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KGV PROGRESSION. THE VALUES AND THEIR COLOURS
The original intention was to replace ALL of the roo series. As postal rates changed,
steps were taken at those times to replace the equivalent roo, if it existed, and, if the
quantities required, justified the making of new plates. This intention never got further
than the 5d. The public dislike of the roo series had long since gone. It was now simply a
question of using readily available Kgv dies, to produce new plates. Had the roo die been
in any fit state, new Roos would equally have appeared as indeed one did, much later, the
McCracken 2/- Die3 (produced in an entirely different manner).
The following table defines the various
progressions of the KGV series, and their reason for issue.
| 1st series
1914..18 |
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| ½d
Green |
February 1915 |
Postcards |
| 1d Red |
July 1914 |
Letter rate |
| 4d
Orange |
January 1915 |
Combined rego (3d) |
| 5d
Brown |
February 1915 |
Telegrams |
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| ½d Wartax |
November, 1915 |
|
| 1½d Blackish |
Nov 1918 |
Letter rate |
| 1½d
Red Brown |
Jan 1922 |
|
| Postal
Increase |
September 1920 |
|
| 2d
Orange |
October 1920 |
Letter rate |
| 4d
Violet |
June 1921 |
Foreign |
| 5d
Brown |
continued |
Combined rego |
| 1/4d
Blue |
December 1920 |
Telegrams and parcels |
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|
| U.P.U |
January 1922 |
|
| ½d
orange |
Nov 1923 |
This colour persisted to
end of pre-decimals |
| 1d
violet |
February 1922 |
|
| 1½d
green |
March 1923 |
Postcard |
| 2d red |
January 1922 |
Letter rate |
| 4d
blue |
March 1922 |
Foreign |
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| Postage decrease |
October 1, 1923 |
5d dropped |
| 1d
green |
May 1924 |
postcard |
| 1½d
red |
May 1924 |
Letter rate |
| 2d
red-brown |
May 1924 |
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| 3d
blue |
May 1924 |
foreign |
| 4d
olive |
May 1924 |
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| 4½d
Violet |
May 1924 |
Combined rego |
| 5d |
dropped |
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| Postal increase |
August 4, 1930 |
1d, 3d, no change,
4½d dropped |
| 1d
green |
No change |
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| 1½d
red brown |
September 1930 |
Colour confusion |
| 2d overprint on 1½d |
July 31, 1930 |
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| 2d red |
August 2, 1930 |
Letter rate |
| 3d
blue |
No change |
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| 4½d |
dropped |
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| 5d overprint on 4½d |
August 2, 1930 |
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| 5d
brown |
August 27, 1930 |
Combined rego and 1938
all up airmail scheme |
1920 Postal increase. ½d wartax removed, and one penny increase.
Effective rate + ½d )
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