Issue: 3:2007

Philatelic Review Bulletin

Penrith & District Philatelic Society P.O. Box 393 Kingswood NSW 2747

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Edited Uwe Krüger President [email protected]

2 Dear members and collectors, Meetings The contents of this bulletin aims at informing Start: 8:00 pm; first Thursday in the month (except members of pending auctions, stamps issues and January) other calendar items relevant to our hobby. CWA Rooms, Baby Health Centre, Tindale Street, Penrith As things go, there will be room for errors but I Date Activity hope I can keep those to a minimum. 4 December 2007 Party The editor Bring your spouse

January 2008 No meeting Contents 7 February 2008 Exhibition; Trading Meetings ...... 3 6 March 2008 Exhibition; Trading References ...... 3 Club Pack Auction Events ...... 3 PHILAS Display APTA ...... 3 3 April 2008 Exhibition; Trading Auctions ...... 4 1 May 2008 Exhibition; Trading Useful Links ...... 4 5 June 2008 Election Stamp Issues ...... 4 3 July 2008 Exhibition; Trading Australia Post ...... 4 Club Pack Auction Great Britain ...... 5 7 August 2008 Exhibition; Trading Invitation ...... 5 4 September 2008 Exhibition; Trading Looking back and ahead ...... 5 PHILAS Display Christmas Stamps ...... 5 2 October 2008 Exhibition, Trading CHRISTMAS SEALS...... 5 6 November 2008 Exhibition; Trading A.G.W.A...... 5 Club Pack Auction Australian Anti-TB Christmas Seals ...... 5 Lions...... 8 References Shop & Post Early ...... 8 Australia Post Broken Hill Centenary ...... 8 Royal Mail Bedford Industries ...... 9 Bill Hornadge; various publications and sales Undated ...... 10 catalogues Muskoka Free Hospital ...... 10 QUEENSLAND ...... 10 Events Brisbane Lions Club...... 10 South Australia ...... 13 Victoria...... 13 APTA Wagga Stamp Show, Sturt Primary School, East Brunswick ...... 13 Nov 24 - 25 WESTERN AUSTRALIA ...... 13 Wagga Wagga, NSW Christmas Labels – generic ...... 13 APTA Sydney Stamp, Coin & Collectables Show, Lower Town Hall Nov 30-Dec2 Australia Post Christmas Stamps ...... 14 Admission is just $5 for adults and free for children. APTA Convention, Lake Hume Dec 6 - 7 Resort, Albury NSW APTA Stamp & Coin Show, VPC Dec 8 - 9 Congress, Wodonga VIC SCDAA Stamp & Coin Fair, Petersham Dec 30 Town Hall

3 Auctions Useful Links ALLIANCE AUCTIONS (UK) Name WEBSITE [email protected] Australian Tel +44 1279 758854 Fax + 44 1279 758859 Philatelic www.apf.org.au 6th November Federation 4th December Provincial www.proyphil.demon.co.uk CAVENDISH AUCTIONS (UK) Philatelics [email protected] FIP www.f-i-p.ch Stamp Shows www.stampshows.com/#international CHARLES LESKI AUCTIONS APS www.west.net www.leski.com.au APRL www.stamps.org CRAIG CHAPPELL Joseph Lufts www.execpc.com/~joeluft/resource.htm [email protected] French postal www.esil.univnirs.fr/Eleves/P98/incio/index. history html EDLINS of CANBERRA St. George www.edlins.com.au Philatelic http://www.geocities.com/stgeorgeps/

Society MILLENNIUM PHILATELIC AUCTIONS Malta Philatelic www.millenniumauctions.com http://www.maltaphilately.org/ Society MOWBRAYS AUSTRALIA Yvert & Tellier www.yvert-et-tellier.fr/ Melbourne German www.briefmarke.com/inhalt/index.html [email protected] philately 1st & 2nd February 2008 (over 2 days) Ideal Solutions www.philately.com 19th April Webzine, 12th July www.netstamps.com 18th October NetStamp Stamp World www.stampworld.com/index.html Sydney Christies www.christies.com [email protected] 19th March Sotheby www.sothebys.com 18th June Phillips www.phillips-auctions.com 3rd September Cavendish, www.thesaurus.co.uk/cavendish 3rd December Derby Stanley Gibbons www.stangib.com J.R. MOWBRAY PHILATELIST (NZ) County JOHN MOWBRAY INTERNATIONAL www.stampauctions.co.uk www.mowbrays.co.nz Philatelic James Bendon www.jamesbendon.com PREMIER POSTAL AUCTIONS Phil Bansner www.philbansner.com www.premierpostal.com Leonard [email protected] www.pbbooks.com/index.html Hartman USA

