“All-Up” Mails
Periodically, reference is made in ”The Aero Field” to “All–Up” mails and the term appears to have puzzled some new collectors for the publishers have had several requests for an explanation. As the few that have written are probably only ...
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
50 Years of Australian Christmas Stamps
[Originally published in Stamp News Australasia, December 2007. Republished by kind permission of the author.] Each year since 1957 Australia has issued Christmas stamps to facilitate the mailing of greeting cards to inland addresses, sometimes at a reduced postage rate. In ...
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
A Giant of Philately: Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1876-1947)
This World War II censored cover was posted 'On His Majesty's Service' from Canberra A.C.T. on 17 FEB 1942 with a machine cancel postmark 'REGISTER/VALUABLE/MAIL' on the 3½d overprint on the 3d blue KGVI stamp. It was sent to Mr. ...
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
A Re-Evaluation of Queensland Numeral Cancellations
Bernard Manning. Author’s Note: This article is based on extracts from a new publication titled QUEENSLAND NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS due to be published shortly. Collecting numeral cancellations is a bit like being a detective. All the rules of observation and deduction, plus intuition ...
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
A Tale of Two Submarines in Sydney Harbour (1960)
As luck would have it, these 2 covers turned up on the same day from two different sources, and surprisingly the two submarines noted were related in time and place, even to the point that the two had been berthed ...
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Additional Information on HMAS Sydney
Prompted by Tony Lyon’s interesting article on this subject I decided to comment on several points raised and add information about other Sydney mail known to me. The navy has always been security conscious in times of war and generally it ...
Friday, April 4th, 2008
AIF First Day Covers by Air 1940
Ronald M. Lee. Amongst the more common Australian first day covers are those issued in 15 July 1940 to honour the Australian forces. Four stamps were issued on that date, the denominations being the one penny, two pence, three pence and ...
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
AIF overprints on King George V stamps: New discoveries
For many years philatelists have been puzzled by these overprints, who produced them, and the circumstances which led to their production. Fig 1. First category of covers – Those without cancellations. Note stamps applied after cancellations. The solution was thought to be ...
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Air Mail Stamps: Made to Fly
I rather like Air Mail stamps of the world, used on airmail covers (of course), which logically is why they were issued. The sight of the familiar blue and red bordered airmail envelope emits a subliminal message, evoking images of ...
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Alfred George ‘Dick’ Salisbury and the 6th Australian Philatelic Exhibition
Covers from the Australian Philatelic Exhibitions fall into the philatelically contrived items, but this one has the virtue of being addressed to an Australian of some considerable note. The cover has an ‘R6' Registration label ‘6th AUST. PHILATELIC / EXHIBTN MELB. ...
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
American “Great White Fleet” Postcards of 1908
[Published by kind permission of the author.] The American fleet arrives at the head of Port Phillip Bay on its Melbourne leg in 1908. The eight postcards issued in 1908 to commemorate the visit of America's "Great White Fleet" have a special ...
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
An 1890 NSW Postcard
with David Benson David Benson came across a 1890 NSW 1d. postcard which he thought might be an interesting item for recording in the New South Wales Philatelist. The front and reverse of the postcard are illustrated in Figures 1 and ...
Monday, June 16th, 2008
An Air Mail Pioneer: The Story of Qantas Empire Airways
The possibilities of the aeroplane as a swift means of communication throughout the remote parts of Australia were envisaged during the first world war, and in 1919 shortly after the termination of hostilities, the Commonwealth Government commissioner two well-known aviators, ...
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
An Unusual WWI Postcard to a Soldier in Egypt
This home-made postcard was made from cut-outs of red Australian KGV heads and postage due stamps pasted to the front of a blank "Graphic" post card that was sent, presumably under cover (as there were no stamps for postage nor ...
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
August Dietz, Confederate States Philatelist, Editor & Publisher
The registered cover was addressed to Aug Dietz Esq, 900 West Clay Street, Station A, Richmond, Virginia, United States and had a magenta 8d ‘Lyre Bird' New South Wales stamp canceled with a REGISTERED/ OC 7/96/ SYDNEY postmark as well ...
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Australasian New Hebrides Company
The establishment of the Compagnie Caledonniene des Nouvelles-Hebrides in 1892 was with the explicit aim of establishing French control in the New Hebrides. In 1887, alarmed missionaries persuaded the Victorian and N.S.W. governments to subsidize shipping services to and from ...
