My Answer To "Why King George V?"

I know you guys are closet Travancore Cochin collectors.

The Lass on the Saint Christopher stamp is "Hygieia"
the daughter of medicine.

Hygeia appears on a New Zealand health issue, too:



(Scott B5)

KGV overprinted for use in Nauru

KGV St. Lucia War Tax overprint in a block of four used at Castries

Nice examples, Plateflaw. Here are another couple simple definitives, from Mauritius:




and Rhodesia:



respectively.

Falkland Islands

1929-37 10s. carmine on emerald paper SG 125

Falkland Islands

1933 Centenary of British Administration 2s. 6d. black and violet SG 135

Gibraltar

1924 4s. black and carmine SG 100



A great-looking, bright and fresh stamp, except for the whopping great diagonal crease through it!

What a shame.

Three beauties. The Gibraltar large-formats are great, and that one may be my favorite color combination. Or maybe I like them all...

Some absolutely stunning stamps have been shown in this thread. I definitely agree with the general feeling in here that this was the 'golden age' of stamps...never before and never again.

I have not seen these posted in here yet, if they were please excuse the repetition. Not the best looking KGV's but KGV's none the less:

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:-)

Gambia definitives:

The smaller denominations share the elephant/tree motif with Sierra Leone (though the overall stamp design is different):



The higher denominations are (mostly) in a larger format:



and are some of my favorites.

(Here is a Sierra Leone revisited for comparison, showing its variation of the elephant and tree.)

I see elephants -- Rod will be here soon

Want to see some more?

Let me think about that for one seco..Yes.

While you are lining up your next scans, I offer some nice KGV blocks to have a gander at!

SG# 437 - 2½d. blue



SG# 441 - 1½d. red-brown



Back in a bit,

Skilo54

Caution - Handle with Care!

Here are a couple strips that are in my KGV sideface collection, I think it is pretty remarkable that they are still together after all these years.