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Rare 4 margin 1853 4p orange Van Diemans Land Australia

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Sold Date: 02/23/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Stamps

this is a lovely pre Tasmania Van Diemans land scott #2 with huge margins and a beautiful bulls eye cancel as opposed to hand written revenue use--highly collectable even though slightly faded after 160 years--the back is flawless--truly a very rare first issue collectible -- notice as well that the octagon has not been cut to shape making the stamp even more lovely.
This stamp was in a glassine from my grandfather's part of the collection and was probably placed there some 40 years ago and collected some 60 years ago when he was in his early 20s and an avid collector. It is marked genuine and i have no reason to question that--it conforms to none of the forgery examples i've seen on the internet and in all ways i can confirm appears authentic and is consequently sold that way with a full refund given if this information is incorrect.
here's a bit of information--

First settled in 1803 as a penal colony, Van Diemen's becamea separate colony in 1825 after having been administered by New South Wales. The first post office markings known are from September 1822, the earliest in Australia. A post office act of October 4, 1828 called for a post office in the capital Hobart, appointment of a postmaster, fixed rates and the delivery of mail, but it was not put in effect until 1832. By 1835 there were 30 post office employees and delivery of mail twice a week over 434 miles of post road.

Van Diemen's Land was renamed Tasmania in August 1853, but stamps had already been ordered, and it wasn't until the issue of January 1858 that the name Tasmania was used on stamps, Scott #14-16, S.G. #40 to 49 including varieties.

There are 24 types, four rows of six, of each stamp.

Pen or revenue cancels are valued much less than postally used copies. S.G. prices are substantially higher than Scott.