2d Views Lettercards - One Penny Surcharges
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:03 pm
These cards are carefully listed in H&G and in Mr Ingles' chapter in Tinsley. However, the listings are not easy for impatient collectors to follow. So I decided to create my own numbered listing of every possible 2d view lettercard, with a clear description of each.
I believe there are 36 face-different cards, ignoring colour variations of the 1908 series, up to but not including the ONE PENNY surcharges issued in 1911. However, as far as the surcharges are concerned, my reading of both H&G and Ingles is that there are actually (2*(6+6+6)) =36 possible face-different variations:
Two different surcharges - at 20 deg and 40 deg angles
On each of
6 x 1903 issues, Melbourne printing (H&G A4),
6 x 1905 issues, Hobart printing (H&G A4A), and
6 x 1908 issues (H&G A5)
Mr Ingles states that "...all stocks would ... have been converted" in 1911, but stocks of some of these lettercards would have been minimal by that time. So most of the possibles would be extremely rare, and that's consistent with their infrequent appearance in sales.
I'd like to finalize my listing, and it may be of interest to other collectors via the Courier. Any comments on these surcharges or my deductions would be appreciated. Also, I'd be grateful for images showing the two different angles of surcharge, for inclusion in my listing..
I believe there are 36 face-different cards, ignoring colour variations of the 1908 series, up to but not including the ONE PENNY surcharges issued in 1911. However, as far as the surcharges are concerned, my reading of both H&G and Ingles is that there are actually (2*(6+6+6)) =36 possible face-different variations:
Two different surcharges - at 20 deg and 40 deg angles
On each of
6 x 1903 issues, Melbourne printing (H&G A4),
6 x 1905 issues, Hobart printing (H&G A4A), and
6 x 1908 issues (H&G A5)
Mr Ingles states that "...all stocks would ... have been converted" in 1911, but stocks of some of these lettercards would have been minimal by that time. So most of the possibles would be extremely rare, and that's consistent with their infrequent appearance in sales.
I'd like to finalize my listing, and it may be of interest to other collectors via the Courier. Any comments on these surcharges or my deductions would be appreciated. Also, I'd be grateful for images showing the two different angles of surcharge, for inclusion in my listing..