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KGV E6 & 7 (Harrison)

 

REVERTED WATERMARK 1920 - 1923

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Electro 6
 
Electro 7

 

4th October 1920

Electros 6 & 7  (as before on multi wmk)

The unsuccessful Large Multiple Watermark was abandoned and printings resumed on single watermark paper. First appearing in October 1920.

1920 Bluish green.
1921 Blue green.
1923 Early. Bright yellow green.
1923 Late. Dark bluish green. Scarce, rough printing on thin, brittle paper.

An original note here indicated quad plate printing using plates 4/5 (which naturally and of course, by this time,  had CA substituted monograms). Since there is only one single example known of a CA substitute on KGV paper, it is impossible that these plates were printed in quad. (there would be 1,000's of examples). It is more probable that *because* there was a small printing on the original KGV paper during the reign of the large multiple, it was mistaken to mean they were printed concurrently (aka quad plate).

 


Electro 6

Electro 7
Late 1921
These imprints occur immediately on the orange change of colour.

Harrison replaced his single line imprint with the two line N/MP imprint for the duration (which extended into the orange color change) E6N/MP green examples are exceptionally scarce. And,  N/MP on the lower electro is assumed (no recorded instance exists)

No further printings in green occurred after 1921 as the U.P.U colour scheme was adopted in January of 1922.  And, because demand for the ½d was small, it now being reduced to a make up rate, it took a further two years for the residual printings in green to be used up before the orange made it's appearance.

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