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Richard Juzwin Pty Ltdwww.richardjuzwin.com.au
THIS MONTH’S STAMP OFFERSSTATES:
Lot 01 NSW: SG D1s/D10s Postage Due set (10), fresh mint unhinged. Exceptionally scarce in this condition. $575
Lot 02 Tasmania: SG 8 4d Orange. A fine stamp. $275
Lot 03 Tasmania: SG 11 4d Plate Orange Very fine, 4 margins. $425
Lot 04 Tasmania: SG 256d, interpanneau pair with SG 256. Stamp at right is compound perf 11x12 (at left). Very fine
mint hinged with great visual appeal. SCARCE. $650
Lot 05 Western Australia: SG 43 1/- Green with perf clean cut 14-16. Fine mint hinged $875
Lot 06 Western Australia: SG 127a 1910 10/- Bright Purple. Mint lightly hinged. $1,100
Lot 07 Western Australia: 1896 Camel Set (3) in pairs, extremely scarce in multiples. Slight faults, normal for this issue. $2,250
KANGAROOS:
Lot 08 Kangaroos: 1d Red, Die 2 Block of 18 from RARE £1 BOOKLET. Seldom offered thus, note occasional tone spot as expected. $750
Lot 09 Kangaroos: SG 3 1st Wmk 2d Grey, mint unhinged & gem quality. $325
Lot 10 Kangaroos: SG 4 1st Wmk 2½d Indigo with inking flaws inside coast of gulf of ‘CARPENTERIA’ & ‘LIA’ of AUSTRALIA. Fresh mint unhinged. $250
Lot 11 Kangaroos: SG 4 1st Wmk 2½d Indigo. PERFECTION, mint unhinged. $275
Lot 12 Kangaroos: SG 5 1st Wmk 3d Olive, Die 1. Choice mint unhinged. Ultra fresh. $475
Lot 13 Kangaroos: SG 9 1st Wmk 6d Ultrama-rine, deeper shade than usually seen. Very fine mint unhinged. $675
Lot 14 Kangaroos: SG 9a 1st Wmk 6d Ultrama-rine with RETOUCHED E variety. Outstanding quality. Mint lightly hinged. $3,250
Lot 15 Kangaroos: SG 35w 3rd Wmk 2d Grey Die 1, Wmk INVERTED. A faultless used block of 4. $300
Lot 16 Kangaroos: SG 044 3rd Wmk 2½d Indigo ‘OS’. Superb mint unhinged. $275
Lot 17 Kangaroos: SG 40 3rd Wmk Die 2. A very fine mint unhinged example of the BLUE GREEN shade. $275
Lot 18 Kangaroo: SG 41 3rd Wmk 2/- Dull Brown. A beautiful pale shade with just the faintest trace of hinging. Superb mint. $475
Lot 19 Kangaroos: SG 43b 3rd Wmk 10/- Grey & Pale Pink (Aniline). Superior centring for this issue. Mint unhinged.$3,750
Lot 20 Kangaroos: SG 43b 3rd Wmk 10/- Grey & Pale Pink (Aniline). Attractive mint unhinged. $2,250
Lot 21 Kangaroos: SG 45 3rd Wmk £2 Black & Rose. A fine commercially used stamp, date stamped 21 MAY 1929. $2,250
Lot 22 Kangaroos: SG 34za Sm. Mult Wmk 1/- Green, Die 2B.Ash Imprint block 4 PLATE 4. Very fresh, 2 MUH / 2 MLH $525
Lot 23 Kangaroos: SG 136 C of A Water-mark 10/- Grey & Pink Ash imprint pair in very fine mint unhinged condition. $4,250
KGV:
Lot 24 KGV: BW 71R/G26 Single Wmk, smooth paper. 1d SALMON shade. Fresh mint unhinged. DRURY CERTIFICATE. $550
Lot 25 KGV: BW 63(3)jw Single Wmk ½d Green. Scarce CLUBBED FRACTION BAR variety & Wmk INVERTED combination. VERY RARE & in fine used condition with BIRREGURRA cancellation. $4,750
Lot 26 KGV: SG 21d Single Wmk. 1d Red DIE 2 printed on smooth paper. Mint unhinged. $750
Lot 27 KGV: BW 71N/G23 1d CRIMSON ‘OS’ Mint lightly hinged. $500
Lot 28 KGV: BW 71Nca/G23ca 1d CRIMSON, DRY INK. Mint lightly hinged. $450
Lot 29 KGV: BW 71Q/G25 Single Wmk TER-RACOTTA shade.Mint lightly hinged. $650
Lot 30 KGV: BW 72E/G64 Rough paper 1d Pale Rose Red ‘OS’. Mint very lightly hinged. DUNKERLEY CERTIFICATE. A scarce shade.$550
Lot 31KGV: BW 75B/G110Single Wmk 1d Red DIE 3, mint unhinged. The DEEP RED shade. $250
Lot 32 KGV: Single Wmk 1d Red DIE 3, punc-tured ‘OS NSW’. Mint lightly hinged. NOTE: Die 3 was never punctured ‘OS’.$375
Lot 33 KGV: BW 85Aa/SG 59w Single Wmk 1½d Deep Red Brown Wmk INVERTED. Very fine mint unhinged. $125
Lot 34 KGV: 1½d Red Single Wmk. Printed on VERY COURSE MESH PAPER. Striking visual appearance and not catalogued. MUH $375
Lot 35 KGV: SG 072w/BW 96ab Single Wmk 2d Red ‘OS’, Wmk INVERTED. Fine mint lightly hinged. SCARCE $1,750
Lot 36 KGV: SG 22w Single Wmk 4d Orange, Wmk INVERTED. Exceptionally fine mint unhinged. $150
Lot 37 KGV: SG 65w Single Wmk 4d Ultrama-rine shade. Wmk INVERTED. Well centred & mint unhinged. $500
Lot 38 SG 65w KGV: Single Wmk 4d Blue INVERTED WMK, MUH. $475
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THIS MONTH’S STAMP OFFERSLot 39 KGV: Single Wmk 1/4 Blue DRY INK vari-ety. Superb mint unhinged. Very fine centring for this issue. $675
Lot 40 KGV: BW 73A/G101/SG 49 Large Multi-ple Wmk, Cooke printing, 1d Carmine Pink in fresh mint unhinged. DRURY CERTIFICATE. $525
Lot 41 KGV: SG 50b/BW 74E/G108 Large Mul-tiple Wmk. DEEP CARMINE (ANILINE). A fine used stamp showing strong colouring. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Seldom offered without official ‘OS’ puncture. $425
Lot 42 KGV: SG 51aw/BW 84aaa Large Multiple Wmk 1½d Black Brown, very thin paper, Wmk INVERTED. Mint unhinged $325
Lot 43 KGV: 106Cc Small Multiple Wmk Perf 14 Type B, A pair in pale blue shade. Very fine mint unhinged. $225
Lot 45 KGV: BW 107c Small Multiple Wmk, Perf 13½x12½3d Blue Violet Type B, A pair. Very fine Mint unhinged. $395
AUSTRALIA GENERAL:
Lot 46 Australia: 6d Engraved Kooka-burra Plate 2, block of 4. Nicely centred & all stamps are mint unhinged. $1,375
Lot 47 Australia: 1934 1/- Victoria Centenary Perf 11½ Ash Imprint block of 4. Superb centring & freshness. 2 stamps MUH / 2 MLH $375
Lot 48 Australia: BW 208ca 1937 1/- Lyre, Perf 13½x14.INTERPANE Imprint block of 4 showing complete gutter at left. VERY RARE with only one gutter imprint block of 8 being recorded. 3 MUH/1 MLH $925
Lot 49 Australia: SG 177 1938 10/- Robes, thick paper Authority Imprint block of 4. Very fresh mint unhinged. $175
Lot 50 Australia: SG 184a KGVI 2d Red Die 2 Coil strip of 3 with uniformly
large holes, plus coil join. Upper stamp MLH, others MUH. $525
Lot 51 Australia: BW 209bc 1/- Lyre Wmk’ed paper, perf 15x14. Positional block of 8 showing perf guide mark at right, sheet B. Mint unhinged. $875
Lot 52 Australia: BW 226 1942 1½d Green QM block of 4, MUH, showing printing flaw due to foreign matter on surface. $375
Lot 53 Australia: SG 206 Triple Perfora-tions Blk (6) MUH $325
Lot 54 Australia: SG 206 Double Perforations Blk (6) MUH $525
Lot 55 Australia: 1949 2½d John Forrest. Top left corner positional block of 8 with pre-perforating paper fold resulting in TLC stamp partially IMPER-FORATE. SPECTACULAR, MUH. $1,250
Lot 56 Australia: BW 284 1951 GOLD CENTENARY corner Im-print block of 12 showing lower left stamp PARTIALLY IMPERFORATE due to pre-perforating paper fold. UNRECORDED & MUH. $950
Lot 57 Australia: SG SB27/BW B51A 2/- 2d Red Die 2 KGVI upright Wmk, ‘Green Cover’. $575
Lot 58 Australia: 1982 27c Tree frog verti-cal strip of 10 showing 8mm misplace-ment of perforations. Mint unhinged. SPECTACULAR, rarely on offer. (5 stamps shown on scan) $1,500
Lot 59 Australia: BW 1001b 1983 27c Ulysses Butterfly vertical pair totally imperforate. Mint unhinged. $675
OTHER:
Lot 60 NWPI: SG 103ba KGV 1d Red Die 2 SUBSTITUTED CLICHÉ 5th setting. Superb mint unhinged. CEREMUGA CERTIFICATE. $1,950
Lot 61 NWPI: SG 103ba KGV 1d Red Die 2 SUBSTITUTED CLICHÉ 5th setting. Fine mint lightly mounted. CEREMUGA CERTIFICATE. $1,375
Lot 62 PAPUA: SG 35 2½d Thick paper with horizontal watermark.
Stamp at right has “white leaves” variety. Very fine & mint unhinged. $650
Lot 63 PAPUA: SG 033a 4d Black & Sepia with variety ‘deformed d’ at left. VASTLY UNDERCATALOGUED as recent auction results show. Fine used. $350
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ContentsArticlesWoodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ................................................ 10 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 16Stamps in the News Globally!: Margo Campbell .................. 22Australian Stamp Variations: David Mallen ............................ 28Irish Forerunners & Political Labels: Mike Lee ....................... 32Revenue Review: Dave Elsmore ................................................. 36The Pony Express: Christer Brunström ..................................... 40 Cinderella Corner: Tony Presgrave ............................................ 44Introducing the APF: John Sadler .............................................. 48Bahamas: Noel Davenhill .............................................................. 62
InformationNews........................................................................................................6Internet & Email Directory ............................................................ 60Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......62Calendar .............................................................................................. 65Products & Services Directory ............................................... ......66Trading Post ................................................................................. ......70List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............74
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Stanley Gibbons Creates the World’s Largest Envelope
On 6 May 2010, 170 years after the Penny Black was issued, Stanley Gibbons entered the Guinness World Records(TM) book for creating the world’s largest envelope.
In celebration of the London 2010 Festival of Stamps, we wanted to do something BIG! Unsurprisingly, breaking a world record is no small feat, but after months of hard work, the world’s largest envelope came to be.
The envelope measured in at 32ft 9 inches by 23 ft and a ½ inch, beating the old record by over 100 square feet.
The record was checked and verified by Guinness World Records adjudicator, Tarika Vara at midday on Thursday 6 May at Great Malvern Primary School, where the envelope was constructed in the school’s assembly hall.
The envelope left the school shortly after adjudication to be transported to London on a 40 foot truck for display at the London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition.
Louise Reynolds of Stanley Gibbons and manager
of the World Record project said, ‘As the leading brand in stamps and collectibles we wanted to do something big to mark the London 2010 Festival of Stamps – at ten metres by seven metres, they don’t come any bigger!’.
Stanley Gibbons commissioned Pendragon Presentation Packaging to create the envelope, complete with an address and franking label. Tullis Russell Coaters and Cartor Security Printing also collaborated to create a Stanley Gibbons stamp for the giant envelope.
The fantastic achievement was picked up by Steve Wright on his afternoon show on BBC Radio 2. He announced the record to the nation just before 4pm BST on 6 May and passed his congratulations to everyone at Stanley Gibbons.
Stanley Gibbons - philatelic experts and the home of philately since 1856 and now official world record holders!
The envelope will be on display throughout the London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition being held at the Business Design Centre 8-15th May 2010.
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Oxford University researchers uncover hidden secret of 40 year old stamps
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A series of 81 brand new British stamp varieties have been “discovered” by Oxford University researchers... 40 years after they were first published.
The 1969 Post Office Technology encapsulated stamps were widely believed to be identical to the actual stamps that were issued.
But new research by Oxford University researchers - prompted by British postal auction company Universal Philatelic Auctions (UPA) - has revealed that unlike the issued stamps, they were actually printed on uncoated paper.
“That instantly makes these 40 year old stamps the rarest commemorative stamps in Great Britain,” said UPA auctioneer Andrew McGavin.
Industry standard cataloguer Stanley Gibbons has agreed with the research, and anticipates amending its listing of the stamps.
The 1969 Post Office Technology encapsulated stamps were actually pre-publicity Postal Notices - almost like press releases issued before the real stamp came out.
