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GB RPSL PB-CORRESP-INT-110049-1346-2
Title
Tasmania Sixpence Stamp Proof Sheet Incident
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1 page
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English
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Summary: This page discusses the discovery of an ungummed proof sheet of Tasmania sixpence stamps, believed to have been printed on unwatermarked paper, found after a fire at a stationer's in Hobart Town in 1861. The sheet was later confirmed to be on Large Star watermark paper and showed scorch marks, linking it to a fire at Perkins, Bacon & Co.'s premises in March 1857. The incident is referenced in philatelic literature and by A. F. Basset Hull.
