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Skippy · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:55:34 am

If anyone has some time could they take a closer look at these three stamps in their collections,
These images have been taken from the Australian Visual Cataloge Wiki

Is that a Kangaroo on the right ?

Are there any kangaroos on the bank in the background of this one ?

Is that a Kangaroo sitting under the tree ?

Today, I've found 2 more thanks to the Wiki.
I have looked through books and cataloges and thought I had all the Aussie Roos.
These two had slipped past me till I saw them on screen

What started as "Kangaroos featured on stamps" has well and truely turned into any kangaroo anywhere in the stamp !
Soon I'll be collecting Bush scenes because there would have been a kangaroo there but he hopped away before the artist painted him :lol:

Uh oh - I think I'm getting obsessive
Will stampboards pay for councelling ? :lol:

Skippy

Brummie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:17:33 pm

Then here's another thought...bush scenes where a kangaroo might come along :lol:

I think I've been reading Stampboards too long

Iomoons catalogue is absolutely great Skippy and there is nowhere to post about it. I don't want to interupt his thread so maybe this might be the thread needed to discuss anything about it? :wink:

mrboggler · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:57:13 pm

Sorry to Dispute your Findings Skippy.But the way i see it is this.

40c living together shows Waroff trying to start his Mower. :lol:

$1.00. has the coast dotted with tree stumps,after THe Decision to Settle was made. :shock:

35c Xmas I think is a "Wobbly"

95c shows a Giant Rat waiting for a Handout,

$1.00.Does show a Dead Roo,that has just been run over by a B,Double

lawrencem271 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 19:36:34 pm

Vegetarians and animal lovers please do not read on!!!

Talk about spotting Roos, almost every day I drive outside our country town I see dead Kangaroos killed by cars/trucks. A local council employee is paid to remove them. (I even ran into a emu doing 100km ( 60 miles) an hour recently and had the feathers stuck under the bonnet to prove it ) . Yet I still love the Australian stamps with Roos. They are special !!!.

This could be a special thematic topic. I wonder how many other countries have issued stamps featuring australaim kangaroos ?

Lawrence

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 20:38:49 pm

Hi Lawrence,

Poor road kill Roos

Problem is they run towards the cars don't they !
I have raised a few orphan joeys years ago when we lived out west for a short time.
And we lived next door to a roo shooter ! He was not impressed that I had a couple of Joeys in our backyard, it was a funny situation at the time.

There are quite a few kangaroos on stamps other than Australia, Well, enough for a little collection anyway
I have a few examples in my "wanted" thread

Some are from a set of Zoo stamps, others have to do with Ausipex or the Bicentennary
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6892

Skippy

lawrencem271 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 20:44:38 pm

Thanks a lot skippy, the Roo shooter next door was only thinking about the dollars he would miss out on, or guilt.

Regards,
Lawrence

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 21:06:33 pm

Brummie wrote:

Then here's another thought...bush scenes where a kangaroo might come along :lol:

I think I've been reading Stampboards too long

Actually that's not so silly Brummie
I could collect stamps showing the Kangaroos natural environment :idea:

hmmmm

Brummie wrote:

Iomoons catalogue is absolutely great Skippy and there is nowhere to post about it. I don't want to interupt his thread so maybe this might be the thread needed to discuss anything about it? :wink:

No complaints from me, it is a great catalogue ! Actually all the various Wiki threads are facinating to browse and a great resource is being built up there, thanks to the hard work of those contributing and editing.

Skippy

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 21:17:32 pm

mrboggler wrote:

Sorry to Dispute your Findings Skippy.But the way i see it is this.

40c living together shows Waroff trying to start his Mower. :lol:

$1.00. has the coast dotted with tree stumps,after THe Decision to Settle was made. :shock:

35c Xmas I think is a "Wobbly"

95c shows a Giant Rat waiting for a Handout,

$1.00.Does show a Dead Roo,that has just been run over by a B,Double

Thanks mrboggler

I'll wait for a second opinion regarding Waroofs lawnmower :lol:

I think you are right about the $1 :shock:

I'll take giant rat and dead roo - they still fit my collection, but I'll never be able to look at them with a straight face again :!:

Skippy

gavin-h · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 22:22:30 pm

Skippy wrote:

I'll take giant rat and dead roo - they still fit my collection, but I'll never be able to look at them with a straight face again :!:

Skippy

Skippy,

You should buy one of Glen's Glory Boxes - he always says that there "might" be a dead wombat in the crate :lol:

Roo~Chalon · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 14:29:14 pm

I spotted this Roo in the background today, and instantly thought of this thread.

mrboggler · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 14:40:13 pm

At estimated speed and direction of both Giant Emu,and Roo.I think fresh Road Kill is due in about 20 seconds. :lol:

Skippy · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 15:02:35 pm

Wow

great spotting Roo~Chalon !
another to add to the list
Thanks for keeping an eye out

What is that Stamp called ?

