The TPS is proud to announce the publication of a Guide to cds on Pictorial Issues by John Hardinge.
The Guide features a completely revised and expanded Rarity rating along with much related information and is heavily illustrated.
Contents
*rarity ratings expanded and revised
* circular date stamp types
* early & late dates of use
* other markings on the Tasmanian pictorial stamps
* transition from the State to the commonwealth period
* many illustrations
* 52 pages full colour.
This work has been developed over many years by Tasmanian postal historian John Hardinge who has previously published rarity ratings for Commonwealth Period postmarks and also the Post Offices of Tasmanian .
The current rarity ratings from the Keith Lancaster book are now almost 30 years old and postmark collectors will know for example in the un-rated group, while some are extremely common, some are not very easy to find. Likewise in the RRRR group, some might sell for $300 - $400 while a small number are extremely rare and may sell for $3000+.
The new ratings expand the currently unclassified group into two section, and an extra "RRRRR" classification has been added. Each group is subdivided into 3 sub-categories.
Around 50 individual cds not listed in Lancaster have been listed and classified. Students of the "Green Books" will be know that cds for larger offices such as Burnie, Queenstown, Wynyard etc were grouped together in Lancaster's list but there are a number of different cds for such offices. Amongst these, some are scarce or rare but collectors generally have no way of identifying them.
Other topics include listings of other markings such as BNs, fiscal use and so on.
The transition from State to Commonwealth stamps is very well documented, based on as-yet unpublished research about the final printings of the Pictorials and research conducted on this Bulletin Board about early dates on 1d Kangaroo stamps.
TPS members, Randall Askeland, Geoff Dane, Daryl Griffiths, David John and Robbie McDonald have contributed some very fine examples illustrating the text.
PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER
All financial TPS members will receive a copy free of charge replacing the December Courier.
We have also printed additional copies which are available for sale at a pre-publication price of $25 plus postage. After 31 January, the price will be $30 plus Postage.
Full Details are available athttp://www.tps.org.au/guide-cds-pictorials/
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