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I just won this Tasmania classic the other day on ebay   It will fit great on my All World's nations page 
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Salubrious BeeSee, the first digit is very confusing, the part scroll does not fit with any numeral I know :)  I would have said "79" but the little scroll does not fit with a seven  So I guess one has to flip it and suggest it is 6? (62?) You are getting a very nice collection of Oz, well done. |
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Thanks Rod! It is a Scott #11 (SG?). I don't mind the little slice at the top left, since I paid only $7.
I never thought about the cancel. My first though is 79, but could be 62. When I get it I will do a proper scan. |
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How many sesqinsquillions of possible answers do you want?  this stamp comes in many disguises As always based on the cheapest possible type SG25 imperf deep red-brown GBP21 or SG27 imperf brick red GBP15 Need watermark.. double line numeral 1,2 or 4.? Unless someone else has a better idea. |
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Assuming it's watermarked double-line '1', Gibbons offers a selection of shades. For my money, it looks like the dull vermilion, SG 28 (£27 used this year). There is a watermark error on the carmine shade '2' instead of '1', unpriced in Gibbons. Worth a good, close look when you have it in your tweezers! |
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I have one of those too. Are they always quite blurry? Is it to do with the paper or printing method? The one I found is an absolute howler. I don't know why I kept it. That isn't a bad scan BTW  It really is that bad. Your example is much better BeeCee.  |
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Anthony: Maybe it is a worn plate or something. Nice pen cancel date April 30, 1866. If you don't want it, I would take it  |
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Ok she has arrived, and asides from the slight margin cut, condition is great - no thins or globs of hinges. [y] Appears to me to be Scott 11b, brown red. Watermark is numeral 1.  She proudly sits here:  |
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Looks great, BeeSee.
I'm curious about the "matte" behind the stamp....
Is it just a square of grayish paper?
Is the stamp hinged to the matte and the matte hinged to the page?
Either way, beautiful presentation. Kirk |
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Thanks Kirk.  It is gray cardstock, the stamps are hinged to it with Dennison hinges. Then the gray stock is hinged with cheapo hinges to the page. This way if I want to redesign the pages or move the stamps around, I do not have to worry about un-hinging the stamps, I just remove the gray "assembly".  |
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Beesee Did you make that page with all the info on it yourself? It looks awesome. I want my stamps to tell history as well as just being part of the collection.! |
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