Interesting Australian State Cancels?

Yeah. Now it has been mentioned the position of the 'A' in the CDS is different in one and two.

Rod & others...Here is a site I had bookmarked just on Victoria stamps. No separate listings of postmarks but some good info...

http://www.stampsofvictoria.com/index.php

Mike in NC / Meostamps

Great work, one and all.

I have been following the disastrous events in Queensland. The flood of Toowoomba was particularly startling and tragic.

'Scarcity guide 1-2 (known to exist in low numbers)'

rod222, I presume you'r referring to the WA stamp there.

'I would expect from the auctions I have attended probably $20 -$30 US.'

Well, no doubt, it will just end up on ebay, like most of the more interesting items I come across from countries I don't actually collect.

Thanks so much for the contributions, everyone.

Yep, the "N" cancel JJ.

Thanks Mike.

Yes, Smauggie the flood has swept down and reached
Australia's 3rd largest city Brisbane, Queensland
which is under water as we speak.
The footage we are seeing is quite unbelievable,
A national disaster.

Just as a general question arising out of this thread: in which countries are people most interested in cancels?

I have the impression that there is a lot of interest in Australia and that sometimes a stamp can sell for a very large sum because of a rare or unusual cancel.

I've been trawling ebay for months now _ I'm kind of a stamp shopaholic - but I can't say I've noticed much interest, even in the field of Chinese stamps, where the stamp-buying public is massive.

Is this mainly an Australian thing? What do people think?

For me JJ, it comes with the catalogue.
The WA postmarks compendium was $20

13,000 listings, why wouldn't I ?
1 good ID and you have paid for the catalogue.

If there was a cat of India or China I would be right there,
I enjoy Collin's posts with postmarks,
he seems to study every stamp

It sounds like a great book!

Is there a 'holy grail' of the WA postmark collector?

Indian - in the broad sense - postmarks can command premium prices. However they're vastly more diverse and specialised than anything in Australia, and the literature is also vast and specialised. As in Australia, though, and most of the rest of the philatelic world for that matter, they remain a minority taste. Prices tend to reflect that, with world-class rarities (one or two known) selling for three-figure sums.

For instance, this postcard is the only piece of commercial (non-government) mail I've ever seen from Pati village in Barwani, in India. A very average strike of the Pati CDS, too. On a good day, it might sell for $150, against maybe $50 for a similar card from a common post office.



Postmarks remain the preserve of the sophisticated collector, so you're not likely to find the sort of crazed price inflation we see in, say, mint unhinged modern Chinese stamps.

I wouldn't know JJ, I don't mix in pmk circles,
but I would have a guess at a bog standard barred
killer with "CANCELLED" may be one, on a black swan.

A set was prepared and donated to Mr. Rowland Hill.

I agree with Tonys's comments.