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This page features worldwide rare, unusual, and one-of-a-kind items of special interest.
It is one of Australia's MOST visited stamp dealer web pages.
Check EVERY day, as you can see -
new items are regularly added and the sold ones removed.
Many large dealers buy from
here regularly.
So that I can show you the items in great detail in high resolution, some of the images may take a minute or three to load up if you have slow dial-up connection. I apologize for this, but it's worth waiting for!
A note about payment on these: Yes, these lots are expensive, but
"Lay-By" is available; E-mail, Phone, or Fax me to discuss it.
I do NOT rip you off like auctions and add 15-20% to my prices.
A $1,000 stamp is $1,000 - not $1,200.
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LIMITED OFFER – SG 1840-1952 Commonwealth Cats at HALF
retail: I made a bulk buy of these
catalogues at a VERY special price. Normal retail: $A180 -
my price $A90 plus shipping. These are the real thing,
brand new in perfect condition! For the first time a LOT of
plate flaws in photos, and prices them - see sample page of
those here –
www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10621
With 412 pages, full colour scans,
and the expertise/experience of Stanley Gibbons it is no
wonder that this continues to be THE catalogue of choice for
collectors of this period - WORLDWIDE. Thick, HARD
covers .. a REAL Cat - like the OLD SG were, but now in
COLOUR and on bright white paper.
If you do not collect modern QE2 Guyana, Samoa, Nauru and
Botswana etc, that means you need pay $700 for a 5 vol WORLD
set, this is for you! For the first time a LOT of plate
flaws in photos, and prices them - see sample page on link
above. If you collect Queen Victoria, KEVII, KGV and KGVI
for GB and the ENTIRE Commonwealth you MUST have one of
these. It lists and prices all Postage Dues, prices for
stamps on cover, dies, plates, retouches, re-entries, and
stamp booklets etc. HALF retail -
$A90
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GB 1992 £1 Carrickfergus Castle MUH
Strip of 3 - GROSSLY MISPERFORATED:
Striking piece, with a large misperf –
resulting in the “E” of CASTLE being
misplaced at side into the next stamp.
And a greater misperf vertically as you
can see – and at an angle too. SG 1611
variety. GB is remarkably free of such
errors, and on a high face value is a
lovely eye catching piece.
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GB Booklets hoard of 201 books -
1976 to 1997 at 15% of SG!:
A
terrific group bought as new issues
by a collector from Max Stern, who
paid a LOT more than this as new
issues. My price might even be
under FACE .. have not bothered to
add it. Bought this week in an
estate to insane priced to clear.
201 booklets, 1976 to 1997. 10p to
£3.80 face values. Complete check
list attached as per current SG
Concise and with more photos on -
www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12851
- TOTALLY untouched by me as
always, so all the goodies are in
here. He generally bought only 1
or 2 as you can see off checklist,
but now and again there are a half
dozen or so .. no idea why .. maybe
plate numbers or diff papers or
perfs etc .. I have no idea.
SG Cat £1,567 which is about
$A3,300, so my price is around 15%
of SG Cat to clear them fast. Be a
great kick off lot as a collection,
or for re-selling on ebay etc. Also
7 empty "Training School booklets”
with no bar codes or text on back.
which are very scarce and sought
after. These are NOT counted in SG
value above as they are not in SG as
far as I know.
$A500
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Tasmania £1 1892 Green and Gold Queen
Victoria "Tablet" SPERATI FORGERY: "Used" with a
genuine circular cancel, "Hobart Tasmania APR - 1901", and is the
ONLY example of this stamp ever seen by most large dealers I have
mentioned it to, or shown it to. This exact stamp I have in stock is
illustrated in the BPA superb book on the Sperati forgeries, and the
excellent Harold Bynoff Smith 'Forgeries' volume.
It is believed to have been a "one-off" attempt, and Sperati it
seems abandoned the idea of making more copies, after this absolute
perfectionist decided he could not 100% accurately colour match the
"real thing". A ton more detailed background on Sperati and his
amazing forgeries is found at -
www.glenstephens.com/snapril04.html
A quite cruddy looking copy of the £2 Sperati Roo sold at Stanley
Gibbons Sydney in late November 28, 2007 for
$A4,770, so my $4,000
for this is a
for this is a BARGAIN!