Skippy

admin · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 15:45:56 pm

lawrencem271 wrote:

I even ran into a emu doing 100km ( 60 miles) an hour recently

Never realised they moved so fast. Why didn't you just swerve past him?

Roo~Chalon · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 17:33:10 pm

Hi Skippy,

This stamp, and another Roo shown below : is part of the MegaFauna set issued on the 1st October 2008.

I have scanned details of the set from the AP Stamp Bulletin, no. 294 (sept-oct)

Roo~Chalon · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 17:35:06 pm

And here is the ancient, prehistoric looking Roo... :mrgreen:

The 'Procoptodon Goliah'

GUTTERS · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2009 08:35:11 am

Gone for a different approach with my four and thinking outside the box (stamp)

waroff49 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 27, 2009 01:10:57 am

There are also Kangaroos on stamps of other countries. Hungary M/s and 3 values for AussiePex 84, Niuafo'ou - stamp on stamp £2 Roo (AussiePex84) Anguilla -(similar), Phillipines (similar), Niue (m/s of 4 different), Turks and Caicos (m/s), Laos (stamp& m/s)

waroff49 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 27, 2009 22:22:37 pm

I think the first Kangaroo to appear on a stamp was in the 1889 with the NSW 1/- Maroon. The first native fauna to appear was the Platypus on an 1880 TASMANIAN REVENUE.

norvic · **Posted:** Mon Apr 27, 2009 22:53:19 pm

As you like British postmarks so much Stampboarders, here's another, along with his friend:

To see the British and Australian stamps, and the FDCs etc click here.
No 'roos, but this page also shows the difference between the US and OZ printings.

lawrencem271 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 23:31:55 pm

I am really sorry for delay in reporting to your query "Why didn't I swerve to miss him ( the emu)". The emu was not on the road as I aprocahed. A FRACTION of second before I hit him with his my car the emu turned around ( I saw him a few metres off the side of the road) and ran across the road in front of my car. Even a swerve would have collected the emu . They are tough, he stumbled and kept going across the road to the forest on the other side of the road.

Lawrence

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 15:56:04 pm

waroff49 wrote:

I think the first Kangaroo to appear on a stamp was in the 1889 with the NSW 1/- Maroon.

There is also a Roo on the Centenary NSW Captain Cook Fourpence, but I don't know if that was issued before or after the 1/- (doesn't say in my basic catalogue

)

waroff49 wrote:

The first native fauna to appear was the Platypus on an 1880 TASMANIAN REVENUE.

I think the WA Black Swan might be earlier :wink:

Skippy

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 16:47:08 pm

GUTTERS wrote:

Gone for a different approach with my four and thinking outside the box (stamp)

Thanks Gutters, they are great :lol:

norvic wrote:

As you like British postmarks so much Stampboarders, here's another, along with his friend:

To see the British and Australian stamps, and the FDCs etc click here.
No 'roos, but this page also shows the difference between the US and OZ printings.

Thanks Norvic, great to see those and the website is very interesting too.

Poor Koala though ! He doesn't look very happy... and with his fingers in his ears !!?? Quite strange :lol:

Skippy

lawrencem271 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 19:49:11 pm

probably a male Koala and married too long :lol:

Lawrence

norvic · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 19:52:57 pm

Skippy wrote:

norvic wrote:

As you like British postmarks so much Stampboarders, here's another, along with his friend:

To see the British and Australian stamps, and the FDCs etc click here.

Thanks Norvic, great to see those and the website is very interesting too.

Poor Koala though ! He doesn't look very happy... and with his fingers in his ears !!?? Quite strange :lol:

Skippy

Ah, the first day cover for which this postmark was designed is here - http://www.philstampcovers.co.uk/prodde ... 187-PSC188

[OT: Note for those interested, Royal Mail have three FD postmarks for each issue. But they also have a system by which anybody, or any organisation, can apply to have a handstamp created for any event - stamp issue or not - for a fee of about £200. You need to sell a few FDCs to recover that cost, which accounts for the sometimes high initial cost of some GB FDCs. That Phil Stamp cover was £15 for a face value of about £3, but you have to factor in all the costs - artwork, printing, website, etc, and they sell.]

lawrencem271 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 19:58:24 pm

sorry, or perhaps the poor lady koala is sick of the husband winging :lol:

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 21:14:31 pm

norvic wrote:

Ah, the first day cover for which this postmark was designed is here - http://www.philstampcovers.co.uk/prodde ... 187-PSC188

Ahh, now it makes sense why he has his fingers in his ears :lol:

Great covers, thanks for the link Norvic

lawrencem271 wrote:

sorry, or perhaps the poor lady koala is sick of the husband winging :lol:

That's more likely ! :lol:

Skippy

waroff49 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 22:18:56 pm

Once again I used the incorrect word.... Should have said," ANIMAL".

