Brighton Philatelic Society Vic - Events May 2023

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Brighton Philatelic Society Vic - Events May 2023

The cooler weather is coming, so why not come down to Brighton for a warm relaxing Philatelic evening. It all happens at Bri-Phil House 80 Gardenvale Road Gardenvale, more details below.

Bri-Phil House 80 Gardenvale Road Gardenvale.

The program for May 2023 is:

Wed 3rd - 2.00 pm Cover Collectors Forum -Ian Sadler will lead the Forum while Alistair Glass will show his New Zealand PDS First Day Covers
Sat 6th - 1.00pm Uncatalogued Auction - viewing starts at 10.30am Saturday.
Tues 9th - 7.15pm Education - My Favourite Covers with Bradford Baker
- 8.15pm Display - The Vietnam War with John Rennie
Tues 16th - Daytime Meeting 10.00am - 1.30pm Mini Auction & Exchange Sheets (byo lunch).
Tues 23rd - Uncatalogued Auction - Viewing from 5.00 pm - Auction commences at 7.00pm

Our library is open at all meetings.

Visitors are most welcome.

For more information on The Brighton Philatelic Society:

Telephone 03 9530 6760
Website http://www.brightonps.org.au

or view these Stampboards threads:

https://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=41810

The Brighton Philatelic Society Inc (Est 1950)

https://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=101419

Brighton Philatelic Society - 2023 program now on our website

The Brighton Philatelic Society Inc (Est 1950)

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Don't forget our new Facebook & Instagram pages:

Brighton Philatelic Society | Melbourne VIC - Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/BrightonPhilatelic/

brighton_philatelic_society

https://www.instagram.com/brighton_philatelic_society/

PS I believe Twitter is soon to come.

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This pair of fdcs created some spirited bidding at yesterday's uncatalogued auction:

Hand drawn/painted fdc for 2d green Queen Mother (28th March 1951) & 2½d brown KGVI (23rd May 1951) postmarked Mentone Vic cds on fdi.

The only indication who the cachetmaker is, is "E A" in the design which means nothing to me.

They opened for $5 & sold for $320. There are no add ons at BPS uncatalogued auctions.

[DigitalPhilatelist]

WOW!

[Global Admin]

Well you will have been one of the bidders Brad - what gives?

[BigSaint]

Well no I wasn't, I was at Sandown Races trying to back a winner.

[Catweazle]

Did you loose both winners?

Sorry to miss your event this evening, that would have been interesting. I saw this a few weeks back and thought I should visit tonight.

That said, I'll pencil in the Tuesday evening auction and, if I can make that – quite the slog over to you on the other side of the city on a week-night though – I'll let you know.

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You are most welcome to come to a meeting anytime.

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This pair of fdcs created some spirited bidding at yesterday's uncatalogued auction:

Hand drawn/painted fdc for 2d green Queen Mother (28th March 1951) & 2½d brown KGVI (23rd May 1951) postmarked Mentone Vic cds on fdi.

The only indication who the cachetmaker is, is "E A" in the design which means nothing to me.

They opened for $5 & sold for $320. There are no add ons at BPS uncatalogued auctions.

At the display meeting last night I had a chat with the purchaser of these two covers. He didn't know who the cachetmaker was either.

However later in the night he said the cachetmaker could have been Ern Allitt who was the club secretary in 1951 at the time the stamps were issued. The covers came out of the Estate of a long time Brighton member so it would be logical to presume Ern had given/sold them to him.

Perhaps more covers & more information will come to light as more research is done.

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Yesterday I did two trips to Brighton & the first was to the Brighton Post Office to obtain the Peacock Spiders stamp & fdcs, as Brighton Vic was the National first day of issue post office.

Peacock Spiders 3 x $1.20 stamps fdc postmarked with Brighton Vic National first day of issue postmark - 9th May 2023

Peacock Spiders Brighton Vic National first day of issue postmark - 9th May 2023

Peacock Spiders 3 x $1.20 stamps miniature fdc postmarked with Brighton Vic National first day of issue postmark - 9th May 2023

I made up some first day covers of my own, with the hand held version of the postmark & popped them in the mail yesterday, as Australia Post Regulations only the allow this National fdi postmark to be mail from Brighton Vic on fdi. I will post mine on thread when I received them.

I then thought this was an opportunity missed for Brighton Philatelic Society. Had the Club known of this stamp issue earlier & the Brighton postmark, the club could have ordered 350, put an address label on each & mail to members at the Brighton Vic post office yesterday.

Oh well next time.

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Tues 9th - 7.15pm Education - My Favourite Covers with Bradford Baker

My Favourite covers segment of last night's meeting was a discussion of Essendon/Melbourne Airport postmarks on covers that I had collected mainly over the past 5 years.

Phoenix tells us that the Essendon/Melbourne Airport as follows:

1. It opened as "Aerodrome Essendon Post Office" on 1st September 1938.
2. Renamed "Essendon Airport Post Office" circa 1949.
3. Renamed "Melbourne Airport Post Office" 5th November 1956
4. Renamed "Essendon Airport Post Office" 1st September 1966
5. Closed 28th December 1984

Registered fdc for 9d Playpus stamp postmarked Aerodrome Essendon W6 Vic cds on fdi & opening day of Aerodrome Essendon Vic Post Office - 1st September 1938 to Wellington NZ

Wide World fdc for the Centenary of the First Australian postage stamps pair postmarked Essendon Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 27th September 1950 to Essendon Vic

Embossed KGVI 3d red pse with 2 x blocks of 4 KGVI 2½d brown stamps postmarked Essendon Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 23rd May 1951 to Mentone Vic.

