Australia's Penny Black.

Aboriginal Post.
Thanks to a Ralph from Florida
I had been chasing these for some time.

Interesting. Why the disclaimer about Australia Post?

is there such an outfit "Aboriginal post"
David (DJD)

Don't these belong in the CTO thread?



He looks grumpy.

Collin

P.S. Congrats on finding a long-sought item.

Thank you for your kind words gentlemen, the goodwill here
is amazing.
Alas, the last time I wrote about these were in 2004, and for the life of me, I cannot find the text. Lost

Produced by Broadway productions, and I believe, but not sure, it was a propaganda excercise to highlight Aboriginal Australia.
The labels were not valid for postage, hence the Aust Post disclaimer, but they were, I believe used locally in some parts of inland Australia.
They do not appear (unfortunately) in "local stamps of Australia" by Bill Hornadge, the accepted bible of Australian Locals and Cinderellas.
I will keep seaching for the story and will post when/if successful.

...and yes a CTO

Glad you found them Rod. I've seen these before and always wondered why they were such a, dare I say it, "cheap" looking production. As they were produced in 2004, I would have thought something more "spectacular" would have been possible.

That aside, have you seen a cover?

Never Jubilee, these really fall under "Phantasies" I should expect.
After a while, you'll note a lot of Aussie Cinderellas printed on similar paper.
The Monty Wedd phantasies of Antarctic, the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
cinderellas, some were give aways with the "Australian Stamp News"
even, if I recall correctly, a copy of the Vignette of the
Australian first flight label. I'll see if I can dig one up.

Here you go:

The genuine Vignette




And here is the "facsimile" or an advert for it from a British firm called "PhilArts" producing a similar vignette, gummed but in souvenir sheet form.
Causes some collectors to think they have won a cruise.