Click
HERE
to see how UGLY that stamp was!
This £2 Kangaroo is by far the most "common" of the four Pacific
region Speratis, as about two dozen exist - mostly "used". So this
possibly unique Tasmania example has to be a blue-chip bargain at
20% UNDER that price - $A4,000. Comes complete with the original
Bynoff-Smith album page, and photocopy of the BPA London Sperati
handbook pages on this stamp, showing this is the exact example
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Australia 1920 KGV 1/4d Deep Greenish Blue Fresh *MUH* original Gum; Lovely example, fresh MUH with 100% guaranteed original gum. With the left part of an A.J. Mullett Imprint pair. This is not the very rare Deep Turquoise shade, (sadly as that is cat $6,000!) but is the second scarcest shade, in this generally washed out looking issue. ACSC 128c $1,000 for the shade MUH, and add a premium for part imprint. To clear this week for: $A750
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The *ULTIMATE* KGV era cover!! The
words "eye-appeal" don't seem to do
justice to this one. Ararat
Victoria, Registered to Cheshire UK
on the 2nd Experimental air mail
flight, May 1931. My Dad was born
in the tiny town of Ararat, and I
lived there for years, and visited
there many times later on, so this
one has some historical meaning to
me. The ultimate air Mail cover,
and the ultimate KGV heads cover.
Where does one start on this
brilliant piece?
Despite the 17 different stamps, total
franking is only 2/2d, which I think was
actually the correct air postage. For
starters there is a 1913 1d Engraved -
cat $750 on cover. A 1d violet
... scarce on any cover - minimum $45.
Even a 1913 ½d Roo .. "SG #1". The 1d
Red is a
rare Die 3 .. and better
still, has the scarce plate flaw "White
Flaw Below Right Wattle Stem" (ACSC
75N). Now that one is a $150 flaw
OFF cover, and
ANY Die 3 on
cover is cat $400+ - without
flaws! The 1d Green is Large
Multiple Wmk (cat $90 on cover.) 2d
brown has a plate flaw etc. Even the 3d
Airmail pair are from the scarce BOOKLET
plate, with the small green booklet dots
in margins - minimum cat $125 on cover
etc. Melbourne Registered plus Ararat
plus and UK Registered arrival
backstamps. A show-stopper.
$A600
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State Of
North Borneo 1894 $25 MUH Strip of
3! A scarce
and seldom seen stamp. The highest
stamp denomination ever issued by
North Borneo. Same design style and
size and SG type 32f, but presumably
only used for official purposes.
All MUH, with the usual brown gum
“zoning” found on anything 115 years
old from this region. The $5 and
$10 postage stamps of this design,
SG 85/86 are cat £250 and £275
each as hinged!
$A200
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FIJI
Collection - 1935 KGV S/Jubilee, to
2002 in Davo album in slipcase:
From the 1935 Silver Jubilee and the
1948 Silver Wedding, and many of the
KGVI heads. Through to 2002. Near
all Mint, indeed near all are MUH.
Cond. a bit mixed on earlies as
always, but look to be fresh and
fine otherwise. See a dozen other
photos of the stamps on offer at -
http://eemixa.notlong.com
All in a
$125 cloth covered Dutch "Davo"
album in heavy slipcase. The value
is VERY heavily in the post 1990 era
which are "impossible" to source
from the trade, at any price, from
ANYWHERE. Some of the modern pages
are retail $A50 a pop. Some are
DOUBLE that. The page shown has a
FACE value of $64 for instance, and
high cat. CORRECT SG cat is
pencilled on each page, and that
totals £1,319 = $A2,750. Estate
bargain to clear at $2,000 BELOW
cat.
$A750
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Australia
1977 Silver Jubilee PLATE PROOF
BLOCK 4 at Quarter Cat!
Always a fast seller. These are
official PO plate proofs, and like
all the others have some creasing. ACSC
766PP(1) Cat $500 per imperf PAIR or
$1,000 a block 4. Seemed a real
shame to cut it into pairs but if
you want a pair, I will do that for
$A140 .. your choice or top or
bottom.
