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Australia Sg 133, 133A Question

 
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Posted 02/21/2015   6:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Partime to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Just purchased some Australian items to fill in those blanks. I'm going to talk only in SG terminology from this point on.

SG 133 (C of A watermark) is the 9d Roo with a Die IIB which means a break in the outer line above the ST, along with an incomplete upper right frame corner. I see these quite plainly in one of my examples:







Now, I noticed an older stamp in my collection that I thought was the same, but it show indications of a Die II which means no break in the ST area and (I guess) a normal corner.







There is some commentary in the SG catalog that this is possible, and the second item would be known as SG133a, however, ONLY when in pair with a Type IIB. Therefore, limited value? Bummer, but keepers anyway.
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Posted 02/21/2015   9:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I see the upper right inside frame line broken in the same two places, the top of the corner and a small piece of the line to the right of the 2nd and 3rd shading lines. Above the ST appears to be the start of a break.
Far more visable on the scan of the 2nd stamp to me are the breaks in the O of POSTAGE, and the shading line above GE.
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