Perth had only one experimental canceller but it was recut twice
Type 1
Characteristics: The ‘normal’ experimental design with four short bars each side of ‘280’
Proofed: 4th April 1856
EKD: 2nd May 1856 (SPG state having seen 30th April 1856)
LKD: 1st May 1858
Months of Use:
Known Codes:
Scarcity Rating: D (Not Common)
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Type 1 Recut 1
Characteristics: From the narrative in the Proof Books both the handstamp and the codes (the ‘types’) were recut but there is no noticeable difference in the design; hence this being designated as a recut rather than a new Type
Proofed: 19th May 1858
EKD: 27th May 1858
LKD: 13th December 1859
Months of Use:
I have three scanned examples dated 1st September 1885. (see Gallery) and one dated 22nd December 1885. It is assumed that the 5 and the 8 were inserted the wrong way around and in fact should be 1858. They have therefore been included here under the latter year.
Known Codes:
Scarcity Rating: D (Not Common)
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Type 1 Recut 2
Characteristics: Again there is no noticeable difference in the design subsequent to this further recut.
Proofed: 29th December 1859 (Kirkwood often inserted the following year in their December Proofs)
EKD: 2nd January 1860
LKD: 21st January 1862 (SPG state having seen 14th February 1862)
Months of Use:
Known Codes:
Scarcity Rating: D (Not Common)