British Library PRESTIGE PHILATELY www.portico.bi.uk Collection www.prestigephilately.com Philatelic 1st December 2007 1pm #132 Royal Mail www.royalmail.co.uk 19th January 2008 1pm #133

STANLEY GIBBONS MELBOURNE Stamp Issues [email protected] Australia Post STANLEY GIBBONS SYDNEY [email protected] www.auspost.com.au/philatelic/stamps/intro.asp

STATUS INTERNATIONAL Done for the year 2007. [email protected] 13th December 2007 - Stamps and Covers

21st CENTURY AUCTIONS www.21stcenturyauctions.com.au [email protected] 4 Great Britain Looking back and ahead http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm It has been an eventful year with a change of Presidents but maintaining most officers and 2008 STAMP PROGRAMME members. Next year is already looking good for stamps and collecting. From SOS and the RAF to Insects and We are all ready for the Christmas break and will the Olympics, here are the inspiring issues we’ve see each other in the New Year to do what we like got lined up for 2008. best: collecting stamps.

January - Ian Fleming’s James Bond With this, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and February - Working Dogs Happy New Year 2008 February - The Houses of Lancaster and York March - Celebrating Northern Ireland Uwe Krüger March - Mayday - Rescue at Sea President April - Insects May - Cathedrals Christmas Stamps June - Classic Carry On and Hammer Films July - Airshows August - Olympics Australia Post has a long tradition of issuing September - RAF Uniforms Christmas Stamps. September - Country Definitives: 1958 – 2008 However, well before the first official Christmas October - Women of Distinction Stamp appeared welfare organisation issued November - Christmas 2008 Christmas Labels. November - Lest We Forget Invitation CHRISTMAS SEALS A.G.W.A. Dear guests and readers of this bulletin, A.G.W.A. stands for Australian Government Workers You are invited to join our club as stamp collecting Association and labels are identified to be issued in South Australia. has provided many of us with deep insights into past and present cultures of countries we may never visit. As a guest you may find the behaviour of existing members a bit overwhelming. Do not be afraid to ask questions. If you do, please not be overwhelmed with the answer as you usually get more as what you ask for. Some of us have been collecting stamps for such a long time that we have forgotten what it feels like to be a beginner. They were printed in sheets (5 columns, 6 rows) around 1950. 28 of the labels left label inscription. The 5th label in Join in and enjoy a past time that need not be row 2 and 5 have the inscription of the right label. expensive. If you have inherited a stamp collection we will provide you with information (free of Australian Anti-TB Christmas Seals charge) about the value of that collection. Again, The Collection of Australian Anti-TB Christmas Seals is a little complicated because most of the early issues were made we may make comments you may not like (there is by State Charity Organisations with some overlapping of rust in the collection; not worth much but state boundaries. interesting enough to expand; etc). We are human and we have our little errors. However, if you do Not in my not like the information received, by all means, get collection a second opinion.

1930 1931 1932

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1933 1934 1935 1953 1954 1955

1936 1937 1938 1955 1956 1956

1957 1957 1958

1939 1940 1941

Not in my collection

1958 1958 1959 1942 1943 1944

Not in my Not in my Not in my collection collection collection 1945 1946 1947

1959 1959 1960

1948 1949 1950 1960 1961 1962

Not in my Not in my collection collection

1962 1963 1964 1951 1951 1952

6 Not in my collection 1990

1964 1965 1966

1967 1967 1968

1993

1968 1969 1970

1970 1972 1973

Not in my collection Date unknown Aboriginal watching the Southern Cross

1974 1975 1976

1989

New South Wales 1969. The bicoloured Anti-TB Christmas seal was issued jointly in New South Wales by the national Tuberculosis and Chest Association (NSW Division), the Citizens’ TB League (CTBL) and he Anti-Tuberculosis Association of NSW.