VPA Souvenir Cover with set of 1956 Melbourne Olympics stamps with Melbourne Airport "Olympic Torch" pictorial postmark (APM#1189) on first day of use - 5th November 1956.

There is a suggestion that this postmark was held at the Melbourne Philatelic Bureau & not at the airport post office as staff would not have had time to process orders

WCS fdc with set of 1956 Melbourne 4d Olympics stamp with Melbourne Airport "Olympic Torch" pictorial postmark (APM#1189) on first day of the Olympic Games - 22nd November 1956.

This postmark was available until 14th December 1956.

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Remember Phoenix told us that Essendon Airport was renamed Melbourne Airport on 5th November 1956 & the renamed back to Essendon Airport on 1st September 1966. Initially I thought was a typo & should have read 15th December 1956, making a temporary name change for the Melbourne Olympic Games:

Ansett ANA advertising cover with Birth of the Australian Post Office 1809 4d stamp postmarked Essendon Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 22nd April 1959

Ansett ANA advertising cover with QEII green 3d stamp postmarked Essendon Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 20th May 1959

Airmail cover from the National Instrument Company Melbourne Airport Essendon Vic, postmarked Essendon Airport Vic cds - 2nd May 1960 to Essex England.

WCS fdc for the 50th Anniversary of Girl Guide Movement 5d stamp postmarked Essendon Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 18th August 1960

WCS fdc for the Banded Ant-Eater 6d stamp postmarked Essendon Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 30th September 1960

I spoke to David Wood of Phoenix about these & he offered several suggestions:

1. The Essendon Airport postmark was not returned to the GPO but was retained for use as a first day cover postmark.
2. It was retained as a relief postmark in the event of loss or damage to a Melbourne Airport Postmark.
3. It was retained as a spare for times when additional staff members were required.
4. It was retained for use when name of post office reverted to Essendon Airport.
5. Postmaster didn't care and just used it anyway.

David did show me his collection that show concurrent usage of both the Melbourne & Essendon Airport postmarks in this time period.

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Melbourne Airport at last:

WCS fdc for the Tasmania Tiger 1/2 stamp postmarked Melbourne Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 21st May 1962

Ansett ANA advertising cover with Royal Visit 5d stamp postmarked Melbourne Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 18th February 1963

Ansett ANA advertising cover with Royal Visit 2/3 stamp postmarked Melbourne Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 18th February 1963

Ansett ANA advertising cover with 50th Anniversary of 50th Anniversary of First Airmail 5d stamp postmarked Melbourne Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 1st July 1964.

Ansett ANA advertising cover with 50th Anniversary of 50th Anniversary of First Airmail 2/3 stamp postmarked Melbourne Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 1st July 1964.

Uncacheted fdc for the 50th Anniversary of the Death of Lawrence Hargrave 5d stamp postmarked Melbourne Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 4th September 1965.

Ansett ANA advertising cover with 1965 Christmas 5d stamp postmarked Melbourne Airport W6 Vic cds on fdi - 1st July 1964.

For those l@@king at my covers they will have made the observation that most of the covers are first day covers.

The survival rate of fdcs seems to be higher than commercial with collectors tending to cut stamps from a commercial cover & not from a fdc.

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Melbourne AIrpost reverted back to Essendon Airport & life was good:

Australian Shield fdc for the visit of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson to Melbourne at Essendon Airport with 1966 Christmas 4c stamp pair postmarked with Essendon Airport W6 Vic cds - 21st October 1966.

Uncacheted cover with QEII 1c brown & 6c orange stamps postnarked with Essendon Airport (W6 removed) Vic cds - 5th May 1973 to Malvern Vic.

Australian Shield fdc for the 150th Anniversary of MacQuarie Lighthouse 5c stamp pair postmarked with Essendon Airport Vic cds on fdi - 27th November 1968

Note no W6 postcode.

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Opening of New Melbourne International Airport, Melbourne 3000

Details from Oz Pictormarks

Australia Shield fdc with 30c Waratah stamp pair postmarked with Opening of new Melbourne International Airport Melbourne 3000 pictorial postmark (APM#4040) - 1st July 1970 to East St.Kilda Vic via London & the USA

Opening of new Melbourne International Airport Melbourne 3000 pictorial postmark (APM#4040) - 1st July 1970

Reverse with backstamp Melbourne 5th July 1970

The puzzling aspect of this postmark is Melbourne 3000 when the airport was at Tullamarine Vic 3043 postcode.

The Melbourne Airport Vic 3045 post office opened on 14th August 1970.

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The post office at the Essendon/Melbourne Airports is a fascinating subject which requires more research including the location of more covers & postmarks. I hope you liked what you have seen so far.

Next the report on last night's Vietnam War display where 22 members & guests attended on a cold wet wintry Melbourne night.

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[Catweazle]

Some lovely items there. Thanks for sharing these fascinating stories here too.

I've been under the weather this past week or two, so haven't been able to come.

Here's to June!