Australian KGV Stamps Explained.

No help with that, it caught my attention however, and I have purloined your scan to ask people in the future.
I thought maybe a FPO but the name appears to end in a Y.
A curiosity for sure.

Please, work your mojo with that scan. Any info, correct or interesting, would be appreciated. (Even better if its both.)

Collin

I do not have information on that theatre of war Collin,
I post a copy of the 1939-1953 Australian Forces
postmarks (stephenson stobbs)
You can see the FPO 222 cancel there.

There is no correlation between the two, apart from the suggestion that your 22 cancel is somehow linked to the military.
I'll post a copy of the catalogue under "library" thread.

BTW just for interest, the 222 of 1943 was Wau PNG
(on the eastern peninsular of NG)
At the Battle of Wau, in January 1943, during World War II, the Australian Army stopped an advance by the Japanese.

I would question whether a KGV NWPI overprint would be in use during WWII?

rod-

Would I be looking for those Australian Forces postmarks on regular-issue (garden variety) Australian stamps of the period?

Thanks for the info.

Collin

Perhaps I was not clear Jubilee.
the NWPI was till 1923
I tried to convey no correlation, just the suggestion
that 22 was somehow connected to the miltary in the 1920's.
In other words the numerals in lower rings would appear to be a military format.

Sorry, now I'm with you. It's a shame the date on the postmark isn't clearer. I have Stephenson Stobbs, and the style does appear to be correct

<never> seen one, Collin.
They are an awkward topic, reserved for the specialist.
all the FPO's (field post offices) I have are on blank card or cover
which would suggest in a highly mobile PO with no supply of stamps.

I have "Base Post Office" on stamps as late as the 4d Koala
which as the name suggests is a fixed mailing point.

A skilled Googler would probably locate examples, but that is not my expertise.
There is also confusion on my part between the Acronyms
AFPO can be Australian Forces Post Office
FPO can be Field Post office.

I find postmarks to be a fascinating offshoot of recreational collecting, with lots of stories on common 5c stamps.

An example of a Base Post office
this one located in Jeruselem Palestine 1940

Here is a GB "pre censored" card from the field,
free postage, but pre paid postage advised on reply.

Field Post Office T39 (location unknown)

You write your letter to Mum by ticking boxes.

rod-

That is a head-scratcher...is that a delivery cancellation on the reverse of a postcard for a receiving post office in the British West Indies? How does Syria or Palestine fit into this?



Collin

I have been following this KGV series with great interest. When I first started to collect stamps many years ago I was collecting World Wide (I finally stopped and just collected U.S.). Sold my World Wide Album, however since Australia is my favorite country outside the U.S. As my budget allowed I purchased al lot of inexpensive bundles of Australian stamps and I knew I had a bunch somewhere, but since we just moved things were in a mess. I just found a bunch of old stamps in a box I have not looked at for years. There are over two hundred Australian KGV stamps in the box.
By using the illustration on page 14 of this string I have already found some of the anomalies on penny reds. My question is do some of these errors occur on penny greens or other denominations?

Conn

The reality is most NWPI stamps were used in Nauru - however, were they also valid for postage in Australia? I.E. philatelic covers?

King Conn: That only applies to the penny red recess.

Jeepers the questions are getting harder methinks

BeeSee, I have no idea (yet) they are too expensive to collect so have little info.

Collin, disregard the Brit west indies, a mistake on my part when I posted the scan, If memory serves it was aguess by a member when I first enquired and I was remiss in not renaming the scan.
The strike is definitely Palestine:
The genuineness of the card is in question.
From the scan you can see what may have been a stamp
yet there is no address???
The back of the advertising card I'll attach with 3 censor marks
known in Palestine, but why was it posted? or was it philatellically inspired? It's in my "too hard" basket.
once again disregard the brit west ind