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CONTENTS.FIRST NARROMINE – COOTAMUNDRA FLIGHT by Alan Whittaker (1739)....................................... 129UNDERPAID OUTGOING MAILS OF AUSTRALIA: A REMARKABLE NEW DISCOVERY. ByPeter Granfield (non-member) and Patrick Reid (1112).................................................................................

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KGV RESEARCH. THREE HALF PENCE DIE 1. H397 PLATED AS 15R 43-44. Further information from David Emmerson (1779).............................................................................................................................

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UPDATE BY DAVID ADAMS (1066) TO THE CURRENT UCV LISTING IN THE BOOK “1d RED KANGAROO AND MAP SERIES” By David Adams, Bill Bell and Greg Pope..........................................

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MATUNGA MAIL By Tony Finlayson.............................................................................................................. 134DESTROYED N.S.W. AND A.C.T. POSTMARKS from Richard Peck, (non-member)............................ 135HARRISON PLATE 3R-53 PLATE AND INK FLAW FROM ASC 10 113 TO 117. By Geoff Wotherspoon (1743)............................................................................................................................................

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KGV RESEARCH. THREE HALFPENCE RED DIE 1 TOP CORNER FRAME MARK FLAWS. By Bill Fiora (non-member).....................................................................................................................................

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UNUSUAL CACHETS – 8 – conducted by the Editor.................................................................................... 140QUERY 750. CAN ANYONE PLATE THIS VARIETY? From Dave Sinclair (1210)...............................` 141BOB’S CORNER PAGE No 28........................................................................................................................ 1421915-22 2 ½d KANGAROO W.A. THICK COAST REVISTED. Further information from David Adams (1066).......................................................................................................................................................

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THE BRISBANE RECEIVED TORN MARKING. By Colin Tabeart (1806)............................................. 145UNLOCATED CONSTANT FLAW UCV FOR 9d KANGAROO PLATED AS 4L47 by Richard Guy (1616)....................................................................................................................................................................

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BROKEN RIGHT FRAME FLAW ON 3d ROO DIE 11B PLATED AT 3R50. By Richard Guy (1616) 148CONTINUING RESEARCH ON THE KGV 1d VARIETIES by Bert Wajer, Gordon Monk and Paull Kaigg (1717) Part 20............................................................................................................................................

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BOOK REVIEW – BRISBANE; THE MACHINE DATE CASES................................................................ 153BOB’S CORNER PAGE No 27. Further information from John Booker (1012)........................................ 153

ISSN 0953 – 5578 VOLUME 67 NUMBER 6 DECEMBER 2012.

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2467 . FIRST NARROMINE – COOTAMUNDRA FLIGHT by Alan Whittaker (1739)

At the Autumn Stampex I came across the cover shown. The journey back to sender is most unusual and it is recorded here for the interest of members.

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This flaw is an upright curved compartment mark with a small dot below, overall 0.5rnm long, commencing 1.25mm above the level of the top frame and 0.75mm out from the left frame.

All copies I have seen to date are at the top left corner of the stamp. I have 15 copies, of which 11 are dated between 15 June 1925 and 1 June 1926. It is not a marginal unit.5. UCV H619

This flaw is a thin, 0.75mm long, upright compartment mark, commencing 0.5mm above the level of the top frame and 1.25mm out from the left frame. It ends just below the level of the top frame.

All copies I have seen to date are at the top left corner of the stamp. I have 5 copies, of which 3 are dated between 26 August 1926 and 2 November 1926. It is not a marginal unit.I have located a number of other clichés with small markings at the top left corner, but none of these appear to be constant. I would welcome any input from other collectors.Drawings for all flaws are shown below.

15R43/44 15R46/47 16R41/42UCV H618 UCV H619

UNUSUAL CACHETS – 8 – conducted by the Editor.

This time I show a selection of cachets indicating difficulty in making a delivery to the address specified by the sender.Macleay Island1Queensland

Cover postmarked 6 Jun 2006 addressed to 9 Blue Vista Street, Macleay Island.

Airlie BeachQueensland

Window envelope, no address showing. No postmark but also has a Return Sender marking dated 25 May 1995

Brisbane C.D.C.