$A250
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South
Australia 1856 2d Orange Red Imperfs
x 3 on part cover:
How on earth something nice looking,
and over 150 years old can only be
worth $150 sure beats me! Clean
part cover with a superb strike in
vermillion on back flap of unframed
“SHIP LETTER / FREE / AU 28 1858 /
GPO / VICTORIA”. SG 7, £240 off
cover.
$A150
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Aust.
States + NZ and other collectors - a
block of Perkins Bacon Star Wmk
blank paper! In
an amazing find, I recently bought
from the UK a full sheet of the
Perkins Bacon “Star” hand-made,
watermarked paper. Perkins Bacon
used this paper to print the early
imperforate stamps of many Crown
Agent colonies including Queensland,
South Australia, New Zealand and
Tasmania etc.
The sheet
was remarkably fresh, as are most
things that have been in the UK for
150 years. Hand-made deckle edged
ungummed paper. The outer margins
all have the 5 parallel lines and
the word “POSTAGE” along each edge
as you can see.
I cut the
sheet up into more convenient sized
pieces for collectors to display on
their album pages or a hagner sheet
etc. The “Postage” block of 24 or 30
would make a wonderful centrepiece
page to any collection. For those
exhibiting, a piece of this paper
would-be a very interesting an
unusual addition to the early pages.
Or, you
can cut them into pairs or blocks 4,
and offer them on ebay etc, and you
may get some interesting results.
Prices are very affordable as you
can see (shipping is extra):
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Corner block of 12 as shown -
$A65
Block of 24 with top margin
lines, (4 x 6)
$A125
Top margin block 24 with
“POSTAGE” imprint as shown. (4 x 6)
$A150
Superb part sheet of 30 with
“POSTAGE” imprint as shown -
$A200
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Germany April
19, 1932 Zeppelin postcard to Brazil:
Lovely
looking item as you can see, in very fresh condition,
especially for 77 years back. With a range of special
handstamps and cds and cachets. With the German
Zeppelin stamp franking. On the reverse is an engraving
of some distinguished looking guy .. the name of whom I
cannot read! $A250
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FIJI 1914 £1 KGV SUPERB MVLH: A gem. Near 100 years old, and as fresh as if printed last week. Been in England near all its life I believe. Light hinge touches with no remainders. Incredibly deep vibrant colours - that the scan does no justice to. Perfect centring .. VERY hard to locate so centred on these small stamps. SG 137. If this were a 1913 £1 Roo you could literally add a zero. $A365
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South Australia 1884 £1 Queen Victoria “Long Tom” VFU with 1901 COMMONWEALTH date cancel! A popular high value in superb condition. Clean and fresh and totally free of hinges and gunk. SG 190a. A nicer looking copy you’ll be hard pressed to locate. With a 1901 cds, so this is cancelled in the Australian Commonwealth period, and is thus likely from a Presentation Set given to all members of our first Federal Parliament. If this were a £1 Roo you could add a zero. Crazy priced. $A225
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South Australia 1908 "Great White Fleet" Official Postcard: The rare 1d red. Pristine mint. For 100 years old, in unbelievable condition. Been in Scotland for near all that time. The Vic and NSW are often seen, indeed even the WA ones are not uncommon, but these SA ones are the key. (Have an equally superb 1½d Victoria Fleet card for $A200.) $A400
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AITUTAKI - 1920 Pictorials - 2 x IMPERFORATE PAIRS: Superb looking pair of these Perkins Bacon recess printed classics, in MUH original gum arabic. HUGE margins as you can see. Great looking specialist items, now 87 years old. (4) SG 27/28. $A200
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Queensland Railways 1962/63 10/-
roulette, top value rarity rated “RRRR”
- in fresh *MUH* pair:
Top value of the entire pre-decimal
series and to find it in a fresh *MUH*
pair is quite a gem. RSA Cat $500 as
HINGED singles! Coming up to 50 years
old - would any other MUH copies exist?
Rarity rated RRRR – a gem to tuck away
from this ever popular field -
$A350
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1946 BCOF set to 2/- Kangaroo
of *FDC* and 1d with Bluish Overprint!:
A lovely looking cover and FDC’s of these are SCARCE.
