South Australia Official "Provisionals"? - Reclaimed!

Of course, I posted this on the Aussie board, but everyone there appears to be asleep right now, so I'm posting it here, as well.

I was going through a mixed lot purchased a while ago and came across some officials from South Australia including these four that I would call official "provisionals."

Scott makes no mention of any such "overprinting."

Looking at the stamp on the left with 8X magnification, the cancellation does appear to be on top of the O.S. lettering. But are these legitimate in the sense that such are known to exist? And if they are, what might they be worth?

I don't see anything mentioned in the Officials section of the South Australia listings in the Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth catalogue, either.

The overprints look to have been made by marker pen, and all in the same hand, to me, and they seem to stretch over an improbably long period of time. Guilty until proven innocent, I'd say.

Thanks for your replies.




That's a very good point.

All I can think is too bad someone ruined these stamps!

no no, the owner was labeling them , OVER STOCK... those were his extras...

too bad they were nice stamps.

Good one!

He couldn't have been too bright to ruin them in that way.

Looks like you may be right again, Tony. That seemed to be the final word on the other board. As I said there, that makes them too disgusting to keep, so maybe I'll donate them to The Museum of Idiot Delights where they can sit in disgrace beside "Global Warming."

I don't suppose that would soak off in any types of solution? you should try a test...

wonder what nail polish remover would do to it? acetone

Shhhh! Don't tell anyone, but I soaked them in water (with a touch of chlorine bleach added) a couple of hours ago. I took one and placed it in water. It looked as if the ink wasn't color fast so I added the bleach and the remaining stamps. They are drying, sans faked markings, in one of my Desert Magic drying books.

By the way, at least two different marking pens were used. One ink was bluer and dissipated faster than the rest.

Good job Larry

Dianne

Edwin,

Here is someone's avatar from the Aussie board:



It looks as if Australia Post also had some Over Stock, and filled some of its ten shilling roos, such as this one, with holes so they couldn't be used.

in about a month you'll hear how there are only 10 stamps in the world marked this way and that they are worth millions...
at least you'll have the picture. cant wait to see how they turn out.

Felt I had nothing to lose. So here they are, today.

I'd say that was worth your time. Thanks for the followup.

They are beautiful stamp examples,
Bravo to you for saving them.


PS : Take the 3d South Australian Blue OPT
and whack it next to a 1c Nova Scotia issue.
You will see they are Siblings.

The 1d Tasmania Typographed was supposed to be based
on the Nova Scotia design, but diverges too much for moi.