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error. In 1927 the locations of the nine known copies were listed in the Brisbane Telegraph. 1 - Collection of the Royal Family of Windsor. 2 - Tapling collection, British Museum. 3 - Leinster collection, Dublin Science and Art Museum. 4 - White collection, State Library of New South Wales. 5 - EH
100:; later in the year, local lithographer Horace Samson produced 4d and 1sh values by taking an impression of the 1d's swan vignette and adding different frames. Alfred Hillman's mistake in the repair of the printing stones in 1855 resulted in the frame being inverted, yielding the extremely rare 136:
for the first time, on the values from 2 shillings to 1 pound. The Victorian stamps are also unusual in having the inscription read "WEST AUSTRALIA" instead of "WESTERN AUSTRALIA" as was the norm. These stamps continued in daily use until Commonwealth stamps were issued in 1913.
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In 1857, Hillman produced 2d and 6d values of the swan design by imitating the existing stamps, though with the swan on a blank background, but these were only used until 1860 when Perkins Bacon plates of the 1854 design were used in Perth to print all values.
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After federation, the states continued to operate their postal systems, and 1902 saw a new series of swan definitives, along with stamps depicting
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A new swan design, for the 3d value, appeared in 1872, and variations on it finally superseded the 1854 design starting in 1885, with a
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Rare Stamps (1927, March 15). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 3 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION).
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Collins. 6 - PR England. 7 - Dr HA James. 8 - JA Nix. 9 - L Meinertzhagen.
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This 1d Black Swan stamp was the first one issued in Western Australia.
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opened on 14 October 1834, and the main post office moved to
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Index


Inverted Swan
Western Australia
Australia
postal service
1829
Fremantle
postmaster
post office
Albany, Western Australia
Perth
1835

postage stamp
1854
black swan
Perkins Bacon
Inverted Swan

definitive series
Queen Victoria
Postage stamps and postal history of Australia
Revenue stamps of Western Australia


Rossiter, Stuart
ISBN
0-7481-0309-0
"FIRST SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO"
The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal

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