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Richard Juzwin Pty Ltdwww.richardjuzwin.com.au

THIS MONTH’S STAMP OFFERSKANGAROOS:

Lot 01A Kangaroo: SG 2cw 1st Wmk 1d Red Die 1, Wmk INVERTED. Extra nice quality & mint very lightly hinged. $125

Lot 01 Kangaroo: SG 3 1st Wmk 2d Grey. A brilliant MUH stamp with thinner than usual paper. $325

Lot 01B Kangaroo: SG 5(w) 1st Wmk 3d Olive GREEN, Die 1, Wmk INVERTED. MUH $625

Lot 02 Kangaroo: SG 6 1st Wmk 4d Orange in extra fine MUH condition. Noted extra shading east of Tasmania, of similar characteristics to BW 15h (retouch). $775

Lot 03 Kangaroo: SG 10 1st Wmk 9d Violet upper right corner block of 4. Very nicely centred & fresh. Seldom offered. $2,750

Lot 03A Kangaroo: SG 15 1st Wmk £1 Brown & Blue, rich colouring with MELBOURNE APRIL 1913 presentation cancellation. Very fine. $2,750

Lot 04 Kangaroo SG 24 2nd Wmk 2d Grey. Superb MUH, very fresh with outstanding centring. $450

Lot 05 Kangaroo: BW 36a 2nd Wmk 2/- Brown printed on VERY THIN PAPER (characteristic pale shade with micrometer reading 0.070mm). Exceptionally fresh & EXTREMELY lightly hinged, mint. $4,250

Lot 06 Kangaroo: SG 40aw 3rd Wmk 1/- Blue Green, Die 2, Wmk INVERTED. A stunning MUH stamp in a very pale shade. $475

Lot 07 Kangaroo: SG 43a 3rd Wmk 10/- Aniline Pink/Grey. Very nice used. $425

*Lot 07A Kangaroo: SG 43S 3rd Wmk 10/- Grey/Aniline Pink SPECIMEN, Type C “shaved P”. A rare variation & even more so in MUH condition. CEREMUGA Certificate of Authenticity. $4,750

Lot 08 Kangaroo: SG 74 3rd Wmk £1 Grey. An exceptionally fine quality stamp – elusive in this condition. $550

Lot 08A Kangaroo: SG 75S, 3rd Wmk £1 Grey SPECIMEN Type C1a ‘hooked C’ variant. MUH & fresh. $450

Lot 08B Kangaroo: SG 112S Small Multiple Wmk, 10/- Grey/Pink SPECIMEN, Type C with ‘SHAVED P’ variation. Choice MUH $1,250

Lot 09 Kangaroo: Small Mult. Wmk £2 Type D Specimen.Superb MUH $950

Lot 10 Kangaroo: SG 136/BW 50D C of A Wmk 10/- Deep Grey/Aniline Pink. An outstanding MUH example of this standout shade. $2,950

Lot 11 Kangaroo: SG 138, C of A Wmk £2 Black/Red. A very fine MLH stamps with partial imprint in lower selvedge (position L60) showing furry backed Roos. BPA Certificate. $5,250

Lot 12 Kangaroo: C of A wmk Set (3) type D SPECIMEN. Superb MUH. $295

KGV:Lot 12A KGV: BW 63(2)zb Single Wmk ½d Green CA Monogram (PLATE 2) positional block of 6, 5 MUH / 1 MLH $875

Lot 13 KGV: Single Wmk 1d Scarlet Red (BW 71G) DIE 2, DIE 1 pair in brilliantly centred MUH condition. Seldom offered so nice. $1850

Lot 14 KGV: BW 72I Plate 3. Rough paper 1d ROSINE ‘OS’ CA monogram pair, fine MLH. $925

Lot 15 KGV: SG 47ia/BW 72N(2)ia 1d Red Brown, Die 2 ROUGH PAPER, substituted cliché. Fine mint hinged. $3,750

Lot 16 KGV: BW 76aa(4)d 1d Violet COA-RSE PAPER variety with SECRET MARK. DRURY CERTIFICATE. Very nice MUH. $325

Lot 17 KGV: SG 068 Single Wmk, 1½d Black/Brown ‘OS’. Very fine MUH. $150

Lot 18 KGV: SG 070 Single Wmk 1½d Green ‘OS’. Very fine MUH. $150

Lot 19 KGV: SG 666/BW 128F Single Wmk 1/4 VERY DEEP TURQUOISE. A fresh MLH example of this scarce stamp with superior centring. DRURY CERTIFICATE. $7,250

Lot 20 KGV: SG 22 Single Wmk 4d Bright Orange (Aniline). Fantastic shade, well centred. MUH $125

Lot 21 KGV: SG 075 Single Wmk 1/4 Pale Blue ‘OS’, DRY INKING variety well centred & all units lightly hinged. $600

Lot 22 KGV: SG 061w Large Multiple Wmk ½d Green ‘OS’, Wmk INVERTED. MLH $75

Lot 23 KGV: SG 48a Large Multiple Wmk 1½d Green THIN FRACTION variety. Superb used. $125

Lot 24 KGV: SG 49 Large Multiple Wmk 1d Carmine Pink (Cooke printing). Very fine MUH with selvedge at right. $1,650

Lot 25 KGV: SG 49 Large Multiple Wmk 1d Carmine Pink (Cooke printing) in exceptional MUH condition. $1,650

Lot 26 KGV: SG 50b Large Multiple Wmk 1d Deep Carmine Aniline ‘OS’. An outstanding shade, very fine used. $675

Lot 27 KGV: SG 51w Large Multiple Wmk 1½d Black Brown, Wmk INVERTED. A brilliant MUH example. $175

Lot 27A KGV: SG 64a 4d Violet Variety: Line through four-pence. Fine used with ROYAL Certificate. Very rare stamp ACSC states only 15 have been recorded.$8,750

Lot 28 KGV: BW 106c Small Mult P14, 3d Deep Blue Type A, B pair. Fresh & MUH $250

Lot 29 KGV: SG 91 Small Multiple Wmk Perf 14 4d Olive. Pristine MUH, well centred. $375

Lot 30 KGV: SG 95ab Small Mult Wmk P13½x12½. 1d Green, variety “SECRET MARK”. Very fine MUH. $60

Lot 31 KGV: SG 99ab/BW 102aa Small Multiple P13½x12½ 2d Golden Scarlet NO WATERMARK. Fine MLH. $2,750

Lot 32 KGV: BW 107c Small Multiple Wmk P13½x12½ 3d Blue Type BA pair. Very fine MUH. $375

Lot 33 KGV: SG 0109 Small Mult Wmk Perf 13½x12½ 4½d Violet ‘OS’, lower right corner block of 4, all stamps mint unhinged. Very fresh. Rarely seen in a multiple, let alone in a corner position. $500

Lot 34 KGV: SG 6A/BW B14B BOOKLET SG 59 Single Wmk 1½d Black Brown. A complete booklet. RARE $6,250

AUSTRALIA GENERAL:Lot 35 Australia: SG 0124 3d Kingsford Smith ‘OS’ PLATE 1. Ceremuga Certificate states “EXTREMELY RARE”. This stamp is fresh MUH with very small adhesion mark at right (on reverse). $1,750

Lot 36 Australia: SG 143 5/- Harbour Bridge VF MUH. Becoming increasingly difficult to locate. $1,575

Lot 37 Australia: SG 147/149 Vic. Centenary Perf 10½ set of 3. SUPERBLY centred & very fresh MUH. $140

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Postal: PO Box 2111, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 AUSTRALIAOffice: 822a Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn MelbourneE-mail: stamps@richardjuzwin.com.auPhone: (03) 9818 0209 Fax: (03) 98183308 Mobile: 0418 531 659

THIS MONTH’S STAMP OFFERSLot 38 Australia: KGVI 1d Green; 2d Red Die 1 FIRST DAY COVER (10/5/1937). Superb condition. Official cachet & unaddressed. $55

Lot 39 Australia: SG 158b KGVI 2d Purple marginal block of 4 with MEDAL flaw variety. MUH $40

Lot 40 Australia: SG 206a Imperforate at right. MUH $3,500

Lot 41 Australia: SG 219 Imperforate pair. MUH $2,250

Lot 41A Australia: SG 224c Imprint Blk (4), MUH $325

Lot 42 Australia: BW 343DP(1) 1958 30th Anniversary of first Trans Tasman Flight DIE PROOF, Blue on white wove paper in sunken frame. Cat. A$3500. Backstamped “CBA Note Printing Branch” No. 25 issued to M.R.C. Stradwick (Director General Designate of the PMG Department). In superb condition & one of nine existent. RARE $3,250

Lot 43 Australia: SG 355/360 1963 Navigator set of 8, including both white paper variations. SUPERB MUH.$250

Lot 44 Australia: SG 355/60 1963 Navigator set (6). Very fine MUH. $150

Lot 45 Australia: SG 401c, $1 Navigator Perf 14.75 x 15Very fine MUH. $65

Lot 46 Australia: $20 PAINTING with $ large part omitted (GOLD) MUH. $300

Lot 46A Australia: SG 19, 6d Kooka MUH, A GEM. $275

STATES: QLD

Lot 47 Queensland: SG 2, 2d Blue, 3 singles tied with ‘85’ cancel (Cat £5,100). CEREMUGA Certificate. $4,750

S.A.Lot 48 South Australia: 4d Lake imperforate plate proof block of 4, upper stamps creased, attractive. $400

Lot 49 South Australia: 1893 original artwork based on Max Heuzenroder’s prize-winning entry in the 1890 postcard design competition but incorporating a banner designed by T.J. Ames, marked “Alter words to address only to be written on this side”, and “Alter value to one penny”, minor blemishes & corner bend at lower left. $5,000

TAS:Lot 50 Tasmania: SG 91 4d Blue oblique roulette about 12, done at Oatlands, with barred numeral 64 of Oatlands. RARE (Ceremuga Cert). $2,500

Lot 51 Tasmania: SG 118 1d Carmine. Serrated perf, about 19. Fiscal cancel. $200

Lot 52 Tasmania: SG 119 2d Yellow/Green. Serrated perf, about 19. Cancelled HOBART. Slightly cut in at left. RARE (Ceremuga Certificate). $1,200

Lot 53 Tasmania: QV 4d Blue sideface, plate proof block of 4 on thick card. $225

VIC:

Lot 54 Victoria: SG 353/354. 1897 Charity set (2). Seldom seen in such fine MUH condition. $350

Lot 55 Victoria: SG 353/354 1897 Charity set (2) in very fine MLH condition. $225

W.A.Lot 56 Western Australia: SG 30 4d Pale Blue: R6/20 variety: extensive white patches over ENCE of PENCE. Fine used, 4 margins. $1,500

Lot 57 Western Australia: One halfpenny imperforate PLATE PROOF printed in brown on thin unwatermarked paper. DUNKERLEY Certificate states: “of uncertain status, although most likely a proof produced in preparing the postal card, extremely rare”. A few tiny ink marks on surface & other slight blemishes, typical for the very few examples

of similar type proofs recorded. $5,000

Lot 58 Western Australia: Local post – 6d LAKE LEFROY used, with faults. Ceremuga Certificate. Great frontal appearance. $3,750

OTHER:Nauru

Lot 59 Nauru: SG 26B/39B Ship set (14) SMOOTH PAPER in extra fine MUH. Very fresh & attractive. $275

Lot 60 New Guinea: SG 137/149 HUTS AIRMAIL set (13). Seldom seen in such fine MUH condition. $750

Lot 61 New Guinea: SG 163/176 DATED BIRDS AIRMAIL Set (14) Brilliant MUH $675

NWPI

Lot 62 NWPI: SG 016b KGV 1d rosine, Die 2 ‘OS’. BPA Certificate. Scarce & underrated. Fine used. $2,250

PAPUALot 63 Papua: SG 16a 2/6 Lakatoi, thin paper with vertical watermark. Centring is typical for this issue. Fine mint hinged. $875

Lot 64 Papua: SG 117, Harrison printing Rare Carmine “Deep Cherry Red” Opt. (only 10 sheets with this opt), showing “comma” variety. UNUSED BLK (4) $1,750

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ContentsArticlesMarket Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 10Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ................................................ 18Australian Stamp Variations: David Mallen ............................ 26The New Postal History-Social Class: John Sadler ............... 30Aust. C’wealth Postage Dues: Mike Lee ................................... 32Revenue Review: Dave Elsmore ................................................. 36The Land of a Million Elephants: Christer Brunström ......... 40 Cinderella Corner: Tony Presgrave ............................................ 44De-Mystifying the Detail: Andrew McEachern ..................... 48Letters from the Past: Eunice Shanahan .................................. 54

InformationNews...................................................................................................... 6Mailbag ..................................................................................................8Auction Diary .................................................................................... 52New Issues ......................................................................................... 62Internet & Email Directory ............................................................ 68Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......70Calendar .............................................................................................. 73Products & Services Directory ............................................... ......74Trading Post ................................................................................. ......78List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............82

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philatelic news

August Stamp Quiz Results!Congratulations to Paul Stark from NSW & Ross Edwards from WA who have won August’s stamp quiz! As a former Australian Test Cricketer we suspect Ross may have insider information! Congratulations also to J. Harrison of Tasmania who correctly answered all of the July questions - his answer sheet which was the only correct one received was so carefully filed that we forgot about it!The correct answers were: 1. West Indies 2. Victor Trumper 3. Michael Vaughan 4. Clive Lloyd 5. W.G. Grace 6. Australia and New Zealand 7. Australia and India 8. Brian Lara, West Indies and England 9. Mickey Mouse 10. Sheffield Shield 11. Mike Atherton, Viv Richards and Richie Richardson 12. Sir Richard Hadley 13. Sir Donald Bradman, 99.94 14. England, Australia, Bangladesh, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe 15. Australia 16. The Queen 17. Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs, Shane Warne and Sir Vivian Richards 18. England, Andrew Strauss

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is celebrating the centenary of its iconic monument situated in Berne, Switzerland, on October 9, 2009, which is also World Post Day. “Around the World” was created by French sculptor, René de Saint-Marceaux, and inaugurated in the Kleine Schanze park in 1909.

In 2009, the monumental sculpture will be cel-ebrated in words and music and a new plaque will be unveiled by a very special guest from the past. Dur-ing the festivities, two commemorative stamps issued jointly by Swiss Post and La Poste (France) will be launched. Dignitaries attending will include the UPU’s Director General, Edouard Dayan, the mayor of Berne, Alexander Tschäppät, Canton Berne executive coun-cillor, Urs Gasche, as well as the board chairman of Swiss Post, Claude Béglé.

The monument’s centenary will also be feted in a special exhibition at Berne’s Rathaus (town hall), which will take place from October 9 – 11.

The UPU itself was established in 1874 and is the world’s second oldest international organization. It is the only United Nations agency located in the Swiss capital, the site of its founding.

UPU celebrates centenary in Berne

Campbelltown District Philatelic Society is holding its

6th ANNUAL ‘Fisher’s Ghost Stamp Fair’on Sunday 1st November

from 10.00 am to 3.30 pm at

The Campbelltown Civic Centre,

Queen Street Campbelltown

Dealers will be in attendance to value collections, buy and sell •stamps, accessories and other philatelic items. Club circuit books and specials table for bargain hunters.•Two ‘Sale by Tenders’ at 11.30 am & 2.00 pm sharp •Free entry with hourly door prizes •Guessing Competition •Light Refreshments available in separate seated dining area •Members Philatelic Displays•

Special Issues: 6th Stamp Fair limited edition of 200 Stargazing minisheet special overprint will be available providing stocks last. This item will be available by prior mail order.

Details/pricing or order form : mario.saliba@elections.nsw.gov.au or

CDPS PO Box 478 Campbelltown NSW 2560

Public Auction No. 4Sunday 25 October 2009

One thousand lots including some unique and numerous rare WA Colonial items.

