Australian States Cut Squares

I recently gave a home to a large collection of cut squares from the Australian States. Among the items were many Frank Stamps, presumably for governmental officials. Here are a couple of examples from Victoria that caught my eye...










Any story to these?

Thanks.

I found the following information while researching the Frank Stamps...interesting...

http://www.stampsofvictoria.com/frankstamps.php

Dear Collin,
I looked in all the magazines I have read in the past two weeks,
nothing.
I know I have is somewhere but don't hold your breath.

I was fairly sure it was my Cinderella Club magazine
but my database does not come up with anything.

I located my Literature, alas,
only Western Australian Issues Collin
(Western Australia being the Premier State of course)

Cannot assist with Victoria.

so my question is.. does Frank know about this?

Thanks for that...the new acquisition has a few W.A., but no Franks, just postal stationery.

Here are a few of the Western Australia cut squares

your first example=
Western Australia Postal Stationery
Post Card
2d surcharged 1.1/2d carmine on cream card
Period of use 14/11/1912--December 1912
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your second example=
Postal stationery
Western Australia Post Card
1/2d red brown on pink card
period of use 29th January 1890---9th sept 1892

Your cut piece (which includes a human finger print)
I believe is the left right hand portion of a Type 1 Duplex cancellation
P.O in serifed letters in circle
12 bars (3+6+3)

Source: western australia
the stamps and postal history
the wa study group
1979 isbn 9596476-0-0


Sundry information:
postcards printed by de la rue London.
1/2d represented postcards for delivery within the limits
of the city, or any townsite.

postcards beyond these limits, and within the colony =1d

example:



hope that helps.

This bit of news should encourage owners of postal stationery
to leave well alone!
If your owner had not cut that postcard
you would have a major "find" worth thousands.

You will have to do your own checking, I know squat,
but it looks to me like your half penny red brown on pink
there are only 2 known copies that exist, with the hyphen between
"half" and "penny"
This is thought to be a plate variety

2d represented postcards sent from Australia to England
via "The Long sea route"

By the "long sea route" meant the continuation of the steamer's passage from Brindisi or Naples to England via Gibraltar.

the difference in time is 6 days in favor of the route via brindisi
or naples (via rail)

This would appear to be an example going by way of Brindisi or Naples. A 3d Queensland square...

This appears to be a two-design square...? Uprated?




Seems like it would have been easier to just overprint it...or is there another explanation?

Great embossing work on the Tasmanian postal stationery. Here are a couple without cancels to show off the craftsmanship...

Okay, just one more of the Tasmanias...