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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 E WAS LOCATED FIRST IN THE UPPER LEFT POSITION ABOVE PLATE F (IN THE FOUR PLATE CONFIGURATION SEE ABOVE) AND THEN POST NOVEMBER 1913 IN THE UPPER POSITION ABOVE PLATE F (IN A TWO PLATE FORMAT). PLATE E WAS USED FROM FEBRUARY 1913 THROUGH TO FEBRUARY 1914. THIS IS A VERY NICE SELECTION OF ADAMS PLATE E LISTED VARIETIES COMPRISING PLATE POSITIONS: EL26+EL27+EL29+EL46+ER41+ER42+ER47+ER48. 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:
EL26 (Scarcity 1): Upper inner frame: 1.0mm break starting 0.5mm from right frame.
EL27: (Non-Variety Stamp in PAIR)
EL29 (Scarcity 4): I of AUSTRALIA and shading above and below: in its final form shows a dent in upper frame, 3.25mm from right frame (inconstant), breaks in upper inner frame and line 1 down, notch on inner side of base of I and breaks in lines 2 to 12 below I, 3.75mm from right frame. Earlier printings show primarily the breaks in lines 2 and 3 and the notch on inner side of base of I".
EL46 (Scarcity 5): Shading to left of Cape Leveque: 0.5mm break in line 2 above Cape, 2.5 to 3.0mm from left frame. Not in early printings.
ER41: (Non-Variety Stamp in PAIR)
ER42 (Scarcity 1): Shading below L of AUSTRALIA: colour spot between lines 1 to 3, 4.75mm from right frame.
ER47 *FIRST STATE (Scarcity 7): Shading above EN of PENNY: almost 0.5mm breaks in lines 8 and 9, starting 7.5mm from right frame. Not in early printings.
SECOND STATE (Scarcity 9):
(a) As before.
(b) Shading near and mainly above value circle: break in shading line one below top of value circle at right and line two below does not always touch value circle completely at 8.5mm from left frame. A scratch then continues above circle in a slightly curved or crescent shaped form to shading line six above. Sometimes not all lines are broken but weakness is usually evident. There is also evidence of a possible retouch at 1 o'clock on value circle. Not in early printings.
THIRD STATE (Scarcity 9):
(a) As before.
(b) As before; except there is now a break in the value circle at 1 o'clock and no evidence of a retouch.
(c) A second separate scratch is now approximately 0.5mm to the right of (b) almost lying parallel and breaking a maximum of five shading lines. Not in early printings.
ER48 (Scarcity 1): Shading above Y of PENNY: 0.5mm break in line 8 and a smaller break in line 9, 2.0mm from right frame. Flaw not present in this example.
What a lovely group of PLATE E Kangaroos for the 1d RED PLATE collector. These DIE II stamps were printed between February 1913 and February 1914. All the work done for you here. THE DAVID ADAMS 'BIBLE' CAN NOW BE PURCHASED FROM DANMAGPIE's 'BUY-IT-NOW' listings.
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