POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C Philately and the Letter Box Postage Stamps Glenn H Morgan Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-1 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C Philately and the Letter Box AA-2 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C Philately and the Letter Box Postage Stamps Countries A to C Glenn H Morgan Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-3 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C Philately and the Letter Box AA-4 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL Section AA Postage Stamps Countries A-C POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C AA-6 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C NOTES Britain issued the first stamp in 1840, the famous 'Penny Black' depicting Queen Victoria, and the whole world followed. Technology is rapidly making stamps as we know them obsolete. The term 'postage stamps' in this section implies stamps sold either from counter sheets of, say, 50 or 100 identical or se-tenant stamps, or in coils (rolls) by the official national postal service only and not stamps from any other issuer or in any other format, which may all be found listed elsewhere in this handbook. Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-7 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ALAND 2004 Christmas. AXAA1 € 0.45 □ Father Christmas posting mail into a gate garden household delivery box. 400,000 printed, which sold out before planned withdrawal date - the first Aland stamp ever to do so. £1 AA-8 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ALBANIA 2012 The 100th Anniversary of Post-Telegraph-Telephones. ALAA1 80l □ Red LB in muddled design, with se-tenant telephone stamp. £3 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-9 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ALGERIA 1973 Stamp Day. DZAA1 40c □ Child posting letter into a pedestal type LB. 50p 1976 Stamp Day. DZAA2 1d40 □ Male postal worker delivering to a suite of LB's in a block of flats. 50p AA-10 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ANDORRA (French Administration) 1974 Centenary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). ADFAA1 1f20 □ Stylised LB with letters entering slot, plus mail chutes and globe. 75p ADFAA2 □ PROOF: Imperforate proof impression. £20 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-11 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ANDORRA (Spanish Administration) 2011 America UPAEP - Mailboxes. ADSAA1 80c □ Wooden letter box on post. £1.40 AA-12 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ANGOLA 1983 185th Anniversary of Angolan Postal Administration. AOAA1 50l □ Postman clearing red cylindrical LB. 10p AOAA2 15k □ Posting letters into red cylindrical LB. 10p AOAA3 30k □ Collecting mail from private LB. £1.25 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-13 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ANGOLA (continued) 1994 Letter Boxes. AOAA4 5000k □ Red wall LB for letters and bundled mail. 30p AOAA5 7500k □ Red wall LB for letters. 50p AOAA6 10000k □ Red pillar LB. 75p AOAA7 21000k □ Multi-function LB units. £1.25 AA-14 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ANTIGUA 1980 100th Anniversary of the Death of Sir Rowland Hill. AGAA1 $1 □ Early French letter box. 50p Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-15 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ARGENTINA 1987 Definitive Series. ARAA1 C/(sold for 18c) □ Red cylindrical pillar LB (yellow background). £1 □ FORGERY: Print is generally fuzzy, plus other noticeable differences including the perforation gauge (11.5 versus 13.5) and colouring. Sells for around eight x genuine stamp price. £ □ FORGERY: Used on complete cover sells for around 80 x genuine mint. A fragment sells for around 15 x genuine mint. £ ARAA2 C/(sold for 33c) □ Yellow cylindrical pillar LB with black triangle on door (green background). Phosphorescent. £1.25 □ Reprint. Different shade (paler box and background). Fluorescent. £1.25 1998 250th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Postal Service in the Rio de la Plata. ARAA3 75c □ British style red cylindrical LB with postal building and signature. £1.75 ARAA3a □ SE-TENANT: Above stamp in position two . £3.50 AA-16 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ARGENTINA (continued) 1999 Cyrilo Ayling Model of stamp vending machine in Buenos Aires only. ARAA4 various □ British style red cylindrical LB. £ ARAA5 □ PROOF: Overprinted PRUEBA (proof). £20 ARAA6 □ Unprinted label(s). £ ARAA7 □ Miscut label(s). £ Only available from February to September 1999 before machine was withdrawn. 