The trimmed (previously perforated) Five Pence diadem stamp has a couple of strikes of the Sydney 20 circular datestamp (i.e. not a 'numeral cancellation') and it appears someone may have tried to pass it off as the far more expensive imperforate 5d by trying to match it to a circle on the 'piece'.
Why would someone do that before posting and getting a postmark???
The perforated stamp has been attached to an envelope and postmarked with a couple of strikes of the Sydney 20 canceller. It was later soaked off by a collector. Some time later, someone trimmed the perforations from the stamp and stuck it onto the current piece.
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The ink that makes the apparent italic '4' is part of the secondary ink impression of that inner part of the four-ring cancel. The secondary ink impressions are more pronounced on the larger outer rings to the right on your image.
The secondary impression might be due to a little 'chatter' or slip as the stamp was cancelled or even an under-inked initial strike that was subsequently re-done.
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The 1d Laureate is cancelled by a Sydney dumb obiterator.
The '47' is one half of a Sydney duplex, with NSW in the centre of four concentric ovals. There's some obvious chatter in the postmark visible at the top right of the image. Any semblance of a numeral is pure coincidence.
I know this is not a numeral cancel (nothing of this type shown in Freeman). Can anyone point me to how this cancel would be utilised in postage due usage?
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Posted 02/19/2023 05:32 am