With the crude “Aust Army Postal Service” Registered
handstamp, and with TWO different Military cds on
reverse for FDI – May 8, 1947. The 1d has the
“Blue/Black” overprint – SG J2a £95 = $A225 OFF cover,
alone.
An interesting and little
realised fact, is that the ONLY way to get a FDC, of ANY
Kangaroo stamp of any watermark, from any era, and of
any denomination, is the 1d Red from 1913 ... and this
one! $A325
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KGV 1d Red “Rough
Paper” rare Die 2 perf “OS” Absolutely
unbeatable appearance:
There
would not be a better looking specimen
ANYWHERE. Has the erect die 2 spur .. many
are sold as “submerged” and ACSC warns you
should only pay a fraction for those. An
absolute ripper, clean and fresh unused,
with no faults or blemishes. Quite
incredible perfs and centering for these. $A450
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“Australia 99” scarce official perforated pair with GROSSLY misplaced perforations. Seldom seen on the market and what a spectacular pair for just $A250! There is a detailed article of these errors here - www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=360082 – where the full story of these, and photo of the machine that made them, and the OTHER sensational errors on these is outlined with many photos. Also the same pair with PART perfs as shown above ( 3 different) – also $A250 for that pair of sheets. $A250
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Canberra 2008 National Stampshow $5
Canberra Raiders Rugby Booklet –
astounding QUADRUPLE
overprints and
sideways and inverted overprints:
A fuller story is found here -
http://piurl.com/DN
This Rugby booklet
with Silver “100
Years Of Scouting” overprint was
QUADRUPLE overprinted, albino
overprinted, part overprinted …
and all
with different numbers!
I count ELEVEN
different overprints!
I was given this
booklet Saturday March 15 in
front of many witnesses from the head of
AP Philatelic down, which I am told is
about a week BEFORE issue date.
I will
confirm that on invoice for buyer if
needs be.
I paid very many $100s for this amid
incredibly stiff competition.
I later
showed it to leading dealers and
collectors and specialists like Simon
Dunkerley, and ACSC Editor Geoff Kellow,
(who were NOT there!) and all these
folks tell me these are apparently the
first things EVER knowingly supplied by
AP since Federation, with major printing
errors upon them.
Look at the blow-up
for some of the bizarre multi overprint
attempts.
I also have the very same booklet
overprinted
250/250
(The very last of the overprints.)
Again I got this in Canberra in a
heated auction a week BEFORE they were
issued. Has a corner crease but it
unique and a lovely piece at
$A150.
Superb MUH with marker pen line showing
it SHOULD have been destroyed.
This
CAN be legally exhibited I was told by
senior APF judges – a dozen of whom were
there when it was sold!
A spectacular
SCOUT thematic classic, AND RUGBY
item
.. not just an Australian major
error or booklet error.
$A1,000
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Your
number one source for
USED KGV and
Kangaroos
I have had for 30 years
probably the largest stock of used Australia KGV heads and
Kangaroos in the world. From poor to superb. Many collectors
find it really tough to sort and source these by watermark and
Dies accurately. In the early 1980's I ran dozens of full page
ads in the 2 local magazines listing
EVERY key
Australian stamp in 5 different grades from "Spacefiller" to
"Superb". Even the 1913 £2 Roo. Not one dealer has done that
kind of ad - before or since.
My grading is
precise, my stock enormous, and I have assisted many
THOUSANDS of collectors complete their sets of these difficult
issues. From budget conscious pensioners filling 5 albums for
their grandchildren, where spacefillers of scarcer values will
suffice perfectly, to multi millionaires who want and buy the
BEST - from cars and houses .... to their stamps! You may not
be able to afford to LIVE as well as Hugh Morgan or Sir Ron
Brierley does, or drive a Bentley like they do, but your used
Roos can look JUST as nice!
If you
want a complete set of "Melbourne Dec 6 1913"
half circle gloss black cancels on 1st watermark - I can source
them. If you want the full gum corner CTO from Specimen packs I
can help. (All these are now listed in the ACSC as CTO and
priced accordingly.) If you want just lovely postally
Superb Used like those in the photo nearby - I have
always been the #1 choice to buy from. I have 1000's just like
them.
