Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Tasmanian Devils 01: 1/2 Lake Marion errors a

Between 1899 and 1910, Tasmania issued a set of 8 stamps, depicting Tasmanian landscapes.
This set can be devided in 3 periods:
1900 - perf. 14 - WM "multiple TAS" - engraved
1903 - perf. 11, 12 1/2 or 11x12 1/2 - WM "V over Crown" - litho- and/or typographed
1908 - perf. 11, 12, 12 1/2 and compound - WM "Crown over A" - litho- and/or typographed

Watermarks as used in Scott-catalogue (78 - 70 - 13)
           engraved            -           lithographed          -         (electro) typographed
In 1911 3 stamps were redrawn, a bit larger (2p), in slightly different colours (4p) and with more coloured lines in the waterfal (6p).

The third emission (from 1908 on) consists of 2 plates, each of 60 stamps.
There are many flaws and plate errors that can can be found and these can help to reconstruct a full sheet (or two).
Listing up 120 possible variations is not the most attractive way to start searching for varieties.
Therefore, a different approach...
First of all, I have devided the stamp into 99 smaller boxes.
All boxes have their own coordinates, going from A0 to J9.
This will be useful to find each flaw in a relative fast way.

I will go more into detail in my next post(s), but in the picture below, I have indicated the plate flaws in yellow (plate 1) and blue (plate 2):

plenty to looking forward to...

to be followed ...

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