The Stamps Of Australia : On Steiner Pages.

Rod, back on page 23 in relation to an NWPI overprint 3d Map & Kangaroo you said

The thing with the NWPI overprints is first to look at the S's of ISLANDS...
in the original poster's image you will see both S's of ISLANDS have long tails making it...
Type 6c, P in-line with first S of ISLANDS, both S's with long tails.

Only Type 6 have the S variations.
So when it comes to classifying the NWPI overprint 'normal' S types (6a and 11)
you can first disregard the 'long S' types (6b and 6c - see below).

So the original poster has a Type 6c - P and S in-line, long S's.

Only Type 6a and Type 11 have normal S's and sometimes they can be a bit of a (expletive) to sort - not so cut and dry unfortunately.

Thank you Peter,
Post saved.

Auxilliary Markings:

Mutilated Stationery.
Sc#104 1930 1.5d Sturt Centenary on stiff manila paper.

Single lined boxed "LOOSE SH(IP) LETTER"
Known used at Melbourne 1894-1900

Late Use?

Unconfirmed unknown notation HGA 1435A

loose ship letter would be handed to a ships captain and would then enter the postal system at the destination port.

A "loose letter" is defined as an item of mail which makes part or all of its journey before formally entering the postal service.
this would generally be a letter handed to a guard on a train, or station master which would not normally enter the normal postal service till it reached the destination station.

Author : "Chippin"

Mutilated Stationery Piece
Guess: from date 1915? Sc#51 Die l Kangaroo Blue Green.
Postmark : Auckland NZ Loose Letters.

Unknown script annotation that came with this....

Rod

Another oddity for you, from a current auction:





"1902 -04 Thin POSTAGE 3d olive-green unmounted mint block of four with value and inscription greatly shifted upwards resulting in lower pair with POSTAGE OMITTED and upper pair with POSTAGE at base (see SG footnote), from position 47-48 and 57-58 from the only sheet known with this error. A very rare and spectacular error with only ten such possible errors existing. Ceremuga certificate (2015)."

Estimate £7500

Thank you very much Geoff......saved

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New Zealand : Loose Letters Via Oarangi (sic) (Better Scan from post a few days ago)

1915
Remembering Roy Maguire (McGuire?) : Postman. Taabinga Village. Queensland.

Source : Department of Veteran Affairs :Vol 34 # 3 Spring 2017

2017
Australian legends.

AC = Companion of the Order of Australia.
CBE = Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
AO = Officer of the Order of Australia

2017
Ruined $1 Dragonflies

Noted : Not soluble in water, released in "Diggers White Spirits" (Dangerous: Flammable)

Re-use protection : "Micro Cuts"




Souvenir Sheet.



Technical Details:

"3 x $1 d.d." ? (Differing dimensions?)

"Flexography"

Flexography : Wiki

Helecon Ink, versus Helecon Paper

http://predecimal.nf/Early/helecon.htm

See also :
https://goscf.com/t/25933

Australian Budgerigar Murmurations.
(Approx 10,000)

Sc#1991

Sc#1950 2001 Musicians : "Men At Work" ....Mr. Colin Hay

A Scot
An Aussie
An American.



Colin Hay on "Scrubs"

1931
Official Stamps
Steiner Page 38.

Welcome any member whom has "duplicates" for sale.
Condition not important, will take damaged or "space fillers" and forgeries

Rod

Got a 4p KGV used , 6d Roo used plus half orange KGV (mint hinged) in spares.