Read my recent stamp column about WHY you should collect USED
stamps in this country:
www.glenstephens.com/snjuly05.html
Unlike mint, used
stamps do not tone or rust nearly as fast - and are
readily cleaned
if they do! And unlike mint - no-one goes about regumming used
Kangaroos! And when it comes to filling gaps in high value Roos,
opting for USED, even lovely copies, will cost you a
FRACTION
of what mint hinged will. So it is VERY
possible to
fully complete your used Roo collection. Mint will cost you
$30,000 - $40,000.
I purchased Private
Treaty from Harmers Of Sydney in 1980 the massive
H.F.McNess accumulation of used "OS" perfins. He was
obsessed with accumulating these issues, and had books full. I
still have much of this stock. This was at a time when perf
"OS" were poorly regarded by collectors and dealers alike. Not
me. I still have multiple copies of items most dealers have
never seen or handled genuine examples of - like - 4d Lemon
Yellow, ½d and 1/4d Small Multi perf 14, KGV No Wmk pair, Roo
2½d and 4d Yellow 1st Wmks etc.
I was
the person who got the £2 Small Multi perf 'OS' listed into the
ACSC after 75 years, by proving beyond doubt 2 genuine copies
did
exist. One of which I bought from a war-time assembled
collection. (The used Arthur Gray copy then sold for $A40,000.)
These OS perfins (especially 1st wmk) are usually HORRIBLE
looking stamps.
The
stamp printer directed that badly centered sheets of stamps too
poorly produced for sale be put aside and perforated 'OS' for
these “nuisance” officials. That makes CHOICE copies about one
in a 100 of the higher 1913 values above 3d. And do note - all
perf “OS” sold by ME are genuine from the massive H.F. McNess
hoard I bought. Do not TOUCH 90% of what you see on ebay. Read
the many exposes here -
www.stampboards.com/viewforum.php?f=21

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Folks - Australian dealers in general are pretty lazy and slap-dash and vague with terminology. The Term “FU” is applied to ANYTHING with a cancel most times. Loosely translated it means “NOT MINT.” Convenient for them– yes. Accurate – NO! Entire price lists headed “Fine Used” exist. However they often mean if you order “FU” and the dealer has a single copy in stock that is truly graded AVERAGE used, you’ll be cheerily supplied that unless you complain – end of story.
I have FIVE grades - from Spacefiller Grade, to Superb Used Grade. You pay for and GET exactly WHAT suits you best. Warning – the TOP grade sets are incredibly tough to assemble as you might imagine, and can take quite a time to ship. Other grades below are good to go right now.
“Instant Australia KGV Heads *COMPLETE* Collection”: I've assembled full sets of 72 different KGV Heads in EVERY Watermark. All four x 1/4d etc. All perfs, all Dies, all o/p “OS” values, and even all shades as per “Seven Seas” Catalogue and album. Buy just the EXACT grade that suits your budget and collecting requirements as follows: Spacefillers - $A250 Average Used - $A450 Nice Good U - $A575 Clean FU - $A850 Or for the perfectionist – a hand selected Superb Used complete set of 72: $A1,200
"Instant Kangaroo Collection”: I’ve assembled full sets of 34 different Roos in EVERY Watermark. 1st and 2nd wmks to 1/-, 3rd wmk to BOTH 2/- colours, S/Multi wmk to 2/-, CofA wmk to 5/ and even both the 6d “OS” overprints – which are VERY scarce but needed for EVERY printed album. Melbourne retail for these same 34 stamps in normal used condition is over $A750. Buy just the EXACT grade that suits your budget and collecting requirements as follows:
Spacefillers - $A225 Average Used - $A400 Nice Good U - $A575 Clean FU - $A850 Or for the perfectionist – hand selected Superb Used complete set of 34: $1,150. And I also have great stocks of higher values - and the best stock in Australia of Perforated “OS” Roos – all GUARANTEED GENUINE. Also I have great stock of the Stanley Gibbons listed watermark errors, perfs, shades, Dies, and SG listed printing varieties etc. Please enquire.