The design shows two pine cones against a green background with the TB Cross in red (rouletted).

Proof sheets did exist but have been cut up. Those sheets comprised of 12 panes of 30 seals.

7 The first stage in the printing process was the simultaneous printing of the yellow and magenta colours of the border yellow, the Cross and the slogan USE SEALS ON BACK OF YOUR ENVELOPES.

The second stage printed the green and bright red colours.

Lions The Australian Lions Awareness Foundation did take over the production of Christmas seals in 1992 from the City of Brisbane Lions Club and sold the labels through post offices.

1995

Shop & Post Early

Broken Hill Centenary

1983. The annual Christmas Seals issued by the Salvation Army in Britain to raise funds for the restoration of its

headquarters at Batley Castle are well known seals. The 1983 The 1948 seals issued by the Anti-TB Association of NSW issue featuring flowers with overprints in grey across the were printed in a special format. Three different designs were back of the sheet reading: THE SALVATION ARMY used (Santa, child before fire, sailing ship). The twelve seals BROKEN HILL IN THE SILVER CITY'S CENTENARY are on the right hand of the sheet. On the left is a long hard YEAR 1983. Normal Batley Castle sheets bear overprints on sell appeal from the Association to support the sale of the the back promoting the Salvation Army in U.K. seals.

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1971 1973 1974 Suspension Stylised wheel Stylised Wheel Bridge. chair. chair.

1977 1981 Engineering Typing by mouth; Garment making. Here is a U.K. item promoting the Salvation Army in an pointing to a letter Australian town - a unique Cinderella. Complete sheet on an electrical comprises 25 seals (5 rows of five) depicting various English board. and plants. Anti-TB Christmas Seals 1984 1985 1986 Flowers, butterfly Flowers Koala Without any doubt, the fastest growing sector of Cinderella collecting on a worldwide basis is in the field of Anti-TB Christmas Seals, and there area number of good reasons for this. Christmas Seals have been around a long time, since 1987 1904, when released the first seal on the prompting Celebration themes with , Angels, etc with four of a postal employee Einar Holboll who believed that people designs in se-tenant blocks in different arrangements. There would pay a little extra to put an attractive seal on their are two rows of seven down each side, while in the middle Christmas mail if that little extra went towards a worthy are large format Season Greeting labels. charity. And he was right. The response was so good that the Danish Post Office made its Anti-TB Christmas seals an 1988 annual event, a move that was soon copied by nation’s right Sheet featuring six different designs of Australian native around the world. Today most seals are issued by charity flowers arranged in varying se-tenant formats of 42 labels organisations rather than postal administrations, though (six columns, seven rows) many continue to be sold through post offices, giving them a direct link to philately. Anti-TB Seals are popular with the 1989 public and collectors because they are attractive collectibles Two different flower paintings by a handicapped artist in and at the same time help a worthy cause - the eradication of sheets of 42 (seven columns, six rows). tuberculosis. Collectors of such items are also very much aware that the early Christmas Seals have appreciated enormously in value over the years, making them a good investment! Collecting Christmas Seals in Australia has lagged behind many other countries because would-be collectors have not been able to find sources of supply or indeed find out what exists.

Bedford Industries1 Bedford provides training an employment for disabled people in South Australia. 1990 Christmas labels are available from Bedford Industries, PO Six different designs depicting children’s drawings of Box 23, Melrose Place, SA 5039. Australian birds and animals (Koala, Kangaroo, Cockatoo, etc) and printed in se-tenant blocks within sheets of 36 labels making six complete blocks to each sheet.

1991 This issue comprises seven different multicoloured labels with Christmas messages:

1965 1966 1970 Greetings and Greetings with Deck the Halls with boughs and ; desert pea Magpie and Oh Come all ye faithful; Songbird.

