Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW) 08 Feb 2016 02:09:18am
1938: ACSC 178zc (Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue). ½d orange (bottom left position), perforation 13½ x 14, W.C.G. McCracken imprint block of 4 showing intermediate (late) state of cracked plate below imprint. Totally mint unhinged and very scarce.
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Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW) 08 Feb 2016 05:25:11pm
re: A late plate crack of a block of 4 ½d Kangaroos - Very Scarce
Thanks smauggie, it is a very difficult variety to obtain especially in this condition. McCracken sure did live up to his name (I should have noticed the pun to his name when I bought the block).
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Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW) 09 Feb 2016 05:25:39am
re: A late plate crack of a block of 4 ½d Kangaroos - Very Scarce
"Rob, I'm jealous!! What a lovely block."
Thanks Tim, they sure are an eye opener. There are 4 to obtain, the one shown is a late crack (intermediate); the block of 4 kangaroos I will be getting in a month will be what is known as an early cracked plate under the imprint variety; the early varieties are not as long.
The other two will also be an early and late cracked plate where the crack of both goes through the imprint.
All 4 together will make them very rare, the latter 2 have not surfaced as yet for me to collect, but the stamp specialist I know promised me first choice if the latter 2 become available.
Hopefully I will not be in for the long wait; he said that the block of 4 shown in the above post is the finest he had ever sold in 18 years (he's been in the business 35 years).
I will post the next cracked plate variety when it arrives.
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