Roo "Upgrade" Kit: Add the real key values to the Roo set above. Add the 1913 2/- First Watermark, the 2/- Second Watermark, and both the scarce 5/- ... 3rd Watermark and Small Multiple Watermarks. And last but not least add the 10/- CofA to your page. These five scarce stamps are missing from near all collections. The 10/- roo is going up in price strongly each year. Melbourne retail $835 for normal used.
My price: Spacefillers - $A325 Average Used - $A500 Nice Good Used - $A650 Clean FU - $A875 Or for the perfectionist – a hand selected SUPERB Used complete set of 5: $A1,250
This offering above is just a tiny "taste". The prices on this page for these collections supersede any of my other prices on the web. I will gladly price ANY used single stamp you need, and naturally all the later issues. Whether 5/- Bridges, Kookaburra mini sheets, £1 Thin paper Robes, £2 Navigators etc. I have them ALL in 5 condition grades. I stock Australia 100% complete, 1913-1985, in used condition. And do I have all these above in MINT … well of COURSE I do! Let me quote you. |
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France
1943 National Relief Fund Complete
MUH sheet: From
an estate bought today formed in
France, with nice France content.
Full sheet, totally MUH with the
usual shiny honey gum. Perfectly
centred. Five se-tenant strips of
5. Michel 589/593 400 Euro =
$A800. SG 780/784 cat £300 as
singles ... strips are a premium.
$A250
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Macau 1977
Dragon Boat
Festival. FIVE
HUNDRED MINT
SETS!
Fresh MUH/NH/UM
in PO sheets of
12. SG Cat
988-990 £750 =
$A1,875.
My selling price
is around ONE
QUARTER OF
GIBBONS to move
these fast.
Prices of
China, Taiwan
and Macau have
been rising
strongly in
recent times.
This might be a
very nice key
item to tuck
away?
You are buying
125 sheetlets of
12 as
illustrated.
Each sheet has 4
sets of 3
stamps
in a
se-tenant strip
as you can see.
500 sets of 3 in
total. Each
sheet is
individually
NUMBERED and
most collectors
collect via full
sheetlets.
Superb
topical/thematic.
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New Zealand “The
Best Of” UNISSUED Mini Sheet sets 1996 -
2000 (5 sets of 3 sheets):
NZ Post each year rewards the clients who
spend a ton of money on new issues, with a
VERY special freebie like these. (Dealers do
NOT get them, which really annoys them!)
They are **NOT** buyable - you only get
them if you spend a heap of money with NZ
Post. Each year these "Best Of' mini sheet
sets of 3 sheets are issued. There are 9
stamps featured each year, (3 on each sheet)
that are stamps selected from that year's
issues. Even the circular ones they manage
to do.
These have gone
going ballistic in price both here and in NZ
in recent years. By PO Pack collectors AND
stamp collectors. Five sets of 3 special
sheets from 1996 (issue #1) to 2000. All
fresh MUH Each year in it’s own special
Pack. VERY few complete sets exist. ACS
retail Cat on these first 5 is $500. More
detail on the background to these here -
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7860
- (15 x mini sheets total here in 5
packs.) FIVE such MUH sets for
$A750
- or one set of 15 -
$A175
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Hong Kong - 340 x MUH 1997 Mini Sheets for just $A300! Bizarre lot from a now deceased buyer who paid Max Stern $1,500 for these according to his invoice! Bought cheap today - to sell cheap. For anyone who wants to pop something away in the bottom drawer, you could do a lot worse .. the massive interest and resurgence of stamp buying and interest from CHINA (now in charge of Hong Kong) could see these do very well one day - see: www.glenstephens.com/snseptember08.html $A300
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Roo 1913 10/- Grey and Pink “Specimen”
incredibly fresh ex UK:
A scarce stamp in any condition, and this
fresh is about 1 in a 100.
Faintest hinge
touch and flat and white gum .. been in UK
since issued.
Wildly under-rated by the
market.
Only 2169 ever sold.
Of
those only about 25% seem to have survived
being given to youngsters in the cheapie
Specimen packs.
And of those 500 survivors
most have horrific perfs, centering and/or
hinging .. and indeed many are no
gum.
