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Laurent, There are two good articles in the London Philatelist written by O.G Ingles on the printing of the 1d and 4d Chalons which were all from the Perkins Bacon plates which were sent to Tasmania. I will try and find my copies of these articles. Meanwhile there was a small article published in PJ...

Laurent,

Welcome to Tasmanian philately. You will find plenty of willing assistance among Tasmanian collectors.

Regards

Malcolm

The date stated by Tinsley also correlates with the date of issue recorded by Bassett Hull on page 34...500 sheets of 4d stamps issued on Aug.17 1855.... taken from the notation on the back of the Perkins Bacon invoice sighted by BH. The earliest recorded cover cited by Tinsley is presumably still o...

Cannot answer some of the questions but the road looks to be the 'main road' between Cambridge and Bellerive over Tunnel Hill, similar landscape and looking across to where the highway to the airport cuts through. There were orchards and presumably vegetables grown in the district. This raises anoth...

Further examples of the handstruck '4' from the Cress collection

Here are three items from the Cress collection.

Manuscript endorsement, segmented circle and the straight line hand stamp.

Here is the text of my article in the Postal Stationery journal from several years back.

Additions and amendments are welcomed.

Malcolm Groom

I have located some further images of Macquarie Plains hand stamps form old prints I had.
The MACQUARIE PLAINS hand stamp has been in several collections over the past twenty years.

Following a listing published in the Postal Stationery journal several years ago I thought a topic to cover new discoveries would be of interest and use in updating the list. when I can find it i will post the original listing. Recent finds are for Mathinna Racing Club and The Port Cygnet Racing Clu...

This stamp has an interesting possibility. In consultation with Geoff Kellow it may be related to a series of stamps known for Victoria which are singles on no watermark paper perforated 14.25 comb. These were believed to be prepared by Ronald Harrison, son of TS Harrison the Commonwealth Printer wh...

It is very likely that as the ANZAC DAY march began at the top of Macquarie Street that this photograph was taken at the assembly point for the Band at the beginning of the march for 1936. It may even be after they returned from the march to their original assembly point

Interesting 'error' with dashes instead of times referred to by John above

The 'discovery' of the 2d die used in 1893 really throws the De La Rue entry referred to by Ingles on P.148 in the Tinsley book into question. Easton in "The De La Rue History of British and Foreign Postage Stamps" focusses on the stamp issues only and so the reference to the 2d embossed stamp die m...

My understanding is that while postal stationery cut=outs were not formally approved for use they were formally banned from use. This occurred in 1902 in the Commonwealth Post Office Regulations. I have an expert currently seeking the exact reference and will update when obtained. It was not unusual...

A recent offering on eBay of a 1st allocation barred numeral '65' of Three Hut Point.
In brownish red ink similar to the example in the David McNamee collection.

A little bit more philatelic dealer history from 1954.

It is difficult to determine whether it is an 'official' hand stamp or not without an example on some other item. As it does not conform with anything recorded by Butler or material in the McCredie sale it would probably have to stay in the 'interesting possibilities' section until another one turns...

I have been inspired to look for my scans of letter cards and have managed to find the 1903 River Derwent card with the 20 degree ONE PENNY overprint. The full page is reproduced below. The address leaves me with a suspicion that is philatelic but still an important record of how the letter cards we...

Having located a census conducted by Gene Tinsley it confirms my findings when I was collecting these letter cards. The first point to consider is that ALL the cards overprinted at 40 degrees have the scene in red brown. Tinsley only recorded them in this colour and since that census I have only eve...

While working on my Halfpenny lithographed it became apparent that there is a discrepancy in the records regarding the early recorded use for the Halfpenny lithographed. Lancaster records use in February 1903 and states that he 'has heard of a January 1903 use". However according to Note Printing re...

Mike, Not that I am suggesting I know the location but hops were also grown near Huonville by the Frankcombe family from late 1890's along the banks of the Huon River. The hills in the background seem too prominent for the Bushy Park area. Hops were also grown nearer to New Norfolk also by the Shoob...

Bill, I struck gold at my first search for something about CW Coard in the Hobart Courier of 14 October 1853. Have not been able to find anything else other than a Google search producing a CW Coard as an engraver of some note providing an Exhibition of his work in India in the 1870's. The extract i...

A recently acquired 6d electrotyped perforated OS (mint) from the same eBay vendor who was offering the 5d and 4d pairs reported above has arrived in the mail (posted from Sydney with Mackay Queensland address on back of envelope), and is shown for comparison with two used examples. The mint example...

Allan, My small group of Victorian Philatelic Records (having located them again) consist of : May 1928 June 1928 Nov 1928 Dec 1928 Jan 1929 Feb 1929 March 1929 April 1929 May 1929 June 1929 Aug 1929 Sept 1930 Oct 1930 Nov 1930 Sadly not the edition you are looking for. Have you tried the Philas Lib...

While sorting through the Forrest collection of Tasmanian circular date stamps I found this Buying list from a London collector who was offering "attractive " prices for Tasmania postmarks. I am guessing the list was prepared in the mid 1960's. Anyone like to sell their Teepookana for 60/-? Maybe E....