Stamp News Australasia - September 2024

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Contents Articles Stamps in the News : Margo Campbell ......................................6 Letter from Richard Owen to Sir Henry Barkly, 1876: Michael Kogan................................. 14 Brazil’s Zeppelin Stamps : Christer Brunström .......................24 Reviews : Mike Lee .......................................................................... 41 Postal Stationery : Ian McMahon ............................................... 42 Greetings from Great Britain : Michael Dodd ........................ 50

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

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Front cover: Olympic Gold Medallist Sheetlet Australia Post has produced a sheetlet for each Australian gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympic games, as they have done for previous Olympic Games.

The sheetlet illustrated is for Arisa Trew who won gold for Skateboarding Women’s Park..

Date of issue: August 2024

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Stamps in the News - Globally!

UK counters the counterfeits?

Reported at www. theguardian.com

Royal Mail has launched a scanner tool in its app that it claims lets customers check if a stamp is counterfeit.

Following a row over £5 “fines” being levied on people who received a letter carrying an allegedly fake stamp, Royal Mail has also announced a new independent arbitrator to settle disputes about whether a stamp is genuine or not.

Since the start of August last year, the only regular stamps valid for postage have been those with scannable barcodes.

In the months that followed, people who received letters were forced to pay a £5 penalty fee in cases where Royal Mail suspected that a counterfeit stamp had been used by the sender.

Some customers claimed that the affected stamps used were bought from Post Office branches, reputable retailers, or even Royal Mail’s own website.

With the row gathering momentum, Royal Mail temporarily suspended the £5 penalty charges in April and has added a new scanner to its free-to-use app which it says will enable people to check if a stamp is a known fake, thereby preventing them from “inadvertently becoming victims of fraud”.

Meanwhile, the new independent arbitrator – an expert from the stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons – will make the final decision in cases where a surcharge is disputed by the custom6 - Stamp News

er and the complaint has reached deadlock.

The company said that since the introduction of barcoded stamps it had seen a 90% fall in use of fake stamps.

Margo’s note: there have been claims that the app does not work – see the Stampboards discussion @ https://tinyurl.com/yc5jfy7a

India faces phishing offensive Reported at https://therecord.media

Hackers are using India’s postal system to lure victims into clicking on malicious messages in record numbers, according to a new report.

The campaign likely aims to steal users’ personal and financial information, according to the research published by cybersecurity firm Fortinet.

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The scam targets iPhone users with iMessages that falsely claim a package is awaiting pickup at an India Post warehouse. The messages often contain a short link leading to a fraudulent website that impersonates India Post.

The malicious India Post website asks users to provide their name, full residential address, email ID, phone number and debit and credit card information for a payment allegedly required for redelivering the package.

The hackers can use this information in future operations to send phishing emails, spread disinformation or distribute malware, researchers said.

According to Fortinet, half of the 470 discovered domain registrations mimicking India Post’s official domain were registered via a Chinese company.

Fortinet suggested that the campaign against Indian users “may serve as a strategic initiative to raise funds to fuel operations in China.”

The group has conducted similar operations before. Last December, it attempted to steal personal and financial information from residents of the UAE in a text-based phishing campaign.

Fortinet said the latest campaign against Indian users likely required substantial investment to register and host hundreds of domains, highlighting “the threat actors’ commitment, the phishing operation’s scale, and its potential long-term impact”.

Postal delivery scams affect customers worldwide. A number of national postal operators have previously warned their customers about fraudulent telephone calls, text messages and emails disguised as official communications from the companies.

In the US…it’s a fake! No, it’s an error…

Reported at www.linns.com

A recently discovered tagging-omitted error of the United States 2023 Freedom Flag coil stamp printed

by Banknote Corporation of America in rolls of 100 is scheduled to be listed in the 2025 Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers.

Specifically, the error stamp is an example of the Freedom Flag coil stamp (Scott 5789A) printed by Banknote Corporation of America in rolls of 100.

The new error, which is tied on piece, is pictured on this page.

A microprinted “USPS” appears immediately to the right of the lowest red stripe of the flag.

A Texan collector obtained the new tagging-omitted error from another collector who found it in a mixture and believed the stamp was a counterfeit because it lacked tagging. Many modern U.S. counterfeit stamps are not tagged.

He subsequently submitted the stamp to the Philatelic Foundation, which issued an expertizing certificate in June stating the stamp is genuine and is “used, untagged on piece, wavy line machine cancel.”

Eight previous tagging-omitted error on the U.S. issues have been reported by Linns in the past two years.

To close or not to close in Latvia Reported at https://eng.lsm.lv

After an announcement of closing more than half of its offices was met with disappointment and shock from the public, the Latvian Postal Service (Latvijas Pasts) has decided to keep most of them open after all.

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Stamps in the News - Globally!

The run aims to provide participants with a lively experience while engaging in activities along the routes.

“We are proud to introduce Pos Malaysia Run 2024, our first-ever signature running event that celebrates our heritage while embracing a sustainable future,” said Pos Malaysia chief marketing officer.

Winners’ medals, designed in the form of stamps, will be made from recyclable materials.

Going for gold in Australia by only 12.

In several Latvian cities, it is planned to relocate post offices to premises in supermarkets, extending the opening hours of post offices and facilitating access to services for a wider range of customers.

The closure of these 12 post offices will take place gradually until the end of this year and will affect 35 employees.

On the run in Malaysia

Reported at www.thestar.com.my After years of championing healthy living through marathons, the Malaysian postal authority, Pos Malaysia, is taking the lead with its very own running event.

The national post and parcel service provider will debut its Pos Malaysia Run in September at Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur.

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Reported at https://australianseniorsnews.com.au As Australian athletes make their final preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics, Australia Post is gearing up to celebrate their achievements with an iconic stamp collection set to honour each gold medal winner.

Each stamp will be created immediately after athletes win gold, with the official Olympic medal ceremony image featured on each unique stamp.

The sheetlet of 10 stamps will be available within 48 hours of the medal ceremony for pre-orders online, and within one week for Australia Post Office outlets.

Australia’s medal tally has ranked in the top 10 of all participating countries in the past three Olympic Games, and Australia Post is encouraging fans to celebrate their favourite athlete by taking home an official gold medal stamp.

AOC Chief Executive Officer says the limit-

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Margo Campbell ful to Australia Post for celebrating them in this way,” he said.

Unbowed in Ukraine

Reported at www.reuters. com/ Ukraine has launched a new stamp to show its support for its Olympic athletes. It sent the smallest national team ever to the Paris Games, managing to include 140 athletes despite the ongoing war with Russia.

The Russian invasion caused the deaths of athletes and coaches and forced many others to flee from the conflict. It also damaged sports facilities.

Russian bombardments ed-edition collectables will be a timeless reminder of this Australian Team.

“We have selected 460 athletes from 33 sports and they all come together as one at the Paris 2024 Games. I know each athlete will be celebrated whether they achieve a medal, a personal best, a courageous performance or display an act of great sportsmanship.

“Making the Team is a great achievement.

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Stamps in the News - Globally! cause frequent air raid warnings and prolonged power blackouts, which disrupt training.

“We spent countless hours in darkness, heat, cold and without water.

“I think we’ve been through everything”, said Vlada Kharkova a fencer as she and the other athletes gathered in Kyiv centre to launch Ukraine Olympic postage stamps.

“These conditions have made us stronger, and we’re ready to prove to the world that we are Ukrainians and unbreakable in our nation.

Six stamps feature sports for which Ukraine has won medals and awards, including tennis, judo and canoeing.

The Ukrainian Sports Ministry has released data showing that since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, 479 athletes and coaches were killed. Over 500 sports facilities, including 15 Olympic Training Bases, have been destroyed.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), following Russia’s invasion into Ukraine, recommended that athletes from Russia or Belarus, its ally country, be banned from competing in international competitions. However, it allowed them to qualify as neutrals for the Paris Games. A total of 25 Russian and Belarussian athletes have been cleared for competition.

Ireland, France and Canada.

The centenary will be celebrated with a new black and white collection featuring photos from the New Zealand Rugby Museum in Palmerston North.

The team arrived in England in September 1924 after a six-week sea voyage and had little more than a week to rest.

Commentators were doubtful of their success, citing “injuries and illness”, but on the field the team was indestructible, playing 32 matches and winning all of them - earning them the nickname the ‘Invincibles’.

When the team returned to New Zealand thousands packed the wharfs of Wellington harbour to welcome them home.

NZ Post said the stamps were designed to look like a scrapbook and drew on the language at the time of the tour.

A special limited-edition pack was made for collectors, and this was accompanied with a booklet and commentary from the director of the rugby museum.

Invincible in New Zealand

Vietnamese treasures

Reported at www.stuff.co.nz

NZ Post has taken a dive into the archives to release a new batch of stamps marking a century since the All Blacks’ 1924-25 tour of the United Kingdom, 10 - Stamp News

Reported at https://en.vietnamplus.vn Vietnam has released a third set of national treasure-themed stamps with a focus on ceramic objects.

The new stamps feature the Dau Ram ceramic vase,

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Margo Campbell Meanwhile, the brown-flower ceramic jar dates back the 13th - 14th centuries.

Filipino treasures

Reported at www.pna.gov.ph National

the collection of Long Thanh terracotta vases, the Nhon Thanh ceramic vase, and the brown-flower ceramic jar.

The Dau Ram ceramic vase is believed to date back to the late period of the Phung Nguyen Civilisation, over 3,000 years ago.

The Long Thanh terracotta vase collection comprises 18 objects and reflect the skillfulness of humans in the Sa Huynh Civilisation (1,000 BC - late the second century AD).

The Nhon Thanh ceramic vase is the most intact vase with a spout dating back to the Oc Eo Civilisation (the first – seventh centuries AD).

This month Filipino First Lady and Postmaster General awarded Centenarian Personalized Stamps to Basili Tabudlong Ortiz and Ceasario Gubaton Lamela Jr. “Living to 100 years old is one of life’s greatest achievements and a milestone worth celebrating,” a spokesperson said in a news release on Friday.

PHLPost issues personalized stamps to Filipino centenarians under the Centenarian Act of 2016, which honours and grants additional privileges to Filipino Centenarians in coordination with local government administration.

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Spanish treasures

Reported at https://operawire.com The two new Spanish stamps pay homage to soprano Victoria de los Ángeles and pianist Alicia de Larrocha and the centenary of their respective births.

Both artists were born in 1924 and met in 1941 when de los Ángeles won the Radio Barcelona prize and chose de Larrocha to be the accompanist on the album recording. The two became fast friends and collaborators for many years thereafter.

“This stamp is a beautiful tribute that unites two friends, women, great artists, Victoria de los Ángeles and Alicia de Larrocha, in a symbol manner,” said a Correos spokesperson.

Donkeys in Bangladesh

Reported at www.thedailystar.net/ Mannan Mashhur Zarif, Bangladeshi journalist and stamp collector, explains his obsession with stamps depicting donkeys: It all began with a casual Google search that unearthed an amusing myth: supposedly, donkeys “kill” more people annually than plane crashes!

During the COVID-19 lockdown, with countless hours on Wikipedia I found myself spiralling down a rabbit hole eager to unravel the mysteries of all things donkey.

Donkeys are distant cousins of horses and zebras.

As early as 4000 BC, they were domesticated in North Africa for meat and milk. While horses were tamed for hunting by men, donkeys were predominantly used by women to finish chores like carrying drinking water. There are over 40 million donkeys worldwide, still playing a vital role in the rural economy of many countries.

Often termed “stupid” and “stubborn,” donkeys are in fact, extremely intelligent creatures. Their stubbornness is a misinterpretation of their carefulness, which they nearly always exercise to assess 12 - Stamp News

their surrounding environment before making a move.

There are thousands of stamps featuring donkeys in the world making a world collection difficult but it has not stopped me from being an ardent donkey philatelist!

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My thematic collection is an ongoing project that presents the lives of donkeys and starts with the evolution of the animal, the process of its domestication, and further use through time as a pack animal. It also depicts donkeys as seen through popular culture, in Shakespeare’s plays and Shrek, the animated movie franchise.

The philatelic story ends with the narrative of the birth of Jesus Christ and the famed nativity scene, which always features lambs and a donkey along with baby Jesus!

Fiancée’s unforeseen philatelic fattening Reported at www.yourtango.com

When it comes to brides and calories, you usually hear about brides cutting calories. Many would not purposely consume over 1,000 calories right before the big day. One bride did without even realizing it.

Chloe Williams is a TikTok content creator who went viral for a strange reason. In a video with over one million views, Williams said, “I just found out I consumed over 1,000 calories in one sitting by licking stamps and envelopes on my wedding invitations.”

In the video, Williams triumphantly held up a stack of envelopes above her head.

Unfortunately for Williams, licking the envelopes was the only method that would work. “I tried a sponge, and it didn’t seal very well,” she said.

So, how many calories do envelopes and stamps have?

Despite Williams’ incorrect calculations, she was still on to something.

It’s true that British stamps do have a surprising number of calories.

Apparently British stamps … contain about 5.9 calories per lick; the adhesive on a larger commemorative or special British stamp contains a whopping 14.5

calories.”

Based on this information, someone could do some serious damage from licking British stamps.

Meanwhile, American stamps have a lower calorie count which works out to about one-tenth of a calorie, according to nutritional information from USPS. According to information from Atlas Obscura, envelopes most likely have a similar number of calories.

They said, “Per the Food and Drug Administration, gum arabic, a substance commonly used in stamps and envelopes, has around 1.7 calories per gram, which by some estimates, equates to around 0.1 calories per lick in the U.S. Not a ton, but it’s not the same everywhere.”

Did Williams really consume 1,000 calories from licking envelopes?

It’s nearly impossible to tell how many calories Williams may have taken in from her envelope-licking session. However, it’s likely that it was less than 1,000.

The 5.9 calories that can be found on the back of a British stamp are far more than the one-tenth that usually show up on an envelope. Williams can take comfort in knowing that she didn’t consume as many calories as she originally thought.

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Letter from Richard Owen to Sir Henry Barkly, 1876 Regarding the envelope Owen’s signature (R. Owen) is clearly seen on the bottom-left corner of the envelope. The embossed crest of the British Museum can be seen on the reverse side of the envelope The recipient address is manually written, most likely by Richard Owen himself: “Professor Owen His Ex. Gov. Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B, Government House, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope R. Owen” Notes: His Ex. Gov. is an abbreviation for “His Excellency the Governor” K.C.B. stand for Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath There are three stamps on the top-right corner of the envelope (13cm x 9cm), with total face value of 6 pence (6d).[1] The red stamp is the “Penny red”, issued in 1864.

The letters on the corners are the plate identification.

The letters were engraved in all four corners of the stamp. The letters on the bottom corners were the same as on the top but in reverse order (BG/GB).

