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Contents Articles News........................................................................................................6 Reviews : Mike Lee .............................................................................8 Philatelic Investments : Christer Brunström ............................... 10 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 14 Postal Stationery: Ian McMahon ................................................ 24 Cinderella Corner: Vito Milana .................................................... 30 Introducing the APF: Stephanie Bromser ................................... 50 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 56

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The Devonport Stamp & Collectibles Club goes online during COVID-19 Organised philately worldwide has suffered significant disruption during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Major international exhibitions and other events cancelled, international auction houses have postponed their sales. Australia has not been immune from these disruptions with the majority of stamp clubs, and societies, cancelling their programmes including meetings, fairs and presentations.

The story in Tasmania follows the national pattern; the state has four clubs, one each in Hobart, Glenorchy, Launceston and Devonport. (With the exception of the Devonport club all have completely abandoned their programmes.) The story in Devonport, located on the North-West coast and servicing organised philately in the whole of the area, is vastly different.

The Devonport Stamp & Collectibles Club Inc., in common with other organisations, found they had to suspend Monthly meetings and their informal “Stamps on Sundays” meets. The July Stamp &

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Collectables fair had to be cancelled; this event has proved extremely popular with participation increasing year on year. Rather than accept that inactivity in the hobby was inevitable the executive decided something needed to be done for the benefit of its members, in particular, and collectors at large.

It was agreed, at a distance, to enter into a programme to enable their membership to continue to be involved in their hobby. This involvement was considered very important, particularly as it has been found to extremely beneficial for the mental well-being of participants during times of stress. To achieve this it was decided to use the Club’s website as a means by which to realise their objective and as the main contact medium.

Just prior to the Pandemic crisis the club had initiated a circuit book programme on a trial basis, it was agreed this should be continued, as best it could, during the lockdown period. This has become very popular with members, many making sheets for inclusion. The sales level being achieved also demonstrates the membership is very agreeable to the continuation of the circuit.

In addition, on the Club’s website there has been created, under the heading “Secretary’s Corner”, a special news page and an online auction where members may place items for sale; these auctions rotate on a regular basis, with clearance rates reflecting strong participation rates. Whilst the Club uses its website as the

principal means of contact with members, at this time, there also exists a Facebook site for the benefit of those interested in this medium. This site is used for information only.

A feature of the auction page, is that non-members, are encouraged to participate and details in the pre-amble to the sales provide the requirements for doing so. Those who make successful purchases are contacted at the conclusion of a sale to ascertain the best method of delivery.

At this time the sale site is restricted to stamps but in the very near future a separate page is planned for the collectables element of the club. It is envisaged this will cater for trading in coins, militaria etc .. A recent activity report, generated from the website, has shown an extraordinary lift in usage with all Eastern states represented.

A Treasure Hunt, commenced prior to the ‘shut-

down ‘continues and there will be a follow up competition at the conclusion of the current one. The treasure hunt requires the participant to find as many items from a 50 stamp list, which in itself is daunting, and you are able to increase your score by finding more than one stamp that meets the criteria.

Whenever this contagious virus is finally under control, the intention is to maintain the programmes developed during this difficult time, they have kept the club strong and vibrant and proven to be beneficial for all members. For those out there who wish to have a look at what this Club is doing go to devstampclub.org you may just find something of interest to you, or your club.

Jim Altimira

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reviews Welcome to some more SG catalogue reviews for 2020. The catalogues reviewed here are published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Rd. Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH U.K.

2019 Falkland Islands Paperback, 85 pages RRP A $TBA

8th edition

This latest edition of the Falklands catalogue was published in late 2019, and includes new issues for the Falkland Islands to June 2019, British Antarctic Territory to November 2018 and South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to May 2019 Apart from these three current stamp issuing countries, the catalogue also includes comprehensive listings for the Falkland Island Dependencies (Graham Land, South Georgia, South Orkneys, South Shetlands and the Falkland Islands Dependencies general issues) together with priced listings of Falkland Islands stamps used in the Dependencies.

An updated Falkland Islands design index is included to aid the collector in identifying their stamps, and a list of contact details are provided for philatelic societies with an interest in Falkland Islands collecting.

There are price rises to be found in most sections

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up to about 1970, with plate and watermark varieties and shades moving up strongly. The 1933 Centenary 1d. ‘Thick serif’ flaw is up from £375 to £550 mint and the 1950 printing of the King George VI 10/-. SG 162c Jumps from £500 to £700 used. There are also additions to the listings of Falkland Islands used in the Dependencies.

Although this is one of the more regularly updated SG catalogue volumes, every new edition is a must have for collectors of this area as there are always new discoveries and price changes etc due to the popularity (and demand) of the Falklands.

2020 Canada & Provinces Paperback 238 pages, 7th edition RRP A $TBA

It’s been four years since the last edition of this catalogue was published, and so we have four years of new issues included (about an extra 10 pages) up to the November 2019 Hanukkah stamp. But apart from the issues of Canada we also have all the ‘Provinces’ issues which include: British Columbia & Vancouver Island (1860), Vancouver Island (1865), British Columbia (1865-71), Colony of Canada (1851-64), New Brunswick (1851-63), Newfoundland (18571949), Nova Scotia (1851-63), Prince Edward Island

(1861-72), Dominion of Canada (1868 – 2019). Just a little whinge of my own here – you’ll notice above that the Colony of Canada and the Dominion of Canada are two separate listings, and in the catalogue are actually 15 pages apart. While I understand the reason for listing the two ‘versions’ of Canada separately, I always find it frustrating flicking back and forth between the two listings of early Canada, and would really prefer everything back together!

Canadian Official stamp listings include the ‘five’ and ‘four-hole’ OHMS perfins as well as the ‘OHMS’ and ‘G’ overprints on postage and special delivery stamps Apart from these, there are also listings of the Crowned-circle ‘PAID’ handstamps for Quebec, St Johns (Newfoundland) and Amherst and St Margarets (Nova Scotia).

The publishers tell us that ‘Prices throughout the catalogue have been carefully revised and updated’ and that ‘Notes have been expanded and improved both within the listings and in the introduction to the catalogue’ included in the introduction to the catalogue is an interesting two page article entitled ‘Canada’s King George V Admirals with Lathework’

by John Hillson FRPSL, FCPS One new listing addition worthy of mention is the prominent plate 2 re-entry on the 1c. ‘Arch’ definitive of the 1930-31 KGV series, with the catalogue values being: 1c Orange SG 288a £80 Mint/£70 Used , 1c Green SG 289a £95 Mint/£50 Used. Well worth checking your stamps for if you were unfamiliar with this re-entry An excellent addition to the library of any collector with even a passing interest in this popular area!

2020 Switzerland

Paperback 240 pages, 1st edition RRP A $TBA

The full title of this catalogue is actually ‘Switzerland including Liechtenstein and United Nations at Geneva’ which gives you a fairly good idea of the contents (there are also International Organisations but more on that shortly). You may be wondering how this can be the First edition when individual SG

mike lee ‘parts’ catalogues have covered these countries since the early 1980’s. Well as has been happening for a few years now, SG is dividing these ‘parts’ further to keep them at a manageable size, so this is the first time Switzerland has been published without Italy, resulting in the first edition in this format.

The new issues include Switzerland up to March 2019, Liechtenstein to November 2018 and United Nations Office at Geneva to March 2017.

The Swiss International Organisations mentioned above are: League of Nations, International Labour Office, International Bureau of Education, WHO, International Refugees Organisation, World Meteorological Organisation, UPU, United Nations, International Telecommunications Union, World Intellectual Property Organisation & the International Olympic Committee. This sounds like a lot of organisations and therefore a lot of stamps, but the total issues for all of these only occupy six pages in the catalogue!

Specimen stamps for Switzerland, League of Nations, International Labour Office and Liechtenstein are now listed and priced. There are updated design indexes for Switzerland and Liechtenstein to identify their stamps.

As always, prices have been reviewed and adjusted where required.

As with the Canadian catalogue, there is an interesting five page article included in the introduction entitled ‘The Strubel stamps of Switzerland, 1854 to 1862’ by Alan Wishart FRPSL. I think these articles really add value and interest, and I hope to see them included in all future catalogues.

While we’re in the introduction, I’ll include my regular reminder to visit the ‘Numbers added and Numbers deleted’ listing page also found there (page iv). There are quite a few, so an early visit to this page may save confusion later!

Another great ‘must have’ catalogue!

Please bear in mind that due to the COVID-19 crisis, international mail has been thrown into turmoil, with several countries suspending all international mail in and out of the country. This may very well impact the availability of these catalogues together with other philatelic publications and supplies.

I’ll be back with more catalogue reviews soon.

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PHILATELIC INVESTMENTS Stamp collecting is very much an educational hobby. By studying the designs of stamps, you can learn a lot about the world that surrounds us. Postal historians spend much time trying to figure out how the world’s postal systems worked.

But the money aspect has always played a major role in philately ever since the very first stamp catalogues were compiled and published in the early 1860s. Whenever we read about postage stamps in the general media, it’s usually about exceptional auction realisations where scarce stamps have sold for millions of dollars.

However, most postage stamps are very common. In fact, 1000 different worldwide stamps can probably be purchased for $10 or less. Thus stamp collecting is not necessarily an expensive pastime.

It is very clear that most stamp issues will never become expensive as there are so many of them.

Recently, on a rainy summer’s day, I went through a box containing miscellaneous philatelic material. Several copies of late 1970s issues of the Phila Fax Flier caught my eye and provided many hours of interesting reading.

This newsletter was published by W. R. Finney in Oregon, USA, in the 1970s and early 1980s. At the time there was a lot of speculation in postage stamps. People hoarded certain issues in the hope that they would soon increase in value. The idea was to then sell them off to make a substantial profit.

Speculators purchased multiple copies of certain stamps which were touted as good investments in the Phila Fax Flier and other similar publications. It was a period of inflation in the USA and everything was getting more expensive month after month.

This trend also included selected postage stamps.

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Christer Brunström In the newsletter several knowledgeable writers tried to analyse the market to come up with suitable suggestions for stamp investment.

One of the more popular stamps was the “Baby Zeppelin” 50c stamp (Fig. 1). This stamps was issued by the USPO on October 2, 1933. It is number C18 in the Scott Catalogue of US stamps. The stamp was issued “in connection with the flight of the airship “Graf Zeppelin” in October, 1933, to Miami, Akron and Chicago and from the last city to Europe” to quote from the Scott catalogue. The C18 had a printing of 304.070 copies (most other US airmail stamps have printings of many millions).

The C18 has always been a favourite with stamp collectors. In September 1979, the Phila Fax Flier reported that a prominent New York stamp dealer asked no less than $138.75 for a very lightly can-

celled and well-centered specimen of the Baby Zeppelin.

At the same time the BUY PRICE for the same stamp in Very Fine Mint Never Hinged condition was $240!

However, in late 1979 the Fila Fax Flier had noted that there had been a softening of the price levels for many US postage stamps. “What goes up must come down” is an old adage which also holds true for the price of postage stamps.

When investors and accumulators began unloading their stamps, prices came tumbling down and many saw their future profits disappear like an ice cream on a sunny summer’s day. In fact, prices for US stamps have not really recovered.

Last year I acquired a Mint Never Hinged copy of the C18 in Fine-Very Fine condition for just $37.50 from a major US dealer. I suppose he had

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PHILATELIC INVESTMENTS acquired a hoard of C18s from many decades ago.

If the previous owner had bought the C18s at more than $200 a piece many years ago it certainly was a very poor investment.

This story tells us that it is very difficult to invest in stamps and actually make any money in the process.

Another US 1970s magazine, the Philatelic Reporter and Digest (usually abbreviated PhilRep), also provided its readers with suitable suggestions of stamps and stamp sets likely to increase in value in the immediate future. The publisher also offered a book called Stamp Investment Guidelines by the late Bill Hornadge who edited Stamp News many years ago. The book was described as 25.000 words by an expert in the field.

Here are some of the suggestions of 40 years

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ago. In October 1979, PhilRep Editor Theodore H. Erbe wrote that China offered many profitable opportunities and that prediction certainly turned out to be correct (Fig. 2).

In the same issue, a 1963 airmail (Fig. 3) issued by the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and featuring Adélie penguins was described as already making price progress. In 1979, the Scott catalogue value had jumped to $15 and the editor predicted that it would soon reach $35 and this certainly happened.

In 1979 PhilRep also recommended the Gilbert & Ellice Islands 1939 definitive set (Fig. 4) as a “Good Long-Term Holding.”

In October 1979, PhilRep suggested that the first set issued by Christmas Island in 1958 (Fig. 5) might be a good investment. It was reported that

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Christer Brunström the Scott catalogue value had increased from $10 in 1974 to $31.90 in 1979, a gain of 219 %. This certainly was due to extensive speculation at the time as the set can probably be obtained for some $10 in today’s market conditions.

In November 1978, PhilRep discussed a number of Australian candidates for investment. The 1914 6d Kookaburra stamp (Fig. 6) was mentioned but the editor felt that it was too expensive for most investors as the catalogue value for a used copy was all of $60. Hopefully readers didn’t spend too much money investing in this particular stamp as a nice used copy can most probably be acquired for much less today.

I could go on for several more pages listing investment suggestions of some 40 years ago. Some eventually fulfilled the promises but most of the

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stamps mentioned did not turn out to be profitable in the long run. It is of course impossible to predict the future.

Knowledgeable collectors however, are sometimes able to locate valuable stamps which the seller has not been able to properly identify. Thus a stamp offered for 25c can be sold for hundreds of dollars.

A few years ago exactly this happened to me.

At a bourse I discovered a number of Venezuelan stamps which were offered at just 15c each. Realising what they were, I purchased the lot for a dollar and a half. I then entered one of the stamps in a specialised auction of Latin American stamps. The stamp sold for some $350. Knowledge is Power is a comment frequently made by one of my fellow Stamp News columnists.

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Tongue in cheek in Delhi

Reported at https://indianexpress.com The direction to not use saliva to paste stamps has been issued to lawyers in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and to reduce the spread of the virus in district courts.

In a bid to avoid the spread of Covid-19, the Office of the District and Sessions Judge issued the following direction: “Lawyers/ munshis/ litigants/ naib courts/ police officials may be asked through court staff to not to use saliva while affixing court fee stamps on the application/petition and envelopes containing summons/notices, etc”.

Furthermore, officials are also directed to not use saliva while doing pagination of files. While asking for strict compliance with the aforesaid directions, the circular states that the court staff shall advise the lawyers to use plastic sponge damper pad while inspecting the judicial files.

The politics of stamps – the Balkans

Reported at https://www.total-croatia-news.com Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have protested to North Macedonia following the publication of a commemorative postage stamp showing a map of WWII Croatia which included parts of present-day Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

North Macedonia has issued commemorative postage stamps as part of the “North Macedonia in the EU” series ahead of Europe Day, including one dedicated to Croatia as the current president of the Council of the European Union.

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the Nazi puppet state that existed during the Second World War. Serbia on Saturday presented a protest note with North Macedonia’s charge d’affairs, saying that the stamp is “an attempt at historical revisionism” that undermines bilateral relations between Serbia and North Macedonia and cooperation and stability in the entire region.

The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanded that the stamp be immediately withdrawn from circulation and that the government of North Macedonia condemn the move.

North Macedonia’s postal service later expressed regret for displaying “a wrong map of Croatia and other countries in the region,” adding that the entire circulation of 6,000 stamps was being withdrawn. The state-owned company said it was an unintentional mistake and that the

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stamp was meant to be a mark of gratitude to Croatia for supporting North Macedonia’s EU integration bid.

Serbia said that it took the issue of such a stamp on Victory Day as an act of hostile provocation aimed against its territorial integrity and sovereignty and as an affront to the Serbian people who had been killed in their hundreds of thousands in NDH-run concentration camps.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed concern about the promotion of such a stamp, as well as hope that it was an unintentional omission and that it would be strongly condemned by the government of North Macedonia.

It acknowledged the apology offered by North Macedonia’s postal service and expressed hope that this incident, which was seen as an attempt to rewrite historical facts, would not affect the otherwise good relations between the two countries.

The Politics of stamps – Palestine Reported at https://www.aljazeera.com

Palestinian protest against Israeli occupation has taken many forms in the past seven decades - from all-out Arab-Israeli war, to the Intifadas and the Great March of Return.

On a global level, Palestinian leaders continue to lobby for increased international recognition of the State of Palestine.

Meanwhile, on a smaller scale, other forms of self-determination are emerging.

In his own form of dissent, artist Khaled Jarrar designs postage and passport stamps for the State of Palestine, using the Palestine sunbird as the motif.

