Silver Jubilee Stamps

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Silver Jubilee Stamps

Modified March 2012

The site for those interested in the stamp issues of the 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V
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Study Circle - A page of  details about the King George V Silver Jubilee Study Circle.

Current Offers- For many Silver Jubilee items currently available.

Recent Articles- This month’s jottings on some aspects of the Silver Jubilee issues.

Research Notes- Currently assembling postal rates of the period.

Handbook Update- Amendments to: “Silver Jubilee of King George V stamps handbook”.

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Out of Territory - March 2012

In case you haven’t seen a New Hebrides cancel adorning a Jubilee stamp, Bruce Davies kindly supplied this scan of a Hong Hong 20c tied to a piece by New Hebrides Paquebot cds (3 Aout 1936). Recently on the market were those below.

British Solomon Islands 1½ d cancelled Sydney N.S.W. (8 No 35)

New Guinea 1d pair cancelled Cairns, Qld (7 Je 36).

Recent realisations - March 2012

Recent eBay realisations (in £) include the following:

India 3½a Bird on parapet variety vfu

95.24

Straits 25c pair, 5c + defin 2c on Dutch air cover to Germany - scan

41.00

SWA reg airmail FDC (1.5.35) to Southern Rhodesia

47.62

Australia 2d & 3d tied Sydney paquebot, Pitcairn Is b/s - scan

84.88

Hong Kong set + defin 2c on reg 1st through flight Singapore

62.66

B.F. Egypt 1 pi m/m

360.00

Basutoland 1d bisect tied to piece by Morija cds (31 Dec 35) - scan

64.85

India 1a + air 3a x2 + defin ½a + fund label on air cover to UK

62.05

Australia 2d marginal block/4 with mis-perforation

46.40

Canada set perfin OHMS fu

281.11

Straits 25c, 5c x2 + defin 4c x3 on air cover, Penang-Czechoslovakia

50.00

B.F. Egypt FDC Crown cancel 14, Abu Qir cds 6 My 35

291.37

Serial Numbers - February 2012

BRITISH GUIANA - a 12c with 3 digits has been noted from an eBay cover. CYPRUS - 1½ pi block noted with serial number adjacent to stamp 10/6. Both these have been noted in “More between the Sheets”.

Postal Rates - February 2012

Included now are the rates for Malta.

A possible use for the 6d value has been added to the table of British Solomon Islands - thanks to the prompting of John Cooper.

Plume of Smoke - January 2012

This image is from a photcopy sent by someone who noticed this unusual flaw between the chapel and Brunswick tower on a British Honduras 4 cent value. Before assuming it to be non-constant, has anyone else come across this mark?

Australia Commercial Perfins - December 2011

Jeff Turnbull has given full details of some recently acquired perfinned 2d values, depicted below:

  • Vacuum Oil Co., Todd St., Port Adelaide, S.A. in use: 1913-1962
  • International Harvester Co., 545 Bourke St., Melbourne, Vic. 1915-1945
  • Bagots Executor & Trustee Co. Ltd., (double punch), 170 North Terrace, Adelaide, S.A. 1933-1945
  • Buckley & Nunnn, 300-310 Bourke St., Melbourne, Vic. 1907-1946

AJA March 2012