Help in identification King George V

It looks like you have Die 2, but I was unable to enlarge your pic by clicking on it. Most of the normal check spots are obscured by the cancel on your stamp. However, there are a couple more, but I cannot tell from the size of your scan. You need to check the lines immediately to the right/left of the "TWO PENCE" panel.

I owe people several scans that I haven't done yet. I'll put in my Die 1 and Die 2 side-by-side in the scan pile, and hopefully I can put up the scans later today.

Meanwhile, please note that Die 1 and Die 2 as defined by Scott are NOT the same as the definitions in some of the Australian catalogs. In particular, there are actually 3 die varieties (Scott ignores one of them). I mention this to avoid possible confusion if someone is using a non-Scott catalog.

k

First a scan showing the Die 1 and Die 2, respectively.  I didn't pull these out of my collection, so the left stamp is NOT Scott #71a, although the right stamp IS Scott #71.  I selected them for the Die types.



You will see other differences between the 2 stamps, but ignore them for the moment because the left stamp is an unlisted major variety of Die 1 that Scott ignores.

In the next post, I will go over how to differentiate between the lettered areas of the 2 dies.

So it appears to be a die 2 by the "2" thickness from the second post but the one above it shows the "2" to be thin stating it to the be die 1.

KGV can be so completed to a beginner

I may have caused confusion by the way I numbered the circles. I guess I should have used letters. Sorry about that. I'll go back and try to re-edit the picture and posts.

Any words on

"Tatter sall" on the back of another stamp?

In my original comparison pic of the two entire stamps, some of you may have noticed in the left stamp that the left frame line is much thicker and "TWO PENCE" lettering appears thinner. In the actual Scott #71a (Die 1), these 2 features are absent and left frame line appears thin and the lettering is thick (just like in the stamp on right).

Scott does not differentiate the variety of Die 1 that has the thick left frame line and the thick lettering -- this variety does NOT exist for the "multiple crown over A" watermark.

For those interested, the relationship between the 3 die definitions in some of the Australian catalogs versus the Scott catalog are:

Die 1 (thick uneven left frame line) = Scott Die 1
Die 2 (thin even left frame line) = Scott Die 1
Die 3 = Scott Die 2

Remember, Scott does not differentiate between the first 2 die types of the Australian catalogs.

k

Tasmanian Geo Adams Lottery stamp
printed on the back with "Tatter-sall" in two lines.





This info comes from another forum and an expert in KGV.

OK, I see you posted while I was typing. Thanks for posting the pic!

It's a conversation piece, so any damage (to me) is irrelevant.

Nice!

k