Envelope to an address with a Brisbane 4000 post code. Postmarked 26 Oct 1992

Adelaide,S. Australia

Cover postmarked 3 July 1988 showing name of addressee only.

Perth,W.Australia

Seen on two window envelopes postmarked 22 Feb. 1982 and 4 Aug. 1987

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2466.THE BRISBANE RECEIVED TORN MARKING. By Colin Tabeart (1806).

In his Queensland Postal History1 Hugh Campbell recorded this marking (at page 136) and described the only cover known to him, dated around 1900. Since then no doubt others have come to light, but the one described below may be of interest to readers, especially as it has other claims to fame.

The original envelope, with its mourning black border, had clearly been badly damaged, and the front of it was glued onto a new envelope, presumably on arrival at Brisbane, presumably also with the contents inserted into the new envelope. At Brisbane the arrival datestamp and the BRISBANE QUEENSLAND RECEIVED TORN unframed stamp (exactly as described by Campbell) were applied to the back of the new envelope.

The cover has other interesting features. Firstly, it was sent via Torres Strait by the Eastern & Australian service, leaving England on the P&O ss Mirzapore on 3 December 1874; transhipped at Galle to the P&O Hydaspes to Singapore, thence by the Eastern & Australian ss Brisbane, arriving at Brisbane on 29 Jan 1875.2 It was prepaid 1/-, being the rate for a letter weighing over a half and up to one ounce. This just might explain why the envelope was damaged – possibly stuffed too tightly?

Secondly the recipient, Sir James Cockle, was a man of considerable status in Queensland, being the Colony’s Chief Justice for fifteen years. His lengthy entry in the Dictionary of Australian Biography is summarised below, and acknowledged with thanks.3

1 Campbell, HM, RDP, FRPSL: Queensland Postal History; Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, 1990, ISBN 0-947345-04-3 p1362 Tabeart, Colin: ANZUK Mails Vol 1 to 1880; the Author, 2011, ISBN 978-0-9548407-2-33 http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cockle-sir-james-3240

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copies of this cliché show varying numbers of breaks in the relevant shading lines, but not a complete continuous line of breaks to make a scratch. Possibly it is this confusion that prevented UCV H5 being plated previously. The author’s copies show breaks in the following shading lines counting up from N of NINE. Breaks are seen in lines 5 and 7, lines 4, 5, and 7 on two copies and on the diagram of H5, and lines 5, 7 and 9, on two used copies, and on lines 4, 5, 7, and 9. These are indeed variable, but no complete break is seen on all lines 4-9.

Reference: 1. THE 9d KANGAROO STAMPS by AD Banwell and RF Parsons, BSAP 2004

Acknowledgement : Dr Bob Parsons for his helpful comments about this paper.

2471. BROKEN RIGHT FRAME FLAW ON 3d ROO DIE IIB PLATED AT 3R50. By Richard Guy (1616)

Flaws on the die IIB 3d kangaroo are hard to plate, with the Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue (ACSC) just listing one. Finding flaws on the die IIB is hard enough, but plating them even harder.

Over the years, this author has located several different frame breaks that are considered worthy of cataloguing. Large blocks of the 3d roo die IIB are scarce, and have not helped with plating, when viewed by this author. Furthermore, most dealers have their third watermark 3d roos all mixed up, with both dies together.

When viewing the November Spink auction of the wonderful Morgan collection in Melbourne recently, an imprint block of eight of the die IIB 3d roo was found in lot 211. It displays the right frame break, 7mm up from the lower frame at 3R50. The break passes right through the outer and inner frames, and the adjacent shading line has its right end removed as well. See figure 1.

Figure 1. Mint pair of 3d roo die IIB showing right frame break at 3R50.

The perforations pass through the lower selvedge of this imprint piece, so it is assumed that this imprint came from an upper plate, and is therefore plate 3. The author has four copies of this frame break, two mint copies, one used and one used copy perfinned OSNSW. The used copy is postmarked in St Arnaud, and dated 28AU25. The perfinned copy shows the earlier date of ??MR24.

The search continues to try to plate the other constant varieties. Can anyone help?