NEW
ISSUES
of Australian Postage Stamps
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site has special section for young collectors, a gallery of new issues
and details of post office operations including rate information
Australia
Stamp Agency in North America
Selected
philatelic pages for
collectors of
Australian
Stamps, Australian Postal History and Australian Rare Stamps
Australian
Stamps designed by Czeslaw Slania
by Ann Mette
Heindorff
Predecimal
stamps of Australia
by Mike
Andrew
World
Jamboree Stamps - Australia 1988
Australian
Postal History & Social Philately
by Maurice Mishkel
Queensland Postal Markings until 1913
by Marius Wytenburg
A selection of Frank Stamps from Western
Australia
by Jan Kosniowski
British Commonwealth Postmarks WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
by Robert S Cragg
Postal Mechanisation
in Australia
Ken Sparks
Official Airmails of
Australia
Ken Sparks
Bass Strait Mails
from Federation to WWII
Ken Sparks
Thursday Island Covers
by Garry Law
Late Fee Cancels of Australia
by L J Tyler
First published in Australian Stamp Monthly, August 1963.
Lord Howe Island
"Paquebot"
by Glen Stephens
More
Than One
by Stephen D. Schumann
Multiple die postal stationery of the Commonwealth of Australia
Australian 1932
Postal Stamp Forgeries
by Alan Sparks
Many forgeries of Australia’s rare stamps exist and this forging is
still going on. In 1932 two of Australia’s stamps were forged with the
intention to defraud the Australian Post Office.
Revenue & Railway Stamps of Australia
by Dave Elsmore
NEW SOUTH WALES
Postage stamps and
postal history of New
South Wales
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
FAULDING’S
MEDICAL JOURNAL WRAPPER
by Maurice
Mishkel
South Australia ½d
Newspaper Wrapper uprated with ½d green, SG O80, (issued
12.02.1900), to Hamburg in Germany
Printing Differences on South Australia
Newspaper Wrappers
by John K Courtis
The Early Stamp Issues of South Australia
by William Cochrane
From a paper given at the meeting of the Herts Philatelic Society on
October 25th 1921 by Ernest H Collins.
TASMANIA
Notes on Tasmanian
Revenue Stamps 1827-1990
by Bill Lloyd-Smith
British Commonwealth Postmarks TASMANIA
by Robert S Cragg
Circular Date Stamps
on Tasmanian Pictorial
Stamps 1899 - 1912
Alphabetical list and Rarity Rating
by R E Lancaster
BOOKS on Australia Stamps &
Australia Postal History
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Australian
Antarctic Postal History 1911-1965
by Roy M Milner, 1975, (also 1980
and
1986 printings)
Aerogrammes
of Australia and its Dependencies 1944-1980,
by
Robert C Stein, 188pp, 1985
The
Recess Imprints of John Ash, by Brian Pope
published
by Fagott Press, 1975
The
External Air Mails of Australia
by
H C Baldwin, published by Francis J Field, 1966
The
Early Commonwealth Period and the Kangaroo and Map Series
published
by the Australian Post Office, 1968
The
First Postage Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia 1901–1912
by Max
Hooper, 1995, 56pp
This
work covers the neglected period of Australian philately during which
stamps
in the ‘Colonial’ designs were issued by the Federal Government. These,
and not the ‘Kangaroo and Map’ stamps are the first of the
Commonwealth.
A highly detailed study that contains much information unavailable
elsewhere.
Postmarks
of the Australian Forces from all Fronts 1939-1953
by
Stephenson Stobbs, published by Harry Hayes, 1976
NEW SOUTH
WALES
History of the Post Office and of the Issue of Postage
Stamps in New South Wales 1890
by Andrew Houison, publ View
Publications, 1983
New
South Wales Numeral Cancellations
by
Alan G Brown and Hugh M Campbell
1977,
96pp (2nd edition)
This
Second Edition gathers together much additional information accumulated
during the 14 years from publication of the First Edition. An essential
work for the collector of this field.
The
Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards and
Telegraph Stamps of New South Wales
by A F Basset Hull, publ Stanley
Gibbons, 1911 & 1913, 240pp & 334pp (2 vol)
The
Postal History of New South Wales 1788-1901
John
S White (ed.). Issued 1988, 481pp
Postal
Rates, hammer data, P.O. regulations, etc. A wealth of information.
