King George V Sideface Varieties

• BW 89 / SG 77 variety not listed
• No top to crown
• Plate 21, Right Pane, Position 9 (21R9)
• Exists only on BW 89.
  • BW 89 was only issue to use Electro 21

Postmark MITTAGONG NSW
6PM 2nd September 1925

• 1d Die I BW 89(22)n / SG 77 Variety not listed in SG catalogue
• Notches in top frame left of crown
• Electro 22, Right Pane, Position 27 (22R27)
• Exists only on BW 89.
  • BW 89 was only issue to use Electro 22

• 1½d Die I BW 89(21)d / SG 77 Variety not listed in SG catalogue
• Retouch, top left corner
  • Left frame turns inwards at top
• Electro 21, Left Pane, Position 1 (21L1)
• Exists only on BW 89.
  • BW 89 was the only 1½d Die I to use Electro 21

• 1½d Die II BW 91(4)e / SG 87 Variety not listed in SG catalogue
• Two angled cuts in left frame
  • Angled in downwards with widest point about 23mm from SW corner
  • Angled in downwards with widest point about 16mm from SW corner
• Electro 4, Left Pane, Position 11 (4L11)
• Variety exists also as 92(4)e

• 2d Die II BW 92(4)e (or possibly 92(3)f) / SG 96 Variety not listed in SG catalogue
• Variety left half of cross on crown is missing above the frame line
  • Difficult to determine between the two without compartment lines
  • (4)e has a compartment line just above the remaining half of cross and a coloured dot (which may be a remnant of the cross) above the missing part
  • (3)f has a dot north-west of the left hand corner of the cross
  • These compartment lines are not commonly seen
• (4)e was subsequently re-entered and exhibited:
  • An ink-less shading line between the crown and the right wattle (eighth shading line counting down)
  • Shading lines above wattle are thickened
  • There may be inkless shading lines between LIA and the wattle bloom, and between that bloom and the right frame
  • These varieties are not listed in ACSC
• (4)h is Plate 4, Left Pane, Position 53 (4L53)
• (3)f is Plate 3, Right Pane, Position 30 (3R30)
• BW 91 (4)e and (3)f exhibit the broken crown variety

• 1½d Die I BW 89(21)j / SG 77 Variety not listed in SG catalogue
• Cross on crown missing above top frame
• Electro 21, Left Pane, Position 29 (21L29)
• Exists also as 89(12)j.

• 1½d Die I BW 89(22)s / SG 77 Variety not listed in SG catalogue
• Eight wattles at left
• Electro 22, Right Pane, Position 44 (22R44)
• Only exists on BW 89, the only time Electro 22 was used.

• 1½d Die I BW 89(22)t / SG 77 Variety not listed in SG catalogue
• PQSTAGE
• Electro 22, Right Pane, Position 45 (22R45)
• Only exists on BW 89, the only time Electro 22 was used.
  

• 2d Die I BW 96(10)f / SG 63 Variety not listed in SG catalogue
• White dot after 2 in right value tablet
• Electro 10, Right Pane, Position 27 (10R27)
• Only exists on BW 96, the only time Electro 10 was used.

Nice find, Frank.

Great images Itma

I will have to revisit my Australian Collection this post will certainly help me.

Dianne

Thanks, Dianne. Yes, I have always found that the sanitized images in catalogues and studies a bit unhelpful, and it helps to see an image of the complete stamp. Often there is a subsidiary flaw that nails the identification where the main flaw is common to two or more positions. The BW 92(4)e/(3)f above is a case in point but as yet that is still unresolved. But I have benefitted from more experiences flaw-masters and at BSAP in a number of cases during the life of this topic. This
Frank.

• 1½d BW 65(5)p / SG 48 Variety not listed in SG catalogue
  • Note that ACSC mislables the electro 4 & 5 listings as BW 63
• Variety timeiine
  • Initial printing(s) was normal
  • First state: Break in top frame to right of crown's cross
  • Second state: Rounded notch below the top right corner. (Not mentioned in ACSC
• Electro 5, Right Pane, Position 29 (5R29)
• Only exists on green ½d issues BW 63 and 65
  • Electro 5 was not used for BW 64 or for BW 66 to 69