Catalogues free on request.Enquiries: Trevor Lacy

8 Clevedon WayKarringyup, WA 6018

Phone/Fax: 08 9447 8004 Mob: 0431 376 233

Cygnet Philatelics

The ad for Gabriele’s Philatelic Sevice which has appeared in the last few issues of Stamp News has had an error in the telephone Number. The correct telephone number should be (02) 9544 3333.

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auspost.com.au/stamps

Available at participating Australia Post outlets, via mail order on 1800 331 794 or online at auspost.com.au/stamps from 25 September 2009 while stocks last.

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Prestige Booklet

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Stamp pack $3.20

Prestige booklet $12.95First day cover $3.05

Barbie™ fiftieth anniversary stamp pack $10.95

Barbie™ sheetlet

of stamps with different Barbie™ dolls in the tabs.

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Letters to the Editor may be submitted by email to: kmorgan@centurynova.com.au; or to PO Box 1290, Upwey, VIC., 3158

Editor’s Mailbag

Dear Mr Morgan

The Publisher’s Note in the Sep-tember edition

discusses the postal validity of Australian territories’ stamps, reproducing an extract from a reply from Australia Post to an enquiry on this matter.

Whilst not disputing the basis of the article, there are several parts that may be misleading to your readers, so I offer the following clarifica-tion;

Postage stamps that are valid for the prepayment of postage in Australia at the current time are those:

Inscribed “Australia”, •

from 14/02/1966 to currentInscribed “Australian •Antarctic Territory”, from 28/09/1966 to currentInscribed “Cocos (Keel-•ing) Islands”, from 09/07/1969 to 02/09/1979Inscribed “Cocos (Keel-•ing) Islands Australia”, from 17/02/1994 to currentInscribed “Christmas •Island Australia”, from 04/03/1993 to current

The reasons for this are well documented within the Philatelic press. The stamps featured on the front cover of the August edition of Stamp News are inscribed “Austral-ia” and therefore valid for use.

The joint territories issue released on 4 August this year did include stamps inscribed Norfolk Island as Norfolk Island participated in this joint issue. Norfolk Island stamps are not valid for postage within Australia (Norfolk Is-land own and run their postal service). The July/August edition of the Stamp Bulletin Australia has more informa-tion on this issue (pg 14-16).

When undertaking joint issues with other countries it is not uncommon to have a miniature sheet that combines each country’s stamps. These miniature sheets are primarily a collector product and not produced or intended as a mainstream postage product.

In the case of the joint territories issue, each territory has its stamps represented

in the miniature sheet in this way. The primary difference in this case is that four of the five included stamps are valid for postage within Australia given that Australia is the is-suing authority at this time for

“Australian Antarctic Terri-tory”, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island.

Noel LeahyGroup Manager Philatelic

Dear Buyers and Vendors

!!! Please Note !!!!

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the dates of our October auctions have now changed. The bidding-sheets sent with the Stamp & Coin cata-logues will have the incorrect date printed on them. Please ig-nore the date printed on them.

The NEW auction dates are now as follows:

Stamps and Covers - Thursday 22nd OctoberCoins and Banknotes -

Friday 23rd OctoberMedals and Militaria -

Saturday 24th October

We sincerely apologise for any inconven-ience this may have caused and we thank you for your understanding.

The Team at Status International.

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Market Matters: Australian “Specimen” Stamp Folders

I often get asked by serious local collectors of a suggestion for an interesting “NEW” field to col-lect.

One that has no catalogues or listings, yet has material readily findable, and clearly with good chances of some decent “finds” here and there. And has some “Blue Sky”.

And most important, some-thing that offers a CHAL-LENGE!

I bought a lot recently of a dozen apparently different Aus-tralia “SPECIMEN” stamp fold-ers - going back around 75 years.

These were sold by AP from 1913, and the price for most sets for the next 50+ years was around £1 (WAY under face) and for that - FULL of stamps!

I cannot recall any discussion on these packs ever taking place before - so here we go.

The Capital City GPO Philatelic Bureaux all al-legedly had them on sale if you asked.

In those days there was zero Philatelic mail order to speak of, nor any marketing by them. Indeed no PO ‘Bulletin’ in this era of any kind existed, so these packs were largely overlooked, and unknown to many.

Each folder contained “Melbourne GPO” corner CTO copies of the values up to 5/- in general, and over that they were overprinted “Specimen”. (There are exceptions - the 10/- 3rd Wmk perf OS corner CTO is one, but that was NOT the general rule.)

The 5/- Harbour Bridge sourceThe stamp market worldwide would basically have no used 5/- Harbour Bridges in it, if it were not for the 1,000s of CTO copies that appeared in these “Specimen” packs.

The small size folders opened up, (mostly tri-fold) and there were lines of glassine strips to house the stamps in .. a little like today’s stockbook pages.

The rare Territory Packs had the Norfolk 1960 10/- Bird ovpt Specimen (in 3 or 4 very different font and placing variations) and the 1953 Definitives CTO etc.

The PNG stamps in there included the various high values from 1952, to the late 1960s overprinted “Specimen” Bird Of Paradise, and all the lower val-ues were also CTO.

There are thus three different PNG 10/- issues overprinted “Specimen” available depending on the year you bought your pack.

Oddly despite the Aladdin’s Cave of goodies therein, these packs never sold well. NONE of them.

The ACSC now gives us the exact numbers of each stamp sold, that were overprinted for inclusion in these, and typically it was a couple of 1000 for each of the higher values.

Many of the ‘Specimens’ once found in these packs sell for very many $100s each today .. indeed, often several $1000’s a stamp.

Collectors never learnedCollectors never learned .. even the pack that was

A bargain at £1 each!

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Glen Stephens

on open sale until Decimal currency in 1966 had the 1963/4 Navigator Specimen set 4 in there - today a $700 quartet in MUH condition.

These packs were on sale up to the late 1960s …. I recall buying one for $2 at the Adelaide GPO Philatelic window as a kid with all the decimal issues in there.

So, given the obvious reality that many the pre-decimal STAMPS inside are rare -- how scarce must be the FOLDERS they came in be?

Our early stamp booklets can fetch quite massive prices whether or not they have all or ANY stamps in them.

$50,000-$60,000 a complete book is the MINI-MUM real-world going rate for the scarcer Australia Commonwealth £1 booklet types.

The £1 booklet shown nearby sold at auction on $44,342 in January 2003, as I reported at the time. No other country on earth has booklet prices any-thing even NEAR those of Australia.

Arthur Gray or other keen booklet collectors,

will I am sure give you $10,000+ for an EMPTY £1 booklet cover, if it is one he does not have.

Many of the £1 booklets we KNOW from the archives records were issued - and widely sold, but have never been seen – even an empty cover. The ACSC prices £1 Booklets as incomplete if that how recorded.

An empty booklet cover is easily $10,000 – yet these empty “Specimen” packs sell for the cost of a few of the cheapest price stamps originally inside. If you want a challenge - with vast upside .. here you go!

“Kid’s presents”Generations of serious collectors did not like

these packs or their contents, mostly regarding them as “kid’s presents”.

The puny numbers sold clearly show us that col-lectors did not buy them in any numbers for the half century they were on open offer.

In nearly all cases they appear to have been bought as easy to mail cheap gifts for youngsters, relatives, or stamp pen friends overseas to offer them “a set of our current stamps”.

We tend to forget today that stamps were then a RED HOT interest field for youngsters, and it was a very common thing for adults to send them as gifts to young Johnny or little Billy etc.

The recipients in 99% of cases (Junior or Adult!)

Never sold well

A ~$60,000 Booklet today.

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Market Matters

seem to have removed the stamps, hinged them into albums, and tossed away the cardboard folder. Exactly as occurred with early booklets.

Near all high values pre-War stamps existing are hinged, and to bear this out - many indeed have no gum, from the Roo era especially.

Why all the no gum CTO?Well over 50% of the 1932 CTO 5/- Syd-ney Harbour Bridges in existence have no gum in my experience. Why?

I have bought dozens of junior al-bums over the decades where kids have LICKED these full gum “Specimen” and “CTO” stamps into albums, as being youngsters they could not afford hinges. The only way to remove them is to soak the page.

The folder outers appeared to be a rather ad-hoc matter, and the colour of the board, the texture of board, the fonts and layout and wording varied con-siderably at times, and more subtly in others.

This lot I bought, had the dealer name Miller Brothers on one folder. Not an overprint .. they clearly went and found the PO’s pack printer and had them make their own pack in a very different cover design.

The inside appearance matches the PO types exactly, so I assume they sourced the PO printer and duplicated the style?

I sold the lot for $A40 apiece, and in years to come that will be shown to have been an absurd pit-tance!

In 30 years in stamps I had never seen or heard that this Miller Brothers special pack even existed. This empty pack alone should be worth $100s if these are ever listed out.

Conning the PO Staff!We do know Millers were infamous for being cun-ning, in conning the lazy PO staff - and ordering for instance 160 “Specimen” packs at 4pm on a Friday etc.

Clearly nothing like that number would be made

up, and on hand at PO, as they sold so slowly - a few 100 per year even at major GPO’s.

Millers would – it is said - helpfully suggest the PO staffer handed over the full sheets of 160 in CTO and Specimen, and their staff would helpfully under-take the enormously time consuming and tedious job of ripping up the 30 sheets of 160 stamps.

Lazy PO staffers it seems clearly thought that was a great deal, (for them) and agreed.

Miller’s cunning trickery is the sole reason nearly all of the pre 1950s Imprint and Monograms and multiplies exist today in CTO or Specimen.

Only source of CTO Blocks.They were not silly - they KNEW they would get a premium for them - moreso than had they ended up with only single stamps!

Anyway this special Miller pack in the lot I bought above makes it very clear that they sold the packs with their own name printed on it .. a wonder-ful new discovery - to me anyway.

I had assumed they simply used the standard type PO packs to add the torn up stamps into - after they ripped out the imprints and monograms etc.

The ACSC now lists and prices EVERY CTO stamp that appeared in these packs. A very common stamp like a 1913 1d Kangaroo is cat 25 DOLLARS with Melbourne CTO cancel, but sells for 25 CENTS with a normal cancel etc.

Anyway, I am sure other readers have these early

Ever seen one of these?

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Glen Stephens

packs to show me .. hopefully different designs to these may exist? Let me know if you do.

If we get some useful input and comment, editor Geoff Kellow might be able to list these pack de-signs in a future ACSC.

NOT all packs are original.I sometimes see packs that have 10 or 20 or 30 or so CTO and “Specimen” stamps inside.

These contents in 99% of cases are NOT as were originally in there.

Often there is a bizarre mish-mash of unconnect-ed reigns, series, and part sets. Dealers often placed random CTO stamps that arrived into stock over a period into an empty pack, and then sold it “as is” when near full.

I have VERY seldom over the decades bought totally original packs from the pre war era. Probably only a half dozen in all.

One was last year, and I bought the superb con-dition pack illustrated nearby - still in an original brown PO outer envelope.

That pack had among the original contents of 19 stamps, the 1938 £1 ‘Robes’ Definitive overprinted “Specimen” - along with the far cheaper 10/- and lower values down to the ½d orange.

Caution Required.This overprint is very heavily forged, so obtaining it via such a pack is to be honest the ONLY way to be certain it is genuine.

Most “Certificates” on these are at best – educated guesses. It was only sold in these “Specimen” packs during part of 1944 - hence the scarcity today.

The only Post Office sold multiples of this stamp still existing are a pair - and a block of 4.

The ACSC suggests these multiples came from Miller Brothers. The unique block 4 is on the front cover of the current KGVI ACSC Cat. It would sell for $10,000 today is my guess.

Printer’s Waste HoardDownies in Melbourne auctioned several very heav-ily ink smeared printer’s waste blocks about 5-10 years back that had not been on the market for about 60 years.

As I recall they came from the estate of Ara-rat Victoria dealer Leslie Grant, and various other “printer’s waste” from the 1940s era was mixed (and not described!) among the bulk lots of his material offered.

It was pretty funny seeing cartons of stuff estimat-ed at $100 or so, get many $1000s! Even then, the faint threat of Federal Police raids was not attractive,

All of these are priced in ACSC

Guaranteed ORIGINAL overprints!

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Market Matters Glen Stephens

so it was sold un-described. As an example of the Miller Brothers legacy shown

nearby is one block of 8 Roos they undoubtedly sold.C of A watermarked 5/- Roos are not scarce SIN-

GLY in CTO condition. I have 30 or so in stock, and they are about $30-$50 each, depending on centering etc.

HOWEVER, in a large BLOCK with Melbourne CTO cancel they are rare ... as the Miller Brothers trick is the only way they could have occurred.

I sold that block this week to a client for $750 -- so that is about DOUBLE what 8 x single stamps would fetch.

I bought it from the “Arthur Gray” Kangaroo col-lection when in New York, and even there it went too cheaply, obviously.

Often used BLOCKS of 4 of things can fetch 10 or 20 times a single stamp price - i.e. not 4 times.

And the market in Australia for USED blocks is growing madly -- possibly as I keep urging folks to buy them.

However one day they will thank me, when the ACSC lists and prices them all in USED blocks - as they surely will!

New Queensland Cancel BookMy mantra to readers for 30 years of writing columns has been – “Knowledge Is Power”.

Collectors HATE buying literature in general terms – no idea why.

Publishing philatelic literature is NOT the path to financial success - that much I do know for sure.

Luckily collectors keep on publishing, and by their efforts we all benefit. Numeral cancels are plentiful on the Roo and KGV head issues.

Nearly everyone reading this column has stamps from this era with numeral cancels on them.

Most of you have no idea whether they are worth 10 cents, 10 dollars, or $100 dollars. Or often a LOT more!

The question is - just how do you know WHICH one you have?

Unless you buy a few reference books, you will not. (The 1d KGV head shown nearby is worth about $300 for instance.)

Freeman/White book a “Must”My column 5 years back on the quite superb Hugh Freeman hard cover book on VICTORIA numeral cancels emphasised this point – www.tiika.notlong.com

I still have a few copies in stock of these magnifi-cent books at issue price of $150 – and as you can see, locating one half decent cancel pays for the book several times over.

This “1697” cancel shown nearby is only rated “RRR” in there ... imagine what the scarce RRRR are worth! And a “NNR” rating (“number not recorded”) obviously trumps that again. Value without that “1697” cancel - about 2¢!

The stamp illustrated sold for over $400 at auction .. near THREE times the cost of this book!

A Miller Brothers “Special”

Would you glance twice at this?

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The Freeman/White book illustrates around 2000 actual cancels on stamps and covers - not drawings as other state handbooks have used. The central section is in full colour.

Reproduction quality of illustrations is quite su-perb, and the detail and background to the listings is exhaustive. All cancels are rated in 8 specific rarity classes - or “non-rated” meaning they are reasonably to very common.

The book also rarity rates and illustrates the earlier Victoria “Butterfly” and “Barred Oval” cancels - also a very useful data base on its own.

EVERY dealer in the world should own this book, and it goes without saying ALL collectors of Victoria need to have one too.

Stumble across even one half decent cancel in your entire lifetime, and it is more than paid for.

The hard-bound Freeman/White large A4 book comprises over 420 pages, with eight colour plates.

Now comes QUEENSLANDFollowing on from that great work comes Bernie Man-ning’s new QUEENSLAND opus.

Bernie had Hugh Freemans’s active input into it, and follows a rather similar style.

The great innovation in this volume is the rarity rat-ings of the same cancels on three distinct stamp issues –

Queensland Chalon HeadsQueensland sideface QueensAustralian Commonwealth issuesThis is most interesting, and was one of the failings

of the Freeman book – not separately rating strikes on Commonwealth issues.

What this means is that a numeral cancel that for instance might be very common on sideface issues, is decidedly rare on Roos or KGV heads.

So as we can see nearby, a nice strike of “93” on a sideface as illustrated is “C” = Common. However on a earlier Chalon issue the same “93” numeral is very scarce and rated “RRR” - and better still on a Roo or KGV head it is rated “RRRRR”.

