixed cond. (many 100s) Some very good pickings in this lot. Price $1495 (CMN6) 121. Worldwide Forgeries & Facsimiles plus a few Cinderellas, exhibition labels etc. and a page of Stamps on Stamps (some forgeries may be genuine) Mainly 19th Century, in red 32 black page stockbook and on album pages etc. Plus, forgeries catalogue of 237 pages by Dorn of Haymarket London. Strength in German States, but also good ranges of British Guiana (inc. The World’s rarest stamp) British West Indies, Cape Triangulars, Newfoundland (inc. Bisect on cover), Mauritius, Italian & Papal States, Tibet and much, much more. Counted 950 plus items. Many of these sells between $10 - $25 each or more. Great reference lot! Around $3.75 each, price $3600 (CMN8) 122. Great Britain, mini collection of 25 different mint unhinged complete sets. Nice mixture of Decimal and Pre-decimal sets. Price $49 (CMAU4) 123. As above but all decimal, price $59 (CMAU5) 124. San Marino lovely mini collection of 25 different complete mint unhinged sets, some great thematics here. Price $49 (CMAU6) 125. Italy, mini collection of 25 complete mint unhinged sets, price

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139. San Marino 1967 – 1989. 103 x large Registered airmail covers to Melbourne from the San Marino Philatelic Bureau bearing multiple frankings of nice complete sets. Similar covers have been seen on eBay for as much as $60 each! Commences 1967 Flowers to 1989 Architecture block of 4. Lovely lot! Price just $15 each, $1545 (MJL8) 140. Luscious leftovers! Stuff we do not know what to do with.

May contain any or all of the following: Small collections not large enough to offer individually, packets and loose both on and off paper, complete sets and minisheets mint unhinged, covers both philatelic and commercial, some from our own incoming mail, Post Office Packs, stockbooks of stamps early to modern. Ask for Australia only or all World. 5kg for $139, 10kg for $259, 20kg for $495 (MJL11) 141. Australia & Victoria Postal Stationery collection, 104 items, mainly postally used in album. Highlight is 1d Red octagonal envelope uprated to Celebes, Dutch Indies, (addressees name deleted. Nevertheless very scarce) Most of this is KGV, with some nice uprates to Holland. Terrific value at under $20 per item, $1950. (FE78) 142. Amazing off paper hoard of Asia, many early up to quite modern large and small. As received from deceased estate and unchecked by us. Includes Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan plus smaller amounts of China & Vietnam. About 500 stamps for $65 (Around 13c per stamp) Double lot for $119. (NM65) 143. Superb off paper sorting mix, mostly pre-WWII Australia with Australian States, Kangaroos, KGV Heads etc, plus a smattering of foreign and the odd more recent. Great for postmarks, varieties etc.

Never know what you might find in this, roughly 30c a stamp, around 250 for $79, 500 for $149 (NM66) 144. Australian Antarctic Territory off paper mixture. Pre-decimal to mid-1990’s, maybe a few later 100g, approx 1500 stamps for $59 (3 lots available) (PM109) 145. 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) 146. As above but decimals only, at half the above price, Approx 2000 for $147.50 (MN34a) 147. 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)

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COLLECTIONS SALE JULY 2024 148. 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) 149. 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) 150. 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) 151. Large shoebox with very nice World off paper mixture old and new, small and large. As donated to leading charity. Weighs 2.15kg inc. the box, must be 25,000 stamps with a great variety here. Has to be worth 2 cents a stamp, price $495 (MAP19) 152. 1500 different Australia, back in stock again, only 5 available.

New content, price $109 (MF6) 153. 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) 154. A similar lot to the above, but all World: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449 (FE70) 155. 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) 156. 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) 157. The jumble box! Miscellaneous stuff mainly from deceased estates. Expect to find any or all of the following: Stamps on and off paper, album leaves, Hagner pages, albums, stockbooks, odd packets, covers and who knows what else! Choose form Australia, Worldwide or a mixture of both. 100’s of stamps to plough through! 20kg parcel

for $549, 10kg for $289, 5kg for $149. (CMMY1) 158. Australia used collection in 2 near new Red Padded Gibbons illustrated albums. Vol. 1 Commences Kangaroos with values to 2/- Brown & 5/-, KGV to 1/4d. Then Victoria Centenary, MacArthur, Anzac & Sth. Australia sets complete. KGVI to £2, QEII & Decimals to 1984 well represented with many vfu or cto. Vol. 2 is mint, and pretty sparse with just a few decimals present. Albums alone cost around $300. Very cheap at $189 the lot. (CMMY2) 159. Aland, 1985 - 1993 in virtually new Green Padded Lighthouse Album. Contains MUH stamps, FDC’s & Maximum Cards. About 30 sets, 30 plus FDC’s & 30 plus Maximum Cards, and some other postal stationery.

