Difference between revisions of "Rosebery - Steel Circular Datestamps"

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REGULAR TYPES

Type 1a - Circle Stops

• Earliest recorded date: 17 NOV 1897 · Latest recorded date: 1 APR 1929

• datestamp was ordered on 5 NOV 1897

• full, clear impressions on State Period issues can be elusive

• additions/alterations in manuscript have been report (see image above)

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Type 4a

• Earliest recorded date: 3 MAY 1929 · Latest recorded date: 12 DEC 1957

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Type 5

• Earliest recorded date: 7 JUN 1951 · Latest recorded date: 11 NOV 1969

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Type 5(s)

• Earliest recorded date: 4 DEC 1969 · Latest recorded date: 3 JUN 1971

• the Type 5(s) datestamp is rated RR

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Type 5s

• Earliest recorded date: 14 DEC 1958 · Latest recorded date: 18 MAR 1989

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Type 5sT

• Earliest recorded date: 2 APR 1959 · Latest recorded date: 2 APR 1979 (last day of use)

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Type 6a

• Earliest recorded date: 28 JUL 1971 · Latest recorded date: 9 AUG 1989

• datestamp manufactured during June 1971 as a replacement for the Type 5(s)

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Type 7T

• Earliest recorded date: 3 APR 1979 (first day of use) · Latest recorded date: 17 SEP 1987

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Type 7(m)T(i) - "time" in large type

• Earliest recorded date: 10 JUL 1988 · Latest recorded date: 29 AUG 1989

• examples of the 7(m)T(i) are rated S

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Type 7(m)T(ii) - large first digit in "year"

• Earliest recorded date: 20 NOV 1989 · Latest recorded date: 19 JAN 1992

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Type 7b

• Earliest recorded date: 3 AUG 1979 · Latest recorded date: 17 OCT 1989

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Type 7b(m) - large first digit in "year"

• Earliest recorded date: 24 NOV 1989 · Latest recorded date: 12 MAR 1991

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PAID TYPES

Type 5R

• Earliest recorded date: 19 MAR 1954 · Latest recorded date: 20 JUN 1958

• only three examples have been recorded - from 1954 in black and 1958 in red

• examples of this PAID datestamp are rated RRRRR

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Type 5(s)

• Earliest recorded date: 10 JUL 1969 · Latest recorded date: 18 APR 1979 (last day of use)

• examples of this PAID datestamp are rated R

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Type 7b

• Earliest recorded date: 9 OCT 1979 · Latest recorded date: in use during 1995

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