Summary
Single 1d. red Victoria stamp. Jan 1850. H.W. Johnston has noted that the imperforate stamps were lithographed by Mr Thomas Ham of Melbourne, who engraved the steel die.
Half-length Portrait Series. The first issue of postage stamps in the District or Province of Port Phillip, afterwards the Colony of Victoria
This stamp was in position 7 of the impressions on the printing plate. Stamp is printed in 2nd Setting in four panes of 30 transfers each 6 x 5. With frame lines, stamps 1/2 mm. apart.
Physical Description
Red coloured stamp with half-length portrait of Queen Victoria.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), H W Johnston, 1983
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Acknowledgement
From a Bequest to the National Gallery of Victoria by H.W. Johnston.
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Date Issued
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Issued By
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Person Depicted
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Collector
H W Johnston, Prahran, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Lithographer
Thomas Ham, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1850
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Inscriptions
Postmarked [NE]WSPAPER / MY 24
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Denomination
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Colour
red (shades)
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Issue
Half-length Portrait Series
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Item Form
Single
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Gibbons Number
28
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
18 mm (Width), 25 mm (Height)