His stamps have been officially recognised by the postal services in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and the Czech Republic.

Jarrar’s is a protest in an artistic context, one that began in his home town of Ramallah in the

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There, he designed a Palestinian visa stamp saying ‘State of Palestine’ which he began offering to international visitors, including a Jewish American woman with dual US-Israeli nationality.

He stamped both her passports with the Palestine sunbird, but when she later went through Israeli immigration, officials interrogated her and cancelled her passport.

Jarrar achieved a major breakthrough when Germany’s Deutsche Post accepts his design. An initial print run of 4,000 postage stamps quickly sold out, and he soon sold more than 28,000 German Palestine sunbird stamps, while also stamping hundreds of passports of tourists on the streets of Berlin.

The politics of post - Poland Reported at https://balkaninsight.com

Poland’s government is insisting on holding a

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presidential election— in the midst of a pandemic and entirely by postal vote. Mail handlers are up in arms.

As Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party pushes ahead with plans to hold a presidential election— near the peak of the coronavirus pandemic — postal workers find themselves unexpectedly at the centre of a political crisis.

The right-wing PiS hopes its candidate, incumbent President Andrzej Duda, will turn solid approval ratings into victory in the first-ever election to be organised exclusively by mail.

But employees of Polish Post, the state-run postal administration, say the plan puts them at risk.

“This craziness must be stopped,” said a postman from Warsaw who declined to be identified.

“I’ve learnt everything about this election from the media. In the company, no one talks with us. “ To steam ahead with the postal vote at short notice, the government appointed a former PiS minister as acting president of the Polish Post in

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mid-April.

However, it is not clear if post offices can ensure that ballots reach 30 million Poles eligible to vote. Some 15,000 postal workers employed by Polish Post — about half its workforce — are on leave.

Since 2009, Polish Post has been a sole jointstock company with the Polish Treasury as its only shareholder. This means it has been stripped of government financial support even as it remains a national service run by the state, and can thus be called upon to perform special tasks such as organising postal voting.

The median monthly salary for a mail carrier is 2,750 zloty (605 euros) just above the minimum salary.

PiS is considering introducing a bonus per postal vote handled. And since ballots would be delivered by teams of two, only one of whom needs to be a postal worker, consultations are under way to allow the second person to be a family member.

The union have branded this a form of bribery.

Compared with other big EU states, Poland has recorded fewer coronavirus cases and deaths

— around 12,500 and 600, respectively, as of Wednesday morning.

But some say that even though voting by mail is considered safer than visiting polling stations in person, the plan would only result in coronavirus spreading further.

The Polish Society of Epidemiologists and Doctors of Infectious Diseases condemned the moves saying it would expose voters, postal workers and election officials to infection.

The move also sparked fears that Polish Post, overseen by politicians, is becoming the de facto replacement for the National Electoral Commission, an independent body that has organised elections for over 30 years. The commission will not be allowed to design and print the voting packages.

In a resolution approved in mid-April, the European Parliament called the PiS bill “totally incompatible with European values”.

“It seems we’ve been drawn into a big fuss that’ll have long-term consequences at home and abroad,” the postman in Warsaw said. “I can imagine people saying postmen sold out to the authorities … In some ways, yes, that’d be true.”

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Greenland reprises a wartime issue Reported at https://www.linns.com

A new souvenir sheet from Greenland commemorates a philatelic connection to the United States.

Issued in May, the sheet marks the 75th anniversary of a set of stamps called the American issue because it was printed in the United States by the American Bank Note Co. The 1945 stamps, which range in denomination from 1 ore to 5 kroner, show six different designs: a harp seal, Denmark’s King Christian X on horseback, a dog team, a polar bear, a man in a kayak, and an eider duck.

The new souvenir sheet reproduces 3 images in the original artwork of the 1945 American issue.

The first two stamps in the souvenir sheet depict essays featuring the kayak design with denominations of 10 ore and 15 ore. However the issued stamps with those denominations (Scott 13-14) depict King Christian X on horseback.

The image that was the basis for the King Christian X stamp design is shown in three colours in the upper selvage of the souvenir sheet.

An eider duck is featured on the essay for the 2kr stamp, which is shown on the 18kr denomination in the souvenir sheet. The issued 2kr stamp (Scott 17) depicts a man in a kayak.

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start at the beginning, Greenland issued its first stamps in 1938. Because Greenland was a Danish colony, the stamps were printed in Denmark.

On April 1, 1940, Denmark was occupied by Germany, and most ties, including postal matters, with its remote colony were cut. A year later, a treaty was signed allowing the United States to protect Greenland. Greenland also received much of its supplies from the United States.

By 1943 Greenland was running low on some denominations of its 1938 issue and also wanted some higher denominations for use on airmail.

The national bailiff of Greenland, sent a proposal to the American Bank Note Co. for nine stamp denominations, indicating the subjects of their designs and the quantities to be printed.

Also enclosed were photographs and books to use in creating the stamp designs.

By May 10, 1944, a “first draft of the American issue” was ready and forwarded to the “Greenland department within the Danish Consulate in New York.”

Some changes were requested, including the addition of a design showing the king on horseback, which had not been included in the original letter.

The American Bank Note Co. printed the stamps, and they were issued Feb. 1, 1945. The stamps were available in Greenland and from the Greenland department of the Danish consulate in New York.

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May Europa issue – Ancient postal routes

After Denmark was liberated from German occupation, the American issue stamps were overprinted in three lines: “Danmark/Befriet/5 Maj 1945,” which translates as “Denmark freed May 5, 1945.”

Lowe-Martin printed the 75th anniversary souvenir sheet by offset. The layout was by Robert Dam and the design firm DAMgrafisk.

Iceland pulls the philatelic plug Reported at https://www.linns.com

Iceland Post has announced that it will stop issuing new postage stamps as of Oct. 29.

In 2019, Iceland Post had reported that it planned to stop issuing stamps, but suggested that the last new issues would be in 2021.

But the end is coming sooner, Linn’s have been advised by email.

An Iceland Post spokesman said that new printings of already-issued stamps are possible in the future.

“We have plenty of stamps in stock for cus-

tomers and will continue to use them. If we foresee a shortage we will probably reprint older stamps in order to have sufficient stamps for senders.”

Iceland issued its first stamps in 1873 when it was part of the kingdom of Denmark. It became an independent republic June 17, 1944.

As of the end of 2019, Iceland had issued more than 1,500 stamps.

According to its 2020 stamp program, the Oct. 29 issues will include single stamps in the multination Norden (Nordic countries) and Sepac (small European postal Administrations) series, and single commemoratives for the 100th anniversary of the Order of the Falcon, the 250th anniversary of the Icelandic Land Commission, and the 800th anniversary of the beginning of the Age of the Sturlungs. Also scheduled to be issued Oct. 29 are two Christmas stamps and two stamps depicting garden vegetables.

In the May 7 Facebook post, Postphil said, “As these will be Iceland Post’s very last issues, we hope you will appreciate the care and dedication put into their making and design.”

Post plummets

Reported at https://www.voanews.com Research by the United Nations has revealed a 21% drop in postal volume during the first half of 2020.

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caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General attributed the drop to distressed businesses cutting back on sending advertisements and catalogues.

The report comes as several postal services, including the USPS, endure existential financial battles. “These new developments have come at a time at which the postal sector was already facing unprecedented change, owing to decades-long macro trends such as digitalisation, liberalisation and changing citizen needs,� the UPU report states.

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Post preserved in New Zealand Reported at https://www.miragenews.com

The Coalition Government is supporting New Zealand Post to continue to deliver a postal service in the face of challenges presented by a changing mail environment and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funding of $130 million from Budget 2020 will allow New Zealand Post to maintain service levels as it positions itself for the future of mail, while an equity injection of $150 million will

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also be provided from the Government’s COVID Response and Recovery Fund.

Postal services across the world are facing considerable financial pressure as mail volumes continue to decline.

“COVID-19 has demonstrated how important our postal service is. During lockdown many New Zealanders and businesses relied on the services New Zealand Post provides”, a Government spokesman said.

“Post’s revenue has fallen substantially but the costs of delivering the service New Zealanders expect have remained the same. The $150 million equity injection, along with the $130m funding for mail services, means we avoid significant cuts to its service and workforce and big price increases for its customers.”

“Posties and couriers have been one of the most visible symbols of our response to the pandemic. As an essential service, they worked through lockdown and have continued to work tirelessly as level 3 saw a massive increase in demand for e-commerce.”

Correos conserved in Spain Reported at https://ec.europa.eu

The European Commission has found the compensation granted by Spain to Correos to fulfil its public service mission (so-called “universal service obligation”) during the 2011-2020 period to be compatible aid under EU State aid rules. Stateowned Correos is the biggest postal operator in Spain.

“Easy access to postal services is vital for all EU citizens. Today’s decision enables Correos, to continue deliver basic postal services in all of Spain at

affordable prices, without unduly distorting competition, “ said an EU representative.

In January 2020, Spain notified the Commission of its plan to compensate Correos with €1,280 million for carrying out its universal postal service obligation during the 2011-2020 period. Of this €1,280 million, €1,219 million was already paid to Correos prior to the notification. The Commission has therefore found that Correos had benefited from illegal (non-notified) aid.

The Commission examined the measure under EU State aid rules on public service compensation. According to these rules, companies can be compensated by Member States for the extra cost of providing a public service mission, subject to certain criteria. This enables Member States to grant State aid for the provision of public services while at the same time making sure that companies entrusted with such services are not overcompensated.

Avoidance of overcompensation minimises distortions of competition and guarantees an efficient use of public resources.

The Commission’s assessment showed that the compensation granted by Spain to Correos will not exceed the net cost of the public service mission, meaning there is no overcompensation. On this basis, the Commission concluded that the measure is in line with EU State aid rules.

The Spanish postal service market has been liberalised since 2011 in accordance with the Postal Directive, and while Correos emanates from the public administration, it now operates in full competition with other relevant postal service providers.

In essence, the USO concerns the delivery of letters and parcels (up to a certain weight), across the whole territory of Spain, at least 5 days per week, at affordable prices.

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Switzerland 1951 *LUNABA* Miniature Sheet: Superb condition VFU, with no hinge remains or gook or gunk after 80 years.

What a gem - superb fresh VFU - been in the UK near all its life. These sheets had only 121,000 printed, and PO cost was high - 3 Francs EACH, or 7.5 times face. Even so, a LARGE number of them have been cut up over the past 68 years. Why? As Michel and Zumstein catalogues both list and price the central single as an IMPERF, mint and used ... and album pages make allowance for those chopped up sheets! So heaps of sheets got cut up, to create that catalogue listed item, and to fill spaces in album pages. SG MS 531A, £275 = $A550. Superb crisp cds “LUCERNE 15/10/51”. (One of the few scarcer Swiss Sheets, where used is lower priced than mint!) Bought well to sell cheap, at about $US135 - $A195 (Stock 754LQ)

France 1868 5 Franc Napoleon, SG cat £1,300=$A2,700 for just $A270!:

This super high value is missing from EVERY collection. They ALL have faults pretty much, as they were used on heavy parcels overseas. Often with bad creasing and thins and bad foxing and pinholes - this is totally free of all those and has a small closed tear at top. Over 150 years old now!

Lovely neat dotted star “26” cancel. This stamp comes in several shades. SG list the cheapest “Lilac” as SG 131, at £1,300=$A2,700. Yvert have this one the 5f Grey Blue at 20% higher than cheaper shade. Bought well in a large estate, so out it goes for $US185 or 10% of the cheapest SG cat shade at just $US185, or $A270 (Stock 327RJ)

QANTAS 1st flight Sydney to Vancouver, 1954 x 8 Diff First Flight covers:

ALL of these most usually bear the special QANTAS vignette - Frommer 99a, Eustis 1345a, cat $60 each OFF cover $A600. Some are pilot signed Jackson/Shields who captained various legs of the lumbering “Connie.” Flights covers with no labels are Eustis $50 apiece, so a lovely bunch. 66 years old now, and the odd very minor blemish due to age, but VERY seldom offered even singly, and most unusually, all having the special QANTAS VIGNETTES. The limited flying range of the Connies, took the route via Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Canton Island, Fiji, Honolulu, and even San Francisco, and ALL are back-stamped.

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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for July 2020. This month’s column looks at the effect of Coronavirus restrictions, New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II Post Office training school postal stationery and new issues from Australia Post.

Coronavirus Days It has certainly been an interesting year and I hope readers of Australasian Stamp News are keeping safe. Perhaps spending time at home has enabled you to spend more time sorting out your postal stationery or writing up your postal stationery collection or exhibit.

There have been some coronavirus related postal stationery issues. For example, the Irish Post Office (An Post) delivered five million free postcards (Figure 1) to homes around Ireland, to help ‘keep people in touch during the coronavirus crisis’. The pre-paid postcards were intended to enable people of all ages to post “a message of love and support to special people in their lives.” The Thai Post Office

Top : Figure 1 Irish Covid 19 Postcard Figure 2 New Zealand 24c Envelope overprinted SPECIMEN FOR TRAINING PURPOSES Left : Figure 3 New Zealand 20c + 4c Lettercard overprinted SPECIMEN FOR TRAINING PURPOSES Above : Figure 4 New Zealand 25c Envelope overprinted CANCELLED 24 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon also issued pre-paid postcards for people to write to medical personnel expressing support for their working in dealing with the crisis and to family members.

The international mails have been severely disrupted with many countries (including European countries such as Germany and Belgium) not accepting mail addressed to Australia and Australia Post not accepting mail for many overseas destinations or using surface mail. Very long delays are being experienced. Some countries have been returning mail addressed to countries to which they are no longer delivering with labels or posting markings indicating that the service has been suspended. Some mail from China has been reported as having been disinfected. Do readers have any examples of postal stationery treated in this manner?

Most exhibitions in 2020 and early 2021 have either been cancelled or postponed, however, watch out for an Australian virtual exhibition which will be held later in 2020. Details will be placed on the APF website www.apf.org.au.

Postal Stationery Society of Australia May On-Line Meeting With philatelic societies and stamp clubs being unable to meet, many have begun to hold on-line meetings. While the time zone differences often make it difficult for Australians, many people have been attending the on-line meetings of overseas societies which they otherwise would not be able to attend.

The Postal Stationery Society of Australia held an online meeting on 14 May 2020. Twenty-six people attended including members from around the world to hear a presentation by Ian McMahon on the Postal Stationery of Canada: EnveTop to bottom: Figure 5 Noosa Heads Prepaid Postcard Figure 6 Woy Woy Prepaid Postcard Figure 7 Parkes Prepaid Postcard Stamp News - 25

Postal Stationery lopes and Postcards from Queen Victoria to King George V. The ability to hold on-line meetings could be a great boost to specialist societies and societies with a widespread membership as well as to collectors in regional areas who find it difficult or impossible to attend meetings and to have contact with other collectors. Online meetings may well continue after the restrictions due to the current pandemic ends.

New Zealand Post Office Training School Postal Stationery Post Offices have often run training schools for their staff. To make the training realistic the schools used either simple training stamps which generally resembled adhesive stamps (sometimes synonymous with ‘test stamps’) or actual adhesive stamps and postal stationery. The use of actual postal stationery enabled the trainees to became familiar with the ac-

Figure 8 Greetings from Sydney Prepaid Postcard Figure 9 Afghan Cameleers Prestamped Envelope Figure 10 Numbers under the flap of the Animals in War Prestamped envelope Figure 11 Label Advising Change of Weight Limit on Express Post Satchel

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Ian McMahon Localised Postcard Update In the May 2020 Postal Stationery Column, I reported on the Australia Post Localised Postcards.

A second group of 30 postcards has now been reported by Frank Pauer in addition to the 66 in the first group (one additional postcard to the 65 mentioned in the May 2020 column, there were two different Sydney 2000 postcards: Sydney Harbour, and Sydney Harbour and Circular Quay).

A full list of these postcards (and, where known, the Post Offices which sold them) will be published in the August 2020 edition of the Postal Stationery Collector. Figures 5-7 show localised postcards from Noosa Heads, Woy Woy and Parkes. The Greetings from Sydney postcard (Figure 8) was one of the second group of 30 postcards and was available from the Queen Victoria Building Post Office in Sydney.