To prevent fraud they were
encapsulated in perspex.Andrew McGavin explained:
“For 40 years no-one realised they were any different. Because they were encapsulated the paper could not be examined.
“Universal Philatelic Auctions recently purchased a collection and noticed differences between the encapsulated stamps and the issued
stamps.“The stamps appeared
to be flatter, even thinner, with more ‘whiskery’ paper and ‘whiskery’ printing impressions.
“We didn’t want to damage an encapsulated Postal Notice, so sent a collection of 23 different Postal Notices to Oxford University for specialist research.”
The university’s Materials Characterisation Service concluded that the 75 different stamps it had examined had been printed on uncoated paper.
Andrew explained: “Uncoated paper varieties come from the start of the printing paper roll. Such stamps are usually discarded by the printers, making some uncoated
paper stamps great rarities. “In the case of the encapsulated
Postal Notices it made commercial sense for the printers to use the first stamps off the printing roll - they were uncoated - but by encapsulating them nobody would know any different.”
He added: “It has taken 40 years for their secret to be uncovered.”
Andrew McGavin has worked
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in the philatelic industry since 1974 and started collecting at the age of 10.
This is the most significant stamp discovery he has ever made.
Catalogues for Universal Philatelic Auctions’ next auction will be available from 10th June 2010 for the next auction, which will close on Tuesday 6th July 2010.
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Readers may be forgiven for speculating I have shares in Torsten Weller’s on line auction business (sadly, I don’t). I featured in the February column some usage results from the last auction, and some realizations in the May auction are sufficiently newsworthy to justify repeating the exercise this month. Torsten has grabbed hold of the usage baton, and is running with it. Like Usain Bolt.
Figure 1. 20c Wheat solo rarityAirmail Zone 3 material is hard to source, a fact which I’ve previously mentioned in this column. Lot 70 (Figure 1) was a solo use of the 1969 Primary Industries 20c, for airmail rate to Japan, a Zone 3 destination. It realized $360, which few would argue is not “hot”. Rare usage items such as this, and most other items featured this month, would be quite comfortable offered in even a major Australian public auction.
Figure 2. Nice pair of 15c Timber to GermanyLot 71 (Figure 2) is a welcome make-up for the 30c Zone 5 airmail rate, to Germany. Welcome, because had the sender used a 30c Flower we wouldn’t have seen a realization of $210, as occurred for the 1969 15c Timber pair usage, would we.
Figure 3. Sweet solo use of 7c SugarBy the 1960s, airmail had largely replaced surface mail, which explains why a stamp such as the 1969 7c Sugar, issued for the Foreign surface letter rate, is rare as a solo franking. Lot 80 (Figure 3) is only the third example of usage for that purpose I’ve noted. At least two bidders also have found this to be an elusive item, for it realized $320. Interestingly, only the 25c Wool from the 1969 Primary Industries series, the top denomination, is relatively easy to find as a solo franking. It was for the Zone 4 (U.S.A. primarily) airmail rate.
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Figure 4. Not enough $2 Navigator usage items circumnavigatingThe $2 and $4 Navigators from the 1966 first Decimal series are quite rare on commercial postal articles. I went for a decade and a half searching before I found my first examples. Lot 137 (Figure 4) is a nice use of the $2, with a 25c Aboriginal Art , paying Zone 5 35c airmail rate x5 + 50c registration fee in 1972. The “LETTER” label is a Post Office addition, indicating full letter rate was paid, rather than parcel or other more economical rate. Another very respectable result: $525.
Figure 5. 1972 Primary Industries, as popular as the 1969 seriesFrom the 1972 Primary Industries set of four, I’ve found only the 30c to be reasonably available; it was primarily for the Zone 4 airmail rate. The 20c is difficult to find on any type of postal article, Lot 140 (Figure 5) has it paying Zone 2 airmail to Indonesia in 1972, with the 50c Pioneer paying registration fee.
This item went for $190.
Figure 6. Cheerful 1972 Christmas stampMy cover prices in ACSC Decimals I, II and III, particularly for stamps such as the 1972 Christmas 35c, are looking a little insipid, unlike the stamp itself. Lot 144 (Figure 6), a nice solo use for Zone 5 airmail, sold for $240, against the catalogue price of a paltry $45.
Figure 7. $1 Navigator “scarce” perf. really is scarce on coverLot 156 (Figure 7) is but the third cover noted by me bearing the later perforation 14.75 x 14. The aggregate franking of $1.85 for this item paid 45c per 50gms Printed matter rate x3 + 50c registration fee to U.K. in 1973. It realized $200, and is featured as my “bargain buy” of the sale. I don’t believe $400/500 would be too much to pay for this rare item. In an auction of close to 400 items, inevitably a number of items will sell economically. Other very sound purchases were noted amongst the post-1980
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issues results. The later material is often as scarce as the 1960s and 1970s issues.
Figure 8. 1973 Christmas 30c proving elusive on coverThe 1973 Christmas 30c is on par in scarcity with its predecessor, the 1972 35c (see Figure 6), on commercial cover, and Lot 158 (Figure 8), a solo use for Zone 5 airmail, would appear to confirm that assessment, for it realized $230. I really must do something about my ACSC valuation of $25 when catalogue revision time comes around.
Figure 9. Striking solo use of $1 PaintingOverseas Express Delivery items are scarce in their own right; the service was expensive and consequently not widely used. Lot 195 (Figure 9) has the 1974 $1 Painting as a solo franking for that service, which was 65c, in addition to the Zone 5 airmail rate of 35c. This is the first solo use I’ve noted of this stamp for such purpose. A sound buy at $170.
Figure 10. 1975 PNG 25c: One of many “sleepers” amongst Decimal usage
I’ve previously mentioned how rare on cover is the 1975 PNG Independence 25c. I featured a Zone 5 airmail postcard solo use in the February column, which realized $270 in Torsten’s inaugural usage auction. Lot 205 (Figure 10) is another rare solo use, for surface letter rate to countries outside Asia-Oceania. The latter made $200, another sound buy, given this is the first such usage I’ve noted for this stamp.
Figure 11. $4 Painting surprisingly difficult on commercial postal articlesThe 1974 Paintings $1 and $2 are plentiful as combination frankings, particularly on registered articles. Not so the $4; I doubt that I’ve seen even ten items. Of course it’s common used out-of-period (it was discontinued in 1979), and many readers will have seen the stamp used on covers/packages containing purchases from auction houses and favourite Traders, during the past 20/30 years. These are next to worthless to usage collectors. Lot 216 (Figure 11) was an attractive and desirable 1976 usage of the $4 (and 25c Olympic) for Zone 5 airmail (45c per 10gms) x5 + $2 registration fee. It made a healthy $340.
Figure 12. 1978 Trees usage justifiably popularIn the November 2008 column I featured exclusively 1978 Trees series usage. Perhaps that galvanized interest, for items bearing the three above base rate denominations are proving very popular. Lot 247 (Figure 12) is a good example of how the market has developed more recently. The 45c was intended for Zone 5 airmail when issued, but that rate increased to 55c not long after issue, hence the additional 10c
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Rod Perry has been a philatelic trader since 1962 and a Stamp News advertiser since the 1960s . He founded Rodney A Perry Auction Galleries (now Millennium Philatelic Auctions) in 1971. As a collector he has exhibited nationally and internationally. Rod prefers his used stamps on cover and likens taking a stamp off its original cover to converting a tree to woodchips. Past editions of this column may be accessed on Rod’s ‘rap.com.au’
stamp in the subject item. This sold for $210.
Figure 13. Notable eBay realization to complete this month’s columnFigure 13 was a recent eBay sale. Commercial articles bearing mixed £SD and Decimal frankings, which was allowed until 14 February 1968, two years after introduction of Decimal Currency, are very scarce. I collect them, but would not be able to assemble a one-frame exhibit, after 20 years of hunting and gathering. This airmail postcard to U.K. bears QEII 3d x2 (ie 5c equivalent) and 4c x2, correctly making up the 13c rate. I thought this would be a nice addition to my modest holding, and courageously bid US$55 (the starting bid was $6). It sold for US$380!
It’s now eight years since I commenced this column. It’s fair to say usage collecting has come a long way in that time. Certainly, Decimal usage is very popular; readers of this month’s column doubtless will agree! I see this popularity as justifiable; material is difficult to source, and once found often has an interesting philatelic story to explain the reason/s contributing to scarcity. A growing band of devotees
of this material are assembling collections which set them apart from those with more basic collecting aspirations.
I’ll end with this Tip of the Day: Don’t overlook £SD covers. They are increasingly appearing undervalued when compared to their Decimal successors.
Public Auction No. 6AUGUST 2010
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By John Sadler, Public Relations Officer, Exhibition Organising Committee
Greetings to all those existing and budding exhibitors who are waiting eagerly for the next National Exhibition to be held in Sydney; to all those stamp collecting enthusiasts looking forward to viewing a wide range of high quality material or keen to get access to the large number of local and overseas dealers in an endeavor to enhance their collections of stamps and related material.
The good news is that the Sydney Stamp Expo 2011 will be held at the Royal Randwick Racecourse from Thursday 31 March 2011, until Sunday 3 April 2011. Yes, you read correctly, the Expo has been expanded to four days. Our 2007 effort was so successful that three days just did not seem enough to do all of the things that one tries to get done at a major exhibition. Time just simply ran out. The recently held Melbourne Stampshow 2009 was open for four days and the feedback was good.
The Royal Randwick Racecourse is well served by public transport and has one very big plus – plenty of free parking.
We are expecting 700 frames of top-notch exhibits both from Australia and overseas, and there will be more dealers than last time, possibly 40. With this number of frames and dealers, there will be frames on both the ground and first floors. The Cafeteria will be located on the first floor. The Kids’ Zone will also be on the first floor, occupying much the same space as in 2007.
Whilst Sydney Stamp Expo 2007 (SSE07) was very successful, there were a few lessons to be learnt, and therefore in 2011 you can expect –
Better signage to the exhibits, dealers and other •attractions;Better signage re the events and their •locations;Australia Post will have a bigger stand and •therefore better cope with the demand for their
products;The stand for the Organising Committee will •not be hidden away in an obscure corner; andThere will be some souvenir items available •at the show.
Yes, there will be souvenir items, and many of these will be based upon our theme, logo and postmarks (see below). At this stage we can only speculate upon what these souvenirs may be until Australia Post’s stamp issue program for year 2011 has been settled, after which we will have a better idea of the offerings.
Yes, there will also be a Supporters Club, with a limited number of members, most likely 200, and there will be unique souvenirs developed for this group.
The exhibition will include all of the current FIP and APF classes, and will include The Australia Post Cup and the 100 Years On Challenge.
Our ThemeThe theme for the exhibition is “Building Bridges” and relates to the development of lasting friendships and personal associations resulting from an interest in stamp collecting, both at club, exhibition and international level. It also refers to the growing interest in peripheral activities such as history, geography, cultural interests, etc., that derive from stamp collecting.
Our LogoThe logo is shown above. It is expected that this will become a permanent format for our theme and logo for future Sydney exhibitions, simply changing the year. However, with the proviso that should an exhibition year represent a major event or anniversary, then the theme and logo could be modified for that year only. Such an opportunity occurs with the next succeeding exhibition in 2015, when it will be extremely difficult to go past the Anzac theme.
Our PostmarksThere will be a different postmark for each of the four days of the exhibition, and these will feature some of
Sydney is Getting Ready for the Big One
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the more unusual bridges in New South Wales. The strong possibilities at this stage are
The Hampden Bridge over the Kangaroo River •at Kangaroo Valley;The Gladesville Bridge;•The ANZAC Bridge or Anzac Bridge (both •forms are used by the Roads and Traffic Authority), andThe newest bridge, the Sea Cliff Bridge..•
The use of these bridges for postmarks could lead to some interesting souvenirs of the exhibition. A follow-up article will describe these four bridges in detail and will include photographs.
ApplicationsThe closing date for applications is tentatively set at 20th November 2010. Copies of the Prospectus and Entry Forms can be downloaded from our website (see below) from 1st May 2010. They will also be available from that date by either writing to the Committee Secretary, c/- Philatelic Association of NSW, Inc., PO Box 220, DARLINGHURST NSW 1300, or from Philas House, 17 Brisbane Street, SYDNEY, or by contacting one of the Commissioners listed in the website.
To Find Out More ……Our website www.sydneystampexpo2011.org.au is constantly being updated, and already contains much important information.
As was the case in 2007, the Organising Committee has decided not to issue update bulletins during the lead up to the exhibition. All of the information deemed necessary regarding the exhibition will be on our website. Should there still be any questions, they can be addressed to any of the contacts listed on the website.
Michael Sefi cuts ribbon at new look
Stanley Gibbons
Following months of renovations in advance of London 2010, the new look 399 Strand officially re-opened its doors on Friday 23rd April with the assistance of Michael Sefi, notable philatelist and the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection.
“We are delighted and honoured that Mr Sefi has kindly agreed to officiate at the opening” said Stanley Gibbons’ Director, Richard Purkis.
“As holders of the Royal Warrant since 1913, we felt it fitting that Mr Sefi should be the person to officially re-open the store.”
The opening ceremony took place at 11.30am on Friday 23rd April when Mr Sefi made a short speech followed by the cutting of the ribbon.
