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1d Pictorial 1-12-99.jpg With it generally accepted that the earliest date for the 1d Pictorial London printing as being 14 December 1899 I am trying to make sense (other than and error of date) of this example dates in mss '1/12/99' We have recently seen at TSA auction the Pictorials used for payi...

Some way off the earliest recorded dates on cover but a nice usage none the less.


Paying the double foreign letter rate to Germany with registration fee in cost of the envelope.

Hobart 30 December 1899

I can confirm two examples of 1899 use of 1d Pictorials i) 19 December 1899 two 1d pairs on Hobart to Launceston cover which was present in a JRW Purves lot at Christies RL as a photocopy (sold in 1987). Would be nice to know where the original cover got to. ii) 21 December 1899 on Hobart to Launces...

My "tuppence" worth. It reminds me of the Derwent foreshore near Claremont with Mount Direction in the distance looking south east. The foreshore is very similar near where the Claremont Scout Hall was situated and the Claremont peninsular juts out into the Derwent in the near distance. Somewhere fo...

I have posted an image of the 1910 use of the 1d London printing. All examples recorded to date in 1910 are Perf. T.

1907 use of 1d.jpg There have been several examples of the London printing of the One Penny Mount Wellington used Perf. T in 1910 ( a couple of covers and used off cover) but this use in 1907 I have not seen before. The message on the card reads " Did you know that the 1d Multiple Tas. were in agai...

Looks like GEEVES TOWN to me.
Not rated but on the harder to find bright lilac shade of the 2d Pictorial found in late 1910

Malcolm

further to the query from Revenuer I have found the image of Crown Seal for Stamp Branch General Post Office which was struck on 1901 OPSO Registered envelope from GPO to Postmaster at Oatlands (presumably a delivery of stamps ordered) Not sure if it is the same as that posted by Revenuer but commen...

It is General Post Office I believe. I have seen another example and will try and locate an image. there are other words in the design but not sure what they read.

North Franklin pair dated March 28 1901

Example of Scottsdale West dated October 10 1900

Example of Warrentinna dated October 29 1900

Scan of a Westwood CDS I found on file. Dated 30 May 1904

An example of the Penghana crown seal used on up-rated postal card with additional 1d to meet the fee for advertising in the Post Office to which it is addressed. This service lasted for about 18 months. Penghana post office was destroyed by fire soon after this was posted.

An example of the Mount Bischoff crown seal used on cover in addition to the Postmasters mss endorsement dated 17th August 1878

Some years ago I bought a full bound set of the Hobart Town Courier for 1827 and the (two ?) issues with the black duty applied were present on complete issues. All the subsequent issues were so imprinted in red. Interestingly one of the issues with black imprint had an error of date in the issue da...

It is certainly at Bellerive Wharf as the Sorell Railway terminus is in the distance behind the Ferry

For some more 'colour' the SS Kangaroo was known to locals on Bellerive as 'old double guts'

I have found five more messages all on KEVII Type C cards all from Auto Car Club of Tasmania and with different messages. Used 1910 to 1913. One advises of a Club Run to Richmond Fair to meet at SS Kangaroo at 2.15 pm.

As an Old boy of The Hutchins School I can tell you that it is definitely the entrance to the Hutchins War Memorial library in Macquarie Street now demolished to make way for the Nettlefolds Car Showroom (currently Myer). Next door to what was for a time the Masonic Club. Immediately to the left of...

I can add the following private printed messages on postal cards as follows: A.E. Rudder Shipping & Forwarding Agents (type B) Amateur Horticultural Society (type C) C Piesse & Co. (type C) Diocese of Tasmania Women's Council (type C) For Spring Bay and Swansea 'Breone' (type A) For Spring Bay and ...

Also staying on the topic further information for the postal historians amongst us: 1. Ida Bay post office opened on 1st September 1886 with Edmund Tyler (Mill owner) as Postmaster. On 1st May 1888 Miss Elizabeth Tyler became Postmistress, followed by Watt Handy Tyler on 1st May 1889. 2. The resign...

Your comments are incorrect. The image I posted was sourced from Randall Askeland and correctly acknowledged. I have no comment on the image you used as it seems to have disappeared. I was aware of the Prestige lot but that was not the source of the image I used so your comments are misguided. If y...

The source of the image was from the Randall Askeland collection.

If the image was taken from the Prestige sale (of which we were all fully aware) it would have been appropriately acknowledged.

Pete, You have found a RRRR numeral on cover. Well done. Previously only one copy known dated 15 July 1887 so rated RRRRR as a datestamp. Reopened 18 July 1892 Maybe the dealer has more! Malcolm Through the kind courtesy of Randall Askeland (who has created the most significant collection of Tasmani...