KGV Australia Shades Stanley Gibbons defines a Shade (as distinct from a colour) as " variations in the intensity of a colour, or the presence of differing amounts of other colours". In KGV and Kangaroo...
KGV Stamp Printing 1914 -1936 : The Commonwealth Stamp Printers History An understanding of the technology of printing stamps assist collectors in being aware why and how the various varieties, shades and...
This is a continuation of the photos of Smooth Paper KGV 1d Red Shades G21 - G28 G21, ACSC71K Rose - This shade has 3 different UV reactions different dates for each type.Group 1 is found from January 1917....
This is the last part of the photos of KGV 1d Red Shades......G29 - G33 G29, ACSC71U Carmine-Pink - Earliest known Postmark is February 1918 G30, ACSC71V Carmine-Rose - - Earliest known Postmark is...
KGV 1d Red Shades- Smooth Paper Part 1 The Australian KGV 1d Red is the most collected single group of stamps in the world.Classification of shades should be left to the experts but for those willing try are...
The KGV 1d rough paper shades can be harder to identify than smooth paper.One reason being they were all printed within a short period , December 1916 to August 1918, a lot were not used until the 1920's as...
For detailed descriptions of the shades of the King George V 1d Red Single Watermark issues of Australia go to my Glebe Stamps website at: www.glebecoins.net/kgv/home.htm The "KGV 1d Red" page...
Sadly there are many eBay and other sellers still offering Australian KGV head stamps either overprinted or perfined OS as being grossly misplaced printings, the fact is that printings generally considered...