cjd
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Post by cjd on Aug 4, 2013 4:16:05 GMT
The best confirmation I can make out on retroreveal is my point #3, above. That little stub that would be part of a six and likely not part of an 8...
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 4, 2013 4:16:08 GMT
Looking at perfs14 retroreveal link, it looks more like '68' is correct.
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cjd
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Post by cjd on Aug 4, 2013 4:16:36 GMT
I'll figure out how to delete a post...soon.
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 4, 2013 4:35:01 GMT
There you go, it was fun anyway...but knowledge is power! Oooh, I do dislike that term. Reminds me of someone somewhere else... I knows that...just added it on because you know too much!
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 4, 2013 4:36:12 GMT
I'll figure out how to delete a post...soon. Which post do you want to send to the recycle bin?
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BC
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What I collect: Worldwide USED up to the 1960's, later years from countries that came into existence after then, like Anguilla, Tuvalu and Transnistria.
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Post by BC on Aug 4, 2013 6:01:43 GMT
LOL
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Post by comingfrom on Aug 31, 2013 9:24:20 GMT
You guys!?! If a cancel is that indistinct, that's makes it not a collectable one, doesn't it? I have a couple of cancel collections, but if I have to spend that much time and effort to identify what the cancel says, it doesn't count, for me. (Still collectable for the stamp itself, of course, but not for the cancel.) I have a few little rules like that, for myself when purchasing. Another is if the cancel hides the denomination. It might be a perfectly good stamp, but if the value happens to be obliterated, I'll try and go for one which displays the value. Same goes for the main design. If the Queen or Kings face is not mostly visible, I won't want it. Am I being too pedantic?
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 31, 2013 10:12:26 GMT
This is Philately, you can do whatever takes your fancy, given "good husbandry" is the foundation, everything else is completely up to the individual. Even that well known Postmaster, Abraham Lincoln, carried mail in his hat whilst he delivered. If you want to collect staples from stamp booklets, then that's OK, it's your hobby. If you meet indecision again, reflect on the fact, that some even collect gum.
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BC
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What I collect: Worldwide USED up to the 1960's, later years from countries that came into existence after then, like Anguilla, Tuvalu and Transnistria.
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Post by BC on Aug 31, 2013 13:59:22 GMT
Thanks all, I am going with 68, and it is very collectable to me, that Van Diemens Land is one of my all-time favourite stamps.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Sept 8, 2013 7:55:25 GMT
1853: FIRST STAMPS OF TASMANIA
Legislation to provide for the use of postage stamps to prepay mail was passed by Tasmania's Legislative Council in 1853. "An Act to Regulate the Conveyance and Postage of Letters" specified that the new postage rates for half ounce (14g) letters would be — Id for letters posted and delivered within the limits of the same town; 4d for intra-colonial and overseas mail.
The task of producing the colony's first stamps was given to Messrs. H. and C. Best, the proprietors of the "Courier" newspaper. Charles Coard, who worked at the Treasury, was commissioned to engrave the printing plate. Like the "Sydney Views" stamps of New South Wales, the first Tasmanian stamps were individually engraved direct on to the printing plates and as a consequence, each stamp bears its own distinctive design characteristics.
Both the Id and 4d stamp designs featured Queen Victoria's head enclosed in an oval frame which incorporated the denomination and "Van Diemen's Land" (Tasmania was known as "Van Diemen's Land" until the beginning of 1856). The Id stamp design was of conventional, rectangular shape, but the 4d stamp was octagonal in format, possibly inspired by the British lOd and I/- embossed, octagonal stamps issued in 1847/48. The engraving of the Queen's head is rather crude, but Charles Coard evidently possessed some engraving ability as the lattice-work in the background is skillful and there is remarkable consistency of detail between each separately engraved impression on the plate.
Printing of the stamps took place in the office of the "Courier" newspaper during September 1853. The Id stamp was printed in blue and the 4d stamp in orange, although in the latter case the ink ranges from a pale yellow to a bright orange-red. The gum applied to the stamps was manufactured by a local chemist, Henry Hinsby. Distribution of the stamps to post offices took place on October 12, 1853, to provide the public with time to purchase the stamps before their use came into operation on November 1st 1853.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Sept 8, 2013 8:02:40 GMT
Tasmania...The Natural State.
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Post by rod222 on Sept 8, 2013 8:07:20 GMT
1855 4d Chalon Block. Ceremuga Certificate Regummed Manuscript Cancel removed chemically. 2002 Reserve at auction $2000
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Post by rod222 on Feb 5, 2015 20:38:46 GMT
Tasmania : Evandale "Pictor" Pictorial Postmark Penny Farthing races Flyer for February 21st 2015
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Post by robert on Apr 27, 2017 22:49:04 GMT
Snake Plains Tasmania has since been renamed Glendevie.
Rob
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Post by jamesw on Jul 31, 2018 2:27:01 GMT
Here's a cover received from our late great friend Huckles some time back 1892, it is back cancelled Stoke-on-Trent
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Oct 13, 2018 19:37:38 GMT
A small lot of Tasmania stamps of Queen Victoria. Not sorted yet. I'd better pull my finger out !!
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Jan 20, 2023 18:34:30 GMT
I was messaging with Rob REL1948 on another topic and he happened to mention his working on Tasmania pictorials. That sent me to an Australia and New Zealand old school album I had created maybe 20 years ago. I do not recall how I ended up with so man Australia states stamps but I did. Most are used with some nice postmarks. Here are the Tasmania section of the collection. Note the great Hobart FE 29 1904 cancel on the bottom left pictorial stamp.
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Jan 14, 2024 18:35:54 GMT
Of my accumulation of stamps from Tasmania it is interesting that this little 4 pence one catalogues as the best. I have quite a few Chalon's but none of the rare ones. The perforation is rough but not unusual for stamps of that era. It has the rather rare watermark single line 4. Having no other stamps with this watermark I am assuming it is correct and not something added to make it appear rare. The stamp was another find from a very old album. It was issued in 1870 and is a Scott 50. It appears to be used but may be a soiled mint without glue. Update: Comments on another site by an Australian dealer/collector feels sure that the soiling is remnants of a fiscal cancel. Being a rare stamp it is difficult to say how much a difference that would make.
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