Did you know that before reading it just now?Value of the latter – several $100s very easily. Cost

of the book – HALF that – or $A150.

Great new era breakdown.Manning does the logical breakdown for the FIRST time - rating the same number on Chalons, side-faces and Commonwealth issues. Generally giving wildly different ratings.

There are lots of Commonwealth era stamps illus-trated. The “713” cancel on a common 1d roo shown nearby is worth many $100s.

Likewise the common 1d red KGV head with the “783” cancel illustrated nearby.

Manning rates both these 1d reds as “RRRRR” and either would sell for several $100s. I can bet 99.99%

Sold for over $400

Find this cancel on a 1d Roo!

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of the readers of this column would not look twice at them if on an album page, or in a stockbook etc.

The 1d Roo “291” on the front cover of book has the same rating. Again, who among would have looked twice at it before this book was published?

A 10c stamp worth $300.Any collector or dealer NOT owning this new work is foolish. An otherwise 10c stamp can be worth $300 or so IF you spot the good cancels.

I’ve sold a dozen or so books already at $150 - and other dealers who stock literature should also have stock.

“Queensland Numeral Cancels” by Bernie Man-ning is wire spiral-bound, 257pp with a loose insert of a massive fold-out facsimile of a 1906 Qld Railways map.

This brand new book is a vast improvement on the coverage provided by Hugh Campbell in his “Postal History of Queensland”.

Bernie Manning has worked with a number of other enthusiasts to access as much material as possible to, in turn, ensure that both his coverage and his rarity rat-ings are as accurate and reliable as possible.

The book is extensively illustrated entirely in colour, using the best available strikes of the post-marks. This will greatly assist collectors to identify

any questionable markings. Use of colour also means that you would have to

pay $250+ (and take hours) to copy the book if you borrowed from a friend!!

Inclusion of the quite massive railways map is a valuable bonus. It will assist students to locate the numerous tiny settlements scattered throughout the second-largest of the Australian Colonies/States.

A great new release book. Large A4 size, with great wire binding, so it stays FLAT when working on your desk.

Just finding ONE off the very many “RRRRR” and “NNS” listings here will more than likely readily pay for it.

REAL FootballBeing a Ballarat boy, and growing up in South Aus-tralia, the one and only football code to follow was Australian Football – or “Aussie Rules”.

So each weekend I am glued to all the games shown - not very easy if you need to do it via free-to-air TV in Sydney, as some (indeed many) games run until 2.30am.

Stampboards.com last year decided to start an on-

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line AFL tipping weekly contest. The same kind of thing as most larger offices have here. However ours was truly global.

We had Brits, Americans, Europeans, Kiwis, Asians and Canadians all adding their selections each week. Not to mention lots of folks from NSW and Queen-sland etc who were simply guessing.

The 2008 winner was a member called “clino” aka Peter Larson from Idaho USA. Peter took the lead from round 6, was never headed, and ended up with an impressive 124 points.

Second place went to “Lakatoi4” – a NSW resi-dent who also has never seen an AFL game.

The results for 2009 were the SAME 2 collectors - but in reverse, coming first and 2nd respectively!

Despite competing with a bunch of AFL football Aussies who live and breathe this stuff, these two out-tipped them all for TWO years, and both admit they have never even seen a game – not even on television!

Ringmaster and chief cat-herder was a member from Lara Victoria, “fromdownunder” and Norm had the satisfaction of seeing his beloved Geelong again romp in the season with a strong finish.

All the results and discussion is here – www.pipaiv.notlong.com

There were valuable prizes, and good fun from all involved, and it really does show knowing NOTHING about a sport is no hinderance to accurate guesses!

New Gibbons CataloguesThe backbone of the stamp collecting hobby are the Stanley Gibbons Catalogues.

The new “Australia” book is an absolute essential for anyone collecting or dealing in this region.

This latest edition is in a new far more sensible and smaller B5 size format, and this one I use every day.

Now in full colour on bright white paper.

It includes all the Colonial (“State”) issues, and all the

stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia including the 1946 British Occupation Force (Japan) overprints.

And all booklet issues – and dies, inverted water-marks, and major plate varieties etc. And prices for on-cover copies.

Then the Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island and the pre-independence Issues for Nauru (to 1968), New Guinea, Papua and Papua New Guinea, GRI/NWPI etc.

Prices are extensively revised with many significant increases since the 4th edition. I sell them for $A70, and all dealers should have it - and for 272 full colour pages that represents excellent value in my view.

Glen Stephens has written monthly ‘Stamp Tipster’ columns for over 25 years. A vast library of past articles is at:

www.glenstephens.com/column.html

Glen Stephens4 The Tor Walk, Castlecrag, NSW, 2068 Ph: 02 9958 1333

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I like Australia’s QEII issues to 1966. It’s probably a Baby Boomer generation thing; we grew up with these stamps. Amongst them are some fine designs, and examples of the engraver’s art, and they never look better, in my opinion, than when affixed to a genuinely used postal article. I reckon in comparison their mint cousins appear sterile, and used, well, they’ve lost their soul once removed from the article which conveyed them on their journey of a lifetime. Reduced to woodchips, nothing more.

This month we’ll feature some of the stamps of that era, used as solo frankings on articles for a variety of postal purposes.

Figure 1. British Royalty visits Hollywood “Royalty”Well, I suppose Doris Day was once regarded as the equivalent of “Royalty”. My mum thought the world of her; so wholesome. Mum particularly liked those movies with co star, Rock Hudson. We thought of him as wholesome, also. Figure 1 is a nice use of 7½d Royal Visit to “Miss Doris Day”, sent from Melbourne on 5 Jul 1954, not from my mum. 7½d was then the Foreign Letter rate, and this stamp is rarely found so used. In fact, I’ve noted only two examples of such use. Value : $150 (off cover 50c).

Figure 2. Good example of how stamps can lose their “soul” once removed from coverStamp Duty issues are occasionally found used, illegally, for postage purposes. Regulations insisted that such items be taxed, double the resultant postal deficiency. That edict was not always adhered

to, and untaxed Stamp Duty franked items are sometimes encountered. Interesting novelties, they are, too. Figure 2 was, however, one that got caught by the system, the Victoria 3d Stamp Duty making no inroad in to the required 5d Letter rate; hence 10d tax. Postage due stamps had ceased to be available in 1963, and this 17 Aug 1964 cover to Sydney, probably originating in Victoria, received a regular 10d postage stamp for taxing purposes. The 10d stamp is not particularly scarce utilized for postage due purposes, but this is the “turquoise-blue” shade, which I’ve found scarce on cover, particularly as a solo franking for this use. Value : $75 (off cover $1). A good example of how stamps can become “soulless” once divorced from original cover.

Figure 3. Australia basked in ’56 Games glory long after event

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Another use of a 7½d for Foreign Letter rate, Figure 3 has 7½d Olympic Games used from Hobart 1 Mar 1957 to Sweden. Although issued in Oct 1956, so large were the quantities printed of the Olympic higher denominations, it’s not unusual to see them still in use commercially up to 12 months later. The intention doubtless was to extract maximum international publicity from that grand event. Not quite as scarce as 7½d Visit, but very hard-to-get. Value : $100 (off cover 50c).

Figure 4. Nearly 5 million printed; try finding even one solo frankingThe 8d Trans-Tasman Flight Anniversary stamp was primarily intended for the airmail rate to New Zealand, which issued a similar reciprocal (6d) stamp. The stamp is common mint, and on souvenir covers to/from N.Z., of which over 50,000 were prepared. Most Philatelic Traders would join with me in contending that there are occasions when it seems that most of those souvenir covers have gravitated to their place of business. The stamp used commercially on cover is something quite different, however. Even combination frankings are hard-to-get, and solo frankings, such as Figure 4, are rare. This is a 31 Aug 1958 airmail use from Brisbane to N.Z. Value : $100 (off cover 75c).

Figure 5. Intact Booklet pane, with selvedge!It shouldn’t be a surprise that intact Booklet panes used commercially on cover will be rare. Very few exist of any Australian issue, less so with the selvedge still attached. Stitching was through the

selvedge, so for selvedge to remain intact it was necessary to dismantle a Booklet prior to use, a very uncommon practice. Figure 5 is one such instance, a 4 Apr 1959 use of QEII 4d Booklet pane from Caulfield to Canada, representing the 2/- Airmail rate. Value : $500 (pane off cover $50).

Figure 6. Nice Platypus usage, nice PaquebotThe QEII Zoological series is a popular usage group amongst specialists, and rightfully so. Interesting and scarce/rare usage possibilities abound. The Figure 6 usage is one of the more sought-after for the 1/- Platypus, not an easy denomination on any type of postal article. This is a 6 Sep 1963 use for Airmail postcard rate to U.S., from Thursday Island, no less, replete with the uncommon “PAQUEBOT” (Packet Boat) handstamp of T.I. While not as well

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known as the 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger airmail postcard (to U.K./Europe), the 1/- rate is actually much scarcer. Value: $125 (off cover 30c).

Figure 7. A particularly unusual solo usage for 1/2d ThylacineThe airmail postcard rate solo usage for the 1/2d, mentioned under Figure 6, is but one of the scarce solo possibilities for this denomination. Another is the fourth weight step letter rate within Australia and British Empire, scarcer still, and then we have Figure 7, scarcest of them all. This 16 Sep 1965 certified use, from City Road Melbourne to Cootamundra, was for second weight step letter rate (8d) plus Certified fee (6d). I’ve noted only two such usages, neither the Helecon paper printing, which is really hard on cover/card. Value : $150 (off cover 30c).

Figure 8. 1/6d Flower, destined to become better known as a solo rarity

One of many wonderful eccentricities in Philately is the use of that curious term, “sleeper”, to describe a scarce/rare item which has yet to become widely appreciated as such. During my nearly 40 years as an auctioneer, I’ve never ceased to be amazed, nay, frustrated, by comparisons of “sleepers” vs “heroes” (my term), often in the same auction. At one moment I may be offering an incredible item, the likes of which I’ve seen never before nor since, only to have it fall on deaf ears, and ignominiously be passed in, unsold, unloved. Later, up comes a perennial “hero”, a virtual clone of a given item, offered in literally every auction, literally everywhere, and up go the hands. Even in Philately, herd mentality is of great comfort to many. The problem with the “sleeper”? Its rarity was its own worst enemy. Only the very informed are equipped to handle “sleepers”. Figure 8 is a “sleeper”, the 1/6d Christmas Bells is a rarity as a solo franking, but has received little, if any, public acknowledgement as such. This 20 Jan 1964 use from Redfern to Taiwan was for 1/6d Airmail rate, in what was later to become known as Airmail Zone 3. I’ve noted just two such solo usages, and that’s in 20 years of enthusiastic ferreting. Value : $200 (off cover 40c).

Figure 9. Sweet little item for usage exhibitItems such as Figure 9 are, in my opinion, little gems. Minimal in value, maximal in impact. I can’t help but chuckle when I notice attention being focused on items such as this in an exhibit, while nearby material, perhaps costing thousands

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of dollars per item, might barely raise a yawn. The 1/- Colombo is scarce as a solo franking, and particularly so to this destination, British Solomon Islands; for which it paid 1/- Airmail rate, emanating from Wallsend in 1963. Attractive advertising envelopes such as this are great drawcards in exhibits. Value : $100 (off cover 20c).

Figure 10. A Holy Grail for QEII £SD usage collectionThe 5/- Cattleman is a difficult stamp to find on cover; most seen are large articles. I suppose I’ve seen about 25 items in total (or 1.25 for each year I’ve been searching!), of which five are the scarcer White paper printing of 1964. Figure 10 is far and away the best I know of, a solo registered use of the White paper from Sydney to British Solomon Islands, sent 9 Nov 1964. This is from the famous “Lawson” hoard, which was auctioned by Christie’s in Melbourne in early ’nineties. I bought it all, about 300kgs in total. I have fond memories of loading the many lots in to my clunky old Range Rover, and heading off in to the sunset, front wheels almost lifting off the ground. The well known U.K. Postal History dealer, Chris Rainey, was present at the auction, and lamented that it was impracticable for him to bid for this material, given freight costs. Chris perhaps also quietly appreciated that I was not going to give up winning this material without blood being spilled on the auction floor. Good naturedly, after the auction, Chris commented “You’ve stolen that material”, to which I unashamedly agreed. The 5/- franking for our subject item paid 3/- Airmail rate (1/- per ½oz. x3) plus registration fee (2/-). I value this item highly, and have little doubt that if offered

at public auction my valuation might well be considerably exceeded. Value : $1000 (off cover $10).

Figure 11. Full marks to those who recognized that this is not a solo franking item!Figure 11 is a departure from the general topic this month. I’ve included it to illustrate a popular pursuit for usage specialists. That is to show the subject stamp used for a specific purpose, to uprate an article for additional postal service. In this instance, the 11d Bandicoot was affixed to pay combined Letter rate (5d) plus Certified fee (6d). Subsequently, the 9d Magpie has been added as an apparent afterthought to obtain the “A.R.” (Advice of Receipt) service, for which 9d was the appropriate fee. It was sent from Wollongong to Shellharbour on 2 Dec 1964. This item could be placed under either stamp in a usage collection, but as the 9d Magpie is almost unobtainable as a solo franking, I’d be including it under the heading of that stamp issue. Value : $75 (stamps off cover $1.80).

Figure 12. One of three rare solo usages possible for 8d ANZAC

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The 8d ANZAC was intended for (a) letter rate to Foreign countries, (b) airmail rate to N.Z., and (c) 2nd weight step letter rate within Australia and British Empire. All are rare; I’ve seen at most two of any of the three possible solo usages. Figure 12 is the (c) usage, locally addressed at Sydney 14 Apr 1965, day of issue for the stamp, although apparently a commercial use. Value : $125 (off cover 75c).

Do you agree that these stamps take on a refreshing new slant when seen used for the intention for which they were originally issued? That is, to pay for postal service. Traditional collecting of mint and used (off cover) stamps has taken a huge hiding in recent years, with many, many collectors exiting the Hobby. Who could blame them; such collecting is too easy and, frankly, plain boring. If only the departees

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Which TV Shows do you remember?Howdy Doody

Featuring live-action characters and marionettes, Howdy Doody enter-tained baby boomers and helped sell television sets to their parents. Puppet Howdy and other residents of Doody-ville performed before a live audi-ence of children known as the peanut gallery. Each episode began with a question — “Say, kids, what time is it?” — answered by the children in unison: “It’s Howdy Doody time!”

The Red Skelton ShowRed Skelton was already famous when he brought his store of funny faces and voices to television with this long-running show. He played comic characters such as country boy Clem Kadiddlehopper, boxer Cauliflower McPugg, and Jun-ior the “mean widdle kid,” whose phrase “I dood it!” became popular with viewers. One of his most popular characters, Freddie the Freeloader, is shown in the stamp art.

I Love LucyAs bandleader Ricky Ricardo and his wife, Lucy, Desi Arnaz and his real-life spouse Lucille Ball waged a comedic bat-tle of the sexes. William Frawley and Vivian Vance played their landlords and best friends, Fred and Ethel Mertz. Lucy and Ethel had wacky adventures like the one depicted in the stamp art, with Ethel and Lucy trying to keep up with candies on a conveyor belt.

Texaco Star TheaterComedian Milton Berle worked successfully in radio and film before moving to TV, where he became the new medium’s first superstar. His show was known for his clowning, often in outlandish costume and for the quartet that sang the sponsor’s jingle (“Oh, we’re the men of Texaco…”). Berle became known as “Mr. Television” and was credited with driving up television sales.

You Bet Your LifeThis game show was built around the personality of its host, comedy star Groucho Marx, who loaded his banter with quips. A toy duck lowered from the ceiling delivered a cash prize when contestants said the week’s “secret word,” a com-

mon word selected in advance. The actual quiz was less the focal point than an opportunity to unleash Grou-cho’s wit.

