KGVI
Errors & Varieties
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Attached are nine more items with unlisted flaws
from a variety of colonies that you might find interesting. I placed some
other flaws aside that I had intended to include on my next web page and
replaced them with these errors and flaws I picked during a couple of hours
viewing of dealers stands at a local stamp day.
Many of flaws and errors may or may not be
constant. As mentioned previously, it depends on whether other examples
can be found in other collections. Most items have two or more scans to
illustrate the flaws and the points I am making.
1. Mauritius,
1952, KGVI, 10 Rupee, Green (SG172) with an awful
mess on the right side of the Kings
head.
Here is yet another example of the many significant flaws that can be found in the KGVI sets printed by Harrison & Sons. How did this flaw get passed the quality control at the printers. I doubt if it is a constant flaw as it would have been quickly noticed and the sheets would have been destroyed. Anyway, it looks great as a flaw.
2. Gambia, 1938, 4/-
Vermilion & purple (SG159) with a jagged vertical Scratch
above the 'S' of 'shillings'.
This scratch looks like that a slip by the engraver has possibly caused
this jagged mark. I have found very few flaws on this very well printed
set by Bradbury Wilkinson. Do you have any ideas as to the cause of this flaw.
3.
I haven't been able to afford to buy many of the Kong Kong, KGVI set due to the
high price over the past few years and therefore have not come across many of
the unlisted flaws. Anyway, I think this is quite a good one and can be
easily seen with the naked eye. I don’t know whether or not it is mentioned in
the study paper on the KGVI definitives.
4.
Gold Coast, 3d Black, postage due, (SG
D6), with a damaged
dot below the 'd' of
3d.
I have not seen this flaw before as I don’t really collect postage dues.
Does anyone know whether or not it is constant.
5. Penang, 1948, 3c
Green (SG5) with a significant damage
just above the left
value tablet.
Another one of the
6.
This is a very noticeable flaw and can easily be seen by the naked eye. Nevertheless, I have included a magnified scan anyway. It is one of many flaws etc on the Leewards KGVI keyplates. Also included is a scan of the value tablet.
Dickon Pollard & Tanzy Brown at Murraypayne Ltd have looked at this scan and are of the
opinion that this “sliced last ‘S’
variety is found at R2/3RP on either the
July/Aug ’42 or Dec ’43 printing.
Lastly, one of the many flaws on the Mauritius KGVI set. This scan shows damage to the top loop of the '2' in the value tablet. There are so many similar flaws in this set to make it a collecting area on its own for the specialist.
