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While sorting through some stamps I came across these postmarks from Campania where the usual abbreviation of February appears to have been replaced by 2 or 02. The second stamp might be SP but day-before-month for Campania are uncommon so I included stamp 2 with the definite numeral for month examp...

Here is my copy of BN191.

While sorting through some ONE PENNY overprints looking for late useage dates for another topic on the bulletin board, I found these copies with October 1912 cds dates.

The 18 October date is very early use.

The following information has been extracted from the ancestry.com site and while this information is probably correct, the original sources have not been viewed. Ancestry.com can be useful for finding basic biographical information especially residence and occupation information from electoral roll...

I can not add much to the discussion on dates but I have a tablet used in 1914 with a 6 x 7 perfin.

I have a copy of Railway Viaduct Near Burnie No. 523 , advertising G. Carroll, Bookseller and stationer, Wilson St, Burnie postmarked Hobart June 1910 which is later than the usual use dates recorded so far.

The attachments show an image that was recycled by McVilley and Little for the different postcard printings (with the reverse of the postcard following the front view for series identification). As well as 1 version in colour, the young lad in the foreground has been added/deleted between printings....

This postcard has seen much better days. The building is still there but additions and a highway at the door have changed the view somewhat.

Leslie Charles Thomson was listed on the Electoral Rolls from 1914 to 1928 as a farmer of Arrandale, Longford.

A little additional information on the image of Burnie (an important shipping port) posted earlier.

The same image is shown in Long's book (page 119) and is on a card with the photographer named as E Warde with the image titled Breakwater at Burnie.

These 2 are similar. The Burnie postcard also refers to Dudgeon & Dudgeon, General Printers, Burnie, Tas. This card was used from Burnie in 1906. Burnie 103.jpg And the Distant View of Deloraine has Geo Harley, Stationer, Deloraine printed on the reverse. This postcard was used from Deloraine in 190...

The attached is an image of a BN75 in an album of barred numerals I purchased several months ago. The stamps appear to have been washed (starched) and ironed. I can not see any indication of a pen cancel. The whole package seems just too neat and perfect for an not common item.

While I can not answer any of the 3 questions posed above I can add another postcard from the same printer showing Latrobe. The numbers on the reverse read 155/81437 (does this imply at least 14 postcards in ther series?). When I get my scanner working I will post an image.

Another postcard missing from the earlier list is No 13 - TSS Loongana leaving wharf, Launceston. Not entirely sure how this image qualifies as "Beautiful".

Jerry

an example of the 1/2d for you

This is just 1 of several Tasmanian exhibits by David on the AAPE (American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors) web site. Others cover: Pre adhesive postal markings, Savings bank packets, Fiscal use of postal stamps and Registered mail. It would be nice to see other exhibits available on the net f...

MM on 1955 1d platypus

LLG on 1/-

As suggested many months ago, below is a full scan of the Bombed steamer stamp which shows the flaws around the H of Hobart (see second image).

While sorting a large accumulation of penny pictorials I found these 5 imperf examples.
They are all on crown/A watermarked paper. Are they genuine or constructed?

Below is a letter front showing use of a 2d pictorial at West Devonport on De 25 1899

You can add Devonport 14 Jul 1976

This example of Beach End is pretty obvious from the front and even more so from the reverse. Must have used a fine felt tipped pen.

The group of bike riders could well be at the Mole Creek Hotel. If you get a street view from Google maps you can see the centre door way, windows on either side and the public bar entrance on the right.

While I use the Australian Commonwealth Collectors Catalogue (ACSC) as the basis for organising my Tasmania stamps collection I have been had to use Lancaster to identify flaws but Lancaster has relatively few illustrations compered to, for example, the KGV heads ACSC. A few months ago I purchased a...