1909 King Edward VII Official

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Mint Hinged	Fine Used
½d	Green	24a	$45.00	$18.00	$2.25
1d	Dominion	24b	$9.00	$2.70	$0.45
	(i) De La Rue Paper	24b1	$9.00	$2.70
	(ii) On Jones Paper	24b2	$63.00	$36.00
	(iii) On Bluish Watermark Art Paper	24b3	$16.20	$13.50
	(iv) On Cowan Paper	24b4	$40.50	$22.50
	(v) On Cowan Paper with Reversed Watermark	24b5	$171.00	$99.00
3d	Brown	24c	$108.00	$40.50	$4.50
	(i) Perf 14 x 14½	24c1	$108.00	$40.50	$4.50
	(ii) Perf 14 x 13½	24c2	$522.00	$247.50	$247.50
	(iii) Two Perf Pair	24c3	$1,890.00	$900.00
6d	Red	24d	$135.00	$63.00	$27.00
8d	Blue	24e	$90.00	$31.50	$54.00
	(i) Perf 14 x 14½	24e1	$90.00	$31.50	$54.00
	(ii) Perf 14 x 13½	24e2	$90.00	$31.50	$54.00
	(iii) Two Perf Pair	24e3	$405.00	$225.00
1/-	Orange	24f	$337.50	$144.00	$72.00
	Set of 6	24g	$688.30	$284.70	$152.20

The new penny 'Dominion' stamp and several of the King Edward VII stamps were overprinted 'official' for use by government departments.

Mint stamps marked 'Official' were not "officially" allowed to be sold mint to collectors until 1913 and this is one reason why mint copies are rarer.

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