Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW) 17 Dec 2019 07:59:47am
re: HEREFORD BULL 1/3D TWO BLOCKS OF FOUR THIN PAPER ??
Hi Franz
They actually look like thin paper, but we must not forget that in those days there was a thick paper with a strong transparency. If they are the elusive thin paper, and I am beginning to lean that way, then you struck gold, they aren't super expensive, but they are very scarce and as they are MUH (my cup of tea), are definitely not cheap, and as they are blocks of 4 positional stamps, they could be even more than what one would expect to pay for 4 single thin paper bulls..
I've been looking for one for 30 years and you may have come across 8 of them.
The positional Hereford Bull came in sheets of 120. 12 horizontal rows of 10.
Bottom left hand corner position with "By Authority" imprint.
Plate position 11/101 and 11/102.
Plate position 12/111 and 12/112.
Top right hand corner position
Plate position 1/9 and 1/10.
Plate position 2/19 and 2/20.
Rob
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Member ACCC (Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of NSW) 18 Feb 2020 09:15:25am
re: HEREFORD BULL 1/3D TWO BLOCKS OF FOUR THIN PAPER ??
Hi Horamakhet
The stamp is slightly translucent, the gauge is too thick to be thin paper, thin paper is between 0.070mm and 0.075mm. Thick paper is between 0.083mm and 0.091mm. Only the Coat-of-Arms 5/-, £1 and £2 has thin paper gauged at 0.085mm (strange but true).
Rob
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