Need Verification On A NSW 1 Penny Red

Greetings all. I have been going through a large stock book of foreign material and came across this one penny variety from NSW. They all appear to be the same with perf. 11x12, red and watermarked with the large crown and NSW. Am I correct that these would be from the 1882-91 series (Scott #61)? The cancels look very similar to revenue cancels i've seen (initials and date) and there are several cancels with the word "banking" in them. Where these used as revenue stamps? Finally, I am attaching a better resolution version of one that appears to have a perforation error on it and wanted to get your all's opinion. There does appear to be creasing in the area of the rogue perforations indicating the sheet may have got jammed up in the perf machine. It might also be a perfin but its seems early but I know nothing of NSW perfins. Thanks in advance.

Harper1249

Hi Harper1249,

Yes these would be Scott #61. They were available for revenue usage under the Stamp Duties Act of 1880.

I don't think the highlighted stamp is a perfin, but that isn't to say that it could be. Perfins on DLR stamps are quite scarce.

It looks like it's been caught up in a perforating machine in some way.

Thank you for the confirmation Bobby De La Rue. I also wanted to ask about the variations in the stamp impressions especially the outer frame lines. Was this the result of how reliefs were transferred to the plate or is it just poor printing? Possibly a worn plate?

Thanks again for answering my questions.
Harper1249

A new 1d plate was created in 1884 (ie: 2 years after this paper came into use).

This plate shows signs of wear on the later dated examples I have. The stamp was superseded in 1888 so it had quite a short life, but was resurrected in 1891 to print the halfpenny provisional, when it was noticed that it was in pretty poor shape.

Happy to help

Of course it is a perfin with an incomplete punch.
I couldn't identify it in the catalog, but for me there is an N, an E and maybe a part of a W to see.

What catalogue are you referring to tommtomm?

Also, could you point out the lettering you're seeing by way of drawing lines on the image?

To me the perfin holes have paper crease lines that match, the out of liniment
perfin holes.

If it is possible to pencil in the presumed perfins so we can discuss them, great. If not, can we at least describe the observed orientation of the presumed letters?

Harper1249,
Dave Elsmore or David Coath may be able to help you identify the perfin.
Their emails are available at the bottom of the 'Perfin Stamps of Australia' page here:
https://www.perfins.com.au/

Hopefully this will help.



With the obvious creasing, in my opinion it's a misfired perforation, whether it's a perfin or not.

Klingon?

Bank cheque punctures?
Till receipt punctures?

Doesn't feel like a traditional perfin to me...of course, I can't i.d. it, so I can't be sure, but "puncture cancel" feels closer to correct.

What adds to its mystique,
is the lack of similar punctured stamps.

I'm sticking with my EFO summation, although Cjd did make me laugh at the Klingon remark!