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Australia – Shepherd – Map (1923)
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Australia – The Stamp That Never Was! (1967)
[First published in The Australian Stamp Monthly, 1967. It should be of great interest to collectors of Australia classic stamps.] Although the stamps and postal history of Australia have been thoroughly studied and explored by numerous expert philatelists over a period ...
Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Australia Map (1860)
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Australia’s First Seaplane Carrier, H.M.A.S. “Albatross”
This cover is unusual in that it appears to be printed to celebrate the christening and launching of the HMAS Albatross on 23 February 1928, but the cover was not posted until 10 years later from SYDNEY/ 4 15 A ...
Monday, January 19th, 2009
Australia’s New Stamp (1913)
The following contemporaneous article was first published in the Postage Stamp (1913). On that most felicitous of days, the first of April, Mr. Frazer, the Postmaster-General of the Australian Commonwealth, made a statement of unusual interest to philatelists, and of some ...
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Australia: Ballarat Post Office 1914 Postcard
The Ballarat Post Office in Victoria, Australia, with the exception of the Melbourne General Post Office, was the largest Victorian building of its kind. It is the third building erected onto the current site since 1858. If you enjoyed ...
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
Australia: Belmont Post Office, Victoria 3216 (2009)
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Australia: Bodalla Post Office, NSW 2453 (2009)
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Australia: Bourke Street Post Office, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 (2009)
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Australia: Carisbrook Post Office, Victoria 3464
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Australia: Castlemaine Post Office, Victoria 3450 (2008)
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
Australia: Cobargo Post Office, NSW 2550 (2009)
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Australia: Dorrigo Post Office, NSW 2545 (2009)
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Australia: Eaglehawk Post Office, Victoria 3556 (2008)
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
Australia: Ebor Post Office, NSW 2453
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Australia: Erica Post Office, Victoria 3825 (2009)
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Australia: Herberton (former) Post Office, Queensland 4887 (2009)
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Australia: Inverloch Post Office, Victoria 3996 (2009)
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
Australia: Newstead Post Office, Victoria 3462 (2009)
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Australia: Urunga Post Office, NSW 2455 (2009)
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Australia: Victoria and Tasmania Map (1935)
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Australia: Wiangaree Post Office NSW 2474 (2009)
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Australian 1932 Postal Stamp Forgeries
Many forgeries of Australia’s rare stamps exist and this forging is still going on today. For the most part, they are intended to cheat the collector but in 1932, there was an attempt to cheat the Australian Post Office and ...
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Australian Airmail Exhibition – October 1937
In September 1931 The Airmail Society of Australia was formed to “foster and stimulate the hobby of aerophilately”. By 1934 it had members in England, Nyasaland, Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa, Iraq, U.S.A. and all states of the Commonwealth of ...
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Australian Colonial Philatelic Journals
I thought it might be it might be interesting to look at what was taking place in Australian philatelic circles century or so ago. I came across a fascinating article in The Australian Journal of Philately. October 17, 1904. Vol ...
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Australian Coronation Contingent, 7 May 1937 at Crowning of KGVI (England)
This cover was addressed to No 1157. L.A.C. Palmer, T.P., R.A.A.F. Detachment, Australian Coronation Contingent, Australia House, London W.C. 2, England, and the two mauve 9d ‘Kangaroo on Map of Australia’ stamps were postmarked with an ASHFIELD/ 1 AM/ 7 ...
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Australian Rarities: 20/- green Postage Due with Stroke After Value
This month's subject whose rarity was created through a combination of timing, availability and the general unpopularity of postage due stamps, is generally reckoned as the Commonwealth's rarest basic (i.e. face-different) stamp. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Australian ...
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Australian Registered Labels (1952)
The following article was first published in Australian Stamp Monthly (December, 1952) and written by Alec A Gavin. THE little Registered Label (R6 in P.O. phraseology) plays a very important part in a vital post office activity, and the collection and ...
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Australian Space Tracking Stations
When I first began collecting stamps back in the late sixties ‘space’ was one of the ‘in’ topics. It was the time of the ‘space race’ when people all around the world followed avidly the achievements of the Russian and ...