Following the ceremony Mr Sefi was taken on an exclusive tour of the new facilities, which include a new basement shop, internet zone, stamp and autograph displays and five presentation and meeting rooms.
The company will also be displayed a selection of philatelic gems for the opening including a rare strip of four top marginal Penny Blacks valued at £150,000.
“Stanley Gibbons has made this major investment to coincide with the London 2010 Exhibition. It demonstrates the health of philately in the UK and Stanley Gibbons’ position as the leading brand in collectibles” said Mr Purkis.
Stanley Gibbons will be running a shuttle bus to the store from the Business Design Centre, throughout the London 2010 Exhibition taking place from 8-15th May 2010.
For more information and images of the refurbishment visit: www.stanleygibbons.com/399-strand/399-strand-is-changing.aspx
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A decades long mantra of mine, that I’ve typed 100s of times here and on stampboards - if not 1000’s of times.
Most often, stamp knowledge comes via having the relevant reference books and catalogues on hand, that sadly so many collectors decide they “do not need”.
In some other cases, knowledge simply comes with the experience of handling the same material a lot.
We all have areas we know well, and with that comes the experience.
I have the largest stocks of used Kangaroos and KGV heads in Australia, and have had for decades.
Handling 10,000s if not 100,000s of them over 30 years you get a very good “feel” for them.
The same way a wine taster knows his field, or a poodle judge at Crufts does, or a Volvo mechanic knows why your gearbox is making a funny noise etc.
It just comes with a lot of exposure to your field of expertise.
Kangaroos are simple to sortWith Kangaroos, if you handle them enough, you learn there are subtle differences in facial appearance to them all. Perforations, colour and paper all differ between watermarks.
I can confidently sort 99% of them by watermark, from an average visual image. Mint or used.
Things like 6d blues that come in 3 different and very similar watermarks, you can do accurately at a glance at the fronts, if you know the material well.
Which this brings us to this story. A stampboards.com member once posted up a
fuzzy scan of the parcel label shown nearby, and stated the 2/- browns on it were Third watermark.
I contacted him and said I felt sure he was mistaken, and that they were indeed 1913 First watermark in my view.
Expert disagrees with meHe said he had obtained them from one of Australia’s leading dealers, who had carefully checked them, and checked them again after my comment, and had pronounced them as Third watermark.
I suggested he mailed them to me to inspect in person, out of curiosity, as I was certain he had a FAR better piece than he had paid for!
He was un-convinced, and after a half dozen prods over 6 months, he finally did just that this month.
To clarify things for those who are not heavily into Kangaroo stamps, the ACSC of course lists all of them on cover or parcel label, or parcel fragment.
Often at massive multiples of what they are worth soaked off piece.
The 1913 First watermark 2/- Brown is listed at $2,000 a stamp on such a piece. The 2/- Brown Third watermark is listed at “only” $750 a stamp .. so clearly a vast difference in price when a pair of
The unique 1913 parcel label
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stamps is involved. The 2/- Brown Second watermark is un-priced at
all on piece or label, and I believe it was unknown until I found a parcel label a few years back in a junk box - shown below.
I sold it to the same collector, along with a label with 2 x 2/- Brown Third watermarks and a 2d grey, much later on.
I knew just by looking at his scan he had First watermark, but really needed to eyeball it to be 100% certain.
The Chocolate brown of that watermark is most distinctive, and is consistent on all stamps, as are the perfs.
I may not be able to tune Volvos, or judge Poodles, but I do know a little about Roos.
Lack of cluesAs the label has a good deal of thick cardboard backing from the parcel, holding it to strong back-light does not assist at all in this case.
Often a cancel year date will isolate them readily, but in this case there is nothing readable, as you can see.
So all we have to go on here is experience – and instinct.
The perfs are notoriously bad, as that First watermark was printed on a strange paper used for no other Roos. It is very fibrous and strong, and
tearing any 2 stamps apart without ripping out a few perfs is near impossible.
All 3 values on this label exhibit that characteristic, as you can see.
And the 2/- are often badly centred. The 1915 2nd watermarks are always a much paler brown, and always have good clean cut perfs, and always are quite well centred - for instance.
It is on the standard “PPS” red parcel label being inscribed -
VICTORIAINTERSTATE
PARCEL POST
So to take the detective work a little further, we see it has a pair of 1d Red Roos on it. That is an incredibly valuable and conclusive clue.
These were replaced in mid 1914 by 1d red KGV heads. Being the base postage rate, PO’s used those values most heavily, so it is safe to assume no PO in the country would have had 1d Roos in stock even in latter 1914.
The 2/- Third watermark that “Leading Dealer A” absolutely guaranteed these were, was not issued until mid 1916.
1d Reds solve the puzzleSo even IF the 1st and 3rd 2/- Browns looked facially identical (and they are always miles apart visually as it happens) I’d still opt on the balance of probability this label was all First watermark, simply based on the 1d Roos being on it.
I was most pleased to be able to confirm that today, and this collector is now the only person on earth to own the 2/- Brown Kangaroos in all 3 watermarks, on parcel labels or fragments.
Each is quite rare, so that is quite a coup. The trio is worth well north of $5,000 I’d guess. Probably into 5 figures actually, as they’d be unique if offered as a group.
Twenty years ago the trio might sell for $200, and
The Third watermark label
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not the $10,000 region these are likely worth today. Again I repeat - any dealer or collector who does
not own a current ACSC “Kangaroos” volume is costing themselves serious money.
Even the $7.15 million Arthur Gray Kangaroo collection only had the 2/- Third watermark on label, (damaged) and that sold for over $A1,500.
So that stampboards member is today probably $2,000 wealthier on paper, than he was the day he mailed the label to me.
A “Good News” story that he was delighted to hear – and to quote the heading - “Knowledge Is Power”.
Roses are Red - HOT!I meant to mention this last month, as many readers would not realise a modern error can fetch well over $A140,000!
The 1976 British stamp issue for the Centenary of the Royal National Rose Society featured four individual stamps.
It is the 13p ‘Sweet Briar’ from that set that attracted the attention of variety collectors this year.
Whilst millions of these stamps were printed, only three
exist with the value omitted - the 13p face value doesn’t appear on the stamp.
During the printing process, during repairs to the cylinder, the face value was temporarily covered with copper.
This covering was inadvertently left in place during printing.
The error was discovered before issue date, and all copies of the stamp should have been destroyed.
However three examples are recorded as existing to this day.
Two of these three are held in The Royal Philatelic Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The third copy was sold in a top margin pair along with normal earlier this year by London dealers
Stanley Gibbons, for £85,000 - which is around $A142,000.
Sweden Tre Skilling YellowOne the world’s most controversial stamps will have been offered at an “auction” (of sorts!) as you read this.
David Feldman on May 22nd in Geneva Switzerland offered the unique 1857 “Tre Skilling Yellow” Swedish stamp.
Another unique piece.
The £85,000 missing value
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The estimate was 1.5 million to 2 million Euros. It was allegedly being offered “without reserve” which of course was nonsense. Try placing a $50 bid!
The stamp has a slit at left side, and is re-perforated along the top.
So how much did it sell for? We may never really know, because one of the rules of this special private auction was essentially that publication of the alleged sale price was at the discretion of the buyer, and all others were sworn to secrecy!
Also the auction was essentially by
invitation only, to pre-qualified bidders. I believe I have written more on this stamp than
anyone else has - in the English language at least. In the past I spent days researching this stamp and
its sales history from the original discovery to the web of alleged “buyers” in recent decades who never paid for it etc.
It you type Sweden “TreSkilling yellow” into google, my article comes up as match number one.
I have spoken to David Feldman about it face to face in Washington DC, and by email. And wrote very long detailed columns on it here in December 2004 and May 2005 - both on my website.
Both are well worth reading carefully, to try and form a view on this stamp, and the totally bizarre “Auction” and ownership history over recent decades.
No Certificate?The stamp was not offered with an independent Philatelic Expert Certificate of any kind in the 1990 or 1996 Feldman Auctions.
Indeed I do not believe any Expertising Committee at any time has ever given this “Tre Skilling Yellow” a Certificate as being a genuine error of colour.
In 1974 the “Tre Skilling Yellow” was exhibited at the stand of Frimarkshuset A.B. the well known Swedish dealers in “Stockholmia 74”.
The stamp was then offered to the Swedish Postal
Being offered again
Sworn To Secrecy
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Museum for $US1,000,000. The curator Gilbert Svensson had always suspected it to be a forgery, and arranged for it to be handed over to a group of nine Swedish stamp experts to examine.
They decried it a fake. The dealer got detailed scientific opinions in 1975 that it was not, and stated so in writing.
I have never examined it, but my deep research into the stamp’s history makes me feel it is a genuine colour error, if I had to venture an opinion.
“Did not have the funds”David Feldman said in the superb book on the stamp, produced by the current owners: ‘It’s simple - I came up against three buyers in a row, all of them Swedes, who did not have the funds to redeem the stamps they’d purchased at our Auctions”’
This current offering cannot truly be an “auction” if it is not fully transparent, and a price not revealed to a public gallery. All involved are essentially sworn to secrecy.
And to suggest the “buyer” can later pretend the stamp is holder of a world record price is quite bizarre.
As it allegedly is being offered at “no reserve” a top bid of $100 could theoretically see the buyer still claim it is the “world’s most valuable item” by weight. What total NONSENSE!
Who knows, this time around, it may well get a legitimate buyer from left field, who pays a high price, and who wants a valuable plaything, and a media attractant.
Good for the hobby.I hope so, as it would be great for stamps if it gets wide publicity. A shame about the GFC, as a large corporation buying this and using it for promotional purposes would be good for them, and good for stamps.
However, some of the same old names seem involved recently, that were connected with the past several alleged “sales” of the stamp.
If one, or part of them, or a group of them, is the “new buyer” at a price no-one else can independently verify, there seems nothing to stop them (or others) stating it is now “worth” 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 10 or 20 million Euro I imagine, based on this recent “sale”?
Anyway, as this column is published, the “official” result will doubtless already be known. I’ll be interested to hear what the official result is.
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Drugs gang licked Reported in The MirrorA DRUG smuggling ring too stingy to put enough stamps on packages carrying £400,000 of opium from America were rumbled by postal workers.Officials in Vienna called in the police, who arrested three men. Detectives believe dozens of the packages may have slipped through the Austrian postal system.
Gross auction for CharityReported Euclid InfotechBill Gross, who manages the world s biggest bond fund, is selling one of his most prized asset classes, rare European stamps.
Spink Shreves Galleries in New York will auction 159 lots from Gross’s stamp collection, with an estimated value of more than $1 million, on May 19 in New York. The proceeds will benefit Medecins Sans Frontieres.
The auction will be the sixth time in three years that Gross has auctioned stamps at Spink Shreves for charity. The first, in June 2007, totaled $9.1 million, benefiting Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Among the top lots is an 1849 Tete-Beche pair, with two faces, one inverted. It was valued at $235,000 by the Scott catalogue.
Chinese treasureReported in South China Morning PostZurich Asia sold a $2 stamp, issued by the Republic of China in the 1910s, for HK$1,035,000 at its spring auction. The stamp is one of about 50 that features a rare error - it bears an inverted image of
the Peking Hall of Classics. It was sold to a local collector bidding over the phone after four bidders pushed the price to a record for a stamp of this type and twice what had been estimated.
Louis Mangin, director of the auction house, said interest in fine and rare stamps continued to grow in Hong Kong.
Lawrence of Arabia - and of stampsReported in The Sunday TimesAN original sheet of stamps designed by TE Lawrence for a short-lived kingdom in the Arabian desert has been discovered in the Queen’s collection of philately.
The stamps, which are in proof form and are to go on public view together with a handwritten note by Lawrence, were designed for the Kingdom of the Hijaz, which covered the eastern coastal area of the Red Sea in modern Saudi Arabia and lasted from 1916 to 1924.
Lawrence, a highly educated Arabist who had carried out archeological work in Syria, was chosen to work with the rebels while he was posted at British intelligence headquarters in Cairo.
The original sheet of 50 stamps had been folded over so that it was hidden inside one of the 328 albums of the collection, started in the 1890s. It was found by a member of staff at the Royal Philatelic Collection.
“Lawrence was a decent artist as he was then employed in Egypt drawing up military maps of the country,” said Douglas Muir, curator of philately at the British Postal Museum and Archive. Lawrence’s three designs were all decorative, as Islam frowned on figurative images of humans or animals. They
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were of Arabesque motifs and each had the inscription “Sacred Mecca”.
A man’s Hutt is his castleReported in The AgeThe self-proclaimed leader of the Principality of Hutt River, Prince Leonard I, has this week been celebrating the 40th anniversary of his secession from Australia.
The Principality is a 75-square-kilometre wheat farm in Western Australia which was formed as a result of a dispute over the Wheat Quota Bill between a local farmer and the then WA governor,in 1970.
“The Western Australian government reduced our wheat until we were right out of the industry,” says the farmer in question, Leonard George Casley, who refused to comply with what he felt was the bill’s low production quota.
Today, Hutt River receives 400 to 800 tourists a week, all craving the treasured Hutt River entry and exit visa stamp in their passports or an actual Hutt River passport.