Afghan Cameleers of The Outback Stamped Envelope The Afghan Cameleers of the Figure 12 Manuscript Change of Weight Limit on Parcel Post satchel outback stamped envelope Figure 13 New Zealand $1.30 Datestamp Postcard (Figure 9) features images of Afghan handlers and their camels on the envelope and tual items but they were usually cancelled in some in the indicium. From the manner to invalidate them so there was no loss of mid 1800s thousands of immigrants from the Indirevenue. an sub-continent and Afghanistan were brought to During the early 1980s, New Zealand postal Australia to tend the camel trains that helped open stationery used for the training schools were overup Australia’s vast arid interior (they were known loprinted with either specimen or cancelled overcally as ‘Afghans’ regardless of where they actually prints. Figure 2 shows a 24c envelope overprinted came from. Camels were used widely in the outback ‘SPECIMEN FOR TRAINING PURPOSES’ while from the Burke and Wills expedition in 1860 to the Figure 3 shows a 20c+4c lettercard with a similar construction of the Overland Telegraph Line. Their overprint. The adhesive stamp attached to the enve- use led to large feral populations of camels in the lope is cancelled with a black vertical bar. Figure 4 outback which exist to this day. The envelope was isshows a 25c envelope overprinted ‘CANCELLED’. sued on 5 May 2020 and sold for $1.35 and designed Stamp News - 27

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by Jason Watts. The envelope was also issued in a PNC format.

Remembering Animal in War Stamped Envelope This stamped envelope was reported in the June column. Mark Diserio reports that the envelope has an additional number under the flap above the usual ‘1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10’ (Figure 10). This number is underlined.

Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 have been reported so far. All of the envelopes in a pack of ten seem to have the same number. Suggestions as to what this number is would be appreciated (perhaps a plate position number?).

Manuscript and labels changes to the weight limit on Parcel and Express Post Satchels The September 2019 change in the weight allowance for parcel and express post satchels with a standardisation on 5kg has resulted in a range of ways of indicating the new weight limit including labels ‘Flat rate postage up to 5 kg’ used on packets sold in vending machines (Figure 11) and manuscript changes (Figure 12).

In most cases, however, no changes have been made with staff advising that the satchels were now all valid for up to 5kg.

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New Zealand $1.30 Datestamp Postcard Following the increase in the postage rate to $1.30, a $1.30 datestamp postcard was issued on 01 July 2019. The design was essentially

Ian McMahon tralian states and territories. The birds shown were the Gang-gang Cockatoo (ACT, Figure 14), Wedge-tailed Eagle (Northern Territory), Laughing Kookaburra (New South Wales), Helmeted Honeyeater (Victoria), Black Swan (Western Australia) and the Brolga (Queensland). The designs on the reverse of the postcards are based on artworks from John Gould’s seven-volume The Birds of Australia, published in 1848. The sketches used to produce the lithographs were by Gould’s wife, Elizabeth. After her death in 1841, other artists used her sketches to complete the lithographs.

Belgium Postal Stationery Catalogue The Belgian Postal Stationery Society has a long tradition of publishing catalogues of the postal stationery of Belgium and its colonies with the first catalogue The Postal Stationery of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Belgian Congo being published in 1950. Their latest catalogue on the postal stationery of Belgium, Les Entiers Postaux de Belgique 2020 (Figure 15) has now been published. The new edition is 353 pages richly illustrated in colour and is available in Flemish or in French. The sale price is 25 € plus 10 € in postage. Ordering information is available at http://users.telenet.be/sbep /#eng but you may need to wait until the international mail system is functioning again before you can receive the Catalogue which is the definitive work on Belgian postal stationery.

Figure 17 LiveCard Postcard from Cadiz, Spain Figure 15 2020 Belgian Postal Stationery Catalogue unchanged from the previous issue Figure 13).

Bird Emblem Prepaid Postcards Australia issued six prepaid postcards on 21 April 2020 showing the bird emblems of six of the Aus-

Postcards from Cadiz, Spain PSSA member, Edy Pockele, provided some information on pre-paid postcards (Figures 16-17) sold at the main post office in Cadiz (Spain), a popular stopping place for cruise ships with other 200 cruise ships a year (at least prior to 2020). One set was labelled ‘Live Card by Correos’ and another ‘MyMap

by Correos”.

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Cinderella Corner Official Australian Post Office Labels Part III – Instructional, Stamp Collecting, Advertising/Other – Part A

Welcome to the July edition of Cinderella Corner. Official Australian Post Office labels are an eclectic feature of the philatelic landscape, and they form one area that continues to increase in popularity amongst many enthusiasts.

Annually, since 2018, several of these labels have been explored in Cinderella Corner. This article continues the narrative from July 2019, once again with the overall assistance of Dr. Eric Frazer, the leading expert and coauthor of The Official Postal Labels of Australia. This issue focuses on those Australia Post labels across the following themes: instructional, stamp collecting, advertising/ other. Some of these labels that fall into these categories appeared in the first edition of The Official Postal Labels of Australia published in 1991 but were omitted from the second in 1999. Next month’s piece will conclude the discussion on these label types, and a fifth article on Official Australian Post Office labels is planned for winter 2021; I welcome feedback from readers about these items and their continuing breadth.

Merry Christmas

The two strips of Merry Christmas labels illustrated together in Figure 1 are multicoloured and feature four vertical stickers. The strip to the right measures 71mm x 161mm and was likely released in 1984. The sheet to the left is slightly narrower, measuring 64mm x 162mm, and was released in October, 1985. Both self-adhesive and imperforate sheets were printed for Australia Post by S. R. Frankland Pty. Ltd. of Prahran, Victoria, for use with the Christmas ‘Postpak’ range of products. The third label on the 1985 confirms this, with its margin inscription: POSTPAK CHRISTMAS STICKERS MS921 (OCT 85).

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Greeting Stickers

Three sets of greeting stickers were identified in the first edition of The Official Postal Labels of Australia, as illustrated in Figure 2. They cover seven different messages: Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary, Get Well Soon, With Love, Congratulations, Best Wishes, and Keeping in Touch. A sheet of ten of these Greetings Stickers was enclosed in the $4.10 (10 x 41c.) stamp booklet containing the “Thinking of You” 1990 stamps. When the standard letter rate increased from 41 to 43 cents on 3 September 1990, a variation sheet of “Greetings Stickers” was again enclosed in the $4.30 (10 x 43c.) stamp booklet containing the new “Thinking of You” stamps. In January 1991, the ten gummed greetings stickers were replaced by eight selfadhesive stickers. Each sticker measures approximately 26mm x 15mm; the 1990 issues were arranged in sheets (10, 2 x 5) and the 1991 was arranged in sheets (8, 2 x 4), all as per illustrated. Examples of these stickers were also produced in later released Australia Post booklets.

Stamp Collecting Is Fun

Several labels were issued by Australia Post to encourage stamp collecting and the general benefits of philately (mostly targeted towards younger stamp collectors). The cinderella illustrated in Figure 3 is one of these labels.

Multicoloured and measuring 77mm x 45mm, the label features the text: Stamp collecting is fun / Australia 35c / Australian Terrier. The imperforate label was issued as part of the Sunpex ’85 celebrations.

Franking Guide

The Franking Guide labels were issued by Australia Post to aid users of franking machines and inform of correct procedure when franking mail for delivery. The early labels were made available in single format and later in rolls; they are all self-adhesive and imperforate. Three different printings are illustrated in Figure 4. The top label presents ‘jac’ backing paper; the middle,

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a 1993 issue, presents ‘jac (NP1)’ backing paper; the bottom presents plain backing paper. Each orange and black selfadhesive label measures approximately 80mm x 40mm and contains the following texts: Top label: FRANKING GUIDE / Check date and postage / Ensure impressions are clear / Tie bundles securely – face articles the same way / Post progressively on day of franking / Australia Post / PM36 Middle label: Franking Guide / Check date and postage. / Use only approved ink and ensure impressions are clear / Tie bundles securely – face articles the same way / Post progressively on day of franking. / Inform Australia Post of change of address. / Australia Post / PM36 (Feb’93) Bottom label: FRANKING GUIDE / Check date and postage. / Ensure impressions are clear. / Tie bundles securely – face articles the same way. / Post progressively on day of franking. / Australia Post / PM. 36.

While the texts in the top and bottom labels illustrated in Figure 4 are verbatim, there are several notable differences between the two cinderellas, including: • the use of different fonts • the use of full stops in the bottom label (including after PM) • larger Australia Post logo in the bottom label • larger ‘PM36’ and ‘Australia Post’ font sizes in the bottom label • larger ‘FRANKING GUIDE” font size in the top label A strip of three, from a roll, of the Franking Guide labels is illustrated in Figure 5.

Heavy

The red and white label illustrated in Figure 6 is one of several issued by Australia Post to promote ‘health and safety’. The cinderella was used on heavy articles to indicate that assistance may be required, and it superseded a smaller circular blue label (PM268) issued by Australia Post. It measures 74mm x 105mm and is self-adhesive and imperforate. The 2004 label was printed in rolls of unknown quantity on Fasson backing paper, and features the text: Heavy / Bend your knees / Assisted lift may be required / AUSTRALIA POST / 8835184 Sep’04. The cinderella was also printed on plain backing paper, and an example, in a strip of three from a roll, is illustrated in Figure 7.

New Parcel Option

An advice label, for internal use, was printed by Australia Post in early 1987, informing Bulk Pre-sorted Mail customers of a change in sorting standards. Coloured red and white, it was printed in sheets of nine (1 x 9) on RAFLATAC backing paper. Figure 8 illustrates a strip of five of these labels, with each measuring approximately 75mm x 34mm. Each also features the detailed text: New Parcel Option / From 1 February 1987, pre-sorted parcels will receive full rate service standards. See the booklet “Bulk Pre-sorted Mail Service: Mailing Conditions” (MS80) for sorting requirements for parcels.

Please Note

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Far Left Figure 9 Left Top Figure 10 Left Figure 11 Above Figure 12 AUSTRALIAN STAMPS and I’M AN AUSTRALIAN STAMP COLLECTOR! Many thanks to Mr. Noel Almeida for identifying these as Australia Post issues that were offered free to Stamp Bulletin readers.

Stamp Collecting Is Fun

illustrated in Figure 8, another advice cinderella was issued in February 1987, for internal use, informing handlers about changes to the status of bulk parcels. Coloured white and red, it was believed to be produced in sheets of nine (1 x 9) and was also printed on RAFLATAC backing paper.

Figure 9 illustrates a strip of seven of these labels, with each measuring approximately 75mm x 29mm. Each also features the text: PLEASE NOTE: From 1 February 1987 Parcels which are Bulk Pre-sorted receive full rate service standards instead of deferred delivery.

Please Consult

The imperforate self-adhesive label illustrated in Figure 10 is coloured red, cream and black. It presents the instructive text: Please consult with Australia Post regarding the position of mail boxes prior to building work commencing. / Australia Post. Further information is required about this elusive cinderella.

I Collect Australian Stamps

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The final label discussed in this Cinderella Corner is illustrated in Figure 12. Measuring 70mm x 59mm and imperforate on all sides, the red, green and white cinderella features a kangaroo on the hop, along with the text: STAMP COLLECTING IS FUN. The label has been identified as from Australia Post as identical artwork features on several different Australia Post: Philatelic Service glassines.

Conclusion

Australia Post has issued many labels over the years, and those discussed in philatelic literature, including Cinderella Corner, help to form an important insight into this area of philately and further present a glimpse into their advertising, instructional, promotional, and ‘other’ efforts. Next month’s Cinderella Corner will continue to explore several more of these Australia Post labels and conclude the discussion about them. I once again sincerely thank Dr. Eric Frazer for his kind assistance towards the planning of this article and the next, along with the text he supplied, The Official Postal Labels of Australia, which he co-authored with the late Robin Occleshaw back in 1999. Although this 240-page catalogue has now been out of print for over two decades, Eric still has a few commercial black/white reprints left (minus the four colour plates) at cost price (A$38.60) plus postage (A$12.20 within Australia). His email address is Eric.Frazer@internode.on.net.

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Accessories and Albums 1. BRAND NEW Lighthouse Optima “Gigant” 75mm 4 ring Binder & Slipcase, leather look, available in Brown, Blue, Red or Black. RRP $74.95, special price $59.95 each. (Opt1) 2. Optima Pages, as new (Once used for an exhibition) to suit above, 2 divisions to suit postal history or postcards etc. Clear or black available RRP per pack of 5 = $15.95, price $7.95. Black interleaves to complement clear sheets RRP $9.50 per pack of 5, price $4.75. (Opt2) Picture Post Cards We have a large stock of Australian postcards, if there is any particular town or scene etc. you would like, just ask and we will check our stock for you. Priced from $4 each. (The lowest price of $4 represents a search fee rather than the actual card value) Legend: PC = Post Card, RP = Real Photograph, GC = Good Condition etc.

3. PC, The Upper & Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, Victoria, The Rose Series 142, unused, GC, $27.00 (APC21) 4. PC, Fitzroy Street from the Yacht Club, St Kilda, Victoria, The Rose Series 139, unused, GC, $27.00 (APC22) 5. PC RP River Scene, Apollo Bay, Victoria, unused, GC $27.00 (APC41) 6. PC RP Eagle Point, Mt Buffalo, Victoria, The Rose Series P/42, unused, GC, $26.00 (APC146) 7. Australia PC RP, Britannia Falls, Warburton, Victoria, the Rose Series P.3637, unused, GC, $29.00 (APC158) 8. PC RP The Bent Fern, Sassafras Gully, Victoria, The Rose Series P. 73, unused, GC, $27.00 (APC179)

9. PC RP The Snow Owl Cabin, Bon Accord Hospice, Harrietville, Victoria, Hoy’s Series No. 3, unused, GC, $27.00 (APC199) 10. PC Humorous illustration on postcard, vintage corsetry “how to develop a figure” unused, GC, $27.00 (APC206) 11. Australia PC Japanese Garden Melbourne Botanical Gardens, coloured, unused, GC $27 (APC266) 12. PC Coogee Bay, NSW, unused, GC, $27.00 (APC390) Collections & Lots 13. Hong Kong 1862 – 1926 on album page & Optima stocksheets, mostly fine used. QV to 30c, KEVII to 30c & KGV to $2. Generally clean lot with some private perfins. Cat. £690 plus. 73 stamps. Price under $6 per stamp, $425 (CMAP4) 14. Great Britain 1850’s – 1936. Highlight is 7 x QV 2/6d, 3 x 5/- (1 is a private perfin) plus KEVII 2/6d & 5/-. Others include 10d 1887 Jubilee private perfin, 1929 2½d UPU private perfin, various surface printed to 8d etc. Huge catalogue/retail. Even a facsimile 1d Black! 120 stamps, mainly good to fine used. Around $3.25 per stamp. Price $395 (CMAP5) 15. United Nations New York UNO Flags of 48 Countries 12 Sheetlets of 16 Stamps each country in a block of 4 All Fresh MUH. Price $49 (3 available) (CMAP7) 16. United Nations New York UNO Flags Maximum Cards, each with large coloured flag of the country and relevant stamp with FDI cancel. 16 different comprising Barbados, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorus, Canada, China, Great Britain, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Peru, Senegal, Somalia & Sweden. Price $96 (4 available) (CMAP9) 17. United Nations New York UNO Flags series, 40 different FDC’s inc. some blocks of 4. all official unaddressed. Priced under $1.50 each, $59 (CMAP10) Stack of 33 diff. 1960’s/70’s Bulgaria Illustrated unaddressed FDC’s. Don’t see these around much these days. Some good themes inc. Paintings, Madonna & Child, Wrestling, Circus, Knights in Armour, Olympics, 1966 World Cup Soccer, Christmas, Javelin, Running, Ski-ing, Ice Hockey, Ice Skating, Swimming etc. Priced under 90c each, $29 (CMAP13) 18. Papua New Guinea 1952 – 1994 (inc. Provisional Overprints) Seven Seas Burgundy Hingeless Album new price around $360 in near new condition with slipcase. Contains a postally used collection May 1970 – End of 1988 (much harder to find than mint unhinged!) Appears complete for the period. Listed retail for the stamps $375, so a total value here of $735. Priced well under a half at $359 (CMAP19) 19. Huge Estate lot, collection/accumulation Australia & AAT FDC’s, Souvenir Covers, PSE’s etc, etc. 1317 items counted in total in 11 Gibbons as new Green New Thames Double Cover albums, these alone cost $49 each. Many better items noted with scarcer cancels seen. Pretty much all are Official Un-addressed Covers. We are selling this just for the new cost of the albums, the covers come free. $539 the lot. (CMJ1) Packets and Mixtures 20. Australia Latest received SHEET ONLY $1 stamps. Very hard to get, we have accumulated just 1kg in 6 months. This also includes a few blocks, strips of 4 and 5 etc. Good variety on close trimmed single paper. Weighed into lots of approx 100 mixed for $35, 250 for $82.50, 500 for $159 (PM111)

