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I can now add the previously unseen (by me) "Centenary of the Town Hall Boulder WA 6432 (APM #40521)".BigSaint wrote:Centenary of the Town Hall Kalgoorlie WA 6430 (APM #40520) used from 1st September 2008 to 31st December (or was meant to be) but for the following errors which were not noticed during the design stage:
Colleen Woolley of Oz Pictmarks tells us the postmark was quickly withdrawn when noticed. There was a similar postmark with the same faults for the nearby town of Boulder.
Postmarked Kalgoorlie WA on 1st October 2008
1. The State designation of Western Australia was not included in the postmark.
2. The postcode of Kalgoorlie. 6430, was not included in the postmark.
3. The Centenary of 1898 - 2008 is not a Centenary it is 110 years
Now I don't have Boulder but as you can see I do have Kalgoorlie, which Colleen has not seen , so you are seeing it first here.
While the postmarking error is Greenborough instead of Greensborough, the date of the postmark 9th February 1995 is correct.BigSaint wrote:Just found this thread when looking for something else.
A definite error & when the aforementioned Tony Shields heard of it, he had a number of covers postmarked. I think after postmarking, he told the postmaster of the spelling error, & it was withdrawn.
WWW was printed in 1992 & therefore this fdi postmark is not in the book. The status of the online version says major rework for Greensborough. I will have to ask David Wood whether he is aware of "Greenborough".
More fun in Murray River with these Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Art postage paid envelopes issued 29th April 2003 postmarked with the Goolwa SA fdi postmark on 5th August 2003, over 3 month after issue:BigSaint wrote:The pre-stamped envelope for the 150th Anniversary of Charles Sturt's Explorations was issued on 12th November 1980:
But that didn't stop someone having it postmarked fdi 23 years later on 5th August 2003:
Someone forgot to add the Murray River Shipping stamp that postmark belonged to, like this one which is correctly postmarked:
The more usual (combination of stamp, postmark & cover) Murray River Shipping fdc:
DRKKLP
DRKKLPDRKKLP wrote: ↑27 Jun 2020 19:33All recorded examples of the 18 June 1984 Bennet's Nudibranch error of missing Cyan colour (typography omitted) exist on Australia Post maximum cards. Approx. 6 examples known.
I hope these show better the error. The blue CYAN typography at top of stamp is missing on a small number of the maximum cards. If you find one, you will make a handsome return.
Global Administrator wrote: ↑27 Jun 2020 20:32A warning to all.
They can be faked in 5 seconds with a soft eraser. VERY convincing looking.
If offered on ebay etc you can near guarantee they will be forged.
I'm not sure about Sydney 2000, but for London 2012 the Paralympic Village had to be fully ready and have all facilities open one week before the Opening Ceremony, and closed three days after, so perhaps it is Ms Woolley that is not fully correct here.BigSaint wrote: ↑27 Jun 2020 17:50Paralympic Village, Sydney, NSW - 18th to 29th October 2000 - APM #33370:
Colleen Woolley of Oz Pictormarks tells us this postmarker was designed for use during the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games from 18th October to 29th October 2000.
Colleen notes that covers have been seen, like the one above, dated 11th October 2000, a week early. Not only does the cover above have early use but also has usage, on 1st November 2000, 3 days after the postmark was withdrawn.
Two errors for the price of one. :)
Yes you can't just rely on what Colleen may have stated years ago alone. Like any research, it is continually evolving and updating with new finds or information. Postmarks are known to be used earlier from time to time for legitimate reasons.fchd wrote: ↑30 Jul 2020 17:49I'm not sure about Sydney 2000, but for London 2012 the Paralympic Village had to be fully ready and have all facilities open one week before the Opening Ceremony, and closed three days after, so perhaps it is Ms Woolley that is not fully correct here.BigSaint wrote: ↑27 Jun 2020 17:50Paralympic Village, Sydney, NSW - 18th to 29th October 2000 - APM #33370:
Colleen Woolley of Oz Pictormarks tells us this postmarker was designed for use during the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games from 18th October to 29th October 2000.
Colleen notes that covers have been seen, like the one above, dated 11th October 2000, a week early. Not only does the cover above have early use but also has usage, on 1st November 2000, 3 days after the postmark was withdrawn.
Two errors for the price of one.
(From the Technical Manual on Paralympic Games, 2012, pdf)
"The Paralympic Village is required to open with full services provided seven (7) days prior to the Opening Ceremony and close three (3) days after the Closing Ceremony, for a total of twenty-two (22) days."
Not critical of Colleen at all - wish there were more Colleens around! Great work, great job. You don't read the context. The point was, research gets updated with time with new information and you can't just rely on older publications alone as up to date facts and by default anything that varies from the old research has to be "an error" just because the older research presented different facts. Need to look at context. Everyone's research is updated with time and new discoveries and evidence. Colleen's work cannot be criticized.BigSaint wrote: ↑30 Jul 2020 21:32DRKKLP
I was going to let your earlier comment ride & address it later as I am very busy with work at the moment.
However I do not think it is fair to be critical of Colleen's work. The information was supplied to her by Australia Post & she has made a cross reference to that information in her work. It was a mammoth task taking many hours of hard work. It was a labour of love as the selling price was well under the cost of her time to produce.
Now if a postmaster or postal clerk puts the wrong postmark on the wrong stamp on the wrong date, then how can it be anything other than error. The error may have been caused by laziness, stupidity, haste or lack of knowledge but it is still an error. The cause of an error does not stop an error from being an error.
Brad
Missing Gold Foil
Error: Bars shifted upward leaving lower stamps missing bars.
Battleship is the only horse to have won both the American Grand National, in 1934 and the Grand National 4 years later in 1938. A muscular but small horse, he was nicknamed the American Pony.
Marion duPont won many important races with a small son of Man o’ War named Battleship, including the American Grand National in 1934 and Aintree’s Grand National in 1938, a contest in which the little 40-to-1 long shot caught the favorite in the last stride. Battleship thus became the first American-bred and American-owned horse to win at Aintree.
The above is for stamps but how the same can apply to covers with postmark error ?DRKKLP wrote: ↑30 Jul 2020 22:32A postage stamp error is any of several types of failure in the stamp printing process that results in stamps not having the intended appearance. Errors include use of the wrong colors, wrong denominations, missing parts of the design, misplaced or inverted design elements, etc. The term "error" is typically reserved for failures in the production process that (potentially) replicate over many stamps, while unique errors or poor quality are known as "freaks" or "oddities". Printing plate flaws, such as cracks, wear, or even constant flaws, and plate repairs, such as re-entries, are also not considered errors.
This would also apply to postal stationery, FDC etc.
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