1955 AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY STAMP GUTHRIE FIRST DAY COVER AT HEARD IS.

Description

Australia 1955 (23rd Jan) 3 1/2d Australian Antarctic Territory stamp (Ref. 2) SG 279 (Ref. 1) on Guthrie First Day Cover cancelled in black  'A.N.A.R.E. HEARD IS / 23JA55 / AUST' Milner A1b (Ref. 2) and alongside in violet box '3 1/2D AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC / COMMEMORATIVE STAMP / FIRST DAY OF ISSUE AT / HEARD ISLAND' Milner AC2b (applied in Australia but Milner says in blue) with pencilled address to Guthrie,Box E287,GPO,Perth,WA. Cover is fine
(see scans 1 & 2).
I attest that the 'roo stamps(or any stamps for that matter) in my stock have not been reperfed,reperfinned(if a perfin),regummed(if mint or CTO) or gassed while in my possession. Furthermore I assert that these 'roo stamps have never been so treated because I bought them so long ago before these things were prevalent and/or I bought them from impeccable sources.
Item Reference No.8824
Ref. 1
Stanley Gibbons Australia Stamp Catalogue 11th edition 2018 Ref. 2
'Postal History of The Australian Antarctic 1911-1965' by Roy M. Milner published by Robson Lowe
Provenance:-
Charing Cross Stamp and Postcard Fair.
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