Detailed Rare 1951 £2 Coat-Of-Arms With Roller Flaw Retouch And Scarce Aif Variety

Two of four stamps I purchased just recently. A rare 1951 £2 Coat-of-Arms with a significant roller flaw retouch (faded £2) and a 1940 A.I.F.3d showing a scarce horizontal line joining rifle to soldier's leg.

Although I have recently uploaded these varieties as well as the other two, a vertical 1942 Emu 5½d with significant dry inking showing on both clouds and a very rare single used stamp with a misplaced perforation 8-9mm to the centre of the design, it is unique as no other has been recorded.

As I have been asked numerous times about where the roller is situated I have put together a display showing the roller flaw and the retouch enlarged by microscopic imaging.

Two of four stamps I purchased just recently. A rare 1951 £2 Coat-of-Arms with a significant roller flaw retouch and a 1940 A.I.F. 3d showing a scarce horizontal line joining rifle to soldier's leg.

Although I have recently uploaded these varieties as well as the other two, a vertical 1942 Emu 5½d with significant dry inking showing on both clouds and a very rare single used stamp with a misplaced perforation 8-9mm to the centre of the design, it is unique as no other has been recorded.

As I have been asked numerous times about where the roller is situated I have put together a display showing the roller flaw and the retouch enlarged by microscopic imaging.

The retouch to the roller flaw was first noted early in 1953. The roller flaw was a master plate variety and occurred on both electros. Since the roller flaw and retouches can each be found on imprint and no imprint sheets, it is apparent that the retouches were made on one electro only, probably prior to the second printing in December 1951.

The 3d blue vertical pair shows the upper stamp with a horizontal line joining rifle to soldier's leg but in different sheet position.

Pity we can't get all these repeat posts in the one thread

I was asked the same question in another group that maybe I can use the one thread, but that depends on whether or not I choose to use the one thread, and at the moment I find that such a move into using the one thread does not serve the purpose you might think it will, in my opinion anyway, this thread is not a repeat though I have posted the roller flaw retouch recently, this is from a request via PM could I show where the roller flaw is and what does the retouch look like, so I posted the answer. Also the AIF variety is the first time I have posted it.

Look at Rods long thread it works well & is popular haha.
Besides it keeps the board neat & tidy .

Yes, I've seen Rod's thread, it has no current info on the stamps posted, and if you are looking for a specific post, a person would have to go through 30+ posts. It's may keep the forum neat but such a thread would be tedious.

And of course it would be popular as it caters for people who collect such stamps and other items relating to philately, but the stamps he posts are not in the specialised category, and there isn't anything wrong with what he posts, I too look at them, but it isn't easy finding specific information, but my collection is a specialised category and using a continuous thread would defeat the purpose of posting specific stamps and explaining their provenance.

It is quite obvious you seem to lack what a specialised collection is, and the purpose of not placing them in the one thread unless the stamps are part of a single collection, which I have done in other forums, but to add individual rare stamps that are not part of a collective set of stamps defeats the purpose of attracting the collector to these rarities.

Just call the thread Robs mega rare stamps (build it & they will come) haha.

Actually they are, either you like flaming serious collectors or your knowledge of stamps is extremely limited, or, you could be jealous of the stamps I can afford and which you cannot. It is difficult to figure out your aimless purpose to constantly try and find fault in my posts.

But I find your posts entertaining, so do not get discouraged by my reply, just keep the entertainment flowing.

The roller flaw retouch has been a question of mine for sometime, and your pictures show some evidence, but it is still not clear to me. Your enlargement, at least on my screen, does not appear to be any larger than the original. Can you provide a better scan of just that area, and enlarge even better? Thanks.

The retouch is the faded "2" and the weakened bottom extended line of the £ symbol and the two lines under the symbol. All shown in the red circle.

I was wondering whether it was the faded 2, which is very easy to see, or some type of thinning in the line completing the pound symbol. Thanks for clarifying.

My pleasure.