Two other stamps, are “Two pence and half penny”, issued in 1875. The plural of penny is pence when referring to an amount of money, but pennies when referring to a number of coins. Thus Embossed crest of the 6d is six pence, British Museum from the but “six pennies” reverse side of the envelope means specifically six individual penny coins.

Like the Penny red stamp, these stamps have the plate identification letters on their corners.

These stamps are cancelled by four duplex postmarks.A duplex canceller was a hand stamp used to cancel postage stamp with obliterator (the oval shape) and imprint a dated postmark applied

Richard Owen’s signature is clearly seen on the bottom-left corner of the envelope.

The letter sent by Professor Richard Owen (at the time, Richard Owen had not been knighted yet) from the British Museum to Sir Henry Barkly, the Governor of Cape Colony and British High Commissioner for Southern Africa, in Cape Town in 1876. The letter sent from London on July 5th, arrived at Cape Town on August 1st 1876. The signature of Richard Owen is on the bottom-left corner of the cover.

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Michael Kogan The stamps from the top-right corner of the cover are: Queen Victoria - “Two pence and half penny” stamp, Great Britain 1875, MiNr.: 40, Scott: 66, SG: 138; Queen Victoria - “Penny red” stamp, Great Britain 1864, MiNr.: 16, Scott: 33, SG: 43..

Duplex cancellations over postage stamps of the envelope.

An example of the duplex device simultaneously with the one device. The main purpose of the obliterator was to clearly cancel the stamps so as to prevent any re-use. The device had a steel die, generally circular, which printed the location of the cancel, together with the time and date of cancel. This die was held in place by a handle with an obliteration marker, often oval shaped, off to the right side that was applied over the postage stamp to prevent its reuse. Later on, postal authorities around the world started to use cancellations with slogans, images, or even simple wavy lines. These cancellations still prevent the reuse of stamps, but don’t obscure their images.

The first two duplex postmarks with partial visible obliterator mark applied on the stamps. The first cancelled the left Postmark of London

stamp, another one applied on the middle and the red penny stamp. The obliterator part is visible on the middle stamp and almost invisible over the red penny. The duplex was re-inked and two further, much clearer, strikes were applied. The “Obliterator” or “stamp killer” is the oval mark with “WC” and number 5 below. The WC (West

The receipt and reply dates, written by Sir Henry Barkly

Postmark of Cape Town

Accountancy Mark of 3d

Letter from Richard Owen to Sir Henry Barkly, 1876 Central) refers to a postal district in London. (In 1856 London was divided into ten Postal Districts. Later some districts were merged.) The British Museum is located in the WC district of London.

The dated postmark have the following text: “LONDON W.C., 6, JY 5, 76”. This means, the letter was sent from London (Western Central), on July 5th 1876.

The 6 is the Date-Stamper’s Code to distinguish (only in local GPO records) who exactly was using that specific obliterator for that specific duty.

(Postmarks with actual time codes, “6 pm” for example, were not generally introduced until much later in the Victorian era. In Great Britain that was only typical of the majority of date stamps from 1894 onwards.)

A postmark showing the receipt of the letter by the Cape Town Post Office is underneath: “CAPE TOWN, B, AU 1, 76, CAPE COLONY”.

This means, the letter was received on August 1st, 1876 in Cape Town.

The letter B is exactly the same as number 6 on the postmark of London.

The manually written dates under the stamps were probably written by Sir Henry Barkly. The first date, 2/8/76 is the letter receipt date. The second date, ?/9/76 is the date of the reply sent to Richard Owen from the British Museum.

A large 3d on the right side of the cover is an Accountancy Mark.

This is the term used for the amount of total postage that was due from one Postal administration to another. 3 pence (3d) were the amount payable by the British Post Office to the Cape Post Office; in other words, the Cape’s share of the 6d paid by the sender in postage stamps. On July 1st 1876, the rate of letters with weight not exceeding 1/2 oz (1 oz or 1 ounce is equal 28.35gr) to Cape of Good Hope was reduced from 1 Shilling (1s) to 6 16 - Stamp News

Pence (6d).[1] Financial inter-relationships between the Post Offices of various countries, as well as of the imperial centers and their colonies, were very complex in this period.

About the sender, Sir Richard Owen and the recipient, Sir Henry Barkly of the cover.

Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was the leading comparative anatomist and palaeontologist of his time, a contemporary of Charles Darwin. A controversial figure, he is perhaps best known for coining the word dinosaur (meaning “Terrible Reptile” or “Fearfully Great Reptile”) and for his outspoken opposition to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.

Owen was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834, at the age of 30, he was a comparative anatomist with an extraordinary range and depth of knowledge in zoology, biology and palaeontology. He described and named an astonishing number of creatures new to science and published more than 600 books and papers. He was the driving force behind the establishment, in 1881, of the British Museum (Natural History) in London. In 1856, Owen became superintendent of the Natural History department of the British Museum. He then Sir Richard Owen on stamp from Souvenir-Sheet of Montserrat 1992.

MiNr.: 837 (Bl. 63), Scott: 794

Michael Kogan devoted much of his energies to a great scheme for a National Museum of Natural History, which eventually resulted in the removal of the natural history collections of the British Museum to a new building at South Kensington: the British Museum (Natural History), now the Natural History Museum.

There was an enduring partnership between Darwin and Owen, at least until 1859, when Charles Darwin published his most famous book “The Origin of Species”. Owen was indebted to Darwin for letting him describe the South American fossil mammals and for many other particulars of Natural History.

Darwin sent many packages to Owen during his voyage on the HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836, especially from South America. In one of the letters to Owen, sent on 26th March, 1848, Charles Darwin wrote: “When next I come to town ..., I must call on you, & report for my own satisfaction, ... you cannot tell how much I enjoyed my talk with you here. Ever, my dear Owen | Yours sincerely | C. Darwin” Darwin relied on Owen for his knowledge of anatomy, especially of vertebrates, and on his deep reading of continental morphologists and philosophers of biology. Although he disagreed deeply with Owen’s transcendental philosophies, he respected Owen’s vast knowledge, and many passages in Origin of Species not only reflect Darwin’s appreciation of Owen’s views; they often appear to be written to anticipate or encompass Owen’s potential objections.

Owen’s greatest legacy is the Natural History Museum, but he was also an adviser to governments, reported on environmental health issues and was awarded more than 100 honours – including a knighthood in 1863.

Even though his friends included Charles Dickens, an advisor to Prime Minister William Gladstone, Owen was a contradictory character. His actions alienated many; others were jealous of the scale of his success.

Queen Victoria (shown on the stamps form the cover) granted Owen the prestigious Sheen Lodge in Lincoln Park as a residence in 1852 but lost all interest in the Natural History Museum after his retirement.

Portrait of Sir Henry Barkly, 1886. Artist William Macleod, (1850-1929). Image credit Victorian Collections In 1991, Great Britain issued a set of five postage stamps “150th Anniversary of Dinosaurs’ Identification by Sir Richard Owen”.The stamps show skeletons and silhouettes of five well known dinosaurs. Sir Richard Owen was depicted on the cachet of an official and several customized FDCs. Unfortunately, the United Kingdom has yet to publish a stamp issue depicting Richard Owen.

The only known stamps depicting Sir Richard Owen were issued by: Montserrat 1992, Sao Tome and Principe 2014, Togo 2015, the last two are considered “undesirable”.

Henry Barkly (24 February 1815 – 20 October 1898) was a British politician, colonial governor, and patron of the sciences. In November 1856, Barkly was appointed Governor of Victoria, Australia, arriving in Melbourne on 24 December 1856. He achieved one of his main goals of stable government with the appointment of the James McCulloch ministry. He was noted for his support of philanthropic and intellectual movements. Sir Henry Barkly was a founder and president of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1860–63, and helped to found Stamp News - 17

Letter from Richard Owen to Sir Henry Barkly, 1876 The fossil was discovered in Triassic deposits of the Sneewberg range by Thomas G. Bain, mentioned in his letter to Henry Barkly on May 21st 1876. It was assigned by Richard Owen to Dicynodont. Plate LII from “Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British Museum”. the National Gallery of Victoria, the Acclimatization Society and the National Observatory. From 26 November 1863 to 4 June 1870 Barkly was appointed 10th Governor of Mauritius . In August 1870 he was sent to the Cape of Good Hope as Governor of Cape Colony and as British High Commissioner for Southern Africa. Henry Barkly helped to implement responsible government in the Cape and worked closely with John Molteno, its first elected Prime Minister. He served in South Africa until 1877 and played an important role in assisting the early growth of the Cape Liberal tradition. Henry Barkly had a lifelong interest in statistics and the in natural sciences. He was willing to accept evolution in the plant and animal kingdom but expressed horror at the idea of mankind’s simian origins. Like many other leading figures of that time, Sir Barkly addressed evolution as an unproven if compelling hypothesis.

The Letter from the Envelope On May 21st 1876, Thomas Bain, wrote to Sir Henry Barkly, the governor of Cape Colony, offering to put his experience at Owen’s disposal in making a collection which would extend that made by Bain’s father almost forty years earlier.

Thomas Charles John Bain (1830-1893), was a prolific road engineer. He was one of three sons of Andrew Bain, accompanied his farther as a boy, on his trips to the Karoo and helped his farther to search and dig for fossils. He gets a passion for fossils digging and sent many of them to the British Skeleton of Dicynodont on the cachet of FDC with one of the stamps from prehistoric animals of Karoo formation set of South Africa 1982. Thomas Bain discovered fossils of Dicynodonts at Graaf Reinet, the place where he was born.

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Michael Kogan The draft of the letter sent by Richard Owen to Sir Henry Barkly in July 5th 1876 as answer on Sir Henry Barkly letter from June 6th 1876.

This draft letter is in collection of Natural History Museum in London, (Owen Collection 2:155/6). to the British Museum in London.

Several fossil specimens were known on honour of him by Richard Owen.

In 1864, Andrew Bain was granted sick leave to visit England, where he was entertained by Professor Richard Owen and Sir Roderick Murchison, who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871. (Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871), is noted for investigating and describing the Silurian, Devonian and Permian systems.)

In his letter, Thomas Bain wrote: “ My dear Sir, Having read with much interest an Article in the last Cape Monthly - extracted from the ‘Proceeding of the London Geological Society’ - on the subject of a discovery

by Professor Owen of species of Carnivorous reptiles amongst specimens of Karoo Saurians sent to the Society by my Farther from time to time, it may not be out of place on my part to mention to you, for the information of Professor Owen, that in my frequent rambles through the Karoo, I have The draft of the letter sent by Richard Owen to the Trustees of the placed my marks on - I may say scores of fine specimens which were British Museum on July 5th 1876.This draft letter is in collection unfortunately out of my power to dig of Natural History Museum in London, (Owen Collection out & to carry along with me, as I 2:157/8). generally travel with a light Cart, & am unprepared to exhume such Museum in London. Andrew Geddes Bain (1797monsters as some of them are. Some time ago you 1864), father of Thomas Bain (A. Bain had 3 sons were good enough to send me for perusal a letter and 7 daughters), was a South African geologist, you had received from Professor Owen on the borne in Scotland, road engineer, palaeontologist receipt by him of a fossil arm or paddle I sent you and explorer. Since 1838 he sent many fossils Stamp News - 19

Letter from Richard Owen to Sir Henry Barkly, 1876 from Gray Reinet, & in that letter he mentioned that these was a very scanty collection of South African Saurians in the British Museum, & seemed anxious that should be augmented . If the Professor would authorise a small Outlay, I would undertake provided the Government would grant me a couple of months leave of Absence - to go with a Bullock Wagon to the Karoo to make a large collection for the Museum, out of which Professor Owen may probably prosecute his discoveries still further. The months of September & October are the best for Ox-wagon traveling in the region where fossils are most abundant. ... Believe me My dear Sir, Absolutely Yours, Thomas Bain. ” On June 6th 1876, after clarifying the cost of the expedition (Bain asked for £180 [3]), Sir Henry Barkly sent a letter to Richard Owen, professor of the British Museum, where he described Thomas Bain’s proposal. “ My dear Professor Owen I have delayed thanking you for your letter of 19th November last in the hope that I might be in a position to forward to you the remainder of the skeleton of the Dicynodon which Mr. Thomas Bain promised me to get dug out. That hope as you will see by a letter from him which I enclose has proven vain. My object in sending his communication, however is to bring to your notice his offer to give the benefit of his knowledge of the Karoo Region when these Secondary fossils [4] are found in collecting a large number of them, provided the expenses of this trip could be paid. You will see from a second communication, which I likewise forward, that he estimates the latter at a nett sum of £180 & I feel sure that this outlay would be abundantly repaid in a scientific point of view if the Funds can be found. I do not know whether the Trustees of the British Museum would feel justified in incutting it, or whelther the Geological Society, of the British Association would join in the work, but it seems as well that you should be made acquainted the proposal. You will see that if anything is to be lone this year, an early reply will be needed, as in that dry country traveling is more easy in September or October than any other season I shall be happy to do all in my power to facilitate the expedition. Believe 20 - Stamp News

me Your very faithfully, Henry Barkly P.S. I’m sorry to say the proofs of the Engravings of Reptilian forms which you mentioned being sent me by bookpost, never reached me. H.B. ” This proposal came in time, as Richard Owen had just published Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British Museum.

Among the contributors of specimens described and figured in the book Owen mentioned: His Excellency Governor Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B and THOMAS BAIN, Esq., son and successor as engineer at the Cape to the discoverer and principal donor of the South - African fossils.”

In the preface of the catalogue Owen gave a tribute to Andrew Bain, describing in many details his contribution to the collection of South African fossils of the British Museum.

Owen also named several species in the honour of Anrew Bain in the book: Dicynodon bainii, Oudenodon Bainii, Hypterus Bainii.

On July 5th 1876, Richard Owen replied on receipt of Barkly’s letter.

