1d Red Block Of Roo's Image?history Aus 1st Stamp!

There is a new release International Post Personalised Stamp that is the stamp image of the Royal Exhibition Melbourne that was released as an International Post stamp in 2006.

This is where the stamp show for the 100 years of Australia's first stamp. No news to the Aussies!

What I am after is an image of Australia Map & Kangaroo 1d Red in a block 6 as a min but would really like one as a block of up to 20 so I can lift your image and use on a personalised stamp which we would be selling.

Big ask but need some help with this project. KGV

Would the (almost) block of 20 Roos on the 2004 $5 stamp (Treasures from the Archives) be of use?

Very interesting! Good choice!

I am not sure about copyright?

Aussie Al to the rescue!

Thank you very, very much.

Beautiful block very befitting a great personalised stamp.

The first ever Australian stamp The Map Of Australia And Kangaroo.

A very stunning block of 18 1d Red roos.

Awesome KGV

A History of Australia First Stamps (Taken from SCF "Australian KGV Stamps Explained")

Australia began life as a penal colony of Great Britain & as such had no real identity of her own for the first 100 years or so of her modern history. All that changed with Federation in 1901.


Federation meant Australia became a Nation in her own right & along with the legislative work of how the new nation would be governed were smaller questions, such as the issuing of the new nation's very first postage stamp.


This took rather longer than one would think & the new nation didn't issue its first stamp until 1913. There was massive disagreement over the design for the stamp. There was a strong anti~royalist lobby within the Labor Party, which included the post Master General. The Royalists in the Liberal Party were staunch monarchists.


In true Australian fashion the Labor Party, which was in government, held a competition to choose a design for Australia's very first national stamp. It was a very popular competition & drew over 1 000 designs but the £100 prize was eventually awarded to a man by the very un~British name of Hermann Altmann. His designs included a head of King George V, flanked by a kangaroo & the shield emblems of each of Australia's states.


The Labor Party didn't think much of this design & the government commissioned the water colourist, Blamire Young, to come up with something more *typically Australian*. Young submitted 10 designs using an Australian map outline with a kangaroo & these were eventually issued in various colours for different denominations from January 1913 onwards at the instigation of the Labor Party. However the stamp wasn't particularly popular with protests that it was *child~like* & many people in the wider population were staunch royalists & felt their monarch had been slighted. Nor was it popular with Australia's Head of State, King George V, who received samples of the first stamps for approval, & demanded to know why he was not on Australia's first stamp.


The story of KGV stamps is intrinsically linked to the political power plays of the recently formed Australian government: Labor Party versus Liberal Party. The Labor Party, actively seeking to assert its Independence from English rule, acted directly against the Australian Head of State, King George V, pushing their anti~monarchy agenda by releasing the first kangaroo issue stamps without officially recording the date of issue. The earliest post mark can be traced to January 1913.


Six months later, when there was a change of government & the Liberal Party came to power, one of the first things they did was order new stamps with the monarch, King George V on them. The Liberals were so keen to establish themselves as a pro~monarchy government they allowed the Australian Treasury to print engraved KGV stamps because the stamp printer of the day did not have the facilities to do engraved printings. At the same time they requested plates from England to begin the topographical KGV issues.


The KGV engraved issue, like the map & kangaroo issues, has no recorded 1st day of issue, yet by July 14th, 1914, when the topographical KGV was released, the 1st day of issue was duly recorded.


King George V was an avid stamp collector himself & helped build the Royal Philatelic Collection into the finest collection in the world. At one point he was Honorary vice~president of the Royal Philatelic Society of London. His collection is privately owned by the Queen, not the nation, & has never been counted or valued. It contains many unique items. King George's collection is housed in the red albums & was originally expanded by King George while he was in the navy & able to collect stamps from all over the world. Eventually he restricted his collection to the stamps of Great Britain & her dominions, including Australia.

It's interesting to read some of the reports found in the newspapers of the day concerning the Kangaroo v George V face-off:

http://lynnwalsh.wordpress.com/2013...garoo-stamp/

Hi KGV Collector

Will you actually be selling or exhibiting at the Show.
If so what is your stall number, I hope to visit as I live in Victoria.
Horamakhet

Hi Horamkhet.

Great to here you are going the THE Stamp Show. It really should be something. Hope you pick up some great bargains.

As much as I would like to think we could put a stall together at the show. My physical condition would not allow me to do such a thing. I can not go to a show or work outside of my home but I am very happy.

Because of my accident many bones were broken and they will never go back together again. Worst is my spinal pain increases and it takes much management to live with it. I have two forms of arthritis the worst is arthritis from many abrasion or psoriatic arthritis and it is quite advanced now.

The bursitis is galloping and needles into the joints did not work last time which was 5 weeks ago. So this Friday I will find out more. I have had to increase the medication a lot over the last couple of days. Listing has almost stopped. But I am very happy. It always works out.

Stamps are so important to me. It is great to work with them. I might spend 14 to 15 hrs a day, doing what I do but in reality I am lucky to do 3 to 4 hrs of time doing stamps. I try to do most of my work standing up. And I try to do as much as I can.

At present I am putting lots together for next month because of the ebay store changes that come on the 1st May. We have no choice but to open a anchor store at $500 per month with unlimited auction listings and a FVF of 7.5%.

Now how was that for a whinge?!

Good luck with your health John!

There is no other person that has helped me more than you Puzzler!

You spent endless hours helping me that turned out to be the saving of our home! Gave me a level of quality of life I never thought possible.

How special is that!

What justice can words from me.......

Thanks Heaps Puzzler! KGV

Hi KGV Collector

ebay gets greedier and richer, and makes it hard to make a fair profit.

They hit you with fees, and then they take a cut through Paypal.
I wonder how long before ebay ups fees and charges on Gumtree.
Horamakhet

Hi Horamkhet

Yes Australia ebay changes in fee structure is a real brain twister.

Standard fees First 40 listings free per month. Then Auction listings $1.50 each for under $100

Basic store 80 free listings $20 per month. Then Auction listings $1 each under $100

Feature store 200 free listings $50 per month. Then Auction listing $1 each under $100

Anchor store with unlimited free auction listings $500 per month.

A basic auction listing cost for an item under $100 beyond free listing entitlements including mailing in the price is $1.90 before the price of the item is added to the listing cost.

With no store after your 40 free listings per month an auction listing under $100 beyond free listing entitlements & including mailing in the cost will be $2.40 before adding the cost of the item to the price.

The stamp from Australia Post. It has been a very good seller.To me the story to the stamp is better than it looks but am very happy with the outcome.

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Still listing but with heaps of medication. So far have had 5 cortisone needles in my right shoulder but more to come. It sounds like the calcium build up is ripping the 2 main muscles where they join the bone at each end. Will have to wait 2 more weeks before more treatment.

But who cares I am just going for it, locked into boom and bust sleeping pattern.