For THIS issue a top end example – as
you’d know if you have looked at any!. SG
14.
$A500
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Papua New Guinea 1994
Rare "Emergency Overprints":

Papua New Guinea 1994 "Emergency Overprints":
I do now have, and have always had, the largest stock of these
overprints in the world. Buy DIRECT from the original "source"!
Thousands of collectors NEED this set to complete their collections.
Only 45,000 were ever printed, NONE
were sold by the agents, Papua New Guinea Bureau, or even Australia
Post. Nearly all were used up on genuine commercial mail. Not
discovered by stamp world until months after all the key values all used
up! I first reported their existence to the stamp world.
"Set
of 11" - SG # 730/740. Michel # 714 -724.
Scott #
860/871. ASC Cat $A420.
Local Richard Juzwin
retail price is $A330. The Seven Seas Stamps "Australian Stamp
Catalogue" (ASC) price for the set 11 is $A420. MUH set
of 11 - my VERY special DISCOUNT price offer for this month is:
$A275.
Or MUH blocks of 4 (very rare)
$A1,250.
I also have the earlier and later overprints also at terrific discount
prices. For a
complete set
of TWENTY different overprints my discount price is
$A335 - or that full set 20 in MUH blocks 4 for
$A1,500.
These will never be cheaper.
Definitive sets like the
1967 Anguilla overprints are already cat at £9,000 in
Stanley Gibbons ... and Anguilla has NOTHING like even 1% of the
collector following of PNG I suspect. Think about it! £9,000.
This PNG set has a LONG way to go yet - that seems very clear. This PNG
set selling for DOUBLE my price would not surprise me to see in the next
few years. For very detailed and comprehensive background on this issue
with all numbers printed etc - see my special page on these issues:
http://www.glenstephens.com/overprints.html
Finally - all the 1994
"Emergency" sets I sell are of course guaranteed 100%
genuine. You may ask for a
Photo
Certificate Of Genuineness on my security watermarked
colour letterhead for this set of 11 or 20, dated and signed,
illustrating in full colour the
exact
set I mail you. If required, this CERTIFICATE costs you
an extra $A45 on top of price of the stamps, largely to cover the
considerable time and messing around of individually preparing each one,
typing, and scanning &c.
This is
Substantially cheaper than sending it to the R.P.S. in
London etc, which takes half a year to get back, and also incurs
substantial Registered airmail cost to you - in both directions. And
quite frankly, the RPS would not have a
clue
about these issues. 'Too Modern' they would sniff. Years down
the track when the set sells for several times what it does now, such a
certificate
Guaranteeing
these came from original PNG sources in 1994/5 will add
FAR more than $A45 to the extra price
you obtain when selling.
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Hong Kong 1938 $10 KGVI
Green and Violet Top Value: One of
the key KGVI stamps from the entire Commonwealth.
The original 1938 issue, which only exists with
streaky yellow gum arabic. Mint lightly hinged. Nice
deep original colour as you can see. I just bought
the complete set if anyone has any gaps in this
tough set. SG 161 £500
= $A1,250.
Under 30% Gibbons at:
$A375
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Papua New
Guinea 1961 5/- Native Patrolman
UNISSUED stamp - the first COLOUR
stamp ever to be printed in
Australia: A
famous issue and about 100 copies
existed. I bought the unique full
sheet off Kevin Duffy, that I broke
up many years ago to clients. One
client bought a fair number of
those, and they have come back into
stock from his estate. This was
printed in Australia - who at the
time had printed all
of PNG’s stamps, and indeed
administered the country.
Senior
bureaucrats noticed the local police
carrying rifles and felt showing the
“natives” images of armed countrymen
would cause problems, and the issue
was stopped. (Remember the violent
and war like highlanders had had
only first seen Europeans that same
generation.) Ken Humphreys wrote an
article on these in the prestigious
ACCC journal.
These were
indeed the FIRST stamps of any type
ever printed on the new colour
Chambon photogravure press and
preceded any Australian issues, and
preceded the 5d "Inland Mission".