The draft of the letter is in collection of the Natural History Museum in London. [2] “ Draught Letter of 5th July 1876 Sent same date: Dear Sir Henry I have to return your special thanks for your letter (6th June 76) of friendly sympathy, with my favorite researches & its enclosed (21 May, 31 May, 2nd June) correspondence between yourself and Mr. Bain, which opens out a prospect of rich additions to our evidences of the extinct animals of the Karoo beds. If the few proofs of figures of those fossils, which I posted to you [???] not already have come to hand they will have been superseded by the Plates ([???] they were taken of the Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia of South Africa, a copy of which presented to your Ex. by the Trustees of the British Museum will, I [???] this, have [???] you through W. G. Atherstone, Geological Survey. The liberal compliments of the Trustees with my wishes will also have applied W. J. B. and the principal Museums of the Colony, with copies of the same work, which I trust will facilitate the recognition of the future specimens and accelerate the complete restauration of the truly singular

Michael Kogan

Karoo’s prehistoric animals on stamps of South Africa 1982, MiNr.: 622-625, Scott: 606-609 forms of ‘Reptilia’ of the Karoo series in your Government. Your Excellencies personal interest in this line of research is an important element in its success, I have this day sent in with pictures a Report on Mr. Bain’s liberal offer of his services and simply recommended an application to the Treasury for a special grant of £200 [3] to defray the cost of collection and transport of the fossils from the Karoo District. On the result of this recommendation I will immediately acquaint your Ex, and hope to receive an affirmative position in time to enable Mr. Bain to avail himself of this year’s travelling season. It will be a pleasure for me to deliver you the series of the South African fossils now relived from their matrix to displayed in our Geological Gallery. They normally excite deep interest, and have tended to dissipate some singular mistakes to their mammalian nature of fossils from the Permian Beds of the Oural [5] ; being as described [???], as such, by Russian Paleontologists [6]. Besides the Oural I have traced out indications of the characteristic Karoo forms from Nova Scotia to central India always at or neear the geological design of the Beaufort, [???

Koonaps] and Karoo series. With such unexpected acquisitions, in later years, one cannot help being impressed, with the great proportion of the unknown, awaiting recognition, and other initialising characters of [???] actual discoveries. Believe me [???] [???] truly yours R.O. ” The same day, on On July 5th 1876, Richard Owen as Superintendent of the Department of Natural History wrote a report to the Trustees of the British Museum. The draft of the letter is in collection of the Natural History Museum in London.

[2] In this report he was describing the importance of the fossils from Karoo beds for the science of

palaeontology and saying that he has recommended to the British Museum that it acquire Bain’s collection. In this letter he wrote: “ Draught of report on S. Afr. Fossils. Department of Nat. History 5 July 1876 Professor Owen has the honor to submit to the Trustees the accompanying letter (Ss238) from His Excellencies Governour Sir Henry Barkly, dated Government House, Cape Town, 6th June 1896, with an enclosed correspondence (Ss239, Ss240, Ss241) of the respective dates of 21st May, 31st May & 23rd June, in which Thomas Bain Esq. Colonial Surveyor of Roads in the Colony of Cape Town, submits to the Govenor a proposition to collect & transport to Cape Town a collection of fossils which he has discovered and marked in the Triassic deposits of the Karoo district of the Cape of Good Hope, provided the cost of such collection & transport be defrayed, which will not exceed £200 [3] . From the experience of the results of the award of £150, by the Trustees in 1852, to the late Mr. Andrew Gedder Bain, who has been succeeded in his office at the Cape by his son Mr. Thomas Bain, it may be confidently expected that additions will accrue to the Geological Survey, equal at least in [????], rarity & value to the subjects of the “Catalogue of South Africa Fossils” recently published. Professor Owen anticipates that particulars of the organisations of many new types of Reptilian hitherto [???] only by cranial & dental characters, will be will be supplied by the collections so proposal to be obtained & [???] aurmitted and he wants [???] observe that it is only by encouraging & taking advantage of such opportunities that the complete restoration of these rare & strange [????] to animal [???] can be effected. Professor Owen would remark that the former grant by the Trustees to Mr. A. G. Bain, was supplemented by a Stamp News - 21

Letter from Richard Owen to Sir Henry Barkly, 1876 special grant authorised by the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. [???] thus the present claims upon, & liabilities of, the unusual grant to the Department of Geology, [???] preclude the deduction therefrom of the sum required for enabling Mr. Bain to fulfil his laborious procedures for the enrichment of the Department. Professor Owen though recommends to the favorable consideration of the Trustees an application for a special grant of £200 [3] for the purpose proposed by Mr. T. Bain & His Exc. The Govenor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

R.O. ” After his proposal was accepted by the British Museum, Bain started to organize the expedition. The expedition was delayed by a year, due to a drought.

On 12 November 1877, Bain left Cape Town for the Karoo and his fossil hunt. On 15 February 1878, returning to Cape Town, he immediately wrote to Owen about results of the expedition. “... I have collected about 280 heads in all, mostly small ones, but I trust, none the less interesting on that account, as they are generally in better preservation than the large ones. I have also taken out the almost entire skeleton belonging to the large head Sir. H. Barkly wrote to you about, which I discovered about eighteen months ago; and I have got a quantity of large bones (some very fine specimens) together with portions of the skulls belonging to them, showing by the teeth their species. I have also got some very fine vertebrae of large reptiles, and some fossil wood of different kinds to show what the Karoo beds contained in former ages. ...”

On 20 May 1878, as the eight cases of fossils were ready to sail for England, Bain wrote a fuller account of his discoveries and the impressions which their provenance made upon him.

Note: [1] The currency values of this time were different from their modern usage.

“Pounds, shillings and pence were the basic currency of Britain throughout the period, having a consistent relationship of 12 pence to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. Values are generally expressed as £.s.d., or else l.s.d., as in £12 10s. 6d. or twelve pounds, ten shillings and six pence. The pound sign stands for Libra, a pound weight in Latin, 22 - Stamp News

the s. is an abbreviation for shilling in English, and the d. stands for denarius or denarii (a Roman coin).

In additional there were guineas, with a value of 21 shillings (this value could change depending on the quality of the coinage in use), marks (13 shillings, 4 pence), nobles (6 shillings, 8 pence), crowns (5 shillings), half crowns (2 shillings, 6 pence); and coins worth 6 pence, 3 pence, 2 pence, halfpence and farthings (one quarter of a penny).”

For more details about Currency, Coinage and the Cost of Living in London 1674-1913, please visit oldbaileyonline.org [2] In the early part of 1892, when it was already obvious that Owen was dying, his family asked C. Davies Sherborn, self-trained bibliographer who worked at the Natural History Museum in London (formerly the British Museum), to advise them on the sale of the remaining items in Owen’s library.

This was not an easy task as Owen saved much of the record of his life, that contained over 10.000 letters and manuscripts, stored in disordered manner.

Sherborn selected some items that was of interest for the Museum, the rest, including about a hundred of the scientific letters were retained by the grandson of Owen, the Reverend Richard Owen.

Sir Richard Owen’s wife died in 1873 and his son committed suicide in 1886. None of the grandchildren followed him into science nor did any have any understanding of his accomplishments.

Many of these letters and manuscripts were sold by him, as he seemed convinced by the consensus of science that Owen’s work was of little value and hardly worthy of recall.

It seems that the envelopes from Owen’s letters were not of interest to the Natural History Museum.

Many of these covers ended up in bookstores and the collections of private collectors, including the cover that is the topic of this page.

[3] £180 in 1876 is worth over £23,000 today, £200 in 1876 is worth over £25,000 today. [R6] [4] In the XIX century, the geological and paleontological sciences were still in their infancy.

The Geological Survey of Great Britain was established in 1818.

Geological periods and rock names were very different from the one we use today.

Michael Kogan The following rock divisions were proposed by the Italian Geologist Giovanni Arduino and expanded by the German Geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner: Primary rocks, corresponding to the most primitive period of the earth’s history, since these rocks were laid down first in the earth crust. These rocks were the first precipitated Inostrancevia alexadri on stamp of Russia 2020 MiNr.: 2871, from the ocean before the emergence of land.Above is essentially trying to fit the natural world to Noah’s these in order of succession were Transition rocks. flood in the Bible.

These rocks include more indurated limestones [5] Oural is an old orthography of the Ural (well-cemented), dikes, sills, and thick sequences Mountains in Russia. of greywackes that were the first orderly deposits [6] The term “Permian” strata/period was from the ocean. At the time, only a small number introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Roderick of fossils had been described from these rocks.This Impey Murchison, president of the Geological was followed by the Secondary period, with highly Society of London, after extensive Russian stratified rocks, sandstones, limestones, gypsum explorations undertaken with Édouard de Verneuil in and many other layers, filled with fossils.Finally, the vicinity of the Ural Mountains in the years 1840 the most recent were the generally unconsolidated and 1841. deposits of gravels, sand and clays, corresponding to Murchison, in collaboration with Russian the Tertiary period.The basic concept of Wernerian geologists, named the period after the surrounding geology was the belief in an all encompassing ocean Russian region and the city of Perm. that gradually receded to its present location while The first discovery of a fossil in the Perm region precipitating or depositing almost all the rocks and was reported in 1762, when a trunk of petrified minerals in the Earth’s crust. wood was discovered in one of a copper mines of The emphasis on this initially universal ocean Tverdyshev. The first description of animal and spawned the term “Neptunism” that became applied plant fossils from the Permian region were made to the concept. The name Neptunism was derived

by Russian zoologist of German origin Stepan from the Roman God Neptune - the God of the Sea. Kutorga (1805?-1861) - “Beitrag zur Kenntniss Essentially Arduino was able to work out the der Organischen Ueberreste des Kupfersamdsteins age relationships between different rock units in am Westlichen Abhange des Urals”, published in northern Italy (and Werner was able to do the same German in St. Petersburg, 1838. in central and southern Germany). They both The most famous discovery of Permian fauna recognized an older set of crystalline rocks that were of XIX century made by Russian paleontologist overlain by younger rocks including various types Vladimir Prokhorovich Amalitskii (1859-1917) in of sedimentary rocks using the basic principle of 1898. One of the uncovered animals - Inostrancevia superposition. Werner’s contribution was that he - named by Amalitskii in 1922, in honor of geologist tried to fit all of the Earth History that the Primary Aleksandr Inostrantsev, was depicted on the postage to Tertiary rocks into a world ocean model - which stamp of Russia in 2020.

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BRAZIL’S ZEPPELIN STAMPS There are certain stamps which capture the interest of most collectors. In the early part of the 20th century, not only stamp collectors but the general public took a strong interest in the huge Zeppelin airships which made journeys not only to many parts of Europe but also to North and South America. It was possible to mail letters to be carried by these airships and many countries released special stamps for this purpose. Collectors all over the world mailed letters and postcards franked with special Zeppelin stamps and cancels. These covers are eagerly collected by worldwide collectors and on several occasions I have had the privilege of inspecting such exhibits at major stamp shows.

The huge airships have been named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917) who not only had a distinguished military career but also spent a lot of time developing very large rigid airships.

Figure 1

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The first one was ready by 1900. The German count then went on perfecting his airships despite much opposition. From 1910 they were used to carry both passengers and mail.

In 1930 the Graf Zeppelin made its first commercial journeys to Brazil and the USA and in this story I’ll concentrate on the stamps with a Brazilian connection.

In 1927 the Brazilian government had given four private airlines permission to carry mail both within the country and to Europe and North America. These companies were also authorised to issue stamps to pay for the airmail service. However, Brazilian regular postage was also required.

One of these companies was Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH. On 17 May 1930, three airmail stamps (5,000, 10,000 and 20,000 reis) produced on watermarked paper by the government print-

Figure 2

Christer Brunström ers in Berlin were issued to be used in connection with mail sent from Brazil to Europe. The design features the Graf Zeppelin flying over a stormy sea (Fig. 1). Many of these stamps were used on mail carried by the huge airship. In mint condition, the 5,000 reis is the key value as it was used on most of the cards and letters. Only 5,865 copies were sold of the 20,000r value.

The stamps issued in 1930 by the Zeppelin Company were sold by the agencies of the Syndicato Condor Ltda, another commercial airline which operated airmail services in Brazil. Cooperation between these two companies must have been close.

The same three values were then overprinted Graf Zeppelin / USA (Fig. 2) to be used on mail items sent between the two countries. Only 3,390 complete sets were sold.

Figure 3

There was apparently only a very limited need for the 20,000 reis high value as most letters and cards carried an airmail surcharge of 5.000 or 10.000 reis. Thus on 14 May 1930 the 20,000 reis high value was surcharged 5$000. On 21 May 1930 the same stamp received a 10$000 surcharge.

These two provisional stamps are rather rare.

Then on 21 May 1930 the agency in Paraíba produced a major airmail rarity by handstamping the 20,000 reis stamp with the number 5. Only 13 stamps were sold making this stamp extremely scarce. Some stamp catalogues have refrained from listing it as its background is somewhat dubious. The stamp sold for 5,000 reis.

On 23 May 1930 there was yet another provisional issue. This time a 1,300 reis stamp issued by the Syndicato Condor was overprinted Graf / Zeppelin / Rs. 5$000 (Fig. 3). 4.985 copies were

Figure 4

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BRAZIL’S ZEPPELIN STAMPS sold of this particular stamp.

The same Syndicato Condor stamp was also similarly overprinted to be used as a Rs. 10$000 value but it was never issued.

All in all there were 11 different stamps issued by the Zeppelin Luftschiffbau GmbH in May 1930. This was a completely private enterprise.

After these initial commercial flights the service was taken over by the Syndicato Condor Ltda.

The 1930 Zeppelin flights had been of an experimental nature but in 1931 a regular Zeppelin service between Germany and Brazil was introduced and in this connection Brazil released two airmail stamps on 16 August 1931.

Two values from the 1929/1930 airmail set were overprinted with the word ZEPPELIN and surcharged with new denominations. The 2$500 value (Fig. 4) features the airship of Brazilian flying pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont (1873-1932).

He is one of the greatest names in Brazilian avia-

Figure 5

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tion history.

The second stamp in the set was given a denomination of 5$000 (Fig. 5) and shows the airship PAX which was used by Augusto Severo (18641902), another pioneering figure in the history of aviation in Brazil.

There were two additional Zeppelin stamps in 1932 due to an increase of the rates of transatlantic airmail. They were overprints on two definitive stamps with subjects unrelated to aviation or the Zeppelin airships.

Brazilian Zeppelin airmail stamps constitute a most interesting collecting area. However, locating such stamps and covers can be somewhat of a challenge. Please be warned that modern reproductions of the early Zeppelin stamps exist and they can be found on Internet auction sites. They are of course of very little value. When buying these stamps printed in Germany always make sure that they are watermarked.

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Collections, Lots, Packets & Mixtures 1. FINLAND Collection 1875 - 1961 in ‘DAVO’ blue printed album with slipcase. Nearly all fine used with neat cds cancels - SG £1,163 cat = $A2,325 for the stamps - neatly pencil noted on each set and page, and the Dutch ‘DAVO’ peg fitting album and matching hard slipcase, retail $175 new, so we have $2,500 here in insurance/replacement value. Must be nearly 95% complete for the period, a few mint and mostly in complete sets. $995 (CMAU1) 2. British Commonwealth 1932 - 1946 Fresh Mint collection, plus some used Aden to Zanzibar on quality linen hinged, SG album pages, in a near new clean red, classis ‘New Age’ gold blocked Springback.

