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[Revenuer]

This is the last thread to get a start so I thought I would put this page up to kick it off.

Does anybody have a complete black cancel on a full newspaper? I have seen partial black cancels but never a complete strike....Dave

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[David McNamee]

Here from my notes is an auction cat listing Robson Lowe 19 DEC 1978: "1827 Hobart Town Courier newspaper with fine NEWS PAPER DUTY/ VAN DIEMENS LAND/ Crown/ TWO PENCE Stamp Duty imprint in black." Unfortunately, I cannot lay my hands on the catalogue at the moment.

[Hobbit123]

David

My understanding is that Francis Kiddle has one. I have not seen it, but Neil Russell tells me that he has.

Patrick

[Malcolm Groom]

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 date on the paper. Not sure who the buyer was but at least I can confirm that they exist.

Malcolm

[Revenuer]

Patrick

Francis copy is a cut out and it is in his exhibit on line from the revenue society web site but it is a full black strike.

http://www.revenuesociety.org.uk/invite ... %20001.jpg

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Malcolm

I believe Dingle ended up with your 'find' in a book shop. Because it was bound a lot of the tax marks were trimmed off due to the binding, including the blacks, i think Dingles blacks are aboue one quarter to a third. But still very nice to have

Dave

[Ross Ewington]

Here's an article by A.F. Basset Hull printed in the Hobart Mercury on April 3rd 1889 that provides
the background to the newspaper duty story.

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/printArticlePdf/9209587/5?print=n