Very good value at $149....the album alone worth almost this! (CMMY5) 160. Papua New Guinea Year Books, as issued with protective sleeve.

1986 $37.50, 1987 $35, 1988 $45, 1989 $40, 1990 $37.50, all 5 for $185 (CMMY6) 161. Papua New Guinea 1992 Year Book, as issued with protective sleeve. $35 (CMMY7) 162. Netherlands 1979 - 1984 Mint unhinged collection in nice condition Burgundy 16 Black Page stockbook. Appears complete for the period. About 125 stamps & 6 minisheets. Cheap at $15 per year, only $90 (CMMY8) 163. World in 2 well filled post fitting albums, red & ivory. Organised A -Z , 1870’s to about 2020. 150 pages with an average 30 - 40 stamps mostly all different = 5000 - 6000 stamps approx. Totally original 3 generation collection, un-raided. Noted GB 9d QV Jubilee Govt. Parcels, cat. £120, some reasonable China, PNG £1 QEII & 10/- Bird Specimen overprints MLH, decent Australia, GB, Sweden, Switzerland, USA & much, much more. Very good value at under 10c a stamp. $495 (CMMY9) 164. Amazing collection of mainly 19th Century World Forgeries.

Housed in near new Red 32 black page stockbook plus album pages & Hagners. Includes forgeries by de Thuin, Ferrari, Fournier, Spiro etc..

Includes Br. Guiana, Br. Caribbean, Cape of Good Hope, China, German States, Indian States, Korea, Latin America, Mauritius, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Nova Scotia (with a forged Bisect cover), Persia, Tibet and much much, more, also a few Cinderellas and Stamps on Stamps thematic at back. Comes with 2 handbooks, “Postal Forgeries of the World” by Fletcher and “The Forged Stamps of Alll Countries” by Dorn.

Remarkable lot of near 1200 stamps. $3600.00 (CMMY10) 165. World accumulation early to modern, mint & used in Burgundy, 64 black pages Padded Lighthouse Stockbook, in good condition, minor repaired damage at top of spine. Noted useful Australia (about 50%), Br. Solomon Is., Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, GB, Italy, Norway, Russia, 95South Africa, Vietnam, US etc, expect, duplication.

1900 – 2000 stamps all up. Around 10c a stamp. $195 (CMF1) 166. British Empire off paper, almost entirely pre. 1952, this now

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COLLECTIONS SALE JULY 2024 enhanced mixture has very little Australia (maybe a few States) or GB, and with many better values spotted. Mostly postally used, with a few mint. About 12,500 to 15,000 to the kg. A real luxury mix with plenty of pickings. Constantly adding to this, many repeat customers. About 500 for $110, 1000 for $210, 2500 for $495, 5000 for $950 (CMF2) 167. Australia, 1980’s to 1990’s massive range of official un-addressed decimal FDCs, souvenir covers, PSE’s, etc., in 4 Australia Post red padded binders on around 175 as new Hagner Pages and in a similar Cumberland cover album. Those alone cost around $450! noted some non-Australian material, mainly Pacific area, AAT Base sets, G.B., etc. Must be around 500 covers. Offering at less than the cost of the albums & Hagners alone, and the superb cover collection is free! (A similar later lot is available, please ask) $379 the lot. (CMF4) 168. World Cup Football, 1990 covers and stamps from participating countries in Maroon Binder on Official FIFA pages. 11 items including entry ticket for the 1974 Final Germany vs Netherlands. Cheap at just $79 (CMF5) 169. Great Britain 1965 – 1977 mint unhinged collection of Commemorative sets in near new 16 black page multicoloured stockbook with picture of Red Admiral Butterfly & Pink Rose. Noted Battle of Britain, Battle of Hastings, Churchill, Royalty, Ships etc. 25 plus complete sets, plus a few odds. Great starter collection for under $2 a set, and the very nice stockbook is free! $49 (CMF7) 170. World letters Foreign Countries A – C in Arch Lever File on thick pile of leaves. Very wide range of mint & used, early to modern with very good Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bolivia & much more. Appears mostly all different with many good pickings, 3500 – 4000. Well worth 10c a stamp, $375 (CMF10) 171. Hungary 1871 – 2000 in $90 in Green 64 black page Lighthouse stockbook almost as new. Well organised by date, a near complete mint & used collection with some additional shades etc. Also some seldom seen “back of the book” items. Some duplication, but many, many complete sets. Would have to be around 2500 stamps all up, well worth 15c a stamp, and the very nice stockbook comes free! $375 (CMF11) 172. Hong Kong Queen Victoria - 2015 mint & used in Green Lighthouse 64 Black Page stockbook, as new. Retail is $90. Noted KGV & VI to $1, QEII to $50 x 8! Strength is in QEII to 2000. Many, many complete sets, and a lot are present both Mint Unhinged and Fine Used, otherwise very little duplication. Must be close to 1000 here!