The album is now a $195 item new. Nearly all lightly hinged mint, and was formed in the UK, often from KGVI era New Issues at the time, and those I spot checked looked clean and fresh. Values to 5/- here and many high catalogue pages throughout, that would cost $50 or more per page, if bought separately. SG Cat marked in light pencil adds up to £1,150=$A2,300. A great nucleus to add to as time goes by, in this popular collecting area. Well under a third catalogue and the very nice album is free! $695 (CMAU2) 3. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1963 - early 2001 mint unhinged collection in Green ‘Seven Seas’ Hingeless album. Complete Country SG #1 to early 2001 (Retail $190) with a 100% complete fresh MUH collection, less only the scarce 1991 overprints and the three 2000/2001 gutter pairs. A very popular collecting area here, as are AAT and Christmas Islands, all modern issues are fully valid for use as postage in Australia.

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in pencil on each page, in erasable 4B pencil for your easy checking.

This totals $710 plus, and the near new album retailing at $190. Total replacement/insurance value $900 +. Price $595 (Much less after discounts) (CMAU3) 4. Netherlands commercial covers and cards, 1959 - 2020. Formed by the late Aart Hopman MBE RFD RD. Aart Hopman served as a Lieutenant Commander, Royal Netherlands Navy, 1939-1952, and Royal Australian Navy 1954-1977. Aart was a submariner with the Royal Netherlands Navy and was based in Western Australia during the Second World War. He married into an Australian family and they later settled in Perth, where Aart joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

After a period of time at sea as the Captain of HMAS Emu, Aart was appointed as Assistant Director Naval Intelligence Technical (ADNIT), a position he held until he retired from the RAN in 1977. This collection consists of covers and postcards received by him from friends and relations in the Netherlands and Netherlands Indies, displayed on Hagner pages in two Red ring binders. Includes Taxed (postage due), registered, postal stationery, priority mail, Australian Border Force inspected, Holographic stamps etc. 150 items plus 60 as new Hagners and binders which alone cost over $150. A very worthwhile lot at under $2 per item. $295 (CMAU4) 5. India & states, massive lot Queen Victoria to late 1990’s in old Scott printed speciality album, on stockcards, album leaves, club book, Hagners etc. Many full sets and better values here, mainly postally used with some mint & a few covers. 1000’s! v this is a serious philatelic workout! Weighs 6kg! $895 (CMAU5) 6. United Nations New York Office 1962 - 65 Corner Blocks of 10 mint unhinged in special Program folder 1964, in presence of U Thant General Secretary UNO. 27 blocks of 10. $54 (CMAU6) 7. The jumble box! Miscellaneous stuff mainly from deceased estates.

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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) 9. 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) 10. Papua New Guinea 1992 Year Book, as issued with protective sleeve. $35 (CMMY6) 11. Netherlands 1979 - 1984 Mint unhinged collection in nice condition Burgundy 16 Black Page stockbook. Appears complete for the period. About

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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) 13. 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) 14. British Empire off paper, almost entirely pre. 1952, this now 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) 15. 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) 16. 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) 17. 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) 18. 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)

19. 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) 20. 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) 21. wo 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 (CMN9) 22. 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) 23. 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) 24. 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) 25. 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) 26. 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) 27. 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)

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COLLECTIONS SALE SEPTEMBER 2024 28. 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) 29. 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) 30. BMA 1947/48 ovpt. on Straits Settlements small covers from 31st Company Royal Engineers Captain to his parents in Sussex. Various frankings inc. multiples of 2c 3c, 6c, & 10c. Also one unstamped sent from Kirkee, India. These are not easy to find nowadays, and this group could certainly make the start of a collection or display. 9 covers, price $135 (CMF14) 31. Germany, West. Off paper mixture mostly large commems, values to 3DM, mostly 1960’s to 2000. Very wide ranging colourful lot. About 10,000 to the kg. Around 6c per stamp. Price per 100g $69, 250g $159, 500g $295 (CMF20) 32. Australia Decimals used, 1983 – 1986 duplicated dealer stock in bulging near new European Black 48 black page stockbook, alone worth $80 new. Many better inc. booklet stamps, Framas etc. 2000 plus stamps, all appear clean many with light cancels. Under 10c each plus the very nice stockbook is free! Many complete sets here. $179 the lot. (CMN5) 33. Papua New Guinea dealer stock of complete sets mint unhinged 1966 – 1983 mostly 5 of each in date order contained in Burgundy “Alligator” Leatherbound 64 page stockbook weighing in at near 2kg.

Includes many definitive sets like Shells, Panorama, Head Dresses etc.

Probably 300 plus sets here, retail would be huge! Originally priced at $675, our knockdown price $435 (CMN11) 34. Worldwide Balloon flown covers & cards. Amazing collection of 130 flown covers & cards, 1965 -1995. Most of these sell for $5 to $10 each maybe more. Some are pilot signed. Very clean lot, some minor duplication of a few items, no more than 3of each. Countries include New Zealand, France, Czechoslovakia, Aitutaki, GB, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, USA, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Jersey and Vietnam. Wide variety of cachets & frankings. Very cheap at under $3.75 per item. Take what you want and sell off the rest! $485 (CMN13) 35. Channel Islands and Isle of Man, 75 different mint unhinged sets for $159, or choose 25 different sets of Jersey, Guernsey or Isle of man for $49. (CMN16) 36. Brisbane Lions Club Christmas Seals, 8 different mint sheets of 20 or 25 issued 1984 – 1991. Very colourful, and even good to use today on parcels and presents. We sell these individually at $10 each, but as a lot under half price $39, 5 lots for $175. (CMN20) 37. AUSTRALIA, AAT, COCOS, XMAS IS a rather large 6 volume collection of FDC’s covering the period—AAT 1979-2013, Xmas

Island 1996-2013, Cocos 2011-2013—some base cancels AAT, the lot contains Mini sheets, sheetlets. Australia covers the period 1994 -2013 plus some earlier issues starting 1971 Xmas. Housed beautifully mostly on very expensive Vario pages and in ring binders—includes peel and stick issues, miniature sheets, Internationals—looks most comprehensive if not complete for the periods mentioned. The face value alone for the 6 large folders is almost $1,950 and for anyone who is prepared to even soak the stamps off the covers (which are in fact perfect!) still a bargain lot and also brilliant for a reseller. 600 + + covers for just $1625 (CMAU1) 38. CANADA: PRIVATE COURIER STAMPS & LOCAL: 1960s-1990s in mostly unused assortment in Lighthouse Vario Pages inc. many Juan De Fuca Despatch 1965-1987 issues, all with specialised catalogue references, many issues in sheetlets or strips, also 1981-89 ‘British Columbia/Private Courier’ issues, plus Canada Strike post, Kaulbach Island and Winnipeg-Pembina Courier emissions etc. etc. Suit specialist or re-seller. 750 or so. Very cheap at around $1 per stamp. $749 (CMY14) 39. French Polynesia, 1954 – 2000 Complete Mint Unhinged on as new Lighthouse hingeless pages in Burgundy Album & slipcase. (1st two pages are lightly hinged) Album alone cost $500 plus! Retail of stamps approx. $3400. $3900 replacement value here for just $2575. (CMF3) 40. British Commonwealth Minisheets, mint unhinged. All different inc. some better countries like Australia, Great Britain, Channel islands, Malaysia, Pitcairn Is., Norfolk Is., Papua New Guinea, South Africa, South West Africa etc. 25 different for $49, 50 different with great variety for $119. (CMF5) 41. French Colonies pre-independence issues. Collection of 500 different mint & postally used with a brand new $52 Prinz Dark Blue 32 black page stockbook. Very hard to fine nowadays. Price $325 (CEN1) 42. Australia Yearbook: 1987/88 Bicentennial edition with grey cover (Sydney retail listed price $325) Not in stock anywhere. We rarely see these, maybe 1 every 5 years. Price $375. (CMJ12) 43. Worldwide Junk lots, anything could be tossed in here, schoolboy collections, album leaves, Hagners of stamps, stamps on and off paper, odd packets, first day covers, modern new issues, accessories, outdated catalogues, our own incoming mail etc. any or all of this could be in there. Really do not know what you might get! Not really that bad, but too small to list as individual lots. 1kg for $95, 2 kg for $179, 5kg for $395. (CMJL18) 44. India FDC’s as above, smaller lot of 40 going to 1977 for $29. (CMJL20) 45. Australia High Values, both commems. & defins. Build your collection for under 50c per stamp. Fine used most with cds cancels.

Pre-Decimal to £2, Decimal to $10 or $20. All above letter rate at time of issue. 100 different for $49 (CMAP4) 46. Australia - first day & commemorative covers: 1970S- early 2000S

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COLLECTIONS SALE SEPTEMBER 2024 FDCS array in kiwi fruit carton, ALL appear unaddressed, many of the 1990s-2000s covers still in their Australia Post display packs, a few internationals also a few PSES; generally, very fine. (FEW 100s) Great re-seller lot. Price $285 (CEJ2) 47. Australia - first day & commemorative covers: 1970S-2000S decimal array with earlies including 1971 Christmas 7c BLOCK OF 7, plus many others early sets on non-generic APO covers; noughties era with M/S to $10, sheetlets etc, all in very fine unaddressed condition. Huge retail potential!

(About 1250) very cheap at around 50 cents each. Price $645 (CEJ3) 48. Australia. Deceased New Issue Dealer’s FDC new issue stock. 1971 – 2007 all unaddressed Post Office covers. Quantities vary from 1 to 5 or more of each. Very clean re-saleable stock. Around 3000 covers.

Price under 60c each, $1795 (CEJ4) 49. Germany WW1 Feldpost Postcards, inc. Real Photographic, many groups of soldiers, cavalryman with horse and sweetheart etc. Many clear date readable cds postmarks and various Feldpost markings. As usual for these, no stamps, as not available in the field. 92 items in way better than usual condition for these. $1150 the lot. (MOC22) 50. Papua New Guinea Big lot of 1000 mint unhinged, 1952 - 2000 values to 5K. Includes blocks, minisheets etc. Many, many complete sets. Price $495 (CF6) 51. As above, but lot of 500. Price $259 (CF6a) 52. KGV Heads C of A wmk. Extensive collection mint & used on Hagner Pages inc. plate blocks, imprint pairs and blocks, large positional blocks, annotated varieties etc. 2093 stamps inc. well over 100 x 1/4d value. Price $9895 (CJL9) 53. Great Britain Mint Unhinged Collection 1989 -1999 in near new Red Lighthouse 48 Page Stockbook. Includes Definitives, Commemoratives, Regionals and Booklet panes. Retail approx. $1150. Also includes a fair bit of used in blocks which has not been valued. Around 1200 stamps. Price $595 (CMA4) 54. France. Substantial 99% complete used collection to 2001 in 3 Lighthouse Illustrated Hingeless Albums, with slipcases. Huge catalogue/resale value, persons interested in a purchase into 5 figures which could be split into several payments should contact us. Price is negotiable. (CS29) 55. Mystery or Clearance boxes, seems every dealer has these, we are no exception! Stamps, Covers, Collections, Packets, huge variety & value. Better than the average clearance lot. Ask for Australia, Worldwide or Mixed.

2kg lot for $169, 5kg for $395, Best value lot 10kg for $695 (MJL5) 56. Olympics and Sports, 1924 – Modern Collection in Brown Leather-look 32 page stockbook. Includes both mint & used sets, and is a bit disorganised, but I managed to count at least 175 complete sets.

Most are Olympics but there are other sports issues and some bits and pieces of other countries/topics which are not counted in the value.

Has to be easily worth $1.50 a set across the board. Price $259 (MJL9)

57. Papua New Guinea mint unhinged stock 1952 – 2002 in 2 x Brown Davo 64 page stockbooks. Massive lot ideal re-seller, Ebayer or hoarder!

Pre-decimals are sparse, but then later sets up to 20 of each. I guestimate there would be 2500 sets total her if not more, with the average retail per set around $5. So that is around $12,500 retail. This is a real steal for someone at ONLY 20% OF RETAIL $2495 FOR THE LOT! (MJL24) 58. Australia Post 2006 Commonwealth Games folder, containing 17 sheetlets and 5 stamps released for the Commonwealth Games. The stamps are selling fine commercially used for around $2.50 each, which gives you a vast retail of $325, and these are mint unhinged.

My price for the lot of 130 plus stamps is $195 (CO10) 59. Japan modern mission mix, about 50% Commems by weight. Very well trimmed single paper and around 6000 per kg. Around 7c per stamp. $44.50 per 100g, $105 per 250g (NM60) 60. Australia off paper, widest possible range. Mostly decimal with recent, up to 2000 different this mix mostly large and with many better values. So cheap at about 2c per stamp! Around 12,500 to 15,000 per kg, 250g for $82.50, 500g for $155, 1kg for $295 (NM62) 61. Japan Commems. on paper. Large modern mix, in high demand.

Modern mix on very well trimmed single paper, we only get about 1kg of this every 2 to 3 months. About 3750 – 4000 per kg. $59 Per 100g, $145 per 250g. (MN49) 62. World & Australia on & off paper, wide ranging ex deceased estate. Last time we had some of this about 3 – 4 years ago we were inundated with repeat orders. We only have about 3kg currently, and believe me it will sell fast. Wide range or early to modern, large and small. Count would be around 4500 per kg. Price $119 per kg, 500g for $62.50 (MN50) 63. Australia High Values, both Commems. & Defins. (No internationals) We have just a small amount of this. About 4000 stamps on single well-trimmed paper. Values to $10, $325 per kg, 500g for $169, 250g for $89, 100g for $37.50 (PM105) 64. Papua New Guinea, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM81) 65. Norfolk Is., 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets.

Price $49 (PM82) 66. Samoa, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM83) 67. Nauru, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 (PM84) 68. World collection 19th Century to 1980’s in nice condition Black Leather Grain Koala peg fitting album. Reasonably well filled on about 1000 pages with very useful Canada, plus Germany, GB, Italy, NZ, USA & much more. About 2000. Very good value at about 8c a stamp, $159 (CAU1) 69. Useful Netherlands Indies & Indonesia collection in Brown stock-

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COLLECTIONS SALE SEPTEMBER 2024 book early 1900’s - 1973. Most postally used, some mint. ABOUT 450 MOSTLY ALL DIFFERENT. Must be worth 15c a stamp. $69 (CAU2) 70. Australia used collection in black springback, plus two juvenile albums. Ranges from Kangaroos and KGV heads with values to 2/-. KGVI & QEII about 50% complete to late 1990’s. Some duplication across the collections but must be around 1000 - 1250 different minimum. About 1500 all up, values to $5. Cheap lot at around 5c a stamp $75 (CAU3) 71. Australia mostly letter rate decimal Commems. on single close clipped paper. Wide range from earlier decimals to 70c period. Around 4000 4250 per kg. 250g for $39.50, 500g for $74.50, 1kg for $139. (CAU4) 72. Australia mission mix on single close clipped paper. Around 50% commems by weight. Wide range from earlier decimals to 70c period. Around 5000 - 5500 per kg. 250g for $35, 500g for $67.50 1kg for $129. (CAU5) 73. WEST GERMANY: 1949 - 1990 dealer stock of commemorative and semi-postal issues in four large Green Prinz 64 page near new stockbooks Retail of those alone near $350. Huge catalogue and retail value. Most are mint unhinged, few used. A very good lot for the re-seller or hoarder! any 1000’s). $2150 (CEF7) 74. REST OF THE WORLD - General & Miscellaneous Lots. 5 large Green stockbooks of World stamps including China. Plenty of nice surprises in this mint & used lot, with most countries represented. Plenty of China, Vietnam, Thailand etc. 2000 – 2500 mainly all different and a way better than average lot. Well worth 30c a stamp across the board, price $675 (CEF8) 75. New Zealand. 1970s-90s mint unhinged collection/accumulation in Black Padded Hagner album and in packets. Noted overprinted M/ Sheets, booklets etc. Values to $10 x 3 different & $20. Huge catalogue, retail and face value. Neatly organised in as new Hagner pages.

