rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 16, 2024 3:01:22 GMT
CANTON ISLANDNever before had heard of Canton Island, nor The Phoenix Islands.  See cover here linkHugh Australia's Air Mail catalogue (1988) listing August 1941 Canton Island (Catalina flying boat) #920 PS: Catalinas used by Australia do not seem to be listed with Wiki 
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Post by rod222 on Jul 20, 2024 1:30:30 GMT
KGV Sidefaces : COLOUR AND SHADESskittlelinas Quote
Hello Everybody
My name is chantelle. I'm 36 years old living in Sydney Australia. I was given a few stamp albums from dad a couple years ago to find the values of his collection for him. Since then I have not stopped collecting. I'm a sucker for the aussie kgv heads. I have thousands of them and dont see myself not buying as many as I can anytime in the near future. Can't stop and won't stop  I have almost a complete collection of Australia stamps on seven seas pages from 1914-2020 not including all the Roo denominations. I wasn't focused on collecting the roos until recently. Looking forward to being an active member of this stamp community and hopefully getting answers to all the many questions I have. More specifically, identifying all the kgv shades which the acsc doesn't explain in depth enough for me to use that alone to figure out all the many shades of the kgv heads. Thanks for taking the time to read this.Hi Chantelle, Welcome to the magnificent madness. Mr. Orlo-Smith was the Guru of KGV sideface shades, I believe he worked from a collection of 300,000 ? (1d Reds) The Penny red shades     
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Post by rod222 on Jul 23, 2024 13:31:47 GMT
Australia Booklet (Bonus Gift from member philatelia ) Thank you. Scott 1246b 1992 A438 45c Threatened Species (First Reprint = 1 "Koala" icon in selvedge) CV C$13 Die Cut Perf 11½ Self Adhesive 31 x 22 mm Note Cancelling ring on cover (dusky hopping Mouse) to prevent users cutting out and using as postage stamp.   |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 31, 2024 8:54:39 GMT
@kasvik Hi Aaron,
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A tiny European tree frog. Anybody seen one? Not me.
No, sorry not seen by me. I dig up frogs regularly, in my garden, tiny little fellas, live about 12 inches underground through summer. Australia's Tree Frogs on Postage Stamps Dwarf Tree Frog Pond Life Tree Frog Rainforest Orange Thighed Tree Frog Blue Mountains Tree Frog Tasmanian Tree Frog Northern Dwarf Tree Frog Roth's Tree Frog (Not exhaustive)   |
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 11, 2024 3:56:02 GMT
1984  1984 85c Ship  |
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 11, 2024 4:10:02 GMT
Ephemera Aust Post Colouring-in Postcard Blue ringed Octopus............Enough venom to kill 26 Adults within minutes Found in tidal Pools, loves to hide in discarded Coke Cans.   2006 Dangerous Australians      Red Back Spider was replaced with the Sea Snake for the second Mini Sheet 
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 11, 2024 5:23:40 GMT
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 12, 2024 3:52:18 GMT
1990 Dr. Constance Stone.  1990 The Blue Dress  |
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 12, 2024 4:00:02 GMT
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 12, 2024 4:04:21 GMT
1991 - 150 Years of Photography   |
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 12, 2024 4:05:32 GMT
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 14, 2024 2:20:09 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Aug 14, 2024 3:00:38 GMT
AUSTRALIA CTO BOOKLETS Partime In an recent purchase, I found this booklet. It has seen better days, but it is filled with CTO versions of several stamps.
It appears that a previous owner added blocks of 4, and some other items that probably were not in the original booklet.
I intend to remove them from the booklet based on the stain on the cover, but thought I would post for your comments.
The pen marking on the cover implies purchased in 1952. In the lower left of the cover, I see "C.7191/50".
Are there many of these out there?