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BUY OR BID SALE JULY 2020 Great Britain 21. GB 1864-79 QV 1d Rose-red SG 43, plate 185 fine Mint with some hinge remains, Cat £70, Price $69 (GB271) 22. GB 1913 Seahorse 2/6d Sepia-brown Waterlow printing SG 400 with light, crisp cds, centred a little to the left, odd nibbled perf, Cat £150, Price $69 (GB272) 23. GB 1899 Halfpenny Postal stationery card, uprated by ½d Vermilion QV Jubilee to Dr. David Gill CB FRO, Director Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope, from The Royal Astronomical Society. Cancelled by London W 29 Duplexes of DE 12 99, and with Observatory Road C.G.H. cds of DE 30 99. A very quick sea journey, which today still takes 16 days! David Gill was one of the most remarkable astronomers in the history of Southern African Astronomy. When Gill took over, the Observatory was outdated. He set out to modernise the facility and when he retired, the Cape Observatory was one of the finest and best equipped observatories in the world. Gill pioneered astro photography and did an incredible amount of work towards establishing photographic catalogues of the Southern Sky. He was also a remarkable person outside of the field of astronomy. On 18 May 1869, at age 26 in a time when photography was still in its experimental stage, Gill took a picture of the Moon. It can safely be said that it was this achievement – the photograph was an excellent one, even by later standards – which drew attention to the young amateur and started him off on the career which was to bring him international fame, and provide astronomers all over the world with a priceless new research tool.” A very rare survivor, price $295 (GB235) 24. GB 1901 2d Blue registered envelope to Robert Innes, Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope. Uprated by 2 x ½d Green Jubilees and cancelled with cds’s of Royal Exchange Birmingham of FE 15 01, additionally Birmingham oval reg’d cds on face of the same date plus London Hooded Registered cds in Violet of the following day. Reverse bears squared circle arrival h/stamp of Observatory Road, CGH dated MR 5 01. All clean strikes. Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes FRSE FRAS (10 November 1861 – 13 March 1933) was a Scottish astronomer best known for discovering Proxima Centauri in 1915, and numerous binary stars. He was also the first astronomer to have seen the Great January Comet of 1910, on 12 January. He was the founding director of a meteorological observatory in Johannesburg, which was later converted to an astronomical observatory and renamed to Union Observatory. He was the first Union Astronomer. Innes House, designed by Herbert Baker, built as his residence at the observatory, today houses the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. Great Historical Item, price $495 (GB233) 25. GB 1902 1d UPU Postcard to Robert Innes, Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope from Bookseller Bernard Quaritch, Piccadilly stating that books requested have been sold. The Quaritch book company still exists. Card is cancelled by clean strike of London W. squared circle No. 65 dated FE 7 02.

Reverse bears transit cds of G.P.O. Cape Town, Cape Colony of 25 FEB 02 and arrival cds at Observatory Road C.G.H. of the same day. Another remarkably quick sea journey of 18 days, against today’s 16. Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes FRSE FRAS (10 November 1861 – 13 March 1933) was a Scottish astronomer best known for discovering Proxima Centauri in 1915, and numerous binary stars. He was also the first astronomer to have seen the Great January Comet of 1910, on 12 January. He was the founding director of a

meteorological observatory in Johannesburg, which was later converted to an astronomical observatory and renamed to Union Observatory. He was the first Union Astronomer. Innes House, designed by Herbert Baker, built as his residence at the observatory, today houses the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. Great Historical Item, price $295 (GB247) 26. GB 1901 2 x Halfpenny Green QV complete Wrappers to Reg. Sergt. Major Hubert Reynolds, Imperial Yeomanry at Green Point Transit Camp, Cape Town. Bother are cancelled by Daventry Duplexes of MY 22 & JU 4 01 respectively. Green Point Common, Cape Town, during the Second Boer War was used as a transit camp for prisoners of war to be shipped to remote islands.

Reynolds, Hubert 4894, Sergeant 37th Coy., 10th Bn. I.Y. is listed as a medal recipient for the Boer War. Scarce survivors, price $395 the pair. (GB240/242) 27. GB 1902 Boer War small cover to a doctor at Boshof, Orange River Colony, re-addressed to Paarl, Cape Colony. Bears ½d Blue green KEVII cancelled by London E.C. No. 63 cds of 1 MR 02with Boshof arrival cds of AP 1 02, plus “Passed Censor Kimberley W. Elton Major” circular cachet, plus small circular P in blue.

Reverse bears various transit cds’s including Boshof, Paarl and Kimberley, 2 x cds’s of MR 22 & AP 9 to reflect the redirection. Scarce item, price $350 (GB251) 28. GB 1948 Silver Wedding set on registered illustrated FDC, ‘South Norwood 8’ registration label, very neatly addressed, flap unsealed, lovely condition and rare! Price $1195 (GB252) Australian States New South Wales 29. 1850 Sydney View 1d Brownish red No trees on hill SG 12a, light indistinct cancel, 4 close margins, Cat £800, Price $899 (NSW147) 29a. NSW 1901 cto set to 20/- Carrington & Postage Dues also to 20/mounted on presentation sheet with Royal Coat of ArmsAnd headed ‘SET OF POSTAGE STAMPS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Prepared for presentation to each member of the Legislatures of the several States of Australia on the transfer of the Post Office to the Commonwealth.“ Very fine condition, way better than any I have seen previously. 27 stamps. Price $1850 (NSW148) Victoria 30. Victoria 1895 Halfpenny Orange Wrapper to Mechanics Institute Ballarat, cancelled by Port Fairy Duplex No. 6 dated MY 14 95. Tidy. Price $59 (V290) 31. Victoria 1895 Halfpenny Orange Wrapper to Mechanics Institute Ballarat, cancelled by clean strike Portland Duplex No. 8 dated AU- 14 95. Tidy. Price $59 (V291) 32. Victoria 1895 Halfpenny Orange Wrapper to Mechanics Institute Ballarat, cancelled by clean strike Omeo Duplex No. 177 dated AU 16 95. Tidy. Price $59 (V292) 33. Victoria 1895 Halfpenny Orange Wrapper to Mechanics Institute Ballarat, cancelled by clean strike Warrnambool B frameless cds of AU 19 95 Tidy. Price $59 (V289) 33a. Victoria 1901 – 1902 cto collection of 30 different ½d to 45/-, most from Official Presentation Set. Includes 6d Green SG 380 Inverted Wmk. Price $2695 (CMMY13) Western Australia 34. Western Australia 1896 Coolgardie Camel Express set of 3 without gum, fresh bright colours, gum often removed from these sets due to brown patchy appearance. Price $995 (WA146)

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BUY OR BID SALE JULY 2020 Kangaroos 35. Australia 1913 ½d Green Kangaroo, right marginal block of 4. 3 stamps fresh mint unhinged, light hinge to top left. Top right has plate 2 variety “excess colour in bottom right corner” ACSC 1(2)l. Cat. $165 as singles. Nice positional block. Fluffy perfs and centred top right. Price $98 (K1089) 36. Australia 1913 4d Orange (Analine) Kangaroo, superb used. Great colour, well centred with good perfs with small part cds at lower left corner. ACSC 15B cat. $275, price $210 (K1090) 37. Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st wmk. Kangaroo BW 35A, nicely centred, lightly struck Perth parcel cancel, nibbled perf at lower right, Cat $250, Price $129 (K759) 38. Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st wmk. Kangaroo punctured large ‘OS’ BW35ba, centred to lower left, indistinct cds, couple of nibbled perfs, Cat $500, Price $279 (K815) 39. Australia 1915 2/- Pale Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo, superb used. Dated example with clear central cds of Kilmore Vic. 23SE16. Well centred with full perfs. A superior stamp in every way, ACSC 36A Cat. $350, price $295 (K1056) 40. Australia 1915 2/- Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo BW 36 centred a little high, indistinct very light cds, lower right corner perf with slight, hardly noticeable surface thin, Price $179 (K819) 41. Australia 1915 2/- Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo punctured ‘OS’ BW 36ba, light corner bend at lower right, usual fluffy perfs, above average centring, Fine used, Cat $400, Price $279 (K998) 42. Australia 1918 2/- Brown 3rd wmk. Kangaroo punctured ‘OS’ BW 37ba horizontal strip of 3 nicely centred with light Melbourne cds, couple of slightly nibbled perfs on r/h unit, attractive and scarce multiple, Cat $375 as singles, Price $279 (K973) 43. Australia 1924 2/- Maroon 3rd wmk. Kangaroo BW 38A, excellent centring , fresh lightly hinged Mint, Cat $300, Price $249 (K966) 44. Australia 1924 2/- Maroon 3rd wmk. Kangaroo BW 38A, excellent centring , light hinge remains, small faint gum bend, Mint, Cat $300, Price $199 (K1014) 45. Australia 1924 2/- Deep maroon 3rd wmk. Kangaroo BW 38B, centred to right, Townsville cds, nibbled perf at lower right, scarce shade with normal for comparison, Cat $300, Price $149 (K915) 46. Australia 1924 2/- Maroon 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Plate 1 Harrison 2 line imprint pair BW 38(1)za, some separation, left unit with vertical crease, couple of nibbled perfs, well centred & attractive Mint, Cat $2000, Price $975 (K730) 47. K821) Australia 1929 2/- Maroon SM wmk. Kangaroo BW 39, marginal example centred to the left, fresh MUH, Cat $750, Price $579 (K821) 48. Australia 1929 2/- Maroon SM wmk. Kangaroo BW 39, centred a little high, very lightly hinged Mint, Cat $300, Price $249 (K821A) 49. Australia 1935 2/- Maroon C of A wmk. Kangaroo Die I vertical pair lower unit variety ‘Flaw on S of AUSTRALIA’ BW 40(2)j, variety is MUH but one nibbled perf, Cat $100 for hinged, Price $89 (K640) 50. Australia 1945 2/- Maroon C of A wmk. Kangaroo Die II, Authority corner imprint block of 4, BW 41z, centred to top MUH, Cat $100 for hinged, Price $109 (K1015) 51. Australia 1945 2/- Maroon C of A wmk. Kangaroo Die II, Authority corner imprint block of 4, BW 41z, one toned perf on upper right unit, MUH, Cat $100 for hinged, Price $89 (K756) 52. Australia 1917 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo perf OS with variety. Cto Melbourne cds top right, with gum, centred to upper right. ACSC 44Dwa variety

(D) o Spencer’s Gulf elongated. Cat. $300 (extrapolated) Price $225 (K1057) 53. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & Yellow 3rd Wmk. INVERTED! Kangaroo. Fine used with Adelaide cds and full perfs. Centred high. Previous owner stated to be “Fox faced Roo, but not so sure about that) SG42w cat £1100 = $2200, ACSC 44A = $2000. 1st we have owned, or even seen in recent years. Cheap at half Gibbons, $1100 (K1092) 54. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & yellow 3rd wmk. Kangaroo BW 44, centred a little to the right, two light strikes of the Stock Exchange Melbourne cds, usual fluffy perfs – one nibbled, Price $99 (K948) 55. Australia 1918 5/- Grey & pale yellow 3rd wmk. Kangaroo punctured ‘OS’ CTO BW 44wa, centred to the right, Cat $200, Price $149 (K1059) 56. Australia 1929 5/- Grey & yellow SM wmk. Kangaroo BW 45, two slightly untidy strikes of Brisbane cds, nibbled perf at base, well centred used, Cat $250, Price $149 (K1010) 57. Australia 1929 5/- Grey & yellow SM wmk. Kangaroo, punctured ‘OS’ CTO, BW 45wb, centred low, Cat $250, Price $179 (K943) 58. Australia 1932 5/- Grey & yellow C of A wmk. Kangaroo variety ‘Spencer’s gulf elongated’ BW 46Do, centred a little to upper right, Mint with hinge remains, Cat $650, Price $499 (K831) 59. Australia 1916 10/- Grey & Intense Aniline Pink 3rd wmk Kangaroo, fresh mint unhinged. Brilliant looking stamp with very bright colour, full perfs. centred to lower left. ACSC48D, cat. $3500. Good buying at half catalogue, $1750 (K1062) 60. Australia 1929 £2 Grey & Rose Crimson sml. Multi. Wmk. Kangaroo. Ovpt.

Specimen type D. MNG example, with perf faults at top. Cat. $900 as mint.

Cheap spacefiller, at 20% cat. $180 (K1060) 61. Australia 1934 £2 Grey Black & Rose Crimson C of A wmk. Kangaroo, ovpt.

Specimen Type D. Fresh mint unhinged centred left. Cat. $225, price $190 (K1061) KGV Heads 62. Australia 1914 KGV 1d Carmine-red single wmk smooth paper die II, couple of nibbled perfs at top, centred to upper left, hinge remains Mint, Cat $750, Price $449 (G441) 63. Australia 1918 KGV 5d Bright chestnut single wmk, rough paper single line perf, punctured ‘OS’ BW 134, usual below average centring, indistinct cds, Cat $250, Price $169 (G322) 64. Australia 1923 KGV ½d Orange single wmk BW 66, lower right corner block of 8, light gum ‘suntanning’ lines, centred to right, MUH, Cat $120, Price $69 (G500) 65. Australia 1925 KGV 1½d Scarlet single wmk no imprint (Mullett) block of 4 from Electro 23 with variety ‘White scratch through left wattles’ BW 89(23)za, unfortunately with a considerable amount of gum toning, most of which is not visible from the front, still a scarce block Mint, Cat $400, Price $149 (G591) 66. Australia 1924 KGV 2d Red-brown single wmk BW 97, left marginal (almost separated) block of 8, centred to the left, r/h column of 4 with light gum ‘suntanning’ MUH, Cat $600, Price $349 (G590) 67. Australia 1926 KGV 3d Violet-blue single wmk Harrison imprint pair from plate 1 BW 104z (pair), usual mixed centring, hinge remains Mint, Price $199 (G587) 68. Australia 1926 KGV 3d Blue single wmk Mullett imprint block of 4 with variety ‘White flaw over IA of AUSTRALIA’ BW 105z, mixed centring one unit with some hinge remains, Cat $575, Price $449 (G589) 69. Australia 1924 KGV 4d Olive single wmk Harrison imprint pair BW 114(3)

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BUY OR BID SALE JULY 2020 z (pair), faint gum ‘suntanning’ very lightly hinged Mint, Price $179 (G586) 70. Australia 1924 KGV 4½d Violet single wmk Harrison imprint pair with variety ‘Deformed left bottom frame etc – second state with break in left frame’ BW 118zb, some perf re-enforcement, centred low, Mint, Price $299 (G585) 71. Australia 1924 KGV 4½d Violet single wmk Mullett imprint pair with variety ‘Deformed left bottom frame etc – second state with break in left frame’ BW 118zd, centred low, MNG, Price $179 (G584) 72. Australia 1924 KGV 1d Green no wmk punctured ‘OS’ BW 79ba, centred a little to the right but still well above average centring for this issue, very faint gum bend at upper left, fresh MUH, a superior example of this scarce stamp, Price $169 (G446) 73. Australia 1924 KGV 1½d Red no wmk punctured ‘OS’ BW 90ba, centred to the right, usual uneven perfs, rich colour, MLH, Cat $225, Price $159 (G445) 74. Australia 1926 KGV 1d Green SM wmk perf 14 variety ‘Dry ink’ BW 80c, centred to lower left, Sydney cds, Cat $125, Price $79 (G439) 75. Australia 1924 KGV 4½d Violet SM wmk perf 14 BW 119, centred a little high, expert mark on reverse, fresh MUH, Price $79 (G447) 76. Australia 1931 -36 KGV C of A wmk set of 8 to 1/4d, all CTO with gum, mostly well centred, a hard set to put together thus, Cat $161, Price $129 (G463) Australian Pre Decimal 77. Australia 1927 1½d Canberra, upper left corner block of 4, with most of the Plate Number “6” visible in the top margin. Very fine and fresh MUH. BW:132ze Cat.$1750 as a Mint block (but unpriced for MUH). Only 15 examples of Plate No.6 stated to have been recorded. Rare, Price $1499 (APD520) 78. Australia 1964 Navigators set of 4 overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ the 10/- & £1 are cream paper, £2 overprint is at lower right, mostly well centred, £2 is centred to right, fresh MUH, Cat $875, Price $549 (APD522) 79. Australia 1962 QEII 2d Pale brown ACSC 348B, block of 6 with light, all over ink stripping resulting in a strikingly pale shade, unlisted in ACSC, with normal block for comparison, upper right hand stamp is VLH, others MUH, scarce, similar cat $150 - $275 each! Price $495 (APD523) Australia First Day Covers 80. Australia 1964 Navigators £2 King on registered WCS FDC. Price $99 (AFD1632) 81. Australia 1970 Cook set on set of 12 large unaddressed PO FDC’s, each with different pictorial ‘Celebrations’ cancel, the Rockhampton cover with tiny edge tone spot, scarce set, Price $125 (AFD1633) Australian Territories 82. Norfolk Island 1966 7c Headstone Bridge variety ‘Light blue (sky etc) misplaced approx 2mm to the left’ resulting in a blue left margin, striking unlisted variety, MUH Price $199 (NI246) 83. German New Guinea 1900 5pf Green & 10pf Carmine postcards + 1919 5pf Green Berlin ‘collectors’ postcard H & G 8, 9 all fresh unused, Price $39 (GNG38) 84. German New Guinea 1900 5pf Green H & G 8 with ‘HERBERTSHOEHE/ DEUTSCHE/NEU GUINEA/10/6/01’ cds, minor adhesion on front, Domitz arrival cds on front 29.7.01 Price $149 (GNG36) 85. German New Guinea 1900 10pf Carmine H & G 9 with ‘HERBERTSHOEHE/ DEUTSCHE/NEU GUINEA/10/6/01’ cds, some hinge remains on reverse,