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 22:46:19 pm

A bird is an animal too... well it's not vegetable or mineral

cheers
Skippy
:mrgreen:

waroff49 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 23:25:28 pm

No a bird is a bird, depends on your definition of an animal. OK further refinement non-aviforme.

Skippy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 23:58:18 pm

A bird (swan) is an animal

But it's not a mammal

I'll accept the first Australian Native Mammal depicted on a stamp was the Platypus.
By the way, Thanks for pointing that out waroff, I assumed the kangaroo was the first.

cheers,
Skippy

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 00:06:09 am

My last redefinition of non-aviforme cuts out birds.

Skippy · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 00:17:20 am

yes true, But... it doesn't cut out reptiles, fish or insects (and sea sponges but I can't think of their classification) which are also animals along with birds and mammals.

Skippy

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 00:26:10 am

If you classify everything into the three categories, all animals are minerals and all plants are minerals because without minerals none of them exist. Your turn.

Skippy · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 01:17:17 am

You got me on that one

Animal /Vegetable /Mineral is too rigid a classification and only useful for 20 question games.

Animal Classification is divided into 7 main catagories, and Birds and Mammals belong to the same Kingdom and Phylum, but differentiate at the Class level.

Platypus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Prototheria
Order: Monotremata
Family: Ornithorhynchidae
Genus: Ornithorhynchus
Species: anatinus
Binomial name
Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Black Swan
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Cygnus
Species: C. atratus
Binomial name
Cygnus atratus

Other than that I've got nothing to retort

:idea:

Scissors - Paper - Rock .... :mrgreen:

Skippy

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 02:09:40 am

No , no Skippy, you were the one who started animal, vegetable and mineral- when in fact all things are minerals, just re-arranged differently. hehehehehe. Any living form can be transposed into its mineral form, either quickly by incineration or slowly by decomposition. :lol:

Just look at the GOM's and GOW's....or even GOMA-(D).

Skippy · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:18:10 am

waroff49 wrote:

No , no Skippy, you were the one who started animal, vegetable and mineral

Yes, yes, I know, that's why I said - you got me on that one
But now I'm taking it back and changing to the Scientific Classification of animals.

It's a womans perogative to change her mind, don't you know :wink:

waroff49 wrote:

- when in fact all things are minerals, just re-arranged differently. hehehehehe. Any living form can be transposed into its mineral form, either quickly by incineration or slowly by decomposition. :lol:

Just look at the GOM's and GOW's....or even GOMA-(D).

All too true..... but then they wouldn't be living things, and would no longer be classified as animals which can move, respire, and reproduce.

( I'll have better odds playing Scissors - Paper - Rock.... :mrgreen:

)

Skippy

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 13:10:35 pm

Who brought living things into the argument. This is an extension not a refinement. I know many dead things that move and respire (well sometimes)- my car engine for one. As to reproducing, you just have to go to the Ford assembly line.

Skippy · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 16:58:54 pm

waroff49 wrote:

Who brought living things into the argument.

You did ... Any living form can be transposed into its mineral form

Skippy

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 19:03:59 pm

What moi?????????????

billlel · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 17:16:42 pm

Spotted this roo today........

"tck tck tck"
"Whats that Skip?" "you just ate that 2 pound 1st watermark roo?"

Skippy · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 10:58:40 am

That's a classic !!
Thanks Billel

Where did you find that ?

Skippy

billlel · **Posted:** Tue May 05, 2009 21:23:12 pm

Hi skippy, glad you liked it. Found it in this little 64 page book which i think may have came with some stamps i bought many moons ago.
Honestly cant remember.

Getting off subject here but here`s another classic from said book.

Gotta love those um.... wheels :roll:

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 17:52:59 pm

Free to a good home Skip. Email me with yopur address if you want it.

Something like this would be essential in an thematic exhibit.

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 21:40:01 pm

I knew I had seen one on a Christmas Island Stamp. Have you got this one?

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 23:06:11 pm

I just picked these up on eBay: Another obscure Kangaroo

plsllvn · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 05:18:21 am

Skippy - take a look at my avatar - see the second roo face?
Paul

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 23, 2010 18:04:21 pm

Time for a new entry.

As far as I am aware you can only get this stamp as a self adhesive in the P stamp (tab) format.

stampchris · **Posted:** Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:52:52 am

traralgon3844 wrote:

As far as I am aware you can only get this stamp as a self adhesive in the P stamp (tab) format.

100% correct. A great cover too!

muruk · **Posted:** Tue Aug 24, 2010 19:12:38 pm

traralgon3844 wrote:

Time for a new entry.

As far as I am aware you can only get this stamp as a self adhesive in the P stamp (tab) format.

So how do I get one?

stampchris · **Posted:** Tue Aug 24, 2010 22:01:43 pm

muruk wrote:

So how do I get one?

Hope the mods don't mind, but I have a couple of spares I am willing to send to people - just ask you cover postage. Send me an e-mail.


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