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NEWFOUNDLAND (Canada) 1857-1865, Pence issues

Terre-Neuve - Neufundland

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Value in 'pence' or 'shilling'

1857 Arms of Newfoundland

  1 p brown
  5 p brown


Triangular stamp

Triangle
  3 p green

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 p *** ***  
3 p *** R  
5 p *** R

For forgeries of the first issue, click here.

 

1857 Arms of Newfoundland

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Genuine Genuine Genuine Genuine

  2 p red
  4 p red
  6 p red
  6 1/2 p red
  8 p red
  1 Sh red

The above red stamps exist in three different colour shaded each: scarlet-vermillion (1857), orange-vermillion (1860) and lake (1861). Many of these stamps were bisected.

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
Scarlet-vermillion or orange-vermillion colour
2 p RR RR  
4 p RRR RRR  
6 p RRR RRR  
6 1/2 p RRR RRR  
8 p RR RR  
1 Sh RRR RRR  
Lake colour
2 p R R  
4 p ** ***  
6 p ** ***  
6 1/2 p *** RR  
8 p *** - Non issued
1 Sh ** ***  

For forgeries of these stamps, click here.


Some 1929 'Trade proofs' in different colors; some of them with parts of the design erased.

 

Newfoundland 1866-1896, cents issues, part 1
Newfoundland 1866-1896, cents issues, part 2

 

More reading material: "Newfoundland Fakes and Forgeries" by Ed.Wener.


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