Hopalong CassidyWilliam Boyd, a leading man from the silent film era, gave life to the title character of this Western series. As originally created by novelist Clarence E. Mulford, Hopalong was a rough-talking cowboy. Later, “Hop-py” was made suitable for a broader audience. He appeared on the covers of national magazines and on such items as lunchboxes, roller skates and watches.

LassieIn 1954, at a time when many Americans had left the coun-tryside for cities and suburbs, Lassie made her television de-but, offering viewers a nostalgic look at rural life. Since then, one of the world’s most famous dogs has been welcomed into millions of homes. By performing rescues and other feats, Lassie has become the embodiment of trust, loyalty and friendship.

DragnetBetween the memorable opening notes of its theme and the concluding details about the fate of its villains, this police procedural emphasized the day-to-day drudgery of detective work instead of pulse-pounding action. Series creator Jack Webb, who starred as Sgt. Joe Friday, told a reporter, “We try to make it as real as a guy pouring a cup of coffee.”

The Phil Silvers ShowThis subversive comedy, set at a fictional army base in Kan-sas, made a hero of conniving Army Master Sergeant Ernest T. Bilko, a con man who flourished even in the confines of the military. With a highly developed sense of irony and acerbic wit that kept his essential decency hidden, Bilko (Phil Silvers, shown in the stamp art) saw through the American dream.

Kukla, Fran and OllieThe “Kuklapolitan” puppets — chief among them gentle Kukla, who resembled a clown, and Ollie, a mischievous

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dragon with one prominent tooth — were popular with adults as well as children. The humour in this largely improvised show resided not in slapstick, as in typical puppet theatre, but in satire and wit. Host Fran Allison treated the puppet charac-ters as if they were real.

The Ed Sullivan ShowThrough more than 20 years on the air, host Ed Sullivan kept Broadway buffs, jazz fans, rock-and-rollers and others entertained on Sunday nights. His long-running variety show — called Toast of the Town in its early years — provided a showcase for virtually every kind of act, from classical musi-cians, ballet dancers, and comedians to popular performers such as Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Beatles.

The Dinah Shore ShowDinah Shore, one of the first popular singers on television and the host of several variety shows over the years, was widely known for her warmth, sincerity and relaxed style. She is remembered for singing her sponsor’s theme song (“See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet”) and for sending the audience off with a farewell kiss at the end of her show. M-wah!

The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowGeorge Burns and Gracie Allen were a popular comedy team from vaudeville and radio. On television, they played ver-sions of themselves, a married couple dealing with various complications. Allen acted the part of the zany blonde who disrupted the order represented by her husband, the “straight man” who moved in and out of the action to comment on it directly.

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsFilm director Alfred Hitchcock presented tales of mystery and suspense in this anthology series. Its memorable theme music was based on Charles Gounod’s “Funeral March of a Marionette.” The balding, rotund Hitchcock introduced each episode and appeared again at the end to offer assurance that evildoers had been punished, addressing the television audi-ence with his trademark drollery and gallows humour.

Perry MasonIn a typical episode of this long-running courtroom drama, protagonist Perry Mason and his team cleared their client of murder charges and identified the actual killer, who was usu-ally present when exposed as the culprit. The stamp art fea-tures Mason (Raymond Burr, at right) in confrontation with

his customary trial opponent, the formidable District Attorney Hamilton Burger (William Talman).

The Lone RangerThe year 2008 marked the 75th anniversary of The Lone Ranger. Since his radio debut in 1933, this masked hero has captivated loyal fans in books, movies, comics, and — most successfully of all—television. Clayton Moore played the virtuous if mysterious title character who was beloved for his valour, righteousness, and the jaunty command he gave his white horse: “Hi-yo, Silver, away!”

The HoneymoonersThe Honeymooners presented a comic view of working-class life and marriage. Jackie Gleason starred as Ralph Kramden, an irascible bus driver susceptible to get-rich-quick schemes and frequently embroiled in arguments with his more lev-elheaded wife, Alice. Unfortunately, his longed-for jackpot always failed to materialize. Art Carney, pictured in the stamp art with Gleason, was memorable as Ralph’s neighbour, friend and foil, Ed Norton.

The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone cautioned viewers not to be too sure of anything. Intended for an adult audience, this anthology series focused on the imaginary and the bizarre. Creator Rod Serling wrote many episodes and served as narrator. The stranger-than-fiction dramas were often social commentaries set against a background of fantasy and science fiction.

The Tonight ShowThe basic format of this long-running late show — comedy, music, and talk hosted by one magnetic personality — was intact from the beginning. Various hosts have entertained the show’s audience over the years. The first, Steve Allen, pioneered the format and is pictured in the stamp art. Allen is remembered for his genuine wit, talent at the piano and for interacting “live” with his studio audience.

The Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietBandleader Ozzie Nelson, his wife, Harriet, and their sons, David and Ricky, played versions of themselves on a set designed to replicate their real-life home. Ozzie seemed to be around all the time, while Harriet ran things effortlessly and was always beautifully dressed. Gentle comedy arose from everyday problems and misunderstandings as their talented sons grew up and married. www.usps.com

US Postal Service Celebrates TV

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Details of the main variations in recent stamp issues

Australian Stamp Variations

Different Text on 55c£2 Favourite Stamp

One of the variations in the Australia’s Favourite Stamps set issued in June was the special sheetlet of self-adhesive and embossed stamps. The sheetlet had eight embossed 55c £2 Kangaroo & Map stamps across the top and a strip of the five 55c favourite stamps at the bottom. At the August daytime meeting of the Waverley Philatelic Society in Melbourne, Ern Blake, pointed out a difference between the 55c £2 stamps across the top and the single stamp at the bottom left. As well as the embossing, the eight stamps across the top contained the text “AUSTRLIA’S FAVOURITE STAMP”. The text on the 55c £2 stamp in the strip at the bottom was the same as all the other stamps and variations in this set: “AUSTRLIA’S FAVOURITE STAMPS”. (See September Stamp News for details of all 47 variations in this set.)

Micro MonstersMicro Monsters

Variations 15 Cost $22.55Issue Date 28th July 2009

Micro Monsters

Stamp Value & Design

[magnification in brackets]

55c Hatchet Wasp [10x]55c Praying Mantis [8x]55c Ground Beetle [8x]55c Jumping Spider [9x]55c Ant [8x]$1.10 Weevil [20x]

PerforationsGummed stamps: 13.9 x 14.6Self-adhesive stamps: 11.2 x 11.5(IDC simulated perforations)

Block & Strip5 x 55c se-tenant strip5 x 55c & $1.10 block of 6*

Gutter 10 x 55c with bugs and ants in the gutter

Image5 x 55c & $1.10– gloss black area and text– square of thermo-chromatic ink*

Minisheet5 x 55c & $1.10 block of 6*– Butterfly wing [6000x] in background

Self-adhesive stamps

5 x 55c

(Roll of 100)

17 stamps depicting 6 magnified images of bugs were issued on 28th July. The five plain 55c gummed stamps were issued in a se-tenant strip and in a se-tenant block of 6 with the $1.10 stamp in a separate minisheet. The black areas and “australia” on the stamps in the minisheet were gloss and each stamp had a black square of thermo-chromatic ink. Rubbing this square revealed the degree of magnification of the image. If you didn’t want to heat up these stamps in this way you could just read the magnification on the gummed sheet stamps.

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David MallenDetails of the main variations in recent stamp issues

Joint Norfolk Island IssueSpecies at Risk – Joint Territories

Variations 13 Cost $27.50Issue Date 4th August 2009

Stamp Value & Design

55c Bridled Nailtail Wallaby (Australia)55c Green parrot (Norfolk Island)55c Fur Seal (Antarctic Territory)55c Blue-tailed Skink (Christmas Island)55c Green Turtle (Cocos (Keeling) Islands)

PerforationsGummed stamps: 14.6 x 13.9Self-adhesive stamps: 11.5 x 11.2(IDC simulated perforations)

Block & Strip5 x 55c4 x 55c & 55c Norfolk Island stamp*

Gutter10 x 55c with circular images of the heads of the fauna in the gutter

Image4 x 55c – “Australia” text colour*(Minisheet stamps)

Minisheet 4 x 55c & 55c Norfolk Island stamp*

Self-adhesive stamps

5 x 55c

(Booklet of 20 stamps)

This issue was titled “Species at Risk – Australian Joint Territories Issue”. It contained 5 designs depicting fauna at risk of becoming extinct in Australia and four of its territories. Norfolk Island also issued a set of stamps of the same 5 designs. The gummed stamps were issued in 3 variations: A se-tenant strip of 5 stamps in a sheet, a gutter strip containing circular images on the fauna in the gutter and a minisheet containing a se-tenant strip of 4 Australian stamps and one Norfolk Island stamp. In the latter strip, the Australian stamp depicting the

Green Parrot had been replaced by the Norfolk Island version of this stamp. This is the first time an Australian stamp has been attached to a stamp that is not valid for postage in Australia.

Because it is attached, the pair of stamps could mistakenly be used to pay for $1.10 postage – so expect to find some Norfolk Island Green Parrot stamps with Australian postmarks!

(Norfolk Island is the only Australian Territory whose stamps are not valid for postage in Australia and vice-versa. Australia stamps may be used in the territories of Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Stamps of these 3 territories are also valid for postage in Australia – a note to this effect appears on the booklet. Note that the 3 Australian stamps and 3 Norfolk Island stamps in this issue that contained the names of these 3 territories are Australian and Norfolk Island stamps, respectively, not stamps of the 3 territories. The 5 Norfolk Island stamps are only valid for postage in Norfolk Island.)

A “Joint Territories” Stamp Pack containing the 3 different se-tenant strips of gummed stamps was also issued. i.e.

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Details of the main variations in recent stamp issues

Australian Stamp Variations

5 Australian stamps, 4 Australian stamps + 1 Norfolk Island stamp and 5 Norfolk Island stamps. Norfolk Island previously issued a 5c Green Parrot imperforate stamp in January 2001. The latest design is certainly an improvement.

The colour of the word “Australia” on the 4 gummed stamps in the minisheet is different from the sheet stamps. This is particularly noticeable on the Fur Seal and Skink stamps. Self-adhesive variations were issued in a booklet of 20 stamps containing 4 vertical strips of 5 stamps.

Corrugated IronCorrugated Landscapes

Variations 14 Cost $31.80Issue Date 11th August 2009

Stamp Value & Design

55c Water Tank55c House55c Shearing Shed55c Magney House

PerforationsGummed stamps: 13.9 x 14.6Self-adhesive stamps: 11.2 x 11.5(IDC simulated perforations)

Blocks & Strip

4 x 55c se-tenant strip4 x 55c Water Tank4 x 55c House4 x 55c Shearing Shed4 x 55c Magney House

Gutter 10 x 55c with corrugated animal artwork in the gutter

Corrugated Landscapes

Minisheets

4 x 55c Water Tank4 x 55c House4 x 55c Shearing Shed4 x 55c Magney House

Self-adhesive stamps

4 x 55c

(Booklet of 20 and Roll of 200)

8 stamps (4 gummed and 4 self-adhesive) were issued on 11th August depicting structures made with what is colloquially known as “corrugated iron”. The sheet of stamps contained a gutter strip with examples of “corrugated animal” artwork in the gutter. Because the sheet was 5 stamps wide, the 55c Water Tank stamp was repeated on the righthand side. It therefore had 2 different gutter images – a cow and a rooster. Gummed stamps were also available in block of 4 of the same stamp in the prestige booklet. Self-adhesive variations were issued in a booklet of 20 stamps and a roll of 200 stamps.

Galaxies Far Far Away

Stargazing: The Southern SkiesVariations 2 Cost $8.20Issue Date 25th August 2009

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David MallenDetails of the main variations in recent stamp issues

Stargazing: The Southern Skies

Stamp Value & Design

55c Sombrero Galaxy M104$1.45 Reflection Nebula M78$2.10 Spiral Galaxy M83

Perforations 13.9 x 14.6Strip 55c, $1.45 & $2.10 se-tenant strip

Minisheet 55c, $1.45 & $2.10 se-tenant strip

This is the International Year of Astronomy. 3 gummed stamps were issued on 25th August to highlight the beauty of different objects in the universe. The $1.45 and $2.10 values were International Post stamps. All 3 stamps were in se-tenant strip format in the minisheet. This strip of 1 domestic stamp (50c + 5c GST) and 2 international stamps ($3.55) may be used for $4.05 international postage.

Variations & 55c Statistics(Issue 1: 22nd January to Issue 21: 25th August 2009 = 216 days)

No. of issues 21No. of new designs 87No. of new stamps 206Face value of stamps $149.70No. of variations 321Cost of variations $1242.85

Variations & 55c Statistics(Issue 1: 22nd January to Issue 21: 25th August 2009 = 216 days)

No. of new 55c stamps 180Average issue rate of55c stamps

1 every 1¼ days

Stamps include image, perforation and self-adhesive variations

Footnote: The stamp information shown above is based on stamps and variations bought at my local Post Shop. These may differ from those sold at other Australia Post outlets. If you find any differences please let me know. The cost quoted in the above summary tables is the minimum cost to obtain one of each variation. Many variations are only available in sheetlets or booklets containing multiple stamps and are often sold above face value. The cost does not include the cost of single gummed sheet stamps when issued. Scan the QR code with your mobile cell phone to go to the ASV home page. Find out what decimal stamps Australia Post actually issued each year in my 1966-2008 ASV Catalogue. More information at www.asv.net.au.

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Until the early 1990s exhibitors with social type material had difficulty fitting into any of the established exhibition classes. Their options were Postal History or Thematics. Most opted for Postal History. In 1993 the Late Ed Druce introduced the Social Class into Australia, followed shortly after by the Polar Class, both most welcome options for exhibitors. Both of these classes were used in Australia and New Zealand. The United Kingdom also adopted the Social Class.

These new classes were well supported, with Social being so well supported that there was a significant drop-off in Thematic entries, which may have been partly responsible for the lack of FIP support for this class.

Melbourne 1999 was an international exhibition with limited classes. However, Ed Druce had persuaded FIP to trial the new Social, and the number of entries was substantial. However, the FIP did not adopt the new class, but subsequently introduced the Open Class, which allowed even more flexibility in the type and quantities of material shown than did Social, thus attracting many existing Social exhibitors.

Very recently FIP also introduced the new Postal History – Social Class (Postal History 2C), which resulted in the discontinuation of the old Social Class. Many of Australia’s former Social exhibitors embraced the new class, mistakenly believing that it was a reincarnation of the old Social class.

Melbourne Stampshow 09 was the first exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere to feature the new Postal History class, and it did create some problems. As Australasia and the UK are the only countries that had used the old Social Class, these problems are very likely peculiar to these regions. However, the UK did not have any entries in the new class, so they can benefit from Australasia’s experience.

Many possible reasons for these problems have been proposed. Was there sufficient clarity in the published changes in the rules? Did the old Social Class exhibitors only read what they expected to find, thus clouding their interpretation. Was there a thorough understanding of the shift in emphasis from social with a postal history flavour to postal history with a social flavour?

It must be remembered that this was a new experience for the judging team as well who were

also faced with the task of interpreting the new rules, and some the resulting decisions are referred to in the following report summary.

However, the new class was not all doom and gloom – there were some quite good scores in this class, with one large gold medal being awarded. The full results for the class are available on the Melbourne Stampshow 09 website www.melbournestampshow2009.com/exhibitors.

However, it does become clear that we need to quickly analyse the results to ensure that the interpretations of the new rules are publicised. In this regard the following was released at the Melbourne exhibition as a guide. This interpretation has been compiled by Chris King, of the UK, in consultation with Gary Brown and Malcolm Groom of Australia. As the new class is further exposed in future exhibitions, no doubt variations on the following interpretation may occur. If this happens, these changes will be publicised as soon as known, as it is important that exhibitors are fully aware of the most current interpretations to properly allow them to plan the development of their exhibits.