Domitz arrival cds 29.7.01 on front Price $179 (GNG35) 86. New Guinea NWPI overprints 1918-23 Kangaroo 6d SG 110 solo franking on long registered OHMS cover to the USA, tied by faint strike of ‘RABAUL/23NO22/ NEW BRITAIN’ black/white Rabaul registration label, various transit & ‘EAST DOWNINGTOWN/JAN/19/730P/19/PA’ arrival backstamps, some age discolouration & two small tears at upper right, scarce commercial cover, Price $349 (PNG730) 87. New Guinea 1½d Huts pair tied to cover to NZ by reasonable strike of ‘POST OFFICE/31JAN1930/KIETA’ large 39mm (Powell type 69 – rated ‘E’) cds, scarce postmark, re-directed cover, Mount Eden arrival cds on front, cover a little World Weary. Price $79 (PNG667) 88. New Guinea 1931 Dated birds 9d optd ‘OS’ SG O38 on registered cover to the UK tied by ‘MARIENBERG/15MY32/NEW GUINEA’ Rabaul & Sydney backstamps, lovely cover, Cat £224 on cover, Price $299 (PNG672) 89. New Guinea 3d Huts tied to cover to the USA by a faint strike of ‘FINSCHHAFEN/ 10JA33/NEW GUINEA’ (Powell type 3) cds, scarce postmark, Price $69 (PNG665) 90. New Guinea 1d Undated birds optd AIR MAIL pair tied to cover to the Bahamas by a faint strike of ‘KIETA (Date line indistinct) NEW GUINEA’ (Powell type 71 – Rated ‘E’) cds, scarce postmark, Price $69 (PNG664) 91. New Guinea 1d & 2d Undated birds optd AIR MAIL tied to cover to the USA by faint strikes of ‘POST OFFICE (Date lines indistinct) WEWAK’ (Powell type 114 – Rated ‘E’) cds in violet, scarce postmark, Price $79 (PNG666) 92. New Guinea 2d Undated bird tied to Chinese merchant’s cover to Rabaul by good strike of ‘GASMATA/29AUG33/NEW GUINEA’ Powell type 100 cds, scarce postmark, Price $89 (PNG663) 93. New Guinea 1d Huts optd Airmail tied by ‘KOKOPO/16NO33/NEW GUINEA’ cds on cover to the Cayman Is, also with Cayman Is 1932 2d Centenary paying the postage due, with boxed ‘T’ due marking & 2d in m/s, Georgetown arrival cds on front & rear, scarce & unusual cover, Price $449 (PNG659) 94. New Guinea 1½d Huts optd Airmail tied by ‘NAMATANAI/5FE34/NEW GUINEA’ cds on cover to the Cayman Is, also with Cayman Is 1932 1d Centenary paying the postage due, 1d due marking in m/s, Georgetown arrival cds on front & rear, scarce & unusual cover, Price $449 (PNG660) 95. New Guinea 1½d Huts & 5d Undated birds on registered cover to the USA tied by ‘RABAUL/25FE35/NEW GUINEA’ cds, various backstamps, attractive commercial cover, Price $79 (PNG669) 96. New Guinea 1939 Bulolo airmails 2d & 6d on registered Airmail cover to the UK tied by ‘KAVIENG/13MAR39-8/NEW GUINEA’ endorsed ‘First day of issue’ but not as this was 1st March 1939, various backstamps, Price $89 (PNG675) 97. New Guinea 1939 Bulolo airmails ½d, 1d, 1½d, 4d & 6d on registered commercial size (195mm x 128mm) cover to the UK, all tied by RABAUL/ 16MAY39/NEW GUINEA’ cds, some faint perf discolouration (not toning) at tops of adhesives, same Rabaul backstamp, Price $129 (PNG671) 98. Papua 1929-30 Lakatoi ‘AIR MAIL’ overprints 3d Black & Blue-green x 2 + un-overprinted 1½d & 3d Lakatois on registered cover to the UK all tied by ‘SAMARAI.E.D./25MR30/PAPUA’ cds, also used as backstamp, cover re-directed upon arrival in the UK, couple of small gum spots on front, Price $89 (PNG706) 99. Papua 1929-30 Lakatoi ‘AIR MAIL’ overprints 3d Black & Blue-green pair + un-overprinted ½d & 4d Lakatois on registered cover to the UK all tied by ‘SAMARAI.E.D./25MR30/PAPUA’ cds, also used as backstamp, cover

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BUY OR BID SALE JULY 2020 re-directed upon arrival in the UK, Price $89 (PNG713) 100. Papua 1929-30 Lakatoi ‘AIR MAIL’ overprints 3d Black & Blue-green pair & single on registered cover to the UK all tied by ‘PORT MORESBY/3AU30/PAPUA’ cds, with Port Moresby, Cairns, Townsville & Brisbane backstamps, Price $89 (PNG712) 101. Papua 1929-30 Lakatoi ‘AIR MAIL’ overprints 3d Black & Blue-green pair & 2 singles on registered OHMS long cover to Victoria, all tied by ‘PORT MORESBY/7AU30/PAPUA’ cds, with Port Moresby, Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne & TPO 3 NQR? Queensland backstamps, cover has vertical filing fold just clear of the adhesives & some edge faults, still quite attractive, Price $99 (PNG705) 102. Papua 1929-30 Lakatoi ‘AIR MAIL’ overprints 3d Black & Blue-green pair & single on registered cover to the UK all tied by ‘PORT MORESBY/8AU30/PAPUA’ cds, with Port Moresby, Cairns, Townsville & Brisbane backstamps, Price $89 (PNG710) 103. Papua 1929-30 Lakatoi ‘AIR MAIL’ overprints 3d Black & Blue-green + un-overprinted ½d & 2d Lakatois on cover to SA, each tied by faint, indistinct cds cancels, Price $59 (PNG708) 104. Papua ½d Bi-colour Lakatoi x 2, each tied by ‘PORT MORESBY/28JE33/ PAPUA’ cds on cover to the Cayman Is, also with Cayman Is 1932 2d Centenary paying the postage due, straight line ‘TAX’ due marking in black on front, Georgetown arrival cds on front & rear, narrow band of fading at left, scarce & unusual cover, Price $449 (PNG662) 105. Papua ½d Bi-colour Lakatoi pair, each tied by indistinct ‘BUNA BAY /9NOV33/PAPUA’ cds on cover to the Cayman Is, also with Cayman Is 1932 2d Centenary paying the postage due, m/s ‘T’ due marking in blue on front, Georgetown arrival cds on front & rear, scarce & unusual cover, Price $499 (PNG661) 106. Papua New Guinea 1947 Australia used in PNG registered cover Rabaul to Sydney with Rabaul registration label, franked KGVI 3d Brown & 5½d Peace which are tied by ‘P.M.G.’s DEPT D4/29JA47/QLD-AUST’, this cover clearly originated in Rabaul as shown by the registration label, but was not cancelled until reaching Qld, or perhaps this cds was being used in Rabaul at the time as some form of Relief cancel, most unusual, Price $129 (PNG797) 107. Papua New Guinea September 1950 Australia used in PNG registered airmail cover Rabaul to Melbourne with KGVI 3d Brown & 5½d emu with early use of the first permanent type registration label, Price $49 (PNG799) 108. Papua New Guinea 1950 Australia used in PNG registered cover Kieta to the UK with 3½d UPU strip of 3 with Rabaul & Sydney backstamps, Price $49 (PNG800) 109. Papua New Guinea 1950 Australia used in PNG registered airmail cover Rabaul to Melbourne, with KGVI 3d Brown & 5½d emu, provisional registration label hand stamped Rabaul & 1855 on reverse of Airmail sticker, fascinating & unusual, Price $99 (PNG801) 110. Papua New Guinea 1952 Australia used in PNG registered cover Sohana (Sohano) to Rabaul with ½d orange roo, 1d Princess, KGVI 3d Green, 3½d Brown & 6½d Green, interestingly the cds reads ‘SOHANA’ while the registration label is ‘SOHANO’, Sohana & Rabaul backstamps, interesting cover, Price $79 (PNG798) 111. Papua New Guinea 1958 OHMS stampless cover to ‘Brother George/Woitape’ with ‘PORT MORESBY/2 JU 58/PAPUA NEW GUINEA’ cds, Price $29 (PNG796) 112. Papua New Guinea 1959 airmail cover Rabaul to NZ with 7d surcharge, with ‘S.S. DEEBANK’ BELFAST boxed cachet in violet, appears to have been carried by surface mail though the cover is adequately franked for airmail,

attractive, Price $39 (PNG795) 113. New Guinea Undated birds 1d & 1937 5d Coronation on registered cover to the USA, tied by ‘WEWAK/14FE38 8P/NEW GUINEA’, various backstamps, some minor tone spots, Price $39 (PNG674) 114. Papua 1934 Declaration set of 4 on FDC, each stamp tied by ‘BWAGAOIA/6NO34/PAPUA’ cds, Price $99 (PNG747) 115. Papua 1934 Declaration 1d pair, 2d & 3d, each on illustrated ‘Fryer Stamp Co’ FDC, each tied by ‘PORT MORESBY/6NO34/PAPUA’ cds, attractive group, Price $49 (PNG750) 116. Papua 1938 Anniversary set of 5 to 1/- on registered FDC to Port Moresby, tied by 3 strikes of ‘ABAU/6SP38/PAPUA’, Port Moresby backstamp, some faint discolouration/toning, Price $149 (PNG741) 117. Papua 1938 Anniversary set of 5 to 1/- on registered FDC to Port Moresby, tied by 3 strikes of ‘SAMARAI.E.D./6SP38/PAPUA’, Samarai & Port Moresby backstamps, some very faint perf toning affecting the 3d & 8d values, Price $149 (PNG743) 118. Papua 1938 Anniversary set of 5 to 1/- on registered cover to Port Moresby, tied by 3 strikes of ‘KOKODA.N.D./10SEP38/PAPUA’ endorsed FDC but issue date was 6 Sept 1938, Kokoda & Port Moresby backstamps, some faint gum staining, Price $99 (PNG746) 119. Papua 1938 Anniversary set of 5 to 1/- on registered cover to Port Moresby, tied by 3 strikes of ‘IOMA/12SP38/PAPUA’ endorsed FDC but issue date was 6 Sep 1938, Ioma & Port Moresby backstamps, some very faint perf toning, Price $129 (PNG742) 120. Papua 3d 1938 Anniversary solo franking on illustrated ‘Esperanto’ cover to the USA, tied by ‘PORT MORESBY/19SP38/PAPUA’ cds minor creasing at right, attractive cover, Price $59 (PNG752) 121. Papua 1939 Airmails 3d & 5d on registered Airmail FDC to Melbourne, each tied by ‘PORT MORESBY/6SP39/PAPUA’, various backstamps, Price $59 (PNG756) 122. Papua 1941 1/6d Airmail SG 168 on registered cover to the USA, tied by ‘PORT MORESBY/28JA41/PAPUA’ with diamond ‘1/3/PASSED/BY/CENSOR/1’ in violet on front, various backstamps, fresh & attractive cover, Cat from £126 on cover, Price $149 (PNG740) British Commonwealth 123. Barbados 1912-17 KGV Selection SG170-1, 173-7 (two shades of 3d and 4d) and SG197 MH (¼d used). CV £44, price $55 (BC612a) 124. Burma 1943 (Japanese Occupation) SG J46 1a Scarlet on small cover to Nippon Police Station Ngazun, Sagaing District. Cancelled by Rangoon cds of 10 JAN 43 and with Sagaing arrival cds of 19 JAN 43 on reverse. Neat hand addressed cover, in English. Rare survivor, price $925 (BU47) 125. Burma 1943 (Japanese Occupation) SG J72a 5c Scarlet crossed swords IMPERF on neat small handwritten cover locally used. Cancelled by cds of Kyonpyaw 5 APR.43. Price $240 (BU51) 126. Burma 1943 (Japanese Occupation) SG J72 5c Scarlet crossed swords on neat small handwritten cover locally used. Cancelled by cds of Kyonpyaw 7 JUN.43. Price $240 (BU50) 127. Burma 1943 (Japanese Occupation) SG J77 5c Carmine, large C on hand addressed cover to Danubyu. Cancelled cds of …NKO CHIN ROAD 10 -6- 43, and with arrival cds of DANUBRY 18 JUN 43 Way better than average condition, small tear at base does not detract. price $295 (BU46)

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BUY OR BID SALE JULY2020 128. Burma 1943 (Japanese Occupation) Colour PPC FDC bearing SG J82/84 cancelled by Flag Pictorial handstamps in Violet of 1 AUG 42 to Postmaster, Insein. Insein arrival cds on correspondence side of 2 AUG.43. Clean and neat, RARE! Price $995 (BU42) 129. Burma 1943 (Japanese Occupation) SG J76 5c Carmine, small C on small hand addressed cover to Henzada. Cancelled cds of Rangoon 4 AUG 43. Way better than average condition, price $395 (BU45) 130. Burma 1945 (Japanese Occupation)6PS Blue KGVI Postal Stationery card, used locally at Kyonpyaw. KGV imprint obliterated by heavy blue cross and uprated by 3C blue SG J75 cancelled by Kyonpyaw cds of 8 MAR.5 Neat& clean hand addressed card. Price $495 (BU49) 131. Burma 1946 Officials Set, SG 028/40 Fresh Mint Lightly Hinged on Album Page. Cat. £75, price $99 (BU55) 132. Burma 1947 Officials Set, SG 041/053 Fresh mint lightly hinged on Album Page. Cat. £225, price $239 (BU54) 133. Ceylon 1864 watermark Crown CC 2/- Steel blue SG59 (deep shade) some HR, fresh Mint, Cat £375, Price $449 (BC892) 134. Ceylon KGVI 1938 5r Green & purple SG 397 MLH, Cat £55, Price $59 (BC893) 135. Fiji Postage Dues 1940 set of 8 to 1/6d SG D11-18, hinge remains Mint, Cat £140, Price $169 (BC904) 136. Hong Kong 1885 QV 50c on 48c Yellowish Brown SG41 Used, some thinning. CV £50, price $25 (LM61) 137. Hong Kong – PO’s in China 1917 overprints KGV wmk Mult Crown CA $1 Grey-purple & blue/blue SG 13a, fresh Mint, Cat £90, Price $119 (BC901) 138. Hong Kong 1938-52 KGVI 50c Purple perf 14 SG 153, fresh Mint, Cat £55, Price $59 (BC897) 139. Hong Kong 1938-52 KGVI 20c Rose red SG 148a, fresh Mint, Cat £28, Price $34.50 (BC898) 140. Hong Kong 1946 KGVI $5 Green & violet, chalk surface paper, SG 160ab, some HR, fresh Mint, Cat £120, Price $139 (BC900) 141. Hong Kong 1948 KGVI $1 Red-orange & green, chalk surface paper, SG156b, fresh Mint, Cat £55, Price $59 (BC899) 142. INDIA 1911 CORONATION DURBAR LOVELY SOUVENIR CARD WITH KGV 3 x 1a Carmine. 2 are machine cancelled 1 with KGV Cypher cds. Inside of card gives Post Office hours of business, despatch & delivery times to various parts of India. Scarce and attractive, only the 2nd we have handled in 50 years! Price $285 (IN57) 143. India 1929 INDIA 1929 FIRST DAY COVER 2 ANNA VALUE SIGNED STEPHEN SMITH FIVE VALUES OF THE AIRMAIL STAMPS WERE ISSUED ON 4TH NOVEMBER 1929 THE 2 ANNA STAMP WAS ISSUED ON 20 TH DECEMBER 1929. On Goodyear Tyre advertising cover cancelled by Park St. Calcutta cds of 20 DEC 29. Neat clean cover addressed to Stephen Smith and with small boxed cachet “DATE OF ISSUE/INLAND/AIR MAIL STAMP” Rare so fine, price $1350 (IN34) 144. India 1930 Mrs Victor Bruce (Mildred Bruce) signed flown SOLO FLIGHT LONDON-TOKYO IN HER PLANE Blackburn Bluebird. cacheted cover bears 1a KGV Rose Carmine SG 159 cancelled by East Rangoon cds of 31 OCT 30 with del’y same date cds on reverse. Mildred Mary Petre Bruce (10 November 1895 – 21 May 1990) was a British record-breaking racing motorist, speedboat racer and aviator in the 1920s and 1930s. Died 21 May 1990 (aged 94);