Hark the Herald Angels Sing; 1 Bedford Industries Rehabilitation Association Inc PO Box 23, Kingswood SA 5062 9 Muskoka Free Hospital In 1917 the Muskoka Free Hospital for consumption (tuberculosis) issued Christmas labels to raise funds.

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

etc

Printed in vertical format of two rows (14 labels per half sheet). The other half of the sheet comprises 14 labels for affixing to envelopes with seven different Christmas designs QUEENSLAND plus the common message: SEASONS GREETING-CARD 1951 seals issued by the TB Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen's ONLY-BEDFORD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION INC. Assn of QLD (featuring Flora, Fauna etc),

1992 Seven different labels showing the Christmas pageant staged in Adelaide by John Martin and the state Bank printed in blocks of 14 (2 x 7).

2001

1955 showing child with candle.

2004 Brisbane Lions Club2 In 1984 the City of Brisbane Lions Club issued the first of its popular sheets of annual Christmas Seals to raise funds for the Endeavour Foundation for intellectually handicapped people.

These very beautiful sheets of Christmas seals are sold through Post Offices in Queensland and by Lion Clubs throughout Australia.

The first of the sheets, issued in 1984, had a spectacular design by Queensland artist Carolyn Morgan of a mosaic of Printed by the lane Group in sheets of 24, two panes of 12 Biblical and Christmas themes in and around a garland of with a gutter of 24 ‘Card Only’ labels. Australian wild flowers. The multicoloured sheet was printed against a striking background of silver in a print run of 250 000 numbered sheets selling at 43.

Undated Training the disabled, two designs showing clerical work and printing.

Tree Wise Men. 2 City of Brisbane Lions Club Inc, GPO Box 1557, Brisbane Qld 4001 10 1984 1986

To launch this project the City of Brisbane Lions Club produced a publicity sheet which was circulated in exact replica, under a heading ‘An Important Cinderella First for Australia’. On the back of this high class promotion piece were details of the issue and an order form.

1985

1987

11 1990 The 25 labels in the sheet feature 24 species of Australian flora. Many of those were discovered by Sir Joseph Banks, eh naturalist with Captain James Cook’s epic voyage of discovery in 1770. Banks spent 117 days on the Australian eastern seaboard. Design by Ms Carolyn Morgan. Printed (150 000 sheets) by Prestige Litho Co, Brisbane on 105 GSM Davac dry gummed stock. Sheets were perforated by CPE Aust Ltd, Melbourne. 1988

1989 1991 Designed by Ms Carolyn Morgan and printed by Prestige litho Co, Brisbane, Queensland on 105 GSM Davac Dry Gummed stock perforated by CPE Australia Ltd, Melbourne.

Total print: 150 000 sheets sold at $2.00.

The City of Brisbane Lions Club announced in late 1992 that they will discontinue the issue of Christmas labels.

The project has been taken over by the Australian Lions Awareness Foundation. The Foundation did not take over

12 remaining stock as that was done by Review Publications, Dubbo.

South Australia.

The SA TB Assn seals of 1944-1949

Aust TB Assn issue (from Adelaide) of 1950 and 1951 (Koala & Map of Aust designs),

The National Assn for Prevention of TB Assn of Aust (NAPTA) issues from Adelaide from 1952 - 1966 (includes pairs, triple issues).

1949-59 East Brunswick Kindergarten Christmas seal featuring a boy playing with toys.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

TB Assn of WA 1947-1949 (all issued) with designs of Black Boy Grass Trees, desert Aborigine Victoria

East Brunswick In 1948 and 1949 the East Brunswick (Victoria) Kindergarten issued two different series of Christmas Seals to raise money for the building fund. In each case they were issued in a format of 12 seals on the right side with details of the appeal on the left side of then sheet. The sheets were sold for one shilling. The 1968 and 1969 se-tenant strips of 5 issued by the TB Association of WA with interesting designs of Black Swan, Only two Christmas seals have been issued by the WA Map, Kangaroo Paw etc. Kindergarten.

Christmas Labels – generic Unknown: It is assumed that the following seals have been issued by a large Department store.