Any particular scans you would like to see? I include the scan of the Coat-Of-Arms, front and back.I would strongly recommend you DO NOT do this. Good husbandry would have you preserve Australia's stamping history (no matter how partially damaged) Perhaps, place the stamps in "Hagner" style mount pages, and leave them in the folder ? Fresh Glassines? I have no idea what your items are worth financially. However a 1965 similar Australian Booklet of Australian Stamps (Antarctic and Cocos) SOLD AT AUCTION ESTIMATE $600 SOLD $480 |
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Post by Partime on Aug 14, 2024 13:18:41 GMT
AUSTRALIA CTO BOOKLETS Partime In an recent purchase, I found this booklet. It has seen better days, but it is filled with CTO versions of several stamps.
It appears that a previous owner added blocks of 4, and some other items that probably were not in the original booklet.
I intend to remove them from the booklet based on the stain on the cover, but thought I would post for your comments.
The pen marking on the cover implies purchased in 1952. In the lower left of the cover, I see "C.7191/50".
Are there many of these out there?
Any particular scans you would like to see? I include the scan of the Coat-Of-Arms, front and back.I would strongly recommend you DO NOT do this. Good husbandry would have you preserve Australia's stamping history (no matter how partially damaged) Perhaps, place the stamps in "Hagner" style mount pages, and leave them in the folder ? Fresh Glassines? I have no idea what your items are worth financially. However a 1965 similar Australian Booklet of Australian Stamps (Antarctic and Cocos) SOLD AT AUCTION ESTIMATE $600 SOLD $480 Yes, Rod, understood. What I am going to do is recreate the booklet as it was created, and keep the extras aside. It was a nice find, all mint never hinged and in very good shape. |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 15, 2024 1:18:33 GMT
Partime Yes, Rod, understood. What I am going to do is recreate the booklet as it was created,
and keep the extras aside. It was a nice find, all mint never hinged and in very good shape.
Great news Steve, I can rest easy. Notwithstanding the value of the material, that is a great find ! I had not seen those before in 30 odd years of collecting. PS: I could not see any CTO strikes on the smaller values. and I wonder why the 5/- (5 shilling ) is missing the SPECIMEN opt?  
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Post by Partime on Aug 15, 2024 2:33:44 GMT
Partime Yes, Rod, understood. What I am going to do is recreate the booklet as it was created,
and keep the extras aside. It was a nice find, all mint never hinged and in very good shape.
Great news Steve, I can rest easy. Notwithstanding the value of the material, that is a great find ! I had not seen those before in 30 odd years of collecting. PS: I could not see any CTO strikes on the smaller values. and I wonder why the 5/- (5 shilling ) is missing the SPECIMEN opt? The 5 shilling wasn't issued with a SPECIMEN overprint. Only with a CTO. All of the smaller values have a very, very light CTO cancellation, but full original gum. I'll put them together and post when I have time. Thanks for your comments. |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 15, 2024 4:04:00 GMT
AUSTRALIA : "BALDY" THE KANGAROO (Designed by a Londoner, England) The entry which won second prize in the 1911 Commonwealth Stamp Design Competition, featured a Kangaroo (Kere aherre indigenous language) The entry was submitted under the non-de-plume "BALDY" by Mr. E.A. Arnold of London. Baldy's roo was adopted in the Kangaroo and map stamps which were used for 30 years (Not my image)    July 1st 1913 Kangaroo "The Laughing stock of the civilised world"  How do you feel now Mr. Agar Wynne ? Perhaps you should have invested in the "Laughing Stocks" for your grand children's education !  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 15, 2024 4:50:03 GMT
PartimeIn an recent purchase, I found this booklet. It has seen better days, but it is filled with CTO versions of several stamps.
It appears that a previous owner added blocks of 4, and some other items that probably were not in the original booklet.
I intend to remove them from the booklet based on the stain on the cover, but thought I would post for your comments.
The pen marking on the cover implies purchased in 1952. In the lower left of the cover, I see "C.7191/50".
Are there many of these out there? Any particular scans you would like to see? I include the scan of the Coat-Of-Arms, front and back.In Particular : It appears that a previous owner added blocks of 4Steve, are these blocks CTO?, I am wondering if these belong to the scarce "Miller" blocks.
