Decimal Commercial Covers photos - 1980's Australian Birds

Tas Philatelist · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 20:04:45 pm

Nice cover Dave.

Tas Philatelist · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:38:02 pm

I need an 80c Pita on cover. Can anyone help me out? Many Thanks

dwhopper · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 04:11:30 am

Another teaser. $ 2.20 registration, plus $ 0.22 postage. Not one, but 3 80c Pittas.

Didge · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 07:14:23 am

DW,

Beutiful triple Rainbow Pitta.

Tim

Tas Philatelist · **Posted:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:40:47 am

I'm still looking for an 80c Pita cover - any rate or combination.

Thanks.

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 09:34:42 am

Didge wrote:

Folks,

The only stamp left in the series not posted is the 15 cent Forest Kingfisher. I have searched high and low in my unorganised envelopes and can not find one. It is a scarce stamp on cover. Does anyone out there have one that they would like to part with to complete my collection of this series commercially used?

Tim

Here's one for you Tim, although the date isn't very clear

edit: oops might help if I add the link :oops:

Skippy

Didge · **Posted:** Thu Mar 26, 2009 08:27:25 am

Skippy,

Nice one. Is it for sale? Send me an email to discuss. I am heading off for a long weekend and will be back on Sunday.

Tim

Skippy · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2009 09:40:39 am

Hi Didge,

Did you get the emails from me?

Cheers,
Skippy

Didge · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:34:17 am

Skippy,

Yes I did. I will email you.

Tim

norvic · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 21:28:04 pm

I searched for other threads and missed this one, so I put my birds on the main Decimal covers thread. So here they are again:

This 55c Lotus-bird has a return address of Apple 6153 WA, but the town part of the postmark is to faint to see. Nice destination, Isle of Skye, and the sideways 0 at lower left is alongside the (just visible) phosphor coding dots used for mechanised sorting in Britain.

The three x 22c Kingfishers here make up an odd 66c and that seems an unlikely rate. Don't often see this stamp here. It looks commercial but I suppose Mrs Brooke might have been a collector.

dwhopper · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 21:55:23 pm

Air mail rate at that time to the UK was $ 0.60. Domestic mail was $ 0.22. So they had $ 0.22 stamps on hand and used 3 to get close to, but over the air mail rate.

norvic · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 22:14:50 pm

Thanks. That makes it quite a reasonable cover then. (I have the whole cover, only cropped the scan.)

Didge · **Posted:** Sat Jul 18, 2009 09:22:11 am

Folks,

They say good things come to those who wait. This cover is one of the keys of this series along with the two perf change stamps. This is a rare bird indeed and I am smiling like the catbird who got the cream. Its the 18 cent Catbird stamp paying the greeting card rate in 1981. You cant see it well in the scan but the flap is not stuck down as it should be.

Tim

Didge · **Posted:** Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:38:56 am

Folks,

Another absolute cracker cover from the birds series. It a pair of the 45 cent woodswallows on a Zone 4 cover to the US. Both are the later scarce perf. Just about unique I think. Came from at mate in the States at a cost of $5. Value ???

Tim

mstary1 · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 22:07:53 pm

I've forgotten if I've ask this question before, apologies if it is in another thread.

I've been looking at this cover and the 45cent Wood swallow on this cover isn't right.

1st stamp is from another cover from the same batch of covers I've got recently.

2nd stamp is from the cover in question.

The pink background is missing from the top half of the stamp and faint towards the bottom half.

I think we can rule out tampering as the cover shows no signs of damage.
Same with fading as the 60c fishing stamp is not faded and the postmark is a uniform black.
The lettering of the stamp is the correct dark black all over, although some of the black seems lighter?

I'm not sure how to classify this stamp on cover? oddity? Sun fade could be the likely culprit
but I'm not sure. Colour errors on decimal stamps are notoriously faked. On a cover, less so.
Could it be the different perf printings have something to do with this?
Any comments welcome and once again apologies if this has been covered before.
Cheers.
Mark.

davpot · **Posted:** Fri Aug 20, 2010 15:18:29 pm

This isnt the whole set, but for a bird fancier, I think it has a lot to offer:
Love those Aussie birds!

Dave

norvic · **Posted:** Tue Nov 23, 2010 22:52:45 pm

Nice 27c rate inland cover picked up at the weekend. Return address Blackburn South 3130

norvic · **Posted:** Wed Sep 14, 2011 21:48:31 pm

30c Oystercatcher on its own airmail postcard to UK 1979 - maybe this is the wrong thread !?

opkedia52 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 01:15:17 am

I am posting scans of few birds covers from 1980s.Most of the covers are within the correct period of use though cancellations on some covers are not clear and one or two covers are not cancelled at all and 1$ was pen cancelled.I invite comments from members about their desirability:

Thanks for looking at my possessions.

opkedia

Rackrunner · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 10:53:19 am

Tim

Here is a mix of birds on cover, can't make out the year.

Paul


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