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I don't usually buy decimal stamps, as I consider that after Decimal currency came in, Australia Post became a 'third world collector producer" when it comes to postage stamps.The exceptions being any very interesting, and known errors.
These items were so inexpensive I could not resist buying them. for a total sum of $5
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Horamakhet
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Hi Horamakhet
The $2 was issued in 1981
The $5 beach scene was issued in 1984
The $10 was issued in 1974
The $5 was issued in 1979
I have every decimal specimen from 1966 - 2014. I'll upload them soon. Specimens are my favourites and the price you paid is spot on for the 4, my personal belief is that specimens complete a set if there is a specimen of any issue in the set whether they are rare or not.
Rob
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Hi Rob,
I actually purchased them at the local stamp club.
I am beginning to think, that to acquire specimens is a good idea, as they do not come onto to club market very often.
Sometimes they have interesting items, others nothing.
Talking to some of the members, I discovered that most are Hobbyist who do not have a specialized area of collecting, but some others have specialized collections like George V, Malta and other European countries.
When I go every month, they have a auction, and I carefully check what is on offer.
Who knows what may turn up.
Regards
Horamakhet
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Hi Horamakhet
Stamp clubs are very handy places for buying stamps and accumulating important information. The club I go to, one can buy stamps, and I can get information when I need it.
In the ACCC everyone has a specialised field, and that makes it even the more interesting, though in the ACCC it is only Australia.
The auctions we have (one every 3 months) is always a successful turnout, though we do have an in-house auction regularly at the club.
When I arrive, I’m always met with “what gem have you to show tonight”.
And with specimens, they are an integral part of stamp collecting, regardless of the monarch, if they have specimens, then that stamp should be included if possible.
Though I have many specimens from QV-QEII, there are a few I do not have, especially in the KGVI era (specimens with roller flaws).
Rob
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03:40:43am
" .... Sometimes they have interesting items, others nothing.
Talking to some of the members, I discovered that most are
Hobbyist(s) who do not have a specialized area of collecting, ...."
I am frequently surprised (Astounded, sometimes) at the very basic
questions I have been asked by fellow club members who
after all the their years of collecting are so poorly informed.
An especial problem are those who buy a full Scott catalogue set
every year or two, but do not seem to have ever, not once, taken
the time to browse the introductions.
That is sometimes shown by the issues they cram into a cardboard
box just to clear the items out of their stamp room. I always look
through said treasure boxes and bid accordingly.
Until we bought a house and property in the nowhere land of North Texas,
stamp club auctions were always a source of good items. In Houston
they were once a month and some members were never seen except on
auction night. I'll admit that some of the talks members gave about
their favorite topics were somewhat boring, but that is how speakers
learn public speaking.
Panhandle, Texas.
However I am rescued by the SoR auction and approvals pages as well as
one or two other monthly auctions. So far I have not even found a single
stamer within fifty miles. Just cows of varying temperament.
PS: I agree that specimen stamps should be included and they add variety
to a collection.
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Hi cdj1122
As stated, some lectures at stamp clubs are dull, but once in a while they do have an interesting lecturer.
Rob, I do not include the commonwealth specialist collectors club in this, so no offence is intended to anyone.
cdj1122
Nice house.
How many panhandles are there in the USA, I know there is one in Florida as well.
Many persons in Australia would not realize they are called panhandles because the peninsula of land they are on resembles the handle of a pan, hence the name.
In the early days the pan handles were fairly lawless areas, please correct me if I am wrong.
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Horamakhet
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Hi Horamakhet
No offence; There have been as many dull as there are good talks; when it comes to Michael Drury or Geoff Kellow giving a talk the room becomes very interesting; when I talk it is Drury and Kellow that will add to the discussion about the stamps I bring in.
I didn't know what a panhandle was until now; though there is a plague of panhandlers in the Sydney CBD.
Rob
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02:13:27pm
" .... In the early days the pan handles were
fairly lawless areas, please correct me if I am wrong. ...."
No doubt. Passing through the small towns in the area
with their wide streets, now paved, of course, were made
to accommodate horses hitched to the traditional cowboy movie
"Hitchin' Post" and quite often the facade of a second floor
is exactly that, a facade with little bit of bracing behind them.
The dearth of law enforcement and lack of a means of speedy
information made just about every area independent.
It was likely not a law less lack of laws, just that people
were on their own.
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I don't usually buy decimal stamps, as I consider that after Decimal currency came in, Australia Post became a 'third world collector producer" when it comes to postage stamps.The exceptions being any very interesting, and known errors.
