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05:05:54am
First off as you are likely aware, revenue usages are often the only way to fill the spaces for high value stamps. The average worker in the USA around 1910 with a decent job earned between $1.00 to $2.00 a day and a British pound was worth at least $5.00 in US currency.
So a pound was really between two and three days pay. In the distant colonies I would bet the days pay for many workers was less than that. So to preserve revenue punching a hole, star or circle, might have seemed a reasonable thing to do lest some clever devil manage to wash out the scribbled signature.
As to current value, I'd not even guess, but it is a really attractive stamp, well centered and a nice clear printing. Someone with Revenue catalog should be able to look up the listed value. Of course, the usual caution when dealing with the numbers in a catalog need to be considered.
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03:59:22pm
The punch hole both ties it to the document to which it was affixed, and cancels it.
Roy
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List in Barefoot under South Africa - Transvaal - Revenues
Wmk Crown CC would make it # 98 from 1902
Wmk multi Crown CA would make it # 106 from 1906
Value GBP 3.50 either way.
I enjoy used revenues - they are still stamps that served their intended duty.
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I have a couple of Transvaal revenue stamps with a star punch cancel. Can someone tell me the reason for the punch cancel and if it affects the value? Thank you.
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09 Jul 2020
05:05:54am
re: Transvaal Revenues
First off as you are likely aware, revenue usages are often the only way to fill the spaces for high value stamps. The average worker in the USA around 1910 with a decent job earned between $1.00 to $2.00 a day and a British pound was worth at least $5.00 in US currency.
So a pound was really between two and three days pay. In the distant colonies I would bet the days pay for many workers was less than that. So to preserve revenue punching a hole, star or circle, might have seemed a reasonable thing to do lest some clever devil manage to wash out the scribbled signature.
As to current value, I'd not even guess, but it is a really attractive stamp, well centered and a nice clear printing. Someone with Revenue catalog should be able to look up the listed value. Of course, the usual caution when dealing with the numbers in a catalog need to be considered.
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09 Jul 2020
03:59:22pm
re: Transvaal Revenues
The punch hole both ties it to the document to which it was affixed, and cancels it.
Roy
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re: Transvaal Revenues
List in Barefoot under South Africa - Transvaal - Revenues
Wmk Crown CC would make it # 98 from 1902
Wmk multi Crown CA would make it # 106 from 1906
Value GBP 3.50 either way.
I enjoy used revenues - they are still stamps that served their intended duty.
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