Aust. Historical Medals

Lot 777    Session 3 (2:30pm Tuesday)    Aust. Historical Medals

Estimate $4,000
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PHILATELIC AWARD MEDALS, to P.Malone of Tasmania, International Philatelic Exhibition, New York, 1926, in 14K gold (41.5g; 33x54mm) to 'P.Malone'; International Philatelic Exhibition, Durban, 1928, in 9ct gold (approx 10g; 26x41mm on timber base 49.5x70mm) to 'P.Malone/Class 6.Section B'; Fourth Australian & New Zealand Philatelic Congress & International Philatelic Exhibition, Melbourne, 1928, in 9ct gold (34.3g; 38.5mm) to 'P.Malone/Division IV/Class 5/1st Award' (cased); Melbourne 1934 (for Victorian Centenary and Sixth Australasian Philatelic Exhibition), in silver (50x38mm) (C.1934/11) to 'P.Malone./Tasmania'; International Philatelic Exhibition, New York, 1936, in bronze (35.5x54mm), 'Awarded to P.Malone' on obverse and reverse inscribed, 'P.Malone/Tasmania'. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (5)

A report in The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) on Saturday 21 March 1936, p3 stated as follows.

The representative of Tasmanian philately at the international philatelic exhibition in New York, from May 9 to 17, will be Mr. P. Malone, the well known Hobart collector. Mr. Malone will leave on his trip to the United States on Thursday next, and will take with him his valuable collection of Tasmanian stamps. With the same collection Mr Malone has already won five gold medals - at the New York international exhibition in 1926, the Durban international exhibition in 1928, and at Australian exhibitions in Melbourne (1928 and 1934) and Sydney (1925).

An international exhibition is held periodically in the various important centres of the world. Representatives of almost every country in the world are expected to exhibit in New York in May. In addition to exhibiting, Mr. Malone will act as one of the representatives of Australian philately. He will be the only Tasmanian at the New York exhibition.

Mr. Malone, who is a specialist in Tasmanian stamps, has an almost complete collection from the first issue until 1911, when the Commonwealth issue was introduced. He has reconstructed plates of the first stamps issued in Van Diemen's Land, of 24 varieties. As far as he knows, there is only one other such plate in existence, in London. He has all other issues, both used and unused. A prize in his collection is the very rare Id Van Diemen's Land stamp, with error water mark double lined figure 2, in mint condition. This stamp was issued about 1869. The curator of the collection of the late King was very anxious to secure it for His Majesty's collection. Mr. Malone has added to his collection since he last exhibited in Melbourne, and it now comprises seven volumes, in which are about 5,000 stamps.

The Governor (Sir Ernest Clark) made a special request to see Mr. Malone's collection before it was taken to New York, and he had the opportunity to inspect it at Government House on Thursday afternoon, and was keenly interested in it.

Mr. Malone was presented by the members of the opening staff, Tattersall's, with a travelling rug, and wished success and bon voyage. Mr. Malone will join the Matson liner Monterey at Melbourne on March 28. He will be joined there by Mr. R. Sharples, of Adelaide, and they will represent Australian philately at the exhibition. Mr. Malone will be abroad about four months, and will return to Tasmania via London and the Suez Canal.

(Note:Reuben Sharples was President of the South Australian Centenary and Seventh Australasian Philatelic Exhibition.)

A follow up report in The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) on Wednesday 1 July 1936, p6 stated as follows.

Mr. P. Malone, the well-known Tasmanian stamp collector, who is in America exhibiting one of the most valuable collections of Tasmanian stamps at the New York Stamp Exhibition, recently broadcast a radio talk over the Columbia broadcasting system.

Mr. Malone, who made a visit to a similar exhibition in South Africa in 1928, expressed the opinion, in a letter to a Tasmanian friend, that the New York Exhibition was unrivalled. It contained, he said, rare gems from all parts of the world. He said that he and his friend, Mr. Rueben Sharples, who accompanied him from Australia, had met with courtesy and a great welcome every where they had gone in America and considered that stamp collectors were a world-wide fraternity.

With research.