Hi Rob
Fantastic collection, of course I am jealous.
Mind you, it does take a long time to assemble such magnificent specimens, I love the different colour variations and the papers.
That's what I call a magnificent obsession.
I onces searched for ten years till I found a first edition of a rare work on Ancient Egypt,
Regards
Horamakhet
Hi Horamakhet
It did take some time to create this display, it's an obsession I'm proud to admit having. I think finding a rare book is a bit more difficult than finding a rare stamp. But once you have it, stamp or book, you just do not want to depart from it.
Rob
Always a delight to see a collection that covers all the varieties! Thank you for sharing.
Hi philatelia
My pleasure.
Rob
Hi Rob,
Being an novice at collecting MNH, how does one tell the difference in unsurfaced and surfaced papers?
Regards
Horamakhet
Hi Horamakhet
Unsurfaced paper (non chalk surfaced) is thin paper, and surfaced paper (chalk surfaced) is thick paper. Even though used thick paper no longer has the chalk, using a micrometer would remedy that confusion.
Rob
Hi Rob
Thanks for that
Horamakhet
A rare complete set of definitive King George VI portraits with all dies, paper types, shades, imperforations, stripped ink varieties, unlisted thin paper varieties, unlisted shade varieties, other major varieties and inverted watermarks included.
This is part of the complete series of King George VI stamps I have in my collection.
Creating a display of definitive KGVI heads was easy, collecting them in the first place was a difficult 6 years. All are MNH.
The 1952 7½d blue stamp with aniline ink was meant to prevent re-use of the stamp, it was very effective, but to the annoyance of collectors, the ink badly leached when the stamp was being soaked off paper, which was the sole idea of aniline being used in the first place. The 7½d stamp is best collected unused, although there are some collectors who were lucky enough to find a used copy without any aniline damage.
The “White Wattles” is the most notable of the stripped ink varieties, and attempts to correct the problem made more problems such as the “Joined TA” and the tapered “T”.
re: A rare complete set of definitive King George VI portraits
Hi Rob
Fantastic collection, of course I am jealous.
Mind you, it does take a long time to assemble such magnificent specimens, I love the different colour variations and the papers.
That's what I call a magnificent obsession.
I onces searched for ten years till I found a first edition of a rare work on Ancient Egypt,
Regards
Horamakhet
re: A rare complete set of definitive King George VI portraits
Hi Horamakhet
It did take some time to create this display, it's an obsession I'm proud to admit having. I think finding a rare book is a bit more difficult than finding a rare stamp. But once you have it, stamp or book, you just do not want to depart from it.
Rob
re: A rare complete set of definitive King George VI portraits
Always a delight to see a collection that covers all the varieties! Thank you for sharing.
re: A rare complete set of definitive King George VI portraits
Hi philatelia
My pleasure.
Rob
re: A rare complete set of definitive King George VI portraits
Hi Rob,
Being an novice at collecting MNH, how does one tell the difference in unsurfaced and surfaced papers?
Regards
Horamakhet
re: A rare complete set of definitive King George VI portraits
Hi Horamakhet
Unsurfaced paper (non chalk surfaced) is thin paper, and surfaced paper (chalk surfaced) is thick paper. Even though used thick paper no longer has the chalk, using a micrometer would remedy that confusion.
Rob
re: A rare complete set of definitive King George VI portraits
Hi Rob
Thanks for that
Horamakhet