Pardon me for asking, but "spur on what?" For those of us who don't collect Australia, please describe what we should be looking at, or post an image with an added arrow, or post a "normal" example for comparison.
It concerns a spur of metal on the King George V, 1d (One Penny) Die ll In the Left Hand Value Tablet, situated adj the bottom of "1" It exists in 13 x different angles, and appearance. Bib: Plating the KGV 1d Die 2 Bert Wajer , Gordon Monk. 2004
Addenda. There are 3 theories today, as to how the die ll spur came into being. The first ( and as I always knew it) a splinter of metal was embedded in the transfer roller.
For many years its has been erroneously believed that the Die ll was a separate die, it is nothing more than a broken Die l.
Bib: as above.
The original poster's stamp is a (damaged) Die 1, (the shading lines merge with the Kangaroo's back, and spur ?) In Die lll of the same stamp, it does not, space between shading lines and back of Kangaroo.
John, if your interested there's two other die 2 states that seem(imo) *easily overlooked/missed*, as a result merged & intermediate flawed stamps appear elusive.
Finches, I have / had quite a few spurs on the penny green, I was delighted when I found them, earlier on in my collecting history. Dashed if I can find them, which is unusual for me.
If I do find them, I'll post.
PS: The verbiage "Die ll spur" remains, so as not to confuse common knowledge amongst collectors.
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