(Many 100s) $859 (CEF10) 76. Australia 1988 – 2008 near complete fine to very fine used collection on leaves and Hagner pages in 4 green ring binders. Very hard period to complete, includes both sheet & peel & stick stamps, strips, blocks etc. Huge retail and catalogue. Sydney retail is approx. a massive $3750! Well under a half, and much less after discounts!

Layby terms available. $1695 (CEF15) 77. USA mainly used collection 1922 – 1996 in Green Davo 64 black page stockbook. Included are some mint unhinged including blocks of 4, minisheets & booklet panes. 75 – 80% complete for the period.

About 1500 here, organised chronologically. Very cheap at around 10c a stamp. $149 (CN01) 78. Australia Mission mix, from new source, on close clipped single paper so high count. Good ranges of definitives and commemoratives mainly 45c – 70c letter rate period. Good value at about 2c a stamp, $89 per kg, 2.5kg for $219, 5kg for $419, 10kg for $749 (CN01) 79. Singapore. Nice clean and with many recent mix on close clipped single paper…very hard to obtain. Mainly commemoratives, includes some

complete sets. Very colourful lot. 100g for $69, 250g for $169 (CN01) 80. Papua New Guinea 1988, 1898 & 1990 year books, lovely condition as issued in original plastic sleeves. Cheap at less than $40 each, $119.50 (CNO7) 81. Belgium on & off paper, as traded to us. Wide range of issues to about 2000. Nice close clipped single paper. Likely some postmark potential here too. Price per 100g, $29, 250g $69 (CNO15) 82. Nauru 1937 – 2002 mostly mint lightly hinged on quality album pages. A few are cto. 1954 definitives are present both mint & cto.

Mostly complete sets & minisheets and must be virtually complete from 1975 on. 400 to 450 all different. Very cheap at about 30c a stamp, great if you are not fussed about them being unhinged. $125 (CNO16) 83. NZ Health mini-sheets 1957 to 1983 x 52 MUH housed in large blue stockbook. Retail value $NZ777. Condition a little mixed but most of the key items very fresh MUH. Some faults, most minor, so expect varied condition. Each priced with retail in neat pencil on stock page. Very cheap at just AUD$269 (CAU1) 84. Great Britain 1902 – 1999 used collection in large blue ring binder. KEVII – 1/-, KGV to 10/- with Re-engraved Seahorses set. KGVI complete with all High Values inc. Silver Wedding £1. QEII virtually complete commems., plus many Wildings and Machins to £5, plus the different printings of the Castles series to £1. Low value Wildings are simplified. Includes all of the Millennium series, 12 sets, 48 stamps to the end of 1999. 100’s of sets, al in nice clean condition. Has to be worth $10 per year of stamps from 1937 -1999. Plus heaps of extras as back. Price $625 (CAU4) 85. New Zealand mostly mint 2 volume collection 1920 – 1980 in good condition Gibbons Green Simplex Springback album. Stamps are nicely displayed in black mounts on pages and annotated with year of issue and cat. Nos. Commences 1920 Victory set, then mostly complete with all health & airmail issues inc. 1931 Smiling Boys., Dunedin 1925 Ex. set is very fresh lightly hinged. From 1960 much appears fresh mint unhinged, but excluding minisheets. Mostly a very clean lot with much potential for continuance. Many 100’s. Very high catalogue/retail value. Albums alone would cost $1250 new. Price $745. (CAU6) 86. British Empire, pre-QEII off paper mix, new lot just received, very varied with little Australia but a good mix of most other areas. Noted a few mint, blocks of 4 etc. Values to 10/- noted in the overall mix.

Good value at around 15c a stamp. Priced per 65 grams, about 1000 for $165, 2500 for $389 (CMY9) 87. GB 100 Complete used mainly Commemorative sets, 1940 – quite recent. Organised into individual acetate packets. Noted 1940 Centenary, 1953 Coronation up to quite recent £1.22 values. Would sell individually from $2 to $12 a set. Very cheap at $199 (CMY10) 88. AAT packet of 100 different postally used pre-decimal – very recent. Includes complete sets and better values to $1.50 or $2. 5

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COLLECTIONS SALE SEPTEMBER 2024 available. Price $69 (CMY11) 89. Fiji in 3 Seven Seas Hingeless albums 1954 -2017, Mint collection, mostly fresh MUH but some lightly hinged and some with gum tropicalised (Those are not counted in the retail value) The collection has many gaps to 2000, high level of completion through the 2000’s, but no stamps after 2014. Fresh and clean. Pages and binders alone cost $700+ to buy new. Sydney retail for the stamps $2085, plus $700 for the albums = $2785 effective replacement cost. Save $1000. Price $1785 (CMY16) 90. New Zealand 1989 – 2001 Seven Seas Hingeless Brown Padded album, pages bulging! Mint Unhinged, near complete collection (No Framas), Only very few gaps, mostly booklet stamps. We estimate 95% complete. Fresh and clean. Album alone cost $325 to buy new.

Also includes Lighthouse issues from 1947 & Ross Dependency most issues. Advertised retail of the stamps is $3670. Total replacement cost $3995. Priced very cheaply at well under 50%, price $1895 (CMY16) 91. Australia 1928 – 1936 KGV Commems. Bulk lot as received recently in packets. Quantities are approximate, comprises 3d Kookaburra x 100, 3d Kingsford Smith x 25, 3d Victoria Centenary x 100, 3d Jubilee x 200, 3d Cable x 350, 3d Sth. Aust. x 200, 1/- Sth. Aust. X 100. Min. SG Cat. £5485, approx. AUD$9650 at time of listing. Unchecked by us for shades, varieties, postmarks, perforations or watermarks. About 1075 stamps for around 80c each. Price $849 (CF6) 92. Worldwide and Australia Clearance Lots. We now have 3 standards for these, Standard, Superior and Super. As with anything you get what you pay for. You can expect complete or part collections, Hagner pages, covers, stamps on or off paper, packets, individual stock cards containing single or part sets, literature including magazines or catalogues. Each lot tailor made. Ask for Australia or World, or a mixture of both. The all World lots will necessarily contain a small % of Australia in most cases. (CF7) 93. Standard 20kg $595, 10kg $315, 5kg $165 (CF7a) 94. Superior 20kg $895, 10kg $475, 5kg $245 (CF7b) 95. Super 20kg $1395, 10kg $729, 5kg $385 (CF7c) 96. Superb “Oxford” Blue padded FDC album, as new, cost $50.

Contains 39 Unaddressed British Commonwealth First Day Covers with descriptive text for 1981 & 1982. No Australia, but most are better countries like Falkland Is, Ascension, Gibraltar, St. Helena, Singapore etc. Just $89 the lot! (CF8) 97. Australia 1970 Captain Cook themed collection in blue album with Australian Coat of Arms inc. Post Office small FDC with 30c stamp cancelled Ballarat (Rare!) Then 3 other small plain FDCs cancelled Chadstone Vic, & Bedgerebong NSW. Plus 4 different Royal FDC’s with full sets or minisheets asl 2 x Sigma FDC’s. Various sets and minisheets mint & used, inc. Anpex x 5 some with special cancels, 1 x Rouletted, 3 x Melbourne Airport Ovpt., 2 x Royal Visit Ovpt., Eucharistic Confer-

ence Ovpt., Holey Dollar Ovpt. Set of 12 commemorative covers with different dates and towns around Australia and the same on Minisheets used with gum inc. Thursday Island etc. 60 items, plus a number of sets mint & used and 2 PO Packs not included in this count. Would be almost impossible to assemble today! Priced around $15 per item plus the nice album comers free. $895 the lot. (CF13) 98. New Zealand & Ross Dependency FDC collection 1990 – 1997 in near new Blue 4 Ring Binder on quality pages. Commences 1990 Heritage Ships – 1997 Cattle, plus Ross Dep. 1990 & 1992 sets all on Official Unaddressed covers. Noted many booklet panes of 10 different, plus $20 definitive. All in all 29 covers which retail at anything up to $40 each! Fabulous lot, not many seen from this period. Retail easily $450 if sold individually. Price $249 (CF15) 99. Worldwide Minisheets by weight! A long time since we had any of these. A mix of mint unhinged and cto used from a wide range of countries, spanning several decades. 75 to 100 sheets per 100g.

Expect duplication in the larger lots above 250g, the 100g will be all different. Vrtually all good thematics. 100g for $69, 250g for $159, 500g $295, 1kg for $575 (CF17) 100. Air NZ 1965 set of 10 Official First Flight Covers for the DC8 service, inc. Sydney/Christchurch and return, plus American Samoa (8) with flights from Fiji, USA & NZ. All official with printed addresses.

Many have pictorial cancels. Scarce assembly, cheap lot for $98 (CF19) 101. Australia stamp replica cards 1984 – 1987 (No’s 1 – 37 ex. No. 36) in superb near new Seven Seas Blue Padded Album (Cost $130) These are official reprinted proofs/colour trials from the original dies which if contemporary are worth $1000’s each! Price $195 the lot. (CN1) 102. Great Britain 1997 – 2000 Royal Mint & Royal Mail Sumptuous Royalty cover album in padded Royal Blue and Gold with slipcase. Contains Royalty Covers, PNC Coin Covers and a 3/4 ounce Silver Ingot Cover replicating the 1951 Ten Shilling Festival of Britain St. George & Dragon Stamp.

19 items in all, with many of the coin covers selling at around $30 each.

Several of the covers are signed by the designer too. $329 the lot. (CN4) 103. Christmas stamps from around the World mint & used housed in large brown stockbook. Many complete sets and minisheets, mostly all different. 1950’s to late 1990’s. Around 500 stamps plus 20 minisheets. Most of the mint is fresh unhinged. Great value at 25c per stamp & $2 each for the minisheets. Price $165 (CN12) 104. Latin America (Central & South) plus Caribbean & Atlantic mint & used collection in Black & Gold leather bound Importa “Victoria” album with slipcase. Includes Aruba, Curacao (cat. £600 alone), British West Indies, Falklands Is. & Dep. BAT, early French Guiana & Venezuela. Nice lot, worthy of expansion, 100s. Original dealer’s price $825, we reckon at $595it’s very good value. (CN13) 105. Australia Ausipex 1984, 2 as new luxury padded albums contain-

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COLLECTIONS SALE SEPTEMBER 2024 ing what appears an exhaustive collection of these popular issues.

Fresh mint unhinged organised alphabetically, plus a few covers and maximum cards. Has the official labels sheet of 20 Counted plus the 2 Tonga minisheet black prints. 44 minisheets, 40 complete sets/ issues, 11 cards and 3 covers. Got to be worth $3 apiece, and the very expensive albums are free! Price $295 (CN16) 106. THE DROSS BOX! I think every dealer has one or more of these, anything we cannot find an immediate use for goes in here. Loose stamps we cannot find time to sort, covers, complete sets, minisheets, Hagner pages of stamps, collection remainder, juvenile collections, you name it, it may be here! Choose Australia, Worldwide or a mixture of both. 1kg parcel for $98, 3kg for $275, 5kg for $395, 10kg for $775. (CN17) 107. THE GROT BOX! Empty albums, stockbooks, stock sheets, stamp catalogues, auction catalogues, handbooks etc. (No stamps) Very cheap at just $195 for a $20 parcel. (NO DISCOUNTS ON THESE AND POSTAGE IS ALWAYS EXTRA) (CN19) 108. Germany 3rd Reich, 1933 – 1945 Brand New Hingeless Album, German made, in Black Blue & Gold. Spaces for all 3rd Reich stamps with illustrations and Michel catalogue numbers. Superb! Price $295 (3R1) 109. Australia, International Stamps used on 50 covers and postcards to Switzerland. Wide variety of stamps and frankings used 2000 to 2012. Noted issues with tabs, gutter pairs, Christmas Is. issues etc.

Denominations from 50c to $2.60, with rates up to $4.00. All from a single family correspondence. A bit over $5 each, price $269 (CAU1) 110. New Zealand Post Office Blue Leather with Coat of Arms embossed in gold on the cover. Stockbook presented to delegates to the 16th U.P.U. Congress held in Tokyo. Contains NZ & Territories Mint Unhinged. Noted pre-decimal issues 1975 – 1967, 1st decimal definitives to $2 multicoloured Geyser, Arms High Values $4 to $10 (4), 1969 Capt. Cook Set etc. Also Niue decimal ovpt. To $2 Arms, plus Ross Dep. 1st decimal set. Total 2022 ACS catalogue (retail) value of the contents alone for this rare item is NZ$270 = A$245. We have never ever had one of these before, let alone 2! Binding is a little detached in last couple of pages. Price $199 (2 available) (CAU5) 111. Massive lot of German covers, 19th Century to quite modern (about 2014) You will find Registered mail, Express delivery, FDC’s, commercial mail, etc, etc. to a wide range of destinations. Most are West Germany but also some Berlin, inc. Occupation Issues, and East Germany. Around 425 covers for under $1 each, price $395 (CMY3) 112. Malaysia 1963-96 collection in 4 albums, mainly mint unhinged but some of the earlier issues used and later issues are both mint unhinged and used, plus many extra sets and part-sets of the 1965 Birds, 1970 Butterflies, 1979 Flowers & Animals, and 1986 Fruits. (Qty 1000s) Very good value at $1350 (CFE2) 113. New Zealand commercial mails, small and medium envelopes,

mainly pre-decimal KGVI & QEII to Australia. Good variety of postmarks plus some higher values. Price $95 per kg (5kg available) (CFE4) 114. New South Wales plus a few ACT 1980’s – 1990’s commercial mails, mainly stamped small envelopes with a wide variety of cds cancels, many smaller towns noted. Pretty well all clear strikes. Could be some rarer items here. We just do not have time to check. Price $95 per kg. (8kg available) (CFE5) 115. Australia plain FDC’s 1951 – 1972, appears mostly complete for the period, all nice clean typewritten covers. Weighs nearly 1kg. Duplication up to 5 of each. Great source for fine used sets, with values to 2/3d or 25c in decimals. Priced well under $1 each. About 300 for $249 (CFE9) 116. Solomon Is. 1977 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $319. Stamps retail $960 plus. Total retail $1279. Price $849, save $430 on replacement cost! (CFE20) 117. Samoa 1969 – 1996 Complete fresh Mint Unhinged in as new Brown Ka-Be leather grain Illustrated Hingeless Album, new price $395. Stamps retail $1000 plus. Total retail $1395. Price $945, save $450 on replacement cost! (CFE21) 118. FRANCE: 1849-2007 mint or used collection in six hingeless Lighthouse albums (retail $1000+) with imperfs to 1fr in very mixed condition, 1863 5f used (creasing, filled thin), 1876-1900 Peace & Commerce to 5r, 1917 Orphans 35c+25c used, 1922 Surcharged Orphans set incl. 5fr + 1fr mint, 1927 5fr + 1fr mint, pre-stamp ‘POSTES/PARIS’ 1921 5c green mint and 1922 5c orange unused, 1927 2f & 5fr Air overprints mint, 1927-31 Sinking Fund overprint sets complete mint or used, late 1920s-40s era reasonably complete inc.

