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
Australia: Herberton (former) Post Office, Queensland 4887 (2009)
In operation 1913 - 2003, the old Herberton Post Office kept continuous weather records for the Herberton District. Note the fully functional weather vane atop the building which has survived several cyclones. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Australia: Cobargo ...
Friday, September 4th, 2009
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
Queensland Card Collectors Society
The Queensland Card Collectors Society is "a club of approx. 100 members who collect postcards, trade cards and cigarette cards. Membership is mainly from within the state of Queensland but also includes people in most of the other states of ...
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Queensland Postal Services in the 19th Century
At the turn of the century the chief topic of conversation was the soon-to-be achieved Federation of the Australian states, a move that would bring sweeping administrative changes, not the least in the amalgamation of the country's postal services into ...
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
The Byrnes Bassett Shipping Line
Bernie Beston FAP. FRPSL. Following the opening up of the Moreton Bay District to free settlers in 1842, the influx of migrants and squatters increased rapidly. As the best grazing land nearest Brisbane was taken up, adventurous pastoralists scoured further and ...
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Why I Love Collecting Queensland
There are many philatelic commonalities amongst the different areas that we all collect. To explain further, if we collect Postal History or stamps of a particular country or period, then our individual reasons for collecting them will in general be ...
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
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