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Post by rod222 on Jan 29, 2014 23:24:08 GMT
Lord Howe Island
New South Wales, AustraliaCourier Post Booklet  Rouletted Die cut Stamps  Used on cover  Geography / History  Map: Location off NSW as "A" 
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Post by rod222 on Jan 29, 2014 23:26:49 GMT
Lord Howe Island Provisional Manuscript Overprint  Used on Cover CV : Somewhere North of $20,000  |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 8, 2014 1:14:06 GMT
A Tribute to the designer of the First Australian adhesive Stamp. Master Potter, intelligent, well read, his design included one of the greatest play on words in Philately. His design is amongst the most celebrated stamps in all philately, CV Unused no gum, $10,000 used $1,000 "The Sydney Views"    |
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Post by Ryan on Apr 14, 2014 9:18:54 GMT
A Tribute to the designer of the First Australian adhesive Stamp. Master Potter, intelligent, well read, his design included one of the greatest play on words in Philately. OK, you'll have to help me out with this one - what's the pun? For Great Britain Machin head collectors, note that the Wedgwood booklet shown in Rod's post contains one of the rarities of Machin collecting. This booklet was the only source for a 1/2p turquoise Machin with a phosphor bar only on the left side of the stamp. Ryan |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 14, 2014 9:49:16 GMT
Thanks for the info on the Machin, Ryan, excellent!
The Stamps, commonly known as the “Sydney Views”, the design of which was based on the Great Seal of New
South Wales.
The Great Seal of New South Wales was commissiond to Wedgewood, when they sent a great dollop of Clay back
from New South Wales, and asked him to design a seal in Clay.
Wedgewood's design included Industry, with all her attributes, a bale of merchandise, a beehive, a pick axe, and a
shovel, receiving (Freeing?) convicts, at Sydney Cove, and oxen ploughing on the hillside of Sydney Cove.
The Motto Wedgewood used was “Sic Fortis Etruria Crevit” (Thus, mighty ETRURIA grew) ( a quote from Virgil
(Georgic 11, V533) suggesting the similarity between how Sydney may grow as Rome.
The cute thing that makes me smile, is the connection with Wedgewood, his Pottery factory itself, was located in
ETRURIA, Staffordshire England.
That is just so cool.
What a man, a prominent abolishionist, and a big thumbs up.
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Post by rod222 on Dec 15, 2014 9:18:00 GMT
New South Wales 1st November 1838 (Rowland Hill was still a puppy) 2d Stamp (embossed) on Letter Sheet Used within the Sydney Area 2d each, or 1 shilling and thruppence for a dozen 1/3 Envelopes embossed with the seal of the GPO The pioneers of prepaid postage.  |
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Post by classicalstamps on Dec 15, 2014 18:18:33 GMT
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Post by zipper on Mar 5, 2015 6:31:04 GMT
I can't see this well enough to determine what country it is. Can anyone figure it out?  |
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Post by cjd on Mar 5, 2015 6:33:48 GMT
1888 New South Wales
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Post by zipper on Mar 5, 2015 6:34:37 GMT
Thank you so very much!
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Post by rod222 on Mar 5, 2015 7:46:08 GMT
I can't see this well enough to determine what country it is. Can anyone figure it out? Further to Collin's post. Stanley Gibbons #SG253 (World's first commemorative stamp) Exists : 9th July 1888 Lilac (a) P12x11.5, (b) P12, (d) Mauve (da) P12 x 11.5, (dc) P12 The barred 55 killer postmark unable to identify. 8 Bar 55 Looks like NEWCASTLE New South Wales (not confirmed) "View of Sydney" Mauve (scanned years ago, sorry bent tooth)  |
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Post by zipper on Mar 5, 2015 8:37:44 GMT
Thank you. Mine is so ugly I should probably just toss it.
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Post by rod222 on Mar 5, 2015 11:27:04 GMT
Thank you. Mine is so ugly I should probably just toss it. With respect, never toss stamps, one day, perhaps your interest may change direction, the stamp has a valuable killer postmark, some of us collect those numeral killers. I have a two volume catalogue of just Victoria Australia Killers, that commands well over $100 For example one killer on Western Australian stamps conveys the information that had been a gift from Mr. Rowland Hill. There is always interest / hidden beauty in the most mundane. If desperate, place your unwanted stamps in a packet, leave hidden in the pages of a stamp catalogue at your Library marked "free for you" Keep posting, you have some great stuff  |
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Post by cjd on Mar 5, 2015 19:01:13 GMT
My list for NSW also has 55 as Newcastle. I copied it ages ago from a site long since dead, so I don't know what kind of scholarship might have gone on in the meantime, but I don't think there is much dispute with the early numbers. Newcastle's post office would have been well established when the numbers were assigned.