1928 Sinking Fund 1Fr & 8.5Fr used, 1931 1.5Fr & 3.5Fr mint, 1937 PEXIP m/sheet with exhibition h/stamp, with full gum, 1950’s – 2007 largely complete with many MUH sets & m/sheets plus back of book with dues, officials, pre-stamp covers etc. Some of the earlies are mixed condition, 1930s onward generally fine. Huge cat./retail. Many 1000s. Price $7495 (CFE25) 119. Hong Kong 1912-1962 duplicated remainder collection, mainly used with KGV Mult Crown CA wmk 6c (4), 20c & 30c (2 each), 50c various papers/backs (5), $1, 1921-37 Script wmk 8c perfin, 12c (2), 25c (3), 50c & $1 (3 each) all used, 20c, 25c & 30c Mint, 1935 20c Jubilee Used, 1937 Coronation set (2) Mint, 1938-52 KGVI definitives values to $1 Mint & $5 Green & violet Used, 1941 Centenary $1 (2), 1949 UPU set Used, few 1954-62 QE II definitives to $2 (2), condition a little mixed, still an attractive lot with plenty of pickings, Cat £570+, Price $449 (HK587) 120. Australia 1956 Olympics, complete set of 52 “Royal” covers with pictorial cancellation for each event. Each bears either a 4d Green Koala, or 4d Olympics stamp, as some handstamps were authorised for use before the stamps were! Also 1 cover with the full set of

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COLLECTIONS SALE SEPTEMBER 2024 stamps. Many different events pictured on the different coloured and varied cachets. Rarely seen these days, a few are a bit aged. All neat typewritten address. A very scarce assembly, price $795 (CMY15) 121. Australia 1947 - 52 range of KGVI era. Illustrated FDC’s plus 3 x 1950 National Philatelic Exhibition covers, 1 with large exhibition label in red-brown attached. Priced up to sell at over $350 based on Rod Perry’s website price list. includes 3 registered items, two of which are from the exhibition. Issues included at Scouts, Stamp Centenary, UPU, Federation 50th anniv. etc. 14 covers. Price under a half, $149 (CMY19) 122. Scouting 1938 - 1968 approx. mostly complete Mint Unhinged sets in near new Maroon Springback Album. Noted several imperf. sets and minisheets from places like Togo, Burundi & Bhutan. Other countries represented include Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Greece, Great Britain, Belgium, Taiwan etc. 55 complete issues, Cat. £325 plus.

Album alone to buy today would be around $100. Price for the lot just $5 per issue $275 (CMY27) 123. Worldwide picture postcards, some used, unused, earlies moderns and in betweens. Mostly street scenes & architecture. 100 different for $89 (MF2) 124. Nice little starter collection of 50 different Australian States. On our list at $56, special price $49 (AP17) 125. Australia magnificent OFF PAPER MIXTURE. Just arrived and simply brimming with better values. Starts 1930’s to about 2005. Huge variety. About 1000 for $59. 2500 for $139, 5000 for $265. (PM115) 126. As above but Decimals only 1966 – 2005. Same prices as above.

(PM115a) 127. World off paper…huge variety mostly postally used gathered from 3 different sources and mixed to together to give you the best early to modern mix we can muster! About 15- 20,000 per kg. Buy from as little as 1½c per stamp! 100g for $35, 250g for $79, 500g for $149, 1kg for $285, 5kg for $1275. (PM102) 128. Christmas Is. & Cocos (Keeling) Is. off paper mixture, many high values and recent to about 2016. Many very fine used with circular cancels.

50 different for $49, 100 mixed no more than 3 the same for $98 (PM104) 129. Australian Territories, very modern in the main. Rare mix on single close clipped paper from AAT, Christmas Is., Cocos (Keeling ) Is., plus Norfolk Is. Values to $3 noted! The odd Australia may have crept in. About 4000 - 4500 per kg. 100g for $69.50, 250g for $165, 500g for $295 (CMJL1) 130. Nauru mint Collection in Brown Seven Seas Album 1954 - 1990.

Unhinged from 1966. Missing only 1988 Post Office Anniversary set of 3. Priced years ago at $560, album alone cost about $200. Very cheap at only 40% of the stamps only, the album comes free! $225 (CMJL2) 131. Europa FDC’s x 76, Illustrated with wide range of Cachets 1958 - 1981 mostly un-addressed. Also 4 x NATO 10th Aniv. covers and 14 other Europa related mostly commercial covers. 91 items altogether.

Very attractive and cheap at under $2 a cover, $175 (CMJL3) 132. Great Britain mint unhinged & used Decimal collection 1984 - 1999 or early 2000 housed in $50 quality Red near new, brass cornered PW 32 page stockbook. Mostly complete commem. sets, plus regionals, Machins and High Values defins. to £10. A bit dis-organised, but appears near complete for the period. 800 plus mostly all different. Very high face value, catalogue & retail value. Great buying at around 50c a stamp. $395. (CMAP1) 133. Australia Near New Burgundy Seven Seas Album with slipcase.

Contains decimal collection 1968 – 1988 very near complete, mixture of mint & used to 1976, then unhinged with values to $10. New album cost around $200 and stamps retail $700 plus, so $900. High face value too. Replacement value here for under 50%, $439 (CMAP1) 134. Worldwide mainly commercial airmail covers 1980’s – 2000 literally crammed into Ilford Photographic Paper box. A few are FDC’s & Commemorative covers to same recipient in Melbourne. Main interest in Asia/ Pacific region with Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.

Also some GB, Canada, NZ & USA. Wide variety of usages and Airmail rates plus some Express mail. Many of these would warrant a $5 to $10 each price tag if sold separately. Roughly 200 – 250 covers, weighing well over 1kg. Great buying at around $1 per cover, $195 (CMJ7) 135. New Zealand, 1970S - 1995 MUH ACCUMULATION IN SETS MINISHEETS, P.O. PACKS, YEARSETS, ETC; VALUES TO $20 AND INCLUDES A AMLL AMOUNT OF ROSS DEPENDENCY. Appears mostly all different. (1000’s).

Face is NZ$1150++ (got there and stopped counting!) retail would be at least double. Price $1075 (Much less after our generous discount!) (CMJ9) 136. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Modern DECIMAL PERIOD COLLECTION/ ACCUMULATION, with 1 up to 3 or so of each set to mid 1990’s IN New Blue Padded Binder, ALBUM, PLUS A COLLECTION OF POST OFFICE PACKS IN ACCOMPANYING BOX. (100’s of complete sets & values to 10K) MUH. Huge retail! $429 (CMJ10) 137. World Wildlife Fund. Huge collection in as new 8 black albums with slipcases, plus some overspill! Includes mint unhinged stamps and FDC’s all in complete sets, commencing 1993 right up to 2018. The strength is definitely in the 2005 onwards issues. I guess there would easily be 300 to 400 complete sets here. Most retail at $10 - $15 per set, so let’s say about $4500 - $5000 retail! How about 20% retail, and the very lovely albums are free! (even cheaper after discount) $895 (CMJ20) 138. Medium size red stockbook of Austria 1970’s – 2007 with a modest collection of used, all large & commems. 350 – 400 all different.

Nice clean lot. Good value at about 20c a stamp, $75 (CMO4) 139. Netherlands, FDC collection 1956 – 1976 mostly official un-addressed with many Charity/Semi-Postal sets. 85 mainly all different. Nice lot with many good themes. Very cheap at under $1.50 each, $129 (CMJL1) 140. 1979 International Year of the Child collection of 33 different official un-addressed FDC’s, very clean lot with many better countries, inc. China,

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COLLECTIONS SALE SEPTEMBER 2024 Jersey, Germany, Monaco, Thailand, Liechtenstein, USA, Japan, Malaysia etc. Cat. price around 250 Euros according to Michel, = around AUD $400 at time of writing this. Ultra cheap at under $1.50 each, $49! (CMJL2) 141. Worldwide mainly Europe commercially used covers, wrappers & cards, 40 + 2 fronts different all pre. 1949. Countries inc. Germany, Finland, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, France, USA, Trieste, Brazil etc. Some with Nazi Germany Censor Tape.

Lovely lot, under $2 each, price $74.50 (CMJL3) 142. Whales, Dolphins and other water loving mammals in Blue near new 32 black page stockbook. New price near $50 alone. About 100 different stamps mostly in sets or minisheets. Mix of mostly MUH & some cto. Some good sets here inc. SWA, Cook Is., St. Helena, Falkland Is., Cayman Is. & Tristan da Cunha. Good buying at $94.50 (CMJL3) 143. USA mostly used ‘Back of the book’ Collection/accumulation in 64 black page Kabe stockbook (in excellent condition) starting with Airmail 1923 set of 3, duplicated range of later Airmails to approx 1944 including 1926-27 set of 3, 1927 10c Lindbergh, 1930-32 Wing & Globe 5c, 6c & 8c & 1935-37 Trans Pacific set all Mint, also nice range of 1913 Parcel Post issues (approx. 45 in total) with set of 12 to $1, also several values to 50c with a e range of different Pre-cancel types, odd fault but generally in good condition, Scott Cat US $575+, Price $399 (CMJL5) 144. Singapore 1948 – 2005 mostly postally used collection in 2 large stockbook. Commences KGVI defins., values to $5. No Silver Wedding, but then appears reasonably complete in chronological order. Would have to be 1250 – 1350 stamps here, pretty well all different. Cheapest I could find elsewhere for a packet of 1250 different was $900. Got to be good value at $675. (CMJL7) 145. GB off paper mix, Queen Victoria – recent, mostly QEII commems. off paper. Wide ranging mix with some better values. Not many Machin Heads that we could see. About 10,000 to the KG. 100g for $39.50, 250g for $95, 500g for $179, 1kg for $349. (CMJL9) 146. Western Europe off paper, back in stock again. Always a good seller, we cannot get enough of this! No GB or British Europe, all mainland countries. Great mix of large & small all postally used., around 12,500 to 15,000 per kg. Price per 100g $39.50, 250g $95, 500g $179, 1kg $349. (CMJL10) 147. GB Latest & Recent commems. on single close clipped paper. Very hard mixture to find. Mainly 1st class mail, which now costs £1.10 in the UK, over AUD$2 at time of writing. About 3250 – 3500 per kg for these large & some oversize stamps. We only got 600g of this in the past 12 months! Price per 100g $76.50, 250g $179, 500g $345 (CMJL11) 148. British Empire off paper, almost entirely pre. 1952, this now enhanced mixture has virtually no Australia (maybe a few States) or GB, and with many better values spotted. About 12,500 to 15,000 to the kg. A real luxury mix with plenty of pickings. About 500 for $110, 1000 for $210, 2500 for $495, 5000 for $950 (CMJL12)

149. Australia HV’s and Internationals mostly on close clipped single paper, a few off paper about a 50/50 mix, very wide ranging from early decimals to quite recent both commems. & defins., contains both medium & large size stamps. Values to $10 or $20. About 4750 to 5250 to the kg. Sourced from UK charity who have been hoarding this stuff for years!

Price per 100 grams $135, 250g $319, 500g $599, 1kg $1149. (CMJL13) 150. As above but domestic issues only, 100g $67.50, 250g $159, 500g $299, 1kg $575 (CMJL13a) 151. As above but Internationals only, values to around $3, 100g $269, 250g $635. (Limited quantities of this available) (CMJL13b) 152. Papua New Guinea off paper mix, early to modern mostly QEII but did spot a few earlier Lakatois, Birds of Paradise etc. A rare mix with better values, a bit over 100g here, around 1500 stamps for $119 (CMA3) 153. China, People’s Republic- 2016 - 2018. Lovely collection of 14 mint unhinged sheetlets and minisheets. All good thematics inc.

Birds, Chinese New Year, Paintings, Fruit, Lighthouses, Children’s cartoons, Military etc, all on full colour presentation cards. 126 stamps in all. Price under $6 each $82.50 (7 lots available) (CMA4) 154. Australia Mission Mix, from a new source. All well trimmed on single paper, high count with about 5000 per kg. A very wide variety from earliest decimals to very recent $1 or $1.10 values. About 50% commems. By weight, very colourful lot. Price per 500g $46.50, 1kg $89, 2.5kg $210, 5kg $395 (CMA4) 155. Auld Freddie’s Treasure! Freddie was a canny Scot. Single man, lived to 93, spent time in the Merchant Navy and put all his spare cash into stamps with no rhyme or reason it seems. Stashed into drawers, boxes, tins, secondhand stockbooks etc. We just unloaded almost a pallet load into our premises and have to sell it! Much is loose World off paper, in packets, boxes, tins etc, plus old shop packets, stockbooks, covers both commercial & philatelic, Post Office Packs, Booklets, could be anything. Better than the average I would have to say and a 20kg parcel would probably have 20,000 plus stamps. So breaking into trial lots of 5kg for $475, 19kg lots for $895, 20kg for $1695. Choose Worldwide, Australia only or a mixture of both. (CMA7) 156. Denmark commems. On single well trimmed paper. Great mixture, well varied mix to about 2011, maybe a few more recent. All European mixtures have been difficult to get since Covid. High count at around 5000 per kg. 100g for $55, 250g $129, 500g $245, 1kg $465 (CMA9) 157. Three 32 page Lighthouse Stockbooks with huge lot of Papua New Guinea inc. earlier with Birds of Paradise to 2/- mint, 1963 £1 QEII, 2 different 10K values etc, going up to about 2013, maybe a few later. Counted 300 plus sets mainly mint unhinged. There are some condition issues here such as gum toning and there but most are salvageable. Very, very cheap at under $1.50 per set, no huge amounts of duplication. Great value at $439 (CMJA5)

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COLLECTIONS SALE SEPTEMBER 2024 158. Very useful World array in older Brown 32 page stockbook, some mint, mainly postally used early to modern. Strength in GB, Touva (Nice!), South Africa, Australia, Spain and lots more. Nice clean lot, not a lot of duplication. 2250 – 2500 all up. Has to be worth 10c a stamp. $239 (CMO2) 159. Australia KGV Heads 2d Brown Perf ‘OS/NSW’ group used on Hagners. All appear smw perf. 13½ x 12½ cat. $75 each for normal OS! Great research material. (190) Price $239 (CMJL2) 160. New Zealand Revenues Queen Victoria Long Types, mix of postally used and pen cancels. Group on Hagners mainly 1920s use with 2/- blue x 33, 10/- x22 & £1 x 54. (109) Great for research or good re-seller lot. Price $325 (CMJL4) 161. Indo-China 1933-39 small group of covers from Saigon to Devakottai, airmail x3, surface x1, registered x1 & registered airmail x1, 2 covers have anti-TB labels sealing them, condition is mixed. Unusual.