1948. East Brunswick Kindergarten Christmas seal featuring Santa Claus.

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Australia Post Christmas It should also be remembered that there were many private Stamps companies providing First Day Covers to collectors. The official post office FDC features the seven stamps as a se- The following is a listing of Australian stamps and other tenant block in various arrangements. postal items that may interest the avid collector. The layout of the list provided can be used as a tick list. There are no intentions of making this a catalogue with prices.

Future list extensions may expand this listing to include other postal authorities.

As usual, not all items are shown that may exist in your collection. It would be appreciated if you could provide the editor with the information so he can amend this list.

If you desire a single list the editor will provide a printout or a copy on CD.

The 1971 Christmas stamps deserve a few comments. At Prestige Auction 130 the following was described as 1969-74 Issues black and white photographic enlargements as distributed by the PMG’s department to the media. There is no mention of the following interesting item:

No wonder the private FDC manufacturers had a rude shock as they did not prepare for seven different stamps to be issued.

The PMG FDC’s sold well and private FDC’s are now very rare indeed.

Many collectors did not purchase official or privately made FDC’s as they had budgeted differently as it was before Christmas.

(in black & white) Dealers did not fare better and even now stamp catalogues differ in the sequential listing of the seven stamps. As can be clearly seen the proposed stamp was a 20c stamp and not at all what was issued: Prices, even today, vary widely and it is still a challenge to complete a set of seven in both paper varieties.

The seven different stamps arranged in the form of a cross at seven Cents each comes on cream and white paper.

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter 6 November 1957 Christmas Perforation pip left or Frame added; retouch Perforation: 14 ¼ x 14 right; block of 8 8 November 1961

Christmas Colour flaw in top of last Perforation: 14 ¼ x 14 ‘A’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’

Colour spot on right shoulder of kneeling

3 ½ d figure at left design adapted by Donald 4 November 1959

Cameron from a Christmas 5d Reynolds painting Perforation: 14 ¾ x 14 ½ Design is based on a 15th century book of Perforation pip on top or devotions known as the bottom; block of 8 ‘Warncliffe Hours’.

Re-entry to ISTMAS’ Perforation pip top or TRALIA and star bottom; block of 8

5d Retouch over ‘3’ The Wise Man following Colour spot under ‘S’ of the Christmas Star AUSTRALIA

Above RETOUCHED Perforation pip top or bottom; block of 8 17 October 1962 Perforation: 14 ½ x 14 ¾

4d Recut left frame from opposite camel’s back to 5 November 1958 lower corner Christmas 9 November 1960 Perforation: 14 ½ x 14 ¾ Christmas Perforation: 14 ¾ x 14 ½

5d The design is based on a Spanish limestone carving of the Madonna and Child in the National Gallery of Victoria 5d 3 ½ d Perforation pip left or Nativity The bible motive was selected to coincide with right Perforation pip on left or the 350th anniversary of a right; block of 8 new English translation Recut shading to ‘62’ Recut shading in top left of the Bible authorised by corner James I Recut shading lower left corner and through ‘CH’ Perforation pip top or of ‘CHRISTMAS’ bottom; block of 8. NOTE: pip fracture at top Recut shading above in 3 states right of ‘5d’ State I

Re-entry in LIA of Recut shading above AUSTRALIA; to right of right of ‘5d’ State II 4d 19, ‘y’ of joy; and ‘E’ of Recut shading right of Nativity ‘LUKE’ child’s head 15

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter 25 October 1963 arch Christmas Perforation: 14 ½ x 14 ¼ Vertical disturbance under left arch

5d

Gold omitted

5d Blue omitted

Perforation pip at left or Brown omitted 25c right; block of 8 Symbols 19 October 1966 Christmas Retouch to second ‘A’ in Retouch of globe and ‘AUSTRALIA' above ‘TR’ of Perforation: 13 ¼ x 13 ½ 23 October 1968 ‘AUSTRALIA’ 21 October 1964 Christmas Christmas Perforation: 13 ½ x 13 ¼ Perforation: 13 x 13

