Lot 34 Australia SG#35cvar 2d Silver Gray On Shiny Paper 1915-1927 Kangaroo & Map Issue, Showing Additional Frame Break At Left & Broken Shading, 3rd Wmk, Die 1, A Very Fine Used Single, Estimated Value $20 USD

A very fine used example of the 2d silver gray on shiny paper from the 1915-1927 Kangaroo & Map Issue, showing additional frame break at left & broken shading. 3rd Wmk, Die 1. The broken shading is above the E of pence & damage to d of 2d. 2022 Scott Classic cat. $22. Our estimate of the value based on the condition is $20.

In lotting and describing the Kangaroo and George V Profile Head issues of Australia we have utilized the terminology in Gibbons and also those terms familiar to Australian philatelists. There are some important distinctions that need to be made between Scott's use of terminology and Gibbons/Australian specialist catalogues, such as Brusden-White. The first concerns dies on the Kangaroos. Scott lists 4 dies, as does Gibbons, but Scott's die 3 is die 2A in Gibbons, and in our listings. Similarly die 4 in Scott is die 2B in both Gibbons and our listings. The second distinction concerns watermarks. Scott numbers the watermarks whereas I use the descriptors that most Australian philatelists use. So, watermark 8, the wide crown and wide A is simply the "first watermark". Watermark 9, the wide crown and Narrow A is the "Second Watermark" on the Kangaroo and Map designs, but just the single crown watermark on the King George V heads. Watermark 10, the narrow crown and narrow A is the "Third Watermark". Watermark 11, the multiple crown and A is referred to as the "Multiple Crown Watermark". Watermark 203, the small crown and A multiple is referred to as the "Small Multiple Watermark" and finally watermark 228, the small crown and C of A multiple is simply the "C of A Watermark".