SG153
Scarborough 1880
SG153
1873-80 4d Sage green
Specimen
Watermark
Garter
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Plate #
Issued
Plate 15
4,800,000 stamps
Plate 16
7,198,800 stamps
Plate 16
1,200 stamps
(17 used copies survive)
1880 Cover to Madras via Brindisi, redirected to Ootacamund, bearing 1d venetian red and 1877 4d sage-green cancelled by Penrith 606 duplexs, backstamped with boxed "REDIRECTED" and datestamps of Sea Post Office, Madras, G.P.O Overland Mail and Ootacamund
Printing Dates
Plate 15
27th February 1877 - ?
Earliest date of use
15th October 1877
Plate 16
23rd October 1877 - 14th June 1880
Earliest date of use
December 1877
Plate 17
30th July 1877
Essays and Proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 15
1 Nov 76
Plate 16
1 Nov 76
Plate 17
30 Jul 77
Imprimatur
Stamped specimen
Proof
Die proof on white glazed card
Proof
Die proof on white glazed card
Colour Trial
Chestnut
Colour Trial
Pale red brown
Colour Trial
Pale red brown
Colour Trial
Light Sage Green
Colour Trial
Sage Green
Colour Trial
Pale brown
Panes
This production was in sheets of 240, (four panes of 60).
Surface Printed Issues - 1871-1880
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