Australia 1914 Scott#19A Emerald Variety Thin"1/2" At The Right?

is the stamp in the upload (the infamous) australia 1914 scott#19a emerald variety thin"1/2" at the right? who knows australia stamps?
(this stamp wmk 9 reverse)see images.

Sorry, it is not. The thinner part is the "1" of the right "1/2". Both your left "1" and right "1" are the same width. For Scott Australia #19a, the right "1" will be noticeably thinner -- I would say very roughly 25% thinner.

ok khj..knows his auzy stamps..better luck next time..thanks mate,,

Here is an example that I pilfered borrowed from Tooler. The left stamp is the thin 1 variety.

my litle green stamp ,the 1/2 on the right tends to be a "wee bit" smaller , than the 1/2 on the left..would you say?

It certainly does appear to be slightly smaller edw_kim, but I am no expert.

I think the cancel is playing tricks on us. If we could get a larger picture of the stamp we could just measure it.

Peter

Not an expert on Australia, either. But as far as I know, the narrower "2" at the right "1/2" is typical for this stamp. The determining factor is the whether the right "1" is narrower. If you don't trust your eyes, you can always overlay the 1's to convince yourself they are the same width. As Peter mentioned, the cancel can play tricks.

This is one of those stamps, where if you have to wonder if you have the thin "1/2" variety, then you don't have it.

I find it very clear to see the difference when blown up like this or under a 10x magnifier.

another way .is to have it expertized by APS..my little green stamp..
it can be certified by stamps.org..as to find out (if my little green
auzy stamp "is infact" a variety)..

the original image has been resized 250%

Looks like the normal stamp to me. Both !'s are the same size as far as I can tell, but if you'd like to support the APS please send it to them.


Peter

I copied both images and opened them with IrfanView 32bit viewer which has a measure tool. Although I didn't know what dpi the images were, the tool indicates that both numerals are the same width. 7 and 20 pixels in this case. I know it can't be precise, but it's closer than eyeballing them.
I think the right numeral looks narrower because of the bits of cancellation which also make it look crooked.

They are the same width.



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Don

is thay kool or what? ..they all measured my little green auzy stamp..

Be careful.

The Scott catalog does a disservice by listing the variety as 'Thin "½" at right'. Other catalogs have it as 'thin 1'. The only thing to look at is the "1".