New Zealand: Chalons - 1855-1873

It will be a 'large star' wmk Alan. There never was a wmk like the one you have drawn for us, on an NZ stamp.

I think that what is happening is that the stamp has some thinning around the area of the star, and therefore the star appears misshapen.



Dave

You are very welcome Alan.

BTW The 'large star' wmk is a 5 pointed star - not 6 :-)

Watermarks are made when the paper is manufactured - in this case by 'Rush Mills' of England.



Dave

Some good news on the stamp below. It's been a long process but I've finally been issued a certificate from RPSNZ.




Philip

Signature is Pat Brownsey.

I sent this stamp to the expert committee about 3 years ago but there was disagreement among the committee members and they decided they couldn't certify it. I was confident that it was an SG1 so I contacted Professor Gene Hall in the US to have it analysed using energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence, EDXRF, which measures the relative abundance of the elements in the ink. Professor Hall had worked with Bob Odenweller to devise a test to distinguish SG1 from SG35 and my stamp showed the high relative calcium level which clearly separates the 2 groups. With that information to hand I re-submitted it.

Philip

DK Dave,



I'm still learning how to navigate around these boards & I see you've been able to move my latest thread over to a Queensland Q & A thread.



THANKS AGAIN ! MUCH APPRECIATED !



There were some fascinating reads on the other thread about Philip getting a NZ 1p SG1 certified. X-rays, special equipment + chemical testing? WOW! Somebody dug deep and hit gold.



I can now see that I'm in the right place to have all you experts chime in to get any answer to my questions.



Carry on with all your great work.



The only thing I can add to this forum is to provide everybody with new material for viewing & discussion.





Alan

Example of NZ's first postage stamp from 1855 sells for $11,300 at auction





www.stuff.co.nz/national/128112663/example-of-nzs-first-postage-stamp-from-1855-sells-for-11300-at-auction

And another one (same Auction as above)






Dave

And a 1d SG 111 on Newspaper piece - uncommon






Dave

Hi Grant gc and Dave DK , Bas S Warwick , tundrawolf ,

This little trio imperf with large star watermark and rather undistinguished cancels has just landed on my desk amongst a batch of Chalon heads.

a whole new area for me to explore where I have never gone before, so I would be grateful for some help from you Kiwis as to ID and possible sensible pricing as I have been asked to sell for a local contact who resurected his late brother’s collection from the attic during a house clearance.

is that a recognised re entry to the left of No 3? It is way out of alignment with the other two.      

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It seems to me as if the frame round [POSTAGE]is broken over the letters PO , more so in the first two than in the third stamp


Alex.

Can you post images of the backside? These don't appear to be on blued paper. Correct?

Hi all
Just an interesting item to add today.
I was once told that perf 13 stamps often have "clean cut" perfs. This one seems to challenge that theory.
It is an SG73 showing advanced plate wear

A large stamp with complete row of punched perfs on the left.

CDS Invercargill 12 March 1864

Cheers Grant


 

WoW that’s much better than I thought .I will need to take a closer look , and do better scans these were done with my phone. Thanks 

Many thanks Dave , Yes this time for the image I was not at my desk so just a snapshot with my phone and uploaded pics here with Imgur .

Your price range indications are certainly more in line with my original expectations.
The Scottish Philatelic Congress is next Friday and Saturday and it was my thought, armed with Grant’s and your helpful advice , to have a chat with Corbitts the Auctioneers from Newcastle as I have two other imperf Sixpence pairs and a number of perf issues I need to check .

I’ll start loading some more images at 600 DPI here over the rest of the day once I have cleaned the backs of any hinge remainders etc.
I’ll also show against a dark background this time to highlight margins. So watch this space as I pick your brains again

I may go down the eBay route in the end , but possibly not for a couple of weeks as I shall be making a sketching trip into the Highlands after the Congress. Any way I will certainly let you guys know where and when they are being sold. I have previously bought and sold early Samoa via John Mowbray in the past and still get his catalogues. Unfortunately due to covid restrictions in February he was not able to come to London 2022 when we might have met.


Scanned image this time ( SG 38  trio )   rather than the earlier photoshot    Front and reverse ... There are a couple of brown spots on stamp No 1  








  and SG 40     pair of threepence brown Lilac 






 
So apart from the close margin on one side of each item and the small brown spots on one stamp,  there do not appear to be any other condition issues . 


Pity the cancel gave Victoria a black eye