Ceylon KGV Definitive (Scott 231)

Here's a Ceylon George V definitive stamp.



For the life of me, I cannot indisputably determine what die this is. It has elements of both. Can somebody enlighten me?

Regards, Robert

There are special rules for Ceylon. Several stamps were printed from single plates, rather than separate key and duty plates, and yours appears to be one of them. Features of both dies are exhibited, but the quickest way to identify them is the large "c" in the value tablet. (Though in the case of the 6c, I think all the purples are single plates; the earlier 6c issues were various reds, and could be either single- or double-plate issues.)

Yours appears to be a 1922 issue (SG 343). Check for varieties in the watermark.

Robert, since you recognized the mix of die features, this won't be useful for you, but there are lots of new members who won't have seen my old Die I and Die II comparison thread.

https://goscf.com/t/12538

For anyone who wonders what Robert is talking about with die features...

Thanks, Cjd.
I don't have a SG catalog--I use Scott. There is only one listing for a 6-cents violet KGV, Scott 231. Scott describes it as Die 1b, type II. (By the way, my stamp has wmk. 4, which matches Scott.) As there is only one listing under Scott, my stamp has to be 231. Does the Stanley Gibbons catalog list any other die varieties of the 6c violet?

Gibbons just lists the single-plate option for the bright violet 6c. All the other 6c issues are carmines/reds/scarlets.

I didn't mean to cause confusion with "watermark varieties." One watermark, Multiple Script CA, but also found inverted, and inverted and reversed.

Thanks again. These KGV definitives are alot of fun.