New Zealand Stamps 1898 5/- vermillion; no wmk; SG259 used CV £550

Description: New Zealand Stamps 1898 5/- vermillion; no wmk; SG259 used CV £550 Perforation15 x 15 - see computer analysis Centring PSE Grading - Fine to Very Fine Rating: 76 - see computer Analysis Surcharge The stamp does not have a GPO post mark. It has a corporate stamp. This rare stamp has a Levin & Co Ltd corporate stamp on it dated 9 January 1900. Levin & Co commenced trading as merchants in Wellington in July 1841. In 1896 the company was incorporated to become Levin & Co. Ltd. with a share capital of 80,000 shares, of which 40,000 were owned by the National Agency & Mortgage Co. Ltd (NAMCL). The company was taken over by NAMCL in 1961. In 1900 the company was described as Merchants, Commission, Land, Stock, Station and Financial Agents. New Zealand Postmarks New Zealand Postal Postmarks are typically circular with a town/city + date: The obliteration on this stamp is not a postal surcharge. New Zealand Fiscal Stamps: New Zealand had in 1900 specific stamps for Stamp Duty; Counterparting; fine paid; and not liable issues.The typical postmark is a hand cancellation or official obliteration. The obliteration on this stamp is not a fiscal or revenue surcharge. New Zealand Corporate Cancellations Over the period 1870 to 1915 it was common practise for corporates in the British Empire to 1. Mark stamps to prevent employee theft. These stamps normally have a corporate name or logo surcharged on the stamp (e.g. CAVE - Ceylon; Times of India - India, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank (Hong Kong) - etc.) or the corporate initials perforated into the stamp. Stamps were tradeable commodities and if unused could be converted to cash at the local post office. In the 1880's the regulations were changed over much of the British Empire to allow perfins and corporate charges to be placed on mint stamps. These stamps could be used for postage, but could not be converted for cash at the post office. 2. Pre-cancel the stamp prior to posting of the parcel or package using a corporate postmark. This typically gave the company name, and a date and were either circular (as in this case or oval). The sending and receiving postal obliterations were normally placed elsewhere on the package.- This postmark falls into this category. 3. It was commonplace in the British Empire for merchants handling goods for export via steamships etc., using a freight delivery service to pre-cancel the stamps on the packaging prior to export. These stamps are either:a) circular giving the company name and a date stamp for export; b) oval giving the company name and a date stamp for export; They may also state that the item is freight. Most commonly they only give the date and company name. This stamp falls into this latter category. Levin & Co were exporters of New Zealand produce. Computer Generated Certificates Indicative/Example - PSE Grading Analysis are provided to confirm perforation spacing and centring - see computerised certificate No adjustment is made on these certificate to account for faults or appearance. The analysis identifies the number of perforations per 2cm. It also numerically grades the centring of the picture frame on the stamp. This objective numerical grading can be further upgraded or downgraded by subjectively considering the presence of faults and appearance. Subjective stamp grading is not an exact science and different people will subjectively weight items differently on the same stamp. Note that the grading adjustments for1) faults2) appearance when provided are subjective and are not to be relied on. PSE provides guidelines and the numerical adjustments made are indicated on the computerised analysis. You may upgrade or downgrade a stamps numerical grading based on its colour, toning, postmark, perforations, wrinkles, creases, tears, surface scuffs, hinge marks, thins, etc., or how it fits in your collection. The centring analysis and perforation analysis is numerical and computer determined. It is not subjective The stamp does contain some shorter perforations which will be regarded as minor fault in a PSE analysis, and does contain a corporate surcharge, This will downgrade the stamps rating for some, while for others, the surcharge may increase the stamps appearance rating. The assessment made here is that these factors will reduce the stamp rating from fine/very fine to good/very good (30-60). This condition is reflected in the list price .

Price: 135 GBP

Location: Falkirk

End Time: 2024-11-05T11:03:44.000Z

Shipping Cost: 15.69 GBP