Perkins Bacon 4d Chalon h/s CANCELLED for auction

[Ross Ewington]

Just noticed this Tasmanian "classic" to be offered for sale by a Sydney-based auction house
on August 30th. A good opportunity to record an image here.

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[admin]

THanks Ross. Its such a great example it might be worth a short Courier article next year. Do you know if there is any documentation abut this Specimen Chalon ?
Pete

[Ross Ewington]

This is a very famous stamp - there were 6 produced and only three are in private collections.
These stamps are known as the "Ormond Hill" specimens, the production of which in 1861
apparently led to Perkins Bacon & Co. losing their printing contracts to De La Rue. (see Tinsley page 24)

This is the ex Peter Jaffe stamp.

[admin]

Thanks Ross. If its written up in Tinsley then its probably not a suitable Courier article, although the Price REalised might be of interest.
Pete

[David McNamee]

Peter Jaffe also wrote a book describing this and the other "Cancelled by Perkins Bacon" stamps. Price Realised will be sufficient to buy a small car.