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by pittwaterstamps
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: How to post images on the Board and other 'How tos'
Topic: Incoming boxed SHIPLETTER Marking
Replies: 5
Views: 4140

Re: Incoming boxed SHIPLETTER Marking

Here is
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the sad picture of the front.
by pittwaterstamps
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: How to post images on the Board and other 'How tos'
Topic: Incoming boxed SHIPLETTER Marking
Replies: 5
Views: 4140

Re: Incoming boxed SHIPLETTER Marking

Thanks for the info. It being a Hobart marking explains why it is dated a day before the Launceston arrival back-stamp. I've attached some images of the sad front of this cover.

My earliest Tasmanian postal history item is 1836.

Regards, John.
by pittwaterstamps
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: How to post images on the Board and other 'How tos'
Topic: Incoming boxed SHIPLETTER Marking
Replies: 5
Views: 4140

Incoming boxed SHIPLETTER Marking

This is the reverse of an OHMS ship letter from Sydney (27 FE 1851) to Launceston. I'm familiar with the dated Launceston arrival stamp (15 MA 1851) but haven't seen the boxed marking before. Can anyone explain its meaning? Is it particularly scarce?
by pittwaterstamps
Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:31 am
Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
Topic: 1910 2d Pictorial Blotchy Printing
Replies: 1
Views: 9943

1910 2d Pictorial Blotchy Printing

Wolfgang Keilmann & myself have been having a correspondence in "Sydney Views" regarding the 1910 2d Pictorial Electrotype printing in a dry ink resulting in an ugly blotchy appearance. The shade is listed as dull grey-violet by Brusden-White (ACSC T36C). All four of our combined used examples are P...
by pittwaterstamps
Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:35 pm
Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
Topic: Known plate numbers on Pictorials (Recess)
Replies: 9
Views: 19963

Re: Known plate numbers on Pictorials (Recess)

On page 81 of Tinsley's book, there is a photo of the 2.5d Plate 2. The interesting thing is the location. It is immediately to the left of the perforation guide cross - the same as your mystery marking. That can't be a coincidence. The numeral 2 is complete & much thinner than your marking but that...
by pittwaterstamps
Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:47 pm
Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
Topic: Known plate numbers on Pictorials (Recess)
Replies: 9
Views: 19963

Re: Known plate numbers on Pictorials (Recess)

Hi Jerry, I don't have the 1/2d plate number to compare your item. However I do have 1d Plate Nos 1, 2, 3 (with abnormal watermark), 4, 7 & 8. The numeral "1" on the 1d is a much thicker numeral than the other numerals. It also has serifs which most of the others don't (except for No. 7). However yo...
by pittwaterstamps
Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:18 pm
Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
Topic: Known plate numbers on Pictorials (Recess)
Replies: 9
Views: 19963

Re: Known plate numbers on Pictorials (Recess)

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by pittwaterstamps
Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:06 pm
Forum: Tasmanian Stamps - 1853 to 1912
Topic: Known plate numbers on Pictorials (Recess)
Replies: 9
Views: 19963

Re: Known plate numbers on Pictorials (Recess)

I can't add any new Plate numbers to your list but I can add something unusual. I have 1d Plate 3 with reversed watermark. I'd be interested if any other watermark varieties exist on the recess printings - without or without plate numbers. I'm happy to post a scan if someone would like to tell me ho...