Yes, the "OS" perfins were for use by Australian government departments and there are many Australian stamps and stamps from individual states with perfins like this.
The "OS" perfins on Australian stamps are listed in SG.
The states also had perfins for their own official use including:
"OS/NSW" and "G/NSW" for New South Wales
"SA" for "South Australia"
"T" for Tasmania
"VG" for Victoria
"WA" and "W/A" for Western Australia.
Many of these were on state stamps but some later ones were on Australian stamps.
Wow, thanks Nigel, I never even considered the States also doing perfins. And some of the "symbols" are now a clearly wonky looking "W".
This may make a nice little extra album page after all!
Many thanks, Dave.
Here are a few I have.
Tasmania
Western Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
OS (Official Service)
New South Wales G(overnment) on cover.
Here is a close-up of the stamps just for fun.
Nice perfins on cover smauggie.
The slogan cancel adds a special frisson, given the sender & addressee.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
Thanks guys.
It was love at first sight for me.
Yes, thanks as well. I'm glad I asked as this has opened my eyes to something I would have otherwise skip. Now have album pages devoted to Australia Perfins on cover (none yet) and off (a dozen so far) for each State and Federal Government.
Dave.
I have a perfin cover from Australia with the letters DJ LTD. Anybody know what this perfin stands for? Doctor J Limited?
Linus
My guess would be David Jones - A Large department store in Melbourne
Steve
Unless David Jones had a branch in Brisbane I guess this might have been an "illegally" liberated perfinned stamp !
Thanks Steve. I "Googled" David Jones Limited and they have 42 stores all over Australia, including Brisbane. I had just never heard of them before, but it makes sense now.
Linus
Everything you ever wanted to know about David Jones Ltd. and their use of perfins:
http://www.perfins.com.au/OZ-Revenue-Perfins/nsw-Revenue-D-Perfins.html
Wow, thanks for the link, Jill. That website is a great resource for all Australia perfins.
Linus
I found a couple of these last night.
OS I assume is Official Service ? (like our Canadian OHMS = On His/Her Majesty's Service)
VG shows up on more than a few - another Government issue? something else?
The others are more random or have non-alpha symbols so I assume are private, so not too concerned with it to spend time looking for links.
Many thanks for any feedback.
Dave.
re: Australia Perfins
Yes, the "OS" perfins were for use by Australian government departments and there are many Australian stamps and stamps from individual states with perfins like this.
The "OS" perfins on Australian stamps are listed in SG.
The states also had perfins for their own official use including:
"OS/NSW" and "G/NSW" for New South Wales
"SA" for "South Australia"
"T" for Tasmania
"VG" for Victoria
"WA" and "W/A" for Western Australia.
Many of these were on state stamps but some later ones were on Australian stamps.
re: Australia Perfins
Wow, thanks Nigel, I never even considered the States also doing perfins. And some of the "symbols" are now a clearly wonky looking "W".
This may make a nice little extra album page after all!
Many thanks, Dave.
re: Australia Perfins
Here are a few I have.
Tasmania
Western Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
OS (Official Service)
re: Australia Perfins
New South Wales G(overnment) on cover.
Here is a close-up of the stamps just for fun.
re: Australia Perfins
Nice perfins on cover smauggie.
re: Australia Perfins
The slogan cancel adds a special frisson, given the sender & addressee.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
re: Australia Perfins
Thanks guys.
It was love at first sight for me.
re: Australia Perfins
Yes, thanks as well. I'm glad I asked as this has opened my eyes to something I would have otherwise skip. Now have album pages devoted to Australia Perfins on cover (none yet) and off (a dozen so far) for each State and Federal Government.
Dave.
re: Australia Perfins
I have a perfin cover from Australia with the letters DJ LTD. Anybody know what this perfin stands for? Doctor J Limited?
Linus
re: Australia Perfins
My guess would be David Jones - A Large department store in Melbourne
Steve
re: Australia Perfins
Unless David Jones had a branch in Brisbane I guess this might have been an "illegally" liberated perfinned stamp !
re: Australia Perfins
Thanks Steve. I "Googled" David Jones Limited and they have 42 stores all over Australia, including Brisbane. I had just never heard of them before, but it makes sense now.
Linus
re: Australia Perfins
Everything you ever wanted to know about David Jones Ltd. and their use of perfins:
http://www.perfins.com.au/OZ-Revenue-Perfins/nsw-Revenue-D-Perfins.html
re: Australia Perfins
Wow, thanks for the link, Jill. That website is a great resource for all Australia perfins.
Linus