My Australian Oddities

Thank you.
Have to chase that up, Author previously unknown to me.

Seems reasonable at $100 AUD for the brace.(or so it seems)
Just a tad heavy for me at the moment...tempted

Finally found my way back to this thread. This is probably a "tin shed", but posted for comments (if any). Note the flaw below the first A of Australia. Also, the P of Postage is quite blurred, but it is located close to the cancellation, so could be some sort of processing smudge.

Scott 98, ASCS 34, 1 shilling, small multiple watermark.

Here's another one. I always have difficulties with this stamp, due to subtle shade differences. I'm going to call this Scott 24, ACSC 85. What I find to be an oddity is the small ink-blob on the P of HALFPENCE. It makes it appear to be HALFrENCE, which I can't locate in ACSC. Probably just a one-off inking error, but thought I would post for amusement.

You need two examples to confirm as other than a one-off.

Yes, I'll keep looking but I don't have too much faith in finding its twin. Thanks for commenting.

Finally got out to a Stamp Bourse (been working a lot lately ... even though retired). This item is just different. I looked in up in my ACSC (ACSC 1922), and it appears to be from the 1996 Centenary of the Australian Football League. This is the Brisbane Booklet of 10, but it is attached to an envelope stamped at the Queensland Stamp and Coin Expo held in Brisbane from 8-10 October, 1996. So, it is not a first day cover of the stamp issue, but is a first day cover of the Expo. Quite interesting that the entire booklet is glued to the envelope, but it does open showing that each stamp is cancelled correctly.

Folded

Unfolded


Any idea of correct ACSC callout and current value? Thanks in advance.

Nice thread. Always interesting. Thanks

Bottom stamp in the pair 1st image is mint.

You are correct. They just missed that one. I'll leave it alone, however.

Have never seen a miss cancelation on a purpose cover before. Interesting

I just picked up a larger selection of KGV's today, and this one was interesting. Scott 21d, ACSC 72, rough paper ... and I mean rough. This stamp is mint-hinged, so not influenced by damage in the mail. I love the compartment lines, and this one may qualify as all 4 lines, if we count the slight bends at the bottom.

This seems to be the one with the highest catalog value from my latest find. It is Scott 21, ACSC 71, the single watermark on smooth paper. However this is also a Die II (with the spur) and with inverted watermark, which would make this a 71a(1)i valued in ACSC as AUS$375 used.

When I ran this through postmark reveal, I was able to tease out "IEZL" which I am guessing is Friezland, Queensland. This location had a Receiving Office from 1899 to 1900 and a Post Office only from 1900 until renamed Kuridala in 1916. This postmark is rated as 2R in the Queensland Steel Datestamps catalog.

Do the Aussie experts concur with my assumptions?

Here's one that I cannot locate. It is Scott 28, ACSC 96, with the single watermark. This one has a "short T in TWO" as shown below. Probably fortunate overinking, and the watermark is nowhere near the area in question. Any comments?

And another new one. The watermark may be interfering, but an interesting piece nonetheless. This is Scott 60 (ACSC65) with what appears to be an A for the first N in Halfpenny. Note also the height of the first leg of this N is abnormally tall. I can't find it in the ACSC, nor listed in some stamp Wikis. Any help would be appreciated.