4c Symbol

Value omitted

5d Short ‘H’ in Nativity 5c ‘CHRISTMAS’ Red omitted 18 October 1967(5c) Christmas Gold omitted Perforation: 13 ¼ x 13 ½ 27 November 1967 (25c) Red omitted Perforation: 13 ½ x 13 ¼ 15 October 1969 Christmas Christmas

Millennium auction; Perforation: 13 ½ x 13 ¼ 6.10.2004; item 234; AUSTRALIA missing

Black omitted

5c Blue partly omitted Bells and arches

Buff omitted Not perforated three sides 5c

Buff partly omitted Window Retouch (blue) under left 20 October 1965 arch Magenta omitted Christmas Perforation: 13 ½ x 13 ¼ Retouch (blue) over ‘mas’ Yellow omitted

Retouch (blue) under left 16

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Dark brown omitted

Extensive retouch left of girl’s head

7c 25c Rust; blue Tree of Life

Retouch (maroon) right side 14 October 1970 Christmas Perforation: 13 ½ x 13 ¼ 35c 7c Symbolic White; pink; rust and

green Nick in frame lower left corner

Pale are top left corner 3 October 1973 6c Christmas 7c Nativity Green; pink and blue Yellow omitted

13 October 1971 Retouch (green) through Christmas ‘AU’ Perforation: 13 ¼ x 13 ½ NOTE: two types of paper Retouch (green) left of first ‘A’ 7c Baptism Perforation: 14 x 14 ¼

7c 7c Baptism Pink; blue; rust and green 7c Perforation: 14 x 14 ¾ Pink; blue and green

Block of 7 Printed on gum Mint:

Block of 25 Mint:

7c 29 November 1972 Rust; pink Christmas Retouch left of ‘AU’; 2 Perforation: stages 7c: 15 x 14

Broken line of left king 35c: 13 ¾ x 13 ½ 30c Shepherd Perforation: 13 ½ x 12 ¼

Missing portion of left frame 7c 7c , Children Green; Pink and blue Retouch to above

Retouches under star and Red-brown omitted Missing shading lines on around ‘AUST’ cloak 17

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter

13 November 1974 Black omitted omitted Christmas Large black dot on Perforation: 14 x 14 ¾ chalice Extra shoulder band Diagonal dark blue bands across gown

45c Madonna

10c Large retouch around Adoration 45c ‘45’ Star Retouch shading on stone Retouch around ‘45’ wall FDC 3 October 1978: 25c Light area over Stamp pack 1 November: 15c; 55c Madonna’s head 1 November 1976 Perforation: 14 ¾ Christmas Perforation: 15c: 14 ¾ x 14 45c: 13 ¼ x 13 ½

35c Flight 15c 15c Madonna Stronger line work to Madonna complete design Blue ting gum Weak AU of Retouch to ground AUSTRALIA shading lower right

Very strong recut left of boot above MAS Void to ground shading lower right Two recut lines on donkey’s hind leg 45c Decorations Above retouched 31 October 1977 29 October 1975 Christmas 25c Christmas Virgin Perforation: Perforation: Blue ting gum 15c: 14 x 14 ¾ 15c: 14 x 14 ¾ 45c: 13 ½ x 13 ¼ 45c: 13 ¼ x 13 ½ gum: pink or blue tint

15c 55c Santa Nativity 15c Blue ting gum Wise Man Yellow on surfboard 18

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter 24 September 1979: 25c FDC 1 November: 15c; 55c Perforation: 13 x 13 ¼

28c Family

FDC 60c Noel 15c Nativity Cream paper

Gutter 10 FDC 60c Stamp pack Madonna 15 September 1982 28 September 1981 Christmas Christmas Perforation: 14 ½ Perforation: 13 x 13 ¼ 25c Parcels Cream paper

21c Hotel

18c Bush

55c Madonna Gutter 10 Cream paper

FDC Stamp pack Gutter 10 1 October 1980 (28c) 3 November 1980 (15c; 60c) Christmas Perforation: 13 x 13 ¼ 35c Wattle

30c Stars

Gutter 10 15c Virgin

Gutter 10 19

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter 40c Angel

85c Holidays Gutter 10

75c Swagman

Gutter 10 17 September 1984 Christmas Gutter 10 Perforation: 13 ¾ FDC 35c 50 Kings FDC Stamp pack 14 September 1983: 35c 2 November: others Christmas Gutter 10 Perforation: 13 ½ x 13 ¾

