Do You Know This Stamp?

It is an Australian State or Colonies stamp.

They go back to before Australia was a federation which happened in 1901.

But it was not until 1913 before Australia as a federated Country produced it 1st stamp being the map of Australia and the kangaroo.

There is more on this 1st page Australia "KGV stamps explained."

May I suggest that your NSW stamp is a forgery? Firstly the colour is wrong. These stamps issued between 1851 and 1854 varied in colour from carmine/red/orange/orange brown.
The 2d version of this stamp was printed in blue or ultra, much like yours.
Also note the S in POSTAGE, how wonky it is! the drawing overall seems quite crude. Now I admit the image in my 2003 Scotts catalogue isn't the greatest, but it really looks wrong to me.

Oh, and don't get the impression I'm trying to be negative. I actually really like forgeries.

Here's an image on a one penny stamp from the Stampedia web site. Compare for you selves.

Some images of, and guidance on, early NSW here

http://stampforgeries.com/new-south...en-victoria/

It seems to be made from bluish medium wove paper. Your imperforate stamp was issued in 1851, it is rare and the catalogue value for that particular stamp would exceed AU$2,000; unfortunately it is badly torn and has no philatelic value, except for a cheap filler.

This is definitely a forgery.

Check the de Torres illustration on the stamp forgeries website, link supplied by GeoffHa, two posts up.

disagree.
Opinion:
I think it is a cut out from a page of an early stamp album, where images were printed to place stamps.

Not a "forgery" an Illustration cut from an Album page by Placido Ramon de Torres.

The page I feel it came from

Thanks Rod222, without seeing the subject article first-hand I should have posted 'definitely not a genuine NSW laureate'.

There are some features that are different to the de Torres illustration I made reference to on the stampforgeries website.

Are you able to upload a close-up scan of the relevant part of your album page so we can see how closely it resembles the OP stamp?

I didn't expect that response.. usually a lot of us have fixed views,
nice to see a shift with reference to evidence.

I see it as an illustration, but perhaps used as a forgery, if someone was to market it.




Unfortunately no, so there is still some proof required.
I felt fortunate to find the album
Right at the end under "Oceania" I recall.

http://torres.ephilately.de/