Australian Stamp Information

Can anybody help me with my stamps from Australia?
I am looking for information as in, stamp designers and amount of stamps printed?
Is there a web site that will help me?
And I am only in the A's

A quick look turned up nothing for me except that Australia Post sells over a billion stamps per year.

The commemorates seem to have a number of printed stamps limit and time limits for the sale of, at 6 to 9 months.I think I can remember the odd reprint but it normally fits into the 6 to 9 month sales limit.

Definitives are in definition reprints over long sales periods and go into a koala count etc.

It will be interesting what replies you get.

KGV

It is also interesting that stamps printed numbers per year have not changed much since 1914 as 800 million stamp were printed then and in 2010 1 billion were printed. Not much of a difference, in close to a 100 years.

The VST Australia catalog gives the designer and printer, but my very old edition (1999) does not give print quantities.

If you only need to know the info for a few stamps, I'd be more than happy to look them up for you.

I know of a web site for USA stamps {1847USA}, it gives designers and print runs but that only goes to 1970. I was hoping that other countries would have such a site. I had found one called {Australian Flora on postage stamps}. This site only tell me the designer to selected stamps though.
I hope there are sites with the information I am looking for. If I was to find out, here is where I will find it.

Thank you khj, when I get done inputing my Australian stamps I'll get the stamp Scott Numbers to you.
As I said earlier 1847USA got this information, but where did they get it for the USA stamps?

The designer, printer, and print quantities for US commemoratives are given in the Scott US Specialized catalog.

Hey got a new one
I have been able to get it narrowed down to Scott 71 1930 issue.
But I can not get weither it is 71a or 71b.
I need another stamp to compare the two die types.
The web has not been any help.

I think????
I found it as Die # 2, making it Scott 71b.
Any confirmation or correction appreciated.

Hi tomd.

Do a search on this part of the forum for "Australian KGV Stamps Explained" and your answer is on page 9 of this thread.

I can answer your original question on KGVs and Roos stamps. Basically from 1900 to 1935.


Always Happy Stamping. KGV

All I can say is oh my, what they had to go through back then. We have it so easy now with climate control. The 3 part article from rod222 was something. And the post from you with not 2 but 3 dies was great it was just what I needed, I was able to see the difference between dies 1 & 2 right away.
It does not hurt either with this new apple computer I bought with a screen of 13 inches (33 cm) high and 24 inches (61 cm) wide of viewing screen. I can take a stamp 24 x 29 mm's in size, scan it and then enlarge it to 20 cm wide X 24 cm high. Makes it a little on these old eyes to see slight differences, when I know what I am looking for. I tell all the new comers about how much information there is here in people, and I am amazed every time. I am so grateful for the help, Thank you seam so little to say.

Still in Australia with a new one I am having a problem with.
I have a King George V
1d (penny), color carmine rose, I believe die #1
and I think Scott # 21a
Measured perforations 14 1/2 x 14
Date 1923
But the cancellation, I think is 1915
any comments????

Hi tom.

Your stamp is a combed perforation 14.25 x 14 which is basically all of the 1d reds except a small printing in 1914 that have a single line perforation of 14.20 x 14.20. The single line perf has uneven blunt to pointed corner perfs. Comb perfs have the classic double corner perfs so long as the perforation pins have not been bent.
To find out the easy way to measure perfs refer back to the beginning of the KGV thread I have mentioned.

Always Happy Stamping. KGV

Oh My My,
I only looked at the page you directed me to earlier.
So this time I said no way I am going to miss this information. So I am going to read the whole thing and see what I missed.
I am only on page 7 of 25. And Oh my my, you need to write a book or an article somewhere this is really awesome. When I get done, I am going the have to recheck all my King George V again to be sure I have done them justice and catalog them correctly.

KGV Collector all I can say is Oh my my

I just got done with that thread on King George V
When you put it together in a doc, you almost call it a text book on King George V stamps of Australia, as a matter of fact after this post I will change the name of my KGV Ref Doc.
Now if I post on one of my (few at the moment) KGV stamps it will be an odd ball or I could not find it. You should put it in a book type of a format and put it out as a small book. I had 48 pages! Thank you all who added to the thread "Australian K.G.V Stamps explained."
This should be primary reading for people who have any questions on Australian KGV Stamps. I for one will be looking at increasing my collection of KGV.

Well it did not take me long did it.
I can not tell the water mark could any one see the difference?