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Post by rod222 on Mar 6, 2015 0:38:37 GMT
My list for NSW also has 55 as Newcastle. I copied it ages ago from a site long since dead, so I don't know what kind of scholarship might have gone on in the meantime, but I don't think there is much dispute with the early numbers. Newcastle's post office would have been well established when the numbers were assigned. Cjd Any chance of a copy of the list, please? Further Info: Flora depicted on the stamp : Australian ferns In 1887 a competition was conducted to obtain designs for these issues. Zipper's stamp won first prize by a one M Tannenberg. |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 6, 2015 7:17:03 GMT
A shard from my collection, showing the Duplex Killer and the CDS (Circular Date stamp) from Newcastle The Duplex handstamps appeared more chunky around this period. Keep a look out for Red Pmk full or part strike "PAID ALL" on NSW stamps, indicating a trip to the US.  |
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Post by zipper on Mar 6, 2015 9:23:04 GMT
I agree about the postmark. I love them. Have a stock book with several pages full. It was just after seeing your bright, easy to see stamp that mine looked ugly.  |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 7, 2015 12:05:18 GMT
Let's take a moment to ruminate on a possibility, Using Zipper's New South Wales Stamp.....................and it's design. Was it unusual to have ferns on a stamp?  Around 1900, there was a craze in Britain, that heralded the beginnings of feminism, in a pastime avidly taken up by ladies around the area I was Born, in South West England The collection of ferns This spawned a cottage industry, in ceramics, design, art, and even in biscuits. One of my favourites ( I had some this very day ) was created in 1908, the humble, but delicious "Custard Cream" Have a look at the design on the biscuit..... Ferns  The cult of ferns (and what philately teaches) www.peterboyd.com/ferncultsw.htm |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Mar 7, 2015 12:40:16 GMT
Custard Creams, yummy ! I miss those.
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Post by zipper on Mar 7, 2015 12:49:55 GMT
It's not my New South Wales stamp anymore. I dropped it in the mailbox Friday night.
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Post by rod222 on Mar 7, 2015 13:04:20 GMT
Custard Creams, yummy ! I miss those. Perhaps at the next auction, I can pay you in Custard Creams  |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 20, 2015 4:43:09 GMT
Received : Killer Postmark NSW 9 Bar 55 from Zipper. Many thanks ! Australia Mint from Admin (Only to be used on outward covers) Thanks. Generous people.  |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 30, 2015 21:25:58 GMT
New South Wales / Victoria. Murray River Steam Navigation Co. Bill Hornadge Local Stamps of Australia  |
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Post by cjd on Apr 6, 2015 0:46:08 GMT
Any idea which forgery?  Doesn't seem to match those on stampforgeries. |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 15, 2016 2:26:59 GMT
The World's first Semi-Postal Stamps 1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Sc# B1 Perf 12x11 (On piece, Pmk North Sydney) CV : $60 Quantities Issued : 40,000  Sc#B2 Perf 11 CV : $300 Pmk : Chatswood. Quantities Issued : 10,000  |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 15, 2016 2:30:51 GMT
Any idea which forgery? Doesn't seem to match those on stampforgeries. I missed this post Collin, I'll have a look through my material, unsure if I can find info on the forgeries. The "Sydney Views" The Australasian Stamp Catalogue 1976. (Seven Seas)  |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 15, 2016 3:27:20 GMT
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Post by jamesw on Mar 12, 2016 2:05:33 GMT
Acquired at stamp club last night. Too late for the train exhibit, but still pretty impressive. They are ginormous! Image area of each is about 4cm square.
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 28, 2016 18:22:33 GMT
I recently acquired this stamp which was sold as the imperf 6p of 1854 (Scott 29). Given how closely cropped it is, it might be from the 1860 issue with trimmed perfs (Scott 39a). My colorblindness isn't helpful in discerning the stamp's identity -- I perceive it as being gray in color. Any thoughts? |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 28, 2018 0:40:01 GMT
New South Wales cover with Queen Victoria 2d stamps from 1899. Broken Hill PM BAckstamps with 1905 Melbourne and Hobart?Tasmania  Rear  |
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