RATING T PERFINS on AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL ISSUES - A LISTING

[Ross Ewington]

There has been quite a lot of research into the official "T" perfin of Tasmania and it's use over many decades.

This topic is devoted entirely to the T perfin as used on Australian decimal issues by the Tasmanian Government
from 1966 through to 1975 (when the practice of applying the perfin apparently ceased). This doesn't mean that I'm
not interested in the perfin as applied to pre-decimal and Tasmanian stamps since 1902 ..... it's just that I'd like to
"start simple" and a well-defined period of only nine years is a "gift".

[attachment=0]5c Education T.jpg[/attachment]
Another reason for "starting simple" is based on the fact that I would like to assign a provisional rarity rating for each stamp
issue to which the perfin was applied. The rating system I will use is based upon subjective rather than empirical evidence and should
not be compared with rarity ratings applied to Tasmanian postmarks.

Naturally, I wish to keep the ratings simple. Therefore, I will use the letter "C" to denote COMMON, "S" for SCARCE (not easily found but an
example can be obtained without too much effort if you know where to look), "X" for RARE (seldom seen but persistent searching
will be eventually be successful) and "XX" for VERY RARE (good luck with your searching ... you may be lucky some day!)

TPS BB members are invited to submit images of T perfins in this topic ... suggested rarity ratings will be welcomed as will be any comments
about T perfins already listed.

On a regular basis I will add each perfin and provisional rarity rating to the list below so that the information can be readily checked in this "first post".


A LISTING of T PERFINS on AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL ISSUES and PROVISIONAL RARITY RATINGS

[N.B. the year given below is that of stamp issue and not the first year the T perfin was used .... although this will be more often than not the case]

1966

$2 Bass - rated XX

1967

1968
13c Pink Heath - rated X


1969

20c Wheat - rated S


1970

20c Expo - rated S


1971

7c Snowy Mountains - rated X
9c Bauxite - rated S
20c Australia · Asia - rated XX


1972

12c Rehabilitation - rated XX
18c Rehabilitation - rated XX
15c Pioneer - rated S
50c Pioneer - rated X

1973

4c Stinger - rated S
10c Architecture - rated S
50c Architecture - rated XX
30c Beef Roads - rated X


1974

5c Education - rated S (illustrated above)
15c Science Education - rated X
7c Independent Newspapers Anniversary (perf 14x14.25) - rated XX
$1 Sergeant of the Light Horse - rated S (seen with 5x4 hole as well as the "normal" 5x5 hole perfin)


1975

[Ross Ewington]

Here's a selection of some scarcer T perfins:

[attachment=4]15c Science T.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3]4c Stinger T.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=2]$1 Painting T.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=1]13c Heath T.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=0]50c Pioneer T.jpg[/attachment]

[Ross Ewington]

1970 - 20c Expo vertical pair - note varying "registration" of the perfin - rated S

20c Expo.jpg (33.32 KiB) Viewed 17359 times

1969 - 20c Wheat (although the perfin appears to be 5x4 holes it's actually 5x5) - rated S

20c Wheat.jpg (15.74 KiB) Viewed 17359 times

[Ross Ewington]

Some more "rated" types"

1970 - 20c Australia Asia - rated XX (I've only seen three examples)

20c Asia.jpg (45.11 KiB) Viewed 17356 times

1972 - 18c Rehabilitation - rated XX (I've only seen three examples)

18c Rehabilitation.jpg (26.83 KiB) Viewed 17356 times

1972 - 12c Rehabilitation - rated XX (this is one of the two copies that I have seen)

12c Rehabilitation.jpg (30.3 KiB) Viewed 17356 times

1973 - 10c Architecture - rated S

10c Architecture.jpg (33.07 KiB) Viewed 17356 times

[Mike]

A lovely registered cover with 3 x 20c Australia / Asia and 2c queen, total rate 62 cents. Posted GPO Hobart 4/2/72

[Andrew Burke]

Hi everyone,
here are a some T perfins i have

[Ross Ewington]

That's a nice little lot Andrew ..... am I right in assuming that the 5c Thornbill has a double horizontal bar
to the "T". If it does, would you be able to post a scan with both sides "for the record" please .....(I've not seen
a perfin variation on this stamp before)?

[Andrew Burke]

hi Ross
No i do not think it has double horizontal bars but here is a scan anyway.

[Ross Ewington]

thanks Andrew .... looks like my assumption was based upon the shading of the feathers.

I must use my reading glasses more often when using my computer too!

[griffofromtas]

Ross,
A few amongst my collection,hope they are of value to your research.
Daryl G

[griffofromtas]

Ross,
A few more,a couple less common I think.
Daryl G

[griffofromtas]

And a better 9 cent National Development pair

[Ross Ewington]

1974 - 7c Independent Newspapers (perf. 14x14.25) perf T (5x5 holes)

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I have been looking for another example of this perfin for years .... I have only seen
one other example in over 30 years!

My provisional rating is the top level - XX

P.S. I have updated the "Master List" in the first post in this topic ...... http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=218#p804

[Ross Ewington]

It's been a while since I added to this listing ...

Here is one of the rarest T perfins on a decimal era issue ....... on a $2 Bass (5x5 holes)

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I assign this perfin a rating of XX

For the record, I have just seen another example of the 50c Architecture with an extra vertical row of punctures (see above
for first listing)

st1040.jpg (81.45 KiB) Viewed 14624 times

Another very scarce T perfin is the 30c Beef Roads - I rate this stamp a rarity rating of X

st1039.jpg (141.32 KiB) Viewed 14624 times