(6) Price $195 (CMJL5) 162. Great Britain - 1d Penny Reds - 1858 - 1879 - Plate71 to 225 - CV £ 1,972.50 =- Approx $3450. Fine used complete set on album pages, neatly set out. Way better quality than usually encountered. Price $1950 (CMJL6) 163. The Official Millennium Postal Cover Collection in Silver & Blue Binder, near new. Contains 24 Worldwide covers from 24 time-zones fully illustrated with Gold cachets and each dated 1st January 2000 with special pictorial cancels. Cost $400 when issued. Seen on eBay at $210, our price $169 (CMA4) 164. Monaco 1989 – 1994 Complete fresh mint unhinged on near new Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Retail for the stamps is $880 plus, price for pages is $245, so a replacement cost of $1125. Price $545 (CM13) 165. Australia Official Unaddressed FDC’s by weight! Period covered 1974 – 2000. We have about 20kg of these, unsorted for postmarks.

May be a few AAT, Framas, Counter printed stamps etc, may also include some minisheets 500 grams or about 85 covers for $75. Two lots for $139, 5 lots for $329. (CMJ1) 166. Australia Pre-Decimal Postally used blocks of 4, values to 2/- or 2/3d. 50 different. Blocks are becoming popular, and may be listed in the ACSC in coming editions. Price under $3 each, $149. Two lots for $289, Half lot of 25 for $79 (CMJ3) 167. Sudan, useful range of covers 1950’s – 1980’s Commercial & FDC. 11 items, inc. 4 registered., used stamps cat. £75 plus. Condition on 3 a bit below par with tone spots. Some addressed locally to Khartoum also Australia, UK & Switzerland. eBay price seems to be $30 to $60 each. Some unable to be found on eBay. Good value at $225. (CMJ8) 168. Great Britain KGV era commercial covers 1916 – 1933, bearing nice range of frankings, inc. Downey Heads. Some military, and with original correspondence. Destinations include “School of Musketry, Liverpool”, Germany, Switzerland, France, Norway, Emmanuel College Cambridge, etc. Values to 2½d. Fascinating lot, condition a bit mixed.

29 covers, price around $6 each, $179 (CMM18)

169. Great Britain 1965 ITU Presentation Album for the Montreux conference. Red & Gold Embossed Hardbound Album presented to the delegates. Contains current GB issues mint fresh lightly hinged inc.

Wildings & Castles to £1, Regionals and Commemorative sets issued complete 1960 GLO - 1965 Arts festival. A little aging to the tops of a few pages but largely fresh, and as issued. Tiny amount of spine damage at base. A very rare book. Price $450 (GB771) 170. British Commonwealth off paper large & small, early to modern, as received from UK Charity, 12,500 – 15,000 per kg .decent variety with some Australia, early to modern and noticed a few Internationals. Price per 100g $39.50, 250g $92.50, 500g $179, 1kg $339, 2.5kg $639 (PM132) 171. Western Europe off paper large & small, early to modern, as received from UK Charity, 12,500 – 15,000 per kg .decent variety with some Australia, early to modern and noticed a few Internationals. Price per 100g $37.50, 250g $89.50, 500g $169, 1kg $319, 2.5kg $599 (PM133) 172. Australian States Hoard. Just bought literally 1000’s of States Stamps. Breaking into lots of 100, no more than 2 or 3 of the same face stamp in each lot, but may well include shade, perf. & wmk. varieties. As a mix looks to be about 80% of the larger states & 20% WA & Tasmania. Values to 1/- or 2/-. Breaking into lots of 100, no more than 2 or 3 of the same face stamp in each lot, but may well include shade, perf. & wmk. varieties. As a mix looks to be about 80% of the larger states & 20% WA & Tasmania. Values to 1/- or 2/-. Postmark potential too. Price $99 per 100, 2 lots for $189, 5 lots for $449 (MP1) 173. Improved World off paper mixture, now with added British Asia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, & British Commonwealth. Price $55 per 100 grams, 250 grams for $129, 500 grams for $249, 1kg for $469 (PM119) 174. Superlative World on paper mixture just received, on close clipped well-trimmed single paper, early to modern. No Australia.

Very high count, about 5000 to the kg. 250g for $62.50, 500g for $119, $225 per kg. (PM127) 175. Similar to the above but some on heavier paper and with about 5% Australia. 250g for $52.50, 500g for $99, 1kg for $189 (PM128) 176. Australia High Values on paper, inc. many Internationals. Mostly on close clipped single paper, maybe a few off paper. Per 100g $105 (NM2) 177. World mainly Large & Commems, some on parcel pieces with higher values. Wide variety. Trim varies. About 3000 to the kg. $39.50 per 100g, $93.50 per 250g, $179 per 500g, $339 per kg. (NM9) 178. Japan Commems, on well clipped single paper. Mixture of earlier & more recent issues. Around 4000 - 4250 per kg. $58.50 per 100g, $137.50 per 250g, $265 per 500g. (NM10) 179. Bulgaria 1879 - 1998 in as new $90 Blue Lighthouse 64 black page stockbook. Organised by year, looks to be about 500 all different here.

Most are cto with many sets and good thematics. Let’s say $45 for the stockbook and 20c each for the stamps, very good value at $145 (CEA3)

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Christmas Island 1983 27c Yachting *MISSING VALUE* error MUH - The 27c Mirror Dinghy and Clubhouse. The Teal Blue colour is totally omitted, so the ‘27c’ face value and inscriptions are all totally absent. SG 171 - a marginal single, showing FOUR colour pips in margin, and comes along with a marginal pair of normal showing the correct FIVE colour pips. The OPTIMUM way to collect any missing colour. Only a few were discovered thus, possibly only the top row on 1 sheet were affected. Have NEVER seen another even offered for sale. All 3 are fresh MUH. YACHTS and Boats are a huge topical subject worldwide, so will sell fast. $US255 - $A395 Stock 592HC

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 - www. 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

1915 6d Blue Kangaroo ‘INVERTED WATERMARK’ clean Superb Used - The Inverted Watermark was from the first WWI Cooke printings of 1915 and 1917 as ACSC tells us, so this is now well over 100 years old. They are not common, and the ones generally encountered are really grotty, are average parcel used, with smeary ‘Killer’ parcel postmarks, and the usual ugly ‘fluffy’ perfs of this issue, not well centred, and most of them are creased. Superb used, PERFECT centred, crisp dated cancel, clean and fresh, with bright deep colour, and the light dated 1917 cds cancel - ‘Registered - Adelaide – Sth. AUSTRALIA’. Totally free of the usual old hinges, and gook and foxing, and thins and tears etc, found on these parcel used stamps. ACSC 19a, $275 for normal average grade. (And cat $750 for hinged mint!) As good as these get - Just $US130 at $A200 Stock 516BX

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PO Box 1050, Warners Bay, NSW, 2282 Ph: 0432 540 760 aaastamps@yahoo.com.au www.aaastamps.com.au

PO Box 571, Milsons Point, NSW, 1565 Ph: 02 9299 1300 rwaugh@bigpond.net.au

PO Box 9494, Wyoming NSW 2250 Ph: 0403 733 912 craig@coastalstampsandcovers.com www.coastalstamnpsandcovers.com

A.G.T. Devine

Glyn Fairbairn PO Box 275, Currumbin, QLD 4223 Ph: 07 5533 9582 www.goldcoststamptraders.com.au sales@ goldcoastsamptraders.com.au

56 Gardner Circuit, Singleton Heights, NSW 2330 Ph: 02 6573 4209 alan.devine@devalri.com www.devalri.com

Robert D. Andersen

Gold Coast Stamp Traders

Stephen Joe

141 Monash Rd, Tarragindi, QLD 4121 Ph: 07 3892 7066 daleandersen@bigpond.com.au

GPO Box 302, Suva, Fiji Ph: 679 3319183 stephenj@connect.com.fj

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John Hurtado/KGV Collector

PO Box 2076 Ellenbrook, Western Australia, 6069 (08) 9297 3040 or email stampdealer@iinet.net

Peter Barrett PO Box 5, Dover, UK CT16 1YQ Ph: 013 0482 9827 pjbchelse@aol.com www.stamo-centre.co.uk

Bexley Stamps & Coin Accessories Ken Pullen PO Box 36, KURMOND, NSW 2757 02 4573 1332 sales@bexleystamps.com.au www.bexleystamps.com.au

Blue Owls Stamps - Jude Koch 9 Yarra Street, Suite 1207 (12th Floor, Suite 07) South Yarra Vic 3141 Ph: 03 9826 1202 jude@blueowlsstamps.com.au www.blueowlsstamps.com.au

Grant Carter

PO Box 40, Russell Island, QLD 4184 kgv_stamps@live.com.au http://australiankgvusedstamps.blogspot.com

Kennedy Stamps P/L Suite 706a, 250 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: + 61 2 92646168 Fax: + 61 2 92645969 stamps@kennedystamps.com. www.kennedystamps.com.au

Kevin Morgan Stamps & Coins PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Ph:0425 795 693 kevinmorgan2@live.com www.kevinmorgan.com.au

Maree Nieuwenhuizen

PO Box 16, Northcote, VIC 3020 Ph: 03 9480 2193

PO BOX 457, Bayswater, VIC 3153 Ph: 03 9762 1848 maree@mpnstamps.com

John Cornelius

Mike Lee

PO Box 23, Magill, SA, 5072 joda99@bigpond.net.au

7 Colbury Rd, Bayswater Nth, VIC 3153 Ph: 03 9729 5855 mlphilatelics@bigpond.com

Ken Cowden

P & D Nicholls PO Box 172, Glenbrook, NSW 2773

PO Box 108, Bateman’s Bay, NSW 2536 Ph: 02 4472 5231 Kenbetty@bordernet.com.au

Ph: 02 4739 6184 panddnicholls@bigpond.com

Edenzac Stamps: Tim Papadopoulos

Pacific Coast Philatelics

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Owen Pennells, PO Box 3343, Bundaberg, QLD, 4670 Ph: 0427 551 207

Edlins of Canberra

Ray Pinniger

Eddie J Cummings GPO Box 289, Canberra, ACT 2601 Ph: 02 6248 7859 edlins@tpgi.com.au www.edlins.com.au

PO Box 9008, Scoresby, VIC 3179 Ph: 03 9753 3520 bevvyc@optusnet.com.au

Shields Stamps & Coins P/L 52 Burgundy St, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084 Ph: 03 9459 5953 shieldsstamps@email.com www.shieldsstamps.com.au

Chris Snelling Stamps PO Box 121, Kotara Fair, NSW 2289 Ph: 02 4952 8205 orcstamp@bigpond.net.au www.orchidstamps.com

Glen Stephens 4 The Tor Walk, Castlecrag, NSW 2068 PH: 24 hours, 7days : 0409 399 888 glen@glenstephens.com www.glenstephens.com/rarity.html

Sydney Philatelics Graeme Fudge PO Box 122, Milton, NSW 2538 Ph: 02 4455 4011 info@sydphil.com www.stampsaustralia.com.au

Lyndsay Tooley PO Box 441, Norfolk Is. NSW 2899 Ph: 06 7232 3778 stamps@ninet.nf

Con Vayanos 64/3030 The Boulevard, Emerald Lakes, Carrara, QLD, 4211 Ph: 07 5578 1744 convayanos@hotmail.com

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reviews SG Great Britain Concise Catalogue 2024 Edition Paperback, 612 pages RRP A$85.00 Adding just 15 or so pages to the page count of last year’s edition, we don’t have too many new features this year in the latest edition of the ‘Concise’.

We do have the new issues with the commemorative or Special issues complete to The Age of Dinosaurs set & mini sheet which was issued on the 12th March 2024, and the Charles III definitives up to the £2.50 Olive-green issued in April this year.

SG tell us that ‘the 2024 edition has been extensively updated with all prices reviewed and revised in line with the current market.’ Which of course is what you’d expect from any major catalogue! But I just wanted to touch on the fact that this is a major undertaking for any catalogue publisher, and I’m sure it’s something of a thankless task. I will sometimes look at the catalogue value of a stamp or set and think to myself ‘that’s an absurd price’ which may mean that I think it’s either way too high or way too low, and I’m sure, dear readers, that many of you might have the same reaction. The truth is we are all influenced greatly by our own experiences & observations: where and how we buy our stamps (stamp fairs, clubs, retail dealers, online auctions & retail, public auctions etc etc), our own level of specialisation, knowledge of the local or ‘home’ market for certain types of philatelic items, and more objective things such as condition, scarcity etc.

We gather this knowledge over years and decades. Catalogue editors & publishers don’t usually have this time for each new edition. They have to gather, research & collate all this information from dozens if not hundreds of sources & distil it down into a catalogue price that appears in this year’s edition, and I would estimate that there are close to 10,000 such listings in this volume alone. And no sooner is it published than they’re working on revising the prices for the next edition. So do they get it wrong from time to time? Of course they do, and I suspect

mike lee we all would in their shoes! So use your knowledge to work out a value for yourself, and if you think there’s a real doozy of a boo boo, then by all means provide the catalogue editor with some polite feedback, after all there’s nothing stopping you from being one of their sources too! At the end of the day, remember that Catalogue prices are only ever a ‘guide’.Here endeth the rant.

As there are not a lot of editorial additions or changes to look at this edition, I thought I’d focus briefly on one area of GB collecting that seems to be overlooked by many collectors, that is the short lived Queen Victoria Post Office Telegraph Stamp issues in use between 1876 and 1881. They exist in nine unique designs from ½d to 10/-, as well as the £1 and £5 which used the contemporary postage stamp designs.

