SG165
Tower Bridge 1880
SG165
1880 ½d Pale green
Specimen
Watermark
Imperial Crown
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Printed
902,520,000 stamps
(sg164 and sg165 combined)
Earliest date of use
14 Dec 80
1883 envelope from Linlithgow, Scotland to Ardeche, France franked with a 2d Pale Rose SG168 and a 1/2d SG165, together cancelled by a Scottish 230 duplex for Linlithgow 'OC 4/83'. ANNONAY receiving CDS
Printing Dates
Plate 1
Put to press
20 Sep 81
Plate 2
Put to press
18 Aug 80
Plate 3
Put to press
18 Aug 80
Plate 4
Put to press
Spoilt in production
Plate 5
Put to press
Spoilt in production
Plate 6
Put to press
20 Sep 81
Plate 7
Put to press
12 Sep 83
Plate 8
Put to press
12 Sep 83
Essays and Proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 1
23 Aug 80
Plate 2
18 Aug 80
Plate 3
18 Aug 80
Plate 4
Spoilt in production
Plate 5
Spoilt in production
Plate 6
1 Dec 80
Plate 7
1 Dec 80
Plate 8
12 Sep 83
Essay
Hand drawn in green and chinese white
Essay
Hand drawn in black and chinese white
Essay
Hand drawn. De La Rue's first scheme
Essay
Head essay on glazed card
Essay
Vignette essay on glazed card
Essay
Die essay on white glazed card
Proof
Tender essay die proof, printed in black on white glazed card
Proof
Die proof, printed in black on white glazed card
Colour Trial
Colour trial printed in orange on white crown watermarked paper
Colour Trial
Colour trial printed in orange-red gummed crown watermarked paper
Colour Trial
Colour trial printed in Venetian red on on gummed watermarked ‘Crown’ paper
Colour Trial
Colour trial printed in orange-brown on on gummed watermarked ‘Crown’ paper
Colour Trial
Colour trial printed in orange-brown on white crown watermarked paper
Colour Trial
Colour trial printed in greenish-grey on orange-yellow crown watermarked paper
Panes
This production was in sheets of 240, (two panes of 120).
Surface Printed Issues - 1879-1881
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