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Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1 |
Return To Catalogue - Great Britain Overview - Queen Victoria 1855-1886, part 1 - Queen Victoria, Large sized stamps - Queen Victoria 1887 issue - Penny Black and similar types
Note: on my website many of the
pictures can not be seen! They are of course present in the catalogue;
contact me if you want to purchase it.
1/2 p red and platenumber '13' and '8' see second image)
1/2 Pence brown (small size) 1 1/2 Pence red
These stamps are perforated 14 and have watermark 'half penny' (1/2 p) or 'Crown' (1 1/2 p).
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
1/2 p | *** | * | Plates 1 to 20 (2 does not exist?) |
1 1/2 p | R | ** | Plates 1 and 3 (difficult to distinghuish) |
A non-issued 1 1/2 p in the colour violet exists (RRR):
Non issued 1 1/2 p violet, front and backside (watermark Crown)
1 Pence red (1880) 2 1/2 Pence lilac 2 1/2 Pence blue 3 Pence red 4 Pence red 4 Pence green 4 Pence brown 6 Pence grey (6 p brown; RRR, 5 sheets accidentally issued, used with cancel '477') 8 Pence orange (8 p brown; RRR, non-issued) 1 Shilling green 1 Shilling orange Surcharged (1883)
3 d. on 3 Pence lilac (platenumber 21) 6 d. on 6 Pence lilac (platenumber 18)
Watermark 'Globe with cross' seen from the backside of a 2 1/2 p
lilac stamp.
These stamps are perforated 14 and have watermark 'Rose', 'Anchor', 'Globe with cross', 'Crown' or 'Chain'.
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
Watermark 'Rose' |
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3 p | RR | *** | Plates 11 to 20 (13 does not exist?) |
6 p | R | *** | Plates 15 to 17 6 p brown: RRR |
1 Sh green | RR | *** | Plates 8 to 14 (14: RRR) |
1 Sh orange | RR | RR | Plate 13 |
Watermark 'Anchor' | |||
2 1/2 p lilac | RR | *** | Plates 1 to 3 |
Watermark 'Globe with cross' | |||
2 1/2 p lilac | RR | * | Plates 3 to 17 |
2 1/2 p blue | R | * | Plates 17 to 20 |
Watermark 'Chain' | |||
4 p red | RR | RR | Plates 15 and 16 |
4 p green | RR | *** | Plate 15 to 17 |
4 p brown | RR | RR | Plate 17 |
8 p | RR | R | Plate 1 |
Watermark 'Crown' | |||
1 p | * | c | No plate numbers |
2 1/2 p blue | *** | * | Plates 21 to 23 |
3 p | R | *** | Plates 20 and 21 |
4 p brown | R | *** | Plates 17 and 18 |
6 p | R | *** | Plates 17 and 18 |
1 Sh orange | RR | *** | Plates 13 and 14 |
'3d' on 3 p | *** | *** | |
'6 d' on 6 p | R | *** |
Fournier forgery of the 1 p in blue
with printed perforation as found in 'The Fournier Album of
Philatelic Forgeries'. I believe this 'forgery' was merely used
to illustrate his pricelists and not to be sold as a forgery.
Card with images of stamps. On the back an advertisement in
French for 'Fleur de Froment' (flower for use in the kitchen) in
Orleans (France).
The above card has been used to create forgeries (or has inspired another forger?), since the following forgery is clearly based on the above card, possibly the others were also forged:
Also an 'inverted' forgery, apparently made by the stamp forger Zechmeyer. See
https://philahistorica.de/Dokumente/PhilaHistorica_2020_04.pdf
1 1/2 P lilac 2 P lilac 2 1/2 P lilac 3 P lilac 4 P green 5 P green 6 P green 9 P green 1 Sh green
These stamps are perforated 14 and have watermark 'Crown'
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
1 1/2 p | *** | * | |
2 p | *** | *** | |
2 1/2 p | ** | c | |
3 p | *** | ** | |
4 p | R | *** | |
5 p | R | *** | |
6 p | R | *** | |
9 p | RR | RR | |
1 Sh | RR | *** |
The 9 p is known to have been forged on a bleached out cheap genuine 2 1/2 p.
Forgeries made by bleatching out the design of a 2 1/2 p stamp
and printing on it a forged 9 p design with 'BA' corner letters.
The paper, watermark and cancel are genuine. It is thought that
these forgeries were made by Lucian Smeets
of Belgium.
Another forgery produced in the same manner, now with 'OH' corner
letters. This forgery might have been made by made by Lucian Smeets of Belgium as well.
1 Penny lilac
Two types of this stamp exist: with 14 and with 16 pearls in the corners. They have watermark 'Crown' and are perforated 14.
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
1 p | *** | * | 14 pearls |
1 p | * | vc | 16 pearls |