SG146
London 1879
SG146
1873-80 6d Grey
Specimen
Hand stamped
Watermark
Spray of Rose
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Plate #
Printed
Plate 13
8,398,800 stamps
Plate 14
8,400,00 stamps
Plate 15
8,400,00 stamps
Plate 16
8,400,00 stamps
Plate 17
3,600,00 stamps
1874 Overseas Mail. An entire sent from London to Fernando Po, West Coast of Africa prepaid by a 6d Deep Grey (SG 146, Pl.13) tied by a London E.C. '79' duplex for AP.24.1874. Bearing a Liverpool quarter datestamp for AP.24.1874 on reverse.
Printing Dates
Plate 13
11th December 1873 - 19th October 1874
Earliest date of use
1st May 1870
Plate 14
16th October 1874 - 10th September 1875
Earliest date of use
16th March 1875
Plate 15
26th November 1875 - 3rd November 1877
Earliest date of use
n/k
Plate 16
2nd November 1877 - 14th January 1880
Earliest date of use
24th January 1879
Plate 17
21st April 1880 - ?
Earliest date of use
17th January 1882
Proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 13
21 Dec 1872
Plate 14
25 Jul 1873
Plate 15
15 Jul 1874
Plate 16
10 Sep 1875
Plate 17
13 Dec 1877
Proof
Die proof on white glazed card
Proof
Ultramarine die proof on white enamelled card
Proof
Magenta die proof on white enamelled card
Panes
This production was in sheets of 240, (twelve panes of 20)
Surface Printed Issues - 1871-1880
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