The following is a series of extracts from Chris King’s report. A copy of the full report can be obtained by emailing the writer at jpsadler@bigpond.com.au, writing to The Secretary, Philatelic Development Council (PDC), GPO Box 9800, SYDNEY NSW 2001, or by downloading it from the APF website www.apf.org.au.

POSTAL HISTORY Class 2C - A work in progress

Relevant quotations from the SREV and Guidelines (hereafter referred to as the Guidelines) set out in the FIP Commission for Postal History Newsletter of October 2008, are included below, and are intended to place the reality of judging Class 2C Historical, Social and Special Studies exhibits in the context of the Guidelines. The Guidelines state at 2.1, that:

Historical, social and special studies exhibits show the interaction of the postal system with society, events, commerce or the historical geography of an area and the effect the postal system has on humanity and humanity on the postal system.

The Guidelines go on as follows:3.2 Historical, social and special studies (sub-class 2C) exhibits would include material developed by commerce and society for use in the postal system and may include non-philatelic material where relevant to the subject of the exhibit. The non-philatelic material

The New Postal History – Social Class

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should be incorporated into the exhibit in a balanced and appropriate manner in such a way that it does not overwhelm the philatelic material.

Furthermore, and as …3.3 The plan or concept of all sub-classes of postal history exhibits shall be clearly explained in an introductory statement (ref. GREV, Article 3.3).

The Guidelines are very specific in respect of Introductory Pages, and were considerably sharpened at the Bucharest meeting in 2008.

4.1 All Postal History exhibits must contain an introductory statement, showing the scope of the exhibit. The title of the exhibit must correspond to the introductory statement. 4.2 The title page should be used as follows:To give relevant general (Postal History) information on the subject being developed in the exhibit.To include a plan of how the structure of the exhibit is shown - chapters or sections etc., which have postal history relevance, rather than a “frame by frame” or “page by page” description.To include areas of personal investigation.To include details of important documentary sources and references.4.3 The judges will evaluate the material shown, and the associated text in the exhibit against the information included on the Title Page (Title, Introductory Statement; information relevant to the whole exhibit; the way the exhibit is structured; research and references).A well thought out title page will assist both the exhibitor and judges.

In Melbourne, in Class 2C, the introductory pages were very variable, and in many cases accorded neither with the SREV, nor did they assist the individual judge in preparing for judging the exhibit.

An introductory page for an exhibit in Class 2C will almost certainly introduce the Social Context as well as the Postal History, but even accepting this, no exhibitor properly met the Guidelines. The author considers that use of the shorthand term “Social”, to describe the Historical, Social and Special Studies Class is misleading, and should be avoided.

The jury looked at all of the frames in question before commencing judging in order to inform a discussion and, having done so, decided that the first point of principle was to ensure that Guidelines should be different from those for the Open Class which was also included in the Exhibition.The marking scheme included the division of Treatment and Importance into Treatment 20 points, Philatelic Importance 5 points and Historical and Social Importance 5 points. The Guidelines determine that:

With regard to historical, social and special studies exhibits, the related historical and general non-philatelic knowledge will be considered in assessing all aspects of these criteria.

It was therefore felt necessary further to subdivide the Philatelic, Historical & Social Knowledge, Personal Study and Research points into three sections, as follows:

Philatelic Knowledge 15Historical and Social Knowledge 10Personal Study and Research 10

The team found that this helped to focus attention on the

distinctive nature of the class.Other criteria adopted were that:

The Postal History must tell the story; other •material should be ancillary and supportive.The writing up and interpretation of Postal History •items must be from a postal historical point of view.Rates and routes should be described.•Mint stamps should be used very sparingly, if at all.•Cancelled stamps and stamps postmarked on piece •should be used only when entires are not available.Photographic or other illustrative material should •be, where possible, contemporary with the material exhibited.Ancillary material should not be greater than 20% •of the items shown. i.e. a maximum of 5-6 items per frame, on average. Ancillary material should not dominate the exhibit.•

Like other philatelic exhibits Historical, Social and Special Studies evidently need a connected thread running through them, and lessons from other Postal History divisions, Thematic Philately and the Open Class in the use of different fonts, for example could help to distinguish them, but the primary characteristic of the class should be Postal History. In discussion with exhibitors it became obvious that some exhibits might not easily fit these Guidelines, but that Guidelines for juries are essential. Certainly the jury as a whole accepted the points above as useful in the consideration of Class 2C exhibits, and most members were actively involved in discussing and developing the basic criteria adopted by the team.The Guidelines say:

Coloured photographs or reproductions should be at least 25% different in size from the original. Full size reproductions of single cancellations or part of a cover are permitted. All material whether non-postal or non-philatelic material, should preferably be original.

Had we felt that exhibitors were aware of this guidance we would have adopted the following further expansion of this statement:

Photocopied or scanned Postal History items are not •permitted unless they are showing detail or reverse of a Postal History piece included in the exhibition.Ancillary or supportive items should generally not •be photocopied or scanned. They should usually be in the possession of the exhibitor.Where items are too large to display they can be •reduced but must be accompanied with a statement that the item in question is in the possession of the exhibitor. Where possible the item should be on the reverse of the exhibition page.

While this was the first outing for Class 2C, and the additional guidance adopted here was useful to the jury team, it cannot be regarded as in any way definitive. For example the Guidelines say that:

The relevance, balance and importance of non-philatelic material shown in historical, social and special studies will be evaluated by the judges.

Our response to this group of exhibits indicated that perhaps 20% was a useful guide to the acceptable level of ancillary material. Other juries will face different groups of exhibits, including those in the One Frame class, and may take a different view.

John Sadler

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Australian Commonwealth Postage Dues

Australian Commonwealth Postage DuesThe Commonwealth Postage Due story starts in July 1902, and is quite a fascinating one. There are a number of catalogues and handbooks which can be studied to gain a specialised, in depth understanding of these issues, but in this article I hope to present you with more of an overview of them, together with a few extra ‘nuggets’ of information, that may whet your appetite if you are not as yet a Postage Due collector, or motivate you to go a bit deeper if you already are!

First of all a couple of observations: Virtually all Australian Commonwealth Postage Due stamps can be found with manuscript cancellations (usually in ink). Catalogues generally indicate that these are valued at around 50% of those cancelled with a handstamp (used postage dues are virtually always found with manuscript cancels or cds cancellations as few, if any, would have gone through any sort of machine canceller). My experience, however, would suggest that pen cancelled examples usually change hands at quite a bit less than this figure, and if you are happy to have them in your collection, there are certainly bargains to be had.

Varieties abound in the world of postage dues. The ACSC provides a comprehensive listing of plate varieties, and these are another fascinating aspect of these stamps. But even better, I suspect there are more plate varieties out there just waiting to be discovered! It may not be a completely new variety that you stumble upon, but one that was unknown in that particular perforation or watermark. While postage dues have always had a small dedicated following, they have never been subjected to anything like the close scrutiny that the KGV issues have, as an example. Who knows what you’ll find when you start looking!

1902 ‘Blank at Base’ provisional issue. Fig. 1As mentioned in the last article, the first issue of postage dues were printed from modified NSW postage due plates. This modification consisted of the letters ‘NSW’ at the base of each impression being removed by hand, and was carried out by the NSW Government Printing Office, Sydney. This was a rather time consuming task, and to speed things up, the decision

was taken to not issue denominations of 10/- or 20/- at that time, even though these values existed in the NSW series.

As the letter removal from the plates was done by hand, it is not unusual to find small portions of the letters remaining on these ‘blank at base’ issues. It may even be possible to ‘plate’ some of the denominations from these letter remnants, and identify the position in the plate of each individual stamp.

These ‘blank at base’ stamps were only ever intended to be a provisional issue, and at the same time that the NSW plates were being modified, new plates for all values to 20/-, plus four new denominations not found in the NSW series: 5d, 10d, 1/- and 2/- were being prepared with the design at the base completed. It’s interesting to note that the four new denominations were also the first of the completed base designs to be distributed.

I also mentioned in last month’s article that the green monocolour postage dues issued between 1902 and 1909 weren’t exactly a Commonwealth issue. as they were never distributed for use in Victoria. The fact of the matter is that the 1902 ‘blank at base’ issues were even less of a national issue, as they weren’t even distributed in NSW, where they were printed! The original NSW stamps continued to be used there until supplies of the ‘design completed’ issues were distributed. The ‘blank at base’ designs were distributed to Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia, although evidence indicates that not all

Fig 1: 1902 Blank at base 5/-

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Australian Commonwealth Postage Dues Mike Lee

denominations were sent to each state. For example, it seems that Tasmania never received any of the 5/- value, but was the only state to receive the 8d. The ACSC Postage Due volume contains a full list of which denominations were distributed to which state, so if you have a few of these stamps in your collection, it’s worth referring to this listing and checking the postmarks on your stamps against it – you never know, you might just turn up something that’s not where it should be!

All of the ‘blank at base ‘ stamps were printed on the same Crown over NSW watermark chalk surfaced paper supplied by De La Rue from 1899, that had been used for the NSW postage dues. The watermark is normally found inverted on the 1d, 3d and 4d values. These sheets had a marginal watermark: ‘NEW SOUTH WALES POSTAGE’ around the outside edges of the sheet, and it’s not unusual to encounter stamps showing portions of these watermark letters as well as, or instead of (in the case of the more severely mis-aligned sheets) the usual crown & NSW.

Perforations. This is where things (in my opinion, anyway) start to get a bit scary! Let me quote from the Australia Post Office booklet ‘The Postage Due Stamps of Australia 1890-1961’ where, under the heading ‘Introduction of the Commonwealth Series’ it states at the bottom of page 10, referring to the ‘blank at base’ issues: ‘Some shade variations occurred but the most remarkable feature, considering the short period of usage of the series, was the variety of perforations’. In my opinion, this is something of a rather extreme understatement! There is quite a deal of perforation complexity in most of the monocolour issues. At the time that the monocolour postage dues were being produced, the comb perforating machine was being used to perforate the regular NSW postage stamps. As these were smaller than the postage dues, this machine could not be used, and they were perforated with the line machine. Studying the catalogue listings will reveal that three different line perforation gauges exist in the ‘blank at base’ series. Where it starts to become complicated is that these three gauges are found in at least four combinations. The ACSC gives the following advice on page 10/3: ‘Care must be taken when measuring the perforations of these stamps because mistakes are easily

made’. I certainly agree! I’ve gone cross eyed more than a few times trying to be sure that the stamp I was checking was 11.8 x 11.5 rather than 11.8 all round! A good quality perforation gauge, and magnifying glass are a must for this work, and a box of Panadol probably won’t go astray!

A wonderful tool included in the ACSC listings is a checklist for which denominations are known in which perforation gauge. This is in the form of a matrix, and is very easy to use. For instance, at a quick glance you will see that only the 1d in the ‘blank at base’ series is known perf 11, while all eight values are known perf 11.8 x 11.5. I should mention at this point that I’m using the 1999 edition of the Postage Dues ACSC, and I’m sure that some changes to the listings will have happened in the last decade, so my apologies for this. I’d been hoping to have the brand new edition prior to writing this article, so I would be able to provide up to the minute information, but unfortunately a delay at the printer meant this was not to be!

1902-04 ‘Design completed’ issue. Fig 2.As mentioned above, work was started on new plates with the design at the base completed at the same time as the NSW plates were being modified. There was a full range of 14 denominations from ½d to 20/- in this new series, all on the same watermarked paper as the previous issue. After the distribution of the 4 new denominations in July 1902, the next to appear was the 1d in October of that year, with the remaining 9 values

Fig 2: 1902-04 Design completed 5/-

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appearing between March 1903 and March 1904. The distribution did include NSW this time, in fact

it seems that it was the only state to receive all 14 values, the 8d, 10/- & 20/- only being distributed there. South Australia received 7 values, the highest of which was 6d, and Tasmania received the least with only 6 values up to 2/-. It’s worth mentioning at this point that both the 10/ and 20/- used are most often encountered cancelled to order with a postmark consisting of the letters ‘NSW’ in three concentric circles. Genuine postally used examples of these two values, which nearly always have a ‘Sydney Parcels Branch’ postmark, usually struck in purple, are very rare. The ACSC has a warning about these two values being offered ‘purporting to be postally used and bearing non-contemporary cancellations’. So if your thinking of purchasing a postally used example of either the 10/- or 20/-, make sure it comes with a clear certificate before shelling out the big bucks!

Once again inverted watermarks are often

encountered in most values, with some being found that way more often than not. This series was also comparatively long lived, with some of the denominations remaining in use until 1909 and the introduction of the Victorian design issue. Possibly due to this, a few more shades can be found, and a couple of major varieties such as double perforations or imperforate at base are known..

When it comes to perforations, all of what is mentioned above also applies to this issue, only more so! The ACSC matrix checklist for these issues is pretty much an essential tool if you wish to sort out the different perforations. Generally speaking the perf. 11 versions are a bit more elusive, but there are several exceptions to this ‘rule’.

In the next article we’ll look at the last three monocolour issues, and move on to the bi-colour series.

All the best until then, and happy (postage due) collecting! If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at mlphilatelics@bigpond.com.au

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500 numbered sheets of this item will be released on the Opening Day of the Exhibition on October 30th.

250 will be on sale at the Exhibition on a first come first served basis, except for the #1 sheet which the Executive is keeping to

be auctioned at the Final Dinner Night (Palmares). The balance of 250 sheets will be held for mail orders, with a maximum of 3 sheets per order; priced per sheet at $20.00 -Please add $3.00 postage for mail order, and address to:

Launpex 2009, PO Box 1055,

Launceston, Tasmania 7250More products for Launpex 2009 can be viewed on this web site

http://launphilatelic.freeservers.com

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Revenue Review

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I PromisePromissory notes have held a fascination with many collectors and because of their size many have survived with duty stamps intact. 90% of notes that I have in my collection and have seen in other collections are franked with embossed duty impressions, so it is nice when a batch turns up with adhesive fiscal postal stamps on. Figure 1 is a very attractive three colour three month promise note from Victoria. The stamp duty was paid at the end of the promise when the note was presented for payment at the bank. I am sure some of you reading this have some super combinations of stamps, you may like to share some with us, this can include uprated notes where, say a 6d note uprated to 1/- due to the value of the promise being higher than the duty rate of the time. As an example you may have a pre-stamped 6d blank note paying 6d in £25 with a promise of say £30

then the note would attract an additional duty of 6d, so the full duty value of 1/- breaks down as 6d in £25 or part thereof.

Swans a SwimmingSpink auction in the UK turned up a very nice item in their last auction. A WA revenue long swan composite sheet of nine [rejoined] imperf colour trials in three vertical strips of the 1d, 3d & 6d [fig 2]. The left severed strip appears to be of a different shade but may have just been sitting in a work book for years prior to the rejoin. I have some singles of these in my collection but I had not seen the sheet makeup before. It sold for a tad over £500.00

JunkScarce items continue to turn up in junk lots

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Dave Elsmorefigure 3 is a rare WA £200 embossed tomb stone revenue. I have only recorded a handful of this value and prior to getting this copy only had a cut to shape example. Generally multiples of the £100 was used as a make up on documents. I have seen multiples of up to 4 x £100, my guess being apart from the fact the £200 value was not introduced until 1914, the operator of the embossing machine was just to lazy too change the die for a single strike. Another scarce embossed issue found, this time in a junk lot on eBay is figure 4, a South Australian ‘Original Instrument is Duly Stamped’ these were impressed on subsequent copies of documents where the original had paid the taxable duty.

Music to my earsWhile at the Melbourne Stamp show earlier this year I was taken to Daylesford markets where

I had a usual market rummage through the old records looking for Royalty Fee stamps. I was able to find a few for my collection, and as luck would have it I turned up an unrecorded store label, the figure 5 right copy. The left copy ‘Francis Day & Hunter’ royalty stamp was also on the dated record of 1913 with my guess the store label being added later. Store price labels help to tell part of the story and are well worth making room in your collection for them.

