Lot 1711
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the 'liberated' at an earlier date) ??
DATESTAMP PROOF IMPRESSIONS FROM DE LA RUE - 1888
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Ross Ewington
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DATESTAMP PROOF IMPRESSIONS FROM DE LA RUE - 1888
These interesting items are on offer in the Status International auction closing January 28th 2011
Lot 1711 Does anyone know the provenance of these items (were they sold as part of the DLR archive sale or were
the 'liberated' at an earlier date) ??
Lot 1711 Does anyone know the provenance of these items (were they sold as part of the DLR archive sale or were
the 'liberated' at an earlier date) ??
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John Hardinge
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Re: DATESTAMP PROOF IMPRESSIONS FROM DE LA RUE - 1888
Absolutely fascinating. In regards to the Type 1b’s, these are my thoughts as of before written below, so it’s nice to see that they have largely been confirmed for a change. Interesting to see that they are from De La Rue. Means the previous batch of twenty almost certainly came from there as well. See extract below from what I had written.
The Type 1b CDS, as with the Type 1a’s and previous types were all made in one batch, almost certainly without the office name, but with “Tasmania”, removable type for month and date and with an asterisk. They were then forwarded to Tasmania and were engraved locally as P.O’s opened and they were then required. The first used was at Beulah on 1.11.1887, incidentally with the last numeral reallocated in the second reallocation period. A list of CDS is attached in probable order of allocation up until the last(Leith 1.9.1890). It includes two CDS not seen so far but likely to exist. The only other possibility in this batch is Chitty’s Road/South Franklin, which should have been in this batch but for reasons unknown(although see previous para), does not appear to be so. It may have been remade in a hurry out of a returned CDS(possibly South Sunnyside) with Chitty’s Road being renamed rapidly after reopening. Yet again it is a batch of 40, a significant number with the Type 1a batch being 80 and other batches being mostly 10,20,40 etc. Some of these CDS were later altered to have the asterisk removed.
Beulah 1/11/1887
Millbrook
Rosevears
Whitefoord
Shipwright’s Point
Sandfly
Leprena
Hamilton Road
Eastern Marshes Siding
Interlaken
Raminea
Dromedary
Mount Zeehan
Mountain River
Heazlewood
Ridgeway
Lachlan
Lower Longley
Remine
Rumney Huts
Abbotsham
(St Aubyn’s)* not seen but must exist
Dulverton
Wattle Grove
Cradoc
Upper Tea Tree
Snake Plains
Glenlusk
(Vinegrove)*not seen but must exist
Waterloo
Blessington
Sulphur Creek
East Devonport
West Devonport
Henty
Cornwall
Comstock
Gardner's Bay
Leith 1.9.1890
Pearson’s Point(allocation point unknown but before Henty)
The datestamps shown as a batch of twenty almost certainly are the ones listed as 22) to 40) in this list plus one of the previous 21, either Lower Longley or Abbotsham.
The Type 1b CDS, as with the Type 1a’s and previous types were all made in one batch, almost certainly without the office name, but with “Tasmania”, removable type for month and date and with an asterisk. They were then forwarded to Tasmania and were engraved locally as P.O’s opened and they were then required. The first used was at Beulah on 1.11.1887, incidentally with the last numeral reallocated in the second reallocation period. A list of CDS is attached in probable order of allocation up until the last(Leith 1.9.1890). It includes two CDS not seen so far but likely to exist. The only other possibility in this batch is Chitty’s Road/South Franklin, which should have been in this batch but for reasons unknown(although see previous para), does not appear to be so. It may have been remade in a hurry out of a returned CDS(possibly South Sunnyside) with Chitty’s Road being renamed rapidly after reopening. Yet again it is a batch of 40, a significant number with the Type 1a batch being 80 and other batches being mostly 10,20,40 etc. Some of these CDS were later altered to have the asterisk removed.
Beulah 1/11/1887
Millbrook
Rosevears
Whitefoord
Shipwright’s Point
Sandfly
Leprena
Hamilton Road
Eastern Marshes Siding
Interlaken
Raminea
Dromedary
Mount Zeehan
Mountain River
Heazlewood
Ridgeway
Lachlan
Lower Longley
Remine
Rumney Huts
Abbotsham
(St Aubyn’s)* not seen but must exist
Dulverton
Wattle Grove
Cradoc
Upper Tea Tree
Snake Plains
Glenlusk
(Vinegrove)*not seen but must exist
Waterloo
Blessington
Sulphur Creek
East Devonport
West Devonport
Henty
Cornwall
Comstock
Gardner's Bay
Leith 1.9.1890
Pearson’s Point(allocation point unknown but before Henty)
The datestamps shown as a batch of twenty almost certainly are the ones listed as 22) to 40) in this list plus one of the previous 21, either Lower Longley or Abbotsham.