Philatelic Errors - stamps, covers & FDCs, please show yours

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 07 May 2014 19:48

This 1974 Australia Post Gemstones fdc was correctly cancelled on the 16th October 1974:

But someone at Merrylands Post Office was having a "merry" time & forgot to change the date from the UPU issue the week before. Oops!

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 07 May 2014 19:54

This 18c Flower stamp is perfect:

However this one is missing all the black. I have seen quite a few of this error, but this is the only one I have seen on cover, even though is was philatelically contrived:

A close up for comparison:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 08 May 2014 19:00

Nothing wrong with these pair of 1976 Nationhood fdcs postmarked in Brisbane is there

Or is there, have a closer look

Can you see it now

This is ACSC 540cc where the "Stone" colour is omitted from the Kangaroo & Emu (on the right hand stamp).

I have seen one other fdc with a block of 4 on it of this variety. It is where a block was added to a fdc with a single postmarked at Melbourne Philatelic Bureau & the block was postmarked at Charleville. Apparently a sheet with the missing colour & fdc was sent to a stamp dealer in Charleville (& he received on first day so he ran down to post office). He told me after selling some off he had about a half sheet left when Charleville was flooded & the rest were ruined.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 09 May 2014 00:19

A correctly postmarked Australia Post fdc for the 50th Anniversary of the CSIRO:

But some forgot to change the date on this date stamp from the Explorers issue on the 9th June, 1976:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 09 May 2014 00:26

I can't work out how this Wesley Cover Service (WCS) fdc for the $10 Painting was correctly postmarked at the Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre:

but the Australia Post version postmarked at the very same post office was postmarked one year earlier:

Brad

Justin · Post by **Justin** » 09 May 2014 03:06

The post office didn't do any official covers for this issue themselves, so here's a couple of covers I did for the 2002 Christmas issue. I sent the first lot off with a request for the official FDI postmark - and what came back was not quite what I was expecting.

I've never seen the type of postmarkers they use, but I assume they are fixed-date, so this isn't a case of just forgetting to alter the date, they've accidentally picked up the wrong canceller and used one from the previous "The Magic Rainforest" issue. And they didn't notice their error or I imagine they'd have just replaced the covers.

I sent a few more covers after the first ones came back, these were alright (second cover above).

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 09 May 2014 16:04

Here is the correctly postmarked 20c & 55c Birds fdc from 1978:

Then there is this one postmarked 2 days earlier by the army guys!

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 09 May 2014 16:09

Now here how the Australia Post National Parks fdc from 1979 should look:

And then there is this one. Until I saw this one I didn't know there were guidelines for the placement of the stamps:

Perhaps they needed guidelines for the folds as well.

Someone sure failed "origami" with this one

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 12 May 2014 17:05

Now just where did that dateline go?

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 May 2014 02:07

Correctly postmarked Australia Post fdc for Christmas 1979:

But with the one below someone forgot to change the date from the "Fishing" issue that was released the week before:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 May 2014 02:15

Now when was the 125th Anniversary of the Eureka Stockade?

Was it?

A :- 3rd December 1978

B :- 3rd December 1979

C :- 3rd December 1980

The answer of course is "B" 3rd December 1980, so the Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre make a bad date error while it is possible someone came back to Eureka the next year but somehow I don't think so.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 May 2014 02:19

Correctly postmarked Australia Day 1980 Australia Post fdc, with a nice matching pictorial postmark:

But someone at Summerhill forgot to change the year, for the first new issue of the new year:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 May 2014 02:23

Just for the record there were two different Australia Post cachets for the Australia Day issue of 1980, so here is the other one:

So Summerhill were consistent:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 May 2014 02:28

Correctly postmarked pse for the International Food & Wine Society 1981:

But Richmond Tasmania were a little ahead of themselves here with a postmark two months before date of issue:

Not sure how you mix up March & January!

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 01:20

150th Anniversary of Charles Sturt's Explorations PSE, correctly postmarked at Sturt St SA:

However this one postmarked at Wentworth NSW has the 1½d value from Centenary of Sturt's Explorations (issued 2nd June 1930) added. Predecimal stamps were de-monetised on 13th February 1968 & therefore the added stamp should not have been postmarked:

If the one above wasn't bad enough, below both the 1½d & 2d values of the Centenary of Sturt's Explorations (issued 2nd June 1930) have been added but have been incorrectly postmarked with the fdi postmark on 12th November 1980 (50 years after date of issue):

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 01:25

A souvenir cover from the 12th Asia - Pacific Scout Conference, correctly postmarked:

And one where they did plenty of postmarking but overlooked putting stamps on the cover:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 01:28

Looks like this was contagious at the Scout Conference above. See the scouting themed pse below:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 01:37

