1&1/2d Brown, LM Wmk, var 9AR8, 2nd State, FU

Australia KGV 1919, 1&1/2d Brown, Large Multiple Watermark, variety 9AR8, Second State (CRACKED ELECTRO, developing crack in the coloured border of the Right Value Shield level with the top of the bottom of the 2 in 1/2, damaged bottom right corner with a deep notch in the right frame and a tiny coloured dot at the bottom right corner) in Fine Used condition with no faults. Centered high with a circular datestamp cancellation well clear of the variety. A superb Fine Used example, and very scarce! Only the First State of this variety is listed in the BW catalogue, but both flaw location guides (ACCCNSW 2005, & Bill Fiora 2013) identify this Second State as a Cracked Electro variety.