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Post by Partime on Aug 15, 2024 13:35:37 GMT
Partime In Particular : It appears that a previous owner added blocks of 4Steve, are these blocks CTO?, I am wondering if these belong to the scarce "Miller" blocks. No, unfortunately the blocks are all just MNH nice copies (not even a trace of a cancellation). I think the previous owner was just trying to get an example of CTO, single MNH, and block MNH for some type of future display (never finished). I guess that is my job now. |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 15, 2024 21:12:40 GMT
PartimeThanks Steve, Keep an eye out for any CTO blocks of 4, can be scarce. (Miller blocks) Without being persnickety, I was thinking the glassine strips in your folder were looking brown, indicating the glassine deteriorating, (as it does over the years) I may be tempted to remove the stamps, now the image has been created and place them in fresh glassines, inside the folder........just a thought.
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Post by rod222 on Aug 22, 2024 3:41:06 GMT
Australia : Ephemera : Postcards Academia WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following monograph contains images of deceased persons. Images include The First Cobbs’ Coach Imported from America, Delivering H.M. Mails to the First Nations peoples at Coranderrk (Victoria Australia) . N.J. Caire photograph. Printed in Germany. (Author’s picture collection) Respecting community cultural protocols The Australian Government agencies have adopted protocols and guidelines when working in Indigenous communities to respect and honour the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, unique to Australia.  |
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Post by Hugh on Aug 22, 2024 12:10:11 GMT
Australia : Ephemera : Postcards Academia WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following monograph contains images of deceased persons. Very interesting Rod ... I have to admit I had no idea about this issue when in comes to Australia and Australian postcards, photographs and emphemera. The phrase "The camera became a coloniser, a preparer of the route to European Expansion in the late nineteenth century" is an interesting POV and quite arresting. Do exhibiters put such a warning on postcard or stamp displays? ... ie. "WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following display may contain images of deceased persons". |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 22, 2024 20:07:35 GMT
Hugh Very interesting Rod ... I have to admit I had no idea about this issue when in comes to Australia and Australian postcards, photographs and emphemera. The phrase "The camera became a coloniser, a preparer of the route to European Expansion in the late nineteenth century" is an interesting POV and quite arresting. Do exhibiters put such a warning on postcard or stamp displays? ... ie. "WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following display may contain images of deceased persons".Hi Hugh, unable to answer your question. I placed it from seeing it / reading it when images are shown on television. Under the tenet, if I give respect, it will be shown in return. I cannot walk in their shoes, but it troubles me when I see, headings like "Ten Pound Charlie" or "Dusky maidens" etc We are in troubled times, when the indigenous peoples around the globe, are seeking freedom / acknowledgement from their colonisers past. Trinidad and Tobago are an example 
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 24, 2024 0:01:42 GMT
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 24, 2024 2:16:13 GMT
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 24, 2024 2:19:10 GMT
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 24, 2024 2:24:47 GMT
1985 Electronic Mail FDC  1985 Christmas FDC  |
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 24, 2024 2:28:52 GMT
1985 Marine Life 33c FDC  1985 Youth Year 30c FDC  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 25, 2024 9:12:47 GMT
Australia : Cobb & Co Coach 100 year Anniversary link  |
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Post by stevo45 on Aug 25, 2024 23:37:32 GMT
Australia : Cobb & Co Coach 100 year Anniversary linkThanks for posting the SURAT Pics. We have bee through this town several times but never knew about the significance or history of the place. Another Pic (from the web)  |
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I have almost a complete collection of Australia stamps on seven seas pages from 1914-2020 not including all the Roo denominations. I wasn't focused on collecting the roos until recently. Looking forward to being an active member of this stamp community and hopefully getting answers to all the many questions I have. More specifically, identifying all the kgv shades which the acsc doesn't explain in depth enough for me to use that alone to figure out all the many shades of the kgv heads. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
