My Australian Oddities

Here's another one that is probably minor, but worth posting and asking. This is Scott 21d, the rough paper version. (ACSC 72). Overall view looks like it was oversoaked, but this is quite normal for this stamp.


The area of interest is the top of the U in Australia. Although it is expected that the rough paper would cause some anomalies, this looks a bit odd to me. I can't locate in ACSC. Any ideas?

I've had this in the collection for awhile, but off work for a few days, so here it goes. This is Scott 45, ACSC 7, narrow A - narrow crown watermark. Damaged on right side, and quite a few poor perfs throughout.

The oddities are a mark over the 2d numeral block, and an extended vertical line at the bottom right. There is also a stray dot on the right frame, as shown, which could help plate this one.

Cancel appears to be 14 MAY 17.

Here's a recent purchase that I (of course) can't locate in ACSC. Scott 28 is the 2d Red King George V with the single watermark, ACSC 96. This example has a white area near the left wattles, and a filled in area above the L of Australia. Does anyone have a positive identification of this variety?

I see nothing in my references
Wattles nothing
Broken ring...common, but I do not see any references.

You appear to have "broken crown at top"
Electro 11
96 (11)h 11R8

As good as BW is, extremely compehensive,
their images in the booklets can be somewhat challenging.

Perhaps Electro 16?
96 (16)n
Reads "damage to top shading and below"
Dashed if I can make it out in the 2007 edition.

Your broken oval vignette ring is quite startling.

Thanks for checking Rod. I've looked through my limited literature, and also don't see anything. Perhaps a one-off? Also, I don't quite see the broken crown that you are referencing. Sorry.

Fairly striking for a one off!

Yes, the bit on crown has not broken off, but has the familiar loop.
I would assess that as an early stage, Myself.
A good crown top, is usually 3 dots.
It always bothers me that some damage can be existant, but others you would expect to also be evident on the same stamp are not there.

Probably comes with territory, "flyspecking"

Partime

My BSAP shows this as 12AR21 with a question mark, so probable but not confirmed.






Hope this helps.

Tasnaki

Tasnaki. Excellent information. That certainly matches the lack of lines in that area. I'll log this into my collection database. Thanks so much!

I picked up a few covers this past weekend at a local stamp bourse. This is Scott C5, ACSC 162, due to the cancellation date of 7NO45.


If you squint really hard, you can see evidence of a "Re-Entry" on the left side that is not listed in ACSC, but is shown on "Re-entries.com" as their Australian example number 17, shown below.



I also have an example of ACSC 163z, the McCracken imprint block of 4, that also shows just a smidge of a re-entry in the same general area. However, this is the Thin, Unsurfaced paper version issued in February 1948, but no exact date listed. Does anyone have something similar?

Pmk: COLEDALE NSW

Two more recent purchases that have very small flaws. The first is postage due, Scott J51, ACSC D106. There is an odd Frame Plate break which matches up with a Value Plate break at the same spot. This was probably foreign matter on the sheet during printing.



The second is Scott 95, ACSC 133, which has a top scribe mark and positioning dot.

Siderographer's positioning dots
Those interested may read further here
https://goscf.com/t/72516&whichpage=2#643072 br /

The dot on the 6d Kookaburra is a perforation dot. I extracted a portion of a letter or email from Geoff Kellow, editor of the ACSC, which was posted by a Stampboard member clearing up some incorrect opinions about the existence of these dots. This answer was in relation to other recess stamps printed in this era.

"The stamps were printed and perforated 120-up. The idea from Stampboards that you don't need a perforation pinning point to accurately perforate line-perforated stamps is just not right. All Australian recess stamps from the Canberra onwards have such coloured dots for this purpose. On the Canberra stamps these appear in the middle point of all four selvedges on every plate. This may be the case as well for later stamps but I am not sure. Sheets of the 1/- Lyrebird do not grow on trees, but I expect that if you were to examine them there would be a coloured dots on each side of every sheet, though sometimes removed by perforation. It should be pointed out that, although the catalogue says the dot is between rows 4/5, this is not always the case. Attached (see below) is a block showing the dot between rows 8/9 - presumably that plate does not have one beteen rows 4/5 as well. More work is clearly need to clear up exactly the positions these dots occupy, but I exepct there is insufficient material, especially that which would help define each plate, to reach anything like finality."

https://stampboards.com/viewtopic.p...1612#p491612

Regards
Frank

I had always thought Perforation guide "pips"
were shown in the negative.
ie a coloured ring around the pip.

Not seen a positive before,
(seen one as a plate pip on the Sydney Bridge)