1949 Coil Perfs with "By Authority" imprint
Starter strip
Coil join (1st and 2nd stamp)
Very nice. I own a "coil join" pair myself. I believe I read somewhere that the pattern of smaller to larger to smaller perf holes was for added ease of tearing off. Is that the only reason? Or is there more to it?
Cheers,
Eric
"Very nice. I own a "coil join" pair myself. I believe I read somewhere that the pattern of smaller to larger to smaller perf holes was for added ease of tearing off. Is that the only reason? Or is there more to it?"
All are from sheet D Left pane of both watermark and no watermark sheets.
Electro A (top R/H frame recut) & Electro B (Top R/H corner weak entry) - Watermark and imprint
Top R/H frame recut & top R/H corner weak entry
Electro A (top R/H frame recut) & Electro B (Top R/H corner weak entry) - No Watermark and imprint
Electro - Sheet C. Right pane. No watermark and no imprint
Bottom left stamp showing weak entry affecting lower left section of frame and adjacent shading. Normal stamp on right
The 1942 printing of the 'roo show an interesting variety. Bleeding is shown in the bottom two rows, each sheet comprises of 10 rows and each row has 8 stamps across (80 stamps) and there are 4 sheets per single printing (320 stamps).
These stamps are from row 10. Smudges caused by the paper shifting, creating an effect showing the back of the 'roos fur standing up and smudges appearing on "POSTAGE", "½d", "AUSTRALIA", imprint, perforation alignment pip and border edges.
Also shows the W.C.G. McCracken imprint.
https://stampauctionnetwork.com/us/us227.cfm
Thanks phos45, will be looking at the link.
After "inheriting" over 1,000 of these 'roos printed from 1938-49 so as to continue with a research that started in 1952, I will be uploading varieties that are uncommon and scarce.
The first is a double vertical strip of 20, with 3 varieties.
1. "Bird Nest" flaw (circled in red)
2. Weak entry at top right
3. Imprint at top and on bottom selvedge
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3.(top)
3.(bottom)
re: ½d Kangaroo varieties
1949 Coil Perfs with "By Authority" imprint
re: ½d Kangaroo varieties
Starter strip
Coil join (1st and 2nd stamp)
re: ½d Kangaroo varieties
Very nice. I own a "coil join" pair myself. I believe I read somewhere that the pattern of smaller to larger to smaller perf holes was for added ease of tearing off. Is that the only reason? Or is there more to it?
Cheers,
Eric
re: ½d Kangaroo varieties
"Very nice. I own a "coil join" pair myself. I believe I read somewhere that the pattern of smaller to larger to smaller perf holes was for added ease of tearing off. Is that the only reason? Or is there more to it?"
re: ½d Kangaroo varieties
All are from sheet D Left pane of both watermark and no watermark sheets.
Electro A (top R/H frame recut) & Electro B (Top R/H corner weak entry) - Watermark and imprint
Top R/H frame recut & top R/H corner weak entry
Electro A (top R/H frame recut) & Electro B (Top R/H corner weak entry) - No Watermark and imprint
re: ½d Kangaroo varieties
Electro - Sheet C. Right pane. No watermark and no imprint
Bottom left stamp showing weak entry affecting lower left section of frame and adjacent shading. Normal stamp on right
re: ½d Kangaroo varieties
The 1942 printing of the 'roo show an interesting variety. Bleeding is shown in the bottom two rows, each sheet comprises of 10 rows and each row has 8 stamps across (80 stamps) and there are 4 sheets per single printing (320 stamps).
These stamps are from row 10. Smudges caused by the paper shifting, creating an effect showing the back of the 'roos fur standing up and smudges appearing on "POSTAGE", "½d", "AUSTRALIA", imprint, perforation alignment pip and border edges.
Also shows the W.C.G. McCracken imprint.
re: ½d Kangaroo varieties
https://stampauctionnetwork.com/us/us227.cfm
re: ½d Kangaroo varieties
Thanks phos45, will be looking at the link.