Hello everyone I have another question, Has anybody seen or herd about a 1855 inverted Black Swan stamp? I looked in the Scott catalogue and saw nothing about such a stamp. is this a real stamp ?
In the Scott catalog, it is Australia #3a. It is considered the first invert. I don't have a current census, but it should be close to 400 (most of them used).
As with most rare stamps, always beware of reproductions or forgeries.
Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW) 10 Sep 2015 03:10:38pm
re: Black Swan
This Western Australia 1855 inverted stamp was purchased by the Mitchell Library in Macquarie street Sydney as part of the Henry Luke White (1860–1927) Postage Stamp Collection of pre-Federation stamps.
The Mitchell Library (opened 1910) houses many very rare items; recently an unknown person stole some very rare coins including the 1813 holey dollar and dump (15 pence), the theft was valued at 1 million dollars. The thief and his valuable horde was never found. The stamps can now only be viewed in a special room and under guard. The above stamp belongs to the Mitchell Library.
Rob1956, you made no mistake. While the 4d blue was not printed in black ink, the swan depicted is indeed the "black swan" and the invert is referred to as the "inverted black swan" (although in reality, it was the frame that was inverted when the plate was repaired).
Since the OP did not mention anything about denomination, I automatically assumed he was referring the well-established and well-researched 4d inverted black swan.
As Nelson mentioned, 388 are know to have been produced and sold before the error was discovered. Of these, only 15 have been found.
Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW) 12 Sep 2015 02:41:47pm
re: Black Swan
I kind of temporarily lost my mind and took the black Swan literally; as you can see the imperforate stamp I have in my collection is a MUH 1d (literal) black Swan stamp and I assumed that this was the stamp being spoken about with an inverted border.
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