Saturday, November 24, 2012

Queensland 1 Shilling flaws

There are no known varieties. Here are a number of flaws that I have found on this issue. Click on the images to enlarge them.


Damaged oval on left-hand side in line with the spandrel in both stamps.


Oval flaws. Top left: Break in right hand oval opposite the spandrel. Top right: Oval below "A" of Queensland is broken. Bottom left: Gap in Oval under "N" of Queensland. Bottom right: Broken oval above "NS" of Queensland.

Break in oval frame above "N" of One
Top left: Top stroke in "E" of One thin and damaged. Top right: The bottom stroke of "E" in One is misshapen. Bottom left: Broken "O" in one and dot in "S" of Shilling. Bottom right: Break in oval below 2nd "L" of Shilling.

Top left: Broken top stroke in "E" of One.  Top right: Mishapen second "I" of shilling. Bottom left: Blotchy "S" of shilling. Bottom right: White excrescence on top left of the second "I" of shilling.

Broken top stroke in "E" of one

Top left: White dot in "S" of Queensland, broken bottom left frame line. Top right: Broken left frame line. Broken bottom bar of the second "E" in Queensland. Bottom left: Misshapen middle horizontal line in the first "E" of Queensland. Bottom right: Dot in "S" of Queensland.

Top left: Dot in "S" of Queensland. Top right: First "E" of Queensland elongated bottom horizontal stroke. Bottom left: Misshapen middle stroke in the first "E" of Queensland. Bottom right: Disjointed 2nd "N" of Queensland.

Top left: Damaged 2nd "N" in Queensland. Top right: Damaged "A" in Queensland. Bottom left: Broken middle line in "A" of Queensland. Bottom right: "LA" in Queensland almost joined. Dot on 2nd "E" of Queensland

Top left: "LA: in Queensland almost joined. Top right: Blob on "S" of Queensland. Bottom left: Protuberance at left of the bottom stroke of the first "E" in Queensland. Bottom right: Damaged 2nd "N" of Queensland.

Top left: White line above "N" of shilling. Top right: Damaged top frame, white blotch on Queen's face in line with her mouth and nose. Bottom left: Whole prong above "O" of One detached. Worn plate.  Bottom right: Blob above "E" of One.

Top left: Curl on right spandrel detached. Top right: Damaged bottom left hand prong. Bottom left: Bottom inner left frame line is crooked. Worn plate.  Bottom right: White blob in front of the neck.

 Joined dots at top right frame

White blob on Queen's forehead above her nose very pronounced.
Beer duty paper, flaw on Queen's neck on right hand stamp


White horizontal line in upper right hand corner


SG 205 mauve on thick paper. Blotchy printing

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