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A VERY PRETTY ACSC LISTED SHADE SET OF THE 1915-1924 3rd WATERMARK 6d BLUE KANGAROO STAMP: ULTRAMARINE - BLUE - DULLDARKBLUE - BRIGHTBLUE - DULLGREYBLUE - MILKYGREYISHBLUE & PALEGREYISHVIOLET - THIS SET CONTAINS ONE OF THE BEST DULLDARKBLUE I HAVE SEEN - THIS IS A LOVELY CDS SET OF BLUE MARSUPIAL SHADES
The 3rd Watermark Die II 6d Blue Kangaroo was printed in Australia between November 1915 and May 1921 (with the DIE IIB 6 BLUE being delivered into stock in June 1921). The earliest 'date of use' for the Die II is 15 December 1915. These marsupials were printed from two Plates (an upper and lower) firstly by J.B. COOKE (in two separate printings in 1915 and 1917) and then by T.S. HARRISON (1918 through to 1921). They were used as the 'intrastate parcel rate' at the time. It is thought that there were nine printings totalling 33,866,400 stamps. Through the various printings, seven distinct shades for these 'blue marsupials' have been identified. THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH SPECIALISTS' CATALOGUE "KANGAROOS" (2021) lists:
A. ULTRAMARINE
B. BLUE
C. DEEPDARKBLUE
D. BRIGHTBLUE
E. DULLGREYBLUE
F. MILKYGREYISHBLUE
G. PALEGREYISHVIOLET
The combined (ACSC 2021) CV for this set of shades is listed at $430 (as individual stamps). These have been selected from many pages of 'blues' to obtain a strong 'colour' separation between the shades. All very clean with very nice postmarks. This is a lovely set, just couple of minor technical perforation faults, but they are terrific examples of their listed shades. ALL THE WORK DONE FOR YOU... I have been listing these shades for over 20 years and this set is as good as any of them....
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