As well as some watermark varieties, several values exist with different plate numbers just like their postal cousins do, with the 1/- Green (SG T8) having the most plate numbers with 10 different. They are listed both Mint and used, with the latter often having postal cancels. Specimen overprints are also found on these issues. These are attractive stamps that could make a fascinating addition to your GB collection, and they only take up a little over one page (18 & 19 in this edition) in the catalogue!

If you have a preference for more modern items, may I suggest the now discontinued ‘Post & Go’ machine stamps may be of interest. They take up almost 60 pages in this year’s catalogue and can be quite complex, but don’t let that put you off, you can always break them down into smaller sections: the pictorials, the Machin heads, the Union flags, the Christmas issues, just the ones issued at Exhibitions and Shows. Have a look at them, they really are quite interesting.

Great Britain is a treasure trove of collecting areas for any collector, with more than 60 different areas to investigate listed on the contents page of the catalogue.

And there is no better catalogue to use for this than the 2024 edition of the SG Great Britain Concise

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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for September 2024. This month’s column looks at Australian and New Zealand new issues, forthcoming exhibitions.

Marine Emblems Postal Cards A second set of marine emblem postal cards (Figure 1) were issued on 1 July 2024 in the small format and sold a set for $12.95. The three cards depicted the Weedy Seadragon, Barramundi and Whale Shark. The stamp illustrator, Roger Swainston, is a renowned painter, naturalist and zoologist and one of the world’s most recognised artists of the underwater environment.

Centenary of Compulsory Voting in Federal Elections Postal Card The year marks a century since the introduction of compulsory voting in federal elections in Australia.

Australia Post issued a postal card (Figure 2) on 16 July 2024 to mark the centenary. The card was sold at $2.85.

A Free Press 200 years Postal Card The first uncensored newspaper in Australia was the Hobart Gazette and Van Dieman’s Adver- Figure 1 Weedy Seadragon Postal Card Figure 2 Centenary of Compulsory Voting Postal Card tiser which broke away from the Government’s Figure 3 200 years of a Free Press Postal Card attempt to censor the newspaper. The second uncensored newspaper was The Australian, first pubReimagined Post Office, Burnie, Postal Card lished in Sydney on 14 October 1824. Australia Post The ‘reimagined’ post office at Burnie has now opened. issued a postal card (Figure 3) on 9 July 2024 to mark Australia Post ran a children’s post card design compe200 years of a free press in Australia which was sold at tition (Figure 4) to mark the occasion. The competition $2.85. was won by Elkee from Burnie. Her design of an Oc42 - Stamp News

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Figure 4 Burnie Reimagined Post Office Postcard Competition Figure 5 Front of the Burnie Postal Card Figure 6 Reverse of the Burnie Postal Card

topus and beach scene featured on a postcard (Figures 5 and 6) which was distributed free at the Burnie Post Office. The card is inscribed ‘Australia Post Supported Mail’.

means to be alive. Live true, live full, live real! Wear your feathers with pride, be bold, be brave, believe. E tōku Tūī Kaitiaki. The indicium depicts a stylised Tui. The cards were sold as a set for $16.36.

New Zealand Matariki 2024 Matariki is the Maori New Year. Signified by the Matariki cluster of stars (Pleiades or the Seven Sisters) reappearing in our night sky, this is a time to reflect on the past year, celebrate the present, and plan for the year ahead. New Zealand issued four Matariki postal cards (Figures 7 and 8) on 3 July 2024 showing artist Shane Hansen’s personal connection with the Māori new year. Central to the art is Te Tūī Kaitiaki. Shane explains: “I am drawn to him. As I age, my affection and connection grow. His wairua, brightness and vibrancy for life remind me of what it

New Zealand Postcrossing Postal Cards Postcrossing is a popular postcard exchange platform. To celebrate this special philatelic hobby, NZ Post issued a $3.30 (which sold for $3.63) postal card (Figures 9 and 10) on 7 August 2024. The postal card sold for $3.63. According to postcrossing.com, there are currently over 800,000 members across 208 countries and territories. Signing up to Postcrossing is easy. Simply visit postcrossing.com and fill in a form to create an account. Start sending postcards and you’ll receive one in return for each one you send.

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Postal Stationery Papua New Guinea Stamped Envelopes Steve Zirinsky reports two Christmas stamped envelopes (Figures 11 and 12) for Christmas 2023 featuring personalised stamp designs in K1.60 and K6.90 denominations for internal and overseas mail respectively. The stamp design depicts a displaying bird-of-paradise.

Spain: Waste Management Postal Cards In 2021 Spain issued a set of six postal cards (Figure 13 and 14) on the theme of waste management featuring natural environments spoilt by human waste and printed on ‘100% compostable’ paper.

The views on the reverse of the cards show a variety of underwater, beach, forest, and mountain habitats soiled by a range of human waste. Sold in a pack with an adhesive stamp with the same design as the indicium on the postal cards.

Canada From Far and Wide Postal Cards Canada issued a set of nine postcards for $23.36 (Figures 15 and 16) on 6 May 2024 from their Far and Wide series: Torngat Mountains National Park, Tehjeh Deé (South Nahanni River), Nááts’įhch’oh National Park Reserve, Sunflowers, Altona, Galiano Island, Abbaye de Saint-Benoîtdu-Lac, Point Prim Lighthouse, Thousand Islands, Restigouche River, and Qarlinngua sea arch, Arctic Bay. 2d STO Kangaroo & Map Die 2A Stationery Die Rod Buchko has previously asked for scans of either used or unused cliches, cut-outs or covers of the 2d Die 2A STO/ Figure 7 $3.30 New Zealand Matariki Postal Card Figure 8 Reverse of New Zealand Matariki Postal Card Figure 9 $3.30 New Zealand Postcrossing Postal Card

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Ian McMahon PTPO stationery die (Figure 17). Initially six replies with scans were received.

Can any readers, besides those who have already replied to him, send him scans of items that could aid in his research? The issue he has is the apparent existence of 6 cliches; in contradiction to Kellow’s estimate of 5 cliches for STO printings.

(Scans may be sent to me at ian.mcmahon4@bigpond.com).

August 2024 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector The August 2024 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector, the Journal of the Postal Stationery Society of Australia, included articles on Australian Commonwealth Lettercard Production: Vertical and Horizontal Bi-Colour Inkings, The ‘Tripleton’ That Might Have Been; The Australian 5-Cent Plain Stamped-To-Order Envelopes; Gold Coast: The First Postcard; Queensland Cards ‘Suitable for Hand Painting’; The Registration Envelopes of Victoria (Part 1) 1898 Tasmanian Scenic Envelopes – Numbers Issued, and India: Scope of Post Office Postal Stationery Wrappers.

A Tribute to the Aerogramme An interesting piece appeared recently in The Juvenile Geriatric! Newsletter (https://janehutcheon.substack.com/).

The article was entitled The Diminishing Art Of Postage: An obsession with things philatelic and was by Jane Hutcheon: I discovered to my great surprise the other day that, here in Australia, they still sell aerogrammes at the post office. At A$3.00 it’s the cheapest way to send a letter overseas. I remember when I first came to this country as a student in the 1980s, living far away from home, I treasured the arrival of a weekly blue aerogramme from the parents in Dad’s neat typing (Olivetti) with a bit of his tidy handwriting at the end of the letter. Other times he’d send a brown envelope containing a typed letter and cuttings from the newspaper.

Postal Stationery Sometimes, in her messy, manic hand-writing, Mum would add a note at the bottom with lots of xxxxx. Jane’s comments on aerogrammes will touch many a nerve and reminds me of my neighbours who were British immigrants when I was a kid in Brisbane receiving aerogrammes from ‘home’ and my own receipt of aerogrammes during the two years I spent in Canada.

Jakarta 2024 Jakarta 2024 was a FIAP exhibition held in Jakarta from 3-7 July 2024. The postal stationery class comprised 12 exhibits. A Large Gold medal was awarded to Frank Li for his exhibit New Zealand Postal Stationery – Pre-KGVI Head Design. There were also two exhibits from Australians: Guyana Postal Stationery by Bernie Beston (Vermeil) and John Moore (Postal Stationery of British East Africa, Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika (Vermeil). In addition, the exhibition included two postal stationery exhibits in the Modern Philately class and five in the Youth Class.

There were seven postal stationery exhibits in the one-frame class including Mark Diserio’s Queensland 1d Letter Card and Reply Card which received 90 points. Figure 18 shows three Australians judging at Jakarta 2024 – Ray Todd, Ian McMahon and Mohammed Islam.

Canberra Stampshow 2024 Canberra Stampshow 2024 will be held 12-15 September 2024 at Thoroughbred Park (the Canberra racecourse). Canberra Stampshow 2024 will be a full National exhibition including the Postal Stationery Class. The exhibition’s theme is the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union. For further information visit the website at https://canberrastamps. org/canberra-stamp-show/. Souvenirs are now also available with details on the website. The Postal Stationery Society of Australia will provide a prize at the exhibition for the best postal stationery exhibit and plans to hold a meeting there.

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Figure 13 Spain Waste Management Postal Card Figure 14 Reverse of Spain Waste Management Postal Card Figure 15 Reverse of Canada Postal Card showing South Nahanni River

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Figure 16 Canada Postal Card showing South Nahanni River Figure 17 Kangaroo & May 2d STO Envelope Figure 18 Australian Postal Stationery Judges, Ray Todd, Ian McMahon and Mohammed Islam judging at Jakarta 24 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 see https://www.toowoomba2024.com/exhibitors.htm .

Royalpex 2025 and Sydney 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. Sydney 2025 is proposed for 20-23 March 2025 at the Wentworth Park Sports Centre. Further details

can be obtained from Geoff Lewis, glewis@custom-made.com.au.

2025 International Exhibitions The first FIP exhibition for 2025 will be URUGUAY 2025 Specialized World Stamp Exhibition, which will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the declaration of independence of Uruguay and will take place from 17-22 February 2025, at the MACA Museum in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Contact Geoff Kellow geoff@ brusden-white.com.au for more information. Australia has been invited to enter Europhilex 2025 which is due to be held in Brimingham, United Kingdom from 8-11 May 2025. This exhibition is a European international exhibition to which Australia has been invited. Further information from Geoff Lewis, glewis@custom-made. com.au.

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Greetings from Great Britain I was watching the weather report on the television, and a few hours later I was talking to my daughter in Sydney. Looks a bit chilly to me and Melbourne, well that is just too cold. The weather report was rather miserable. Then I saw this set of stamps and thought why not write a short piece to cheer up people showing some summer memories. Strange the way the mind works! I think once upon a time Brighton Beach and St Kilda in Melbourne had some of these. Not sure if they still

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Figure 1 do.

This issue, Beside the Seaside, was issues by Royal Mail in 2007. 6 stamps showing what to me are memories of a long ago childhood past with the ice cream cone, a sandcastle, a horse carousel, beach huts, deckchairs and lastly the beach donkey.

Do these bring back memories?

This cover (Fig 1) is the Royal Mail First Day Cover with the Royal Mail Tallents House cancel showing the Blackpool ferris wheel. There are a few different cover designs one

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Figure 3 can collect and with different and interesting cancels.

Here is the same cover but this time with a Blackpool cancel. (Fig 2) It has me wondering, what do First Day Cover collectors collect?

Just one cover or a variety of Covers with the different cancels? Personally I like to collect the Cover with a cancel that is unique to the subject and place.

My final Cover will show such an example.

Another Cover of this issue ( Fig 3) I hope you will enjoy seeing this one with a different Blackpool cancel, a different image

and with a short information text about the Blackpool Tower.

This is a Benham’s produced cover as noted in the bottom right hand corner.

I have mentioned in previous writings that there are and still are or course other Cover houses producing their own designs.

This next cover, Fig 4 is from Cotswold Covers. A different image again and this time with a Brighton cancel.

And finally a very artistic and colorful Cover which in fact is using a screen shot from a Television show of the same

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Greetings from Great Britain

Figure 5 & 6 name, Blackpool. Fig 5 This is a Buckingham produced Cover signed by the actor David Morrisey.

Some details, which are included with the Cover, are shown in Fig 6 This is a wonderful Cover in my view with the juxtaposition of the theme of the Cover, Blackpool, linked to the Television show that the Actor David Morrisey starred in. The show was called Blackpool. It was a British television musical drama serial, produced in-house by the BBC with much of it filmed on location in Blackpool.

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in Australia because in December 2005, it was announced that the series had been nominated, under its American title, Viva Blackpool, in the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film category at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards.

Perhaps US readers will also have some nostalgic memories of the stamps and this particular First Day Cover. Have a careful look at the top left hand corner of the Cover! And as of today it has still not warmed up in Sydney or Melbourne. I hope these stamps inspire warmth all around.

I welcome feedback and ideas for

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Air Mail Society of NZ: Ph: 03 3584838; Email: alant@snap.net Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan). Ph 09 9853212; Email kiwibrooce@ yahoo.com; Website: www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tues; GB Machin 3rd Fri odd months; Postal History 1st Mon; Postcard 3rd Tues even months. Email: secretary@ cps.gen.nz; Website: www.cps.gen.nz Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph: 03 4557643; Email: davidallison2009@gmail.com; Website: www.dunedinstampclub.org.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph: 06 8765911; Email: clairemole@xtra.co.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Ph: 06 8439433; Email: dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 3689881; Email: michael.christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan). Ph: 04 5697439; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec). Ph: 04 2971197; Email: ian.burttt@yahoo.co.nz Manaia PS: Mtg (Hawera) 1st Sun. Ph: 06 2784292; Email: peter.williams@xtra.co.nz Manawatu PS: Mtg 1st Wed, daytime meeting 3rd Tues. Ph: 06 3584565; Email: mps@inspire.net.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec).

Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 07 8893199 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5469092; Email: paula.hucklesby@clear.net.nz North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz; Website: www.northshoreps.com NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed. Ph 03 3895511; Email: steve@ philatelic.org.nz; Website: www.nzeal.com/philately/nzscc.htm NZ Postcard Society: Ph: 03 3848463; Email: jenny-long@clear.net.nz; Website: www. postcard.org.nz

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

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

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

Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 3rd Weds (ex Dec) 12.30pm Hambledon House, 177 Bruce Highway, Edmonton.

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8am-1.30pm. Ph. 0410 538 039

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Some Choice Lots in Auction 105 Scheduled for 9th September 2024

Single Wmk Inverted - Only 3 others recorded

CTO block of 4

3rd Wmk - largest recorded Specimen block

Sm Mult Wmk - largest recorded Specimen block

Imprint block of 16 believed to be the largest recorded CTO block

Single Wmk - believed to be largest recorded CTO block

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