The Stamps Of Australia : On Steiner Pages.

Hi Rod

Here is an excerpt from the ACSC (2015) on KGV stamps.

The "Pancing Horse" Essay. This "essay" clearly based on the design of the 1d George V but with a prancing horse vignette, was apparently unknown until the 1980s when a sheet on ungummed watermarked paper appeared on the market. There is no evidecne that this so-called "essay" has any official status, nor is it likely that there is any. Nonetheless, examples sell for $225 each.

I fail to see the purpose of such a design on an Australian stamp.

Rob

Hi Rob,
I share your opinion.
These things will always appeal to the "completionist" , myself included.

I would pay say $5 to have a copy, but disown it at the current level (wry grin)

I was surprised to see it in Brusden White, I wonder how it qualified?

I recall seeing it in ACSC but dashed if I could find it recently, was it in the Kangaroo Book, or the KGV Book ?

Western Australia : Postmark : Domestic. Dotmatrix ?

PMC CFCP 458

PMC = Perth Mail Centre.
CFCP = Culler Facer Canceller Preparation.

458 = Unknown.

BarCodes and Yellow Label Technical Guide...........
https://auspost.com.au/content/dam/...-dec2016.pdf

Pantone Colour Matching System :
https://www.pantone.com/the-pantone...ching-system

Seek Opinions Urgently.

1934 £2 Kangaroo SPECIMEN (unknown type of opt)

What would be the ballpark figure for these, please.
I see prices from $38 (4 days to go) to $660

What would your "pass" price be ? (assume mint lightly hinged)

Thanks

Hi Rod

Could you upload the image so I can see the overprint.

Rob

The "Prancing Horse" essay is in the KGV book (section 4, page 56)

Rob

Way too late Rob...Urgent was the operative word.
It's gone.
But let's see your opinion






Many thanks Rob.

2017
Christmas Stamps set.
Saint Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.

Collecting modern Australia.

I have met a watershed moment with the above, and shall choose to begin to diverge from a completely solid Steiner Page collection, and begin to introduce my own occaisional personal pages.

Mr. Steiner's design is true to Scott, as it should be, but in trying to complete a collection so, one becomes a servant of the Australian Postage issue juggernaut.

Just about every page hosts "strips of 5" "blocks of 4" "Personalised stamps" "coil strip of 5 stamps" etc.
Basically no other way to have examples other than buying mint as supplied, thereby financing Australia Post.

I shall continue to collect as issues become available off cover, and just mount the strips randomly, should they ever arrive in auction lots.

For me, it has just tipped beyond what I could reasonably spend on a hobby.

2009
Steiner Page 18.

And so it begins...

It is not going to be pretty, Postmaster.
This is a guy whom still uses Microsoft Works.........

2009
Steiner type Personal Page 13A

Page took 3 minutes to create. (About the right elapse for a Worldwide collector)
Employed (Used ) Showguard mounts, converted to Hawid Open Top (can replace stamps as better examples come along)

Nice clean page Rod. Three minutes well spent!

Thanks for those kind words Nigel.

A tad sparse for the Page, but it is the only option available.
A tidy tiny little program (Open Source) Clunky, but when you get used to it, it is fast.

I would have liked the opportunity to add snippets under the title, only route is physical "cut out" and paste text on a piece of paper.