The crown prince and princess are due to appear in full regalia on a 40th anniversary celebration stamp, in which the royal heads will be sipping pink champagne, toasting their success. “It’s one of our best ones yet,” says the prince.
The stamps on sale in the ceremonial post office, which depict various members of Hutt River royalty as well as religious motifs, scientific achievements and important dates in the principality’s history, sell in sets of four to six for between $3 and $7.
For everything you wanted to know about Hutt River stamps and far far more: http://www.principality-hutt-river.org/gov/post/
The King of Nylon: ‘kingdom’ of Seborga ruled by hosiery heirReported in Metro.co.ukMarcello Menegatto, a hosiery heir, has been elected monarch of Seborga, a tiny Italian territory. His official title? His Tremendousness Marcello I. The 31-year-old former champion sailor is now in charge of the tiny self-proclaimed principality of Seborga in northern Italy, which has 360 inhabitants.
Seborga became symbolically independent in 1963 when Giorgio Carbone, who died aged 73 in November, was elected its head of state. He was the leader of the local flower-growers co-operative and argued that Seborga, a tiny village on the Italian Riviera, should be a separate state because it had never been included in the unification of Italy in the 19th century.
Seborga has its own currency, stamps and flag, though its population do vote in Italy’s national and regional elections and pay taxes to the central government.
Your ferret is in the mail...Reported by Associated Press NewswiresIN Lychburg, Virginia US, a postal inspector, David McKinney, got the call about a package marked for overnight dispatch to Puerto Rico that postal
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workers noticed was periodically vibrating.“I thought, ‘I’m not opening that thing.’ It was
moving, and whatever was in it wanted to come out,” McKinney said.
Inside the 10-pound, 13-by-13-inch box the police found a wire cage, a 1-pound salt-and-pepper ferret, two toy cars, a green-haired doll, a box of Benadryl with one tablet missing, a bag of food for ferrets and a box of dietary supplements for ferrets,
according to the search warrant return.McKinney was glad it wasn’t a snake. In April
2007, someone mailed an 8-foot python from the same Lynchburg post office, and it slithered out of the package while in transit.
Collector curbed by CustomsReported in DNAIndiaPhilately is a hobby that rarely lands anybody in jail. But Markand Dave, a philatelist and national
award winner has a very different tale to tell.
He was caught by custom officials with rare postal stamps while he was to take a flight from Ahmedabad, India to Frankfurt, Germany.
Dave had an invitation to exhibit his award winning collection in Europe. During the routine luggage check at the airport, custom officials came to know of his album containing the stamps.
He was immediately caught as he had not taken prior permission to carry the stamps outside the country. His collection also included postal stamps that were more than 100-years-old. Dave, who was booked under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, was produced before the court of metropolitan magistrate, RC Joshi. He was sent to judicial custody.
USA stamp a breach of copyrightReported in Mondaq Business BriefingIn Gaylord v. United States, the Federal Circuit reversed a Court of Federal Claims decision that
a stamp issued by the United States Postal Service made fair use of Frank Gaylord’s copyright in the sculptures constituting part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial.
The Court also affirmed that the government was not a joint author in the copyrighted work. The Federal Circuit remanded for a determination of damages.
Cooper-Lecky Architects, was selected as contractor for the Memorial to honor veterans of the Korean War, and Frank Gaylord was selected as the
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sculptor. The process of
creating Gaylord’s Memorial involved critiques and suggestions by Cooper-Lecky, the Korean War
Veterans Memorial Advisory Board, and the Commission on Fine Arts. The final Memorial design featured nineteen stainless steel statues representing a platoon of foot soldiers.
After the Memorial was installed, a photographer, John Alli, took a photograph of the Memorial covered in snow. Alli obtained permission to reproduce the photograph from Cooper-Lecky, which held itself out as the owner of the copyright. Subsequently, the USPS paid Alli for use of this photograph on a 37-cent stamp commemorating the Korean War armistice and for retail goods such as commemorative panels and framed art.
The USPS did not obtain Gaylord’s permission to use the sculptures on the stamp or in any related goods. Gaylord sued the government for copyright infringement.
Weighing the factors, the Court found that, although the stamp did not harm the market for derivative works of The Column, “allowing the government to commercially exploit a creative and expressive work will not advance the purposes of copyright in this case.” Accordingly, the Court held that the government’s use of a depiction of The Column was not fair use.
Parlez-vous francais?Reported in MacLeans.caPakenham, Ontario is in the municipality of Mississippi Mills, but for Canada Post purposes it falls within the “National Capital Region” and therefore has to have bilingual postmasters, even though it’s a unilingual English village.
Mississippi Mills has about 11,000 anglophones and 500 francophones, and, given that the sub-jurisdiction has around 500 folks and operating on the assumption of a population distribution not
signifcantly different from the municipality as a whole, Pakenham would have approx 478 anglos and 22 francophones.
The acting postmistress, Jeanne Barr, said the only people who ever came in to buy stamps in French were undercover agents from the linguistic division of Canada Post. “They always do the same thing. They want two stamps,” she told the Ottawa Citizen.
Nevertheless, in December Ms. Barr was replaced as postmistress because of insufficient French, and offered a choice as a “rover” filling in for sick time and holidays at post offices within a 50-km radius or transferring to Kinburn and taking a 20-hour-a-week job as a rural-route mail deliverer.
Ms. Barr went to the media, kicked up a fuss, and got her termination put on hold-for now.
Schoolgirl scores stampReported in Barry and District NewsA YOUNG Welsh schoolgirl has won a Royal Mail national letter writing competition - and has bagged stamps featuring her own face!
Ten-year-old Megan Brady was short-listed for the prize after judges read her letter to her Nan -
and last week she was chosen as the overall winner of the national competition.
Megan was amongst 13,000 UK-wide who wrote to their First Class Hero.
Megan received a set of Smilers stamps with her photograph attached.
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Nevada state stamp anomaly?Reported in the Las Vegas Review JournalCriticisms have been made of the new USPS Nevada state flag stamp which also features an ocotillo plant.....many claim this plant is not indigenous to Nevada.
It’s a long-accepted myth that ocotillos aren’t native to Nevada. Based on that, there was dismay that the Postal Service artist placed ocotillos on the new Nevada Flag stamp, instead of a plant that’s more representative of the state. The Joshua tree, the yucca, the bristlecone pine, sage (the state’s official plant).
Folks at the Nevada Native Plant Society are now saying you can find it in the southern tip of Clark County, but it’s not really a representative plant of Nevada.
“To be sure the plant’s Nevada range is limited and small, but it occurs here naturally, nonetheless.
Japan Post botches penguin stampsReported in the Japan TimesA regional branch of Japan Post has halted sales of a stamp sheet commemorating a new penguin facility at an aquarium in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, after learning it mixed up two of the photos.
About 3,300 copies of the erroneous stamps, which come in sheets of 10, have been sold since April 1 in three prefectures in the Chugoku region. The names of the rockhopper and macaroni penguins at the Kaikyokan aquarium were on the wrong stamps.
The mistake was pointed out by a customer at the regional Japan Post branch in Hiroshima, which said it will swap the botched stamps for the
correct version free of charge until May 14.
Clovis woman’s mailbox delivers mystery Reported in Clovisindependent.comAn empty envelope postmarked 1912 placed a mystery in Nancy Born’s hands.
The 70-year-old Clovis woman opened her mailbox - which is locked and accessible only to her and her letter carrier - and discovered the enigmatic envelope.
It was resting on top of her mail and had a postmark of April 5, 1912, next to a red, two-cent George Washington stamp.
Even more strange, the envelope from the Remington Typewriter Co. in Los Angeles was addressed to “Mrs. Mary Brotman, R.F.D. 30, Burbank, Cal.” Born doesn’t know anyone by that name.
The U.S. Postal Service wants to reclaim the nearly century-old envelope - and possibly solve the mail mystery.
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Details of the main variations in recent stamp issues
Australian Stamp VariationsDetails of the main variations in recent stamp issues
Double-embossed CoinsI don’t normally report on varieties, but occasionally I am attracted to some of the more obvious errors. Ernie Blake, a fellow member of the Waverley Philatelic Society in Melbourne, showed me a Centenary of Coins minisheet that had been embossed twice. It was quite distinct, particularly if you looked at the back. On the front of the 55c stamp the embossed word “shilling” appeared in the space between the original word and the emu. Chris de Haer reported on www.stampboards.com that he has some of these minisheets with single embossing misplaced 2mm vertically.
Grey MacquarieChris also pointed out that the Macquarie stamp in the recent Canberra Stamp Show multiple issue minisheet (see May Stamp News) has a grey background. The original sheet stamp and imperforate variations were brown. The Variations Statistics table below has been adjusted to take into account this extra variation.
Birthday
This year’s Queen’s Birthday stamps depict a picture taken outside St.Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney in 2006. Only two variations in this issue: A sheetlet of 10 gummed stamps and 10 self-adhesive stamps in a booklet. Single gummed stamps were available at some Post Shops.
Queen’s BirthdayStamp Issue No. 8
FDI: 6 April 2010Stamps and Variations Variations
Gummed stamps:(Perf = 14.6 x 13.9)
No. Cost
55c Queen ElizabethSheetlet of 10 stamps 1 $5.50Self-adhesive stamps:(Die-cut simulated perf = 11.5 x 11.2)55c Queen Elizabeth 1 $5.50Total number of stamps = 2 2 $11.00
KokodaFive designs celebrating the World War II Kokoda Campaign of 1942 were issued jointly with Papua New Guinea on 20th April. The variations in this issue are very similar to the Come to the Show issue in March. The gummed stamps were available in a se-tenant strip of 4 x 55c stamps, a se-tenant strip of 4 x 55c & $1.45c stamps, a block of 4 “Kokoda Today” stamps and 2 se-tenant blocks of 4 stamps. There were also 4 minisheets (3 of the minisheets with the blocks of 4 stamps were bound in the prestige booklet) and a gutter strip. The gutter contained 3 Pacific Medals and 2 Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels medallions. The stamps on the minisheets were a little darker than the sheet stamps. This was most noticeable on the $1.45 stamps (pictured). I have listed the dark grey $1.45 minisheet stamps as an image variation. The 55c self-adhesive variations were issued in a booklet of 10 and a roll of 100 stamps.
This is the second time this year an International
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Details of the main variations in recent stamp issuesDetails of the main variations in recent stamp issues
David Mallen
Post stamp ($1.45 “Isurava Memorial”) and a domestic stamp have been “paired”. The $1.45 stamp is on two of the minisheets: The separate minisheet with the se-tenant strip of $1.45 & 4 x 55c stamps and the prestige booklet minisheet with the se-tenant block of 2 x $1.45 & 2 x 55c “Kokoda Veterans” stamps. Note that the se-tenant strip of 5 can be used for $3.45 International postage as it includes 20c GST. It may also be used for $2.20 domestic postage. The total cost of all 15 variations was $46.05. If you also collect stamps of the same design that are issued by another country – in this case, Papua New Guinea (PNG) – you will be separated from even more money. PNG stamps were available in a joint Stamp Pack and on a First Day Cover with printed postmarks.
KokodaStamp Issue No. 9 FDI: 20 April 2010
Stamps and Variations VariationsGummed stamps:(Perf = 14.6 x 13.9) No. Cost
55c Climbing Soldiers55c Wounded Soldiers and “Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels”55c Kokoda Veterans55c Kokoda Today$1.45 Kokoda Isurava Memorial1 se-tenant strip of 4 stamps – 4 x 55c [sheet] 1 $2.201 se-tenant strip of 5 stamps – 4 x 55c & $1.45 [minisheet] 1 $3.65
1 gutter strip of 10 x 55c stamps [sheet] 1 $5.501 minisheet – 4 x 55c & $1.45 1 $3.65
3 blocks of 4 stamps [prestige booklet]2 x $1.45 Isurava Memorial & 2 x 55c Veterans2 x 55c Soldiers & 2 x 55c Wounded and “Angels”4 x 55c Kokoda Today
3 $10.95
3 ‘minisheets’ each containing a block of 4 stamps [prestige booklet] 3 $10.95
1 image colour variation: $1.45 from minisheet (dark grey). (Sheet stamp is light grey)[2 minisheets contained this variation]
1 $3.65
Self-adhesive stamps:(Die-cut simulated perf = 11.5 x 11.2)4 x 55c self-adhesive stamps [booklet & roll of 100] 4 $5.50
Total number of stamps = 10 15 $46.05
Variations Statistics : Jan – Apr 2010Statistic No. Cost
Issues 9 –Designs 34 –New stamps 114 $71.15 FVVariations 238 $733.85New 55c stamps 106 –Average issue rate of 55c stamps 1 every 20 hours
Footnote: The stamp information shown above is based on stamps and variations bought at my local Post Shop or from Philatelic Mail Order. This may differ from other Australia Post outlets. If you find any differences please let me know. Find out what decimal stamps Australia Post actually issued each year in my new 1966-2009 ASV Catalogue. More information at www.asv.net.au.FDI = First Day of Issue. OSD = On-sale Date. FV = Face Value.
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Stanley Gibbons have announced their recent acquisition of the mythological 1904 6d Pale Dull Purple (I.R. Official) which went on display on their stand (Number 79) at the London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition at the Business Design Centre, London in May.
