AUSTRALIA - VST Australia Comprehensive Vol 1 & 2 2007

Published by Victoria Stamp Traders. 352pp. Colour. English

Inc Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Colonies, Australian Antarctic Territory, FDCs, presentation packs, booklets, miniature sheets, Maxi cards, postage dues, pre-stamped envelopes since 1978, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces

Philatelic Exporter review, courtesy of David Rennie (April 2008):

This is a substantial 352pp edition combining Volumes 1 and 2 and including Australian issues up to the end of 2006; the AAT to August 2007.  The lists for the Australian States (Colonies) are simplified in the extreme, with no provision for different perforations, watermarks etc. However, for Australia, as its title suggests, there is a huge amount of information in here, and the listings include Booklets, Framas/Counter Printed Stamps, Specimens, Officials, First Day Covers, Packs, Maxi-cards etc. and also the Pre stamped illustrated envelopes (PSEs) and cards

The publishers have added many notes, and numerous short articles throughout the volume, and these, together with numerous advertisements, have enabled them place the relevant illustrations opposite the appropriate listing all the way through.  No mean feat.

Prices are based on current retail market values in Australian Dollars, including GST, and are provided for both mint and unmounted mint up to decimalization, for unmounted thereafter, and for fine used.  Prices for GV period issues are for average centred copies, with a premium for better examples up to 50% higher. The basic prices for the States have been substantially revised.