Anthony
KGVI Errors
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Attached are a further five items with flaws and varieties that you
might find interesting. Each item has two or more scans to illustrate
the flaws and the points I am making.
1. Seychelles 1938 3c, perf specimen (SG136s) with a scratch
going up from from
This significant flaw on the 3c, being perforated 'specimen', is naturally from
the first printing. I have this perf specimen
set and many of the other values also have very obvious flaws. I am well
aware that the Seychelles KGVI set is a great area for the collection of
flaws. Nevertheless, I still wonder whether the copies perforated specimen
may have been chosen from stamps that would normally have been rejected during
quality control.
2.
This flaw was the topic of a recent article in Sixth Sense . According to the article
it is a constant flaw and is easy to see with the naked eye and occurs on R10/6
of the sheet. After searching in my collection I found a copy of the
flaw on one of the 2/- values.
3.
Has anyone seen this flaw before, I do not know much about KGVI Malaya.
4.
British Africa specialists. Have you seen this
noticeable doubling of the 1/- value before.
This is a very significant re-entry and can be easily seen with the naked
ete. In addition, unlike other re-entries, it
can be scanned without difficulty. Do you know what is it's
position on the sheet & what printing(s) it come from.
5.
Bahamas KGVI, 1/2d (SG162)
of the 1942 overprinted set with the lower left
rounded corner & the 1/2d (
SG149) with the large
dot on the lower edge of the head plate'.
Did you read the excellent article on the Bahamas Definitives
flaws by Mike Delise recently published in George VI . These
two constant, but still unlisted flaws are included to illustrate how easy that are to see with the naked eye when you are going though
a batch of
