KGVI ERRORS

 

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On this web page, I will remain with the Atlantic & Mediterrain islands illustrating a few more unlisted flaws in my collection.  Unfortunately I don’t have anything worthwhile from Cyprus & St Helena as the standard of printing was apparently of higher quality than the other colonies. 

 

Below are 11 items with 14 scans.  With one exception, to whet the appetite of fellow Bermuda specialists, I remain within the KGVI (1937-1952) period.  

 

All items with the exception of number 3, were purchased from approval selections sent to me by dealers and cost about 25-28% of SG value of the stamp.  Only a few Dealers are interested in errors and flaws and it is relatively easy to find them among approvals.      

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1.  Tristan Da Cunha 1952 O/prt 8d Olive-green (SG8) with a short ‘I’ to Tristan.

 

Articles I have read mentioning the 1952 Tristan Da Cunha Overprint set indicate that there are not many flaws in the overprints of various values in the set.  In my opinion this is a neglected area in KGVI collecting. This particular significant flaw appears to have been overlooked by the various writers.  It is easily seen with the naked eye.  Is it a constant flaw?. 

 

2.  Falkland Islands Dependencies, 1944 South Georgia O/Prt 1/2d Black & Green (SG B1) With a broken ‘S’ of South, 9d Black & grey-blue (SG B7) with flaws to the ‘UT’ of South and the ‘A’ of Georgia, and the 1/- Deep blue (SG B8) with the ‘IA’ of Georgia joined.

 

Here are three further South Georgia 1944 overprints with noticeable flaws, especially the broken ‘S’ and the ‘IA’ joined, the latter being where it appears to be that the ‘I’ and ‘A’ have overlapped rather than actually joined.  What happened during the overprinting of this set.  Was it Friday and they wanted to get away for the weekend. 

 

3.  Bermuda 1953 Three Power Talks Overprint, 3d purple (SG152) & 1/- blue (SG153), two blocks/4 with the same broken ‘D’ flaw on both values in the same position.

 

I stepped outside the KGVI area to include this extra item for our Bermuda aficionados who are interested in everything philatelic from Bermuda.  Have you got copies of this unlisted variety, which may be constant as it is found on both values.  Does it confirm the obvious that the same overprinting plates were used for both values?

 

4.   Ascension 1938, 3d Black & grey (SG42a) with a number of short vertical lines above the kings head. 

 

I have not seen this flaw mentioned before, but I may have missed it in articles I have read.  Do you know whether it is constant of not.  Ascension has a large number of secondary varieties for the KGVI collector to locate. 

 

5.  Falkland Islands Dependencies 1944 Graham Land Overprint 9d black & grey-blue (SG A7) with a damaged bar of the ‘A’ of Land.    

      

Another FID flaw, but something other than the South Georgia overprint set where it would appear many of the varieties are to be found.  This item illustrates damage to the ‘A’ of Land.  Have you found many varieties in this set.  I haven’t been able to locate any articles on the FID 1944 sets.  Do you know of any? 

 

6 Barbados, 4d Black  KGVI 4d Black (SG253db) with the ‘curved line’ flaw and the 1d Scarlet-red (CW3a) with the ‘Sky & TES’ re-entry. 

Both of these flaws have been mentioned in articles on the 1938 KGVI set.  The ‘curved line’ flaw is listed in SG and both this flaw and the ‘Sky & TES’ re-entry are included in the CW catalogue.  They were both quite difficult to scan clearly.  I included them for the benefit of our Barbados specialists to drool over.  

  1. Fiji, KGVI, the 2-1/2d Red-brown & Green (CW8c) with the ‘extra island’ flaw and the 2d (CW6) with the marks next to ‘180’ flaw.

These two flaws are both constant and the ‘extra island’ flaw ids catalogue listed.  Both have been mentioned in articles on the Fiji 1938 set

8.    Bahamas KGVI, 2d Pale-slate (SG150ab) & the One pound, Deep Grey-green (SG157a) both     with a ‘Break below A’ in Bahamas.  The 2-1/2d, Violet (SG153a) with partial break in the top frame line ’Above AH’ and other flaws.  And the 10d, Yellow-orange (SG154c) with a ‘break above S’ in the top frame.  The 2-1/2d, Violet (SG153a) with a rounded top left corner of the value tablet. And finally, the 1/2d, Brown-purple (SG149d) with a ‘dot after F’ in the value tablet.     

Here are a few more Bahamas KGVI flaws.  None are listed in catalogues, but  some are mentioned in specialist articles on the set.    

9.  Barbados, KGVI 1938, 1d Scarlet (SG249a) & the 2/6 Purple (SG256) both with the same ‘missing lines of shading’ in the top right. 

Two more Barbados items. They are the same flaw on different Values.  They are  apparently constant flaws and are mentioned in articles on this set. 

10.  St Kitts-Nevis, KGVI, 1/2d Green (SG68a) with a narrow break in the top left of the value tablet, the 3d Bright Scarlet (SG73da) with the listed ‘break in value tablet’ flaw, & the 1950, 1d rose-red (SG86) with the Tercentenary overprint with damage to the left side of the value tablet. 

Here are three interesting flaws.  The first two are value tablet flaws on the small formal stamps, the 1/2d and the 1d.  The third is a scan of a listed flaw, the 3d, SG73da with the ‘break in the value tablet’.  I included this scan to show that I actually find very popular listed items undetected among dealers stocks, as well as all the other unlisted flaws.

       

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