Great value at around 50c a stamp, $495 (CMF15) 173. 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) 174. 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)

175. 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) 176. 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) 177. 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) 178. 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) 179. Australian Antarctic Territory World Wildlife Fund Collection including 2001 Leopard Seals & 2007 Royal Penguins in a WWF padded black stockbook with matching slipcase. Each set includes stamps, m/ sheets, FDCs and fact sheets. Price $150 (WWF2) 180. 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) 181. 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) 182. 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) 183. Australia 1966 – 87 in dark blue “Royal” springback album on leaves, near complete mostly fine used, some mint. Includes 1970 Cook Minisheet & 1971 Xmas block of 7 both mint & used, plus 100’s more. Previous well known dealer had price at $130. Very cheap at $97.50 (CMF7)

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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

Norway coll 1856-1980 in new ‘Lighthouse’ classy album + slipcase - Ret $A6,250 for just $A999! Lovely looking, near all postally used collection in a huge, and classy literally ‘as new’ top quality ‘Lighthouse’ German made black album with matching hard slipcase - retail of the empty album and slipcase is well over $450 ALONE! Masses of 25 extra pix here - tinyurl.com/NorwayColl - Stamps are largely complete, with many earlier top values, inc 1867/68, 8Sk rose, 1872-74 Defins complete ex 25 Ore etc. Also, a good range of elusive Officials and Postage Dues etc. SG cat of the stamps is noted neatly in erasable soft 4B pencil for ready checking on each item or set. This totals £2,903=$5,800, plus the $450 album, is a $A6,250 collection here.

100s of stamps and impossible to assemble out here. A very conservative and popular stamp issuing country, and VERY completable down the track. Condition looks a cut above average - as it was formed in Norway, where ‘condition is KING’!

A wonderful solid nucleus to complete, and add to. Retail $6,200, for about 15% retail at $US650 at $A999 - Stock 546SH

Great Britain 1840 2d Deep Full Blue – clean and fresh, 3 margin example - $A2,000 *UNDER* SG cat! -

Totally free of usual thins and creases etc, and condition guarantees on these stamps are VERY important.

It is 184 years old now. Clean and fresh and flat, and *totally* free of the usual old hinges, and gook and gunk and foxing, common on these. Bright colour, and razor-sharp plate impression as you can see.

Totally free of the creases and toning that truly be-devil this issue - which ARE present on most examples.

“The World’s First Stamp” and sourcing a nice one from day #1 is wise. Even a 2 margin roughie these days can cost you $300! Lettered ‘E.L.’ with lovely and unusually crisp black ‘Maltese Cross’ cancel as you can see. Every collector wants a ‘1d Black’ and ‘2d Blue’ on the frontispiece page of their album, no matter WHAT country they collect – and if your initials are ‘E.L.’ - even better! Lovely deep bright colour as you can see. Removed from a lovely old style GB collection today. ANY 2d Blue is FIFTY times scarcer than any 1d Black - a solid FACT, despite the weird cat prices. This is the seldom seen Deep Full Blue shade, SG #4, cat is £1,200 = $A2,40 - and bought very well to clear at just $A2,000 *UNDER* SG price - $A399 - Stock 613LK

