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Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 13:05:08 pm

RodT wrote:

This is yours if you want it Skippy.

Sorry Rod, I have only just seen your generous offer.
I have a few of these already so I'll pass on this one. Thankyou for thinking of me

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 13:09:08 pm

Guess who is a Happy Little Vegemite today :wink:

won it on ebay.

Now, to find a companion cover will be a challenge.

Can everyone Keep an eye out for the above logo on an illustrated cover, from the 1970's or there abouts. I would LOVE to find one of those if they exist.

cheers,
Skippy

muruk · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 00:00:56 am

Received from Tanuki.

Hand drawn kangaroos mixing it with a heap of other critters on stamps and a postcard.

Very nice, and much appreciated.

Tanuki · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:29:26 am

You're welcome Hans. Impossible to find a kangaroo here, so I had to draw one. Thanks again for the cover from Papua New Guinea!

muruk · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:42:14 pm

She looks surprised at seeing her tail appear at the other end of the cover. :shock:

Skippy · **Posted:** Sat Apr 14, 2012 20:31:21 pm

kangaroo spotted on this Vaticane stamp from 1986

Skippy · **Posted:** Sat Apr 14, 2012 20:39:52 pm

This booklet pane from Serbia 2011, commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Belgrade Zoo.

Charity label or cinderella maybe ??
The logo with the 'hand of god' has me doubt that it is an official Serbian govt postage stamp

Skippy · **Posted:** Sat Apr 14, 2012 21:07:38 pm

Was just scrolling back through the thread to see which stamps I have missed and spotted this

traralgon3844 wrote:

I'm in bed at work, but spotted this set on eBay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cook-Islands- ... 0352416003

In bed at work :lol:

Sounds like a good job :mrgreen:

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 14:33:57 pm

Spotted in the for sale section. (in a large lot, sold now)
I think we have seen one of these before, but this was such a nice clean copy I thought I'd save the pic to here.

stampchris · **Posted:** Sat May 05, 2012 23:35:17 pm

Finally released on 24 April 2012, here's the intaglio version of last year's Colonial Heritage mini. sheet. As mentioned in Stamp Bulletin 316, the intaglio part of the printing was done in the USA by BurdgeCooper New World Printing. Reckon they did a great job.

As a West Australian, I actually like the black swan. Reminds me very much of WA's first stamp.

Skippy · **Posted:** Mon May 07, 2012 12:38:09 pm

Very nice !!

Chris, are they imperf ?

Now, who is game to use one on cover :wink:

waroff49 · **Posted:** Mon May 07, 2012 14:11:12 pm

Now who is going to use one on cover- nobody in their right mind. The whacking premium added to the sheet by Australia Post is amazing. I think the 2 packs I got were $23.00+ for $12.00 worth of stamps ( came as a set- 1 pack-2x$2 stamps and mini-sheet ($4) and the other the intaglio ($4). The first pack being issued some time ago.

If as Chris said, they were released on 24/4/2012, I must have had a pre-release copy as I showed them at our GOMC meeting on 21-4-2012. I should have raced down to the PO in Katoomba and got it postmarked. What a furure it would have caused..........

Skippy · **Posted:** Mon May 07, 2012 14:50:38 pm

Yes Waroff,
after seeing yours I raced online and they weren't showing up on the auspost website then

From memory the Intaglio is around $15, so it would be silly to put one on cover (I only want the roo)
Oh but what a lovely cover it would make

Yours isn't imperf is it ?

I wonder if there will be minisheets overprinted for 2013 Roo anniversary show too?

stampchris · **Posted:** Mon May 07, 2012 23:56:33 pm

If the imperforate sheet turned up on sale in a post office on 21 April, then I'll adjust the issue date.

If anybody knows of an earlier date please let me know.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 02:52:22 am

Chris, mine was from a Standing Order and turned up on 20-4-2012 (in the post).

Skippy · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2012 13:43:00 pm

Grenada 2000

Guinea 2012

Skippy · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 14:51:33 pm

spotted this set that I have not seen before
2011 Mongolia

creature bottom right (on the orange stamp)
Wombat with long ears,... or a feral rabbit !? :evil:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mongolia-2011-W ... 2c656cc79c

doug2222usa · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2012 19:57:58 pm

I found these 3 kangaroo covers in a box of Australian covers I recently bought. I did not look through the 8 pages of this thread to see if they've been illustrated already.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2012 20:30:29 pm

Just love that Ayer's Rock (now Uluru) pictorial postmark.

