Tasmania Railway Parcel Stamps
ISSN 1836-0084
This is a 'work in progress' from a series of on line catalogues to help the collector and dealer alike.
last update 1 11 08
This FREE online catalogue is courtesy of Dave Elsmore
This is a Catalogue only.
Nothing is for sale from these pages. It is purely to help guide you to better collecting.
Priced from Collectors, Dealers & Auctions.
I would welcome any comments to improve the pages.
Constantly updated as information and prices are sourced. Prices are in Australian $
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1901 Newspaper Stamps
1901 No Watermark line Perf 12 1d Perf 11 or 11½ x 10, x 10 Mint x 2
½d-$20.00 1d-$3.00 2d-$5.00 3d-$20.00 4d-$25.00 5d-$55.00 6d-$80.00
1d or 3d imperf at top x 5
1d imperf pair vertically & at left-$200.00.
1d imperf at left-$20.00
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1916 Newspaper Stamps
1916 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ Mint x 2
1d[roulette 6¾]-$100.00
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1917 Newspaper Stamps
Surcharged in Blue & Violet
1917 No Watermark line Perf 12 Surcharged [½d, 4d, 5d, 3-on6d in violet 1don6d in blue] Mint x 2
ONE PENNYon½d-$80.00
ONE PENNYon4d-$80.00
ONE PENNYon5d-$80.00
ONE PENNYon6d-$140.00
3- on 6d-$200.00
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1920 Newspaper Stamps
1920 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ Genuine used copies x 3 Mint x 2
1d-$40.00 3d-$60.00
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1902 T.G. Rys.
1902 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ Genuine used copies x 3 Mint x 2
1d-$3.00 3d-$5.00
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1902 T. G. RAILWAYS
[Garrett is the steam loco depicted at the top of the stamp]
Parcels Ticket
1d two fonts found OHMS Police Dept. OHMS Police Dept.
1902 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ On tatts cover x 50%
1d-$2000.00 3d-$150.00 6d-$350.00
3d[OHMS]-$500.00
6d[OHMS]-$500.00
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Parcel Ticket
1904 No Watermark Roulette 6¾
6d[with control number]-$500.00
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1917 Garrett
[Garrett is the steam loco depicted at the top of the stamp]
1917 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ All values black Mint x 2
3d-$50.00 4d-$50.00 6d-$50.00 9d-$50.00 1/--$30.00 1/3d-$250.00 1/6d-$180.00 1/9d-$80.00 2/--$200.00
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1918 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ All values deep blue Mint x 2
3d-$40.00 4d-$40.00 6d-$40.00 9d-$40.00 1/--$20.00 1/3d-$40.00 1/6d-$45.00 1/9d-$35.00 2/--$100.00
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1919 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ All values have a separate colour with several shade variants Mint x 2
1d[1944]-$25.00 3d-$5.00 4d-$15.00 6d-$20.00 8d-$35.00 9d-$20.00 1/--$10.00 1/3d-$35.00 1/6d-$55.00 1/9d-$80.00 2/--$50.00
Care should be taken not to mix up the 3d blue with the 1918 issue above
Smaller stations can triple prices
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1951 Diesel
[Diesel is the loco depicted in this design]
1951 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ Mint x 2
3d-$30.00 6d-$40.00 9d-$100.00 1/--$35.00 1/3d-$40.00 1/6d-$40.00 1/9d-$250.00 2/--$80.00 4/--$200.00
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1952 Provisional Overprint in violet [a crude 13½mm high wood block] No Watermark Roulette 6¾ Mint x 2
9d-$150.00 1/3d-$180.00
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1953 Overprint on Garrett
[Garrett is the steam loco depicted at the top of the stamp]
1953 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ All values overprinted in Red 4d no stop after '1935' x 3
1d-$80.00 4d-$80.00 8d-$80.00 Mint remainders take off 50%.
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1953 Overprint on Diesel
[Diesel is the loco depicted in this design]
1953 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ On Garrett issue Overprinted in red Black overprint also on 9d & 1/3d x 4 Mint x 2
1d-$20.00 3d-$50.00 6d-$50.00 9d-$50.00 1/--$50.00 1/3d-$60.00 1/6d-$80.00 1/9d-$100.00 2/--$150.00 4/--$200.00
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1955 Void Panel
[Void panel at base of this design]
1955 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ Dark under UV light Mint x 2
1d-$20.00 3d-$20.00 4d-$25.00 6d-$30.00 8d-$30.00 9d-$30.00 1/--$25.00 1/3d-$40.00 1/6d-$35.00 1/9d-$50.00 2/--$80.00
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1960 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ White under UV light Mint x 2
1d-$8.00 3d-$3.00 4d-$3.00 6d-$3.00 8d-$5.00 9d-$5.00 1/--$3.00 1/3d-$8.00 1/6d-$8.00 1/9d-$9.00 2/--$8.00 4/--$10.00 10/--$20.00 £1-$25.00 Mint remainders deduct 50%.
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Surcharged on 1/-
1965 No Watermark Roulette 6¾ White under UV light Mint x 2
3/- on 1/--$10.00 5/- on 1/--$15.00 6/- on 1/--$10.00 8/- on 1/--$10.00
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1966 Decimal
Legend: TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT Act.1925
1966 No Watermark white paper Roulette 6¾ Sheets of mint remainders are in the market place, prices are for mint copies. USED copies with railway cancels x 10
1c-50c 2c-50c 5c-50c 10c-50c 15c-50c 20c-50c 25c-50c 30c-50c 35c-50c 40c-50c 45c-50c 50c-50c 60c-50c 80c-50c $1-$2 $2-$4.00
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Legend: TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT Act.1935
1967 No Watermark white paper Roulette 6¾ Sheets of mint remainders are in the market place, prices are for mint copies. USED copies with railway cancels x 10
1c-$1 2c-50c 5c-50c 30c-50c
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Legend: Transport Department Act.1935
1968 No Watermark white paper Roulette 6¾ Sheets of mint remainders are in the market place, prices are for mint copies. USED copies with railway cancels x 10
1c-50c 2c-50c 5c-50c 10c-50c 15c-50c 20c-50c 25c-50c 30c-50c 35c-50c 40c-50c 45c-50c 50c-50c 60c-50c 80c-50c
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Legend: Transport Commission Act.1935
1976 No Watermark white paper Roulette 6¾ Sheets of mint remainders are in the market place, prices are for mint copies. USED copies with railway cancels x 10
15c-50c 20c-50c 25c-50c 40c-50c 50c-50c $1-50c
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Reference works for further study
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