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Very nice presentation.
Question: What was the purpose of the experimental inks? Were they less expensive inks being tested to see if they were up to the task? And were those stamps actually sold at the Post Office?
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Hi Eric
There is not much known about the 1935 experimental printing, but what is known is that the experiments with colour of the 1935 Jubilee stamps were conducted on Plates 1 – 4. No experimentation were conducted on the violet 2/-. There is an aniline-violet shade of the 2/-, it is rare and currently unavailable for purchasing.
The colours scarlet and carmine-red (2d) and bright blue (sky blue) (3d) were used, these experimental colours were printed commercially but in very restricted quantities and where quickly removed from circulation.
The colour shades were not satisfactory and another ink composition was made and those colours are the colours on the regular issues of 1935.
The set of 3 experimental inks are very scarce and are very seldom seen in collections or for sale.
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There must have been some color variability in the normal ink for the 2d stamp because I would swear I have seen some brownish-red and orange-red looking stamps (used), and yet the color you are referring to was never used on general issue stamps.
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Hi Smaugie
You probably did, and used experimental printings are very scarce indeed as they did not last very long for commercial use, anyone who has a commercially used experimental printing will be very lucky (in fact I would be very interested in purchasing it).
All the colours I referred to have been in general use as all the mint unhinged experimental stamps displayed were once commercially issued stamps from a local Post Office in 1935.
Not many were printed and not many were used commercially, I have a specialised collection of mint unhinged pre-decimal and decimal Australian stamps from 1853 - 2016 and the three experimental stamps (none were issued for the 2/- though an Aniline-Violet version was printed) are the only three I had seen in 4 decades, they do exist on cover, unfortunately I do not possess any at the moment.
There are many shades to the 1935 Jubilee set, at least 50 different variations in fact have been officially recorded, so it is possible that you had seen one of these regular variations.
With the experimental printing the Carmine-Red and Claret are the only two shades recorded for the 2d, the Sky Blue (Bright Blue) 3d was not a shade but an actual colour chosen for the 3d, it was later rejected and the Blue was adopted, there is no information to date why the Sky Blue was rejected (on cover the Sky Blue is very expensive).
When I purchase (fingers crossed) the Aniline-Violet, I will upload an image of both 2/- types.
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A combined set of 1935 King George V Jubilee Stamps, although experimental inks are scarce the 3d blue experimental ink is very scarce. Experimental inks were tested on Plates 1-4 only.
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re: 1935 King George V Jubilee Stamps (regular issue, experiments inks, plates and 3d blue colour shades)
Very nice presentation.
Question: What was the purpose of the experimental inks? Were they less expensive inks being tested to see if they were up to the task? And were those stamps actually sold at the Post Office?
Cheers,
Eric
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re: 1935 King George V Jubilee Stamps (regular issue, experiments inks, plates and 3d blue colour shades)
Hi Eric
There is not much known about the 1935 experimental printing, but what is known is that the experiments with colour of the 1935 Jubilee stamps were conducted on Plates 1 – 4. No experimentation were conducted on the violet 2/-. There is an aniline-violet shade of the 2/-, it is rare and currently unavailable for purchasing.
The colours scarlet and carmine-red (2d) and bright blue (sky blue) (3d) were used, these experimental colours were printed commercially but in very restricted quantities and where quickly removed from circulation.
The colour shades were not satisfactory and another ink composition was made and those colours are the colours on the regular issues of 1935.
The set of 3 experimental inks are very scarce and are very seldom seen in collections or for sale.
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re: 1935 King George V Jubilee Stamps (regular issue, experiments inks, plates and 3d blue colour shades)
There must have been some color variability in the normal ink for the 2d stamp because I would swear I have seen some brownish-red and orange-red looking stamps (used), and yet the color you are referring to was never used on general issue stamps.
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re: 1935 King George V Jubilee Stamps (regular issue, experiments inks, plates and 3d blue colour shades)
Hi Smaugie
You probably did, and used experimental printings are very scarce indeed as they did not last very long for commercial use, anyone who has a commercially used experimental printing will be very lucky (in fact I would be very interested in purchasing it).
All the colours I referred to have been in general use as all the mint unhinged experimental stamps displayed were once commercially issued stamps from a local Post Office in 1935.
Not many were printed and not many were used commercially, I have a specialised collection of mint unhinged pre-decimal and decimal Australian stamps from 1853 - 2016 and the three experimental stamps (none were issued for the 2/- though an Aniline-Violet version was printed) are the only three I had seen in 4 decades, they do exist on cover, unfortunately I do not possess any at the moment.
There are many shades to the 1935 Jubilee set, at least 50 different variations in fact have been officially recorded, so it is possible that you had seen one of these regular variations.
With the experimental printing the Carmine-Red and Claret are the only two shades recorded for the 2d, the Sky Blue (Bright Blue) 3d was not a shade but an actual colour chosen for the 3d, it was later rejected and the Blue was adopted, there is no information to date why the Sky Blue was rejected (on cover the Sky Blue is very expensive).
When I purchase (fingers crossed) the Aniline-Violet, I will upload an image of both 2/- types.
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