Birds: Heath and Woodland

(GK216/3, L14/3, L68/3a & L97/3)


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This time, it's the GK216 version which we have to show you, instead of the later expanded set. But here's a curious thing…

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We do have a later transfer sheet, but it doesn't include the extra birds on the right. In other words, it looks exactly the same as the GK216/3 sheet.

However, if you look along the right-hand edge, it appears to have been cut by hand — not by machine. So I suspect someone has been naughty, & cut off the extra birds for their own nefarious purposes.

Curses! I suppose this means now I will have to look out for a litho "Heath and Woodland" set…

UPDATE (the next day): a trawl through the archives has turned up two litho sheets for "Heath and Woodland", & they're both the same size as the gravure sheet — i.e., narrow. So which option is simpler: 1) the first two litho sheets were widened, but not the third; 2) the third sheet was widened as well, but coincidentally the two examples I've seen were trimmed for some reason at exactly the right point for maximum confusion?


Here's a cut-off from the GK216 Crown sheet:

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And a reminder of the uncut sheet (early version):

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View the others in this series here:

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For details on this range, see Garden and Park.


Picture Credit: The SPLAT Scan Archives