New South Wales, 1850 (three pence, green)
A faint round seal with figures, printed in pale green.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
POSTAGE and pence but no English name: the round seal of New South Wales is the clue.
- 1POSTAGE
- 2The colony’s seal
- 3THREE PENCE
- Inscription
- POSTAGE · THREE PENCE
- Meaning
- The Latin legend of the colony’s seal is too faint to read here. No country name in English.
- Issued by
- New South Wales (British colony)
- Today
- Australia (the state of New South Wales) Flag of Australia
- Year
- 1850. Issued 1850.
- Made by
- New South Wales Post (organizational publisher)
One fact
The threepence Sydney View was printed in green; on a pale print like this one the Latin legend of the seal almost disappears.
Source and public-domain rule
Australia, Crown copyright, more than 50 years. A government (Crown) stamp of 1850: Crown copyright in Australia lasts 50 years, so it ended long ago. Copyright in a work made or first published by or under the direction or control of the Commonwealth or a State (the Crown), such as a government postage stamp, lasts 50 years (Copyright Act 1968, ss. 176, 177 and 180). The colonial issues of Tasmania and New South Wales are older still. Applies to issuers au, ts and nw, published before 1976. Legal sources: Copyright Act 1968 (Australia), compilation of 2 April 2026, ss. 176–180.
Scan: New South Wales 1850 stamp Mi 3.jpg on Wikimedia Commons (revision 1056379082), licence templates {{PD-Australia}}, {{PD-old}}. Downloaded 2026-10-21, sha256 53f94ac467ad…; cropped and cleaned for this site. Facts checked 2026-10-22 against source 1 and source 2. Open review note: Pale print: the seal legend is not readable on this scan.. Research record, not legal advice; a second check of these rights by a person is planned, and a stamp that turns out not to be free to use will be removed. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