24 Angel, Child

24c Nativity Gutter 10

85c Madonna

Gutter 10 FDC Gutter 10

30c 18 September 1985: 45c Virgin, Child 1 November: others Christmas Perforation: 14 ½ 35c Kookaburra

Gutter 10

27c Angel; Holly Wings Gutter 10

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Gutter 10 3 November 1986 Christmas Perforation: 14 ½

Gutter 10 60c Angels

33c Angel; Bells Gutter 10

30c Mary and Joseph Perforation: 14 ½

Gutter 10

Miniature sheet 148 mm x 70 mm Mint: Gutter 10 Used: Dots in gutter FDC Stamp pack 45c Clark Paper 2 November 1987 Angel; Ship Perforation: 13 ¾ x 13 ¼ Christmas

Gutter 10 Perforation: Dots in gutter 30c: 14 ½ 37c; 63c: 13 ¼ x 13 ¾ Harrison Paper Gutter 10 Perforation: 13 ¾ x 13 ¼

Gutter 10 Harrison reprint with colour bars in gutter

55c Angel; Star 30c Grandmother

Gutter 10 36c Three Kings

30c Father

90c Angel; Bauble Gutter 10

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter 30c Children

Gutter 10

Gutter 10

30c Family

41c 39c Koala with Santa Hat

30c

Teenagers Gutter 10

Gutter 10

Strip of 5

63c Cockatoo as Santa 80c 37c Senior Citizens

Gutter 10 Gutter 10

63c FDC FDC Family Stamp pack Stamp pack FDC 1 November 1989 $3.60 booklet Stamp pack Christmas $3.60 booklet overprinted Sydney 31 October 1988 Perforation: 13 ¾ x 13 ¼ Stampshow Christmas $3.60 booklet overprinted World Stamp Expo Washington Perforation: 63c: 14 ¼ 31 October 1990 others: 13 ¼ Christmas Perforation: 14 ½; booklet

stamps not perforated top or bottom

36c Annunciation

32c 22

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter $3.80 Booklet $3.80 Booklet overprinted Sydney Stamp & Coin Show FDC Stamp pack 38c 1 November 1991 40c Kookaburras Nativity Play Christmas Perforation: 14 ½

Gutter 10 Gutter 10

38c Shepherd

38c booklet stamp 45c Christmas Morning

Gutter 10

38c Gutter 10 booklet stamp 43c Infant Jesus

$1.20 Gutter 10

43c Nativity

Gutter 10

90c FDC Wise Man Stamp pack

Gutter 10 $8.00 booklet 1 November 1993 Christmas Perforation: 14.6 x 14 Gutter 10 FDC 80c Stamp pack Possum $7.60 booklet 30 October 1992 Christmas Perforation: 13.9 x 14.6

Gutter 10 23

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter 40c Goodwill 40c Goodwill Die cut $8.00 Booklet

40c Madonna and Child Not perforated on bottom: $1.00 gutter 10 booklet stamp FDC

Stamp pack 31 October 1994 45c Joy Christmas Perforation: 40c: 14.6 x 13.9 45c Magi, Horse and Groom 45c; $1.00: 13.9 x 14.6 $1.80: 14.4 x 14 Booklet: 14.6 x 13.9 not perforated on outer edge

Gutter 10

$1.00 Peace

$1.00 Magi and Gift

40c Madonna and Child

$1.80 Entire Painting 40c gutter 10 FDC Gutter 10 Stamp pack

$8.00 Booklet 1 November 1995 Christmas Perforation: 14.6 x 13.9; die cut

40c Madonna and Child 45c gutter 10 Not perforated on top: booklet stamp

40c Madonna and Child 24

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Stamp pack $8.00 booklet 1 November 1996 Christmas Gutter 10 Gutter 10 Perforation: 14.6 x 13.9; die cut

