State & Private Kangaroo & King George V
Perfins
The individual States used the Commonwealth stamps for Official use by perforating them similar to the Post
Office of the time, New South Wales issues were perforated "OS" over "NSW" between 1902 & 1933, in 1933 this
changed to "G" over "NSW" also from 1907, "GR" was used by the Government Railways & "GSB" by the
Government Savings Bank, a large number of others were also in use in NSW. Queensland used normal stamps
to begin with then "OS" to 1933. South Australia used "SA" from
1903 to 1912, then "OS" until 1933. Tasmania always used "T". Victoria used "OS" from 1902 until 1933 then
changed to "VG", I have stamps in my collection that are punctured "VG" that were released in June 1986, so
Victoria was using Official stamps at least up until June 1986. Western Australia used "WA" from 1903 to around
1915, then used "OS" until 1933, then changed to "W" over "A". Additional listings include "PWD" for Public
Works Department, UNSW for Universality of NSW, HS for the
Health Service, not to mention puncture errors that slipped through the system.
1-12-1 NSW 5/- Yellow/Grey Kangaroo New South Wales Official;
1-12-2 NSW 5/- Yellow/Grey Kangaroo New South Wales Official;
1-13-3 WA 10/- Pink/Grey Kangaroo Western Australian Official;
1-17-1 GNSW 2/- Maroon Kangaroo Government of New South Wales Official;
1-18-1 VG £1 Grey Kangaroo Victorian Government Official
2-4-4 JRSA 1d Red King George V Punctured "JRSA" ??;
2-4-4 NZL 1d Red King George V Punctured "NZL" ??;
2-12-1 NSW 2d Red King George V New South Wales Official;
2-12-1 WA 2d Red King George V Western Australian Official;
2-12-2 GNSW 2d Red King George V Government of New South Wales Official
2-14-1 WA 3d Blue King George V Western Australian Official;
2-14-3 A+R 3d Blue King George V Punctured "A+R" ??;
2-15-1 NSW 4d Orange King George V OS New South Wales Official;
2-16-1 NSW 4d Lemon King George V OS New South Wales Official;
2-18-1 NSW 4d Blue King George V OS New South Wales Official
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