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Post by robert on Apr 2, 2016 16:04:13 GMT
The link provided will show my display of a near completed collection of King George VI issues, at the moment I cannot find any good copies of the 1938 £1 Specimen and a few thin paper types and shades. Apart from that the collection is 90 percent complete with inverted watermarks, aniline issues, specimens, shades, paper types, rare issues etc. drive.google.com/open?id=0B8f0Z-HKP8u4OVltRGtLam9xNkkClick onto any image to see the enlargement, there are arrows on the far end of the stamp so the viewer can see all the stamps in a manual slideshow. * = Reverse side ++ = Unlisted |
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zipper
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What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
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Post by zipper on Apr 2, 2016 16:33:19 GMT
Nice. Thanks for showing this.
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Post by robert on Apr 2, 2016 17:42:03 GMT
Thanks for the comment zipper
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Apr 2, 2016 22:15:59 GMT
What can you tell us about the "mellow yellow" shade of the 1/2 penny kangaroo? Shades are, for me, far more difficult to determine than anything "simple" like perforation or watermark varieties - does the shade stand out under ultra-violet light? The single sheet known was found as a complete mint sheet, I assume? Very interesting to see that a listed shade was found so late after the original issue date.
Ryan
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Post by robert on Apr 2, 2016 23:11:19 GMT
What can you tell us about the "mellow yellow" shade of the 1/2 penny kangaroo? Shades are, for me, far more difficult to determine than anything "simple" like perforation or watermark varieties - does the shade stand out under ultra-violet light? The single sheet known was found as a complete mint sheet, I assume? Very interesting to see that a listed shade was found so late after the original issue date. Ryan Hope I can help you here Ryan. Page 6/50 of the Australian Commonwealth Specialist Catalogue (2015), Note 7. No. 180c is a medium strength offset and is very scarce; it would seem that only a portion of one sheet was issued.
There was only a half-sheet known consisting of the “mellow-yellow" stamp when it was discovered in 1996. I believe the sheet mentioned on the certificate was a reference to the half-sheet as the ACSC mentioned that it was a porrtion of the sheet, and when I spoke to a reputable pre-decimal stamp specialist (one of the co-authors of the ACSC) he mentioned only 160 are known to exist. The stamp is of a coil perforation (15 x 14) and has no watermark. The shade can be easily recognised by it’s distinctive yellow colour rather than the normal dark orange colour (never tried a UV light will let you know in the next post); the image below shows the 1949 "mellow yellow" stamp on the right compared to the average 1949 kangaroo on the left.  |
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