New Zealand 1985 “CRISTMAS” spelling error PAIR! -

A very interesting Story. These stamps were printed in the Netherlands, by the well-known and widely used Enschedé Security Stamp Printers, in Haarlem. The stamps were all printed and perforated and ready to go, when someone noticed that the word CHRISTMAS had been added and approved by the Dutch printers, and NZ Post, and mis-spelled “CRISTMAS” (with missing H!) and not CHRISTMAS spelling. I understand that is more in keeping with the European/Dutch spelling, so no-one noticed - not sure, but it got right through to the proofs being all signed off on, and being printed and perforated, and darn near issued nationally. The stamps were rapidly re-printed for then heavy NZ Christmas mail useage, and the originals were SUPPOSED to be destroyed. A very few pairs leaked out somewhere, and I bought them near 40 years ago, and offered them in the local magazine for $A500 the pair, and they sold fast. The same original paper, gum, and perfs as the issued stamps of course. One client I sold these to has recently passed away, and I bought them back this month from the Estate. The set of singles, along with a set of 2 normals as illustrated above – a complete set of 4, is just $US175 at $A275 the quartet - Stock 672LW

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philatelic news

Red Arrows : 60 Seasons Royal Mail has released a set of eight stamps to salute the trailblazing Red Arrows display team by commemorating its milestone Diamond Display Season. Striking images

capture the team’s breath-taking manoeuvres and famous formations on four First Class and four £2.00 landscape stamps presented as four se-tenant pairs.

First Class Red 1, 1967 First Class Diamond Nine formation, 1968

First Class Gnats looping, 1976 First Class Gnats with Hawks, 1979

£2.00 Synchro Pair inverted pass, 2003 £2.00 Vixen Break manoeuvre, 2007

£2.00 Last flight with Vulcan XH558, 2015 £2.00 Coronation flypast, 2023

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Why Collect Postal History? ...cont. from page 19 base through E N of pence and to King’s Neck. Cancelled

by Adelaide slogan of 15 NOV 1930 “COMMONWEALTH LOANS/ NOW OPEN/APPLY AT ONCE” neat typewritten cover.

Value approx. $150 Fig. 5) Australia 1933 small advertising cover for Major, Lord & Co. Ltd., Sydney to New York. Bears solo use of 3d Dull Blue KGV Die II, smw perf 13½ x 12½ cancelled by Sydney Slogan of 28 AUG 1933 “USE/AUSTRALIAN/

PRODUCTS” Late usage for this stamp.

Neat & typed address cover. Value approx. $40 Fig.6) Australia 1922 small cover to Switzerland bearing solo use 4d Violet KGV. Cancelled by Sydney machine cancel of MY 12 1922. Neat hand addressed cover with some minor aging.

Cat. $500 on Above : Figure 5 Left: Figure 6

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Kevin Morgan Left & below : Figure 7

cover. Value approx. $300 Fig. 7) Australia 1928 Commonwealth Bank advertising cover, registered Collins St. – Town Clerk Richmond Vic. Bears 4½d Pale Violet smw Perf. 14 ACSC

119A. Cancelled

by Collins St. cds of 20DE28 plus reverse cds’s of Melbourne Registered No. 6 and Richmond of the same date.

Also Red Reg’d Label, Collins St. No. 490 and CBA Unbroken wax seal on reverse. Scarce survivor. Value approx. $195 Fig. 8) Australia 1936 (Sep) Registered Cover Mount Ossa (Scarce) to Brisbane.

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Why Collect Postal History?

Registered Cover (NO REGISTRATION LABEL) with red crayon/pencil cross front and rear and red manuscript “R.30” with pen manuscript “MOUNT OSSA” addressed to Mr. H. Magee, Commissioner of Taxes, Taxation Department George &

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Elizabeth Sts., Brisbane with 5d chestnut King George V stamp cancelled “MT. OSSA/30 SE 36/QLD” front and rear and backstamps “MACKAY/30 SEP 36/ QUEENSLAND” and “REGISTERED BRISBANE/7 30A - 2 OC 36/

Kevin Morgan

QUEENSLAND”. “MT OSSA” Postmark rated SCARCE. Value approx. $90 Fig.9) South Australia Long OHMS cover Audit Office to District Council Rapid Bay, Second Valley.

Bears 1½d Red KGV perf.

OS, cancelled Adelaide cds of 18MY25, complete with original contents on S.A. Letterhead re.

Commonwealth Grant for Developmental Roads.

Returning vouchers for the Expenditure of Grants for Roads, in the sum of £17!