RomanceAh the romance of the Railways, well the Tramways to be more precise, ‘tramway’ always sounds smaller and they are. Figure 6 is a very nice pair of the 1d Aramac Tramways from Queensland on wmk QR sideways paper or ‘Marino under the Stars’ as I like to call this issue. A rare find, and when they turned up in

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Revenue Review

a local club auction with a nice group of other Queensland Railways in a Kodak photo box, it prompted me to make a quick trip to the teller machine to ‘top up’ just in case. I was lucky to be the winner of the lot which also yielded an unrecorded station name ‘Purga’.

Thrifty PigFigures 7 & 8 are of a WWII Australian savings booklet put out by Kelloggs Australia which I had not seen before and thought I would share it with you. The cover is based on a war savings film by Walt Disney. On August 4, 1941, a letter of agreement was signed between the Walt Disney Company and the National Film Board of Canada. A press release read in part:“...the National Film Board of Canada has secured the cooperation of the Walt Disney Studios to make films for the Government of Canada. Walt Disney has offered his cooperation and that of his Studio staff as a measure of his support. Two representatives of Mr. Disney’s Studio, Mr. Robert Carr and Mr. Ub Iwerks, have arrived in Ottawa...to discuss two projects, which the Disney Studios will begin working on immediately. The first is a series of films for the War Savings Committee. The pictures will be short, animated cartoons, done in Technicolor in the inimitable Walt Disney style. Disney’s characters will stage a war savings parade on Parliament Hill [All Together], Donald Duck will obey his better self [Donald’s Decision], the Three Little Pigs will show how to beat the Big Bad Wolf [Thrifty Pig], and Snow White’s famous Seven Dwarfs will hock their jewels to serve the national cause [Seven Wise Dwarfs].”

A couple of weeks after the letter of agreement

had been signed Walt Disney artists had managed to assemble proposals for all five films. In order to meet deadlines, animation was re-used in all of the films produced for the NFB. The first Canadian bond film was Thrifty Pig and animation from the Academy Award winning film Three Little Pigs was used. The film depicts the three pigs as loyal Canadian citizens and the Big Bad Wolf as a Nazi. Thrifty Pig opened with Practical Pig fixing his chimney. As the British ensign fluttered atop a flagpole in his front yard, Practical Pig responded to his brothers taunts by saying: “You ought not to sing and dance, when there’s danger all about. You should get your houses wolf-proof; bricks like these will keep him out.”

A close-up showed viewers that the bricks in question were Canadian War Savings certificates. Later in the film, the Big Bad Wolf, wearing a Nazi armband and hat emblazoned with the swastika, blew down Fiddler and Fifer Pig’s houses. When he tried to blow down Practicals, he was thwarted by the savings certificate bricks. Practical then chased the Wolf away by pelting him with savings bricks. Thrifty Pig was ready for its theatrical release in December 1941 and was shown in theatres during a “War Savings as Christmas gifts” promotion. The war savings booklet cover design is taken direct from the propaganda film Thrifty Pig, shortly before the movie was released in Australia. Can anybody remember seeing the film?

I can be contacted by mail: P O Box 66 Springwood 4127 Queensland or an Email link from my web site http://www.ozrevenues.com

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The land of a million elephants

It is my guess that many Stamp News readers have spent enjoyable holidays in Thailand, a country which offers wonderful beaches, a superb climate, excellent food and a wealth of exciting experiences.

The north-eastern part of Thailand borders on land-locked Laos which is still quite an exotic tourist destination. Laos is certainly as hot and sunny as neighbouring Thailand but there aren’t any sand beaches.

Using stamps as illustrations, this article intends to spotlight this Asian treasure. We’ll also find out about a French painter who created many of the country’s early and most beautiful stamp issues.

Laos as a stamp issuing country is a fairly new creation despite its very long history. The very first Laotian stamps were released in 1951. Previously the country had been part of French Indochina. In 1951 Laos was a kingdom with His Majesty Sisavang Vong on the throne.

Since 1975 Laos is a people’s republic after a long period of cruel civil war. However, this story will concentrate on the Kingdom of Laos which released some of the world’s most beautiful stamps.

The Mekong River runs through Laos; in fact, a very large part of the country’s population lives near the mighty river. Fishing is an important activity for many Laotians. The river is also of considerable importance for transports as the road network leaves a lot to be desired. Thus it is not at all surprising that the Mekong River is featured on several values of the 1951 definitives.

Most Laotians are farmers. It is mostly subsistence farming which is intended to support the family only. Rice is the most important crop as in the rest of South East Asia. A beautiful stamp set from 1957 illustrates rice production including harvesting, threshing and cooking. In 1963, there was a second issue devoted to rice farming as the Laotian contribution to the Freedom from Hunger

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The land of a million elephants Christer Brunström

Campaign sponsored by the United Nations.Laos is home to huge forests and wood is one

of the country’s main riches. This is where we find the elephants helping to get the logs out from the forests. But elephants have also been used for many other purposes.

In 1958, Laos released a set of seven stamps all depicting elephants; many collectors feel that this is one of the most beautiful set of animal stamps ever issued.

A long time ago Laos was known as Lan Xang which can be translated as the Land of a Million Elephants. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. Today an estimated 200-500 wild elephants roam the Laotian forests. There are also somewhat more than 1000 domesticated elephants. Thus seeing a wild elephant is probably a very rare sight indeed.

Many Laotians are Buddhists and this religion has featured prominently on many early stamp issues. Shown here is a beautiful stamp from a

1953 issue. Strangely enough, the temple depicted on the stamp is located in neighbouring Thailand.

Laos is one of the world’s poorest nations and many families live on less than two dollars a day. For people living in the Western world this is something which it is almost impossible to understand.

Poverty of course affects many children in Laos. On paper there is a five-year obligatory school where children are supposed to start at the age of six. Unfortunately, only four out of five children ever start school and quite a lot never complete their schooling. This of course means that many children (and many adults, too) never learn to read and write.

What do Laotian kids do? Well, I guess that many have to start working at a very early age helping out on the farm or taking care of their siblings. In Australia and other Western countries young people spend a tremendous amount of

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using their cell phones, computers and iPods. These items are beyond the reach of most Laotian children.

Instead they probably have to organize their own games and activities (which in a way is far more creative than relying on what other people have organized for them). On a stamp from 1965 we see a number of young Laotians playing tikhy which resembles land hockey.

From 1952 until 1962 most Laotian stamps were designed by the French artist Marc Leguay. He had arrived in French Indochina in the 1930’s and he then made the Laotian capital of Vientiane his home. He married a Laotian woman and also added a mistress to the household. Leguay and his family were featured in the famous November 30, 1959 issue of LIFE magazine which had a large

illustrated story about 288 of the world’s prettiest stamps. (With a circulation of 6.4 million, the LIFE magazine story must have done a lot to popularize stamp collecting in the USA).

According to the LIFE story, Leguay had at least 25 children. He used his wife, mistress and children as models for many of his stamp designs. Illustrated is the 8-kip denomination from a 1957 set depicting Laotian musical instruments. The boy playing the nang-net (a popular percussion instrument) is Leguay’s son Phoun Savath.

The early Laotian stamps are all works of art – beautiful designs, delicate engravings, superb printing (all done in France) and generally large sizes. It is a sheer pleasure adding these wonderful stamps to your album. Fortunately, with very few exceptions all the stamps are still quite affordable.

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Cinderella Corner

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I have been reminded by a reader that I do not have my contact address in the column. I did include it when I first took over the column, but I did not continue for some reason, although I have always been able to be contacted through Stamp News. My contact address is P.O. Box 317 Goolwa, South Australia, 5214.

Our Boys LeagueI thought I had just about found everything recorded about this organization, but as usual something else turns up.

The National Library of Australia are currently scanning their newspaper collection using OCR to create a searchable index of items and an Adelaide collector has been doing some searching on various subjects and came across two reports about the League. I quote from The Advertiser (Newspaper) Monday 11 November 1912, page 8.

“Their Majesties the King and Queen have written to the Hon. General Secretary of Our Boys League in acknowledgement of the proof sheets of a series of stamps, now being issued by the league for the purpose of assisting suitable lads to leave the United Kingdom for more congenial life and brighter prospects on Australian farms. Queen Mary particularly requested that an expression of Her Majesty’s warm thanks be conveyed to the members of Our Boys League for the stamps which they sent for her acceptance. The stamps referred to are a series of six which are now being issued in connection with Our Boys League Colonial Fund. The 3d and 6d were designed by a young Australian member of the league (R.W. Viney). They are simple, artistic, and original with an excellently drawn kookaburra in the central oval. The 1/- and 2/6 are from the designs approved by his late Majesty, King Edward, and

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contain the picture of the statue of Charity in the centre. The 5/- and 10/- stamps have excellent photographs of their Majesties King George and Queen Mary. Each stamp is a receipt for the face value of an amount donated to the fund. Sir Edwin T. Smith has sent £10 towards the work, and he much admired the stamps. Many others are now helping. The stamps were produced and printed in Adelaide. His Excellency Sir Day H. Bosanquet, in a letter of encouragement to the hon. General Secretary (Mr. F. C. Bourne), expressed the hope that the efforts to induce lads to leave the crowded home cities for farm life in South Australia would be met with success. Lord Denman, Governor General, in a letter, ‘hopes that the operations of your league may be successful and beneficial both to the United Kingdom and to the Commonwealth’. For some time past Our Boys League has been supplying boys to farmers, but in consequence of the scarcity of boys has been unable to cope with the continuous demand from the country.”

The stamp I have used here as the illustration, (fig. 1), was the one Bill Hornadge used in his original request back in 1991.

And again from The Advertiser Saturday 21 March 1914.

“At a special meeting of Our Boys League on Thursday evening it was unanimously decided to establish a central club for stamp collectors in connection with the league. Mr. Fred C. Bourne (Secretary) stated that in connection with the Australian Foundation branch of O.B.L., which was established in Adelaide, there were now 25 branches and another would probably be formed shortly. In most, if not all of these there existed some enthusiastic stamp collectors. In country towns it was extremely difficult to establish isolated stamp clubs without outside co-operation as the number of local collectors were comparatively few, and opportunities for obtaining stamps so very scarce, compared with the more favourably placed city boys. In travelling round South Australia and Victoria he found zealous collectors inmost unexpected places.

In establishing the central club in Adelaide it was not intended for Adelaide members only, but it would co-operate with branches within the Commonwealth and in other countries. Where local branches were not formed individual members might belong to the central club, although they might reside in the most distant parts. To make this practicable a system of approval sheets and books would be issued to members and branches in any part of the world, and would be adapted for either the exchange or disposal of stamps, which might belong to members or be the property of the league. Our Boys League possessed some 150,000 duplicates to start with, and the proceeds of what were sold would go for the benefit of extension work. Where the stamps were owned by members a small commission would be charged upon sale, and that would also go to the league funds. The art of stamp collecting was one of the most engrossing and instructive hobbies that members could devote their leisure time to. It developed artistic tastes, a love of the beautiful in shade and design, and a wider knowledge of geography, with a keener interest in stamp issuing countries. A thorough collector also increased his knowledge of the crowned heads and other governing leaders, together with the various political changes and upheavals. The rules of the club were then drafted and passed, subject to confirmation at the next meeting. Mr. Frank L Saunders was unanimously elected chairman of the club, and Mr. Leonard T. Lawrence hon. Secretary.”

WWII Patriotic LabelMartin Walker has sent me this item (fig. 2), with a request for any information that readers can provide. The text on the card refers to it as a Lord Mayor’s project where he would announce each day the number of enemy planes destroyed. One Penny stamps to match the number of planes destroyed were purchased and attached to the card which when full was handed in to a business that sold the stamps. The card was cancelled and a new card issued. The question is; in which state were the cards used or were they an Australia wide thing?

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The initial release is based around Stanley Gibbons cataloguing, but will be available with both Michel and Scott references on watermarks. Each stamp is illustrated and individually mounted with support information and commentary to bring to life not only the philatelic points of interest,

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professionally printed page through the Custom Order System. The Specialist Pages are pre-prepared pages on scare, higher value stamps or limited interest areas that not everyone will want, eg. “NWPI 2½d with the 1 omitted (1)” or the “NWPI ABC strips pages (5).

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Andrew McEachern is a collector first, part time dealer second; he is founder & President of Collectors Club Queensland, was national Presi-dent of the APF fore-runner Austral-ian Stamp Promotion Council, and belongs to various Australian and overseas societies. Contact him at (postal) Box 5001, 149 Colburn Ave, Victoria Point, 4165 or by email to stampman5 @bigpond.com

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COVERS TELL STORIESIt is said there is a story behind every stamp - but its even more so with covers. They do take up a lot of room, whether stored in albums or in an indexed box, but even the ones that appear ugly or uninter-esting at first glance may be very rewarding. As I do not follow through with additional research from looking at a cover, I probably do not qualify as a ‘postal historian’.

Storage of covers interspersed in your country collections in stockbook type albums is not recom-mended - they will burst the strips quickly. The two a page Hagners are ideal, but if your collection is going to be extensive, add the word’ expensive’ too. If you decide to albumise using photo corners, these should be the large size ones made for the purpose, not the small ones for photos. Why not consider buying a supply of cellophane or clear plastic sleeves and filing your covers, suitably indexed and annotated, in a shoe-box. These are usu-ally readily available free from most shoe stores, but make sure that the plastic type sleeves will not encourage ‘offset’ images from your valued cov-ers. In an ill-considered decision 25 years back, I used ‘blue dots’ to affix covers to album pages; I had believed the blurb which said that blue dots did not leave a mark, and enabled removal without trace. Have I got (bad) news for that manufacturer! And another tip - don’t try to remove any markings (except of course a pencilled price) in case these have a more subtle meaning.

I would like to share with you the results of an hour’s trawl recently through some boxes of cov-ers I have been stashing away ‘for my retirement’; it certainly showed that I was not originally that

observant when I bought these at various fairs in earlier days. I hope it might enthuse readers to look a second time at every cover they see.

An envelope bearing a red ‘Official Mail’ • paid postmark from London had an interest-ing but unidentifiable coat of arms on the back flap; but wait, there’s an “EIIR” and crown in a rubber stamped circle with initials bottom left. Conclusion - from the Queen at Buck House.And there’s one looking similar except that • the coat of arms on reverse is a Fleur de Lis. Prince of Wales’ insignia, I think.Here are some used Russian PSEs, kept from •

a period when my elder son was CEO of Coca Cola in Lithuania. The sender’s address appears below the destination ad-dress on front, and where Lithuania or Latvia appears, this indicates the PSEs were the only postal arti-cles available in

those countries just after the disintegration of the USSR empire. I am sure there is some formula to work out the postmark date from the string of 8 digits, none of which LOOK LIKE a date. More research needed.Another Russia PSE, unaddressed but with • a colourful cachet showing Ausipex and the Exhibition Building, and a green postmark with a map of Australia AND showing dates 21-30.09.84. Rest of the front and back printed markings are the usual unintelligible Russia lettering. One of the less obvious Ausipex souvenirs.A postcard for the 50th anniversary flight • London-Melbourne has Amsterdam and Melbourne airport’s postmarks with differ-

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planes shown. And then hardly readable, I find a colour repro of the 1934 cover scarce-ly 2 cm wide in bottom corner. I had looked at the cover several times without actually seeing it.But this ordinary looking 1970 postal card • from the Netherlands won the prize at this viewing: addressed to the ‘Secretary to the Governor’ at a Brisbane PO Box (not the correct one, BTW) it poses several ques-tions/requests in front and back translated as : 1. I am a philatelist and as I believe (?) belongs to the territory of Australia, I come to you with my request. 2. Can you find a person willing to change (sic) stamps with me? 3. Can you send me some used stamps from the Cook Islands and other countries belonging to Australia? 4. Is there a Phila-telic Society in Sydney or Melbourne? I do not know if anyone answered this plea.This ugly letter without an envelope, dated • 1832 from Italy, is in fact a cover. It’s called a pre-stamp entire, and folds to be self-en-veloping. Postal marks and addressee details thus appear front and back. Stamps had not been invented by then.

