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Good morning Greg and David,

Rescanned the bottom R/H corner, looks like 6/24. Great work thanks.

Cheers
Barry

Oooh, nice and clear. Yep, 6-24. (I don't have that position. Now at least I can tell it from 6-14.)

Kaygeevee
I see I made a ridiculous typo- my red pairs are 8/14 - 15.
Am I wrong about the scan as well?
Back of Bourke
It's a pleasure to identify your fantastic scans!

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Josto
Your 1 1/2d red (with the poorly repaired lower left corner) is
24R8 state 2- BW 89(24)ia. Metal was added to try & correct a flaw, but it later fell off.

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Thanks mobbor for your kind comment. I spent 7 wonderful years in your part of the world. I was a pilot flying out of Coffs Aero Club.

Cheers
Barry

josto -- or others .. a member has a really useful 1d red variety book for sale here at just $10 plus post:

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=77817#77817

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Hi!

Hmm, I was too late with the book about the 1d varieties!

I`ve got a question about this 3d blue stamp! It is small multiple watermark. Can anyone tell me something about this one? When I look at the right corner I see flaws and also a strange frameline. Could this perhaps be a retouch? Also when i look at the whole stamps it seems as if the print is not in the right angle! At the left upper corner the distance prom the print to the upper perfs is smaller than the distance at the right upper corner. Is this normal?





Thanks a lot

Josto,
Your 3d Blue is 3L22 "Thickening of upper frame at right"
Cheers
Chris

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josto .. maybe buy Greg's KGV ACSC for $25 .. all these well known flaws you are posting up are in there and well illustrated!

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=3259

Glen

Ok, my turn. I bought a collection of plate varieties from Ian Kimmerley in Ottawa, and am merging it with my own collection. For 99% of the stamps, I've checked the collector's identification of the stamps and he's been right.

Here are two of the exceptions, and they both have me stumped. He thinks the stamp on the left is 6/30 and the one on the right is 6/50. Ideas?



Greg

Greg
The 2nd scan could well be 6/50. The checklist describes it:
"Right frame. Shave for 1 3/4mm where it ends abruptly".
However there are a no. of similar flaws.
The 1st scan is not 6/30, which has a fair-sized bite taken
out of the bottom of the left frame. Can't help you sorry.

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Hi Barry,

re 6/24 it's my pleasure to be of help.

I hope you are getting what we are today, it's something falling from the sky, I looked it up on google and it's called RAIN.

If you are getting it? the back paddock will soon need the mower over it.

Regards David

Hi mobbor,
re 8/15 in red. This is a bit of a problem, on single used copies that I have seen for sale the damaged area appears as on the scan, but I do know of a large positional block in red that shows the flaw but I have been unable to get a scan of it, so all I have to go on is this email scan and this may not be the flaw. I've always considered this a minor flaw (but it is rare in red) so probably have not given it the attention that I should have.

In the greens the damaged area is sometimes raised a lot higher above the frame, as shown in the BSAP 1d check list, it appears that when it got to this stage the printer tapped it back, to put it roughly in line with the rest of the frame.

Regards David

Hi David,

Yes we are getting a lot of that rain, we have had over 225ml or 5 inches in the last week. It is amazing how quickly the country comes back.

The local school had a carwash last weekend, so what happens when you wash your car it always rains, so we are blaming then for the rain.

Cheers
Barry

BW107D (DULL BLUE) Type B R55 ????
White dot l/h outer shield



Cheers
Barry

Hi Back O'Bourke
All that rain- you'll have to start worrying about rust like us coastal dwellers.
Another suberb scan.
You identified it as die 1a small mult. wmk. perf 12 1/2 x
13 1/2.
I can confirm it is 3/4R55. The checklist actually lists 10
primary flaws (no secondary so it's either plate 3 or 4.
We could have a competition about this. You mention the white
dot below the emu's beak. How many of the other 9 can people pick up (without cheating)?

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I'll add - Frame break lower left.

I can see a few.


Just spotted another. White dot on left end of centre bar on 3 in LVT.

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Hi!

I found one KGV 1d red that looks very bright orange under UV-light! Can anyone tell me which of the different colours occur bright orange under UV? Unfortunately the date of the cancel can not be seen as it is a line cancel.

Thanks

Pom, you missed the clipped bottom left corner.

Greg

Josto, you're not going to be able to identify shades by single copies with undated postmarks. Start accumulating copies with readable dates. When you have at least a few hundred, and preferably a few thousand, sort them by date order. Then get yourself a copy of Colin Beech's book The Redhead. Don't worry -- that book is pretty cheap. Read the book carefully, then start working through the step-by-step instructions on sorting the shades.

Once you've done that, you'll have a reference collection you can trust. You can use it to sort the shades of undated used copies and mint ones.

(The actual answer to your question is "about 10 major shades and 100 subshades." There's no way anyone is going to be able to identify the shade without seeing the actual stamp. Scans are usually useless for shades.)

I think that made it sound daunting, but it is actually fun. And you're pretty much guaranteed to find good shades.

Greg

You've done very well, coming up with about a dozen flaws,
some of which are not on the checklist.
The ones you missed are irregular shading in the 4th wattle bloom at right, a tiny shade break between emus's legs & a
tiny upward notch from the line below G.

Josto-
the orange UV reaction indicates aniline ink & is found commonly in smooth & rough paper shades. If it's
fluorescent it could indicate a rare shade, perhaps salmon eosin
though it's more golden. You can get an idea of this shade from the examples posted in the 'greatest Aust. stamp find of the century' thread.

