TATTER-SALL SECURITY UNDERPRINTS ON MINT STAMPS FROM 1950s
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:01 pm
Just when you think that it's hard to make 'a discovery' along comes these items which I
have just described for my next online auction.
A MNH strip of 4x 3½d 1954 Royal Visit
[attachment=1]m139.jpg[/attachment]
Note the unusual versions of the security underprint - Tatter-sall, Tate-sall, atte-all, etc.
A MNH strip of 5x 3½d QEII defins from the same era, this time with the underprint appearing without
variation.
[attachment=0]m140.jpg[/attachment]
Interesting eh? These are the first example of the Tattersall security underprint that I have seen on any
any MINT Australian stamp. Also, the latest issued stamp that I have seen with an underprint is on the
5½d Emu which led me to assume the practice may have been terminated in the 1940s.
Has anyone else got an example on a mint stamp that I haven't been aware of? Also, has anyone noted the
Tattersall underprints on any stamps issued after the 5½d Emu?
have just described for my next online auction.
A MNH strip of 4x 3½d 1954 Royal Visit
[attachment=1]m139.jpg[/attachment]
Note the unusual versions of the security underprint - Tatter-sall, Tate-sall, atte-all, etc.
A MNH strip of 5x 3½d QEII defins from the same era, this time with the underprint appearing without
variation.
[attachment=0]m140.jpg[/attachment]
Interesting eh? These are the first example of the Tattersall security underprint that I have seen on any
any MINT Australian stamp. Also, the latest issued stamp that I have seen with an underprint is on the
5½d Emu which led me to assume the practice may have been terminated in the 1940s.
Has anyone else got an example on a mint stamp that I haven't been aware of? Also, has anyone noted the
Tattersall underprints on any stamps issued after the 5½d Emu?