Queen Victoria Revenue Used in Victoria in 1961

I place the date of this manuscript cancel as 5/17/61 or for those
inclined 17/5/61. Now, after how many kings, queens and different
royal players, this stamp comes out of the closet to be used.

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/VictoriaQVRev.jpg

Now, these stamps are definitely a quandary. It is revenue usage, I
don't think there's any doubt. These Stamp Duty issues could be used
as postage as well.

I wonder if this beast is an original or state reprinted copy?

I have - and have seen many others of this set used in the '50s /
'60s. According to the Barefoot revenue catalog of 1996, this is the
1909 2/6 Orange.

Even so, this would be very late to use a QV image. In 1961 it is now
4 royalty personages away!

Victoria is a specialist's nightmare - or like Machin folk - a field
of plenty.