SG157
Aberdeen 1880
SG157
1880-83 2½d blue
Specimen
Watermark
Imperial Crown
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Plate #
Issued
Plate 21
30,240,000 stamps
Plate 22
31,200,000 stamps
Plate 23
31,200,000 stamps
Plate 22, lettered S-H, tied by Canterbury May 12, 1884 datestamp on illustrated cover of town scene, sent to Lille, France, with French postmarks on front and back
Printing Dates
Plate 21
Put to press
3rd February 1881
Earliest date of use
25th March 1881
Plate 22
Put to press
9th June 1881
Earliest date of use
5th August 1881
Plate 23
Put to press
9th June 1881
Earliest date of use
16th December1881
Essays and Proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 21
3 Feb 81
Plate 22
11 Jun 81
Plate 23
11 Jun 81
Proof
Die proof on white glazed card
Panes
This production was in sheets of 240, (two panes of 120).
Surface Printed Issues - 1871-1880
Click your selected stamp