Scarce survivor. Value approx. $40 Facing page : Figure 8

Above : Figure 9

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Greetings from Great Britain One of the themes Royal Mail has released stamps for over recent years is what some call music icons.

Most recently there was the Spice Girls issue in January. 2024. Don’t worry I am not going to write about or show these. No, I am going to use this issue to write about another and completely different, very influential and well known band, Pink Floyd.

This topic came to me while talking with a friend who found the Pink Floyd stamps while sorting through an older album and was shocked to see that the stamps were issued in 2016. It has been a while and since then we have seen Royal Mail issue stamps for David Bowie (2017), Elton John (2019), Queen (2020 and 2022), Paul McCartney (2021), The Rolling Stones (2022), and Iron Maiden (2023).

That is a lot of stamps!

But for now just Pink Floyd and a few interesting covers which I hope you enjoy seeing and reading a little about this band.

In many ways, from a philatelic point of view, we might remember the issue for the album covers that are shown on the stamps. Fig 1 shows the basic

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set of 5 stamps and with the Royal Mail Edinburgh cancel.

The stamps present the album covers on three 1st Class stamps and three £1.52 dominations. The covers are, from top left to right - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn which was the band’s debut album.

It was named after Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel The Wind in the Willows. For some real trivia; did you know the image was captured on film using a prism lens given to the photographer

by George Harrison? Stamps are so much more than just an image!

The next stamp - moving left to right - shows the album cover to Atom Heart Mother. This was the band’s fifth album and their first UK number One album. More trivia: it was also the first of their LPs not to feature the band’s name on the front of the sleeve, and the cow’s name, it was Lulubelle III. The third 1st Class stamp shows the album cover to the one album I am sure we all know - The Dark Side of the Moon. This album had sales in excess of 45 million copies worldwide and it remained on the Billboard chart in America for over 40 years after its release or so I have read.

Of course this is the album showing the classic prism image. I have one cover to show with just this stamp with a postal cancel of London NW8, which is the Post Code for the Abbey Road district in London where the album was recorded.

More trivia, this is what

Michael Dodd Figure 2

makes stamp collecting so interesting I think. The Dark Side of the Moon album was recorded at the Abbey Road studios from May 1972 through to January 1973. The album title is an allusion to lunacy rather than astronomy and Roger Waters is credited as the sole author of the lyrics. In Britain, it reached number two, spending 364 weeks on the UK charts. I have read it is the world’s third best-selling album, and the twenty-first best-selling album of all time in the US. Perhaps this is outdated given the success other artists have had over recent years, but no matter it is still a remarkable achievement.

The other three stamps were the £1.52 values and again moving left to right on the bottom row of

three stamps we have the album cover to Wish You Were Here, then the Animals, with the photograph of Battersea Power Station and the floating inflatable pig, which was designed by Roger Waters, and finally the cover to the album The Endless

River Another cover showing 4 more stamps issued in a miniature sheet was produced by Buckingham Covers, Fig 3. A far more, let’s call it, psychedelic image, more in keeping with what some regard as the bands early music genre although they were originally recognized as a R & B band.

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Greetings from Great Britain Figures 5 & 6

You will also notice the postal cancel shows a wall image – to recognize one of the bands most prolific songs, Anther Brick in the Wall.

Let me finish with two more covers. The first, Fig 4, shows the 6 stamps and again was issued by Royal Mail. This has the “psychedelic “ cancel from Cambridge. Why Cambridge? Well, that is where Syd Barrett, one of the founding members of the band died on 7 July 2006. He was only 60 years old.

The second, Fig 5, shows the miniature sheet issued on a Royal Mail cover.

I mentioned these 4 stamps earlier.

I imagine you are asking one final question. How did the band get their name? I am glad you asked.

The name is derived from the given names of two blues musicians whose records Syd Barrett had in his collection, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

All this from a few stamps. What a wonderful hobby!

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SAN MARINO: A PHILATELIC GIANT I have been writing stamp columns here in Stamp News Australasia for more years than I care to remember and it has never been difficult to come up with ideas for new stories. Recently when I needed to rearrange my Italian area collection it dawned upon me how interesting the stamps of the Republic of San Marino are.

We find some of the world’s smallest countries in Europe. One of these tiny states is San Marino which claims to be the world’s oldest still existing republic.

Readers wanting to find out the exact location of San Marino should get hold of a map of Italy and then locate the city of Rimini on the Adriatic coast.

