Post by youpiao on Jun 21, 2019 13:13:52 GMT -5
Received this beauty in the mail, today.
Australia, Scott Nr 179a (1949, per SG. Scott says 1948)
This 1949 printing was made on thin rough ordinary paper, versus the thick smooth chalk-surfaced paper of the 1938 issue. It can be easily distinguished from the earlier issue by the watermark being easily visible without a wmk detection aid. In fact, you don't even have to turn the stamp over; the splotchiness you see in the margins of the front side is the watermark showing through.
Australia, Scott Nr 179a (1949, per SG. Scott says 1948)
This 1949 printing was made on thin rough ordinary paper, versus the thick smooth chalk-surfaced paper of the 1938 issue. It can be easily distinguished from the earlier issue by the watermark being easily visible without a wmk detection aid. In fact, you don't even have to turn the stamp over; the splotchiness you see in the margins of the front side is the watermark showing through.
Stamps - the bear necessities of life.
