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1879 Queen Victoria, inscription 'TOBAGO' only (no 'POSTAGE')

  1 p red
  3 p blue
  6 p orange
  1 Sh green
  5 Sh grey
  1 £ lilac

Surcharged and bisected

  '1d' on half of 6 p orange

For the specialist: these stamps are perforated 14 and have watermark 'Crown and CC' (the same stamps with watermark 'Crown and CA' are fiscal stamps):

These stamps were used as fiscal stamps aswell (see second picture). Other fiscal stamps in the same design exist (1 p lilac, 3 p lilac and black, 4 p lilac and red, 6 p lilac and blue). Examples:

(Fiscal stamp; 1 p lilac and 3 p lilac and black)

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	***	***
6 p	***	***
1 Sh	RR	R
5 Sh	RR	RR
1 Pound	RRR	RRR
Surcharged and bisected
1 p on 6 p	RRR	RR

Forged cancels: fiscally used stamps can be found with removed pen-cancellation and a forged postal cancel applied instead.

1880 Queen Victoria, inscription 'TOBAGO POSTAGE'

  1/2 p lilac
  1/2 p green
  1 p brown
  1 p red
  2 1/2 p blue
  4 p green
  4 p grey
  6 p brown (2 shades of brown)
  1 Sh yellow

Surcharged

  '1/2 PENNY' on 2 1/2 p blue
  '1/2 PENNY' on 4 p grey
  '1/2 PENNY' on 6 p brown (2 shades of brown)
  '1 PENNY' on 2 1/2 p blue
  '2 1/2 PENCE' on 4 p grey
  '2 1/2 PENCE' on 6 p brown

For the specialist: these stamps are perforated 14 and exists with watermark 'Crown and CC' and 'Crown and CA':

(Watermark 'CA Crown'

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
Watermark 'CC Crown'
1/2 p lilac	***	***
1 p brown	***	***
4 p green	***	***
6 p	RR	RR
1 Sh	***	***
Watermark 'CA Crown'
1/2 p lilac	*	*
1/2 p green	c	c
1 p brown	**	**
1 p red	c	c
2 1/2 p	*	*
4 p green	RR	R
4 p grey	*	*
6 p	*	*
1 Sh	*	*	Misprint 1 Sh brown: *
Surcharged
1/2 p on 2 1/2 p	**	***	Watermark 'CA Crown'
1/2 p on 4 p	***	***	"
1/2 p on 6 p	**	***	Watermark 'CA Crown', two shades of brown (see pictures above)
1 p on 2 1/2 p	***	***	Watermark 'CA Crown'
2 1/2 p on 4 p	***	***	"
2 1/2 p on 6 p	***	***	Watermark 'CC Crown'

1896 Fiscal stamp surcharged '1/2 d POSTAGE'

  '1/2 d POSTAGE' on 4 p lilac and red

This stamp has watermark 'CA Crown' .

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
1/2 p on 4 p	***	***

From 1898 onwards the stamps of Trinidad were used in Tobago.

Cancellations

Typical Cancellation 'A14', examples:

A fiscally used stamp:

Postal stationary

I have seen a postcard in a rectangular design with Queen Victoria in an octagonal (only the value 1 1/2 p brown is known to me).

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