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"You'd think if someone was a good personal friend of yours, You would at least have there mobile number."
I never ask for a person's mobile number unless they want to give the number to me first. And why would I want his mobile number anyway, if I want to say something I'll meet the fellow in person, like I'll be doing in the New Year, one can say a lot more that way.
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Awesome please do he was hesitant to share info on it.
I know you did not speak to him when you added the above to your earlier comment, he won't be hesitant with me. And like I said previously, he does not collect stamps so why would he offer $8,500 for two albums. And why show a cover of the Renniks catalogue and say
"this is the publisher who wanted my KGV stamp".
I can say I know Dr Geoff Kellow and show the catalogue he edits and publishes, but I do not because I actually know him.
I will prove that the stamp in question (your tin shed) KGV is not valuable and that it is a tin shed, I'm taking an image of that very stamp to the club I go to which has two of the most renowned Australian expertisers in the KGV side-face issues, Michael Drury and Scott Starling, if they concur with you then I will be the first to apologise, but I'm confident that will not be forthcoming.
I'm an expert on all Australian stamps from 1937-1966, and unlike you I do have a very valuable collection that I'm offered a fortune for but will never depart with any of my collection.

The 6 stamps displayed (I have nearly 4,000 stamps) came from one of my albums that hold rare stamps, and I only collect mint unhinged and well centred to superbly centred specimens, I have though one hinged block of 4 and being one of a kind the light hinge mark had not affected the value of the stamp.
The value of these stamps is invoiced on the current market value (shown on their invoices), and not on catalogue value at $16,000.
And to let you know a little about expertising certificates, they do not automatically make a stamp valuable. Some certificates are issued to help identify stamps as being authentic but not valuable, I also have certificates that do have the rarity status, some of my certificates show the rarity status as very rare and extremely rare, these stamps are worth lots of money.
So on January 21, when I see Drury, Starling and of course Dr Geoff Kellow, I will upload the truth about your stamp that very night, and these fellows comments cannot be questioned.
I also see you're from Sydney, if you want to see these guys personally you can go to Philas House which is in Brisbane Street the City, you can find their address on the internet, they also have a map to help find the place, but just in case you do not turn up (I'm sure you will not turn up), I'll have the stamp visually certified for you.
Nearly forgot, there are a few collectors there that are very knowledgeable in early USA stamps, especially the inverted 1918 Jenny, and one of these guys actually was at an auction in the US when a real inverted Jenny was sold.
Take yours along, I'm sure they would like to see one close-up, and who knows, someone might even offer the amount you want.