Camden, London. Very rare survivor. Price $895 (IN56) 145. India 1948 Cacheted Ghandi Memorial cover produced by Scott-Brown Stamps Bangalore. Bears solo use 12a Green Ghandi cancelled by Bangalore Pictorial Cancel of 15 AUGUST 1948 hand addressed to Rangoon, Burma. Price $145 (IN45) 146. North Borneo 1948 $10 Silver Wedding fresh MUH, Price $49 (BC903) 147. South Africa 1915 use of Zieher German South East Africa embossed stamp postcard. Stampless On Active Service use, with signed by “ OC. (Officer Commanding) No. 2 Armoured Train, “Scot” S.A. Engineer Corps. “ h/stamp in blue. Also blue boxed “POSTAGE PAID/PASSED CENSOR” Additionally cds of Army Base P.O. 5 South Africa dated 18.FEB.15. Card is in good condition with three pinholes where most probably affixed to a noticeboard plus top left corner crease. Postal, let alone military usage of these cards is exceedingly rare. Price $495 (BC870) 148. Southern Rhodesia 1937 KGVI Definitive Set of 13 SG40-52 used. CV £23, price $29 (BC628) Rest of the World 149. Belgium 1952 13th UPU Congress Short set of 11 SG1398-1408 MH. CV £187, price $189 (ROW300) 150. France 1853 1c Olive on Blue SG42, “used” with a manuscript “cancel” and large part original gum. Unusual. CV £110, price $119 (BD359) 151. West Germany 1951 30pf Rontgen SG1073 VFU. CV £22, price $29 (DB797) 152. West Germany 1953 10pf Prisoners of War SG1091 MUH corner marginal block of 4. CV £33, price $45 (GER33) 153. Iceland 1873 2s Blue SG1 MNG. CV £750, price $875 (ROW247) 154. Iceland 1873 3s Grey SG5 unused, small pen mark on face (not a cancel!) a thin and a blunt corner. A good spacefiller. CV £350, price $179 (ROW245) 155. Iceland 1873 4s Red SG2 MNG hinged with a blunt corner and some thinning at top. CV £110, price $99 (ROW246) 156. Iceland 1873 16s Yellow used, with a thin and a blunt corner. A more than adequate spacefiller. CV £450, price $189 (ROW244) 157. Luxembourg 1852 SG1-4 FU, mostly 4 margins. CV £500, price $675 (ROW131) 158. Modena 1852 25c Black on Buff SG5 fine used, 4 margins huge to tight.

CV £55, price $72 (ROW239) 159. Modena 1852 40c Black on Blue SG12 fine used, 4 excellent margins. A lovely stamp. CV £150, price $205 (ROW238) 160. Parma 1852 5c Black on Yellow SG2, just 4 margins VFU. CV £170, price $229 (ROW243) 161. Parma 1852 10c Black SG4, 4 margins but thinned VFU. CV £170, price $119 (ROW242) 162. Parma 1852 15c Black on Pink SG5, used, 2½ margins, slightly cut into on right. CV £80, price $72 (ROW241) 163. Sweden 1855 8s Orange SG4 with straight-line cancel, a couple of thins.

CV £475, price $349 (ROW2) 164. Switzerland 1850 2½r Black & Red SG1 FU, good margins, but damaged at right. CV £1,700, price $695 (ROW4) 165. Switzerland 1850 10r Red Black and Yellow SG10 used, 4 excellent margins but a small thin. CV £150, price $129 (ROW5) 166. Switzerland 1923-45, Airmails (SG316-8) all with faults, 1945 Peace High Values (SG457-9) fine used, the 5f with two small spots on reverse. CV £670, price $869 (ROW79)

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Virtual One-frame Exhibition - AusVipex 2020 To compensate for the cancellation and deferment of many exhibitions in Australia the APF are excited to announce that we are going to run an on-line OneFrame Exhibition for display on the web in November. The prospectus and entry form can be seen at https://apf.org.au/ausvipex2020/ in the APF website.

The main processes will be as follows: 1. All exhibition classes, including our national and experimental classes will be eligible for competition 2. Exhibits are limited to sheets that could fit into a standard frame (the equivalent of 16 standard sheets) 3. The is an entry form on the APF website and entries will need to be submitted by 30/9/2020 to allow adequate time for judges to evaluate each entry and agree the results.

4. Exhibitors will submit scans of each page as separate PDFs, with logical file names to allow identification of the exhibitor, title and page number. These should be at 300 DPI. 5. Exhibits be available for viewing by the public on a website for a specified period 6. Australian judging practices for a one-frame exhibition will be followed and results, feedback sheets and medals will be provided The APF would like to encourage both new and experienced exhibitors to try their hand at the experimental Topical Class. To help this happen, we are

Figure 1: Topical title page showing purpose, scope and exclusions, plan (classification), references and rarity

going to include a Topical Challenge in our virtual exhibition. This will have a special prize. Details of the rules of Topical exhibiting are described in the following article.

You may be reading this and thinking that you are a topical collector and not an exhibitor. The parts of our hobby that you enjoy are the discovery and acquisition of philatelic items that relate to your topic and showing them to friends and to your fellow collectors at your club. Feedback from many people seems to say that exhibiting is too hard, too complex or needs material Figure 2: Example of a Scientific / Taxonomic classification 50 - Stamp News

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Philatelic Development Officer, APF Figure 3: Example of an Organisational classification

that they just don’t have. As an expert in your topic, this on-line exhibition may be a chance for you to try your hand at sharing your collection with the broader philatelic family. Something new to try while you are still spending an increased time at home.

Topical Class The topical class is an Australian Philatelic Federation (APF) experimental class which may be included at Australian national philatelic exhibitions. The aim of this class is to give collectors an opportunity to exhibit a variety of philatelic items that illustrate a specific topic or subject. The APFs rules can be found https:// apf.org.au/classes/ Typically stamp collectors save stamps, covers and other philatelic items from one country, or they collect items from topic or a theme they like. Only a few people collect both. The mode of collecting can usually be seen when a collector becomes an

exhibitor. Those who collect philatelic material from one country usually become Traditional, Postal History or Postal Stationery exhibitors. Those who collect all material relating to a theme usually become Thematic or Topical exhibitors.

They sometimes expand their collection and exhibit to include ephemera and end up as Open exhibitors.

The differences between classes can be confusing.

This is especially true for the Thematic and Topical classes, notably because the philatelic material is similar. The most important distinction between a thematic and a topical exhibit is that a thematic exhibit must tell a story while a topical exhibit must describe a topic. For example, if the focus of your exhibit is a bird or bird group a topical exhibit will describe the scientific classification and show as many philatelic

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Figure 5: Example of a Form or Style classification items as possible depicting the image of particular bird or bird group while a thematic exhibit will have a storyline that covers the origin, anatomy, physiology, reproduction, habitat, food sources, predatory nature, life, environmental impacts of the bird or bird group. Hopefully, the differences will become clear by the end of this article.

Philatelic Material allowed for Topical All items used in the exhibit must be philatelic and non-philatelic items such as artefacts and ephemera that might be used in Open class or Postal History 2b are not permitted. This includes picture postcards unless they are Maximum cards or prepaid cards that were issued by a postal authority. A simple way of understanding if an item is allowed is to check that it is acceptable in another approved class (excluding open, postcards or cinderellas). All items should clearly show the topic and no complete stamp sets should be shown unless all depict the topic.

While the acceptable material is broad there are other guidelines that will help you get better marks for your exhibit if followed. Traditional, postal history and postal stationery material should dominate. You should have a variety of types of philatelic items, not just stamps. Your exhibit should include items such as booklets, meter cancels, illustrated postmarks and postal stationery. The material should come from a wide time period, so from pre-philately right up to current day philately.

Figure 6: A topical page with a variety of philatelic items all depicting Maurice Chevalier’s iconic hat

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Judging of Topical Exhibits The marks for a topical exhibit are like other classes.

Treatment (including Title, Plan and Development) 35 Knowledge, Personal Study and Research 30 Philatelic knowledge 15 Subject Knowledge 15 Condition and Rarity 30 Condition 10 Rarity 20 Presentation 5 Topical Treatment Common subject areas for collectors include animals, birds, hats, trains, bridges, famous people, space, events such as Olympics or Word Cup and organisa-

tions such as the Red Cross or Scouts. The subject of a topical exhibit can be almost anything but must be tight enough to make the exhibit suitable for the number of pages available. So, for example, an exhibit entitled “Birds of the World” is just too broad to be exhibited. The exhibit would need to be reduced to a subset of the topic so that it could be balanced over the five frames. Perhaps “Flightless Birds” or on “The Pheasant Family”.

The title page shows the title, purpose, scope, and any exclusions of the exhibit. It must have a plan that details the chapters and sub-chapters of the following pages. It must cite the major references used and state how rarity is highlighted (see figure 1 for a typical topical title page) Care must be taken to make sure that the title is concise and specific. Since the topical exhibit does not follow a story it needs the plan as the organizational structure and backbone from which the exhibit will develop. The plan drives the purpose and scope of the exhibit and must be consistent with the title and have all the major aspects of the topic. Since there is no story to be told “linkages” are important so the exhibit does not appear disjointed, rather having a sense of cohesion. It must be organised in a logical sequence of chapters and sub-chapters using a classification that should help the reader understand the topic. There should be no superfluous or missing areas. The most common ways for a topical plan to be developed are: • Scientific / Taxonomic (see figure 2) • Organisational (see figure 3) • Event-related (see figure 4) • Form or Style (see figure 5) Part of topical treatment rests on the choice of classification, how logical it is and how finely it is detailed. There should be a consistency between the title, the plan, and the development on the pages. The chapters and sub-chapters should be balanced to their importance, significance, or relevance to the subject.

Overdoing one favoured subject or the section with the most philatelic material can result in obvious imbalance.

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Topical Knowledge, Personal Study and Research Knowledge, like most classes, is divided into philatelic and subject.

Philatelic knowledge is shown by the selection of material and the variety of philatelic elements chosen.

There needs to be a broad representation of topic and material from all facets of philately as well as the widest possible range of countries and periods. In topical exhibits redundancy (multiple examples of the topic on a single page) is expected since the exhibitor is purposely trying to show how the topical subject image is repeatedly depicted in various philatelic elements.

Items that are not obvious to the judge need to be explained with text under the item (rates, errors, types, etc.). Philatelic studies add to knowledge if rel-

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evant and have important philatelic material. Rarity statements (“One of X recorded”) plus source show knowledge. As with other classes statements like “Scarce” or “Very rare” must be avoided. See figures 6 and 7 for examples of topical pages showing philatelic knowledge.

Subject Knowledge can be demonstrated by the chapters and sub-chapters in the plan and the choice of material that best represents the topic. The descriptive text should be correct, appropriate, and concise.

The exhibitor is rewarded for any research or new philatelic discoveries. The appropriate use of existing literature needs to be shown.

Topical Condition and Rarity Condition and rarity of material are assessed in the same way equally in all classes including topical exhibits.

Items should be in the best possible condition.

Rare material not in fine condition can be shown but common items must be faultless. Cancellations

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Philatelic Development Officer, APF

Figure 8: Australian Tree Dwellers miniature sheet should be clear and complete and must not cover or detract from the image of the topical subject.

Rarity Directly is related to scarcity and difficulty of acquisition, not the value. Good topical exhibits would be expected to have some rare material, but rare items with insufficient relationship to the topic should not be included. The title page should have information on how rare material is to be identified.

Topical Presentation Presentation does not count for very much, but it has a large impact on the viewer’s impression and can affect how a judge looks at treatment and other aspects of the exhibit. The presentation should be attractive, free of distractions and readily legible using large enough fonts for easy reading of the text. Overcrowding is a tendency in topical exhibits.

The items should be balanced in the frames and individual pages. The philatelic and topical write-up should be clear and concise. The mounting of items

should be careful and neat with no sideways or angle mounting. Photocopies must be 25% different from the original. Brightly coloured inks and pages must be avoided.

Summary Finally, a table showing the elements of Topical, Thematic and Open Classes that aims to emphasise the differences and the similarities between these classes.

Covid-19 Overprinted Miniature Sheet The APF over-printed the Australian Tree Dwellers miniature sheet for sale in support of the 2020 New Zealand FIAP exhibition. The International part of New Zealand 2020 was cancelled due to travel and social distancing restrictions because of Coronavirus regulations. The item was never made available for sale since the logo implied a FIAP International Exhibition. We have over-printed the miniature sheet with “CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC” and this scarce item it is now available for sale in the APF Store at https://apf.org.au/store (see figure 8) Stamp News - 55

Market Matters Not So Humble 1d Kangaroo Stamp!

The humble 1913 1d red kangaroo stamp is not always a packet material value stamp. Australia’s first stamp issue was the 1913 1d red Kangaroo. Issued in Sydney on Thursday January 2, 1913 (other states days later) one would assume a lot of First Day Covers would have been prepared for this historic occasion?

Not so. Only 8 exist in collector hands, and are catalogued at The only TRUE Melbourne 1d Roo FDC? $15,000 each in the ACSC. Near all were addressed to a wealthy Melbourne collector, Mr. Arthur that the stamps were clearly on sale during business Whiting - and all have the same staggered line, violet hours at Melbourne GPO on Friday January 3, typewritten address from leading Sydney dealer Orlo despite the ACSC note.

Smith. All are tied by a 5.30pm machine cancel I sold an unusual version of the Sydney, January from Sydney GPO of: “JAN / 2 - 5.30 PM /1913”.

2, Whiting FDC 12 years, illustrated nearby, that had Arthur Whiting also had a few FDC addressed the usual Sydney GPO machine cancel, and which to himself from MELBOURNE with January 4 was also cancelled on face January 3 upon arrival in (12.15am) machine cancels - that being the first day Melbourne. Australia’s leading First Day Cover exof issue there supposedly - see Arthur Gray lot 84. pert Frank Pauer advises me this is the only example The fuzzy scan nearby is from that sale. However, of this FDC recorded, that has any arrival cds cancel. the just after midnight cancel indicates to me at least,

“First Day” for Victoria appears wrong.

Melbourne FDC - cancelled a day late?

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It seems crystal clear to me that 1d Kangaroo stamps WERE on sale in Melbourne late on Thursday January 3, and the cover shown nearby was dropped into a GPO mail slot on that evening, and finally got cancelled just after midnight. The cancel certainly reads January 4, but clearly the purchase and mailing would have been January 3, as postal sale counters at GPO closed early evening.

If so, the other cover is unique in being cancelled

Glen Stephens him according to Gray sale Catalogue, as are most of the Sydney ones too. He was a man well ahead of his fellow collectors for sure.

Gray also had a 1913 First Watermark Whiting “FDC” set up to 5/-, none of which were FDC oddly. They were BADLY foxed - far worse in the flesh than photos showed! Simon Dunkerley paid $A78,750 at the Gray sale, buying them on behalf of Gray, as Arthur advised me Shreve insisted Gray was unable to buy any of his own material direct, under NY law.

There were certain items in the Gray Kangaroo collection that Arthur was not ready to sell, but Charles Shreve told him the ENTIRE Large Gold exhibit was what he was going to offer, and if Arthur wanted selected pieces back, he needed to engage an agent to bid against the market for them. Seems fair to all.

Cleaned up. Where are they now?

Part contents of the £1 Roo Stamp Booklet.

