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STAMPS on COINS STAMPS on COINS ASCENSION ISLANDS — 175th Anniversary of the Tuppenny Blue Coin KM 34: 2015 Crown Composition: Copper-Nickel; Weight: 28.28g; Diameter: 38.6 mm KM 34a: 2015 Crown Composition: 0.941 Silver; Weight: 23.84g; Diameter: 38.6 mm Related Stamp (1840-05-06) Great Britain Scott 2 2p Queen Victoria Basic Information: Engraved; Watermarked; White Paper; Imperforate Ascension Islands 2015 Crown Description: The Two Penny Blue was the world’s second official postage stamp produced in the United Kingdom and issued after the Penny Black. Officially, the stamps were valid for postage from May 6, 1840 but were only available from May 8. Approximately 6,460,000 were issued. Except for its denomination and colour, the design is exactly the same as the Penny Black and was struck from the same die. The stamps are now significantly rarer and more expensive than the Penny Black. They were intended for double-rate letters weighing up to one ounce. The stamp is displayed at left as a Stamp on Stamp from an Isle of Man set (Scott 1704-1709) commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the Penny Black. (See also Isle of Man 1705 (Stamp on Stamp) Gibraltar, Isle of Man and Ascension Islands below.) ASCENSION ISLANDS — 175th Anniversary of the Penny Red Coin KM 35: 2016 Crown Composition: Copper-Nickel; Weight: 28.28 g; Diameter: 38.6 mm KM 35a: 2016 Crown Composition: 0.941 Silver; Weight: 23.84 g; Diameter: 38.6 mm Related Stamp (1841) Great Britain Scott 3 1p Queen Victoria Basic Information: Engraved; Watermarked; Bluish Paper (with some printed on Ascension Islands 2016 Crown silk thread paper, but not regularly issued); Imperforate Description: The Penny Red succeeded the Penny Black and continued as the main type of postage stamp in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1879 with only minor design changes during that time. The colour was changed from black to red because of difficulty in seeing a dark cancellation mark on the Penny Black. Initially, some of the same plates that were used to print the Penny Black were used to print the Penny Red. About 21 billion Penny Reds were printed by Messrs, Perkins, Bacon & Co. At first, the stamp had no perforations, and had to be cut from sheets using scissors in the same manner as for the Penny Isle of Man 1706 (Stamp on Stamp) Black. Perforations — experimental gauge 16 — came into use in 1850 and was officially adopted in 1854. In January 1855, the perforation size was changed from 16 to 14. The reduced size allowed the sheets to remain intact until pressure was applied to force the separation. The stamps were printed in sheets of 240 (20 rows of 12 stamps), so that one row cost a shilling, and a complete sheet cost one pound. This 240 stamps per sheet configuration continued with all British postage stamps until 1971 when decimal currency was introduced and the sheet size changed to 200 (20 rows of 10 stamps) making the lowest value denomination (half penny) one pound per sheet. On April 1, 1864, the Penny Red was issued with the plate number engraved in the left and right side lace work of the design. At this time, the stars in the top corners were replaced with the same check letters as used in the lower corners, but in reverse order. Because of wear, over 400 different plates were used to print the Penny Red. Two different basic watermarks were used for the paper: small crown (on the early issues); and, large crown (introduced on May 15, 1855). The era of the Penny Red came to its close at the end of 1879, along with Perkins Bacon’s contract. It was superseded by the Penny Venetian Red printed by De La Rue, which was in use for a little over a year before being succeeded in turn by the long-lived Penny Lilac. AUSTRALIA — Australia Post Bicentennial Coin KM 1089: 2009 Dollar Composition: Aluminum-Bronze; Weight: 13.8 g; Diameter: 30.2 mm Related Stamp (2009-03-25) Australia Scott 3050 55c First Postmaster Basic Information: Self-Adhesive Booklet Stamp; Serpentine Die Cut 11½ Syncopated Australia KM 1089 Description: The stamp is part of set of nine sold in booklet panes of ten, sheets of ten and vertical coil strips of ten. The scene on the coin is a partial inset of the same scene on the stamp. The first organized Australian postal service was established in 1809 with the appointment of Isaac Nichols (1770-1819) as the first Postmaster of New South Wales. He was an English ex-convict whose main job was to take charge of letters and parcels arriving by ship in Sydney harbour. The job was necessary in order to avoid the chaos of people rushing aboard ships to pick up mail as soon as it arrived. After picking up the mail, Nichols