The Stamps of New South
Wales
by Guybon John Hutson, 1960
SOUTH
AUSTRALIA
The Postage Stamps of South
Australia
by The Philatelic Society of South Australia, 1949
South
Australia
by Napier & Smith, 135pp, 1894
South
Australia The Department Stamps
by A R Butler, 1978
Travelling
Post Offices of South Australia
by A D Presgrave, pub
by Stuart Rossitor Trust, 1998
TASMANIA
Handbook of Tasmanian Revenue Stamps
by William D Craig, publ Revenue and Railstamp Publications, 1997
A
History
of the Post Office in Tasmania
published
by the Australian Post Office, 1975
The
Revenue and Railway Stamps of Tasmania
by William D Craig and Owen G Ingles, publ Revenue and Railstamp
Publications, 1978, 68pp
Tasmania,
Stamps and Postal History, by W E Tinsley, 1986
published
by The Royal Philatelic Society of London
VICTORIA
Cancellations
of Melbourne 1861-1912
by Davies, Linfield & Purves, 1980
The
Half Lengths of Victoria
by
J R.W. Purves 1953, 216pp + booklet of plates.
(Limited
edition of 120)
Instructional
& Informative Markings of Victoria 1852-1913
by
A G Rigo De Righi, 18pp, 1983
The Numeral Cancellations of Victoria
by Hugh H Freeman and Geoff T White, The Royal Philatelic Society of
Victoria, 2001, 420 pp
This work extends the previous volume devoted to this subject, Barred
Numerals of Victoria, by J.R.W. Purves published in 1963 and now long
out of print.
WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
The
Postal History of Western Australia, by George E Owen
published
by Hawthorn Press, 1959
Western
Australia, the Postal Markings Illustrated,
by
Brian Pope, 414pp
Stamp
Forgeries of Western Australia
by
M. Pope, 1993, 108pp
PRIVATE LOCAL POSTS IN AUSTRALIA
THE
AUSTRALASIAN NEW HEBRIDES COMPANY LIMITED
The Australasian New Hebrides Co had
headquarters in Sydney and was subsidised by the governments of
Victoria and New South Wales. They carried mail privately to the
islands of the New Henrides and amongst the islands. The comapny traded
between 1887 and 1899. Two stamps were produced in 1897. The islands
called at were Anietyum, Aniwa, Aoba, Aurora, Epi, Erromanga, Futuna,
Mai, Nguna, Petecost, Tongariki, Tonga, Sandwich and Vannaleva.
Australasian New
Hebrides Co
by Bonnie & Roger Riga
Australasian New
Hebrides Company
by Maurice Mishkel
New Hebrides - 1897 -
Private Local Post -
Australasian New Hebrides Company - Interisland Postage
by Roland Klinger
BURDELL &
COMPANY
Imperf stamps issued in 1854 inscribed "Forwarded by Burdell & Co's
British & Australian Express. For forwarding and delivering Gold
Dust, Specie, Bankers, and other valuable Packages and Merchandise to
Geelong, Sydney, Adelaide, Launceston, the Diggings, and England,
Ireland and Scotland." Very few copies of this stamp are known to exist.
CITY EXPRESS
MESSENGER CO LTD
Stamps inscribed City Express Messenger Co Ltd Despatch Stamp, were not
sold but were affixed to parcels or messages after the fee had been
paid.
Boyd's City Express
Messenger Co Pty Ltd
COOLGARDIE
CYCLE EXPRESS
The Coolgardie Cycle Express was organised by James A Healey in 1893
following the discovery of gold in Coolgardie. The service was closed
in December 1896 when the government post was established.
Coolgardie
Cycle Express Co history
FRENCH NEW
HEBRIDES CO
Stamps incribed Nouvelles Hébrides Syndicat Français
Poste Locale
New Hebrides - 1903 -
Private Local Post -
Syndicat Français des Nouvelles Hébrides - Interisland
Postage Stamps
by Roland Klinger
LAKE LEFROY
A service was stared in February 1897
to carry letters from Lake Lefroy to Coolgardie and was closed with the
opening of an official service in June 1897. A total of 1,000
stamps were printed with a face value of 6d, less than 50 copies of
this stamp have survived. The stamps are inscribed Lake Lefroy
Goldfield Cycle Mail Western Australia.
MURRAY STEAM
NAVIGATION CO
Stamps inscribed "Murray S N Co / Victoria / N S Wales" were issued in
1872. Stamps issued were a ½d black, 1d red, 2d blue and 3d
green. These stamps were used on mail carried by McCullock's steamers
on the River Murry.
6d stamps were also produced inscibed "W McCullock & Co Limited /
Parcels Express"
BOOK
REVIEWS
Australian Commercial Perfins Discovered
Since March 1992
by John Mathews, self-published, 2001, 123 pp
Available from the author
- John Mathews, 21 McConnel Cres., Kambah ACT 2902 Australia. Email for
more information to johnm@student.canberra.edu.au
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