Genuine use of either of the 1900 Patriotic Fund stamps is extremely difficult to locate. There are many covers which bear one of the stamps or both but which do not pay the correct rate. There are however some covers which, although perhaps fabricated to some extent, still pay correct rates and also appear to have been through the appropriate postal procedures.
- First Day Cover for the 2d Victorian 1900 Charity stamp
- single franking of the 2d Victorian 1900 Charity stamp;
- Mixed frankings of the 2d Victorian 1900 Charity stamp;
- combination frankings of both the Victorian 1900 Charity stamps;
- mixed frankings of both the Victorian 1900 Charity stamps with another issue.
2d (2/-) stamp on First Day Cover (22 May 1900). |
2d (2/-) tourquoise single franking. Has transit backstamps for
Abacus December 2019, |
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Melbourne (?) to Perth. 8 May 1901. |
Listing of covers with a single franking of the 2d (2/-) stamp.
Date | From | To | Seller/Reference & Date (lot) |
22 May 1900 (FDI) | Melbourne | Melbourne | Matthew Bennett February 2003 Lot 579; Prestige Philately May 2007 Lot 577 and April 2011 Lot 522. |
8 May 1901 | Melbourne | Perth | Matthew Bennett April 2003
Lot 2836; |
22 March 1905 | Moonee Ponds | Rose Park, SA | Status May 2006 Lot 1477; National Bank of Australasia envelope addressed to Miss Nesbitt at Rose Park, South Australia. stamp rotated 90ยบ clockwise. Correct interstate rate. |
Melbourne to Perth. 27 June 1900. This cover - and its companion with the 2d (2/-) Boer War stamp - is on a cover advertising Alcock & Co., Billiard Table Manufacturers of 212 Russell Street, elbourne. Alcock is credited with bringing the game of billiards to ite high level of popularity in Australia during the 1800s.
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Brunswick to Auckland, NZ. 25 June 1900. 5d registered inter-colonial letter rate: Millennium Auctions August 2005 Lot 472, |