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Australian Stamp Rarities: 1966 13c Avocet missing colours
The 13c Avocet became the first decimal stamp to be reported with a missing colour when two sheets, each showing one row with the grey colour largely omitted, were reported in the Australian Stamp Monthly, May 1966, page 19. If you ...
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Australian Stamp Variations: 2006 Commonwealth Games
The stamps associated with the Commonwealth Games came in many varieties. Some were very hard to get. The 50c Logo stamp was issued in 6 different varieties: Gummed perforated, gummed imperf, self-adhesive perf (with and without a border), self-adhesive imperf ...
Monday, May 25th, 2009
Australian Stamp Varieties: Driving and Soccer in Australia (2006)
July 2006 began with a special ‘Soccer in Australia’ block of nine with tabs to supplement the stamps issued in May. The second issue in July – ‘Extreme Sports’ – had no variations! This is a rare occurrence these days. ...
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Australian Stamp Varieties: Rock Posters and Dangerous Australians (2006)
Only one Rock Posters issue in September but plenty of variations and other poster paraphernalia. Then came the Dangerous Australians on 3rd October and the infamous $1 Red-back Spider stamp. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Australian Stamp Varieties: ...
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Bibliography of Tasmania
Bill Lloyd-Smith. It is a great pleasure to review this latest effort from David McNamee, an American enthusiast who takes an interest in all aspects of Tasmanian philately. The book is an impressive hardcopy edition printed in a limited edition of ...
Friday, April 11th, 2008
British New Guinea Proof?
Recently I noticed two British New Guinea/Papua items offered in the Cherrystone Auction 20 Jan 2005. The question that these items gave rise to was about the status of these so-called proofs. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...New World ...
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Captain Ronald Edgar Smith, 2nd Son of James “Philosopher” Smith
A large number of covers have been seen at stamp auction sites addressed to Westwood Forth, Ulverstone Forth or Ulverstone either to Lieutenant, Captain or Major R.E. Smith over the past 3 years, but none compare with the present one ...
Friday, April 11th, 2008
Cetinje, Montenegro Via Suez From Mackay, Qld: 1894 Postcard
The Queensland Universal Postal Union 1½d postcard has the ’Rays 33' on the printed stamp with a MACKAY/ D/ JY 21/94/ QUEENSLAND postmark alongside, as well as a transit BRISBANE/ JY 24/ 94/ QUEENSLAND postmark. In addition ...
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Charles Hinckley Wetmore MD, Hawaiian Missionary
This cover was seen at auction for an amount that was surprisingly high, namely a reserve of AUD 600. In addition it was described as a commercial cover, but I found evidence that suggested that this was probably an incorrect ...
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Clarrie King: Putting more fun in Philately
Amongst the many WWII Military covers I've handled over the years, occasionally a humorous illustrated cover with the attribution "Clarrie King" would emerge. I noted a number of different cartoon-like illustrations as time went by, but ...
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Collecting the Classic Stamps of Western Australia
Perth residents are always quick to point out that the Swan River Settlement was established in 1829, well before the larger centres of Melbourne and Adelaide. However, Western Australia's population up until Federation in 1901 was always much smaller than ...
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Dawson Vindin
Dawson Vindin is notable for being Australia's first successful philatelic publisher and Sydney's leading stamp dealer during the 1880s and early 1890s. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Australian Colonial Philatelic JournalsAustralian Stamp Rarities: 1966 13c Avocet missing ...
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Dr. Lowell Joseph Ragatz, Professor of American History and Philatelist
This possibly unique cut-down cover was sent from the Australian National University, Canberra (pen-deleted) airmail with 26 all coil stamps (block 12 of orange ½d roo, plus blocks of 8 and 6 of the green 3d QE II) were postmarked ...
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
E.L. Angeloglou, Dean of Cairo Stamp Dealers
The cover has a total postage of 1/ 7d made up of a pair of ½d orange KGV heads and the 1/6 Hermes airmail stamp. It has two ENMORE/ 130P 16 JL 36/ N.S.W postmarks plus a blue By Air ...
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Edwin Cradock Nowell: An Extraordinary Tasmanian Clerk
Edwin Cradock Nowell A series of 7 covers addressed to Edwin Nowell in Hobart from January 1850 to February 1860, from South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania appeared in a Tasmanian stamp auction in April 2005. The covers were well ...
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
