NEW SOUTH WALES 1851 Issue

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1851 Queen Victoria, laureated

Genuine Reproduced with permission from: http://www.sandafayre.com

  1 p red
  2 p blue (2 types)
  3 p green
  6 p brown
  8 p yellow

For the specialist, there are many different types of these stamps. The values 1 p, 2 p and 3 p also exist with watermark ('1' for the 1 p, '2' for the 2 p and '3' for the 3 p):

Genuine Image obtained from http://www.sandafayre.com
(Two types of the 2 p, crosses or stars in the corners)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
No watermark
1 p	RRR	RR
2 p	RRR	R	Crosses in four corners
2 p	RRR	RR	Stars in four corners
3 p	RRR	RRR
6 p	RRR	RRR
8 p	RRR	RRR
With watermark 'number'
1 p	RRR	RR
2 p	RRR	R
3 p	RRR	RR	With wrong watermark '2' instead of '3': RRR

Cancels:

(a Barred Numeral '87' cancel used in Queensland in the Moreton Bay district)

Reprints:

Sheet with reprints.

The 2 p, 6 p and 8 p were unofficially reprinted in 1885 with stolen plates (so-called 'Van Dyck' or 'Van Dyke' reprints) made by Alfred Van Dyke (not sure if his name is spelled correctly) on unwatermarked paper. Other sources say the plates were found on a scrapyard and later clandestinely used.

Van Dyck reprint of the 8 p stamp in blue! One stamp in each sheet did not have any leaves to the right of 'SOUTH' (third row, first stamp in the sheet).

This stamp could also be such a reprint:

Is this an official reprint?:

Forgeries:

I'm not 100 % sure that all the stamps shown above are genuine! Jeffreys and Panelli are known to have made forgeries of these stamps. The forger Jonoski Takuma made a forgery of the 3 p with '2' Error of watermark (see 'Philatelic Forgers, their lives and works' by Varro E. Tyler for more information).

Examples of forgeries:

Forgeries!

(Forgery in the wrong colour 8 p blue!)

(Probably Jeffreys forgeries, the pair shows clear '1' watermark on the back)

Jeffreys forgery

Jeffreys 'proof'?

I've been told that the next stamps are also forgeries, I have no further information:

The following forgeries of the 1 p have a white line all the way above the word 'POSTAGE'. The genuine stamps don't have a line that goes all the way through. The 2 p below seems to have been made by the same forger, a genuine 2 p also should have some wavy lines at the inner side of the words 'NEW' and 'WALES'. I've seen the 1 p and 2 p with the 'NSW' in ellipses cancel as well. Also note the very strange white shape of the hair at the backside of the head of the Queen in the shape of a '3' (these are possibly the forgeries mentioned in Album Weeds):

I've seen this forgery type with a 'CORR..' (CORREOS?) cancel.

Other forgery:

(I"ve been told that this forgery even has a watermark, made by Panelli or Oneglia?)

Forgeries of the 1 p stamp on thin and thick paper. They resemble the above 3 p forgery. Made by Panelli or Oneglia? A similar forgery (same facial expression) of the 2 p value can be found in Philatelic Forgers, Their Lives and Works by V.E.Tyler in which it is attributed to Angelo Panelli.