First Day covers are usually colourful, but it’s the OTHER covers which excite my enthusiasm. Are you convinced?

IN PRAISE OF HINGESIn another of my boxed retirement stashes, I recent-ly found some window face envelopes with sets of 3 Ethiopia stamps each priced at 6d. The envelopes

bore an exhortation to “Collect Abyssinia stamps” and nice little blue seals on reverse with a similar message.

The vendor was Thomas Cliffe of Colwyn Bay, Wales, once a big name dealer and maker of stamp albums. Inter alia, his enclosed leaflet ( unusually 38 cm long by just 6.5 cm wide) offers Paramount stamp hinges at 1000 for five pence (less than 5 cents) or you could even buy just 125 for a penny ( a cent.) So why did the collectors of those days use that destructive selvedge instead?

Ethiopia was known as Abyssinia in Europe, and for a while, the two names appear to have been interchangeable.

It is interesting to see that this chap was appar-ently the originator of XLCR stamp products back then. Although the brand has been used in relation to dentistry items and motorcycles, among others. He was marketing the XLCR stamp outfit which in-cluded all the following: Pair tweezers, watermark detector tray, perf gauge, pocket wallet with strip pockets, ruled approval book, 125 hinges, 5 trans-parent envelopes, price list, gift pictorial set CV 3d.

And this cost the huge sum of 6½d, that is a lit-tle over five cents in current day currency. He also offered a line of Wanderer albums starting at 128 pages for 10 cents equivalent, to the De Luxe cloth bound springback for 25 cents.

And now, apologies. Firstly, there’s no date on the promotional literature, and secondly, no point in giving Cliffe’s address, is there? The little XLCR booklet which is a guide to stamp-issuing countries’ names is still in use by many collectors worldwide.

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This month’s letter is one which intrigues me, and makes me wish that I knew the end result. It is addressed to Capt. Page, New Street, Bishopsgate Street, London, written by Catherine Sissons in Catterick, in the north of England. It has three postal markings:

1) the CATTERICK undated name stamp in red,

2) the charge mark of 1/1, (Catterick is 228 miles from London, and in 1830 the charge was 12pence or one shilling (1/-) for a distance between 230 and 300 miles) and

3) the morning duty arrival CDS in London 6 FE 1830. (Fig.1) The letter was written from Clare Lodge, a large house surrounded by an extensive garden, on the east side of the village of Catterick, near Scorton, which has had a chequered history, and at the time this letter was written was being used as a convent – or nunnery.It is an amazing letter, filling all sides of the paper, and written by two different people.

“Clare Lodge, Feby 3rd 1830Sir,From the tenor of your letter to Sister Aloysia Clare,

by this days post we have been induced to detain her until we hear further from you; although, her Trunks were packed and she equipped ready to step into the Telegraph.” (Fig.2)

Note : this was the mail coach, all of which had specific names. The White’s trade directory of 1840 shows a list of the carriers and destination for Richmond and it has this entry :-

Coaches: The Van from the King’s Head, to Catterick to meet the Telegraph Coach, at ¼ past 9 mng., to Leeds, and to Newcastle, 6 evening.

The letter then continues with bad news:- “Upon perusing yours, she became very violent

and treated with the utmost contempt all those who presumed to approve of its contents, I am quite at a loss to know what is best to be done, unwilling for the credit

of our State, to have her travelling about, and feeling convinced that she is not at all times, accountable for her actions, for which reason, it is highly improper that she should be at her own disposal.

I must therefore beg the favour of you, as her Brother, and the representative of her Parents to say how we are to proceed. She is continually occupied with the ideas of going to Rome, Paris, and Gravelines, at the Convent at the latter place. She considers herself as the Abbess, which office she will yield to no one, in short, she is not two days in the same mind. She has written several times to Dr. Smith the Catholick Bishop of this district to ask his permission to write to Gravelines, to that he has declined answering but that she thinks of no consequence when ever full authority comes in contest with her inclinations, she without scruple or ceremony sets it aside until this morning’s rencontre.” (= meeting or encounter)

Note: Gravelines was the place of origin of the “Poor Clares’ of which Clare Lodge was a nunnery. Mrs Mary Ward a pious and zealous member of the

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Church of Rome founded the Poor Clares at Gravelines in 1609 the last members of which after enduring great privation and afflictions through their ejection in 1793 were ultimately received by the community at Clare Lodge near Catterick.

“She has upon the whole, been tolerably moderate, having rarely been contradicted but when positively told that she should not quit the house till we heard from you, she looked like one distracted, & reviled both me, and my Community, who have with undiminished endeavours to make her comfortable, ever since she has been under our roof. We at a very long period were convinced, that her temper would require great management and of course, avoided whatever might be likely to disturb her, but this days occurrence has convinced me that if she be not kept in proper subjection & obliged to submit she will in time become quite unmanageable, so little is she acquainted with her own character, & of the forbearance requisite to live in peace with her that she attributes our detaining her to interested motives poor soul, she claims our commiseration rather than displeasure & we should have parted excellent friends had we only

yielded to her wishes.I am sorry to be under the necessity of being so

diffuse upon this unpleasant subject, but to you as her nearest relation I consider myself obliged to speak my sentiments, without reserve, hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience & beg you will offer our united Compts to the family,

I remain, Sir Yours very sincerelyCatha Sisson.”

I have checked various sources and found in the White’s directory of 1840 for Scorton, that Catherine Sisson was the Abbess of the Nunnery. Then, in the 1841 census there were 30 nuns and 20 pupils. Catherine Sisson was aged 80, so was 70 when she wrote this letter. No wonder she was fraught. Another member was Elizah Leadbetter aged 50.

The letter is then continued in a different hand writing, giving Captain Page even worse news. (Fig.3)

“Feby. 4th Mother Abbess was prevented posting this

last night and feels so much distressed as to be

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unable to give you the sad tidings of sister Aloysia’s having this day quitted the Convent unobserved by anyone between the hours of twelve and one at noon in her habit veil &tc. We have sent persons in every direction but can hear no tidings of her. The Convent out buildings and small riverlet which bounds the grounds have been searched and re-searched but no vestige can we find of her. I cannot express the consternation and grief it has thrown us into and I entreat of you should she make her way to any of her friends that you will give us the earliest information of it. She has not to our knowledge a sixpence in her pockets.”

But then it looks like good news - the letter continues on the outside (Fig.) with a word that is indecipherable, but seems to indicate they have found her.

“Thank God the object of our solicitude has <rash ?> up.

Have the goodness to write immediately and say where she is to be placed.

In great hasteM.A. Leadbetter”

This is where my imagination takes over. I find it hard to believe that a lady in a nun’s habit would have been able to walk off during the middle of the day, and not be spotted by any of the local inhabitants. The sisters must have been frantic, knowing that she had no money, or other clothes, and was to their way of thinking, not in her right mind.

There was no entry in the 1841 census for her under her actual name of Juliana Page, so either she had not survived, or had managed to go abroad to another convent, or had renounced her calling and returned home to her brother Capt. Page. I doubt if I will ever know the outcome.

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Belarus 4 July 2009Air - Technical SportsDenomination: 1500 x 218 July 2009100th Anniv. A.A. GromykoDenomination: 80024 July 2009350th Anniv. Holy Virgin of Borkolabovo Denomination: 1380Bosnia Herzogovina Republike Srpske11 July 2009125th Anniv. ModiglianiDenomination: 1,5019 August 2009Fauna - CatsDenomination: 0,70 x 4Brazil14 July 2009100th Anniv. Municipal Theatre Rio de JaneiroDenomination: 1 stamp15 July 2009Trade Assoc. Of Rio de JaneiroDenomination: 1 stamp23 July 2009

seabirdsSouth Africa

Merosur: Rural TourismDenomination: M/S 4 August 2009Diplomatic Relations: NetherlandsDenomination: M/S18 August 2009 Series America: Popular GamesDenomination: no infoCanada2 July 2009Canadian Recording ArtistsDenomination: 54c x 46 July 2009Roadside AttractionsDenomination: 54c x 410 July 2009 Captain Robert A. BartlettDenomination: 54c 10 August 2009 Canadian Inventions: SportsDenomination: 54c x 4 Equatorial Guinea14 August 2009Medicinal Plants Denomination: 0,71, 0,80, 0,97, 1,77 Estonia

10 July 2009125th Anniv. Alexander Church of Nava Denomination: 5,50France6 July 2009Etienne DoletDenomination: 0.5625 July 2009 Louis Bleriot - FlightDenomination: 2.0012 August 2009 Limosin Denomination: 10 stampsBasse NormandieDenomination: 10 stampsFrench Polynesia20 July 200940th Anniv. Man on the MoonDenomination: 1.40f14 August 2008PassionfruitDenomination: 100fGermanyJuly 2009Lighthouses: Nordeney, DornbuschDenomination: 0,45, 0,55

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AnniversariesDenomination: 0,55, 0,70, 1,45August 2009 For YouthDenomination: 0,65, 0,80 x 2, 2,00AnniversariesDenomination: 0,55, 0,90Historical MotorsportDenomination: 0,85 (M/S)Gibraltar1 June 2009Europa: AstronomyDenomination: 10p, 42p, 44p, 1.50Guernsey30 July 2009500th Anniv. Henry VIII Denomination: 36p, 43p, 51p, 54p, 56p, 77p40th Anniv. Postal IndependenceDenomination: 36p, 43p, 51p, 54p, 56p, 77pIndia4 July 2009Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy Of AdministrationDenomination: 500p25July 2009 Ramcharan Agarwal

Denomination: 500p 27 July 2009 Jayadeva And GeetagovindaDenomination: 500p x 111 August 2009 St Joseph’s College BangaloreDenomination: 500p 4 August 2009Maharshi PatanjaliDenomination: 500p12 August 2009Uttam KumarDenomination: 500pIndonesia6 July 2009Traditional FloodDenomination: no info 15 July 2009Indonesian BirdsDenomination: no info23 July 2009Children DayDenomination: no info17 August 2009Provincial EmblemsDenomination: no info

Ireland15 July 2009Centenary of the Birrell Land Act 1909Denomination: 82c14 August 2009 Classical Composers: Handel, Mozart, Chopin & HaydnDenomination: 55c x 2, 82c x 2, M/S 28 August 2009 250th Anniv. Guinness BreweryDenomination: 82c Isle of Man1 July 200950th Anniv. The Bee GeesDenomination: 32p, 33p, 50p, 54p, 56p, 62p, 78p, 1.28Italy2 July 2009 SMS Venice ProjectDenomination: 0,607 July 200965th Anniv. Carraresi Women Denomination: 1,50Definitives Denomination: 0,60, 1,40, 1,50, 2,008 July 2009

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russia & Vanuatu First ContactVanuatu

G8 SummitDenomination: 0.6510 July 2009 Tourism SeriesDenomination: 0,60 x 4 14 July 2009 La Nazione newspaperDenomination: 0.6018 July 2009 13th FINA World ChampionshipsDenomination: 1.501 August 2009Fire Prevention/FightingDenomination: 0.60 25 August 2009 Friendship Meeting, RiminiDenomination: 0.60Jersey1 July 2009Anniv. Investiture of HRH The Prince of WalesDenomination: M/S 7 July 2009Jersey - Marine Life VIIDenomination: 6 stamps 4 August 2009

Jersey Birdlife III - SongbirdsDenomination: 6 stamps Kyrgyzstan13 August 2009Chyngyz Aitmatov and his artsDenomination: 8 stamps (M/S)22 August 2009125th Anniv. Barpy AlykulovDenomination: 16.00Latvia10 July 2009400th Anniv.BauskaDenomination: 0.385 August 2009History of Latvian RailwaysDenomination: 0.35Lithuania4 July 20091000th Anniv. LithuaniaDenomination: S/S25 July 2009The Tall Ships Races - Yachting regattaDenomination: no info8 August 2009150th Anniv. Lithuanian RailwaysDenomination: no info

Malaysia9 July 2009Traditional HousesDenomination: no info23 July 2009Tuber PlantsDenomination: no info31 August 2009Malaysian Unity Series IIDenomination: no infoMalta15 July 2009Cruise LinersDenominations: €0.37, €0.68, €0.91, €2.00Namibia3 July 2009Wild Horses of NamibiaDenominations: 3 stamps21 August 2009DHPSDenominations: M/SNew Caledonia17 July 20093rd French Ocean SummitDenominations: M/S7 August 2009

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150th Anniv. Postal ServiceDenominations: 110f x 3, 150 (M/S)Year of AstronomyDenominations: 110fNew Zealand1 July 2009Scenic DefinitivesDenominations: 30c, 1.80, 2.30, 2.80, 3.30, 4.00 5 August 2009A Tiki Tour of New ZealandDenominations: 24 stamps Papua New Guinea 15 July 2009Bats of PNGDenominations: 4 stamps, M/S, S/S 6 August 2009International Day of Non-Violence 2009Denominations: 85t, K3, K3.70, K6Pitcairn Islands 26 August 2009Wandering Glider DragonflyDenominations: 2.50, 4.00Poland 31 July 2009Mammals of the Baltic SeaDenominations: 1,55 x 2, 1,95 x 2 1 August 2009

65th Anniv. Outbreak of Warsaw UprisingDenominations: 3,7510 August 2009Flowers and FruitDenominations: 1,95, 3,75 31 August 2009200th Anniv. Juliusz SłowackiDenominations: PLN1.55, PLN 3Romania July 2009Apollo 11 - 40th Anniv.Denominations: No infoSighisoara Historical Centre – UNESCO World HeritageDenominations: No info155th Anniv. Anghel I. SalignyDenominations: No infoAugust 2009 Electric TramsDenominations: no infoProtected FaunaDenominations: no infoRussia 7 July 2009Regional IndustriesDenominations: 9.00 x 3Saint Helena

20 July 2009Space ExplorationDenominations: 15p, 35p, 40p, 90p, 1.20 San Marino 22 August 2009500th Anniv. Andrea PalladioDenominations: 1,0075th Edition Road Cycling World Championships - VareseDenominations: 0,85, 3,25Artists - Puccini, Fattori, Guareschi, Daumier)Denominations: 0,60, 1,00, 1,40, 1,70 Serbia 6 August 2009800th Anniv. Painting of the Church of the Virgin in StudenicaDenominations: 0.22 Singapore 17 July 2009Local DessertsDenominations: 1st, 2nd, 65c, 80c, 1.00 9 August 2009National Day: SculpturesDenominations: 0.50 x 7, M/S Slovakia 14 August 2009Biennial of Illustrations, Bratislava, 2009

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Denominations: T2 50g Spain 1 July 2009Flora & FaunaDenominations: 0.32, 0.62 6 July 2009National HeritageDenominations: 0.78, 2.70 10 July 200910th Anniv. EuroDenominations: 1.0014 July 2009Road SafetyDenominations: 0.3215 July 2009Personalities: Moyana, Darwin, BrailleDenominations: 0.32 x 322 July 2009Popular Ballets & DancesDenominations: 0.43 x 2 South Africa 10 July 2009Gemstones found in South AfricaDenominations: 4 stamps 3 August 2009Coastal Birds of South AfricaDenominations: 5 x I’national Small Letter

Taiwan 16 July 2009The World Games 2009 KaohsiungDenominations: 2 stamps20 July 2009Ancient Chinese Art TreasuresDenominations: 4 Stamps, S/S16 July 2009Scenery: KinmenDenominations: 2 stamps7 August 2009Modern Taiwanese PaintingsDenominations: 4 Stamps26 August 2009Children’s Folk RhymesDenominations: 4 StampsTristan da Cunha 20 July 2009Space ExplorationDenominations: 25p, 35p, 60p, 90p, 1.003 August 2009Potato ProductionDenominations: 25p x 2, 35p x 2,1.10 x 2 UNPA6 August 2009ECOSOCDenominations: 44c, 98c, 0,65, 1,40, 1,00, 1,30