For Richard Breckon’s story on these
see here –
www.tinyurl.com/cjc3uw They
always get strong prices at auction
- Robin Linke got $A3,300 for a
block 4 at auction in Aug 2004, on
estimate $A2,000. My price is
$A650
a stamp for singles or pairs and
$A2,400
a block of 4.
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1902/4 Victoria 1d green Stamp Duty ... IMPERFORATE
THREE SIDES Pair:
A new discovery …. I understand this pair has not
been seen by anyone in decades. Virtually
MUH with minor ageing,
and a small red facial mark on lower stamp. V over
Crown watermark sideways - perf
11. (Normal stamp is Barefoot 76.) Not mentioned
on Elsmore’s useful and
quite comprehensive website, or seen by him. This
is the COMMONWEALTH period, after 1901, and makes
this of far more wide interest than a pre 1901
issue.
There
have been only 3 Australian postage stamps
ever issued imperf 3
sides. First is the 2/- Brown
Roo pair - creased and very badly torn, that
sold at Arthur Gray in 2007 for about $A100,000.
Second is the 1d Violet KGV
head of which 16 are recorded (cat $100,000 a pair)
and third is the 1951 7½d Blue
KGVI .. cat $A25,000 a pair, of which 10
stamps survive. Do States revenues get big prices?
Well yes - this 1d SA sold for
$A11,650 at
auction a year or so back -
www.shasuo.notlong.com I doubt you can own
another probably UNIQUE imperf
3 sides item, from a popular area, for anything like
3 figures. $A750
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Victoria 1954 $10 top value Fish and Wildlife
Hunting permit stamp:
One of the best looking modern errors since the
war.
Well centered MUH.
One sheet was
discovered.
$20 was a fortune back 33 years
back.
MUH with the matt gum as issued.
Perfect
centering and a fine item to add to the modern
collection. State revenue issues are going
INSANE in auction this year.
A 1d South
Australia sold at auction this year for $11,650
-
www.glenstephens.com/snoctober07 and even a
modern 1977 SA set sold at auction for over
$2,500 in December -
www.glenstephens.com/snfebruary08
One area
to watch -
$A250
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1973 Australian ‘Formular’ Aerogramme USED IN *PNG*:
Used from Rabaul with light Rabaul roller cancel. Used to
Tasmania to a well-known family. Chatty letter inside dated
“Rabaul 27/3/73” Fresh condition but some light creasing
consistent with the postal journey. Australian
un-denominated ‘Formular’ aerograms or air-letters used in
the Territories are rare, and sought-after by specialists.
Stephen Bradford's two examples used on Norfolk Island
realised A$625 and A$800 (both plus 16.25% commission!) at
Premier Philately auction #99 way back in 2002 - www.oopiya.notlong.com
A$200
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Hong
Kong
1898
QV
$1
Dollar
on
96c
“Specimen”:
The
NON
specimen
is
cat
£2,750,
so
the
only
affordable
way
to
obtain
this
one.
Superb
fresh
bright
MLH,
especially
for
well
over
100
years
old.
SG
53as
£600=$A1,500++.
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British
New Hebrides 1920 2d on 40¢, Red on Yellow
- Superb Used:
One
of the hardest Pacific stamps to locate in
used condtion.
The overprint was on the
FRENCH New Hebrides 40c, with the wavy line
watermark.
Superb used marginal copy with
neat Port Vila cds.
SG 35 £700 =
$A1,750.
Expertised on
reverse.
Bought from a nice estate today,
and will sell fast at way under
HALF of SG catalogue - $1,000
less in fact!
$A600
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Switzerland 1945 "PAX" set 13
Clean GU/VFU at $1,500 UNDER
Michel Cat:
Attractive
set ex Estate with correct dated
cancels. They are ESSENTIAL to
be able to see, as you can do
here, on the key values here,
with 1945 or 1946 dates visible.
Mint hinged sets with vague
corner cancels and no date
showing - NO collector in Europe
would ever touch! Michel
447/459. VERY high catalogue
value! SG #447/459 - £700 =
$A1,750. Michel 447-459 ....
1,000 Euros = $A2,050, and
this is what nice sets DO sell
for in Europe!
One of the scarcest sets
post-war from Europe at
$1,500 under Michel value!
$A550
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