Western Australia

1902 Issue £1 (one type)

These reproductions are printed on genuine watermarked and perforated stamp paper with the design decolored. They exist with genuine "OS" and "WA" perforated initials. The Sperati reproductions actually have fewer white flaws than the genuine as the result of Sperati over-cleaning his matrix before making his cliché.

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1. there is a weakness at the top of the second "A" of "AUSTRALIA"

2. the spearhead above the right "£1" label has a white flaw on top edge near tip

3. there are two diagonal white lines that extend from left frameline to the left "Ł" and first dot above



 

additional information from Sperati I: Plate 21    Western Australia Text


Richard Frajola (April 26, 2020)