The failure to add stamps for extra postmarking continued with the 75 years of Surf Life Saving pse below. The correctly stamped postmark from Bondi Beach has had "unstamped" postmarks from other nearby Sydney Beaches applied:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 02:27

The adding of old stamps returns here with the 4c 50th Anniversary of Royal Surf Life Saving Association. It is ok to add but not ok to postmark with a fdi postmark of 4th February 1981, when it was issued on 6th July 1966:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 13:47

Not sure what year this "Healesville Sanctuary" postmark is from because someone forgot to add the year to the dateline

Perhaps they thought 3777 was the year rather than the postcode

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 13:52

The Darby Munro stamp was correctly postmarked on it's date of issue, 18th February 1981:

Now Darby rode Peter Pan to victory in the Melbourne Cup in 1934, so it was a nice tie in to add the Peter Pan stamps to the cover. However the Peter Pan stamp was issued on 18th October 1978 & therefore should not have been cancelled with the Glen Waverley fdi postmark.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 13:58

Correctly postmarked Australia Post fdc for the 50th Anniversary of Airmail:

But our man from Glen Waverley strikes again, having a cinderella postmarked fdi.

I am starting to think he had a friend in the post office or he worked in there. This is the 3rd wrong Glen Waverley postmark I have added to this thread covering a period of less than 6 months

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 14:03

Correctly postmarked Australia Post fdc for Queens Birthday 1980:

But someone thought it was a clever idea to add it the 1981 Australia Post fdc & it was. It just wasn't allowed to be cancelled with the fdi postmark

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 14:07

A nice "clean" PSE for the Centenary of Pharmaceutical Education postmarked at Parkville:

Oh no, "What a mess Mr Fawlty', some one has let the ink run around the stamp area on this one:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 17:14

Australia Post fdc for the Royal Wedding with the special postmark & correctly postmarked on date of issue, 29th July 1981:

And one from Modbury where they appear to have confused July with June & as result postmarked fdc one month early ie: 29th June 1981:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 May 2014 17:20

Australia Post fdc for the Yachting in Australia with the special postmark & correctly postmarked on date of issue, 14th October 1981.

But some one at the RAAF Base P O at Richmond NSW forgot to change the postmark date from the Floral Emblems issue & incorrectly postmarked this one, 28th September 1981:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 May 2014 12:47

Perhaps not strictly an error, for the purpose of this thread, but I received this in my office mail this morning:

Ford Australia is the Australian subsidiary of Ford Motor Company which is an American company and was founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1925

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company_of_Australia

So this machine slogan cancel was introduced in 2000 & is still going strong in 2014 now that Ford has been in Australia for 89 years. Perhaps the postmark is going stronger than Ford these days!

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 May 2014 18:30

A pair of Wesley Cover Service (ACS) fdcs for the 50th Anniversary of the ABC:

If you look closely at the cachet design & the design on the stamp of the ABC logo you will notice a difference:

The cachet design is correct & the error is explained from this clipping from the Australian Philatelic Bulletin as the time:

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 May 2014 18:32

Another cover with a cachet to compare with the stamp error.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 May 2014 18:34

Our afforementionned friend from Glen Waverley produced this attractive block of 9 fdc.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 May 2014 18:45

Just before I leave this design issue, here is the Australia Post fdc for the 50th Anniversary of the ABC. It is signed by a large number Adelaide TV & Radio personalities. Unfortunately I don't recognise any of the names:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 16 May 2014 11:37

75th Anniversary of Scouting 1982 - 1983 PSE correctly postmarked on the first day of issue at the Melbourne Philatelic Bureau:

And another postmarked with the special pictorial postmark for the 75th Anniversary of World Scouting Leichhardt also on first day of issue:

The 75th Anniversary of Scouting, Redbank ScoutJamboree ran from 29th December 1982 to 7th January 1983, with a special postmark of the same design for each day. Below is one dated 6th January 1983:

The dateline of this postmark must have been a wheel, rather a different canceller for each day with a fixed dateline. How else would you have the one below dated 7th January 1982, which is before the fdi & the start of the jamboree:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 16 May 2014 11:40

Historic Fire Engines were issued on 12th January 1983 & here is one correctly postmarked the first day of issue from the Melbourne Philatelic Bureau:

But the first new issue of the year does tend to catch some post offices out & they forget to change the year, as with the following, all 1982:

Sorell, Tasmania

North Melbourne, Victoria

Potts Point, NSW.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 16 May 2014 11:43

The 1983 Queens Birthday stamp was issued on 20th April 1983 & below is a correctly postmarked Australia Post fdc from Kingsford NSW:

