My Australian Oddities

Nice one Al !
Perhaps the "gouge" was why that stamp was redrawn.......

AussieAl

The bottom one is quite dramatic.

Thanks Rod. Nicely shown.

Steve,
Wow! just noticed the huge gash on the RHS of the left "2"
That is some flaw.......
(The CTO image)

Electro 16L4.

Thanks Al, ACSC#97 $75 used 2007 singleton.

This is Scott 7, ACSC 16(U)h, Colour flaw left of I of Australia. I also noted the A of Postage is slightly off, plus a nick under the Kangaroo's ear. Neither of these are shown in the ACSC catalog, but thought I would point it out for comments.

That 5d roo looks like its been rubbed face down on a rough surface. A LOT of ink is missing everywhere. The A certainly looks like ink scratched away. Not sure about the ear, could be a transient flaw or scratched ink. Hard to tell without examining the stamp. Unless other specimens come to light and submitted to the ACSC for consideration as a genuine new flaw, they do seem to pander to those who see $$$ at any minuscule printing error on something around 100yrs old.

Here's a recent purchase. Scott 70, and probably ACSC 99, the Die II version of this stamp. I have difficulty determining Die I and Die II. In this case, the cancellation date of 17 June 1930 strongly points to Die II.

The Oddity is the scratches in Roo's tail. These are not shown in my ACSC. Confirmation from our group?

I took a cursory look through the BSAP 2d Die I checklist but didn't see it. I understand that the Brown Die I only used Plates 12 and 16.

I'm for my first Covid shot today but will take a closer look later.

Your stamp looks more like Die II to me withe the slight downward projection of the vertical stroke on the first E of PENCE and the more or less regular W of TWO. I don't have a Die II checklist.

Frank.

It's been a long lock-down in California. Finally opened up these past couple of days, so now I am waiting for the first stamp bourse. Looking through some older items, I found this one. Identified as Scott OB47, ACSC 13(2)m, Die I, punctured small OS, but very poorly centered. This is described as "White scratch from value circle to EN of PENCE". Not a great copy, but picked up for a very low price.

This is Scott 32, ACSC 111. I can't place this with my 2014 ACSC catalog. I see a small mark on the Emu's back, plus a scratch from the King's beard down towards the R of Four Pence. Is this listed in a newer version of ACSC?

A cracker of a stamp, Steve. I like it, nice centreing.
Possibly Identified under "Freaks"

BW 5d Kangaroo Page 2/74
"Examples are found showing "overinking" esp. around the map.

A keeper, I would send a scan to Geoff Kellow.

Emu flaw is listed in A.S.Davidson & V.W. Dix 1973 cat as pane/plate 1L5 (no mention of the scratch .

Learning to read Davidson and Dix
The Cooke Plates
1L5



You also have a break in the shading line under the tail
similar to 1L25
Yours is 5th line, but over inked, I'd say.