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Here is the sad picture of the front.

Thanks for the info. It being a Hobart marking explains why it is dated a day before the Launceston arrival back-stamp. I've attached some images of the sad front of this cover.

My earliest Tasmanian postal history item is 1836.

Regards, John.

This is the reverse of an OHMS ship letter from Sydney (27 FE 1851) to Launceston. I'm familiar with the dated Launceston arrival stamp (15 MA 1851) but haven't seen the boxed marking before. Can anyone explain its meaning? Is it particularly scarce?

Wolfgang Keilmann & myself have been having a correspondence in "Sydney Views" regarding the 1910 2d Pictorial Electrotype printing in a dry ink resulting in an ugly blotchy appearance. The shade is listed as dull grey-violet by Brusden-White (ACSC T36C). All four of our combined used examples are P...

On page 81 of Tinsley's book, there is a photo of the 2.5d Plate 2. The interesting thing is the location. It is immediately to the left of the perforation guide cross - the same as your mystery marking. That can't be a coincidence. The numeral 2 is complete & much thinner than your marking but that...

Hi Jerry, I don't have the 1/2d plate number to compare your item. However I do have 1d Plate Nos 1, 2, 3 (with abnormal watermark), 4, 7 & 8. The numeral "1" on the 1d is a much thicker numeral than the other numerals. It also has serifs which most of the others don't (except for No. 7). However yo...

I can't add any new Plate numbers to your list but I can add something unusual. I have 1d Plate 3 with reversed watermark. I'd be interested if any other watermark varieties exist on the recess printings - without or without plate numbers. I'm happy to post a scan if someone would like to tell me ho...