Issued on 14 May 1904, the Edward VII 6d purple, overprinted I.R. Official, has earned the handle “Britain’s rarest stamp” due to the fact that it was issued on the very day that an official order came into effect withdrawing all official stamps from use.
The only known examples of this stamp in existence today belong to the Royal Collection
and one or two museums such as the National Postal Museum.
‘Examples of this rarity just don’t come on to the open market’ said Stanley Gibbons Director of Great Britain Stamps, Vince Cordell.
This wonderful philatelic treasure is the key stamp for any collector hoping to build a complete collection of Great Britain.
‘This is an extraordinary opportunity to acquire one of the rarest and most coveted stamps in the world’ said Mr Cordell.
This stamp is the only known example to have been in private hands, which came from a
collection in Switzerland in the 1950s and has been passed from one private collection to another before being offered to Stanley Gibbons earlier this year.
For these reasons, the 6d I.R. Official has become known as a ‘mythological’ stamp. Collectors from around the world, visiting the London 2010 International Stamp exhibition have been fascinated by this rarity on the Stanley Gibbons stand.
‘It’s great to see people’s eyes widen when they see we have the 6d I.R. Official here on the stand. They can see that it really is here and we do have it for sale’ said Stanley Gibbons Director of Group Sales and Marketing, Keith Heddle.
So far no one has parted with the £375,000 needed to own Britain’s rarest stamp but collectors around the world are enjoying the spectacle of seeing this rare philatelic treasure for themselves.
Stanley Gibbons Acquire Britain’s Rarest Stamp
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Irish Forerunners & Political Labels Part 4
Welcome to part 4 of this series. We finished off last month’s instalment in the middle of the 1914 Home Rule issues, having looked at the Anti Home Rule labels, so let’s jump straight into the 1914 Pro Home Rule labels.
The 1914 Pro Home Rule issue consisted of only three labels, all of them in the larger, ‘poster stamp’ size, similar to the first three Anti Home Rule labels that we looked at last month. So similar in fact, with the perforation gauge, sheet size and layout all being identical to their three ‘opposite numbers’, that even though the handbooks and catalogues don’t tell us who printed them, it seems perfectly reasonable to conclude that they were also the work of the Scottish Provident Building Society, the producers of the three similarly sized Anti Home Rule labels. And the similarities don’t end there, but more on that shortly.
The first design features an allegorical figure of Hibernia (not holding her harp for once, it seems to have floated up into the left corner of the design!) with her back to us, and her arms open, welcoming the dawn of a new day for Ireland. The inscription ‘Home Rule’ is at her feet, and the design is completed with a banner across the top stating ‘Greeting the Dawn’. This is arguably the brightest and most colourful of all the 1914 designs, being printed in shades of red, orange and yellow, all nicely contrasted with the bright green of Hibernia’s gown. All in all (in my opinion, anyway), a very attractive label! The second design is also quite colourful. It features a harp in yellow on a circular blue ground as it’s central element. This is surrounded by what appear to be branches and leaves, together with four small banners with the words ‘Mercy’, ‘Truth’, ‘Justice’ and ‘Peace’ in them. The design is completed by a blue tablet at the base bearing the inscription ‘Ireland Demands Home Rule’. The last of the Pro Home Rule Labels features a left facing portrait of John Redmond, and this label is where we find the additional similarity to one of the Anti Home Rule labels that I mentioned earlier. It features a large, left facing portrait of Redmond on a plain background, with ‘Ireland Demands Home Rule’ and a green shamrock at the base. It is printed in brown Fig 1. The design and layout is pretty much the same as the Anti Home Rule Carson ‘Large Portrait’ label that we looked at last month. It’s fairly
obvious from this that the at least these two labels, featuring figures from opposite sides of Home Rule argument, shared a common designer and printer. To me this seems rather odd, and makes me wonder who commissioned the production of these labels, and what their position was on the Home Rule issue. Ah, the fabulous, not to mention mysterious, things you can discover in your stamp album!
John Redmond was an Irish Nationalist politician. In 1914, when this label was produced, he was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He was described as a ‘moderate, constitutional and conciliatory politician’, and as such was probably seen as an excellent person to represent the Pro Home Rule cause on this label.
1916 Manchester Martyrs issueAs you might expect, with the Easter Rising, 1916 was another bumper year for Irish political labels. The first label (actually labels) is unusual in that it wasn’t intended to be a stamp in any conventional sense at all. In fact it was meant to be used as a small flag! The ‘Manchester Martyrs’ issue is in fact a se-tenant pair of labels, produced to be worn during ‘flag day’ marches that were to be organised in Dublin and elsewhere in order to raise funds for the families of men who had been arrested during and after the rising. The label was produced in pairs Fig 2, with the labels being divided by a vertical
Fig 1 The 1914 Redmond label
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rouletting. They differed from one another only in the order of the flag colours, which were printed across the two labels. At the left there was a column of orange, then white. In the centre was a solid block of green, which was twice the size of the orange areas, another white area, then another column of orange at the far right. This resulted in the colours being reversed, with the left hand label being orange/white/green, and €the right hand one green/ white/ orange. Centrally located on each label was the outline of a three leaved shamrock with the three ‘Manchester Martyrs’ shown in the leaves. Under this was the inscription ‘’God save Ireland’.
The Manchester Martyrs, William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O’Brien, were members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and
were part of a group that attacked a police van in Manchester in 1867, in an attempt to free the two Republican prisoners inside that were being transported to Belle Vue prison. During the attempt a police officer, Charles Brett, was shot and killed. Allen, Larkin and O’Brien were subsequently arrested, tried and executed for his murder. To some elements of Irish society they became heroic martyrs, and they can be found memorialised in this label, and
other similar items. This is certainly one of the scarcer of the Irish
political labels. The joined pair is catalogued in the 2009 Hibernian catalogue at €150, and I’ve seen premium condition examples sell in excess of this figure. The Hibernian goes on to say that ‘many forgeries and reprints of these labels are known’, so watch out, you’ve been warned!
It’s also interesting to note that Godfrey Phillips Ltd. Produced this exact design as a silk cigarette card. The cigarette card version does show up on eBay from time to time, usually described correctly as what it is, although sometimes offered incorrectly as the 1916 label. The cigarette card version is much more reasonably priced, usually selling for around
Fig 3 The Erie Puist se-tenant block
Fig 2 The ‘Manchester Martyrs’ pair
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1916 Erie Puist issueThis issue consisted of eight labels, printed together as a se-tenant block, with seven of the labels featuring leaders of the Easter Rising: Patrick Pearse, Thomas Mac Donagh, James Connolly, The O’’Rahilly, Eamon De Valera, Con Colbert and Eamonn Ceannt, with the eighth label featuring a harp and shamrocks. The common elements of the design are a green, rectangular frame of shamrocks, with black photographic portraits in the centre Fig 3. The photographs are believed to have been taken from the Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook, which was published by the Irish Times soon after the Easter Rising. The inscription, also in black, that appears in various positions on each label is ERIE PUIST I.R. There is some uncertainty as to the reason for the unusual spelling of ‘ERIE’. One suggestion is that the labels were prepared and printed hastily by sympathisers in the U.S.A., and it was simply a spelling mistake. This may well be the case, but the fact is that in Old Irish, ‘ERIE’ is a correct, alternate spelling of Eire, and this form of the word may have been quite deliberate. With almost a century having past since they were printed, I guess we’ll never know for sure!
The production of the labels was fairly amateur in nature, and they are roughly perforated 11. These labels are quite scarce individually, but as an intact, se-tenant block of 8, they are one of the highest price items in the Irish Political label area of collecting. One was offered in the MacDonnell Whyte Ltd Dublin auction in December 2009, described as ‘having slight adherences and one label with fault’, and still realised €650 + commission etc! The 2009 Hibernian states that ‘well centred examples of this issue are rare, and command a substantial premium’. The one sold by MacDonnell Whyte mentioned above was far from well centred, and it wouldn’t surprise me that if a well centred, fault free block were to come onto the market, the realised price could easily be €1500 or more!
Before we finish up for this month (sorry, I
know I said I’d cover up to the 1922 issues this time, bur we didn’t quite make it – you’ll just have to buy next month’s edition of Stamp News!) and move on from the 1916 issues, I just wanted to quickly re-visit one of the earlier issues. As you may recall from a couple of articles ago, both of the 1907 Sinn Fein labels were re-printed after the Easter Rising in 1916. One of the distinctive features of the 1916 re-issue was that both designs were now printed in sheets of 72. I thought you may be interested to know that one of these complete sheets of 72, in the much more common Cross of Cong design, was offered in the Whytes auction in April 2010. This is the first time I can recall seeing a complete sheet of these offered at auction, and it realised a healthy, though not excessive, €500 + commission etc
Remember, I always enjoy hearing from you, and I’d particularly like to know if any readers have turned up any Irish forerunners or political labels.
All the best until next month,Mike
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Vic RailsOk let’s start this month off with a rare railway revenue from Victoria [fig 1]. This 1879 1/- rarely shows up in collections especially used. It was conveyed by the Board of Land & Works and is from a set of 10 values 1d to 5/-. You may be able to see a faint grid like pattern in the background this also spells out “ONE SHILLING” as a security tint print but this was for some reason later removed in the 1882 issue of the same designs. Figure 1 is in a display of Victoria railway stamps shown by Francis Kiddle R.D.P. F.R.P.S.L. F.B.S.A.P. [also FIP Revenue Chairman] at a recent meeting of the Royal of London in Ireland. It should be noted several mint remainders exist from this series of railway revenues but there is nothing like a genuine used copy that has been stuck on a parcel and thrown on a train 130 years ago and has survived to this day. I guess I should mention the so called ‘secret marks’ on this issue. In the top left and right corner box designs at lower right and left of them are the letters ‘A’ and
‘9’ early revenue collectors who studied these marks came up with no solutions as to why they were present, my guess is they may have been some sort of die numbering system i.e. A9 = 1/- plate, I could be totally wrong [as has been know in the past!], who knows? Maybe you do reading this, if so please share what you know with us all.
NSW Beer Duty UpdateLast month I thanked Ray Pinniger for the heads up on a revenue collection, it finally arrived and just one of the gems [fig 2] from it is a New South Wales provisional Commonwealth beer duty. I believe this is the first provisional to show up as it was thought none had survived [till now]. The collection of beer duty in New South Wales became a Commonwealth concern in 1901 although the conditions and rates of the colonial acts continued until the Commonwealth Beer Excise Act, 1901 and the Excise Tariff Act, 1902 came into effect. Five provisional values were prepared by the New South Wales Government
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Fig. 1
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Printer using remainders, they were: 4d [2 Gallons] on 3d [1 Gallon] Red, Blue, Brown and Black 4/3d [17 Gallons] on 4/6d [18 Gallons] Rose red and Black 6/3d [25 Gallons] on 6/9d [27 Gallons] Red and Black on blue 8/3d [33 Gallons] on 9/- [36 Gallons] 12/6d [50 Gallons] on 12/9d [51 Gallons] Red and Blue on mauve. Figure two clearly shows a date of use 23 March 1903 which fits in perfectly.
Petrol RationDon’t you know there’s a war on! This used to be the cry of many when rationing was a war time necessity. One such ration was petrol. Because petrol ration ‘tickets’ look and feel like they belong in a Revenue or Cinderella collection [they don’t] the fact is they are just war time ephemera. That said most of us revenue collectors do have a selection of them.
George Shea a local Brisbane collector decided to finally put these in order, after many years he has come up with 387 standard tickets, further collating them into a great 43 A4 page monograph, listing all the colours, O.S. [Official Service] & D. [Defence?] [fig 3] overprints, the 100 gallon [fig 4] being most sort after along with all the emergency issues. One such emergency issue shown in the book is figure 5. George has included tick boxes to keep a record of what you have and what you are missing. Both State & Commonwealth tickets are fully covered with some printing records. There is no rarity rating or price guide but if you collect these you will know what would be a fair price to pay. George also lists all the application and licence forms he could get his hands on with many newspaper clipping of the time some showing forged ticket rackets, in one
Dave Elsmore
Fig. 3
Fig. 2
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such racket a policeman was sold forged tickets in a New South Wales pub the seller was found to have thousands of tickets in his bag. His asking price was 3d each. This monograph in full colour spiral bound can be purchased direct from the author at this email: [email protected] with a sale price of $35 plus $3 p&p it is a must have for the collector of these issues. The acknowledgments run to thirteen collectors [yours truly being one of them] and many Government departments.
London10By the time you read this, London10 Stamp Show will be history, there are/were a couple of Australian
States revenue exhibits and no doubt I will elaborate on this next month once we know the results, my free on line revenue, railway & railway perfin catalogue is also entered so by crossing my fingers while typing this it may bring me some luck.
Perfin ExhibitAre you a member of the Perfin Club of Australia? If not why not! You don’t want to miss out on all the goss re perfins, you may have a super rare perfin on a revenue but will be unaware as to its full rarity or you may have a book full of perfins wondering what they are all about. There are perfin collectors out there who are only too pleased to help. You can get
Fig. 3 Fig. 4
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Fig. 5
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all the info off the Perfin Club home page from a link on my web site. I have added Mark Saxby’s super four frame perfin exhibit, lots of revenue perfins are included in it and it’s well worth a look, Mark entered this in the Canberra Show. David Coath the new president is straight to work by organising his daughter to get a stand alone web site up and running for the club. This will give the club the tools of the 21st century as it is well behind most other philatelic special interest groups where the sharing of information via the web and email is now the norm. I personally would like to see a members email list published in the bulletin [similar to the Revenue Journal] to encourage members to chat between themselves. Further a member’s wants page in the journal would not go astray and finally the auction needs to be on the web with collectors who are non
members seeing all the revenue and railway perfin issues they have been missing out on, these non members would have to join the club to bid which would no doubt increase membership.
