SG160
St Albans 1883
SG160
1880-83 4d Grey-brown
Specimen
Watermark
Imperial Crown
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Plate #
Issued
Plate 17
6,048,000 stamps
Plate 18
7,200,000 stamps
1880 4d gray brown, horizontal pair (P.18), used in 1882 on outer FL sent "per Br. St Medway" from Manchester to Caracas, A double-rate franking to Venezuela, with arrival docketing
Printing Dates
Plate 17
Put to press
10th June 1880
Earliest date of use
13th November 1880
Plate 18
Put to press
15th August 1882
Earliest date of use
1st November 1883
Essays and Proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 17
10th June 1880
Plate 18
15th August 1882
Imprimatur
From the 1887 Committee presentation album
Color Trial
Color Trial
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Color Trial
Color Trial
Panes
This production was in sheets of 240, (two panes of 120).
Surface Printed Issues - 1871-1880
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