Canada stamper · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 07:21:29 am

Not a postcard but a greeting card, spotted as I was buying a snack the other day - roo or some other sort of creature??

The inside reads: "Happy Birthday... to the guy my parents warned me about!"

Let me know if you would like to get this in the mail.

Jean

Caddyman · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:29:02 pm

Hi Skippy,
Here's one for you.

I found it in a junk lot and would be happy to send it to you if you want it.

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 13:58:21 pm

A couple of nice Roo theme souvenirs spotted on the Australia2013 website.
http://www.australia2013.com/souvenirs/ ... ame=Stamps

Minisheet, with Australia2013 logo on the actual stamp, great !!

Postcard with Kangaroo and Flag stamp (prestamped?)

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 15:10:12 pm

The mini-sheet above, with Gold logo overprinted (top left corner), is a limited edition available only from Australia2013 website.

There is also a standard "Call to Australia 2013" mini-sheet,
released for the World Stamp Championships and show in Indonesia 2012, avalable from Auspost website http://shop.auspost.com.au/stamps/souve ... ku/6707251

These would be great to use on international mail.

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:28:24 am

stampchris wrote:

Finally released on 24 April 2012, here's the intaglio version of last year's Colonial Heritage mini. sheet. As mentioned in Stamp Bulletin 316, the intaglio part of the printing was done in the USA by BurdgeCooper New World Printing. Reckon they did a great job.

As a West Australian, I actually like the black swan. Reminds me very much of WA's first stamp.

Here is the Intaglio Emerging Identity mini sheet, overprinted in gold with Australia2013 logo and Indonesia 2012 exhibition logo.

This is my copy and it looks much better in real life than my scan shows.
My favourite philatelic Item at the moment !

Individually numbered (/250) it is one of the souvenirs for the Australia 2013 FIP World Stamp Exhibition, available on their website http://www.australia2013.com/

Empire and Visualising Australia mini sheets are also available with gold overprint from Aus2013 website.

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:39:27 am

Close up , scanner didn't pick up the gold but what a great design the Kangaroo stamp is !
Intaglio printing is black raised ink compared to the dark blue on the normal stamps.

I didn't see the year in the design until I enlarged the scan.
It's a pity they didn't change the 2011 (bottom middle of stamp) to 2012, as stampchris said in the posts above, the intaglio version was released in April 2012.

abutukit · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 14:09:33 pm

2 Kangaroos spotted on items I am selling at the moment on ebay at:
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/shuismu23/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

Kangaroos on both the Travelodge cachet and the Cook Bicentenary imperf stamp

Kangaroo on stickers attached to RAAF covers in 1971 - the RAAF Golden Jubilee year

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2012 21:01:15 pm

I'm not sure if I have posted this one before.

An attractive Post Card featuring Kanagaroos with a late use of the Sturt.

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 23:44:56 pm

What; no-one been kangaroo spotting.

It might be a cinderella but you know you want it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Poster-stamp-Dr ... 0692390216

jimdotwalker · **Posted:** Fri Jan 25, 2013 14:20:58 pm

Picked up last night at the Canberra Philatelic Society Auction night, sold by Tom Frommer...(fighting kangaroo, and not a flying kangaroo?)

(No markings on reverse)

Tom's noted "Scarce Card cc 1914".

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 28, 2013 23:37:15 pm

This gutter is from he 2009 series: Corrugated Landscapes.

abutukit · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:41:57 am

Several kangaroos 'hopping' on this item currantly for sale:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321068849273?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

jimdotwalker · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2013 14:52:59 pm

Picked up recently for my bicentennial collection - scan of insert included.
I had not seen this cover before.

Kainnikanada · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2013 15:09:08 pm

These 3 covers were recently on ebay. Unfortunately, I did not save the link.

brickie143 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 16, 2013 08:27:33 am

Hi Skippy!
I think this little Joey been hiding from your collection.
Regards
Brickie143
T-t-t


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