New And Have Many Old Australian Stamps

I'm surprised to see red KGV1 for 1k I have seven of them, also green bird of paradise 3k, I have two of them.
Scratches head*.


P.S All my stamps are water marked.

Those are part of an ongoing scam. They are worth less than a penny, but some "sellers" are offering them for hundreds of dollars, if not thousands of dollars. I hope you stick around and post some others. And welcome to the forum.

I completely agree with Partime.

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Wow thanks guys, I suppose the old one something is worth what someone will pay, but truely guys I have a great collection, all watermarked, one red NSW, cancelled 1911, I don't know if I'm imagining things but think I see a first watermark. I'll post a pic and tell me if I'm seeing things lol.

Also guys this maybe interesting, one of my KGV1 has an upside down em, see pic, I'm thinking bout putting my ten which includes the upside down one next to the one for $10k for 11k lol, sell em or not just for a giggle.

You need watermark fluid, or another special machine to detect watermarks. Without that, it's hard to know. Some issues are easy to see with naked eye, but for this one, I don't think anyone can confirm anything.




Of which stamp are you talking about?

I don't know if It's just me, but I don't exactly understand what you mean. But I give you some advice: you should take the time to ask your questions to some experts here, take the time to learn more about what you have, and don't hurry, because you can do huge mistakes about value and identification. In brief, learn all that step by step. Just some advice.

Man I could sit and look at stamps for ages lol, just found out that my scarlet KGV1 X 10, 9 have reverse WM's and one has an upside down watermark.

Since 9 out of 10 have a reversed watermark, my guess is you did not read the catalogue correctly. Some, like Stanley Gibbons, show the watermark as seen from the front of the stamp. When you look at it from the back, as most of us do, it is reversed to the catalogue image, but normal.

As for inverted watermarks on low value stamps: these could be booklet stamps and be very common.

Green Bird of Paradise?
Presume you have some 1/- Lyre birds.

Cool, how bout the upside down one same thing I suppose apparently the sideways is the go.

I think you have perfectly normal stamps, one of which is from a booklet. You should consider getting a catalog and reading the introduction. Sideways watermarks are usually special, but sometimes not. Again, specialized catalogues would help you. Get the ACSC for Australia.

You are all over the place. Sideways is not reversed. Sideways is when the stamp is on its side and the watermark is normal from the front (reversed from the back).

As I wrote and Partime explained, the inverted watermark stamp may be from a stamp book.

Sideways watermarks may be from sideways printings, usually for rolls of stamps used in vending machines. Other reasons exist. Unless the printing was done by feeding the press one sheet at the time (after George V printing on the web from huge reels of paper became commonplace), sideways watermarks, usually, are intended and not errors. The value will depend on the rarity of the printing (in relation to demand).

And keep in mind: errors may be valuable, but must not be valuable. "Normal" printings may not be valuable, but some are. It all depends on how many were printed and the survival rate, and how many collectors are interested in the stamps.