The 1d King George V Australian Commonwealth Stamps

surface printed type 1914 to 1937

Plot

I Introduction 5
II Design and Dies 9
III The Plates 10
IV Papers and Watermarks 17
V Shades of Paper 22
VI The Gum 23
VII Inverted Watermarks and Reversed Watermarks 23
VIII The Printers 25
IX Printings, Colours and Shades 25
X Booklets and Coils 30
XI Compartment Lines 31
XII Perforations and Imperforate 33
XIII Retouching and Re-entry Methods 36
XIV The " Make Ready " Method 37
XV Constant Varieties and Double Varieties 39
XVI Cancelled to Order 39
XVII Flaws, Retouchings, Re-entries, Inserted Electros
and Renewed Steel Insertions etc. of :
A. The Four London Plates 40
B. The Die III Local Plate 67
XVIII Officials (a) Punctured 68
(b) Overprinted 70