Western Australia – A Guide to its Philately
PHILATELIC WORKSHOP #8 FEBRUARY 1983
Included in this compilation of philately of Western Australia is a brief explanation of:
Pre-postage stamp era 1827-1854, Postage stamps 1854-1861, Postage stamps 1863 – 1912, Forgeries, Perfins- official and private, Specimens, Postal Stationery, Travelling Post Offices, WA Postal markings to 1901, Commonwealth type postmarks of Western Australia, Local posts of the Eastern Goldfields 1894 – 1897, Airmails of Western Australia, Collecting the Revenue, Duty & Telegraph stamps of Western Australia, Dead Letter Office Perth.
Authors are: Brian Pope, Ken Burley, Phil Thomas, Derek Pocock, Ross Duberal, Arnold Creaser, Ray Todd.
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The Stamps
Collecting Western Australia in 1912 – The Stamps
Western Australia 1902 1d carmine, rose showing the flaws, errors, variations and anomalies
Postmarks Illustrated – The Postmarks
Extended dates Letter A here.
Opening Dates of the Post Offices of the Islands of Western Australia
Postal History of Western Australia
Covid 19 Pandemic Delayed Mail
Posties of the West Australian Outback
Exhibits and Displays
Airmail 1911-1939
Naval Mail 1942 – 1994
Censorship of Civilian Mail – Western Australia and the British Indian Ocean Islands.
Military Postal Markings World War 2
Holes in Stamps
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1907 -2022
Christmas Island 6798: 1906 – 2021 (Indian Ocean)
Monte Bello Islands – Local Post Stamps
Postal Stationery of Western Australia
Western Australia AR (Avis de Reception – Advice of Delivery) Cards
Machine Date Cases
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