Philately of Australia: Varieties of Postage Stamps (1936 – 1952)

1937/49. Definitive issue.

TYPES
1 p., green

Type I		 Australia postage stamp Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Type II		 Type I (10.5.1937):

  • inscriptions thin and outlined,
  • perforation 13½ x 14

Type II (1.8.1938):

  • inscriptions thicker,
  • perforation 15 x 14
2 p., red

Type I		 Australia postage stamp George VI
Type II		 Type I (10.5.1937):

  • inscriptions thin and outlined,
  • perforation 13½ x 14

Type II (11.7.1938):

  • inscriptions thicker,
  • perforation 15 x 14
CONSTANT VARIETIES
2 d. Type II (on both scarlet and purple stamps) Field number
I Australia King George VI postage stamp medal flaw The medal flaw. ?

1 October 1937. 150th anniversary of foundation of New South Wales.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
2 d., scarlet Field number
I Australia 1937 foundation of New South Wales postage stamp tail flaw Tail flaw. ?

 

References

Bibliography

  1. Michel Australien, Ozeanien, Antarktis 2002/03, Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3 87858760 0.
  2. Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840-1952, 2006 Edition, Stanley Gibbons Ltd London and Ringwood, ISBN 0-85259-599-9.