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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. PLATE H WAS LOCATED AT THE LOWER POSITION BELOW G AND K FOR PRINTING FROM APRIL 1914 TO JULY 1914. The definitive reference for the Australian 1d Red Kangaroo stamp by David Adams, Bill Bell and Greg Pope entitled: 1d RED KANGAROO AND MAP SERIES (2004) describes these varieties as:
HL33 (Scarcity 2): Value circle: broken near 3 o'clock by line 12 down on right. This line which passes immediately above Tasmania has a disjointed 0.5mm break by value circle: also a 0.25mm break in line below adjacent to circle”.
HL55 (Scarcity 3):
(a) Shading below last A of AUSTRALIA: break in line 8, 1.75mm from right frame.
(b) Right frame: shallow 0.5mm dent on outer side, 8.5mm from bottom frame. Variable in size and shape.
HL56 (Scarcity 2):
(a) Shading above Cape Londonderry: 0.5mm flaw breaking lines 1 and 2, this flaw is surrounded by numerous small flaws, mostly to left and above, 3.0mm to 6.5mm from left frame.
(b) Shading below E of POSTAGE: break in line 3, 6.0mm from right frame.
(c) Shading left of Cape Londonderry: break in line cutting Cape, 1.25mm from left frame.
(d) Shading above Cape Londonderry: break in line 2, 1.75mm from left frame.
HL60 (Scarcity 2):
(a) Shading above value circle: break in line 3, 7.5mm from left frame.
(b) Right frame: dent on inner side, 8.25mm below upper frame.
(c) Right frame: diagonal break sloping down from right to left, 11.5mm below upper frame.
(d) Coast at Brisbane: break 12.5mm up from bottom frame.
HR18 (Scarcity 1):
(a) Right frame: thick for 5.0mm, from 8.5mm to 13.5mm above bottom frame.
(b) Upper frame: notch on inner side of frame, 6.25mm from left frame.
HR40 (Scarcity 1): Right frame: notch on inner side, 6.0mm below upper frame.
HR53 (Scarcity 2): Upper inner frame: 0.5mm break, 2.75mm to 3.25mm from left frame.
HR58 (Scarcity 4):
(a) NE PEN of ONE PENNY: a scratch joins all letters at their feet and a second scratch runs from center of E of ONE to top of Y of PENNY.
(b) Shading under ON of ONE: line 1 is broken from 1.5mm to 4.5mm from left frame.
A lovely mini-collection of PLATE H marsupials with the hard work done! TOTAL 2025 ACSC CV approx $480. ACSC (2025) values PLATE H Varieties at $60 each.
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