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- Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:08 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Picture Postcards
- Topic: Tin Mining N.E. Tasmania
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9217
Re: Tin Mining N.E. Tasmania
By Jeff Harris. I have just noticed these two postcards. Both of them show views of the Briseis tin mine which was located within the township of Derby. The lower postcard was published by Spurling & Son, Launceston and printed in Prussia (No. 207). The Briseis mine was owned by the Krushka Brothers...
- Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:18 pm
- Forum: Introductions - New Members please post a brief introduction here
- Topic: Introduction
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10332
Re: Introduction
Hello Harry, Thank you for your response. You are probably correct regarding the rules mentioning company names in this forum. I tend to be very pedantic when it comes to rules and regulations. The reasons I did not mention the name of the auction house are that the proprietor is a prominent member ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:12 pm
- Forum: Introductions - New Members please post a brief introduction here
- Topic: Introduction
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10332
Re: Introduction
Hello Apptec Welcome to our group. You may be interested to know that a well known Tasmanian stamp auction house is at present conducting an online auction, with final bids due in by Saturday week [27th. April]. Obviously, I cannot identify the Auction House, however some brief research by yourself ...
- Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:27 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Picture Postcards
- Topic: Webster Rometch Cards
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4508
Re: Webster Rometch Cards
The vehicle you describe may well have been a charabanc, which were first used in England just prior to WW1. The word charabanc comes from the French "char a bancs" - a seated carriage. Charabancs were still in use in Adelaide until the 1950s. I had several rides in one, as it was hired by our local...
- Fri Apr 27, 2018 4:48 pm
- Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
- Topic: Pictorial perforation misplaced
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2449
Re: Pictorial perforation misplaced
I think the left side perforation is from the old gauge 11.8 perforating machine used in Hobart. Obviously the gauge 11 machine that was being used broke down and was taken away for repair. Presumably the other two gauge 11 machines were in use and for some reason this sheet was added to the complet...
- Tue Sep 29, 2015 5:45 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Postmarks and Postal Markings to 1912
- Topic: "Hobart / Tas" Double Ring CDS
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1804
Re: "Hobart / Tas" Double Ring CDS
No postage has been paid on this postcard as the stamp had been previously used and then later attached to this card. The previous cancel is that of the first machine canceller used in Hobart. If this card had passed through the machine canceller, the four horizontal lines [vertical in this instance...
- Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:01 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Picture Postcards
- Topic: WHOIZIT? SEEK ASSISTANCE WITH PUBLISHERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS HERE!
- Replies: 83
- Views: 156393
Re: WHOIZIT? SEEK ASSISTANCE WITH PUBLISHERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS H
I am certain you have the correct year. The CARAGLIO cancel looks like 10th. March 1900. The card was then readdressed to Rome [ROMA] and received on the 11th. March 1900. It looks like it was franked with a penny pictorial and consequently taxed 5 centimes. When the card reached its destination, I ...
- Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:34 am
- Forum: Tasmania - Postmarks and Postal Markings from 1913 to recent
- Topic: LATEST 1913 POSTMARKS on 1d PICTORIAL ISSUES - A SURVEY
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19271
Re: LATEST 1913 POSTMARKS on 1d PICTORIAL ISSUES - A SURVEY
Listed on Ebay at the moment [3 bids]:- One Penny Red Pictorial - MOUNT READ AP 22 13 [the dateline is inverted and reversed].
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:16 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Postmarks and Postal Markings from 1913 to recent
- Topic: RE-CONSIDERING CURRENT RARITY RATINGS - ANY SUGGESTIONS?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22796
Re: RE-CONSIDERING CURRENT RARITY RATINGS - ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Thank you for your response Ross. I thought it might be something 'new', but not to be. Perhaps I should stick to the subjects I know something about. If I had researched this properly, I would have found the answer at Figure 77 on page 19 of 'Tas. Hand Cancellations 1913-88 Part. 1. Hence, the old ...
- Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:04 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Postmarks and Postal Markings from 1913 to recent
- Topic: RE-CONSIDERING CURRENT RARITY RATINGS - ANY SUGGESTIONS?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22796
Re: RE-CONSIDERING CURRENT RARITY RATINGS - ANY SUGGESTIONS?
I was just having another look at this topic and noticed the two cancels of Legana. The cancel on the 45c. Land Conservation stamp looks [to me] more like a Type 6T cancel. The letters are slightly larger than those of Type 8 and the arcs shorter. I am aware that some type 8 cancels have shorter arc...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:16 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Postmarks and Postal Markings from 1913 to recent
- Topic: POST 1912 DATESTAMP INQUIRIES - ASK QUESTIONS HERE !!
- Replies: 146
- Views: 1619301
Re: POST 1912 DATESTAMP INQUIRIES - ASK QUESTIONS HERE !!
One possibility for this to occur is that the date line was badly damaged and removed from the canceller. Each item of mail was then cancelled with the canceller 'sans' dateline. Then there would have been a trip to the local newsagent to purchase a cheap datestamp, and that was then applied to the ...
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:46 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Postmarks and Postal Markings from 1913 to recent
- Topic: HOBART "H.F.A." HANDSTAMP - WHAT DO THE LETTERS STAND FOR?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18547
Re: HOBART "H.F.A." HANDSTAMP - WHAT DO THE LETTERS STAND FO
Yesterday, I was talking to Tony Presgrave re the Adelaide Stampex 2014 to be held in October. Whilst talking to him, I mentioned the mystery surrounding the H.F.A. handstamps. He told me that he had contacted Dee Pullen regarding these handstamps. After this discussion, Tony [and other members of t...
- Fri Jun 13, 2014 5:54 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Postmarks and Postal Markings from 1913 to recent
- Topic: LATEST 1913 POSTMARKS on 1d PICTORIAL ISSUES - A SURVEY
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19271
Re: LATEST 1913 POSTMARKS on 1d PICTORIAL ISSUES - A SURVEY
A few more for the list:-
Lovett JY 23 13 Thin paper
West D'port 27 JU 13 Thin paper
On 1d. Surcharge
Barrington JA 28 13
Lottah JA 20 13
Lovett JY 23 13 Thin paper
West D'port 27 JU 13 Thin paper
On 1d. Surcharge
Barrington JA 28 13
Lottah JA 20 13
- Fri May 23, 2014 4:21 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Postmarks and Postal Markings from 1913 to recent
- Topic: LATEST 1913 POSTMARKS on 1d PICTORIAL ISSUES - A SURVEY
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19271
Re: LATEST 1913 POSTMARKS on 1d PICTORIAL ISSUES - A SURVEY
I am not sure if these late dates are still required, but I will list them anyway! Huonville MR 7 13 Thin paper Linda NO 11 13 Thick paper South-Arm FE 3 13 Thin paper St. Helens FE 28 13 Thick paper On one penny surcharge stamps:- Sandy Bay 5 SE 13 Smithton 9 NO 13. I also have 28 other Smithton ca...
- Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:41 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Postal History from 1913 to present
- Topic: Need help identifying a Post Office from the Cancel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10549
Re: Need help identifying a Post Office from the Cancel
Hello Tim, The postmark looks like Launceston although it is partly obscured by the Minneapolis duplex cancel. Back in those days, only the larger towns had the time on their circular datestamps. Obviously, I don't know how much you know about Tasmania, but Launceston is the second largest city in T...
- Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:24 pm
- Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
- Topic: Sixpence Pictorial with Compound Perforations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5615
Re: Sixpence Pictorial with Compound Perforations
This stamp has been relisted several times since its first appearance late last year. You have to admire the vendor's persistence! Do we need to send him another message about the incorrect description?
- Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:38 pm
- Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
- Topic: 3d Pictorial - TAS w/m - thin paper or reverse impression?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4192
Re: 3d Pictorial - TAS w/m - thin paper or reverse impressio
On page 13 of Keith Lancasters book, he states that he had found two used examples of the Twopence Halfpenny value printed on 'extremely thin paper'. When I was in Adelaide last year, I was shown a used Fivepence stamp with very thin paper. I recall that only the frame of the design of the stamp cou...
- Mon Dec 30, 2013 2:51 pm
- Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
- Topic: Sixpence Pictorial with Compound Perforations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5615
Re: Sixpence Pictorial with Compound Perforations
I sent an Email to the vendor [in New York] regarding the perforations of this stamp and have received two replies. The first stated :- "Top left is compound". Apparently, he must have had a bit of a think about this response and shortly after he very kindly sent a second response :- "Top left perfs...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 7:33 pm
- Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
- Topic: Sixpence Pictorial with Compound Perforations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5615
Sixpence Pictorial with Compound Perforations
There is an item on Ebay that is purported to be a Sixpence Pictorial with compound perforations. It has a starting price of US$325.00 and is listed as a 1905 issue. It is obviously an Electrotype printing, the first of which was issued in late 1910. The stamp appears to be perforated in gauge 12.4 ...
- Sat Nov 16, 2013 1:08 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - cinderellas, print ephemera, medals, tokens, etc.
- Topic: FLINDERS ISLAND overprints on Australian stamps 1970/71
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11745
Re: FLINDERS ISLAND overprints on Australian stamps 1970/71
My brother-in-law who lives at Memana [on Flinders Is.] has provided some information about R.J.Mcilroy. He was the Government Medical Officer on the Island for a few years about 1970. Although he was based at Whitemark, he was required to do 'rounds' to various parts of the Island. Palana, Lady Bar...
- Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:44 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Official and Private Perfins
- Topic: New Tasmanian Official Perfins online catalogue
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25318
Re: New Tasmanian Official Perfins online catalogue
Hello Jerry, The 2d. Bright Violet punctured "OS" is not listed by Lancaster. As you mentioned it is not listed in the BW catalogue. I doubt if they were punctured, as the demand for "OS" stamps was a lot less than that for the "T" punctures. It would be interesting to find out which Federal Governm...
- Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:17 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Official and Private Perfins
- Topic: New Tasmanian Official Perfins online catalogue
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25318
Re: New Tasmanian Official Perfins online catalogue
Hello Jerry, I have had an in depth look at the "T" puncture listings. The Recess Printed Stamps - According to Keith Lancaster the halfpenny and 2d. recess printed stamps were not punctured "T". You have not included the halfpenny but show the 2d. as 'not seen'. When the punctured stamps first appe...
- Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:10 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Official and Private Perfins
- Topic: New Tasmanian Official Perfins online catalogue
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25318
Re: New Tasmanian Official Perfins online catalogue
I have only three 4d. Brown Ochres punctured "T". One is 6x6, one is 7x6 and the other 8x8. The first two have larger diameter punctures than the third and have much straighter alignment. There is still no scan available for the 1d. Litho with an "OS" puncture. There were just under 5 million of the...
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 5:20 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Official and Private Perfins
- Topic: New Tasmanian Official Perfins online catalogue
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25318
Re: New Tasmanian Official Perfins online catalogue
Hello Jerry, I have just had a look at the excellent scan of the 4d. Lithos punctured "T". The shades are [from left] - Straw Brown, Orange Buff, Orange Yellow and Brown Ochre. Any 4d. litho with a date prior to 14th. March 1912 cannot be an Orange Yellow. Unfortunately, the Orange Yellows do fade o...
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 4:32 pm
- Forum: Tasmania - Postmarks and Postal Markings from 1913 to recent
- Topic: RECORD YOUR NEW EARLY & LATE DATES, etc. HERE
- Replies: 154
- Views: 819697
Re: RECORD YOUR NEW EARLY & LATE DATES, etc. HERE
The letter rate in June 1985 was 33c. Here we have a 1c. stamp and 10c. stamp with strange looking cancels!!