Very Rare Set Of The 1949-50 Coat Of Arms

A "complete set" for now. The very rare £1 Coat-of-Arms printed on very thin paper (0.085mm) is extremely hard to find, and until one turns up for sale I'll have to settle for this, and the £2 Specimen with the 3mm high overprint is out of the ball park (would need to win the lottery or mortgage the house for that one - ACSC prices it at $7,500), the stamps presently displayed contains the scarce 5/- on very thin paper (0.085mm), the scarce £2 with Roller Blade flaw and the very rare £2 Coat-of-Arms printed on very thin paper (0.085mm), the very rare stamp was cut and pasted to fit evenly with the remainder of the set, the original is beside the certificate.

Rob,

I keep trying to locate that Roller Blade flaw as it looks like it could be mistaken for part of the cancel. No luck so far.

Question. The view of the back of the 5 shilling red does not look reversed, as I would expect from a view of a very thin paper. Did you do some manipulation there?

Oops. Looks OK to me right now.

Very nice! Could you please post a close up of the Roller Blade Flaw?


Peter

Hi Steve

It was my mistake, I immediately uploaded the correct image when you brought to my attention the incorrect reverse. Upload the stamp you think is a roller blade flaw and I'll see if I can identify it as one.

Rob

Hi Petert4522

Bottom right just under the "E" of "POSTAGE", joining the outer circle to the bottom stroke of the £ symbol, compared to the normal £2 on the right.

Rob

Sorry for the confusion. I just meant I have actually been looking for a roller blade flaw for many years, and have yet to find one in any dealer's stock. (I keep hoping that it will be mislabeled as a Used Example where the flaw is mistaken as part of the cancellation.) Your example shows it quite clearly. (Lower right 2)

Thanks for posting such great examples.

Sorry, misunderstood. To be honest I've never seen a used one either, they must exist as the ACSC mentions used ones. I'll have to look around to see if any are sold and the price asked for, for curiosity sake - the ACSC prices the used stamps at AU$325, I believe that is about US$246.

Hope you find one mislabelled.

Rob

Hi,
Nice stamps!
Im currently looking through a bag of 5/ stamps to try find any thin paper ones.
I have no way to measure the thickness of the paper, so my request is:
Can someone upload a photo of this paper next, or compared, to a normal paper one.
I'll keep looking for now.
Oscar

Also,I've noticed the stamp on the certificate photo does not have the flaw....the one above that photo does.
I have one of those £2 flaws with certificate also, I will upload a photo when I have the time.
Cheers
Oscar

Thank you for posting this coat of arms set and all the details - I learned a lot today.

Gorgeous set.