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GREAT BRITAIN, Queen Victoria, Large sizes

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1847 Imperforate issues

  Six Pence violet
      (don't confuse this stamp with a telegraph form of 1885,
      small circles with numbers are added in the design)
  Ten Pence brown
      (this stamp in blue is a telegraph form.)
  One Shilling green
      (this stamp with small numbers added is a telegraph form.)


(Stamp with parts of neighbouring stamps, reduced size)

These stamps were printed one by one by hand, and therefore the distance between the stamps is very irregular. The images of two stamps can even touch each other, as in this example. These stamps have plate numbers, but are difficult to distinguish (at the bottom part of the head).

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
6 p RRR RR  
10 p RRR RRR  
1 Sh RRR RR  
Stamps cut to shape ? ***  

Telegraph forms in the same design:


(Reduced sizes)

The above images show the telegraph form in the same design as the 1 Sh stamp. Note that there are 3 circles added to the design.


(Telegraph form with numbers added in the design)


(6 p with small circles added with 5 dots in the center, where the numbers are in the previous telegraph cut, also a cut from a telegraph form?)

 

1878-1883 Perforated

With "REGISTERED" cancel. 10 Sh greenImage obtained from a Grosvenor Auction 

  2 Shillings 6 Pence lilac
  5 Shillings red, white letters in the corners
  5 Shillings red, coloured letters
  10 Shillings blue
  10 Shillings green (other design)
  1 Pound brown



With typical telegraph box cancel. 

  1 Pound brown (lying format)
  1 Pound green

Certified genuine


With "SPECIMEN" overprint.

  5 Pounds orange

All these stamps are perforated 14.

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
2 Sh 6 p RR *** Watermark 'Anchor'
5 Sh RRR RR white letters in the corners, watermark 'Cross' or 'Anchor'
5 Sh RR *** coloured letters in the corners, watermark 'Anchor'
10 Sh green RRR RRR watermark 'Cross' or 'Anchor'
10 Sh blue RR R Watermark 'Anchor'
1 Pound brown RRR RRR Smallest stamp, watermark 'Cross' or 'Anchor'
1 Pound brown RRR RRR Largest stamp, watermark 'Crowns' or 'Globe with cross'
With 'Specimen' overprint: RR
1 Pound green RR RR Watermark 'Crowns'
With 'Specimen' overprint: R
5 Pounds RRR RRR 1882; Watermark 'Anchor'; The 5 Pounds was made from a Telegraph
stamp, by removing "TELEGRAPHS" and replacing it by "POSTAGE".
It was mainly used to pay excise duty on alcoholic drinks, rarely for postage.


(Watermark 'Anchor' on the 5 Sh stamp, reduced size)


5 Pound stamp with "MANCHESTER ACCOUNTS" cancel (reduced size)


10 Sh with "PARLIAMENT HOUSE No 12" cancel, send as an 'example' to Cape of Good Hope together with some uncancelled stamps. This higher value stamp was cancelled.

The 5 Pounds stamp was printed in 14 rows of 4 stamps each with the following corner letters (the same as for the corresponding Telegraph 5 Pounds stamp, but the sheet was divided in two parts):

A A B A C A D A
A B B B C B D B
A C B C C C D C
A D B D C D D D
A E B E C E D E
A F B F C F D F
A G B G C G D G
 
A H B H C H D H
A I B I C I D I
A J B J C J D J
A K B K C K D K
A L B L C L D L
A M B M C M D M
A N B N C N D N

 

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