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NAVAL and PASSENGER/MERCHANT SHIPS AT HOBART - 1930s ? This real photo card is by an unidentified photographer. There is a large warship moored in the river (Hobart Regatta flagship?) and three more smaller naval vessels docked together at King's Pier. In addition, there are four passenger/merchant...

Another old codger to add to the "who was this" list!

Regarding Card One - it may be a taken at the offices of Launceston City Corporation or a bank. I sold some photos by Spurling (I think) of city employees from roughly the same era yonks ago (both the photos and the auction I sold them in) ..... I'll see if I can hunt them down. Regarding Card Two ....

Another Spurling view of a tram in Charles Street near the intersection with Brisbane .... a great action shot (like Mike's Rose card above) with cyclists, horse and cart, an old jalopy, etc. I assume this card would be from the 1920s http://tsauctions.com/bb/tram%20in%20charles.jpg A printed colour...

I have just discovered this much travelled cover in a box of "ho hum" KGV material. http://tsauctions.com/bb/called%20hobart.jpg Two questions I'd like some assistance with 1) have I assumed correctly that the indecipherable letters are indeed "L.C" thus making up "L.C.R." standing for "Letter Carri...

On August 31st, the "Great White Fleet" was at Melbourne (the third day of their visit) and departed on September 5th. For and excellent article by Richard Breckon about the visit of the fleet and the production of postal and post cards, etc use this link. http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/united-st...

I found this advertisement for Webster, Rometch & Duncan in an edition of David Burn's " An Excursion to Port Arthur in 1842 " originally published (and illustrated) by J.W. Beattie in 1901 .... this would come from a later printing. I will try to find out some further information soon. ...............

Nice card Dave .... is there anything on the back to indicate the photographer, approx. date (in message, on postmark, etc)? - Ross

This one from 1927 courtesy of TPS member M.F.... freshly scanned this afternoon!

I recently purchased this postcard with the view entitled "Circular Head Tasm." published by
O.S. & P.C. Co. (Oceanic Stamp & Post Card Company - Sydney).

Does anyone know the artist or if there are any other Tasmanian views in this series?

Another selection - thanks to M.F. for these.

D S & Co PRIVATE PERFIN on TASMANIAN STAMPS - A LISTING

On QV Sideface

1d red - perfin upright (3 examples), perfin inverted and reversed (1 example)

2d green - perfin inverted and reversed (1 example)

Total recorded = 5 examples

An article about this private perfin appears in "The Courier" No.46. (pages 12/13) as does a b&w image of this example (and four others), now in the collection of a TPS member. This forum provides an opportunity to compile a census of this particular private perfin. I am particularly interested in d...

Another example ... mint as per usual. Thanks to M.F. for this doubled perfin!

I have just read the relevant entry re the Platypus s/duties in Easton (pages 316/317) and there is nothing provided to give any further illumination. The only mention of the ink used is quoted from De La Rue correspondence: "...although the stamps were required for Revenue purposes, they had been p...

thanks Andrew - would the overprint on the $ values be 3mm high?

can you please provide the "watermark status" of the Platypus values?

cheers ... Ross

Dave, in lieu of an answer from the webmaster and as an "interim measure", I think that if you "subscribe" to a category you will get notified whenever there is a post. ... I know this could become irritating (i.e. you will get notifications of posts re topics in say "Revenues" in which you have no ...

thanks Dave

My second selection of AMPS security overprints - this time on pre-decimal pictorial stamp duties

Please see previous posting for complete listing of AMPS security overprints.

Security overprints (usually applied by handstamp) have been recorded produced by a number of Tasmanian businesses or national firms with offices in Tasmania: Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMPS), Fitzgeralds (Department Stores) Neptune Oil Company Shell Oil , T&G (Insurance), and W.D. & H.O. ...

This cover has recently surfaced in an auction consignment, the bulk of the material having been purchased (20+ years ago) from a Tasmanian dealer on the N.W. Coast who closed his shop in the 1980s. http://tsauctions.com/bb/osterley%20south%20fake%20mss.jpg It's a dud I'm afraid, recorded here in ca...

It took me quite some time to find the image below of a complete sheet of the KEVII 1d postal card "posthumous proof" in black ... I stopped looking for it and there it was!! http://tsauctions.com/bb/edvii%201d%20black%20card.jpg I sold this item in a postal auction over a year ago ... here is the l...

Here is a link providing information about the sanatorium at New Town.

http://www.orphanschool.org.au/chalets.htm

The State Library of Tasmania has several digitized texts available online that should be of use to anyone seeking information on the geography and/or history of Tasmania. If you know of any online resources of a similar nature, (using the URL button)please post the links in this topic. [ PLEASE NOT...

BEACHSIDE / 23MY60 / TAS-AUST - new late date for Type 5.