FDI in Sydney, AND also being the only true FDC existing for Melbourne, January 3 - more by total accident than design! Not sure if that client kept it, but it cost him $5,000 less than the Gray sale 1d Roo Sydney FDC, in far inferior condition, sold for.

I had not reflected on the odd 12.15 AM Machine cancel of Jan 4 until today, which clearly means the stamps affixed were purchased at some time on Friday January 3 in Melbourne. Fist Day Covers were not commonly done here in 1913, indeed done anywhere globally. Strange.

Mr Whiting seem to have been about the only collector here who was plugged into them - all the 3 known January 4 Melbourne covers are addressed to

Arthur later had them professionally cleaned up by an art conservator, and had them on display in the Court Of Honour at Melbourne 2017.

They looked very nice I must say. Not sure what has happened to them since, but for all values except the 1d they are the earliest on cover examples on the collector market. All also were addressed to Arthur Whiting.

There were 662 million printed of the 1d Kangaroo, and for a country that had a population of less than 5 million in 1913, that is a LOT of stamps. That is 132 of these stamps used for every man woman and child, if you use that very simplistic statistic!

But of course big business was a huge user of letter rate stamps.

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Market Matters produced the massive £1 Stamp Booklets - each about the size of a Hagner sheet! The inner covers had lined columns for mail clerks to note who used what stamps - and when. Arthur Gray bought over his booklets for me to scan, and one Exhibit page is shown nearby - containing 240 x 1 Roos. SG SB#2, cat £18,000.

Anyway a LOT of 1d Kangaroos were used during its very short life, before the monarchist protests about this radical design, saw them being quickly replaced by the 1914 1d Red KGV head for letter mail, of which near 2 BILLION KGV 1d In most packets of 500 Different!

Reds were then sold, before the colour change to 1d Green and 1d Violet KGV heads of course, and so on to the 3d.

When 662 million stamps are sold, a lot survive!

For the next 100 years most new collector packets of “500 different Australia - all Genuine - All Different” type offerings had this stamp inside, as it was exceedingly plentiful in the wholesale packet trade, at a penny of so apiece in bundles,

These were pennies apiece, not long back.

EVERY stamp den should own one.

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Packet makers liked to add this stamp, despite it not being as common or cheap to buy, as the 1d green or 2d red KGV heads, 3½ KGVI and QE2, and 5d Blue and 4c red QE, and many of the Xmas stamps etc, as they could state the compositions contained stamps dating from our very first stamp issued.

Time moves inexorably on, and what was once common in Roo bundles over 40 years back when I started dealing, is no longer the case of course.

Bundles of 100 x 2d, 3d, 6d (Brown), 9d, 1/- and 2/Maroon were also common, and only a few dollars a bundle wholesale. Most these days are several $$s PER stamp used!

A dealer named Erwin Glattauer of Masterfund lived in the next street to me in the late 1970s in Bondi, and his business in packets and compositions

Glen Stephens

A variety hunter paradise issue. was enormous. He lived alone, and his multi-level home had bundles from cellar to attic in rickety cabinets. Incredible to see. An Eastern European type old bearded hippy, he was a real character, and I bought some amazing bulk material off him in my early days.

Shoebox of 1d Roos in bundles.

I once purchased a SHOEBOX of 1d Red 1913 Kangaroos tied up roughly in old black cotton bundles of 100. The assembler had worked in the “Sydney Morning Herald” mail room in that era, and had access to much of the incoming frankings it seemed.

It had sat in the family home since the WWI era, and the family brought it over with other stamp material.

Luckily for me, he had quite a number of bundles and part bundles of higher values to 2/-, and glass-

ines of a smattering of higher value Roos off parcels, very many 5/- Third Watermarks I do recall. They were worth soaking and messing about with!

However the vast bulk of this shoebox was letter rate value values, and these 1d Roos must have been in use during the main period that he worked there, and there were literally many hundreds of mouldy cotton tied bundles 100 of this 1d Red Kangaroo.

Now to a dealer time is money, and one simply never has that time to sift through this stuff when 100,000 pieces are involved, even IF clean and soaked apart. There are many different Dies and shades, and near endless constant plate varieties. And both types of OS, and private perfins.

With 1d Kangaroos, one has a very good chance of finding inverted watermarks - SG cat £20-30 each used, depending on Dies. Or less likely, sideways watermarks, which come in various Dies and orientations - and average about £300 each used. But I find one of those each year or so. DO check mixed lots!

As the 1d shoebox had been carelessly stored in an attic or garage etc, they were very musty and dusty, and as they’d only been roughly soaked off, had more than usual gum residue, so after 80 years of summer humidity and resultant damp storage tied into tight bundles, they were often solid little cubes of manky looking 1d Roos.

A good HOT water soapy wash would have separated each cube I am sure, and after a few days in an A4 size Lighthouse Drying Book, would have let someone examine them for the first time in near a century. I sell 100s of so of these a year, or the Stamp News - 59

Market Matters American made “Desert Magic” drying books - they perform miracles in drying such soakings flat and clean.

Anyway, my shoebox must have contained 1000+ bundles of 100 of these Roos - probably 100,000 or more stamps. I recall I advertised them for a few $100 the lot “for a salvage merchant.” Never did hear if the lucky buyer ever found anything of substance among them all - would have taken him a year or more to soak and separate them all out. He might still A $10,000 pair - would you know? be doing it!

The constant plate vari-

This mangled mess was created by printer!

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Glen Stephens This was patched up by the printers with heaps of little bits of selvedge, pasting in undamaged stamps, after some double perforated stamps were torn out - all lower margin is double perf. It looks like a 12 year kid got hold of it! (See 6d inverted “OS” nearby for a similar official repair.)

Some of the plate flaws on the 1d Red Roo are spectacular. There is one known as “The Big Crack” - which is a heavy electro crack from top margin right down to the base of the stamp. It got progressively worse and no idea how the printer ever missed it. You can see it readily with the naked eye well worth seeking out, but many $100s apiece these days, even used.

Another visually stunning looking flaw that was constant for a short time was a heavy ink flaw around Tasmania. ACSC tells us this flaw was discovered by the printer and all sheets with it were put aside to be later punctured ‘OS’ for the free Government use.

This was official policy - lots of double perf or terribly centred stamps etc, were consigned to the same fate. It ONLY occurs in OS. This 1d Roo plate flaw fetches $7,000! eties are legion - a large A4 Adams/Bell/Pope handbook on just this value is popular, and the ACSC lists many, many pages of them. And what might appear to be pretty minor can get VERY serious money, that is for sure. The used Die 1 + Die 2 pair shown nearby was invoiced for about $A10,000 by Prestige Auctions. I’d have never noticed that one!

Quality standards dipped in this era.

There are the many monogram and non-monogram singles and strips and double and treble perforations, and gum offsets even. Some printings of this went on until the onset of WWI, and it seems quality standards were not as rigorous at this time. We also saw the no waste manta of this era come into play with many issued stamps.

The 1d lower 3 rows of the right pane nearby with Monogram I bought from the Arthur Gray sale in 2007, and have handled it a few times since then.

O’Rourke Kangaroos do well.

The used block of 4 of this ‘Tasmania’ flaw is shown nearby. It was in the O’Rourke Kangaroos auction at Phoenix Melbourne on June 12. That sale did very well overall I noticed, especially as government rules prohibited room bidders other than a tiny nominal number, despite 10,000s being allowed to parade for political causes that same time, in defiance of the law. Oh well.

Anyway, this 1d block was invoiced for about $A7,000, or over 3 times estimate - indeed near 3 times full ACSC catalogue value. ACSC says these OS sheets were issued mid-1914, just as WWI was declared, and that about 20 used and few mint examples are recorded so far. A very high price for something of which that chunky number exist, but a most attractive block as you can see.

Have your say - very controversial issue.

The double perforated large “OS” shown nearby was invoiced at this O’Rouke auction for $A1,865 on a $,1000 estimate. Look 105% kosher to me (beware Stamp News - 61

Market Matters ANYTHING like this offered on ebay of course forgers galore there!) tinyurl.com/OSpenny is the long and VERY heated stampboards discussion on these double perfins!

The Perfin Society came out and declared in writing all these were fake as I recall, despite there being 5 of them recorded now from various legitimate sources, and some have clear Opinions they are genuine. And it seems they were doing all this magic expertising from computer scans! Never owned one, but all 5 are genuine in my view, and in Rod Perry’s opinion etc, as can be seen.

J. B. Cooke’s thinking was that as the Goverment Departments paid nothing for the OS stamps, they could have all kinds of ugly rubbish and rejects dumped on them, that if otherwise sold to the public, might be rejected etc. The printer was not mindful of stamp collectors. Anything placed in the mail MAY likely get into the hands of collectors of course!

One most unusual stamp offered at the same O’Rourke auction at Phoenix on June 12, was the 1932 CofA watermark 6d Brown Kangaroo stamp with “OS” overprint inverted, illustrated nearby. I remember being at a Sydney stamp dealer meeting in 1985 where local member, the late Jim Jude of Northway Stamps trading near me, showed it to fellow dealers, to get their thoughts.

Jim had just bought it sitting in a PO Specimen pack that he had purchased from a member of the

Much discussed, but looks OK to me. public. No inverted overprints had ever been recorded - then and now! As can be seen, the stamp has little pieces of gummed stamp selvedge in each corner.

Why? As the stamp printer used them to replace a stamp into a sheet that had been damaged in some way - a cut, tear, or ink spill etc.

Official Printer patching repair.

UNIQUE - invoiced for $35,000.

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Now and again, patching in a substitute stamp or stamps would be done quickly by printer in this “Waste Not” Great Depression era, and it was hence inserted - but upside down. No big deal on a sheet of normal 6d brown, as that can be replicated or faked, but if that sheet was selected for overprinting, clearly the solid OS overprint got INVERTED on that one stamp.

Glen Stephens was formed by Gold Mining identity, Peter O’Rourke of Queensland, who exhibited it widely, and of course is still with us, so will have watched the sale of his lifetime collection with keen interest!

Monogram Roos sold very strongly.

Strip of 3 invoiced for over $100,000.

And so it was, with this 6d Brown Roo. Amazing that whomever was ripping up that sheet to insert into the PO Specimen packs for collectors did not notice. The 4 little bits of selvedge would have been annoying to tear and separate into a single stamp, and you’d look carefully at the stamp when doing that. But clearly no-one noticed, and it went into the pack, and Jim found it over a half century later.

This was one of the very few unique Kangaroo stamps that Arthur Gray did not own. The values under 10/- were all neat corner cancelled in these Specimen packs, and this one stamp is the only one ever recorded. Some KGV heads “OS” inverted occurred via the same PO “patching in” upside down error.

Estimate $A30,000, it was invoiced for $A35,000.

Good buying in my view.

This fantastic Large Gold Medal mouth-watering exhibit of the Australia Kangaroo and Map stamps,

This wonderful collection was full of top end Kangaroo rarities, many of which have not been on the market for decades. There were a staggering number of now very popular Monogram and Non-Monogram items and strips. Also a wide range of watermark and perforation errors, and other major varieties.

This is one of the most significant collections formed of this era. Unlike the Arthur Gray collection, there are no proofs or essays in here, as the owner did not like them, but plenty of very nice stamps there! O’Rourke started stamp collecting in 1944, and some of these pieces have not been seen for a generation.

David Wood, the owner of Phoenix Auctions told me pre-sale estimates totalled around $A2.5 Million. I am typing this just as the sale concluded and the usual few days of post-sale negotiations will farewell a number of extra lots to new owners, so unsure of the final sale result, but it certainly looked good to me.

And the front cover hinged strip of £1 Brown and Blue Third Watermark Roos invoiced for over $A100,000. With NO monogram, as 3 off centred hinged singles, the value is then maybe 10% of that.

Not even near $10,000 the trio actually. So the partial CA Monogram selvedge piece is worth well over $90,000! Interesting thought.

The O’Rourke sale got some pretty impressive results I must say, as I looked at it carefully. A few days out it looked like a disaster in the making, as surprisingly few lots had any bids. Even on sale day it looked pretty darn ordinary to me, but the phone and internet and rooms bidders fought it out intensely during the auction.

There is a renewed interest in Monogram and Imprint pieces in the Roo area, with several new very deep pocketed collectors emerging into this field, so the timing of the sale was ideal for the vendor, Stamp News - 63

Market Matters and for those collectors, as some of this material will doubltess not be seen for yet another generation.

Interest generally in the entire Kangaroo stamp era has been going gangbusters all year really. Stockmarkets, real estate, and bank interest rates have all been a disaster so far for most. For many, spending on top end Roos is seen as a prudent alternate option, as many of these things will hold their own going forward, and indeed some of them will soar I am sure.

The interest in attractive pieces remains strong. The turned over sheet corner 9d corner piece shown nearby, part printed on gum, was invoiced for $A3,000 on a $500 estimate. It has not ever been in the ACSC. If it goes into next edition for $5,000 or so, it will possibly sell for more next time offered, being unique, and MUH, and quite spectacular looking, as you will agree. $6,000 is not out of the question etc.

So well bought by whomever!

O’Rourke was like a lot of collectors of his generation, such as Arthur Gray and Stuart Hardy. All of these legends were not at all keen Estimate $500 – invoiced for $3000. on covers. Arthur never liked them at all, and told me he only bought a few, as the Judges And another one the late Rod Perry would be threatened to mark his exhibit down, unless he pleased to have seen - this cover nearby fetched near added some! double estimate at $18,640. Toned, heavily creased, stained and banged about. “Woodchipped” OFF Rodney Perry will be smiling!

The recent passing of Rodney Perry had me thinking cover - a few $100 for the used stamp, the CofA - the very commonest of all the £2 Roos. of his career long crusade to encourage the collecThis was a WW2 use of the £2 Black & Rose tion of covers, and real USAGE of these interesting Kangaroo plus 5d Ram pair (£2/10/- = 7 times the stamps. His long campaign was starting to gain a lot trans-pacific rate of 6/10d) on 1941 (Dec 6) Califorof converts, that he must have been pleased to see. nia Clipper cover from Sydney to England via New The tribute page Tinyurl.com/Rod Perry saw dozZealand and USA. Thirty years ago, this would ens of collectors thank Rod for igniting their cover barely fetch $1,000. passion.

Rod would have chuckled to see a mixed Roo and States stamps Late Fee cover to the USA was invoiced at $A1,100 - over double the estimate, and also about DOUBLE what it sold for at the Arthur Gray sale - where it also sold above estimate! See, covers are getting hot. Over 100% gain in not many years is not too shabby.

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COVID 19 Numbered overprints - be quick!

As readers will realise, the huge NZ 2020 International Exhibition in Auckland got cancelled last moment as all foreign air travel to the country had the rug pulled from under it near overnight. The

Glen Stephens

Got $18,640. Soaked off - a few $100.

Cost is $A20 a sheet, and Peter mentioned that Committee then decided to make it a National, and they are available from the APF website, and that Government pulled the rug on that too after a day or they were running an ad in Stamp News to also pubso with no notice. licise it there. All monies go to a great cause, and I All terribly sad for the hard-working Committee, feel sure they will be a fast sellout as only 100 will who spent years doing all the enormous amount of ever exist. As I type about half are sold already. groundwork. The Australian Philatelic Federation (APF) were also ready to fly over, and had produced 100 numbered Mini sheets to sell at $A20 each to defray travel costs. More details on all COVID stamp issues here - tinyurl. com/CovidStamps New APF president Peter Allen from Tasmania announced on stampboards this week that these Tree Dwellers Of The Tropics sheets had now been overprinted as can be seen nearby “CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMOnly 100 numbered copies ever sold.

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philatelic clubs & societies new south wales Armidale Circle RSPC: Mtg 2nd Wed Australian Cmwlth Collectors Club of NSW: Mtg 3rd Mon 7.45pm, 1st flr. Philas House, 17 Brisbane St, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2001. Ph 02 9264 8301 Australian Numismatic Society, NSW Branch: Mtg 3rd Monday, Philas House Australian States Study Circle: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Bathurst Stamp Coin and Collectables Club: Mtg 1st Mon 7.30pm, Old Eglinton fire shed, Park St, Elington Blue Mountains Stamp Club: Mtg 4th Friday (ex Dec) 8.00pm Katoomba Public School; PO Box 76, Blackheath Boambee East PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan) 6pm Boambee East Comm. Centre, Bruce King Dr. Ph: 02 66581385 Burwood District SC: Mtg 4th Wed Campbelltown District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan - 4th Wed); @ Catholic Hall Acacia St, Ruse. Inquiries: mystampclub@yahoo.com.au; PO Box 478, Campbelltown 2560 Castle Hill SC Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, Hills District Bowling Club, Jenner Street, Baulkham Hills; PO Box 151 Castle Hill NSW 1765 China Study Group of PSNSW: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Cinderella SC: Produces “Cinderellas Australia” and monographs; PO Box 889, Chatswood, NSW 2057 Club WIlloughby Philatelic Section : Mtg 4th Thursday Earlwood and District SC: Mtg 1st Wed Eastwood-Epping PS: Mtg 1st Tuesday Grafton Stampers & Everything Philatelic: Mtg 1st Sun 2pm (ex School Hols). Grafton Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Queen & Oliver Sts. Ph 02 6642 1363. email gbchurch@bigpond.com.

