Vernon K. Stalley was a well-known Adelaide stamp dealer, who died after a long illness on October 21, 1966 at his Rose Park residence where he was born in 1901. Mr. Stalley started stamp dealing on a part-time basis 1936 while employed in the Adelaide Myer Emporium. In 1944 with the wartime boom in stamp collecting as encouragement, he entered the business full time, opening a shop in Grenfell Street, Adelaide.
Mr. Stalley’s philatelic interests were largely in Australian stamps and he took a delight in the finely executed modern issues. In 1955 Mr. Stalley toured great Britain and Europe, where stamp dealing methods were observed and business contacts made. Mr. Stalley was a member of several Adelaide philatelic societies and a foundation member of the Australasian Stamp Dealers’ Association. He was survived by his wife and his son Peter. Mrs. Stalley continued the business after her husband’s death. The airmail cover above shows a generic Stalley label.
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