Summary
Stamps attached to page. From the Johnston Stamp Collection.
Pair of orange-vermilion 1 Penny stamps and two single blue 2 Pence stamps attached to a cut down envelope. Issued in 1856 as part of the "Diadem" series, these stamps depict a side profile portrait of Queen Victoria. H.W. Johnston notes that these stamps were printed in the Colony from plates engraved by Perkins Bacon & Co., England.
Exact Stanley Gibbons number for blue 2 Pence stamps could not be determined.
This collection was once one of the premier studies of colonial Australasian stamps. Originally bequeathed to the National Gallery of Victoria, the collection was left with the State Library when the Gallery moved to St Kilda Road, in 1978. It was later transferred to the Museum of Victoria.
Physical Description
Pair of orange 1 Penny stamps and two single blue 2 Pence stamps attached to a cut down envelope. Pictured on the stamps is a side profile portrait of Queen Victoria wearing a diadem. Decorative line border around portrait with stars in each corner. Spots of discolouration across envelope. Stamp paper yellowed.
Significance
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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), Henry 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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Collector
Henry W. Johnston, Prahran, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Inscriptions
Printed on stamps: SOUTH / POSTAGE / NEW WALES / ONE PENNY; SOUTH / POSTAGE / NEW WALES / TWO PENCE Orange pair postmarked with black ink that reads: 82 Letter addressed in black handwritten text to: George Hope Esq / Da?iwill / Geelong / Victoria Handwritten black ink reads: 19 July 1855 Handwritten graphite text reads: July 19 1855; 102 / 157 / 156; Ell3 / 6/8/29
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Denomination
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Colour
orange-vermilion, blue
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Item Form
Pair, Single, Used, Hinged
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Gibbons Number
107, 112
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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2D Dimensions - Object
142 mm (Width), 76 mm (Height)
Approximate dimensions of envelope
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