Australia: Seaside #177 / VFNH / 5sh Queen Elizabeth

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Australia Stamp: 5sh Queen Elizabeth

CONDITION: VF Mint Never Hinged

Lower right corner has glazing from stamp mount

SPECIFICATIONS:
     Minkus: Australia #234  Perforation: 13.5  Colour: dull red brown
     Scott: Australia #177  Perforation: 13.5  Colour: dull red brown
     Seaside: Australia #177  Perforation: 13.5  Colour: dull red brown
     Year of Issue: 1938
     Denomination: 5sh
     Printing Type: engr

Australia may be referred to with the following: australian.

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Erseka

city in Albania, occupied by Greece in 1914, issued local stamps.

Côte de Somalis

(French) inscription used on stamps of Somali Coast, 1894-1902.

Cong Hua Mien Nam

Vietnam.

Rate

The amount of money charged for a postal service.

Extension

the time period allowed by the auctioneer for certification of lots purchased at auction by an Expertizer/Expertising Committee.

MJK

Michael J. Kennedy, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928. ^^16827,20000.

Palma de Mallorca

Local post, Spanish Civil War, Republican, 1936.

Sellos de Correos-Resena Historica

(Spanish) private issue, Spain, by A. Duro, 1881.

Free franking, U.S.

Mail sent free of charge as authorized by Congress in 1755 for its members, high ranking government officials and military commanders.

Orange Free State

Former Boer Republic in South Africa; 1854: established as a Boer republic, 1866: De La Rue, U.K., printer; first Postmaster General appointed, 1868, Jan.-74: first stamps issued, but outgoing mail required stamps of Orange Free State and Cape Colony, 1898, Jan.: became member of UPU, 1900, Mar.19: British Amy took over the Posts and Telegraphs Office; produced overprinted provisional, Victoria Regina Imperatrix, VRI, 1900, May 28: became Orange River Colony attached to the British Crown, see Orange River Colony.

Poste restante

(French) 1: mail addressed to a person, town, a specific post office, but without a street address or box number is held at the post office until called for by the addressee. 2: general delivery; used in Canada during WW II to hold mail until notified when service personnel arrived at a new address. 3: In Great Britain, a department of the post office in charge of letters waiting to be picked up.

Jog

To hit or shake a handful of mail pieces against a hard surface to align their edges.

Cortado por mitad

(Spanish) bisect.

JMW

James M. Walsh, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928. ^^16827,20000.

Merchant's Delivery Co.

Private parcel firm serviced an unknown area; used a stamp; year unknown.

Violett

(Swedish) violet (color).

Zacatecas

District in Mexico, overprint on stamps of Mexico, 1914.

Portogallo

(Italian) Portugal.

St. Thomas and Prince Islands

Two islands in the Gulf of Guinea.

^kSao Tome and Principe}.
Currency: 1,000 reis = 1 milreis, 100 centavos = 1 escudo (1913), 100 centimos = 1 dobra (1977)
1869: No.1, 5 reis black, first issue, Portuguese colonial key types.
1892: first newspaper stamp.
1904: first postage due stamp.
1925: first postal tax due stamp.
1938 : first air mail stamp.
1951, June 11: islands became an overseas province of Portugal.
1975, July 12: became independent as the republic.
1977, Aug. 22; joined the UPU

CSG

Charles S. Gay, BEP employee initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.

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