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A VERY NICE 'UPSIDEDOWN 1d RED KANGAROO DIE STATE SET: "WATERMARK INVERTED" [DIE I + DIE II + DIE IIa] - 2025 CV$250 - LOVELY FINE USED EXAMPLES (NICE PERFORATIONS AND GOOD CENTERING)
The 1st Watermark 1d Red Kangaroo was issued on 2 January 1913 (in Sydney) and on 4 January 1913 in Melbourne off the J.B. COOKE Plates… It is believed that NINE Plates were used to print this iconic stamp and archival records show that Plates A, B & C produced Kangaroo stamps in the Die I state, stamps from Plates D, E & F were Die II and those from Plates G, H & K were all Die IIa. The stamp was used as 'the standard letter and postcard rate' within Australia and the British Empire; also for 'commercial papers' within Australia and the Empire as well as the 'magazine rate' to foreign countries. These nice 1d Red marsupials represent the repeated printing error occurring across the 1d Red Die/Plate range issued from January 1913 through to July 1914. The variety occurs as a result of an error by the printer/operator on the day who has inadvertently loaded the watermarked paper into the feeder upsidedown. The current edition of the Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue "Kangaroos" (ACSC 2025) lists the Die I Inverted Watermark at $50; the Die II at $75 and the IIa at $125. They are listed as ACSC 2a, ACSC 3a and ACSC 4a. These inverted Kangaroos are becoming quite scarce, this lovely group represents the full 1d RED KANGAROO DIE STATE SET.
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