Had Australia issued an $8 sheet like this, depicting the 10/-, £1 and £2 First Watermark 1913 Kangaroos it could have looked superb. Those three stamps in combo have the most wonderful colour interaction, as all of us who have owned or seen a Specimen set can attest.

I personally would have purchased 100s of such $8 sheets to use on collector mail and parcels for the next year, as I did with the magnificent $5 "Kangaroo" giant stamp of nearly 2 years back.

The sheet itself could have a face value of $5, $8 or $10 ..... the Roo stamps could be reproduced exactly as they were in 1913.

I selected one stamp at random - the 1913 1d Red Kangaroo perforated Large "OS" - illustrated nearby. The listing for that reads as follows in one neat line:

Year : 1913 - 1 pence red Kangaroo and Map, First Crown over A, Die I. Perf 12. ACSC 2Aba. S.G. O2. Michel 2IXLI(51X). Comprehensive 2LOS, Seven Seas 2L. Variety Perforated Large "OS". Comments - Animal, marsupial, kangaroo, roo, map Australia.

The images I looked at were all very clear, and indeed the one shown above is taken direct off the spread-sheet by clicking on the blue hyperlink cell. To use them separately, you simply right click on the image, and left click ‘Save Picture As’ option, and type in the short name you want to save it as.

You can then email the image or use it in any way you wish. Add it to a web page or Auction listing. The result is a good clear scan of this stamp that is about 150 - 200 Kb in size - perfect for normal use and emailing. This illustration here was emailed to the Editor after saving via this method, off the CD Rom.

And I must stress right up front I am almost techno illiterate. I do not know how these things work, or why it works, and unless DEAD simple, simply can't GET it to work! If I can use this, ANYONE can use it.

For anyone listing stamps on eBay or dealer internet price lists etc, this CD Rom could save a LOT of time with scans and listing data like catalogue numbers and description. Even if you value your time at only $30 an hour it pays for itself in an hour of use.

For general dealer usage the same applies. If you have a client after Orchid topicals you key in CTRL+F and a search box pops up. You can then type ‘Orchid’ or ‘Butterfly’ or ‘Dogs’ in there, and a LOT of matches come up with applicable scans for each.

You can then email these images direct to your client to see if these stamps suit their needs etc. AND all the catalogue numbers for these sets are shown cross-referenced using the numbers from the Gibbons, Michel, Seven Seas "ASC", ACSC or "Comprehensive" catalogues - all readily displayed, that you can add to the email.