Australia’s future tax system - Henry ReportOn a final note, it was nice to be acknowledged in the Henry Tax report 2 May 2010 on page 137 for my research assistance to the Australian Government.
Dave Elsmore
G.B.Year Units U/M F.D.C. P/PACK` ......................................................$154 - -1937-1951 (8) Sets ......................$92.50 - -1953-1958 (4) Sets ......................$27.50 - -1960-1961 (5) Sets (Ord) ............$20.00 - -1962-1963 (7) Sets (Ord) ............$15.00 - -1962-1963 (7) Sets (Phos) .............$189 - -1964 (4) Sets (Ord) .....................$12.00 - -1964 (4) Sets (Phos) ...................$69.00 - -1965 (9) Sets (Ord) .....................$14.30 - -1965 (9) Sets (Phos) ...................$30.50 - -1966-1967 (15) Sets (Ord) ............$8.85 - -1966-1967 (10) Sets (Phos) ..........$8.00 - -1968-1970 (18) Sets ....................$12.45 $12.30 -1971 (5) Sets .................................$4.20 $6.70 $29.50 1972 (6) Sets .................................$5.50 $7.50 $26.30 1973 (9) Sets .................................$8.60 $11.25 $30.00 1974 (6) Sets .................................$5.60 $7.50 $18.70 1975 (8) Sets .................................$7.60 $8.00 $19.60 1976 (7) Sets .................................$7.50 $6.65 $17.45 1977 (6) Sets .................................$6.35 $6.80 $12.70 1978 (6) Sets + 1 M/S ..................$8.00 $7.80 $10.40 1979 (8) Sets + 1 M/S .................$11.30 $10.50 $12.80 1980 (9) Sets + 1 M/S .................$14.40 $12.70 $13.45 1981 (8) Sets ...............................$18.60 $16.00 $19.90 1982 (8) Sets ...............................$21.20 $13.50 $22.70
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1983 (7) Sets ...............................$19.00 $12.50 $20.40 1984 (9) Sets ...............................$24.50 $18.00 $24.50 1985 (8) Sets ...............................$27.25 $20.00 $29.00 1986 (10) Sets .............................$31.80 $23.00 $32.00 1987 (8) Sets ...............................$25.30 $19.50 $25.70 1988 (8) Sets + 1 M/S .................$31.80 $29.50 $26.00 1989 (8) Sets + 1 M/S (No Greetings) ..............................$31.75 $29.00 $27.00 1990 (10) Sets + 1 M/S (No Greetings) ..............................$38.60 $53.75 $40.60 1991 (8) Sets (No Greetings) .......$29.35 $25.75 $31.20 1992 (9) Sets (No Greetings) .......$32.00 $28.00 $33.80 1993 (9) Sets (No Greetings) .......$36.60 $32.50 $39.80 1994 (9) Sets (No Greetings) .......$38.20 $34.75 $39.80 1995 (9) Sets (No Greetings) .......$37.00 $36.00 $38.50 1996 (9) Sets (No Greetings) .......$40.00 $39.75 $42.00 1997 (9) Sets (No Greetings) .......$47.00 $45.00 $50.00 1998 (10) Sets .............................$50.00 $48.00 $60.30 1999 (13) Sets + 2 M/S ..................$107 $115 $89.00 2000 (12) Sets + 3 M/S ..................$113 $124 $237 2001 (11) Sets + 3 M/S ..................$111 $117 $199 2002 (13) Sets + 4 M/S ..................$127 $135 $264 2003 (12) Sets + 3 M/S ..................$151 $149 $208 2004 (12) Sets + 5 M/S .................$181 $194 $149 2005 (11) Sets + 9 M/S .................$180 $208 $149 2006 (11) Sets + 7 M/S .................$173 $203 $141
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2007 (13) Sets + 9 M/S ..................$203 $248 $174 2008 (11) Sets + 8 M/S .................$175 $219 $162 2009 (11) Sets + 7 M/S .................$185 $232 $192
1989/1997 Greetings Panes of (10)1989 Greetings. (Strip of 5) ............17.50 17.50 -1990 Greetings.Smiles. (Pane of 10) ...................................25.00 20.00 -1991 Greetings.Good Luck. (Pane of 10) ...................................12.50 12.50 -1991 Greetings.Smiles N.V.I. (10) ..12.50 12.50 -1992 Greetings.Memories. (Pane of 10) ...................................12.50 12.50 13.001993 Greetings.Gift Giving. (Pane of 10) ...................................12.50 12.50 14.001994 Greetings.Messages. (Pane of 10) ...................................12.50 12.50 18.001995 Greetings.Paintings. (Pane of 10) ...................................12.50 12.50 13.901996 Greetings.Cartoons. (AOP). (10) .....................................12.50 12.50 15.001996 Greetings.Cartoons. (2B). (10) .......................................47.00 - -1997 Greetings. Flower Paintings. (10) 11.25 11.50 15.00
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June 20, 2010 will be an important day for the citizens of Gothenburg, Nebraska. At 8 AM a rider of the legendary Pony Express is expected to reach the tiny town with strong Swedish roots. Each year a rerun of the famous postal service is being organized. The Pony Express linked Sacramento in California with St. Joseph in Missouri for 18 months in the early 1860s.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express. On April 3, 1860 the first rider left St. Joseph with a bagful of mail for California. The riders travelled day and night and changed horses after some 20 to 30 kilometres. Numerous courageous riders and a large number of strong horses were needed to complete the journey in just ten days.
A myriad of problems could develop during the long ride. Bad weather frequently created major problems for the riders. The Pony Express existed from April 1860 until October 1861. The annual re-enactment of the ride has been organized for quite
some time demonstrating the huge interest in this pioneering postal service.
The town of Gothenburg is named after Göteborg in Sweden. The town was founded by Swedish immigrants in 1882. Today it is a town of some 3 600 people most of whom still have Swedish-sounding family names.
The Pony Express had two way stations in the neighbourhood of what was to become Gothenburg. These station buildings have been preserved and today many visitors come to the Pony Express Capital of Nebraska to find out more about life in the Wild West.
Way back in 1860 the situation was quite complicated in the United States. Several of the southern states planned to leave the Union as they were unhappy with Washington’s meddling in what they considered to be their own affairs.
California was developing rapidly attracting large numbers of people from the East Coast and also from foreign countries. Slavery was not
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an issue in California but Washington was very anxious to keep California within the Union. There were postal communications between the East Coast and California but they were generally very slow. A railway existed all the way to St. Joseph in Missouri but from then on the roads were mainly primitive paths.
Russell, Waddell and Majors were three businessmen who owned the impressively named Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express. In a bid to secure a profitable contract with the US Post Office they wanted to organize a fast postal service between St. Joseph and California.
The total distance was over 3000 kilometres. The riders would need to change horses at frequent intervals. No less than 190 way stations were established along the projected route and some 400 men were employed to man the stations. Some 200 riders were also contracted and the company purchased at least 500 horses (although called the Pony Express the company used a variety of
breeds).The company had advertisements published
in the newspapers to find suitable riders. The following ad copy is often found in books and articles about the Pony Express:
WANTED: YOUNG, SKINNY, WIRY FELLOWS NOT OVER 18. MUST BE EXPERT PONY RIDERS WILLING TO RISK DEATH DAILY. ORPHANS PREFERRED.
However, there is no evidence that this ad was ever printed. It seems to be a much later concoction. Nevertheless, it gives a good idea of the type of man needed to ride for the Pony Express – young, strong, brave and not too heavy.
The riders were offered $25 a week which at the time was pretty good wages. In 1860, an unskilled worker normally earned a dollar for a 12-hour workday.
Today we don’t know too much about the 200 riders. Buffalo Bill Cody made a lot to spread the fame of the Pony Express but there is no
Christer BrunströmThe Pony Express - A WIld West Postal Service
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hard evidence that he was one of the riders. Wild Bill Hickok has also been put forward as one of the riders but this is certainly not true as he was reportedly far too heavy.
The mail was carried in a mochila – a leather saddle cover. It was designed with a hole for placement over the saddle horn. In just a few seconds the mochila could be transferred from one horse to the next. Each mochila could be filled with approximately ten kilos of mail.
The riders encountered numerous problems. In
May 1860, the Northern Paiute Indians attacked and destroyed a number of Pony Express stations. Despite these problems the Express was generally able to deliver the mail promptly and on time. During its existence of 18 months the Express lost two riders with accompanying mail. One was killed by Paiute Indians and the other was thrown by his horse and killed.
Establishing and operating the Pony Express was extremely costly for the owners. Initially as much as $5 was charged for a ½-ounce letter.
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In April 1861, Wells, Fargo & Company became agents for the Pony Express. They released the very first Pony Express postage stamps - $2 red and $4 green. They were in use from April until July 1, 1861. On the latter date the fees were halved and new stamps were released - $1 red, $2 green and $4 black.
These are exciting stamps all depicting a Pony Express rider speeding through the wilderness on his way to the next station. The stamps were lithographed by Britton & Rey of San Francisco.
In addition to the original stamps there was a reprint in 1897. The reprints show a number of differences from the original issue. There are also some 30 different forgeries of the Pony Express stamps. Fortunately most of these fakes are rather crude.
Shown nearby is a cover that was mailed from San Francisco on July 20, 1861. Wells, Fargo & Company carried the letter to Placerville where it was handed over to the Pony Express. The $1 stamp pays the fee from Placerville to St. Joseph. On August 1 the letter reached St. Joseph where it entered the regular mailstream. A note on the front of the cover indicates that it arrived in New York on August 5, 1861.
This certainly is a cover of great historical significance. Mystic Rare Stamps, one of the leading US stamp dealers, recently offered this cover for US $17.000.
The running costs of the Pony Express were enormous. An estimated $480.00 was spent during the 18 months the service operated. The incomes for that same period amounted to $280.000 resulting in a net loss of $200.000. In the early 1860s, this certainly was a considerable sum of money. From an economic point of view the Pony Express was a complete failure.
It is rather unclear exactly how many items of mail were carried by the Pony Express. I have seen figures ranging from 39.500 to more than 300.000. Considering that only some 250 covers exist today the first figure seems to be the correct one. Most covers in existence today were mailed from California to the East Coast. Covers going to California are a lot scarcer. It is my guess that many archives were destroyed in the terrible earthquake
that hit San Francisco in 1906.The Pony Express was surprisingly reliable; only
two mail bags were lost during the year and a half that the service existed.
What finally closed down the Express was the opening of the transcontinental telegraph on October 24, 1861. Two days later the Pony Express ceased operations.
When the transcontinental railway was opened in 1869 even faster and cheaper postal communications had been created. From now on the eastern and western states were connected as a single nation.
The Pony Express has always been a subject of fascination for stamp collectors and all those who take an interest in the exciting early years of the Wild West. Buffalo Bill Cody did a lot to spread a romanticized image of the Pony Express as it featured prominently in his Wild West shows. More than 200 books have been written about the Express in addition to thousands of magazine and newspaper articles.
The US Post Office marked the 80th anniversary of the Pony Express by issuing a rather dramatic stamp in 1940. However, the USA released a 2-cent stamp depicting a postal rider as early as in 1869 but as far as I know the design does not specifically refer to the Pony Express.
Rather interestingly, Wells, Fargo & Company resuscitated the Pony Express on August 11, 1862. However, the route this time was only from Sacramento to Virginia City. This service operated for a few years and three stamps were released. With denominations of 10 and 25 cents these stamps are still affordable today for those collectors who would like to own a piece of early Western history.
Throughout the centuries, mail has been carried by balloons, submarines, pigeons, rockets and many other means of transportation. However, it is the Pony Express which has always created the greatest interest not only for philatelists but also for the general public. And it is this huge and continuing interest which has prompted the good townspeople of Gothenburg, Nebraska, to make the most of their historic past.
The Pony Express - A WIld West Postal Service Christer Brunström
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Cinderella Corner
Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 4
This month’s column is a re run of the column I wrote in June 2005 on a little known area of Cinderella collecting, the fare validation stamps issued by the State Transport Authority of South Australia (STA). Members of the Cinderella Club of Australasia will have also received this article in the April edition of their journal.
There is not a lot known about these stamps and probably most people who used them threw the cards away after use. By the end of a year they would have been rather tatty anyway. I have certainly found the cards elusive.
It appears that this ticketing system was copied from the New South Wales Railways as I have seen one or two of the same type of card from there with stamps attached and with a date earlier than the South Australian ones.
The South Australian Railways commenced operation in 1856 and operated all state railway
services until the sale of the country services to the Commonwealth in 1975. The metropolitan Adelaide services then became part of the newly formed State Transport Authority (STA) which operated all Train, Tram and Bus services in Adelaide.
From at least the late 1800s to 1977 card tickets known as Edmonson tickets were used on all rail services. The earliest South Australian Edmonson ticket I have seen in a collection dates from 1888.
