Great Britain and British Commonwealth TASMANIA Specimen Stamps
Sale No: 237
Lot No:443
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Partly annotated selection with various 'SPECIMEN' or 'Specimen' Overprints with Sidefaces to 5/- including pairs of ½d, 3d with Current Number '47' & 10d, Surcharges ½d on 1d, 1½d on 5d & 2½d on 9d x2, Tablets set plus a second set missing the ½d 6d & 2/6d, St George Rough Perf 12 2/6d (faded), 5/- olive & 10/- vermilion x2 (one with Chris Ceremuga Certificate), a couple of faults but generally very fine & mostly with large-part o.g. A very clean lot. Mostly ex Ron Butler.
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1892-99 Tablets 5/- with Double 'SPECIMEN' Overprint horizontal pair, large-part o.g. Rare: the only examples we have seen. [The first overprint was underinked but correctly positioned; the second overprint was Misplaced to the Left]
1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials ½d to 6d SG 229-236, 3d with a couple of pulled perfs, plus 1902-04 V/Crown ½d 1d & 2d SG 237 240 & 239, large-part o.g., Cat £920.
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1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials ½d green SG 229 marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet with large-part Plate Number '2' at left, large-part o.g. with the lower units being unmounted. Rare.
1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials 3d brown SG 233 marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet with complete Plate Number '1' at left, the upper units with a couple of minor creases, full unmounted o.g.
CANCELLED-TO-ORDER (CTO): Partly annotated selection with a few Sidefaces, Tablets two sets to 10/- (one with Wmk Crown/A), De La Rue and Melbourne Pictorials with a few duplicates, mostly with large-part o.g.; also KEVII ½d & 1d Wrappers. Scarce material.
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PRESENTATION SHEETS: c.1897 large page headed 'POSTAGE STAMPS OF TASMANIA/SHOWING YEAR WHEN ISSUED' with Reprints including Courier Imperf 1d with 'CW Coard Sc' Imprint (the only example we have seen on such a page) & 4d from the defaced plates, 'REPRINT' Overprints x13 with Chalons 1d to 1/-, Sidefaces 4d blue & 5/- and Postal Fiscals, and 'SPECIMEN' Overprints x21 including Sidefaces to 9d, Tablets set (no 10d; issued in 1899) and Platypus 3d & 1/-, standard folds & some minor peripheral damage but the stamps are unaffected. Rare.
PRESENTATION SHEETS: c.1900 large page headed 'POSTAGE STAMPS OF TASMANIA/SHOWING YEAR WHEN ISSUED' with Reprints including Courier Imperf 1d & 4d from the defaced plates, 'REPRINT' Overprints x15 with Chalons 1d to 1/-, Sidefaces 4d blue & 5/- and Postal Fiscals, 'SPECIMEN' Overprints x8 including Tablets £1 and Platypus 3d & 1/-, and CTO x19 including Tablets to 10/- & De La Rue Pictorials set, standard folds & a couple of minor blemishes but the stamps are unaffected. Rare. Ex Bill McCredie: sold for $2097.
UPU RECEIVING AUTHORITIES: 1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials ½d to 6d overprinted 'Specimen', the ½d & 2½d additionally with rubber 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp, large-part o.g. Ex Natal Post Office Archives. [Each stamp has a small square paper-hinge remainder which indicates that these are an original set. Why were only two apparently random values handstamped?]
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UPU RECEIVING AUTHORITIES: 1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials ½d to 6d overprinted 'Specimen' (the 2d from the Melbourne Printings), '1½d.' on 5d, Sideface 9d & Tablet 1/- all affixed to archival page, the 1d 1½d 2d 2½d 9d & 1/- each additionally with rubber 'ULTRAMAR' Handstamp in blue. Ex Goa Postal Archive. (11)
UPU RECEIVING AUTHORITIES: 1902-04 V/Crown 2d with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint & additionally with rubber 'ULTRAMAR' Handstamp in blue, no gum. Ex Portuguese Colonies Archive: sold at the Prestige auction of 11.5.2012 for $559. [Bill McCredie's 1899 1d sold for $559]