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I'm taking the liberty of the expression "old man emu " to another level. Is this flaw transient or a noted flaw - if so what is it currently worth.

Thanks for your time and assistance.

Kindest regards


Thomas

Hi Guys,

Sorry I missed spot the dot and fault, but have been away for a couple of days.

Had a 2,000km trip driving our roadtrain as our driver was off sick. The joys of being selfemployed and your wife is the CEO.

Cheers
Barry

Hi!

Can anyone help me with this 1 1/2d red KGV? It has a pretty good visual brake in the upper frame besides the crown!





Thanks

josto

And here is another good visual flaw on a 1 1/2d red KGV!






Thanks for looking!

josto

Hi josto

Can't help with your 1st scan but your 2nd scan could be from Electro 16 stamp number 1.

Regards David

Has anyone come across this one?????

BW74D block.....Large Multi CARMINE (aniline)
Thin Paper (0.003) MUH

BW110C Inverted

Is it real or one of those forgeries that exist in lemon-yellow shades??????

Hi!

Good question! I`m also interested in the different shades of the yellow or orange 4d KGVs! I found several different ones which I`m not yet able to specify! Could someone help me although it`s pretty difficult on scanned pictures? Perhaps tendencies? Where could I find references for the different shades?

Here are two pictures of the shapes!





And here I`ve got another question!

Can anyone help me with these two stamps? They are 1d red Wmk large multiple watermark. How can I find out if it`s Cooke or Harrison printing? Can anyone help me with the shades too?




Thanks a lot!

josto

And just one other question!

Looking through my 1d red KGVs I found these two pieces! Are these two stamps Die III stamps? I thought because of the white line at the lower neck of the head! The first example has a normal perforation, but the second stamp has a bit strange lower perf corners. Is this normal?







Thanks a lot!

Hi josto

Yes they are both die 3's, the perfs varied a lot on these stamps as the sheet was 10 across and 12 rows down, the perf machine was made to perf sheets 12 across and 10 down with a central gutter.
So with the Die 3's they perfed the first 6 stamps and worked their way down the sheet leaving the 4 stamps on the right imperf, the perf. machine was then altered (or they went to a second machine ?) and the remaining 4 stamps were perfed.

You can get blocks showing the stamps on the left with the normal perfs and the stamps at the right showing the perfs 1,2 or even 3 rows lower.

Regards David

Hi josto,

re KGV1d LMW.
It's hard to be sure by looking at your scans but I'm fairly sure that they are both Harrison shades.

Cooke LMW were issued in the early months of 1918 and are best collected with an early 1918 date or have the slogan cancel :
HELP TO WIN THE WAR
BUY WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
ELIGIBLES ENLIST
this slogan cancel was not used after 1918, it should not to be confused with the 1919/20 slogan cancel:
HELP REPATRIATION
BUY WAR SAVINGS
CERTIFICATES

The best way to be sure is to check them under a U/V lamp.

Regards David

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Large multi wmk with missing frameline on R/H side which I can't find in BW catalogue....any thoughts please?

dm57 - overinking is my bet.

Re 4d Orange group the DATE is the key to these -- ASCS lists dates that all shades should show to be kosher.

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Large multi wmk with missing frameline on R/H side which I can't find in BW catalogue....any thoughts please?[/quote]

Probably a severe case of over inking. The 1½d seems to be prone to these, usually on the right hand side for some reason.

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This is not a question, just wanted to show off what I just received from The POM.

I hope others like looking at them, as I surely do.

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The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Thanks Bill, I like looking at your money, so we're both happy!

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Chris, when is the next lot of my money flowing over the the old isles. Must be time for some more of my favourites to appear.

cya and thanks.

Bill.

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The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Can someone help me with this one. It has variety BW 92 2 d and in addition has a piece out of the frame above the emu's tail.

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KGV tragic

Hi sandgroper,

It looks like 92(2)d....2L54

THE SCRATCH IN FRONT OF KING'S FOREHEAD is the flaw on this one.

Cheers
Barry

Thanks Barry, I don't have the books, is the stamp from the Ash printing of the void corner?

ken

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KGV tragic

Hi Ken.

Your BW92(2)d is from the John Ash sheet of N over N

I have 5 other BW92(2)d stamps and cannot find your other flaws, which seem non constant flaws.

It is from the void top corner BW92(2)e sheet.

Cheers
Barry

Hi Barry, Showed the stamp to a friend in Batemans bay who is an expert on void corners and he has told me:-

"Break in the frame above the emu tail occurred in J.Ash 2nd Imprint to the void corner and is scarce being short lived. A text book example"

Pity the stamp wasn't in better condition.

ken

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Hi!

I found also some stamps with similar flaws! Do you think they could be compared to the one you showed? Can anyone tell me which ones these are and what`s the value?









Thanks

Gosh those 1 1/2d's were a real mess weren't they. I have a ton of them and I find trying to find a known fault through all the rough paper and bad printing is real tough going. Some nights my eyes feel like they are about to explode.

I know what you feel like. You can only do it for a short time befor e you see double.

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The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Hi!

Could anyone help me with these two stamps?

The one to the left has nearly the colour of a 2d red-brown! It`s not so good visible in the scan? Which colour could this one be?

The second stamp is also a 1d red with a flaw right below the left number "1"!? Do you think it`s a die II stamp or is it just an accident? It looks a bit different than the normal die II!




Greetings

josto

Can't see your image Josto?? Difficult to tell by words only.

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The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Hmm, strange, I can see it! OK, here it is again!




Greetings