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The postage stamps, envelopes, and post cards, of Australia and the British Colonies of Oceania with autotype illustrations.

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Written with the intention of enabling collectors to reconstruct their own plates with the aim of allowing them to detect impostures, this antiquarian text is a must-have for the discerning philatelist - and for anyone with an interest in the stamps of Australia in the late nineteenth-century.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    HE6185.P11 POS (Library of Congress Call Number)

    54966 (Cat ID)

    123340 (DBTextworks system ID)

    49945 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    The postage stamps, envelopes, and post cards, of Australia and the British Colonies of Oceania with autotype illustrations.
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Philatelic Society
  • Place
  • Date
    1887
  • Physical Description

    147 pages, <31> leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Fiji Islands -- New South Wales -- New Zealand -- Queensland -- Samoa Islands -- South Australia -- Tasmania -- Victoria -- Western Australia.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Postage stamps--Australia; Postage stamps--Fiji; Postage stamps-- Samoa]

    Digitised and available via the Internet Archive, see link in this record. Autotype is defined as a "true representation of the original" (see O.E.D). The term autotype was coined in the late 19th century and referred to a process for making photographic prints using a carbon process. Many autotype prints were produced and the process was popular well into the 20th century, particularly since autotype prints are very long lasting (it is said that an autotype could last up to 500 years without fading).--Wikipedia, retrieved November 2020.

  • Associated Notes
  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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