Victoria, Australia: Varieties of Postage Stamps

A. Colonial issues

1873/87. Queen Victoria. Watermark V over Crown.

TYPES
TWO PENCE

Type I
Type II		 Type I:

  • the oval frame (above VICTORIA and below TWO PENCE) is made of one solid line.

Type II:

  • the oval frame is split into two thin lines.

 

B. Commonwealth of Australia

1901. Designs of the colonial issue with additional inscription POSTAGE.

TYPES
1/2 d.

Type I (Die state I)
Type II (Die state II)
Type III (Die state III)		 Type I (Die state I):

  • triangles left and right from inscription VICTORIA filled with color
  • watermark V over Crown

Type II (Die state II):

  • the left triangle divided by white lines,
  • the right triangle solid,
  • watermark V over Crown

Type III (Die state III):

  • uniform background, without triangles of solid color,
  • watermark V over Crown or Crown over  A.
1 d.

Type II (Die state II)
Type III (Die state III)		 Type I (Die state I):

  • lines above Queen’s head thick,
  • dot after the left 1 touching the circular frame,
  • watermark V over Crown.

Type II (Die state II):

  • lines thin,
  • dot after the left 1 touching the circular frame,
  • watermark V over Crown.

Type III (Die state III):

  • lines thin,
  • dot after the left 1 separated from the circular frame,
  • watermark V over Crown or Crown over  A.
2 d.

Type II (Die state II)		 Type I (Die state I):

  • bottom right corner ends in a point.

Type II (Die state II):

  • right frame broken at top,
  • bottom right corner blunt,
  • colored spot on the heat, below letters CT in VICTORIA.
UNLISTED VARIETIES
1/2 d.
1 Inner frame, next to the letter Y in PENNY broken.

 

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.