These items were so inexpensive I could not resist buying them. for a total sum of $5
Regards
Horamakhet
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Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW)
16 Nov 2019
04:12:38am
re: AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL SPECIMEN STAMPS
Hi Horamakhet
The $2 was issued in 1981
The $5 beach scene was issued in 1984
The $10 was issued in 1974
The $5 was issued in 1979
I have every decimal specimen from 1966 - 2014. I'll upload them soon. Specimens are my favourites and the price you paid is spot on for the 4, my personal belief is that specimens complete a set if there is a specimen of any issue in the set whether they are rare or not.
Rob
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re: AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL SPECIMEN STAMPS
Hi Rob,
I actually purchased them at the local stamp club.
I am beginning to think, that to acquire specimens is a good idea, as they do not come onto to club market very often.
Sometimes they have interesting items, others nothing.
Talking to some of the members, I discovered that most are Hobbyist who do not have a specialized area of collecting, but some others have specialized collections like George V, Malta and other European countries.
When I go every month, they have a auction, and I carefully check what is on offer.
Who knows what may turn up.
Regards
Horamakhet
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Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW)
16 Nov 2019
07:42:54pm
re: AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL SPECIMEN STAMPS
Hi Horamakhet
Stamp clubs are very handy places for buying stamps and accumulating important information. The club I go to, one can buy stamps, and I can get information when I need it.
In the ACCC everyone has a specialised field, and that makes it even the more interesting, though in the ACCC it is only Australia.
The auctions we have (one every 3 months) is always a successful turnout, though we do have an in-house auction regularly at the club.
When I arrive, I’m always met with “what gem have you to show tonight”.
And with specimens, they are an integral part of stamp collecting, regardless of the monarch, if they have specimens, then that stamp should be included if possible.
Though I have many specimens from QV-QEII, there are a few I do not have, especially in the KGVI era (specimens with roller flaws).
Rob
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
30 Nov 2019
03:40:43am
re: AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL SPECIMEN STAMPS
" .... Sometimes they have interesting items, others nothing.
Talking to some of the members, I discovered that most are
Hobbyist(s) who do not have a specialized area of collecting, ...."
I am frequently surprised (Astounded, sometimes) at the very basic
questions I have been asked by fellow club members who
after all the their years of collecting are so poorly informed.
An especial problem are those who buy a full Scott catalogue set
every year or two, but do not seem to have ever, not once, taken
the time to browse the introductions.
That is sometimes shown by the issues they cram into a cardboard
box just to clear the items out of their stamp room. I always look
through said treasure boxes and bid accordingly.
Until we bought a house and property in the nowhere land of North Texas,
stamp club auctions were always a source of good items. In Houston
they were once a month and some members were never seen except on
auction night. I'll admit that some of the talks members gave about
their favorite topics were somewhat boring, but that is how speakers
learn public speaking.
Panhandle, Texas.
However I am rescued by the SoR auction and approvals pages as well as
one or two other monthly auctions. So far I have not even found a single
stamer within fifty miles. Just cows of varying temperament.
PS: I agree that specimen stamps should be included and they add variety
to a collection.
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re: AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL SPECIMEN STAMPS
Hi cdj1122
As stated, some lectures at stamp clubs are dull, but once in a while they do have an interesting lecturer.
Rob, I do not include the commonwealth specialist collectors club in this, so no offence is intended to anyone.
cdj1122
Nice house.
How many panhandles are there in the USA, I know there is one in Florida as well.
Many persons in Australia would not realize they are called panhandles because the peninsula of land they are on resembles the handle of a pan, hence the name.
In the early days the pan handles were fairly lawless areas, please correct me if I am wrong.
Regards
Horamakhet
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Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW)
03 Dec 2019
02:34:33am
re: AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL SPECIMEN STAMPS
Hi Horamakhet
No offence; There have been as many dull as there are good talks; when it comes to Michael Drury or Geoff Kellow giving a talk the room becomes very interesting; when I talk it is Drury and Kellow that will add to the discussion about the stamps I bring in.
I didn't know what a panhandle was until now; though there is a plague of panhandlers in the Sydney CBD.
Rob
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
03 Dec 2019
02:13:27pm
re: AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL SPECIMEN STAMPS
" .... In the early days the pan handles were
fairly lawless areas, please correct me if I am wrong. ...."
No doubt. Passing through the small towns in the area
with their wide streets, now paved, of course, were made
to accommodate horses hitched to the traditional cowboy movie
"Hitchin' Post" and quite often the facade of a second floor
is exactly that, a facade with little bit of bracing behind them.
The dearth of law enforcement and lack of a means of speedy
information made just about every area independent.
It was likely not a law less lack of laws, just that people
were on their own.
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