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While going through my boxes I came across two cards of King Island by C.A Pitt & Co. of Payneham SA. The numbering suggests there at least 17 in the series. Does anyone else have some? (I am sure someone will). They show: King Island area School, Currie (P1412) and Currie & Surroundings (P1417). I ...

How do the dimensions compare with the real thing? The printing looks rather thin on ink - not the sort of thing that De la Rue would knowingly let out of the door.

Three more boxes processed and a few more for the record: Happy Days on the Sands at Stanley, No. 105 Wynchromo; Selwyn Cox: 10/12/1908 The Kings Bridge and River Tamar, Launceston: TS Loongana Outward Bound, No. 225 Wynchromo: PPC Co. 1910 ( used in Melbourne) Burnie NWC Tasmania, a Renowned Touris...

David

Thank you for providing the necessary reference. I shall not be visiting the Royal for another couple of weeks, so you have saved me the work of looking it up. I think I am now happy with the explanation and accept that it is a London mark. Pooling knowledge works well!

Patrick

I have been through three boxes of cards and extracted the Wynphotoprint cards that were in them. These are now in their own album, so something good has come of this!The following that I have found have dates in 1907 or later: Commercial Hotel, Wynyard (Just Wynphotoprint on reverse, and commercial...

Ross

I have seen fantasy stamps based on Tas issues with QEII portraits on them. They have appeared on EBay from time to time and I think I may have bought one for fun. But as to where it is......

Patrick

While I accept that the handstamp is like the one on the Canada cover, how does it get to be UNDER the Hobart Crowned Circle datestamp? Here is an enlarged scan of the 'offending' area. Patrick

I recently bought the cover illustrated from an EBay seller. It is, at first glance, a run of the mill 4d Chalon cover to Bethnal Green, London, sent in January 1856 and arriving in May of the same year. It is cancelled with a Hobart 68 and there is a third type Crowned Circle handstamp. The top has...

Gentlemen A listing from my records. The formatting is probably a bit off, but I have included all the Wynphotoprint, Wynbromoprint and Photostyle examples that I have listed as being non-Selwyn Cox. I have not included the PPC Co, as this was Selwyn Cox's alias. M means mint and U means used. They ...

Just to be slightly different, a new LRD for the 5/CTMS/T tax handstamp: 5th August 1907, about 7 weeks before the rules changed and made it obsolete.

I can report that I have a single example on 4d Courier and it turned up in a recent rummage. It is illustrated below.
Patrick

I have more than one card like the last one in the preceding post. However, there are two distinct types of image. One is as above. The other has a clear line across it. I have to surmise that the original photo had a glass negative, and my exaple with a line across it is a reproduction from the ori...

Allan

If you have no joy at Philas, I will look for you next time I am at the Royal (probably next Thursday). Please let me know. We can continuue this outside the TPSBB if you prefer.

Patrick Reid (pge.reid@tiscali.co.uk)

Gentlemen

May I congratulate you on your solid detective work. If you cannot get EBay to do anything, perhaps it is worth trying to get Glen Stephens to 'Name and Shame' the seller. He has form for doing this, and you are closer than I am...

Patrick

Are you sure that someone is not having you on? April 1! Come on!

Yes , I am sure they have dates, but finding them.... I have decided to reorganise my collection by publisher, but that will take a long time..... At present only Ash Bester and Murray cards have their own dedicated albums. If I remember I will let you know when the job is done, but there are 5000+ ...

For once I do not have to look to far to find cards as my multiples are stored separately (and flat). I have four doubles and one triple mounted up, and these are shown below: First, a Spurling double, Launceston from Trevallyn, Nos 497/8 Launceston from Trevallyn2.jpg Second, a Panorama of the Basi...

I have seven different cards and eight in all. Three are used. Fortunately I can add No. 714, which is "The Wharves from Inglis Park, Wynyard". I cannot extend the range of numbers as mine are in the range 712 to 720 inclusive.

I have recently acquired a card showing Wynyard and Inglis River, NWC. It is a Spurling card, but I can't read the number as half of it has been cut off. Wynyard.jpg However, I am more than intrigued by the back, which has the Tasmania Coat of Arms to the left and address lines covering all of the b...

I knew that I had part of the collection that Colin seems to have most of and have finally located it, but only 7 to contribute: 1. Huonville Huon Vale.jpg 2. Lachlan Lachlan.jpg 3. Latrobe Latrobe.jpg 4. Launceston West Launceston West.jpg 5. Lemana Junction Lemana Junction.jpg 6. Melton Mowbray Me...

Mike

I will do, but it may take a while. Console yourself with the thought that you have motivated me to extract all my Niven cards and put them in one album.

As ever, I fear just a listing at this stage. When I find them I will post some images! A C Ferrall, Launceston Austral Coffee Palace Austral Coffee Palace (Blue & White) Avenue, Bridport Road, Scottsdale Biggins & Thirkell, Launceston Brownell Brothers, the Store of Satisfaction Brunswick Hotel, Li...

I thought I had sold all my good postmarks, but came across this Glazier's Bay. It is a nice strike and I think it might be LRD.

As requested, copies of the fronts:
Feeding Pigeons Moonlight Regatta Gorge in Flood Launceston from Trevallyn

Ross I agree that it looks like the numbering on many of the "Wynphotoprint" (and Wynchromoprint and Wynbromoprint) series that were mostly published by Selwyn Cox but with many other names on them. For the record, I list the cards that I hold in this series. 1 Sir John Franklin's Monument, Hobart 3...