Lot 203 Australia SG#47a, 47bvar 1d Deep Red - Deep Rose Red King George V, 1916-1918 KGV Heads Issue, 2 Very Good/Very Fine Used Coil & Booklet Singles, Die 1, Comb Perf 14.25x14 Much Scarcer Than You Might Think .

2 very good/very fine used coil & booklet singles of the 1d deep red - deep rose red King George V from the 1916-1918 KGV Heads Issue, die 1, comb perf 14.25x14, much scarcer than you might think.

The deeper red stamp is the booklet single and can be identified by the trimmed perfs at right which was the edge of the pane and the full trimmed perfs at bottom. The coil can be identified by the paste up tab at the top where the stamp was joined to another to form the roll and the trimmed perfs at right.

Gibbons values the stamps on covers at £, so we estimate them at $5. The stamps offered here grade 55 and 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 20/60, 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 5/10

Cancellation: 10/10