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Return To Catalogue - Great Britain Overview
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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?)
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
1 Pound brown (lying format) 1 Pound green
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' |
| 1 Pound green | RR | RR | Watermark 'Crowns' |
| 5 Pounds | RRR | RRR | Watermark 'Anchor' |
(Watermark 'Anchor' on the 5 Sh stamp, reduced size)
I have seen imperforate souvenir sheets (?) with the 1 Pound and 5 Pounds stamps on it, with very large borders (about the size of the stamp itself), at the bottom the year the stamp was issued is indicated in very large letters. I don't know who issued these sheets, but they have been issued in large quantities. Example of such a sheet:
(1 pound brown facsimile sheet)
Sheet with 5 Pound forgery, reduced size
(Cut from this same sheet with '1882' removed)
Crude forgery:
(Forgery of the 5 Sh stamp)
The above forgery is very crude (compare the face of the Queen with a genuine stamp).
Other forgery:
(Forgery of the 10 Sh stamp with imitated watermark 'Anchor')
(Rather primitive forgery of the 1 Pound brown stamp)
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