SECRETARY’S
REPORT AUGUST 2009 – MARCH 2010
Meeting
The
Society last met at Melbourne Stampshow 2009 on
Membership
This
currently stands at 60 in
Postal Stationery Collector
The
journal continues to appear regularly, thanks to the efforts of Editor Ian
McMahon and his contributors. It remains our main means of communication, and
is most valuable for the continued life of the Society. Please continue to
support the journal by sending contributions to Ian on any aspect of postal
stationery, Australian or foreign, old, modern or contemporary.
PSSA prize
At
Melbourne Stampshow 2009 the prize was awarded to Emil Minaar of
PSSA webpage
Jeff
and Yvette Trinidad continue with the work of maintaining the webpage. Covers
and contents pages from current issues of the journal
continue to feature there.
Australian Colonies / States Postal Stationery Catalogue Project
Work
continues on the catalogues for
Some
good news here – we are advised that Brusden-White Publishing of Sydney is
working on a catalogue of Australian Commonwealth Postal Stationery up to the
introduction of decimal currency in 1966 as part of their Australian
Commonwealth Specialists’ catalogue range. Publication is expected about the
end of this year (2010).
Australasian Stamp Catalogue
Many
collectors of Commonwealth of Australia postal stationery are accustomed to
‘making do’ with the postal stationery section in the Australasian Stamp
Catalogue (ASC). This is by no means an adequate reference, for it offers only
basic descriptive information and has only black and white illustrations. The
30th edition, September 2005 is the latest published, and it is now
out of print and no longer available from the publisher.
Judy
Kennett
Secretary
March
2010