Here
is
a
book
EVERY collector
should
have.
Spot
a
scarce
numeral
cancel
on
a
common
1d
stamp
just
ONCE
in
your
lifetime,
and
you'll
pay
for
this
book
MANY
times
over,
on
that
ONE
stamp!
It
is
a
SUPERB
work.
BRAND
new
hard
cover
book
..
in
dust
cover.
420
pages
It
lists
all
the
Vic
number
cancels
recorded
on
Roos
and
KGV
heads.
(There
are
more
than
you
imagine
..
and
most
were
done
against
instructions!)
It
lists
all
the
COLOUR
strikes
of
these
cancels
when
known
and
when
used.
History
shows
all
these
well
written,
out
of
print
books
on
popular
subjects,
done
in
limited
runs,
hold
and
increase
their
value.
The
thinner
modern
era
Robert
Gibbs
"GRI"
book
sold
for
$A750
at
a
recent
Prestige
sale,
so
superb
content
hardcover
books
in
a
small
print
run
always
do
very
well
long
term.
"Numeral
Cancellations
of
Victoria"
by
Hugh
Freeman
&
Geoff
White
is
volume
#17
in
the
superb
R.P.S.V.
"J.R.W.
Purves
Memorial
Series".
This
is
a
massive
and
very
heavy
hardbound
book,
weighing
in
at
420
large
size
A4
pages.
It
is
without
doubt
THE
most
comprehensive
and
easy
to
follow
book
on
any
of
the
state's
postmarks.
For
any
reader
looking
for
an
exciting
new
challenge
this
is
one
to
take
up.
These
postmarks
are
found
in
99%
of
cases
on
cheap
letter
rate
stamps.
They
also
are
widely
found
on
Australian
Kangaroo
and
KGV
stamps
up
until
1917,
when
the
PO
reprimanded
Postmasters
for
still
using
them
but
they
were
in
fact
used
right
up
until
1935.
Many
common
1d
stamps
have
cancels
that
sell
for
$100s
And
that
is
only
"RRR"
rated.
The
"RRRRR"
are
clearly
much
tougher
and
a
"NNR"
rating
("number
not
recorded")
obviously
trumps
that
again.
Value
without
that
cancel
-
about
2¢!
Victoria
issued
2100
numeral
postmarkers,
between
#1
(Melbourne)
and
#2100
(King
Valley
-
issued
November
1906).
Of
these
2100
numbers
-
despite
an
army
of
collectors
scouring
the
earth
over
several
generations
-
some
74
different
numbers
have
never
been
sighted.
Many
numbers
of
course
exist
in
a
myriad
of
styles,
variants,
designs
and
sub-types.
All
are
clearly
illustrated
and
rarity
rated
in
this
book.
Even
some
from
Melbourne
#1
that
most
of
us
would
regard
as
common
are
rated
"RRRR"
as
they
are
unusual
designs
or
sub-types.
Hugh
Freeman
certainly
has
had
a
mass
of
material
to
sift
through
in
his
decades
long
search.
Despite
handling
probably
many
millions
of
stamps
from
Victoria
the
fact
74
numbers
still
are
unseen
to
Hugh
Freeman
and
other
specialists
offers
a
challenge
to
all
collectors
Hugh
used
to
run
large
ads
in
overseas
magazines
advertising
to
buy
the
elusive
numerals
he
still
sought.
This
book
illustrates
around
2000
actual
cancels
on
stamps
and
covers
-
not
drawings
as
other
state
handbooks
have
used.
The
central
section
is
in
full
colour.
Reproduction
quality
of
illustrations
is
superb,
and
the
detail
and
background
to
the
listings
is
exhaustive.
All
cancels
are
rated
in
8
specific
rarity
classes
-
or
"non-rated"
meaning
they
are
reasonably
to
very
common.
The
book
also
rarity
rates
and
illustrates
the
earlier
"Butterfly"
and
"Barred
Oval"
cancels
-
also
a
very
useful
data
base
on
it
own.
ALL
collectors
of
Victoria
need
to
have
one
of
these
books.
Stumble
across
even
one
half
decent
cancel
in
your
lifetime
and
it
is
more
than
paid
for.