40c Angels Die cut 40c Madonna and Child

40c 40c Madonna and Child Madonna and Child Die cut Die cut Gutter 10

45c Mary

45c 45c Wise Man Angel

Gutter 10

Gutter 10

$1.00 $1.00 Shepherd boy Wise Men FDC FDC Stamp pack Stamp pack $8.00 Booklet $8.00 booklet 3 November 1997 2 November 1998 Christmas Christmas Perforation: 13.9 x 14.6 $1.00 Perforation: 13.9 x 14.4; die cut Angels

40c 40c Angels Gutter 10 The three Kings FDC FDC die cut

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter FDC stamps FDC MS Stamp pack Maximum cards

40c Gutter 10 1 November 2000 The three Kings FDC Byron Bay; International stamp Booklet stamp; die cut 1 November 1999 Print: lithographed Christmas Perforation: 14.6 x 13.86 Perforation: die cut

45c 80c Nativity Scene FDC

4 September 2001 Seasons Greetings Perforation: 13.86 x 14.28 NOTE: Stamps printed in two types of $1.00 40c sheets, with and without tabs Mary & Joseph Madonna & Child FDC FDC FDC die cut $8.00 booklet 1 November 2000 Stamp pack $8.00 Booklet Perforation: 14.6 x 13.86 40c Seasons Greetings 1 November 1999 Without tab (pair) Christmas Perforation: 13.86 x 14.6

80c

40c Peace and Goodwill Heavenly Peace Without tab (pair) FDC Stamp pack

40c 40c Sheetlet Madonna & Child 80c Sheetlet 23 August 2002 International Greetings Personalised 45c Perforation: 13.86 x 14.28 All is calm Gutter 10

$1.00 Miniature sheet 90c Tree of Life 85c Christmas Mint: Used: 1 November 2002 26

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Christmas Perforation: 14.6 x 13.86

Label (4) from booklet Gutter 10 31 October 2003 FDC Christmas Stamp pack Perforation: 15.60 x 13.86 31 October 2003 Christmas

40c Perforation: die cut Nativity scene

Gutter 10 45c Nativity

45c Nativity $9.00 booklet 1 November 2004

Gutter 10 Christmas Perforation: 13.86x 14.60 45c Three Wise Man

Gutter 10 FDC 50c 45c Stamp pack Three wise man Mary & Jesus 1 November 2002 Christmas Perforation: die cut

Gutter 10 Gutter 10

40c Nativity scene

FDC 50c 90c $8.00 booklet Angel appears to the Angel appearing to shepherds shepherds 27

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Cheque book $100 Cheque book $180 1 November 2006 Christmas Gutter 10 Perforation: 14.6 x 13.86

45c Madonna & Child

$1.00 Three wise men

45c

Gutter 10

Gutter 10 FDC Stamp pack Maxi Card 1 November 2004 $1.00 Christmas Adoring Angel Perforation: die cut Gutter 10

Gutter 10 FDC Stamp pack 50c Maximum cards 45c 23 November 2005 Mary & Jesus Perforation: die cut

$1.00 Three wise men $5.00 booklet Gutter 10 $9.00 booklet 45c 23 November 2005 Christmas Print: typography Perforation: 14.6 x 13.86

$1.00 $1.05 Booklet $5 Booklet $9

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Image; Information Image; Information Image; Information

Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter

45c Christmas 1977 Gutter 10 Gutter 10 1 November 2007 FDC 50th anniversary of Christmas Stamp pack Stamps 1 November 2007 Perforation: 14.6 x 18.86, 18.86 50th anniversary of Christmas x 14.6 Stamps

Perforation: die cut

Gutter 10

45c

Christmas 1990 50c 45c Christmas 1957 Christmas 1990

45c Gutter 10 Christmas 1996

Gutter 10

45c Christmas 1996 45c Christmas 1977

$1.10 Christmas 1977

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Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Mint: Used FDC Letter Christmas 1957 Miniature sheet Used: $2.95 Booklet Christmas 1990 Mint: Used: Booklet Christmas 1996 Booklet Christmas 1977 Booklet Christmas 1957 Booklet Christmas 1977

$1.10 Christmas 1977

Miniature sheet $4.50 Mint:

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