SECURITY OVERPRINTS - CENSUS in PROGRESS

[Ross Ewington]

Security overprints (usually applied by handstamp) have been recorded produced by a
number of Tasmanian businesses or national firms with offices in Tasmania:

Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMPS),
Fitzgeralds (Department Stores)
Neptune Oil Company
Shell Oil,
T&G (Insurance),
and W.D. & H.O. Wills

This discussion forum provides the opportunity to conduct a census of these overprints.

You are invited to submit your images for inclusion. I will continue to edit this first
posting to compile a listing for the different companies and overprints until we get
something that could be published at a future date in the TPS' journal "The Courier".
All contributors will be acknowledged as co-authors (unless they wish to remain anonymous)

Information on how to post images to this categories are provided from a link on the
BOARD INDEX page. If you have trouble sorting this out, you can post an image directly
from your computer as an attachment (see Upload Attachment button) or ask me for
assistance.

Here is my first contribution - AMPS on various decimal series stamp duties.



LISTING OF SECURITY OVERPRINTS ON TASMANIAN REVENUE STAMPS (Last Updated on August 27th 2014)

Catalog numbers used are from the "Handbook of Tasmanian Revenue Stamps" by W.D. Craig

AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY (AMPS)

Security overprint applied by hand stamp.

1931/54 - FINAL NUMERAL ISSUE

7.153 - 1/- green (purple overprint)

1955/66 - PICTORIAL SERIES

First Issue

7.172 - 1d deep green (blue overprint)
7.177 - 3d chestnut (in blue)
7.178 - 4d lemon-yellow (in blue)
7.719 - 5d apple-green (in blue, purple and bright pink)
7.180 - 6d scarlet (in purple)
7.184 - 1/- chocolate (in purple)

Second Issue

7.191 - 1d green (in blue)

Watermark not identified

xxxxx - 3d brown (in purple)

1966 - Decimal Pictorial Series

7.212 - 3c light grey-blue (blue)
7.215 - 6c bronze green (in blue ink)
7.219 - 9c orange (in blue ink)
7.218 - 8c red-brown (blue)
7.220 - 10 bright green (in blue ink) - two different hand stamps noted - 3mm and 3.5mm high (see above)
7.221 - 12c scarlet (in blue ink)
7.222 - 15c violet blue (in blue ink)
7.224 - 25c claret (in blue ink)
7.228 - $2 light blue (violet)
7.231 - $10 bright purple (violet)


FITZGERALDS 7 STORES (Fitzgerald's Department Stores)

The overprint has been applied using a printer, probably an offset type.
Note that the position of the "7" below "Fitzgeralds" varies.
All Fitzgeralds overprints I have seen are in black ink.

1955/66 - PICTORIAL SERIES

First Issue
7.173 - 2d deep mauve - recorded with "Missing 7"variety
7.177 - 3d chestnut

Second Issue

Watermark not identified

xxxxx - 1d deep green

1966 - Decimal Pictorial Series

7.212 - 3c light grey-blue
7.216 - 5c yellow-orange


NEPTUNE OIL COMPANY

7.144 - 1d light blue Numeral (in blue)


SHELL OIL COMPANY

7.144 - 1d light blue Numeral (in blue)
7.149 - 4d blue Numeral (in purple)


T & G INSURANCE

Numeral
7.145 - 1d new blue re-engraved
7.147 - 2d yellow-brown re-engraved
7.149 - 4d blue - two different shades
7.153 - 1/- green

1955/66 - PICTORIAL SERIES

Issue not identified as all examples are on piece
xxxxx - 1d deep green
xxxxx - 2d deep mauve
xxxxx - 3d chestnut watermark



W.D. & H.O. WILLS (AUST.) LTD.

Pictorials - First Issue

7.719 - 5d apple-green (in purple)
7.184 - 1/- chocolate (in purple)

Pictorials - unidentified

xxxxx - 6d scarlet

[Ross Ewington]

My second selection of AMPS security overprints - this time on pre-decimal pictorial stamp duties

Please see previous posting for complete listing of AMPS security overprints.

[Revenuer]

I can add a 3d & 4d No wmk & 3c AMP

[Revenuer]

FitzGeralds 7 Stores

These move around a bit i.e.
the 7 is found under the G, ER or R.

Dave

[Ross Ewington]

thanks Dave

[tazy]

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Here is my AMP overprints:

7.172 1d deep green (blue overprint)
7.177 3d chestnut (blue)
7.178 4d lemon yellow (blue)

7.212 3c light grey-blue (blue)
7.218 8c red-brown (blue)
7.228 $2 light blue (violet)
7.231 $10 bright purple (violet)

Interestingly the later two ($2,$10) came of my copy of my own cashed in matured life insurance policy!

Other overprints to follow

cheers

Andrew

[Ross Ewington]

thanks Andrew - would the overprint on the $ values be 3mm high?

can you please provide the "watermark status" of the Platypus values?

cheers ... Ross

[tazy]

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OK, next lot - Fitzgeralds

7.173 2d deep mauve - includeing one on piece with "Missing 7" from the opverprint
7.177 3d chestnut
7.212 3c light grey-blue
7.216 5c yellow-orange pair on proving piece

Re AMP o'print on $ values - yes it is 3.5mm, watermark would apear to be no watermark at least on the items not on piece - its a bit hard to tell on the items on piece without the watermark deterctors.

[tazy]

T&G Life overprint:

Numeral
7.145 1d new bluw re-engraved
7.147 2d yellow-brown re-engraved
7.149 4d blue - two different shades

Platypus:
1d deep green
2d deep mauve
3d chestnut watermark unknown as they are all on piece

The 1d/3d item is a nice proving piece showing the partially obscured overprint - demonstrating that it is an overprint not a cancel.

[tazy]

Lastly - Shell overprint on Numeral
7.149 4d blue

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[Ross Ewington]

Another selection - thanks to M.F. for these.

[Revenuer]

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[Revenuer]

Add 1/- no wmk

T&G Life

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[Ross Ewington]

I think this is a 'discovery' on this stamp ...... NEPTUNE (Oil) on a rouletted 1d Numeral *

also a SHELL on the the same revenue issue

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* Dave has a b&w photocopy of the same NEPTUNE overprint on a 2d Platypus S/Duty on his site

[Revenuer]

Book now updated thank you Ross

[Ross Ewington]

A couple of W.D. & H.O. Wills (Aust.) Ltd have 'passed over' my desk recently

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on 5d apple green Platypus and pair of 1/- chocolate Pencil Pine (both on unwatermarked paper)

[Ross Ewington]

It's been a while since something 'new' turned up ..... found this yesterday

A 1/- green (Last Numeral Issue) Craig 7.153 cancelled in 1956 with an AMPS h/s applied in purple

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..and this as well ...a 5d apple green Platypus cancelled in 1956 with an AMPS h/s applied in bright pink
('normal' example included to illustrate that the same h/s was used on both stamps which were cancelled only about a month apart)

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