Great Lakes SC: Mtg1st Sat 9.30am , Workshop & Market 1st Sat 9-12, Tuncurry Enq: Ph 02 6555 5664 Gosford PS: Afternoon Mtg 1st Mon Hawkesbury Valley PS (Richmond Stamp Club): Mtg 2nd Thurs (ex Jan) PO Box 28 Richmond 2753 Illawarra PS: Mtg 3rd Wednesday, Room 2, Illawarra Master Builders Club, 61 Church St, Wollongong 7.00 pm.

Lord Howe Island Postal History Society: Mtg by arrangement. Contact Pres: Dr William Mayo, 02 9918 6825 Maitland SC: Mtg 2nd Mon ex Jan. ‘Show & Tell’ every mtg E. Maitland Bowling Club, Bank St. Pres. Mark Saxby; Sec. David Carratt; Ph: 02 4932 4045 Email: carrotspatch@tpg.com.au Manly-Warringah Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Tues, cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale.

Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Milton-Ulladulla SC: Meeting 1pm on 4th Monday of each month (ex Dec.) Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club, St. Vincent Street, Ulladulla Sec. POBox 670, Ulladulla, NSW 2539 Tel. Barbara Smith 0244555214 Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Mudgee Coin Note & Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph 02 63735324 Newcastle PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs, 7.30pm Mayfield Ex-Services Club; 10am 3rd Wed, 48 Mackie Ave, New Lambton, Juniors 11am 3rd Sun, Wallsend Pioneers Hall

act Canberra, Philatelic Society of: 1st Thursday: General Meeting,3rd Thursday: Afternoon Meeting (IF REQUIRED),3rd Thursday: (Evening) Exchange Night, 2nd Tuesday: Postcard Group, 4th Monday: Machin Collectors Group. All meetings 7:45pm, Griffin Centre, Genge Street, Canberra City Postal Address:PO Box 1840,Canberra ACT 2601,Email:psc@netspeed.com.au www.canberrastamps.org

western australia The Airmail Circle of WA: Mtg 5th Monday “Wellington Fair” Unit 18, 40 Lord St. East Perth Tel: 08 9294 3356 Armadale-Kelmscott PS: Mtg 4th Tues; Ph: 08 9397 6525 email: fit.kanga@bigpond.com Bridgetown-Manjimup SC: Mtg 1st Thurs 4.30pm Bridgetown Library Ph 08 9761 4638 or 08 9761 2005 Busselton SC: Mtg 1st Mon, 5pm 7th Day Adv. Church, Alpha St; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.au Canning SC: Mtg 4th Monday Wilson Community Hall, Braibrise Rd Wilson. Ph: 08 9457 7565 Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576 Denmark SC: Mtg 1st Weds Lions Lair Rivermouth Inlet Drive, Denmark. Tel: 08 9848 3325 email: fishneil@westnet.com.au Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, St. Peter’s Church Hall, 4 Hammad St., Palmyra. Circuit books 7pm, meeting 8pm Ph: 08 9284 7125 Have a go SC: Mtg Last Thurs. 137 Edward St, East Perth. Tel: 08 9305 2073 email: nigan@iinet.net.au Kalamunda SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9291 8484

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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301

NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Naremburn off Slade St Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, J3A Bldg. Castlereash St. New PO Box: 252 Kingswood 2750. Ph: 02 4733 3062 Piallaway PS: PO Box 12, Werris Creek PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec) PS of NSW: Mtg 4th Sat (Philas House), 3rd Tues (Chatswood); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Richmond River (Lismore) PS: Mtg 4th Thursday Royal Sydney Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd Tues. (ex Jan); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Sapphire Coast Stamp & Coin Club: Mtg Enq 02 6495 7308. Mail to PO Box 285, Pambula, NSW 2549 St. George PS: Mtg 1st Mon Shoalhaven PS: Mtg 2nd Monday (Ex Jan) PO Box 4047, East Nowra 2541.

Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd Mon Society for Polar Philately: 2012 meetings: 2nd Wednesday of February, March, May, July, Sept and November held at Ryde Ex-Services Club 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW Tel: 9807 3344 (in Mackinnon room) starting at 8pm.Enq 0407 277 223 or email penviews@ hotmail.com Sussex Inlet and District: Mtg 3rd Mon Sutherland Shire PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. , 7:30pm, Sutherland Uniting Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Sydney Anglican PS: 2nd Sat. even months 9.30-2.30 North Rocks Community Church132 North Rocks Road North Rocks Tamworth PS: Mtg 1st Mon ex. Jan. Tamworth Bridge Club, 7 Hilton St, Tamworth Sec. Graeme Mitchell. PO Box 678, Tamworth NSW 2340 Ph. 02 67664853 Taree RSL Club Ltd SC: Mtg 3rd Mon Toronto SC: Mtg 1st Wed Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm.

Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Masonic Centre, 8 Boyd St, Tweed Heads, 07 5535 3168 Wagga SC: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) ARCC Building, Tarcutta St, 7.30pm. Secretary: Peter Simpfendorfer Ph:02 6922 3393 Wyong PS: Mtgs: 3rd Tues 7.30pm, daytime meetings 1st Weds, KGV Heads group 4th Weds. Jim Spence Sec. 02 4392 3610 email: dandasonter6@bigpond.com

northern territory Alice Springs SC: Meet Informally; PO Box 1529, Alice Springs, NT, 0871.

Ph 08 8953 3054 Darwin Philatelic Circle: 1st Sun. 10am - 2pm. 53 Flametree Crt, Rosebery; Ph:(08) 8931 2898; PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT, 0831; Email: Nadine.Tinsley@nt.gov.au-.

WA club information: WA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Perth, WA, 6001 Mandurah PS PO Box 625 Mandurah WA 6210 2nd Tues 4.45 - 6.30pm Bortolo Park Pavilion Cnr. Bortolo and Murdoch Drives Greenfields WA 6210 08 9581 1083 keithmich@bigpond.com Northern Districts SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9329 0117 Philatelic Forum: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9294 4277 Rockingham & Kwinana (PS of): Mtg 3rd Tues (NB 2nd in Dec) Pres. Malcolm Brown; Sec. Terry Boyd; PRO Lucie Schokker Ph. 08 9419 1604; email: malcolm.b@iinet.net.au PS of WA: Mtg 3rd Tues; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec); Clubrooms, Charles Riley Reserve, Wendling Rd, North Beach, Ph: 08 9447 7256 The Postmark Circle (WA): Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Victoria Park SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9472 8072 or 08 9450 5280 WA Study Group: Mtg 4th Thurs (ex Dec) 08 9384 1050 Wanneroo SC: Mtg 3rd Mon; Ph: 08 9305 3130.

philatelic clubs & societies new zealand 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

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

Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 4th Tues. 7.30pm Comm. Hall, 15 Kamerunga Rd., Stratford 07 4033 2211 Caloundra SC: Mtg. 4th Thurs. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 1.30pm. Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Ph: 07 3263 8573 (ah); email: desley@mycelebrant.com Collectors Club Queensland: Mtg 2nd Sunday each month 9am to 1pm - RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park. Contact 0409 130 266 or ccqueensland@gmail.com Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157 Gladstone and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed (Ex. Jan) & 4th Wed (Ex.Dec). Ph. Sec: 07 4978 1155 Ian Rippingale, Gold Coast PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 11.30am, Southport Community Centre, Lawson St, Southport. Ph: 07 5546 3801 Gympie SC: Mtg. 2nd Sun. Jessie Witham Centre 1 - 3pm Ph. 07 5483 9188 email: sandandan@bigpond.com Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983 Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3277 6724. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, righteo274@bigpond.com Lockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226.

Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433;

Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 5220311. Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington.

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

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

Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 2347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6880343 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec). Ph: 04 5284123; Email: teme. isaac@clear.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 4428865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 06 3427894; Email: g.p.phillips@xtra.co.nz Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 9 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 042347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs (except Jan) Ph: 07 3222054 or 07 3086193 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex.Jan) Ph 09 4348000; Email john-monica@xtra.co.nz QLD Philatelic Council, 18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum, Qld, 4178. Ph: 07 3396 0846 Fax: 07 3396 0842. Email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Web: www.qpc.asn.au

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

Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 2nd Sat, 10:00am, Nanango RSL. Contact Ph: 07 3103 8938 or ema il: bowtell_harris@activ8.net.au Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or 07 3822 6987 Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336. email: rockystampclub@gmail.com Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096 Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384 Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: david. appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.au Sunshine Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 7.15pm Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 07 5445 3647 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@ uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg. 2nd Sat 1pm, Salvation Army Hall, Cnr. West St. 7 Anzac Ave. Ph. 07 4635 5623 Email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5535 3168 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi SportsClub, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815

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philatelic clubs & societies south australia

Information about clubs in SA can be obtained from the SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Adelaide, SA 5001. Daytime Ph: 08 8212 3557 or 8223 4435

Australian Airmail Society: 1st Wed. 7.45pm 22 Gray Court, Adelaide. PO Box 395, Edwardstown 5039. Ph: 08 8276 3969 Barossa SC: Mtg 1st Tue 7.30 Greenock Luth Church Hall, Bevan St, Greenock; 19 Evans Street Ancaston 5353; email: ptomely1939@gmail.com; Ph: (08) 8562 8386 Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: teepee@teegee.com.au Bordertown & Districts PS: Mtg: 3rd Thurs. Bordertown PS Contact: K. Grey Tel: 08 8752 0446 or email cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894 City of Noarlunga PS: Mtg alternate thurs,-- Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, Contact 08 85566371 or PO Box 272, Port Noarlunga 5167 Eastern Districts PS: 2nd Thurs (ex. Jan), 7.30pm Senior citizens Hall, 47 Reid Ave. Hectorville; PO Box 240, Magill, 5072; Ph: 0400 156 796 Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608 Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; aydepe@bigpond.com; Ph: 08 8555 3311 SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074.

Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st & 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. c/- 9 Moore St., Tranmere, SA 5073 08 8398 2475 Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; The Lions Den, Murray Bridge. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 lmphilsocsec@gmail.com Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan)

victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Bulleen PS Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan) 7.30 pm Veneto Club Upstairs 191 Bulleen Rd Bulleen (PO Box 166, Niddrie VIC 3042)Contact Secretary: Frank 0438830645 Treasurer: Joe 0408560601 Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong 03 5996 9501 Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. c/24 Carrington Street Sydenham 3037. PH. 0438 901 144. email: footscraystamps@gmail Frankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford.

Ph: 5996 3745 Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st Sat 7.00pm, 3rd Mon 1pm (ex Jan) Sat - Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. Mon - Belmont Library, High St, Belmont Ph: 0438578591 (Sec); PO Box 342, Belmont 3216

tasmania Derwent Valley PS: Mtg 4th Mon Devonport Junior SC: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon Devonport SC: 4th Fri, except Dec. 3rd Fri. 7.30pm, Oldaker Christian Centre, Oldaker St, Devonport, 03 6424 3449 devstampclub.org Devonport Stamp Group: Mtg 4th Fri, Public Library Mtg Rms, 7.30pm Ph. 03 6424 3449 Glenorchy SC: Mtg 1st Tues

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1.30pm - 4pm. PO Box 2261,Mt Gambier.Ph: 08 8724 9474 Para Hills PS: Mtg 1st Sun; Community Hall Wilkinson Rd, Para Hills. PO Box 64, Para Hills; Ph: 08 8522 4345 Phillumeny SC: U3/26-28 Crozier Av, Modbury 5092. Ph: 08 8337 6533 Email: www.users.or.net/ figg/amccs Port Pirie PS: Mtg 4th Mon; PO Box532, Pt Pirie 5540; Ph: 08 8632 1105 Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Mtg last Tues, Julia Farr Cent. Canteen, Ground Floor, Fisher St. Ph: 08 8265 7395; PO Box 657, Enfield Plaza 5085 PS of South Australia:1st & 3rdTues; 22 Gray Ct. GPO Box 9800, Adelaide 5001; Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Aust. (Aus. Com. Spect.Grp.): Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm;22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Study Group):Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm; 22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8522 4345 Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Mtg 2nd Tues; SAPHIL House, 22 Gray Ct, Adelaide. email: psandph@arcom.com.au; Ph: 08 8260 3352 Riverland PS: Mtg 3rd Fri, 10am ;Whitmore Hall, Barmera Village; Ph: 08 8595 3023 SA Junior Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Sun 1pm - 3pm;Anyone over 5years, parents welcome. 22 Grey St, Adelaide. 08 8250 0484 Salisbury PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon; The Dutch Club, 21 Greenfields Dr.,Greenfields 5107, PO Box 336 Salisbury 5108; Ph: 08 8252 2392 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Fri 7.45pm, Old Railway Station (now Community Services Bldng.); Ph: 08 8370 2680 Strathalbyn PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 8pm; Rosa Hoare Room, Lutheran Church Complex Corner, Commercial Rd/North Pde; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 0429 693 747 Ukrainian Collectibles Club: Mtg Wed as per syllabus; PO Box 466, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8345 4033 Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Senior Citizens Club. Taylor St, Kardina. Mtg 3rd Wed ex. Jan; PO Box 178, Bute 5560; Ph: 08 8821 2906 Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd Monday 7.30 pm ex. Jan. Guide Hall, Foster St. 0407 659664 Hungarian PS: Mtg 2nd Wed Latrobe Valley PS: Mtg Last Wed ex Dec 7.30pm, St Lukes Uniting Church Hall, Princes Way, Morwell; Chris Zarb, Sec. ph. 03 5174 3394 Maryborough Stamp Club:Mtg mthly ex Jan 2nd Tues of month 8pm, St Augustine’s Hall, Maryborough. PO Box 295, Maryborough, 3465; Ph: 03 5464 2400. maryboroughsc@eudoramail.com. maryboroughsc.web1000.com Mildura PS: Mtg Last Thurs (ex Dec)Carnegie Building 74 Deakin Ave Ph: 03 5023 8789 Mooroolbark PS: Mtg 1st Tues; Ph: 03 9723 3304 Oakleigh PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan) Oakleigh Public Library, Drummond St, Oakleigh Ocean Grove SC: Mtg 4th Wed. 10am. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Clubrooms Melways: 234 A. Ph. 03 5255 1372 Peninsula SC: Mtg 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, Murray Anderson Rd, Rosebud. Ph: 03 5975 0574 Polish PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Prahran PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) Ringwood PS: Gen Mtg 1st Thurs; Daytime 3rd Mon Ph: 03 9725 0514 email hanszomer@bigpond.com Royal PS of Victoria:Mtg 3rd & 5th Thurs; Daytime 1st Tues Sale SC: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan) Shepparton PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Mechanics Institute, Shepparton. Ph. 0419 560 813 Sherbrooke PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs ex Jan Upwey Fire Brigade Hall, 8pm; Bob Cook Ph: 03 9758 3465 Upper Yarra SC: Mtg 3rd Tues St Arnaud SC: Mtg 3rd Mon (excl. Jan & Dec) 03 54951371 Warragul PS: Mtg 2nd Fri Warrnambool PS: Mtg 3rd Wed 7.45pm St Joseph’s Primary School, Botanic Road;Ph: 03 5561 1470 Waverley PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs 7.30pm, Mt Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Cres, Mt Waverley; Daytime mtg the following Friday, 9.30am, Uniting Church Hall, 482 High St, Mt Waverley. Ph. 03 9898 4102 Obtain Tasmanian clubs information from: Tasmanian Stamp Council, GPO Box 9800, Hobart, TAS, 7001. Ph: 03 6278 7084 Hobart Junior Group: Mtg 1st Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Kingston Junior Group: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Launceston PS: 1st Thurs. & 3rd Sat. ex. Jan. 6.30 pm, Max Fry Hall,TrevallynLauncestonTel: 03 6331 2580 (A/H) Mersey-Leven PS: Contact: 03 6425 3603 Rosny Junior Group: Mtg Last Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Tasmanian PS: Mtg Last Monday (ex. Dec); www.tps.org.au, Legacy House, 159 Macquarie St Hobart

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