In 1977 the STA introduced flimsy paper tickets to replace the card tickets on all single journeys and retained the card tickets for weekly periodical tickets.
From 4 February 1978 the Edmonson tickets were withdrawn and stamps were used to denote fares paid for weekly and monthly periodical tickets on trains, trams and buses in the Adelaide metropolitan area. These stamps were affixed to a card ticket in a position corresponding with the week number on the stamp which then validated the card as a ticket for the period designated.
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Tony Presgrave
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The stamps were printed in sheets of 25 on unwatermarked paper with rouletting as the separation. The printer was Alan J. Weatherall Pty. Ltd.
The 1978 issues were valid from 1 February printed on unwatermarked paper and rouletted or rouletted by imperforate. (Fig 1).
From 4 February 1979 the STA introduced a zone fare system on all of its rail, tram and bus routes and stamps were used for weekly and monthly tickets, (Fig 2). The weekly fares were:2 sections $1.60 2 zones $3.20 (1 & 2 or 2 & 3)3 zones $4.80
The use of the stamps was notified in Weekly Notice 4/79.
The denominations were changed, but the design and other production details were as for the 1978 issue. This followed for the early 1980 issue as fares were not altered, (Fig 3).
There was an increase in fares from 17 August
1980, (Figs 4 & 5). Fares now were;1 and 2 sections $2.401 and 2 zones $4.003 zones $5.60 per week.
The stamps were now printed on unwatermarked paper with a security background however the design remained unchanged. Stamps rouletted or rouletted by imperforate.
In 1981 there was a change in design to plain coloured background with unwatermarked paper and rouletted or rouletted by imperforate but with zone identification added. A new fare was introduced; Weekly Concession $1.60. Other fares were unchanged from late 1980.
In late 1981 the fares were increased to: 1 and 2 sections $3.20,1 and 2 zones $5.60 3 zones $7.20 weekly. (Fig 6).
The concession price remained at $1.60. An increase in fares from 31 July 1983 resulted
in:
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1 and 2 sections $4.801 and 2 zones $7.20 (1 & 2 or 2 & 3) 3 zones $10.40.Children & Pensioners $2.40, (Fig 7).
In 1984 the design was changed to include the STA logo as an underprint but unwatermarked paper continued to be used. Stamps were rouletted or rouletted by imperforate. Weekly fares were increased from 23 September 1984 to: 1 and 2 sections $5.601 and 2 zones $8.003 zones $11.20Children & Pensioners $2.40Student Concession Monthly $9.00
In 1986 the design was altered to show STA logo in colour as an underprint. Colours of overprint were introduced, black for weeks 1 to 26 and red for weeks 27 to 52. (Fig 8 & 9).
Fare increases from 10 August 1986 resulted in a new issue. The fares were now:2 sections $6.402 zones $9.60
3 zones $12.80.Children & Pensioners $3.20Student Monthly Concession $9.00.
The stamps were still printed on unwatermarked paper and rouletted or rouletted by imperforate.
The ticket validating stamps were withdrawn on 27 September 1987 when the Crouzet magnetic strip tickets were introduced.
The State Transport Authority is now TransAdelaide. They do not hold any remainders of these stamps so do not waste postage trying to obtain examples from that source.
References:Weekly Notice 4/79Various STA Annual Reports, 1978 to 1987.
Tony Presgrave can be contacted by email at [email protected] or P.O. Box 317 Goolwa South Australia 5214.
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The February magazine detailed the wide range of support services available from the APF that are available to individual collectors, stamp clubs or state councils. This support is supplemented by similar types of services from the various State and Territory Councils.
This month’s article will talk about a very important area in any modern-day activity, the insurances that are available to support our hobby and protect all those associated with it, either directly or indirectly. Important, yes, but possibly rather dry reading. The article will conclude with a look at the One Up Club.
There are currently two types of insurance available to cover club meetings, open days, exhibitions, and other philatelic activities, Public & Products Liability Insurance and Voluntary Workers Personal Accident Insurance.
Public & Products Liability Insurance (P&PL)It does not seem that long ago that many stamp clubs had their own P&PL insurance. In the 1990’s premium’s began to escalate quite rapidly, and some smaller clubs had to become self-insured. P&PL insurance is now a must as letting agencies insist that all of their tenants are adequately protected.
The State and Territory (state) Councils subsequently arranged P&PL insurance, but the amount of cover varied between states, and the increased cost of bringing this cover to a uniform value would be significant.
Consequently, the APF has negotiated a national policy with premium benefits flowing through to all participants. This policy was written by CGU Insurance through Austbrokers Countrywide and took effect from 13th July 2009.
The policy covers the APF Limited, all affiliated State & Territory Councils and all their affiliated Clubs & Societies. The Broker has been given a list of all Clubs & Societies in Australia so covered so that Certificates of Currency can
be issued. On an annual basis, the APF will advise the various state councils of their share of the premium, and the state councils in turn will invoice their affiliated clubs and societies. As each club pays their invoice, they are entitled to request a Certificate of Currency if needed.
A few salient points from the new policy are –Sum Insured - $20 million on each of Public
Liability and Products LiabilityExcess per Claim - $500.00 (APF to fund
annual excesses on claims to a set maximum)Extension - Property in the Physical & Legal
Control $250,000Member to Member - The policy does not
cover claims for Personal Injury or Damage to Property caused by any member of one of the Insureds designated in the Policy to any member of one of the other Insureds designated in the Policy.
As indicated earlier, it does make somewhat dry reading, but this P&PL insurance cover is most important to ensure the continuing viability of our many philatelic organizations, clubs and societies, and their associated activities.
Voluntary Workers Personal Accident InsuranceUntil recently there was no common approach to providing cover for our many voluntary workers, so essential to the successful operation of the state councils, exhibitions and other associated club activities.
It is always difficult to attract volunteer workers, and any financial security against possible injury can make this task just a little bit easier. This type of cover becomes even more essential to the hobby when we consider that most of our voluntary workers are retirees, with limited incomes.
An Australia-wide policy covering all voluntary workers of the APF, affiliated State & Territory Councils and their affiliated Clubs & Societies was taken out on 27th March 2009. At
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this stage, the annual premium is being centrally funded by the APF. All state councils have a copy of this policy.
Some details of this new policy are –Scope of Cover - Whilst engaged in voluntary
work authorised by and under the control of the Insured including direct uninterrupted travel to and from such voluntary work.
Age Limit - 12 to 85 years.Waiting period - 7 days.Sums Insured –Death & Capital Benefits $20,000Weekly accident benefit - 85% of earnings up
to $300 (with a maximum of 104 weeks benefit up to 58 years of age, then reducing by age to 26 weeks maximum at 70 plus years of age)
Domestic Help / Student Tutorial (26 weeks ) $500
Non-Medicare Medical ($50 excess) 85% of expenses to a maximum of $1,000
Aggregate limit of claims in any one premium year - $1,000,000
To be covered, each organization must provide an attendance book which allows volunteers to register their attendance, showing the date plus times of arrival and departure.
The One Up ClubSome years ago the APF instituted the One Up Club - an initiative designed to assist international exhibitors to raise their exhibit’s medal level by one level – hence the name.
Initially One Up Club services were restricted to exhibitors who had achieved either a vermeil or large vermeil medal at an international exhibition. If they achieved the next medal level then this would mean either a large vermeil which gave them entrée into an eight frame international exhibit or would give them a gold medal which would increase the number of Australians at this level.
The concept is a fairly simple one - you send the APF Philatelic Development Officer
(PDO) a photocopy of your exhibit, together with a short synopsis of its exhibition history, plus a cheque for $50 to cover mainly postage and photocopying. The PDO will arrange for the exhibit to be reviewed by three experienced judges in the class of the exhibit. These judges will return the exhibit with notations and notes on how they feel the exhibit could be improved to achieve the next medal level. The PDO then returns the exhibit to you and the notes and you are then free to use the advice as you see fit. This service is far better than a few minutes in front of a frame at a critique session and which, even more importantly, may not be available at an international exhibition.
This service has now been extended to the national level. As a vermeil medal is the minimum requirement for entering an international exhibition, the PDO is inviting interested exhibitors who have previously attained a large silver medal at national level, and who would be interested in exhibiting internationally, to take advantage of the benefits which a One Up Club review can provide.
To participate simply mail a copy of your exhibit, together with its exhibition history, and a cheque for $50 payable to the APF, to The Philatelic Development Officer, APF, at PO Box 528 Cardiff NSW 2285. For further information contact the writer at the above postal address, through the APF website, or by email at [email protected].
For More InformationMore information regarding the two insurance covers described above is available from the various state councils.
There are some interesting programs currently receiving consideration by the APF. One of these is an exciting project which will generate Youth activity on a national basis. Hopefully, this will be the main topic for discussion in next month’s article.
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Bahamas
The Bahamas are a group of islands in the West Indies SE of Florida. Although once a colony, the islands have never been part of the British West Indies. Self-Government was introduced in 1964, and Independence was attained in 1973.
Small-sized ½d, 1d and 2½d stamps with the basic 1902 and 1912 designs using a profile portrait of King George VI were issued in March 1938. Other denominations in this design were released throughout that year along with three larger pictorials – 4d, 6d and 8d. The 8d denomination was adapted from the ‘flamingos in flight’ design of 1935. The set was completed by retaining the 1931 2s and 3s stamps featuring the Great Seal of the Colony. In 1941 increased postal charges required the switching of colours for 1d and 2d stamps, and in 1943 similar changes for 2½d and 3d values. A 10d yellow was added in 1946 to cover an increased airmail rate, and in 1952 the 2d was again changed, this time to green. There were final changes in 1952 when the colours of ½d and 3d stamps were altered. The many plate flaws on the ‘King’s Head’ stamps provide an interesting field for study.
Back in 1940 the 2½d stamp was changed to 3d for increased internal postal rates. Surcharging was undertaken by the Nassau Guardian newspaper.
Bahamas was the only colony to issue two long commemorative sets during the King George VI period. In 1942 the current definitives were overprinted by the Nassau Guardian ‘ 1492 LANDFALL OF COLUMBUS 1942’ in five lines. The issue includes a major variety ‘COIUMBUS’ on row 5/2 on the 4d, 6d and 8d stamps, and numerous other minor typesetting flaws. Although popular with philatelists, aesthetically the issue was a disaster because the stamps were severely disfigured by the 5-line overprint.
In 1948 a second commemorative issue of sixteen stamps marked the Tercentenary of Settlement in Eleuthera Island. The so called ‘Eleutherian Adventurers’ a group of religious dissident Britons from Bermuda were the first Europeans to settle in the Bahamas. This ambitious set was unusual as it was printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company without watermark and with the tacky gum commonly seen on Canadian stamps of the period. Unfortunately the stamps were delayed, missing the all important anniversary which occurred in 1947. All the designs, without the commemorative inscription were adapted by Bradbury Wilkinson for the 1954 Queen Elizabeth pictorials which were significantly improved by the use of two colours.
To mark the attainment of Self-Government the entire set was overprinted ‘NEW CONSTITUTION 1964’ - this was the third full length commemorative series to be issued by Bahamas. These were withdrawn after six months, and the original unoverprinted stamps again put back on sale. Later in 1964 a new printing of the 2d was issued on Block CA watermarked paper.
New pictorials were issued in 1965. The 3d value shows the same flamingo as on the 1935 and
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1938 8d stamps, but without its companions and the lighthouse! Intriguingly however this lighthouse re-appeared on the 4d stamp alongside the liner, Queen Elizabeth. The new 10d stamp repeats the Parliament Buildings design shown on the 1954 £1 but has been improved with a closer view Later, in 1965 an increased foreign letter rate required the 8d stamp to be surcharged 9d.
The full set was surcharged with decimal currency in 1966, and was reissued exactly one year later with the new currency. There were some colour changes, and two design alterations. The old 4d featuring the Queen Elizabeth was replaced with the Oceanic (continuing to show the old lighthouse) on the 5c. The Conch shell from the old 10s stamp was re-designed on the $2 denomination.
From 1970, new printings of all denominations on much whiter (woodfree) paper were released as required, with the 12c, $1, $2 and $3 values available only at the Nassau GPO for just a few days before being replaced with new pictorials. Catalogues show a wide range of prices between some mint and used values, with mint 8c and 15c especially expensive!
New definitives were issued during 1971; in addition to local scenes, many designs featured flora and fauna of the islands. There were several watermark variations including some stamps without watermarks. New 16c, 21c, 25c and 40c denominations to cover changed postal rates were added later.
Although I usually close my collections around 1970, I have included the 1980 pictorials because of the fascinating kaleidoscope of historical events shown on these stamps. The set effectively provides a history from discovery in 1492 to Independence in 1973.
Bahamas participated in the general colonial omnibus sets from 1935 Silver Jubilee to 1967 UNESCO. One sheet of the 1963 8d Freedom from Hunger stamp was found in Nassau without the country’s name! In 1959 the first specific Queen Elizabeth commemoratives marked the Centenary of the first Bahamas stamps. This was followed in 1962 by two extra large, rather dull stamps marking the Centenary of Nassau, and . featuring the city’s library and cathedral. In 1963 the current 8d and 10d values were overprinted ‘BAHAMAS TALKS 1962’ to commemorate the Anglo-American Summit held by Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy in December 1962. (they would be more relevant if issued during the talks!)
