Australian KGV Stamps Explained.

That's an interesting take KG5 man,
I hadn't considered perfed cutouts, you were thinking outside the box, Bravo!
I have a chart for the flyspecks on the penny reds
are you interested?

Rod: I am always interested in K.G.V information & especially penny reds. Can never know enough. Thanks for the offer.

As a child till now I have always loved roos. Tried collecting them for a while but the cost was limiting so changed to K.G.Vs. They are great. So many variations & they are still affordable.

I wanted to post my own chart with arrows to the flyspecks,
but it somehow abused the forum etiquette, I don't know why
so I guess we will have to do without it for now, until
I go elsewhere on the net to find out how to layer images.

Half Penny Green Issues.



Issued 1915 Die I single wmk perf 14.2 single line ~ 2 shade groups.

Issued 1915 ~ 1918 Die I single wmk perf 14.25 X 14 comb ~ 8 shade groups.

Issued 1918 Die I Lm wmk perf 14.25 X 14 comb ~ 5 shade groups.

Image: Pair 1st stamp " thin fraction" right half fraction the " l thin".

Very nice KGV,
worth mentioning the thick double lines {"Jubilee lines")
indicate the centre gutter, and are there to give rigidity to the printing plate.
Or at least, that is how I understand it.

Half Penny Orange Issues.



Issued 1923 ~ 1925 Die I single wmk perf 14.25 X 14 comb ~ 3 shade groups.

Issued 1927 Die I sm wmk perf 14.25 X 14 comb ~ 3 shade groups.

Issued 1928 ~ 1931 Die I sm wmk perf 13.5 X 12.5 comb ~ 3 shade groups.

Issued 1933 ~ 1937 Die I C of A wmk perf 13.5 X 12.5 comb ~ 3 shade groups.

Image: a mullett imprint pair.

Very nice Mullett Imprint KGV
Good old Aussie- Postal towns ending in "UNDA" =18

OK. I finally see it now. I kept looking at his hair

Thanks Rod and Kirks you both are very funny people.I have a lot to learn. Rod great catch on unda. wondered if anyone would see the aussie in it great stuff.

Yep, KGV, if you are ever experiencing melancholy,
log on here and read Kirk,
He'll soon have you chuckling.
I have a list of Aboriginal placenames somewhere, I must check out what the suffix "unda" refers to, "near water" or something similar.

Yes please I can not think of anywhere that ends in unda.The boss is in bed and my 1 finger typing is going to be laughed at. Seems to be the only way I can get the family to roll around the floor. So ends my 15 minuets of typing.

There's an article about Aboriginal Place Names in Wikipedia, but I didn't see any UNDAs listed.

Edit/Addition:

Kalamunda is derived from two Noongar (an Indigenous Australian language) words: kala meaning "home" and munda meaning "forest", hence spawning the Shire's motto "A home in the forest".

Great link Kirk. Thanks.

A question. The town of Kuranda in Queensland. That is not on the list. Does anyone know if that is an Aboriginal name?

Almost invariably Puzzler, there still remains an aboriginal village at Kuranda. There is no exhaustive site for names in Australia as yet,probably die to the vast language dialects, I can supply meanings of every town in Western Australia but not Queensland.
And Kirk, I live very near Kalamunda in Perth, Kalamunda is up in the hills,or scarp overlooking the City.

Interestingly, I have sheet of Australia's Penny Black
issued by the Aboriginal Post.

Aboriginal postmarks