kgvistamps
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What I collect: British Colonies - King George VI from all countries and King Edward VII & King George V from the West Indies.
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Post by kgvistamps on Jul 24, 2023 15:02:41 GMT
Grenada - King George V 1913 Set - Watermarked Multiple Crown CA 3d Yellow Paper Issues Peter Fernbank's book "King George V Key Plates of the Imperium Postage and Revenue Design" is an excellent reference to the various key plate issues printed during the reign of King George V. Although Grenada did not use that specific design, the information in his book on the papers used during this time period will still apply. Mr. Fernbank specifies ten different Yellow papers used for the paper watermarked Multiple Crown CA from 1912 until 1922. Only four of these are listed in the catalogs for Grenada. These variations were caused initially by the closing of Roughway Mill in 1913. Since they were the supplier of the Yellow paper used for the initial printing (Grenada SG 96) a replacement was needed. This led to the use of White paper with a Yellow surface applied which was used in 1914 (Grenada SG 96a). There were a few Lemon variations produced during the 1914 to 1917 time period one of which was used for Grenada SG 96b. The final Yellow MCA paper is the Pale Yellow paper that was in use from late 1920 until 1922. This was used for Grenada SG 96c. Missing from the list were the Buff, Orange-Buff and Buff-Yellow papers used in the 1918 to 1920 time period. You can find them listed in the Cayman Islands section, but they were not used for the Grenada stamps. Shown below is an ID Chart showing the four Yellow papers used for the Grenada 3d MCA issues. I find that to properly identify these stamps you need to look at the back first, so both front and back are shown. Please double-click the image to see it in more detail, or if you want to save it to your PC for later use.  |
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kgvistamps
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What I collect: British Colonies - King George VI from all countries and King Edward VII & King George V from the West Indies.
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Post by kgvistamps on Jul 24, 2023 22:58:38 GMT
Here are the covers from Peter Fernbank's book in case you are interested in looking for a copy.  |
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kgvistamps
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What I collect: British Colonies - King George VI from all countries and King Edward VII & King George V from the West Indies.
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Post by kgvistamps on Jul 25, 2023 14:25:51 GMT
Grenada - King George V 1913 Set - Watermarked Multiple Crown CA SG 98 - 1/ Green Paper Issues Peter Fernbank's book on the King George V Key Plates indicates the use of six Green papers from 1913 to 1923. The initial version of Green paper is seen in the 1913 printing (SG 98). The color is listed as Black on Green paper. I believe there are two versions of this stamp. One is Grey-Black on Green paper and the other is Black on Blue-Green paper. Peter Fernbank seems to agree. He refers to a Yellow-Green back that was used for Nigeria which seems to fit the one I feel is the other first printing. (Remember, he is not commenting on the Grenada issues because they did not use the Key Plate described in his book.) The catalogs list this color as Black on Green paper with no mention of the Blue-Green on Blue-Green paper. I have seen multiple copies of this Blue-Green stamp and do not feel it is a changeling. It really should be listed, but has not been so far. You can see both versions in the top row of my ID Chart below. Just like the Yellow papers, there is a 1914 Green paper printing on white paper (SG 98a). The surface color is Blue-Green but is described as Green in the catalogs. The Olive-Back Green paper is listed as Blue-Green with Olive Back in the catalogs (SG 98b), which originally led me to think the Blue-Green stamp was from this printing. But the Olive back is what you need to see in order for a stamp to qualify as this issue. The paper was used from late 1916 to early 1920 according to Peter Fernbank. The Green paper with Emerald Back (SG 98c) was used in 1920 for the Key Plate issues, but is listed as 1922 in the Commonwealth Catalogue. It can best be described as not one of the other printings. That is how I identified my copy. Compare the backs of the stamps and this one is the one that differs from the others. The final printing is listed as Black on Emerald paper (SG 98d). The surface color is deeper, but not Blue-Green. The color of the paper is darker than the other issues - except for the Blue-Green shade that is not catalog listed. Shown below is an ID Chart showing the six Green papers used for the Grenada 1/ MCA issues. I find that to properly identify these stamps you need to look at the back first, so both front and back are shown. Please double-click the image to see it in more detail, or if you want to save it to your PC for later use.  |
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kgvistamps
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What I collect: British Colonies - King George VI from all countries and King Edward VII & King George V from the West Indies.
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Post by kgvistamps on Jul 26, 2023 13:34:40 GMT
Grenada - King George V 1913 Set - Watermarked Multiple Crown CA SG 99 - 2/ Blue Paper Issues The Blue papers used for the King George V Grenada issues was fairly constant throughout the period. Peter Fernbank indicates that there were two color shades of what he describes as the Pale Blue-Grey with the second one having a Greenish-Blue color compared to the other. The Commonwealth Five Reigns Catalogue lists four variations of the Grenada 2/ value. These are primarily color shades, but the Blue paper color varies in subtle shades from Blue to Grey-Blue to Dull Blue to Greenish-Blue. The first three are fairly close in color which justifies them all being listed as SG 99 in the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue, but the final printing which has a very dark color that is described as Mottled is certainly worthy of being added to the catalog. So do keep an eye out for one in case it ever gets listed. Shown below is an ID Chart showing the four Blue papers used for the Grenada 2/ MCA issues. The primary way to identify these is the appearance of the colors, but both front and back are shown so you can see the slight variation in the paper color. Please double-click the image to see it in more detail, or if you want to save it to your PC for later use.  |
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kgvistamps
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What I collect: British Colonies - King George VI from all countries and King Edward VII & King George V from the West Indies.
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Post by kgvistamps on Jul 28, 2023 13:08:09 GMT
Just to close out this topic, here are the two page scans of my Grenada King George V stamps with watermark Multiple Crown CA organized by the Commonwealth Five Reigns Catalogue descriptions.   |
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