The error of forgetting to change the year in the dateline for the first new issue is followed next by forgetting to change the dateline from the previous new issue, as was the case below with Lenah Valley, Tas, who forgot to change from the PSE for the "Opening of the Canberra GPO" on 12th April 1983:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 16 May 2014 11:50

Here is a "Sterling" Silk Cachet fdc done by Adelaide Stamp Dealer, Jack Koch for the St.John Ambulance Centenary (1883 - 1983). The fdc is cancelled with the special St.John Ambulance Centenary postmark from Miranda Shopping Fair & is dated 8th June 1983:

Here is a "Benham" Silk Cachet fdc done by UK Stamp Dealer for the St.John Ambulance Centenary (1883 - 1983). The fdc is cancelled with the special St.John Ambulance Centenary postmark from Miranda Shopping Fair but where did the dateline go

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 19 May 2014 15:21

Correctly postmarked Wesley Cover Service (WCS) fdc for the Australian Explorers issue of 26 September 1983:

However this "Benham" Silk Cachet fdc done by UK Stamp Dealer for Ludwig Leichhardt, from this set, but dated 3 days early on 23 September 1983:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 19 May 2014 15:45

The 1984 Australia Day stamp was issued on 26th January 1984 & below is a correctly postmarked Australia Post fdc from Glenelg SA. But there is a second stamp added postmarked on the following day at GPO Darwin, fdi 27th January 1984.

FDC is signed by postmasters at Darwin & Glenelg, so maybe there is a story about this one

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 20 May 2014 15:25

Australia Post fdc correctly postmarked for Scientific Development issue of 14 May 1975:

And one postally used the day before issue 13 May 1975:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 01:09

A souvenir cover for "The 3rd Bay to Birdwood" run, postmarked first day of issue with the Glenelg pictorial fdi postmark on 28th September 1984:

However the vintage car stamp affixed was issued on 14th March 1984 as shown by this Wesley Cover Service (WCS) fdc:

Not quite sure why this happened

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 01:35

Incorrect postmarking of these Ausipex Cricket cinderellas & no valid postage stamp affixed:

Postmark is "Mail Centre Blackburn":

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 20:21

The adding of old stamps surfaces again here with the 4d 150th Anniversary of the Post Office being added to the 175th Anniversary of Postal Services PSE. The added pre-decimal stamp should not have been postmarked as pre-decimal stamps were demonetised on 13th February 1968.

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 20:34

Prestamped envelope for the Birth Centenaries of JB Chifley & J Curtain issued on 25th January 1985.

Correctly postmarked at Curtin ACT on fdi:

And this one also correctly postmarked with Chifley stamp added & postmarked with CDS at Chifley:

But someone added the Chifley stamp to this one & cancelled with the fdi postmarker at Bathurst on 25th January 1985 when the Chifley stamp (part of Prime Ministers set) was issued on 26th March 1975 almost 10 years before:

Wonder if anyone added the Curtain & Chifley stamps & postmarked them at Curtain & Chifley

I will just have to keep looking

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 20:36

Don't know how Townsville postmarked this on 16th January 1985, 9 days before issue:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 20:39

Correctly postmarked 1985 Australia Post fdc for the Queens Birthday, 22nd April 1985:

Somehow Nunawading managed to postmark it one year earlier:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 20:48

Correctly postmarked 1985 Australia Post fdc for the Christmas issue of 18th September 1985:

But someone at Bendigo forgot to change the month over:

Unfortunately a previous owner added his own artwork to the cover

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 21:01

Now we start "Fun with Frama"

Correctly postmarked WCS "Barred Edge" FDC on date of issue 22nd February 1984:

But someone was let loose at the Sunpex Exhibition with the fdi postmark which was for the World Cup Athletics PSE issued on 30th September 1985:

This WCS Kangaroo cachet was meant for the Kangaroo Frama issued on 22nd October 1985:

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 21:13

Gouger Street West, I am reliably informed by an Adelaidite that it is pronounced "Googer":

There was movement at the post office, for the word had passed around
That Gouger Street had a new stamp machine that day,
And they had put the wrong paper in it & it might be worth a thousand pound,
So all the stampies had gathered to play.
Dealers and collectors from the places near and far
Had arrived at the Post Office with delight!

With apologies to Banjo Paterson

Brad

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 21:18

Yes Michael Hudson certainly stock of the Kangaroo Frama that was incorrectly released on 24th June 1985:

Receiving postmarks from Adelaide & Sydney:

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 21:21

But he wasn't the only one. I am told there was a big line for the first day of use of this new machine at Gouger Street West, & those who queued early received an unexpected bonus:

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 21 May 2014 21:25

But unfortunately these things don't last & the Kangaroo paper ran out & the correct Barred Edge paper was put in the machine