This is a rather famous beach resort which can be found in the north-east of Italy. San Marino is located due west from Rimini. Most holiday-makers in Rimini also make a day trip to the tiny republic.

Tourism is undoubtedly one of the main sourc-

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es of income for the people of San Marino but the country has a diversified economy which also comprises agriculture and some industrial production.

If you asked juvenile stamp collectors in the 1950s and 1960s about how San Marino made money they would most likely suggest that it came from the sale of postage stamps to collectors. It is a fact that at the time San Marino was a prolific issuer of postage stamps and that the country always selected the most popular themes to attract as many buyers as possible. In retrospect, many of all these colourful large-size pictorials are quite attractive.

At the time San Marino used the lira as its currency. One lira was just worth a tiny fraction of a cent but this didn’t stop the San Marino Postal Service from releasing stamps with denominations of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 lire. There were no postal rates which corresponded to these lowly denominations. It is

Figure 2

Christer Brunström more than obvious that they were printed to be sold to beginning stamp collectors with limited financial resources.

When leafing through a stamp collection assembled by a young girl or boy in the 1950s or 1960s you are more than likely to find a selection of these pictorial low values from San Marino. Today the philatelic output from San Marino is no different from that of most other countries. However, the lira has been abandoned and San Marino now uses the euro.

San Marino basically comprises a rather large mountain – Monte Titano – with its three fortified peaks. These three mountain peaks have adorned numerous San Marino postage stamps. In fact, they were included on the first stamps issued in 1877 (Fig. 1). The stamp shown nearby has an inverted surcharge which makes it even more interesting.

Figure 3

The republic is completely surrounded by Italy and it has about 33 000 inhabitants. A rather curious fact is that San Marino has more cars than inhabitants. San Marino is the third smallest country in Europe. In Italian the name is Repubblica di San Marino which has sometimes been abbreviated on its stamps as just RSM. It is not really known when this rather curious country was founded but very possibly in the year 301 by the stone mason Marinus (Fig. 2) who was depicted on a stamp issued in 1923. This person is also known as Saint Marinus, a man who wanted to escape the persecution of Christians ordered by the Roman emperor, by seeking refuge in the Monte Titano mountains sometime in the early 300s. Ever since then San Marino has been an independent republic.

Let’s now take a look at some of the more in-

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SAN MARINO: A PHILATELIC GIANT teresting San Marino issues. The republic lacks a proper airport but this didn’t prevent the post office from issuing airmail stamps in 1931 featuring a view of the Monte Titano. Just 9 500 copies were printed of the 10-lira top value which makes it quite a scarce set.

In 1933 the German Graf Zeppelin made a visit to Italy and San Marino had a number of the airmail stamps (Fig. 3) overprinted and surcharged with new values to be used on covers carried by the airship. Interest must have been huge as more than 10.000 sets were issued and sold. San Marino Zeppelin covers are quite valuable today.

In 1849 Italy was still a divided country with the Papal States right in the middle and a number of kingdoms and duchies and very little cooperation.

This state of affairs was something that Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1862) wanted to change by creating a unified state. He met with a lot of opposition and there were times when he needed to go into hiding. That’s why he went to the mountains of San Marino in 1849. This rather memorable event in Italian history was commemorated on a set from San Marino in 1949 (Fig. 4).

The policy of issuing very low denominations for the philatelic marketplace began already in the

1940s. However, each set also had a number of higher values with the highest denomination being printed in rather low numbers. The 1954 sports set is a typical example of this policy. 60 000 copies were printed of the 200 lire top value (Fig. 5). This was more than enough to meet local postal needs but by this time San Marino was eagerly collected not only in Italy but also in many other parts.

The postal authorities in the republic have obviously been most conscious about the marketing potential of San Marino’s postage stamps and there have been many stamps promoting stamp collecting. One issue which I find particularly interesting was a set of five issued in 1988. The five stamps are actually a beginner’s guide to thematic philately.

Shown nearly is the 50-lira value (Fig. 6) which tells the story of the foundation of the republic.

To conclude let me just mention another interesting fact about San Marino. In 1970 it was the first country to release a set of stamps featuring Disney characters. There is nothing to suggest that Mickey Mouse and his friends are more popular in San Marino than in the rest of the world but the republic’s marketing officials were remarkably good at picking out a topic of great sales potential.

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