The 1964 Tokyo Olympics were acknowledged by overprinting the 1s 1954 yacht racing stamp with the Olympic Rings and surcharging a new postal rate of 8d. From here on I stopped collecting because of the increasingly excessive commemorative and special issues.
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new south walesArmidale 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 9267 8301; Fax: 02 9264 4741. GPO Box 1971, Sydney NSW 2000 Ph: 02 9264 8301Aust. 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 PO Box 151, Bathurst NSW 2795Bega Phil. & Numismatic Society: Mtg 3rd Friday 8.00pm. Mthly Newsletter. PO Box 370, Bega NSWBlue Mountains Stamp Club: Mtg 4th Friday (ex Dec) 8.00pm Katoomba Public School; PO Box 76, BlackheathCampbelltown District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan - 4th Wed); @ Catholic Hall Acacia St, Ruse. Inquiries: [email protected]; PO Box 478, Campbelltown 2560Castle Hill SC Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, Hills District Bowling Club, Jenner Street, Baulkham Hills; PO Box 151 Castle Hill NSW 1765China Study Group of PSNSW: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Cinderella SC: Mtg 2nd Friday, even months; Produces “Cinderellas Australia” and mono-graphs; PO Box 889, Chatswood, NSW 2057Coffs Harbour SC: Mtg 2nd WedEarlwood and District SC:Mtg 1st WedGrafton SC: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex. Dec)Grafton Stampers & Everything Philatelic: Mtg 1st Sun 2pm (ex School Hols). Grafton Bap-tist Church Hall, Cnr Queen & Oliver Sts. Ph 02 6642 1363. email [email protected]. Great Lakes SC: Mtg1st Sat 9.30am , Workshop & Market 1st Sat 9-12, Great Lakes Cam-pus Annexe, Taree St, Tuncurry Enq: Ph 02 6554 9776Gosford PS: Afternoon Mtg 1st Mon; Evening Mtg 2nd ThursHawkesbury Valley PS (Richmond Stamp Club): Mtg 2nd Thurs (ex Jan) PO Box 28 Richmond 2753Illawarra PS: Mtg 3rd Thursday (ex. Jan) Wollongong Master Build. Club Ltd, Oasis Room, 7.30pm. All welcome. Tel. (02) 42252011. Kempsey RSL PS: Mtg 2nd WedLake Macquarie Stamp Club:: Mtg 2nd Sat 9am; Combined Pensioners & Community Care Services 130 Josephson St, Swansea. Enq: 02 4392 5211Lower Clarence PS: Mtg 4th TuesMacquarie Valley PS: Mtg 2nd TuesMaitland 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: [email protected] PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs St David’s Church Hall, Dee Why. Sec. Graeme Mor-riss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: [email protected] Rugby Leagues SC: Mtg 4th Tues cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: [email protected] SC: Mtg 1pm on 4th Mon (ex Dec); Milton-Ulladulla Bowling Club Mtg Room, St Vincent St, Ulladulla, Sec. PO Box 670, Ulladulla, NSW, 2539Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Enq: 4977 2525 (Jenny) Mudgee Coin Note & Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph 02 63735324 Nambucca River PS: Mtg 1st Sunday
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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301
Alice Springs SC: Meet Informally; PO Box 1529, Alice Springs, NT, 0871. Ph 08 8953 3054Darwin Philatelic Circle: 1st Sun. 10am - 2pm. 53 Flametree Crt, Rosebery; Ph:(08) 8931 2898; PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT, 0831; Email: [email protected].
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WA club information: WA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Perth, WA, 6001
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philatelic clubs & societiesnew zealand Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation,
PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: [email protected]
Air Mail Society of NZ: Mtg 3rd Mon (ex. Jan). Ph: 03 358 4838Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan); Email bruce.chadderton @fitec.org.nz Add Ph 09 9853212 www.aps.gen.nzChristchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tuesday; Email: [email protected] Ph 03 3541064Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph 03 4557643; Email [email protected] Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph 06 8706710; Email [email protected] Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan); Ph: 06 843 9433 Email [email protected] PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 368 6202 Email [email protected] Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan); Ph: 04 568 4892; Email: [email protected] PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec); Ph: 04 297 1197Manaia PS: Mtg (Hawera) 1st Sun. Ph 06 2784292, email: peter.Williams @xtra.co.nzManawatu PS: Mtg 1st Wed, daytime meeting 3rd Tues. Ph 06 3289 895; Email [email protected] Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec). Ph 03 5776166; Email [email protected] Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed Ph 07 8896251Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5477516NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed ; Ph 03 3596758; www.nzeal.com/philately/nzscc.htmNorth Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Ph: 09 4141044; Email: [email protected] www.northshoreps.comPostal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 522 0311 Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington.Ph: 07 3476428
Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph: 09 2357737 Email: [email protected] Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Tues (ex Jan); Ph: 04 472 2590; Email rpsnz @orcon.net.nz and; Website www.rpsnz.org.nzSouth Auckland PS:Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri(ex Dec); Ph: 09 5366708 ; Email: [email protected] PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan). Ph 03 2158177 Email [email protected] PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 758 6233; Email: [email protected] & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 07 5768866; Email: [email protected] Valley PS: Mtg 1st Mon(except Jan). Ph: 07 8689190; Email: [email protected] Association of NZ: Ph: 04 234 7218; Email: [email protected] PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6888829Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec).04 5284123 ; Email [email protected] PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Dec). Ph 07 8556572 Email [email protected] PS: Ph: 03 442 8865Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. (Ex. Jan) Ph 06 3448009; Email [email protected] & Districts Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Thu 1:00pm Ph 09 4258791Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 09 8271240Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec); daytime meeting 3rd Thurs. Ph: 04 234 7218; Email: [email protected] PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs Ph: 07 3071016Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex. Jan) 09-4348000 Email [email protected]
queenslandArana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: [email protected] Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281.Bribie Island SC: Meeting 4th Wed; Ph: 07 3408 2238Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504Cairns SC: Mtg 3rd Wed. 7.30pm Star Services, 115 Lyons St, Bungalow Ph: 07 4055 1302 Sec: Ross Bottomer, email:[email protected], web:www.cairnsstampclub.asn.auCaloundra SC: Mtg 4th Thurs 1.30pm Ph: 07 5494 7233City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Ph: 07 3263 8573 (ah); email: [email protected] CLUB QUEENSLAND: Mtg 2nd Thurs 1.00 pm BCC Library, Garden City Shopping Centre, Upper Mt.Gravatt. Contact 32068507 or [email protected] Bay SC: Mtg 1st Sat. Ph: 07 3204 6095Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157Gladstone 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 3801Gympie SC: Mtg - 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 5482 5698Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138Ipswich 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 3272 8304. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, [email protected] Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’s Hall, Gat-ton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: [email protected] City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, 25 Ewing Rd, Logan Central, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226. Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433; 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 4th Thurs. Ph: 07 4162 2945Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: [email protected] SC: Mtg 2nd Sat. Ph: 07 3204 6095Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: [email protected] Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 7.15pm at Red Cross Hall, Price St Ph: 075445 3647Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: [email protected] SC: Mtg 2nd Sat 2pm; Pres. Bob Littlehales; Secretary Allan Weeks Phone 07 46355623; PO Box 1591. Ph: 07 4638 3328Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5598 7629Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (afternoon); 4th Thurs (evening); Ph 07 3207 3121.
QLD Philatelic Council, 18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum, Qld, 4178. Ph: 07 3396 0846 Fax: 07 3396 0842. Email: [email protected] Web: www.qpc.asn.au
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philatelic clubs & societiessouth 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; PO Box Greenock 5360; email: [email protected]; Ph: (08) 8562 8386Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: [email protected] & Districts PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Bordertown PSchool; Ph: 08 8752 1297Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894City 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 796Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; [email protected]; Ph: 08 8555 3311ETSA Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163Frama 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: [email protected] Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251Glenside PS: 1st Wed 7.30pm& 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. PO Box 29, Glenside 5063. Ph: (08) 8353 8683Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; Murray Bridge Show-grounds. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 [email protected] Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sun-day (ex. Jan) 1.30pm - 4pm. PO Box 2261,Mt Gambier.Ph: 08 8724 9474Para 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 Crovier Av, Modbury 5092. Ph: 08 8337 6533 Email: www.users.or.net/figg/amccsPort Pirie PS: Mtg 4th Mon; PO Box532, Pt Pirie 5540; Ph: 08 8632 1105Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Mtg last Tues, Julia Farr Cent. Canteen, Ground Floor, Fisher St. Ph: 08 8265 7395; PO Box 657, Enfield Plaza 5085PS of South Australia:1st & 3rdTues; 22 Gray Ct. GPO Box 1937, Adelaide 5001; Ph: 08 8555 3311PS of South Aust. (Aus. Com. Spect.Grp.): Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm;22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8373 3756PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8373 3756PS of South Australia (Study Group):Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm; 22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8522 4345PS of Woodville: Mtg 2nd Fri; Murree Smth Hall. PO Box 27, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8443 5547Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Mtg 2nd Tues; SAPHIL House, 22 Gray Ct, Adelaide. email: [email protected]; Ph: 08 8260 3352Riverland PS: Mtg 2nd Fri;Berry Primary School. PO Box 901, Berri 5343; Ph: 08 8588 1109SA 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;StJohns Church Hall. PO Box 336 Salisbury 5108; Ph: 08 8252 2392Southern Districts PS: Mtg 4th Wed; PO Box 145, Daw Pk 5041; Ph: 08 8271 8522Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Fri 7.45pm, Old Railway Station (now Community Services Bldng.); Ph: 08 8370 2680Strathalbyn PS: Mtg 2nd Mon; Reg Sissons Day Car Centre, 41 High St, Strathal-byn; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 08 8536 2770Ukrainian Collectibles Club: Mtg Wed as per syllabus; PO Box 466, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8345 4033Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Senior Citizens Club. Taylor St, Kardina. Mtg 3rd Wed ex. Jan; PO Box 178, Bute 5560; Ph: 08 8821 2906
victoria Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001
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 59 Flinders Lane Vic 8009Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd ThursBallarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th MonBalwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st FridayBendigo PS: Mtg 1st TuesBerwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd ThursBrighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd TuesCamperdown SC: Mtg 1st TuesCastlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec)Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100Dandenong PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec)Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd MonEssendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Footscray Senior Citizens Room, 130 Buckley St, FootscrayFrankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford. Ph: 5996 3745Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st & 3rd Sat 7.30pm (ex Jan) Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Gee-long West. Ph: 5261 5461 (Sec)Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd MondayHungarian PS: Mtg 2nd WedItalian PS: Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan), 7.30pm, Veneto Club, 191 Bulleen Rd Bullen. (PO Box 166, Niddrie, 3042)
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, Mary-borough. PO Box 295, Maryborough, 3465; Ph: 03 5464 2400. [email protected]. maryboroughsc.web1000.comMildura PS: Mtg Last Thurs (ex Dec)Carnegie Building 74 Deakin Ave Ph: 03 5023 8789Mooroolbark PS: Mtg 1st Tues; Ph: 03 9723 3304Noble Park SC: Mtg 4th Mon (Ex. Dec 2nd Mon), Senior Citizens Rooms, 352 Cheltenham Rd, Keysbor-ough, 3173; 03 97017085Oakleigh PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan) Oakleigh Public Library, Drummond St, OakleighOcean Grove SC: Mtg 4th Wed. 10am. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Clubrooms Melways: 234 A. Ph. 03 5255 1372Peninsula SC: Mtg 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, Murray Anderson Rd, Rosebud. Ph: 03 5974 1950Polish 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 9551 2235Royal PS of Victoria:Mtg 3rd & 5th Thurs; Daytime 1st TuesSale SC: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan)Shepparton PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Mechanics Institute, Shepparton. Ph. 0419 560 813Sherbrooke PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs ex Jan Upwey Fire Brigade Hall, 8pm; Bob Cook Ph: 03 9758 3465Upper Yarra SC: Mtg 3rd TuesWarragul PS: Mtg 2nd FriWarrnambool PS: Mtg 3rd Wed 7.45pm St Joseph’s Primary School, Botanic Road;Ph: 03 5561 1470Waverley PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs 8pm, Mt Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Cres, Mt Waverley; Day-time mtg the following Friday, 9.30am, Uniting Church Hall, 482 High St, Mt Waverley. Ph. 03 9898 4102
tasmaniaBurnie PS: Mtg 2nd Fri , 7.30pm. Ph: 03 6433 3962Derwent Valley PS: Mtg 4th MonDevonport Junior SC: Mtg 1st & 3rd MonDevonport Stamp Group: Mtg 4th Fri, Public Library Mtg Rms, 7.30pm Ph. 03 6424 3449Glenorchy SC: Mtg 1st TuesHobart Junior Group: Mtg 1st Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224
Kingston Junior Group: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224Launceston PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan) & 3rd Sat (ex. Dec); Ph: 6344 3676Mersey-Leven PS: Contact: 03 6425 3603Rosny Junior Group: Mtg Last Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224Tasmanian PS: Mtg Last Monday (ex. Dec); www.tps.org.au, Legacy House, 159 Mac-quarie St Hobart
Obtain Tasmanian clubs information from: Tasmanian Stamp Council, GPO Box 9800, Hobart, TAS, 7001. Ph: 03 6278 7084
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