posted a list of recipients outside his house on George Street. He also listed the names of recipients in the Sydney Gazette . Recipients paid a fixed price of one shilling Australia 3050 per letter to collect their mail from Nichols’ home. Parcels cost more, depending upon their weight. VIP addressees were afforded personal delivery by Nichols himself. This system sufficed until a Postal Act was introduced in 1825, which allowed the governor to fix postage rates and appoint postmasters outside Sydney. AUSTRALIA — 100 Years of Commonwealth Coin KM 1960: 2013 50 Cents Composition: Copper-nickle; Weight: 15.51 g; Diameter: 31.51 mm KM 2141: 2013 50 Cents Vertical Rectangle Composition: 0.999 Siver; Weight: 15.5735 g; Width: 22.70 mm; Length: 30.50 mm Related Stamp (1913-01-02) Australia 2013 50 Cents Australia Scott 2 1p Kangaroo and Map Basic Information: Typographed; Watermarked; Perf. 11½, 12 Description: Australia issued its first postage stamps in 1913, twelve years after it became a federated nation. During those twelve years, the six former colonies (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia) continued to use their colonial stamps. Australia did issue some stamps shortly after federation in 1902, but they were postage due stamps based on designs used in New South Wales — a design which had been borrowed from US postage due stamps. The twelve-year delay in insuring regular Australia KM 1960 Vertical Rectangle postage stamps for the commonwealth was traditionally blamed on changes in government official positions (including the postmaster general) and efforts to keep state revenues separate from federal revenues. However, another major reason for the delay was political wrangling regarding the design. In 1911, Australia had launched a competition for designs for new postage stamps. The prizewinning design featured King George V, a kangaroo and an emu, but it was turned down. Finally, on January 2, 1913, the 1d red Kangaroo and Map was issued, which incorporated some of the features of the winning 1911 design. Commonly nicknamed “the Roo” by collectors, the Map and Kangaroo Australia 1 stamp was the template for various (initially fifteen) definitives issued in a variety of -2- denominations and colours. The design had a relatively long life, although other definitive stamps bearing the portrait of King George V were also issued, as well as a number of commemorative stamps. The last early-era Roo stamp — a 2-shilling denomination — was issued in 1945. However, a 10-dollar Roo was issued in 2013 to commemorate the centennial of this much-loved stamp. AUSTRIA — 150th Anniversary of the First Austrian Postage Stamps Coin KM 3064: 2000 Twenty Shillings Composition: Aluminum-Nickel-Bronze; Weight: 8 g; Diameter: 27.7 mm Related Stamp (1850) Austria Scott 5 9kr Austrian Monarchy Issue Austria KM 3064 Basic Information: Typographed; Imperforate; Watermarked K. K. H. M., or Unwatermarked in Sheets Description: The stamps of this issue (Scott 1-5) were, at first, printed on a rough hand-made paper that varied in thickness and had a watermark (vertically in the gutter between panes) in script letters: K. K. H. M. — the initials of Kaiserlich Königliches Handels-Ministerium (Imperial and Royal Ministry of Commerce). From 1854, a thick, smooth machine-made paper without watermark was used. Four varieties of the nine kreuzer stamp are known: Austria 5 Type I: One heavy line around the coat of arms at centre. The top of the “9” is about level with “Kreuzer” and not near the top of the label. Each cliche has the “9a” in a different position. Type IA: As Type I, but with 1¼ mm between “9” and “K”. Type II: One heavy line around the coat of arms at centre. The top of the “9” is much higher than the top of the word “Kreuzer” and nearly touches the top of the label. Type III: As Type II, but with two, thinner lines around the centre. Austria B339 (Scott 5 at Left) Value can vary from $10.00 (Type I Used) to over $15,000.00 (Type IA Mint on hand-made paper). CANADA — Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Coin KM Unknown: 2019 50 Cents Composition: 0.999 Silver; Weight: 31.86 g; Dimensions: 51 x 30 mm Related Stamp (1897-06-19) Canada Scott 60 50c 60th Year of Queen Victoria’s Reign Basic Information: Engraved; Unwatermarked; Perf. 12 2019 50 Cent Silver Horizontal Rectangle Description: Stamps from the Jubilee Issue (Scott 50-65) were designed by Peleg Franklin Brownwell and Lyndwode Charles Pereira. The portrait on the left is based on an 1837 painting entitled Her Majesty Queen Victoria by Alfred Edward Chalon, while the portrait on the right is based on an 1882 photograph by Alexander Bassano.
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