1999 Frama Model of stamp vending machine in Rio Cuarto, Cordoba only. ARAA8 various □ British style red cylindrical LB. $00.05 up to $99.95 (in steps of $0.05). Used during different test periods only. £ FOR INFORMATION ONLY: The following self-adhesive stamp appeared in a series of stamp booklets in 1995 in 25c and 75c values. It depicts the postal service logo and has been used subsequently on at least one other issue. It very loosely depicts a letter being posted into the globe, but its connection with the letter box theme is somewhat tenuous. Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-17 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ARGENTINA (continued) AA-18 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ARGENTINA (continued) 2011 America UPAEP - Mailboxes. ARAA9 $2.50 □ Red pillar box. £1 ARAA10 $2.50 □ ‘Corneta’ style wall box. £1 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-19 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C ARUBA 1997 America Issue (UPAEP). AWAA1 80c □ Male postal worker on motorcycle delivering to garden gate household LB on pole, 1995. £2.10 AA-20 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C AUSTRALIA Error - imperf left margin. 1980 National Stamp Week. AUAA1 22c □ LB c1900. Ornate red cylindrical. White sky area. 60p AUAA2 □ ERROR: Imperforate left margin on first stamp in pair only. Five copies known. £ AUAA3 22c □ LB c1900, as above type of box, with postal worker. £1 AUAA4 □ SE-TENANT: Strip of five, including above two stamps. £1 AUAA5 □ ERROR: Imperforate left margin on first stamp in strip of five. Probably just five copies known (including the pair above). £ Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-21 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C AUSTRALIA (continued) Sorry, no image 1992 BoxLink Service Postage Paid Labels. AUAA6 38c □ COIL: Self-adhesive single. £1 AUAA7 □ COIL: Pair, ex presentation pack. £2 AUAA8 A$38 □ COIL BOX: Complete box of 100 stamps. £70 Sold in boxes of 100 at A$38.00, making them 38c each. Also sold in pairs within a presentation pack. The Press Release stated: "Stamped labels for BoxLink, a new, fast economic service for mail delivery to business post office boxholders, are being introduced in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Available in boxes of 100, the labels prepay postage to business boxholders at participating post offices in the prime business districts of the three cities." FOR INFORMATION ONLY: In the 1990s (possibly later?) Neopost of America produced a trial sheet of its Simply Postage labels to see if Australia Post was interested in this online postage concept. Nothing came of it, and the B&W image below shows what might have been. AA-22 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C AUSTRALIA (continued) Water-activated sheet stamp and coil singles Water activated gutter strip. Self-adhesive coil pair with advert 1997 Australia’s Classic Cars. AUAA9 45c □ 1948 GMH Holden car with old-style red LB on kerb-edge with young girl posting a letter. Water activated single from sheets. Perf 14 x 14.5. 40p Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL AA-23 POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C AUSTRALIA (continued) AUAA10 □ SE-TENANT: Block of four including above sheet stamp. Water activated version from sheets. £2 AUAA11 □ GUTTER PAIRS: Water activated version from sheets. £1 AUAA12 □ COIL: Self-adhesive single from coil strips. Die-cut 11.25. 50p AUAA13 □ COIL: Self-adhesive. With advert, in pair. £2 AUAA14 □ COIL SE-TENANT: Strip of four including above coil stamp. £4 AUAA15 A$45 □ COIL BOX: Complete box of 100 stamps. £30 Coil Strip Pictorial Gutter Strip AA-24 Philately and the Letter Box - 4th Edition - © 2018 Glenn H Morgan FRPSL POSTAGE STAMPS: COUNTRIES A-C AUSTRALIA (continued) Water activated and self-adhesive stamps from counter sheets and coils. Self-adhesive coil strip. 2001 Australian Outback Services. AUAA16 45c □ Water activated single from sheets. Perf 14 x 14.5. 40p AUAA17 □ SE-TENANT: Ten x 45c (with five icons representing the five services printed in the gutter). Water activated version from sheets. £7.50 AUAA18 □ GUTTER PAIRS: Pair with envelope icon printed in the gutter. Water activated version from sheets. £1.50 AUAA19 □ COIL: Self-adhesive single from coil strips. Die-cut 11.25. 55p AUAA20 □ COIL SE-TENANT: Strip of five including above stamp. £3 AUAA21 A$45 □ COIL BOX: Complete box of 100 stamps.