Used 10/- Coronation Specimen

Hi rod222

The overprint is legit, but I will have the stamp certified to confirm the authenticity of the overprint.

Rob

I agree with the specialist,
BRISBANE

Greed, envy, desire, duplicity, artifice, cunning, deceipt, and dishonesty......
Some of the rich flavours we meet with, on a daily basis in Philately.

It keeps us on our toes, or should do.

Rob,
a lot to pay for just proof, but look forward to the result, if you do.
My only concern (with limited experience) was the outline of the
SPECIMEN letters, they looked from the scan to have a watery bleed
to the extremities, never met with that before.

If genuine then I'll be more cognisant of that in future.

I think the "watery bleed" is from a solvent used to thin the ink, like M.E.K or acetone.
I've seen it on stamps from Romania and questioned it

Silly question,
What are the perforations?

Hi Just_fella



I've seen many forgeries from Bulgaria and Romania, this stamp is not one of them. I've been studying Australian stamps for 45 years now and collecting and studying KGVI Coronation stamps was my favourite research.

This stamp is legitimate. I'll be taking this stamp to the ACCC club I am a member of, there are a few well known Australian experts and expertisers there, I will reconfirm the legitimacy of the overprint.

It's an interesting stamp for sure.

Rob

Interesting article Rod. Great buying at just £1 !!

The article must be from a few years ago though.

You'd be paying a four figure sum for those mid 1930s specimen packs now.

Hi rod222

The dealers that the story is referring to was the Miller brothers who were Melbourne stamp dealers.

Rob

Rob,
You have me all wrong, I agree it's genuine
I think the solvent was used to keep the ink from drying out,
Making it "watery"

Justfella - What leads you to believe it genuine specifically?

I'm not really good at explaining, I'm not understood
And somehow it will turn negative, I'm not here for that.
But if the perforations are 14.5x14 or 15x14 I'll take a guess at the postmark
I think I might have a date

It is a common variety where a letter drops from the 'SPECIMEN' overprint.

The letter 'E' the most common. I have a few such varieties in my collection; it doesn't increase nor decrease the value of the stamp. The overprint dimension of both the 10/- used and MUH commemoratives is 16.5 x 2.5mm (distributed in collectors packs from 1942-1953).

The font on both the used and unused is exactly the same.

Hi Just_fella

My apologies.

Rob

No worries,
I've been trying to understand the postmark
and I think I may have a decent guess for you on what it may look like.
Maybe?