Building A Worthwhile Stamp Collection Is No Piece Of Cake

Dear KGV,
I have a favourite dealer whom I get my shades off. I am still on probation though so cannot post any of his promo catalogues on here until I have served my apprenticeship. once I am a trusted member I will let you have some info,
sincerely,

Dear floortrader,
The shades I was referring to were all numbered in the original margins, of George V sheets. There are usually 12 different shades and then you have to remember that there are many different values, plus more than one sort of portrait, I own more than you believe exist, my collection is still not complete. I would be pleased to post some once my probation period is over,
sincerely,

No okka,
That was Glen Ford

In the Myth,

did he collect 1d. Reds,

Okka

Its a specialists thing..i respect that..talk about bad luck..the ink came from Germany in 1914 !!

Glen Ford was a stamp collector...he had that weird look in his eyes !

i used to have glassines of penny reds coming out of my ears..now they are in fashion..how about 1 1/2p and 2 p reds any interest ?

This is a photocopy from the book "The Redhead" by Colin Beech.
Published by The British Society of Australian Philately.

This is the best info I can find at the minute. But it will help us to understand the huge range of shades in the Aust Penny Reds of 1914 to 1920.
The section marked as 1930 I draw your attention to for shade numbers.

This is a Deep Salmon Eosin.

A stamp with a name called, "Sydney No 17"
Even with a rarest shade there is many different shades in the same shade group.

Hi Floortrader.




Fadelings and changelings are a pimple on the back side of the 1d red collector. Mostly UV longwave shade reactions will tell the collector if a shade has been tampered with. Also some times false shades can be seen in daylight only.

KGV,

my monitor seems to give different shades to the shade on the certificate and to your scan,
which is correct,

Okka

Hi okka.

Yes the shade is different.

The certificate photocopy is very red.

The stamps is scanned with 3 layers
plastic film and has a pink look.

KGV----Thanks for that additional info on the Reds,very interesting.A learning experience for everyone reading your detail explanation.Now off to find my light to check my Australian stockbook for color shades.

Nope, but I will give you $65 for those two pink and black 10 bob roos

perf14 let me think about it..it would give a boost to my stamp "budget"..if I mailed them first class I bet you would get them but with recent happenings on ebay I am not sure of anything anymore !!

John Glenn?