United Kingdom 18 August 2009PostboxesDenominations: 1st, 56p, 81p, 90pUnited States 23 July 2009LighthousesDenominations: 44c x 5 6 August 2009Flags of our NationDenominations: 44c x 1011 August 2009Early TV MemoriesDenominations: 44c x 2021 August 2009Hawai’i StatehoodDenominations: 44c Vanuatu 28 July 2009200th Anniv. 1st Contact Russia VanuatuDenominations: 130, 350 vatu Vietnam1 July 2009Prying MantisesDenominations: 2 stamps1 August 2009RhododendronsDenominations: 4 stamps

Australian songbirdsAustralia

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Internet & Email DirectoryThe following is an extensive listing of Stamp Dealer and Internet Website contact addresses worldwide. Millions of dollars of stock is priced up ready to sell on these sites. All Dealers may list their contact details here for a very affordable $175 per year fee, prepaid annually or only $17.50 a month. Contact the Advertising Manager on Ph: 03 9729 0082, Fax: 03 9756 0317, or email: kevinmorgan2@live.com

Our web site gives all our current stock and specials so keep looking.bexleystamps@optusnet.com.au

Publishers of Australia’s Gold Medal catalogue series - The Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue. Order all volumes on line. Special offers also available. info@brusden-white.com

Search our website for full listing of stamps and Seven Seas albums and pages and other accessories. We look forward to serving you. stamps@sevenseas.com.au

Long-established mail order dealer compre-hensively covering British Isles, Europe, Scan-dinavia, North America, Australasia and Japan. Prompt courteous service and an extensive user-friendly website. sutherlandphil@bigpond.com

Check out our website for selected New Zealand items, NZ mint sets, and “Lord of the Rings” stamps and coversdnstamp@es.co.nz

Comprehensive price lists for more than forty lists using ASC, SG & Scott numbering. By far the largest such lists in the southern hemi-sphere.”pittwaterstamps@ozemail.com.au

Details of NZ Catalogue and NZ Stamp Auc-tions Sales with easy to use directions. Also latest newsletter. isit us and leave your details. acs@nzstamps.com

Largest and most visited Stamp Dealer website in the Southern Hemisphere. 250 different pages of stamp bargains and archives! $4,000 prize always on offer. glen@glenstephens.com

Try us for Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands and Antarctica. Specialising in “Booklets” from Australia, New Zealand, The Pacifics, Great Brit-ain & Channel Island & much more. mjstamps@manfredjunge.com

Regular public auctions of fine and rare stamps and postal history. View our auction cata-logues online and bid with confidence on our secure server. info@millenniumauctions.com

Australia’s only world-class auction house, three times voted “Auction House of the Year” by APTA members. Complimentary catalogues on request. info@prestigephilately.com

www.nzstamps.com

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www.ozemail.com.au/~pittwaterstamps www.sevenseas.com.au

www.sutherlandphilatelics.com.au

www.prestigephilately.com

www.stampsaustralia.com.auSydney Philatelics - Largest On-Line Shop in Australia ! – User-Friendly – 10,000 and more Philatelic Items – Just a mouse click away ! Over 100 Pages of Australasia, British Commonwealth, Booklets, Accessories.etc. Always Buying ! Est 27 Years. info@stampsaustralia.com.au

www.goldcoaststamptraders.com.au1000’s of items for sale from mint stamps including varieties to FDC’s, flight covers, postal history, autographs and more. competitive prices, wants lists welcomesales@goldcoaststamptraders.com.au

www.stores.eBay.com/VarisellStampBoutiqueWorldwide stamps, covers, postal stationery, inverted centres, postcards, philatelic litera-ture, proofs, specimens, and much more. View over 6,500 items in our easy to use eBay store. Prompt and courteous service.Varisell@aol.com

Ph: 03 9729 0082 Fax: 9756 0317

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Internet & Email Directory

www.premierpostal.com

New Zealand and worldwide in our Ashford Stamps postal auctions. Ask for a catalogue, or view the website. Also ask for direct sales list of NZ Chalons. ashford@stampsale.com

www.stampsale.comwww.rap.com.auThe website for Australia, Australian Territories, commercial and philatelic covers, and informative articles on the subjects. rap@rap.com.au

www.richardjuzwin.comThe leading specialist dealers in Australasian stamps and the largest private dealer (non Auction) company in Australia.info@richardjuzwin.com.au

PPA holds it’s auctions on the 3rd Sunday of the Month with around 4000 lots per auction. Our auctions include stamps, postal history, postal stationary, postmarks,postcards etc from around the world. We also provide a searchable Post Office reference database for Australia and several other counties. david@premierpostal.com

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western australia

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

philatelic clubs & societies

act

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 Aca-cia St, Ruse. Inquiries: mystampclub@yahoo.com.au; PO Box 478, Campbelltown 2560Castle Hill SC Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, Hills District Bowling Club, Jenner Street, Baulkham Hills; POBox 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 monographs; 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 Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Queen & Oliver Sts. Ph 02 6642 1363. email gbchurch@bigpond.com. Great Lakes SC: Mtg1st Sat 9.30am , Workshop & Market 1st Sat 9-12, 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: carrotspatch@tpg.com.auManly-Warringah PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs St David’s Church Hall, Dee Why. Sec. Graeme Mor-riss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.auManly-Warringah Rugby Leagues SC: Mtg 4th Tues cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.auMilton-Ulladulla SC: Mtg 1pm on 4th Mon (ex Dec); Ph: (02) 4472 7701; email: jnmullin@bigpond.com.auMorisset and District SC: Mtg 3rd Sunday

Nambucca River PS: Mtg 1st SundayNewcastle PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs, 7.30pm Mayfield Ex-Services Club; 10am 3rd Wed, 48 Mackie Ave, New Lambton, Juniors 11am 3rd Sun, Wallsend Pioneers HallNSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Narem-burn off Slade St; Ph: 02 9419 7354Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Market Days Sat APR 30 MAY 1st Ph: 02 6392 6334 (BH), 02 6362 3754.Orchid Stamp Club: Mtg 3rd Sat. (Jan and each 2nd mth)Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st FridayPenrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, CWA rooms, Baby Health Ctr, Tindale St PO Box 393, Kingswood NSW 2747PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec); Ph 02 9399 7556PS of NSW: Mtg 1st Tues (Philas House), 3rd Tues (Chatswood); Ph: 02 9264 8301Richmond River (Lismore) PS: Mtg 4th ThursdayRoyal Sydney Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd Tues. (ex Jan); Ph: 02 9264 8301Sapphire Coast Stamp & Coin Club: Mtg Enq 02 6495 7308. Mail to PO Box 285, Pam-bula, NSW 2549St. George PS: Mtg 1st MonShoalhaven PS: Mtg 2nd Monday (Ex Jan) PO Box 4047, East Nowra 2541. Ph 02 44472976Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd MonSociety for Polar Philately: 2009 Mtg Dates: Weds May 13th, Jul 8th, Sept 9th, Nov 11th, 8pm, Ryde Ex-Services Club, 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW. Tel: 9807 3344. Sec. Peter Brigden, PO Box 408, Wahroonga, NSW, 2076. Visitors welcomeStrathfield-Burwood PS: Mtg 4th WedSussex Inlet and District: Mtg 3rd MonSutherland Shire PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. , 7:30pm, Sutherland Uniting Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499Sydney Anglican Stamp Society: Mtg 2nd Sat, even months 9.30am - 2.30pm, St Paul’s, Carlingford. Details: www.philas.org.au/sysdneyanglicanstampsocietyTamworth PS: Mtg 1st Mon ex. Jan. Tamworth Bridge Club, 7 Hilton St, Tamworth Sec. Graeme Mitchell. PO Box 678, Tamworth NSW 2340 Ph. 02 67664853Taree RSL Club Ltd SC: Mtg 3rd MonThematic Society of Australia: Mtg 3rd WedToronto SC: Mtg 1st WedTuggerah SC: Mtg 4th Sun (ex Dec.)Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm. Ph: 9144 4225Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Home & Community Centre, Tweed HeadsWagga SC: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) ARCC Building, Tarcutta St, 7.30pm. Secretary: Peter Simpfendorfer Ph:02 6922 3393Willoughby Legion Philatelic Section: Mtg 4th TuesWyong PS: Mtg 3rd Tues, 7.30m. Jim Spence, Sec. Ph 02 4392 7536

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: Nadine.Tinsley@nt.gov.au-.

Armadale-Kelmscott PS: Mtg 4th Tues; Ph: 08 9397 6525 email: fit.kanga@bigpond.comBusselton SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.auCanning SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9457 7567Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576Eastern Goldfields: Ph: 0413 047 941Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: kdaniels66@bigpond.comEllenbrook SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9296 9306Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, Fremantle Tennis Club House, Parry St, Fremantle at 8pm; Ph: 08 6363 6415Kalamunda SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9291 8484Mandurah SC: Mtg 2nd Tues; Ph: 08 9582 9108email: stafford@southwest.com.au

Northern Districts SC: Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9329 0117Philatelic Forum: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9294 4277Rockingham & Kwinana (PS of): Mtg 3rd Tues (NB 2nd in Dec) Pres. Malcolm Brown; Sec. Terry Boyd; PRO Lucie Schokker Ph. 08 9419 1604; email: malcolm.b@iinet.net.auPS of WA: Mtg 3rd Tues; Ph: 08 9294 4277Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec); Clubrooms, Charles Riley Reserve, Wendling Rd, North Beach, Ph: 08 9447 7256The Postmark Circle (WA): Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9294 4277Victoria Park SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9472 8072 or 08 9450 5280WA Study Group: Mtg 4th Thurs (ex Dec) 08 9384 1050Wanneroo SC: Mtg 3rd Mon; Ph: 08 6106 0874.

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: secretary@nzpf.org.nz

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: gftyson@inet.net.nz Ph 03 3541064Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph 03 4557643; Email paul@classiekrealestate.co.nzHastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph 06 8706710; Email jan-dave@clear.net.nzHawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan); Ph: 06 843 9433 Email dennmarg@paradise.net.nzHorowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 368 6202 Email michael.Christensen@xtra.co.nzHutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan); Ph: 04 568 4892; Email: richards@nec.co.nzKapiti 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 patricia.Larsen@xtra.co.nzMarlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec). Ph 03 5776166; Email lousv8@yahoo.comMorrinsville 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: nsps@xtra.co.nz 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: pukekohestamp-club@gmail.com 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: panross@xtra.co.nzSouthland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan). Ph 03 2158177 Email antqgevi@es.co.nzTaranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 758 6233; Email: sheryllb@xtra.co.nzTauranga & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 07 5768866; Email: patandrobcarlyon@xtra.co.nzThames Valley PS: Mtg 1st Mon(except Jan). Ph: 07 8689190; Email: apberry@wave.co.nzThematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 234 7218; Email: bob@gibsonz.comTimaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6888829Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec).04 5284123 ; Email km_Isaac@paradise.net.nzWaikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Dec). Ph 07 8556572 Email c.cameron@agresearch.co.nzWakatipu PS: Ph: 03 442 8865Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. (Ex. Jan) Ph 06 3448009; Email sandy.j@ihug.co.nzWarkworth & 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: bob@gibsonz.comWhakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs Ph: 07 3071016Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex. Jan) 09-4348000 Email john-monica@xtra.co.nz

queenslandArana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermcloskey@bigpond.comBayside 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. Ph: 07 4031 5342 Sec: Alan Sparks, email:alan47@bigpond.com.au, 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: desley@mycelebrant.comCOLLECTORS CLUB QUEENSLAND: Mtg 2nd Thurs 1.00 pm BCC Library, Garden City Shopping Centre, Upper Mt.Gravatt. Contact 32068507 or stamp-man5@bigpond.comDeception Bay SC: Mtg 1st Sat. Ph: 07 3284 3161Enoggera 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, Law-son 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 2983Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St.

Contact: 07 3272 8304. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, lopatich@bigpond.net.auLockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’s Hall, Gat-ton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.comLogan 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: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.auRedcliffe 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: david.appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.auSunshine 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: j.crowsley@uq.net.auToowoomba 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: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au 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: Jamil49@bigpond.com; 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: teepee@teegee.com.auBordertown & 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, Vic-tor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; pres@comstech.com; 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: jo.trev@bigpond.comGerman Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251Glenside PS: 1st & 3rd Wed 7.30pm; Staff Dining Room, Glenside Hospital. Fullarton Rd Eastwood.PO Box 29, Glenside 5063. Ph: (08) 8382 4223Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; Murray Bridge Show-grounds. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 purjohn@activ8.net.auMount 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: psandph@arcom.com.au; 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; 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. maryboroughsc@eudoramail.com. 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), Paddy O’Donoghue Centre, 18-32 Buckley St, Noble Park, 3174; 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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south australiaOct 17 - Salisbury Stamp Fair, St John’s Church, Church St, Salisbury. Auction, dealers.

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Oct 3 - (1st Sat) 9am - 3pm, Box Hill City Bandrooms, 411 Mid-dleborough Road, Box Hill Vic. (Walking distance from Laburnum Station)Oct 4 - (1st Sun) Stamp, Coin & Phone Card Fair, Ukrainian Hall, Russell St, Essendon. Oct 11 - Eureka Ballarat Stamp Fair, Specialist School, Gillies St, Wendouree, 9.30 - 3.30. Free Entry. Enq: 03 5332 3275Oct 17 - (3rd Sat) Stamps, Coins & Medals Fair - Uniting Church Hall, Boronia Rd, Boronia. Ph: 03 9752 2677 Oct 18 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, Bentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre, Higgins Rd, Bentleigh. Dealers plus huge range activities. Ph: John Thomas 0418 322 315.

Oct 11 - QStamp Fair, Southside, Mt Gravatt Showgrounds, Memorial Hall, Logan Rd. Free Entry 8.30am - 2pmOct 12 (2nd Mon) - Gold Coast PS Sale, Rm 1, Southport Comm. Centre, Lawson St, Southport. 11.30am - 2.30pmOct 25 - Annual Stamp Day, Albert Waterways, Broadbeach, 9am - 3pm. Enq: 07 5563 0384Nov 1 - Annual Stamp Day, Ipswich Stamp Club, Function Centre, Ipswich Showgrounds, 9am - 4pm. Free Admis-sion.

Oct 3 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754. Oct 3 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW.Oct 3 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am - 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. Ph. 0417 802 754Oct 3 - (1st Sat) Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, East Coast City Church, 375 Kingsway, CaringbahOct 4 - (1st Sun) Corrimal Stamp & Coin Fair, Doctors Hall, 69 Railway St, Corrimal. Enquiries: (02) 9764 3034.Oct 4 - (1st Sun) Bankstown Stamp & Coin Fair, Bankstown Masonic Hall, Cnr Greenfields & Restwell Sts, Bankstown. 9am - 3pm. 7 Dealers. Ph. 02 4455 4011 Oct 17 - Orange Coin & Stamp Spring Fair, 9am - 4pm, Kenna Hall, 90 Hill St, OrangeOct 17 - Spring Into Stamps, Open Day, Philas House, 9.30 - 4pm, 17 Brisbane St, Sydney. Free admission.Oct 18 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm, Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. 4971 3483Oct 25 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Community Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm. Free Entry, 6 Deal-ers, Buy/Sell.Oct 31 - Sutherland Phil. Annual Spring Fair, United Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. 10.30am - 3.30pm. Close Rwy, Easy parking. Enq: 02 9542 3089Oct 31 - West Sydney Stamp & Coin Show, The Band Club, 411 Great Western Hwy, St Marys. 10am - 3.30pm. $2 entry. Enq: 0432 540 760

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Auction No.3 - November 28, 2009.Auction No.3 - November 28, 2009.

C - £5 Brown 'Postage & Revenue'

We will be at LAUNPEX 2009All smaller items will be available for viewing.Hope to meet you there.

Want to view lots in LAUNCESTON?

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B - 2½d Mitchell Imperforate Block of 4

D - 2d Error of Colour

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A - 2½d Rosey Mauve on blued paper

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