The Stamps Of Australia : On Steiner Pages.

Western Australia Stamp Dealer.
Mr. Wim Smits

This gentleman actually made the find of the century, by locating the Lithographic Stone of the West Australian Black Swan.

His icon was always a little nude man, 1970's handlebar moustache and long hair, huge feet, and holding Tweezers and a magnifying glass.

Advert 1974
Australia Stamp Monthly



Advert Wanted material
West Australian Newspapers



Cinderella material produced by Mr. Smits.

New South Wales
1888
Sc#81 8 penny Lyrebird P11 x 12
Sc#82c 1 shilling kangaroo P12

On fragment, mutilated stationery Fiscal use of stamps.
Cancelled
Australian Museum, Sydney

Aerogrammes.
Official Aerogramme for PO use. (Never seen)
Australian Stamp Monthly 1974



Would be similar to this, but V jet tailfin.

Hi Rod,

Higgins & Gage list these official air letters with high prices even back in 1982.

The 1960 one as you've shown in the online listing but without "SPECIMEN" was $60 mint, $50 used.

A regular 10d aerogramme was overprinted "OHMS" in 1965 and this was unpriced mint, $40 used.

The "Tail of Jet" OHMS design from 1967 was $125 mint, $75 used.

Finally, the 1973 "OFFICIAL MAIL" Jet design was $40 mint, $30 used.

All these prices were in US dollars in 1982.

There were also a few earlier ones.

I have a specimen Aerogramme as pictured above laying around here somewhere.

Hi Nigel, Al.
thank you very much, that was helpful. Not come across those before.

I do not collect aerogrammes, nor do I throw them out, so one ends up, after a while, with a "collection"

The Australasian Stamp Catalogue 1976
12th edition
Stamp Publications P/L

Australia
Stationery : Aerogrammes
Cat #A73 1985

Aerogramme collectors are very fussy, if the aerogramme was released unfolded, that's how they want them.
A storage nightmare.



The "Doomsday Angel" Albrecht Durer.

1976
20,000 stamps $475

United States Post Offices in Australia
#17075
Fleet Post Office established 1st September 1965
at Perth Western Australia.

32mm CDS with 4 bar killer.
BR=?

Author: Mr. A.G.Salisbury.

Rod:

I've come into this topic late, so excuse me if someone has made this comment before.

The perfin reads correctly from the back of the stamp, rather than reversed. Was this the norm for this stamp or is it a variety?

Frank.

How do you insert a quote ... ?

Anyway . . . .

Re your perfins you said that you would like to mount the with the face visible, but this makes the perfin difficult to see. Have you considered putting a piece of white paper or card in the mount behind the stamp. You can cut the white material just smaller than stamp-size and glue it into the mount so that the perfin has a white background and the regular perforations a black background.

Rod, I believe that Zip code, 17075 BR is a branch of 17075, Newton Hamilton, PA.

Peter

Aussie Al:

The pasted up booklet you show looks as it it was in fact a trial for a trial in Brisbane. I posted these trial booklets a while ago at:

https://goscf.com/t/50682

Your trial trial looks as if it could be for the 80c booklets - no point in wasting lovely printed covers. And the stamps come from the same period.

Hi Peter....Many thanks, you solved a real curly one there. Post saved.

G'day Frank,



Firstly, to insert a quote.
Right click and save the required text
Select the second last icon in the "Format Mode" list
Put cursor between quotes, and paste.

Post back if problems.

PERFIN Orientation ( I refer to these as PUNCTURES as they are government in origin.)

Quick answer : I don't know.

Here's the rub.
Opinion.
If it were a Commercial security PERFIN, then it is common.
Stamps were oftentimes folded before puncturing, giving every perfin
4 different orientations
Upside down, back to front etc.

With Victorian Govt punctures I have no idea if they were ever folded.

If they were, your orientation is common, if not, and punctured in sheets only, (face up) you have an error.

Problem solved.
Because it has been explained, the differing puncture heads, and the vast variety, it becomes apparent the puncture should be shown from the rear.
I'll paste a black and white copy of the stamp with Scott number, then mount as I have been doing prior.
Thanks for your suggestion.